League of Women Voters of Washington County, Arkansas Proceedings and Scrapbooks
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Scope and Contents
Minutes and proceedings (3 volumes, 1920-1921, 1946-1947, 1952-1959) of meetings of Board(s) of Directors and general membership(s) of League of Women Voters of Washington County (alternately League of Women Voters of Fayetteville, Fayetteville League of Women Voters), and scrapbooks (9 volumes, 1941-1947, 1952-1978) of mounted clippings and other published and unpublished materials, pertaining to the activities of the organization(s) and to those of the League of Women Voters of Arkansas and the League of Women Voters of the United States.
Dates
- 1920-1978
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
No Use Restrictions Apply.
No Interlibrary Loan.
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical / Historical
The League of Women Voters was founded in 1920 as a nonpartisan organization to inform the electorate and increase citizen participation in government. The Washington County League of Women Voters was organized in 1920 by Mrs. H. E. Morrow, Mrs. A. M. Harding, Mrs. A. H. Markie, Mrs. J. H. Adler, Mrs. W. S. Gregson, Mrs. F. G. Baender, and Mrs. J. C. Futrall. Since the 1950s the Washington County League has sought to improve city and county government, land use planning, housing, education, voting procedures, and other items of concern. (Organizational history copied from the finding aid for MC 965, Washington County League of Women Voters Records Addendum).
Extent
2 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Materials are arranged in two series:
- Series 1
- Proceedings (3 volumes)
- Series 2
- Scrapbooks (9 volumes)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The League of Women Voters of Washington County, Arkansas Proceedings and Scrapbooks were donated to Special Collections by the League of Women Voters of Washington County through Louis Imhoff of Fayetteville, Arkansas in April 1979.
Creator
Source
- League of Women Voters of Washington County (Washington County, Ark.) (Donor, Organization)
- Imhoff, Lois (Donor, Person)
- Title
- League of Women Voters of Washington County, Arkansas Proceedings and Scrapbooks
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Samuel Sizer
- Date
- April 1979
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Department Repository
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444
specoll@uark.edu