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League of Women Voters of Washington County, Arkansas Proceedings and Scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MS L47 333

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League of Women Voters), and scrapbooks (9 volumes, 1941-1947, 1952-1978) of mounted clippings and other published and unpublished materials, pertaining to the activities of the organization(s) and to those of the League of Women Voters of Arkansas and the League of Women Voters of the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

Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.

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.

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

Contact:
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444