Washington County League of Women Voters Records Addendum
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Scope and Content Note
Materials include correspondence, by-laws, minutes, budgets, annual reports, lists of board of directors, membership lists, press releases, newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs, video cassettes, tape cassettes, films, floppy disks, slides, proposed constitutional bills, material concerning various conferences, pamphlets, research, and other material regarding various projects undertaken by the league. This collection contains materials from the League of Women Voters of Washington County, as well as materials from the League of Women Voters of the United States, the League of Women Voters of Arkansas, and local leagues of Arkansas.
As of November 2019, the collection includes ongoing captures of the Washington County League of Women Voters'
website and social media pages. These captures are scheduled by Special Collections
staff using the Archive-It tool, a subscription service run by the Internet Archive
that is designed to capture web content for long-term preservation. Web captures are
stored as WARC files and are viewable on the collection's Archive-It
page.
Dates
- 1953-2009, 2019
Creator
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Access Information
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.
Use Information
No Use Restrictions Apply.
No Interlibrary Loan.
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
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 to MC 606, the Washington County League of Women Voters Records]
Extent
10.75 Linear Feet (11 boxes)
Arrangement of the Papers
Materials are grouped by organization and by topic.
Acquisition Information
The Washington County League of Women Voters Records Addendum was donated to the Special Collections Department by League members on behalf of the organization, including Peg Anderson, Marion Orton, and Sally Kelley in February 1990 and March 1998.
Capture of the Washington County League of Women Voters' web presence was begun in 2019 with the permission of President Sarah Gheen and Webmasters Sarah Kelly-King and Beth Barham. The organization's website and Facebook page will be captured annually, and its Twitter account captured annually.
Processing Information
Processed by Lori Neumeier; completed in May 2009
Updated by Katrina Windon in November 2019 to incorporate web archive component of the collection.
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Creator
Source
- Anderson, Peg (Donor, Person)
- Orton, Marion, 1928-2011 (Donor, Person)
- Kelley, Sally (Donor, Person)
- Title
- Washington County League of Women Voters Records Addendum
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Lori Neumeier
- Date
- May 2009
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
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