League of Women Voters of the City of New York records, 1919-2019
Summary Information
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- Ms Coll\LWV\CNY,MS#0756
- Bib ID:
- 4079018 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- League of Women Voters of the City of New York
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 80 Linear Feet (161 boxes; 6 volumes; 1 oversize; Mapacse 15-L-1)
- Language(s):
- English .
- Access:
- You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
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This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
Description
Summary
Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, scrapbooks, printed material, and photographs. The files contain much material of the League of Women Voters of New York State as well, and some material pertaining to the national organization. The files document the League's activities in the areas of voter registration, election reform, New York City government, foreign policy, ecology, and numerous other concerns, and contain the records of city, state, and national conventions, annual reports, and Board and Council minutes. Major correspondents include Emanuel Teller, Stanley M. Isaacs, Jacob K. Javits, Robert F. Kennedy, Edward I. Koch, John Vliet Lindsay, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Anna Lord Strauss, and Percy E. Sutton.
Arrangement
Using the Collection
Access Restrictions
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
Preferred Citation
League of Women Voters of the City of New York Records. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Columbia University.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--League of Women Voters of the City of New York. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1955. Accession number--M-55.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 07/--/89.
2000 Addition processed as Boxes 137-159 & Mapcase 15-L-1
Revision Description
2009-06-26 File created.
2011-12-05 EAD created by PTL
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
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