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Series I: The Geographical File

Proportional Representation League records, 1900-1965

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Series II: Subject File

Arranged alphabetically. Although the Subject Files are split into two parts, there are cross-references for some personal names in the container list for Part II that point to related materials in Part I: Boxes 78-80 and Series I: Geographical Files.

Subseries II.1: Subject File, Part I: Material After 1940

Arranged alphabetically by sender.


Box I.78 A - Hy


Box I.79 Hoag - My


Box I.80 Millard - S

Subseries II.2: Subject File, Part II: Material Before and After 1940

Arranged alphabetically. There are cross-references for some personal names in the container list in this subseries that point to related materials in Part I: Boxes 78-80 and Series I: Geographical Files.


Box II.1A Folder 1 Advertising

Box II.1A Folder 2 American Academy of Pol. and Soc. Science

Box II.1A Folder 3 The American City

Box II.1A Folder 4 American Federation of Labor

Box II.1A Folder 5 American Federation of Teachers

Box II.1A Folder 6 American Labor Party

Box II.1A Folder 7 American Legislators Association

Box II.1A Folder 8 American Political Science Association

Box II.1A Folder 9 The American Public Official Magazine

Box II.1A Folder 10 Amherst College

Box II.1A Folder 11 Andrae System

Box II.1A Folder 12 Antioch College

Box II.1A Folder 13 Appropriations

Box II.1A Folder 14 The Arbitrator

Box II.1A Folder 15 Articles, Opportunities for

Box II.1A Folder 16 Auditor's Reports

Box II.1A Folder 17 Automobile Labor Board


Box II.2A Folder 1 Ballots

Box II.2A Folder 9 Ballots, Central count of


Box II.22A Folder 2 Beard, Charles A.


Box II.2A Folder 2 Block Vote

Box II.2A Folder 3 Bourbon-Bolshevism

Box II.2A Folder 5 Bucklin System

Box II.2A Folder 4 Bureau of Educational Entertainment

Box II.2A Folder 8 Cambridge Tribune

Box II.2A Folder 6 Campaign Suggestions

Box II.2A Folder 10A-B Canadian Proportional Repres. Society, 2 folders

Box II.2A Folder 7 Cartoons

Box II.2A Folder 9 Central Count of Ballots

Box II.2A Folder 12 Christian Science Monitor

Box II.2A Folder 13 Circular letters to members

Box II.2A Folder 14 Circular letters to non-members


Box II.3A Folder 2 Citizens' Council


Box II.2A Folder 11 City Council


Box II.3A Folder 1A-B City Managers, 2 folders

Box II.3A Folder 3 City Parties

Box II.3A Folder 4 Civil Service Reform Association

Box II.3A Folder 5 College Club

Box II.3A Folder 6 Collier's Weekly

Box II.3A Folder 7 Commission Government

Box II.3A Folder 8 Committee of 48

Box II.3A Folder 9 Commonwealth Conference

Box II.3A Folder 10 Compulsory Voting


Box II.8A Folder 1 Congress of American Jews

Box II.8A Folder 2 Constitution, Model for State

Box II.8A Folder 3 Constitution of the American Proportional Representation League

Box II.8A Folder 4 Constitutionality of Proportional Representation

Box II.8A Folder 5 Co-operative League of America

Box II.8A Folder 6 Corlin Electoral System

Box II.8A Folder 7 County Government

Box II.8A Folder 8 Cumulative Voting

Box II.8A Folder 9 Dearborn Independent

Box II.8A Folder 10 Democracy

Box II.8A Folder 11 Democratic Party

Box II.8A Folder 12 Election Costs

Box II.8A Folder 13 Election Laws

Box II.8A Folder 14 Election, Theory of


Box II.9A Folder 1 Electoral Voting

Box II.9A Folder 2A-G English Proportional Representation Society, 7 folders

Box II.9A Folder 3 Equality

Box II.9A Folder 4 Equity


Box II.10A Folder 1 Fairhope (Alabama) Courier

Box II.10A Folder 2 Farmer-Labor Party

Box II.10A Folder 3 Federal Reorganization

Box II.10A Folder 4 Federal Reserve Bank--Elections

Box II.10A Folder 5 Fellowship of the Reconciliation

Box II.10A Folder 6 Financial Statements

Box II.10A Folder 8 Gilpin, Thomas--Pamphlet on Proportional Representation, 1844

Facsimile

Box II.10A Folder 9 Gove - Hoag System

Box II.10A Folder 10A-B Governmental Research Association, 2 folders

Box II.10A Folder 11 Guggenheim Foundation


Box II.11A Folder 1A-B Hallett, George H. Jr., 2 folders


Box I.78 Folder 10 Hallett, George H. Jr.


Box II.11A Folder 2 Hallett, George H. Jr.--Photographs


Box II.24A Folder 1A-C Hallett, George H. Jr.--Proportional Representation--The Key to Democracy, 3 folders


Box II.13A Folder 3 Hare, Thomas


Box II.11A Folder 3 Hare List System

Hare System

Box II.11A Folder 4 Abandonments

Box II.11A Folder 5 Conduct of Elections

Box II.11A Folder 6 Explanation

Box II.11A Folder 7 Exact method of mathematical transfer of surplus


Box II.12A Folder 1 Hallett Count

Box II.12A Folder 2 Record of number of Candidates in Elections

Box II.12A Folder 3A-B Rules, 2 folders

Box II.12A Folder 4A-B Rules Committee I, 2 folders


Box II.13A Folder 1 Rules Committee II

Box II.13A Folder 2A-B Technique, 2 folders

Box II.13A Folder 4 Harvard University


Box II.10A Folder 7 Henry George Foundation


Box II.13A Folder 5A-D Hermens, F.A.--Proportional Representation Objections, 4 folders


Box II.14A Folder 1 Hill, Sir Rowland

Box II.14A Folder 2 History of Proportional Representation

Box II.14A Folder 4A-C Hoag, Clarence Gilbert, 3 folders


Box I.79 Folder 1A-C Hoag, Clarence Gilbert, 3 folders


Box II.14A Folder 5 Hoag, Clarence Gilbert--Photographs


Box II.23A Folder 5 Hoag, Clarence Gilbert, and George H. Hallett Jr.--Proportional Representation

Manuscript Revisions of Book


Box II.14A Folder 6 Hoag, Clarence Gilbert--Tour of January 22-March 3, 1917--Report

Box II.14A Folder 3 Hoag System

Box II.14A Folder 7 Hollywood Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Box II.14A Folder 8 Home Rule


Box II.15A Folder 1 Illinois Municipal League

Box II.15A Folder 2 Illinois Proportional Representation Society

Box II.15A Folder 3 The Independent

Box II.15A Folder 4 Indian Tribe Elections


Box II.16A Folder 1 Industrial Elections, Proportional Representation for


Box II.15A Folder 5 Initiative


Box II.16A Folder 2 Institute of Politics

Box II.16A Folder 3 Intercollegiate Socialist Society

Box II.16A Folder 4 Interest in Elections

Box II.16A Folder 5 International City Managers Association

Box II.16A Folder 6 International Forum Association

Box II.16A Folder 7 International Organization for Peace

Box II.16A Folder 8 International Proportional Representation Society

Box II.16A Folder 9 The Internationalist

Box II.16A Folder 10 Irish Proportional Representation Society


Box I.10 Folder 2AII King, Rt. Hon. William Lyon Mackenzie


Box II.17A Folder 1 Labor


Box I.76 Folder 5B La Follette, Hon. Robert M.


Box II.17A Folder 2 League for Democratic Control

Box II.17A Folder 3 League for the Organization of Progress

Box II.17A Folder 4 League of Nations

Box II.17A Folder 5 Leeds and Northrup Co.

Box II.17A Folder 6A-C List System, 3 folders


Box II.18A Folder 1 Massachusetts Proportional Representation League


Box II.34A Folder 6A-D Mechanical Sorting, 4 folders


Box II.18A Folder 2 Members, General List of

Box II.18A Folder 3 Michigan Education Association

Millard, Walter J

Box II.18A Folder 5 1929-1930, 1929-1930


Box II.19A Folder 1 1940-, 1940


Box I.80 Folder 1A-C 1940-, 1940, 3 folders


Box II.18A Folder 4 Film Talk


Box II.19A Folder 2 Photographs


Box II.18A Folder 7A-C Publicity, 3 folders

Box II.18A Folder 6 Minnesota, University of--Alumni Association


Box I.39 Folder 15B Norris, Hon. George W.


Box II.22A Folder 2 Norris, Hon. George W.


Box II.4A Folder 1C Norris, Hon. George W.


Box II.19A Folder 3 Oberlin College

Box II.19A Folder 4 Occupational Representation

Box II.19A Folder 5 Ohio League of Women Voters

Box II.19A Folder 6 Open Forum

Box II.19A Folder 7 Overlapping terms for legislators

Box II.19A Folder 8 Parties and Party Platforms

Box II.19A Folder 9 Pennsylvania Council of Republican Women

Box II.19A Folder 10 Pennsylvania Election Association

Box II.19A Folder 11 Pennsylvania Election Reforms Conference

Box II.19A Folder 12 Pennsylvania Institute of Urban Problems

Box II.19A Folder 13 Pennsylvania Labor Party

Box II.19A Folder 14 Pennsylvania League of Women Voters


Box II.20A Folder 1A-B Pennsylvania State Education Association, 2 folders

Box II.20A Folder 2 Peoples' Advocate

Box II.20A Folder 3 Permanent Registration

Box II.20A Folder 4 Philadelphia Committee of 70

Box II.20A Folder 5 Philadelphia Conference on City Government

Box II.20A Folder 6 Philadelphia Papers

Box II.20A Folder 7 Philadelphia School Board and Teachers

Box II.20A Folder 8 Philadelphia Trade Union News

Box II.20A Folder 9 Philadelphia Women's City Club

Box II.20A Folder 10 Philomusean Club


Box II.21A Folder 1 Photographs of Proportional Representation Supporters


Box I.63 Folder 4 Pinchot, Hon. Gifford


Box II.21A Folder 3 The Political News


Box II.1A Folder 13 Pork Barrel Legislation


Box II.21A Folder 2A-B Preferential Voting, 2 folders

Presidential Elections


Box II.22A Folder 3A-B Official Bills, Acts, etc., 2 folders


Box II.21A Folder 4A-C Correspondence, 3 folders


Box II.22A Folder 1 Figures

Box II.22A Folder 4 Typewritten Reports and Newspaper Articles

Box II.22A Folder 5 Press Circulars


Box II.23A Folder 3 Primaries

Proportion Representation

Box II.23A Folder 1 Articles

Box II.23A Folder 2 Bibliography

Box II.23A Folder 3 Definitions

Box II.23A Folder 4 Groups


Box II.27A Folder 4 Movie


Box II.29A Folder 6 Objections


Box II.27A Folder 5 Patents


Box II.28A Folder 1 Personalities


Box II.29A Folder 7 Publicity

Box II.29A Folder 10 Summer School

Box II.29A Folder 11 Tests

Box II.29A Folder 12 Vote in American Cities

Box II.29A Folder 13 Voting Machines

Box II.29A Folder 14 When and Where Adopted


Box II.28A Folder 3 Proportion Representation for Private Organizations

Box II.28A Folder 2 Chambers of Commerce

Box II.28A Folder 4A-B College, 2 folders


Box II.29A Folder 1 Cooperative Groups

Box II.29A Folder 2 Religious--Churches

Box II.29A Folder 3 Social and Welfare Groups

Box II.29A Folder 4 Technical Groups

Box II.29A Folder 5 Women's Groups

Box II.29A Folder 9 Proportion Representation in Single Member Districts

Proportion Representation League


Box II.24A Folder 2 Council

Box II.24A Folder 3 General Information

Box II.24A Folder 4 Ideas for Leaflets


Box II.25A Folder 3 Incorporation

Box II.25A Folder 1 Internal Revenue Service Correspondence

Box II.25A Folder 2 Meetings, 1919-1924

Box II.25A Folder 4 Meetings, 1928

Box II.25A Folder 5A-B Meetings, 1929-1936, 2 folders


Box II.26A Folder 1 Meetings, 1937-1939

Box II.26A Folder 2 Meetings, 1940-1941

Box II.26A Folder 4 Meetings, 1946-1947

Box II.26A Folder 5 Meetings, 1948-1949


Box II.27A Folder 1 Meetings, 1950-1951


Box II.26A Folder 3 Members through invitation to National Municipal League members


Box II.27A Folder 2 Merger with National Municipal League

Box II.27A Folder 3 Trustees


Box II.29A Folder 8 Proportional Representation Review Attempts to Obtain Old Issues


Box II.30A Folder 1 Proxy Plan

Box II.30A Folder 2 The Public

Box II.30A Folder 3 Public Administration Clearing House

Box II.30A Folder 4 Public Affairs

Box II.30A Folder 5 Public Ledger

Box II.30A Folder 6 Public Ownership League

Box II.30A Folder 7 Quota

Box II.30A Folder 8 Reapportionment

Box II.30A Folder 9 Recall Provisions

Box II.30A Folder 11 Receipted Bills, 1928


Box II.31A Folder 2 Receipted Bills, 1929

Box II.31A Folder 1 Receipted Bills, 1930


Box II.30A Folder 12 Receipted Bills, 1931

Box II.30A Folder 10 Receipted Bills, 1932


Box II.15A Folder 5 Referendum


Box II.31A Folder 3 Registration of Voters

Box II.31A Folder 4 Representative Government

Box II.31A Folder 5 Republican Women of Pennsylvania


Box I.54 Folder 2 Roosevelt, Franklin D.


Box II.31A Folder 6 Rural New Yorker

Box II.31A Folder 7 Russel Sage Foundation

Box II.31A Folder 8 Sample Ballots

Box II.31A Folder 9 Saturday Evening Post


Box II.32A Folder 1 Searchlight (Illinois)

Box II.32A Folder 2 The Searchlight on Congress

Box II.32A Folder 3 Selective Voting

Box II.32A Folder 4 Short Ballot

Box II.32A Folder 5 Single Member Districts

Box II.32A Folder 6 Single Non-Transferable Vote

Box II.32A Folder 7 Single Tax

Box II.32A Folder 8 Smith College Alumni

Box II.32A Folder 9 Social Democratic League of America

Box II.32A Folder 11 Social Science Research Council

Box II.32A Folder 12 Social Workers Club

Box II.32A Folder 10 Socialist Party

Box II.32A Folder 13 Society of American Foresters

Box II.32A Folder 14 Spence, Miss Catherine Helen

Box II.32A Folder 15 The Standard


Box II.33A Folder 1 State Legislatures

Box II.33A Folder 2 Steuben Society

Box II.33A Folder 3 The Survey

Box II.33A Folder 4 Taxation

Box II.33A Folder 5 Terry List System

Box II.33A Folder 6 Theosophical Society

Box II.33A Folder 7 Third Parties

Box II.33A Folder 8 Two Party Government

Box II.33A Folder 9 Unicameral Legislatures


Box II.34A Folder 2 United Farmers Forum

Box II.34A Folder 1 United States Daily


Box II.4A Folder 1A-E United States Congress, 5 folders

United States Congressional Elections


Box II.7A Folder 2A-B Elections, 1912-1916, 2 folders

Box II.7A Folder 1 Elections, 1918


Box II.6A Folder 2A-C Elections, 1920, 3 folders

Box II.6A Folder 1A-C Elections, 1922, 3 folders


Box II.5A Folder 3A-C Elections, 1924, 3 folders

Box II.5A Folder 2 Elections, 1926

Box II.5A Folder 1 Elections, 1928


Box II.4A Folder 1C United States Congressmen


Box II.34A Folder 3 University of Pennsylvania

Box II.34A Folder 4 Vacancies, Method of Filling


Box II.4A Folder 1C Vandenberg, Hon. Arthur H.


Box II.34A Folder 5 Verplanck, Delancey J.

Box II.34A Folder 6A-D Voting Machines, 4 folders


Box II.35A Folder 1 Voting Statistics

Box II.35A Folder 2 Watertown Enterprise-Tribune

Box II.35A Folder 5 Woman Citizen

Box II.35A Folder 5 The Woman's Journal

Box II.35A Folder 3 Women

Box II.35A Folder 4 Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

Box II.35A Folder 6 The World Tomorrow

Box II.35A Folder 8 The Young Democracy

Box II.35A Folder 7 Young Women's Christian Association

Box II.35A Folder 9 Young People's Movements

Box II.35A Folder 10 Zionist Organizations