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Series I: Catalogued Correspondence
Series II: Catalogued Manuscripts and Documents
Series III: General Files
Series IV: Annual Reports
Series V: Constitution
Series VI: Conventions
Series VII: Councils
Series VIII: Court Reforms
Series IX: Education and Elections
Series X: Historical Files
Series XI: Minutes and Reports
Series XII: Periodicals
Series XIII: Publications
Series XIV: Mailbooks
Series XV: Scrapbooks
Series XVI: Plaques and Certificates
Series XVII:Subject Files
Series XVIII:Printed Materials
Series XIX: 1988 Addition, 1972 - 1981, 1972-1981
Audio Visual Materials

League of Women Voters of New York State records, 1912-1981

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Series I: Catalogued Correspondence


Box 1 Byrne, James

Box 1 Dewey, Thomas E.

Box 1 Fish, Hamilton

Box 1 Hull, Cordell

Box 1 Lefkowitz, Louis J.

Box 1 Lehman, Herbert H.

Box 1 Lindsay, Samuel McCune

Box 1 MacCroacken, Henry N.

Box 1 Meyer, Annie Nathan

Box 1 Miller, Nathan L.

Box 1 Perkins, Frances

Box 1 Rockefeller, John D. Jr.

Box 1 Rockefeller, Nelson A.

Box 1 Roosevelt, Franklin Delano

Box 1 Smith, Alfred E.

Box 1 Strauss, Anna Lord

Box 1 Thompson, Dorothy

Box 1 Wallace, Schuyler C.

Box 1 Wilson, Malcolm

Series II: Catalogued Manuscripts and Documents

Box 1 Catt, Carrie Chapman

Box 1 Dewey, Thomas E.

Box 1 Harriman, W. Averell

Box 1 Lehman, Herbert H.

Box 1 Rockefeller, Nelson A.

Series III: General Files


Box 2 Correspondence, General, 1973-1975

Box 2 Correspondence, National, 1971-1975

Box 2 Apportionment, 1943-1964

Box 2 By-Laws, 1912-1957

Series IV: Annual Reports


Box 3 Annual Reports, 1959-1970

Series V: Constitution


Box 4 Constitution, New York State

Box 4 Constitution Making, 2 folders

Box 4 Constitutional Convention, 1957-1977

Series VI: Conventions


Box 5 Conventions, 1951-1963


Box 6 Conventions

Box 6 Conventions, 1965-1969

Series VII: Councils


Box 7 Councils, 1960-1970

Series VIII: Court Reforms


Box 8 Court Reforms, 1955-1964

Series IX: Education and Elections


Box 9 Education, 1959-1969

Box 9 Elections, 1951-1964


Box 10 Erie Barge Canal Study Group, 1971-1972

Box 10 Hudson Mohawk Vasin District, 1968

Box 10 Sears Roebuck Leadership Conferences, 1964

Box 10 State Program, 1920-1948


Box 11 State Program, 1939-1972

Box 11 Statements, Hearings and Press Releases

Box 11 Susquehanna Basin, 1966-1975


Box 12 Voters Service, 1937-1970

Series X: Historical Files


Box 13 Historical Files (including photographs), 1912-1916 (primarily women's suffrage clippings), 1912-1916


Box 14 1925-1949


Box 15 1950-1967


Box 16 1967-1972


Box 17 Biographies A-Z

Box 17 Biographies Seneca1 Falls Historical Society

Series XI: Minutes and Reports


Box 18 Legislative and Program Committees, 1923-19 29;, 1936-1943


Box 19 Legislative and Program Committees, 1944-1950, 1954-1958, 1944-1950, 1954-1958


Box 20 State Board, 1960-1962


Box 21 State Board, 1963-1965

Series XII: Periodicals


Box 22 League of Women Voters 3 of NYS

Box 22 Weekly News, 1921-1933


Box 23 Weekly News, 1934-1936

Box 23 Monthly News, 1936-1954

Box 23 New York State Voter, 1955-1977


Box 24 Facts for Voters, 1943-1970

Box 24 Legislative Forecast and Reviews, 1949-1965

Box 24 Legislative News Service, 1962-1969, 1973-1974, 1962-1969, 1973-1974

Series XIII: Publications


Box 25 Kits, Reports and Pamphlets

Series XIV: Mailbooks

Box 25 Mimeograph reports and announcements to branches, board members, etc.


Box 26 March -, August 1962


Box 27 September 1962 - April 1964, September 1962, April 1964


Box 28 May -, December 1964

Box 28 December 1966 - March 1967, December 1966, March 1967


Box 29 April 1967 - January 1968, April 1967, January 1968


Box 30 February 1968 - March 1969, February 1968, March 1969


Box 31 April 1969 - June 1970, April 1969, June 1970


Box 32 July 1970 - October 1971, July 1970, October 1971


Box 33 November 1971 - December 1972, November 1971, December 1972


Box 34 1973


Box 35 1974


Box 36 1975

Series XV: Scrapbooks

Location information is provisional for scrapbooks titled "Miscellaneous" with the location "Box 108 [Onsite]."


Box 105 1., 1923-1925

Box 105 2., 1927-1928

Box 105 3., 1928-1929

Box 105 4., 1929-1930

Box 105 5., 1930-1931


Box 106 6., 1931-1932

Box 106 7., 1930-1935

Box 106 8., 1932-1933

Box 106 9., 1933-1934

Box 106 10., 1934-1935


Box 107 11. 1935 (February-December), 1935

Box 107 12., December 1935

Box 107 13., 1936-1937

Box 107 14., 1937-1938

Box 107 15. 1938 (March-September), 1938


Box 108 16., 1938-1939

Box 108 17., 1939-1940

Box 108 18., 1940-1941

Box 108 19. 1941-

Box 108 20. Miscellaneous [Onsite]

Box 108 21. Miscellaneous [Onsite]

Box 108 22. Miscellaneous [Onsite]

Box 108 23 Miscellaneous

Box 108 24 Miscellaneous [Onsite]

Box 108 25 Miscellaneous [Onsite]

Box 108 26 Miscellaneous [Onsite]

Series XVI: Plaques and Certificates


Flat Box 560 Scrapbook: "News of the League Aroung the State", 1947-1948

Flat Box 560 Proclamation: Averell W. Harriman, Albany, August 28, 1958

Flat Box 560 Proclamation: "Roof-raising Day" John V. Lindsay, New York, August 29, 1970

Flat Box 560 Proclamation: Nelson A. Rockefeller, Albany April, 13, 1969


Flat Box 561 Clippings, 1960-1964

Flat Box 561 "News of the League Around the State", 1951-1953


Flat Box 562 Scrapbook of Internal Documents, 1948-1949

Flat Box 562 Proclamation: Nelson A. Rockefeller, Albany, May 11, 1973


Flat Box 563 The League Story

Flat Box 563 Scrapbook of Clippings, 1924-1928


Flat Box 564 Political Cartoon. Presented by LWV-Hampstead Central, May 15, 1973

Flat Box 564 Plaque: Proclamation proposing a Woman's Suffrage Amendment

Flat Box 564 Citation of Honor for Mabel Russell

Series XVII:Subject Files


Box 37 Annual Reports, 1968-1975, 5 folders

Box 37 Apportionment, 1965-1975, 4 folders

Box 37 Candidates-Meetings, Questions

Box 37 Community Development Article and Campaign, 1971

Box 37 Consensus Reports-English Literacy

Box 37 Consensus Summaries-Education, 1972-1973

Box 37 Correspondence, 1975

Box 37 DC Ratification, 1970-1975


Box 38 Education Finance, 1972-1975, 3 folders

Box 38 ERA New York State, 1975, 2 folders

Box 38 Financing the League, 1975

Box 38 General State Program, 1968-1975, 2 folders


Box 39 Housing New York State, 1970-1975

Box 39 Human Resources, 1967-1976 (4 Folders), 1967-1976

Box 39 Human Resources-Education, 1970-1975

Box 39 Human Resources-ERA Federal, 1972-1975

Box 39 Human Resources-Indians, 1973

Box 39 Human Resources-Welfare, 1970-1975


Box 40 Inter-League Council of the Delaware River Basin, 1970-1975, 3 folders

Box 40 Inter-League Groups-Tri-State, 1972-1975

Box 40 International Relations, 1972-1975

Box 40 International Relations-China, 1971-1974


Box 41 International Relations-Trade, 1970-1975

Box 41 International Relations-UN, 1969-1975

Box 41 Interview with Legislators, 1972-1975

Box 41 League of Women Voters of WYS

Box 41 Judicial, 1965-1971, 4 folders


Box 42 Judical, 1971-1975, 2 folders

Box 42 Judical-Canons of Ethics

Box 42 Legislative Action General, 1970-1975

Box 42 Local League Correspondence, 1975

Box 42 Local Program, 1975

Box 42 Metropolitan Area Problems, 1960

Box 42 Money Budget-LWV New York State, 1971-1975, 2 folders


Box 43 Money Development-LWV New York State, 1971-1975, 2 folders

Box 43 Money Finance-LWV New York State, 1964, 1968, 1971-1975, 1964, 1968, 1971-1975, 2 folders

Box 43 Money Foundation for Citizen Education, 1971-1975

Box 43 Money Projects, 1972-1975

Box 43 National Overseas Education Fund, 1970-1975

Box 43 Natural Resources-Air, 1971-1975


Box 44 Natural Resources-Costal Zone Management Shelved

Box 44 Natural Resources-Energy, 1974-1975

Box 44 Natural Resources-Environmental Quality, 1971-1976, 3 folders

Box 44 Natural Resources-Land Use, 1973-1975, 2 folders


Box 45 Natural Resources-Solid Waste, 1971-1974

Box 45 Natural Resources-Transportation, 1972-1978

Box 45 Natural Resources-Water, 1967, 1971-1974, 1967, 1971-1974

Box 45 Organization Committee Minutes, 1949-1953

Box 45 President's Letters, 1975

Box 45 Selection of Judges, 1946-1950

Box 45 State Board Minutes and Reports, 1966-1967


Box 46 State Board Minutes and Reports, 1968-1975


Box 47 State Board Minutes and Reports, 1975-October 1976


Box 48 State Board Minutes and Reports, November 1976-March 1977 June-July 1977 September, 1977, 1977 June-July, 1977 September, 1977


Box 49 State Board Minutes and Reports, November 1977-December 1978


Box 50 State By-Laws Revision Committee

Box 50 State Convention LWV, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1969, 1971 & 1973 ^ved oil-site, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1969, 1971, 1973

Box 50 State Convention Workbook, 1963, 1965 & 1967, 1963, 1965, 1967

Box 50 State Council Minutes, 1962, 1964, 1962, 1964, 4 folders


Box 51 State Council Minutes, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972 & 1974, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974

Box 51 State Finances, 1971-1972, 1974-1975, 1971-1972, 1974-1975

Box 51 State Program-Action Ballot Issues

Box 51 State Voter, January-Dec ember 1966-1971, 1974-1975, 1966-1971, 1974-1975, 3 folders


Box 52 Urban Crisis-Revenue Sharing

Box 52 Voters Facts, 1972-1975

Box 52 Voters Service-General, 1971-1975, 3 folders

Box 52 Voting Machine, 1961-1975

Box 52 Welfare Education, 1975

Box 52 Women's Issues, 1974-1975

Series XVIII:Printed Materials


Box 53 Amendments Flyer, 1975

Box 53 Apportionment Flyer

Box 53 Apportionment Resource Kit

Box 53 Beverage Container Legislation

Box 53 Community Development Campaign

Box 53 Community Development Flyer

Box 53 Constitutional Flyer, 1967

Box 53 Designations Petitions

Box 53 Discussion Kits

Box 53 Education Resource Kit

Box 53 ERA Campaign Kit

Box 53 ERA Fables and Facts

Box 53 Environmental Quality-Wetlands and Hood Plain Management

Box 53 Fact Sheet-Boces Study Kit

Box 53 Financing Education Flyer

Box 53 "Hey, Look Us Over", 1973-1974

Box 53 Home Rule-District of Columbia

Box 53 Housing Flyers

Box 53 Institutes Spring and Fall Training, 1971-1975

Box 53 It Made a Difference

Box 53 League of Women Voters-Flyers-Membership

Box 53 League of Women Voters in Action, 1962, 1975, 1962, 1975

Box 53 Legislative News Service, 1964

Box 53 Litigation Institute, 1973

Box 53 Local League Handbook

Box 53 Local Program Handbook

Box 53 Membership, 1966-1975


Box 54 Monthly News

Box 54 New York State-A Citizen Handbook

Box 54 New York State Legislative, 1975

Box 54 Pretrail Procedures in the Criminal Courts, 1974-1975

Box 54 Program Review

Box 54 Publications-General, 1971-1975

Box 54 Publications-Promotion, 1971-1976


Box 55 Question and Answer about Merit-Selection of Judges

Box 55 Recommendations Policy-General

Box 55 Sewage Flyers

Box 55 Songs and poems

Box 55 State Board Handbook

Box 55 Surban League Conference, 1970

Box 55 Voter Service

Box 55 Unarranged Books and Pamphlets


Box 56 Unarranged Books

Series XIX: 1988 Addition, 1972 - 1981, 1972-1981


Box 57 Action File, 1977

Box 57 Action File, 1978

Box 57 Action-Lobbying, 1974-1976

Box 57 Action-Techniques, 1973-1976

Box 57 Albany Office-Budget, supply prices, etc., 1975-1976

Box 57 Apportionment, 1975-1976

Box 57 Apportionment, 1977

Box 57 Bureau of National Affairs, 1975-1978 (codes and regulations), 1975-1978

Box 57 Clipsheet (Legislative Forum), 1976-1978

Box 57 Conference on Aging, 1981

Box 57 Congressional Interview, 1980

Box 57 Constitutional Revision, 1977

Box 57 Convention, 1979

Box 57 Convention and By-Laws, 1975

Box 57 Correspondence, 1976

Box 57 Education Law, 1975

Box 57 Education Law, 1976

Box 57 Education Law, 1977-1978

Box 57 Education Law, 1979-1980

Box 57 Election Law, 1977-1978


Box 58 Election Law, 1979-1980

Box 58 Energy, 1976-1977

Box 58 Energy, 1978

Box 58 Environment Quality, 1975

Box 58 Environment Quality, 1975-1977

Box 58 Environment Quality, 1977

Box 58 Environment Quality-Land Use, 1975

Box 58 Financing Education, 1972-1976

Box 58 Financing Education, 1973-1975

Box 58 Financing Education, 1977

Box 58 Financing Education, 1978

Box 58 "Form 99", 1979

Box 58 Freedom of Information, 1974-1975

Box 58 General Election, 1975

Box 58 Good Guys (minutes), 1978

Box 58 Good Guys (minutes), 1979

Box 58 Good Guys (minutes), 1981


Box 59 Government-Rules for Code of Ethics, 1980

Box 59 Government Operations, 1977

Box 59 Government Operations, 1978

Box 59 Government Operations, 1979

Box 59 Governor, 1979

Box 59 Governor, 1980

Box 59 Housing, 1972-1975

Box 59 Human Resources, 1976-1977

Box 59 Human Resources, 1977-1978

Box 59 Human Resources, 1979

Box 59 Indirect Initiative, 1979

Box 59 Initiative and Referendum, 1978

Box 59 Intern, 1977

Box 59 Judicial, 1974-1975


Box 60 Judicial, 1975-1976

Box 60 Judicial, 1977

Box 60 Judicial, 1978

Box 60 Judicial, 1979

Box 60 Land Use, 1974-1975

Box 60 Land Use, 1975-1976

Box 60 Land Use, 1977

Box 60 League-Miscellaneous, 1978

Box 60 League-Miscellaneous (National also), 1979


Box 61 Legislative and Lobbying Procedures-Miscellaneous

Box 61 Legislative Conference, 1975

Box 61 Legislative Conference, 1976

Box 61 Legislative Conference, 1977

Box 61 Legislative Conference, 1978

Box 61 Legislative Conference, 1979

Box 61 Legislative Conference, 1980

Box 61 Legislative Interviews-Albany, January 12-13, 1976

Box 61 Legislative Interviews-Congress

Box 61 Legislative News, 1975

Box 61 Legislative News, 1976

Box 61 Legislative News, 1977-1978

Box 61 Legislative Reform, 1974-1975

Box 61 Legislative Reform, 1977

Box 61 Legislative Representatives for Social Concerns, 1975

Box 61 Legislex, 1979

Box 61 Legislex, 1981

Box 61 Lobbying and Action, 1977

Box 61 Lobbying and Action, 1978

Box 61 Lobbying and Action, 1979


Box 62 Lobbying and Action, 1980

Box 62 Lobbying and Action, 1981

Box 62 Lobbying Citizen Participation, 1981

Box 62 Lobbying Committee

Box 62 Lobbying Course, 1979

Box 62 Lobbying Techniques, 1981

Box 62 Miscellaneous, 1976-1978

Box 62 Miscellaneous, 1980

Box 62 National Board Report-Action, 1976


Box 63 National Baord Reports-Action, 1977-1978

Box 63 National Item (Urban Crisis, UN Trade)

Box 63 Natural Resources

Box 63 New York State Board Reports, 1976-1977

Box 63 New York State Board Reports, 1977-1978

Box 63 New York State Convention, 1977

Box 63 Newspaper Clippings, 1978

Box 63 Newspaper Clippings, 1979

Box 63 Newspaper Clippings, 1980

Box 63 Newspaper Clippings, 1981

Box 63 Newspaper Clippings-Publicity, 1976

Box 63 Newspaper Clippings-Publicity, 1977

Box 63 Press Releases, 1976

Box 63 Press Releases, 1978

Box 63 Press Releases, 1979

Box 63 Press Releases, 1980

Box 63 Publication and Catalogue Information


Box 64 Reapportionment

Box 64 Report-Legislative Forum

Box 64 Report from the Hill

Box 64 Roll Calls, Voting Records, 1977

Box 64 Roll Calls, Voting Records, 1978

Box 64 Roll Calls, Voting Records, 1979

Box 64 Roll Calls, Voting Records, 1980

Box 64 Social Services

Box 64 Speaking Engagements

Box 64 State and National League

Box 64 State Board Report

Box 64 State League-Miscellaneous, 1977

Box 64 Testimony, 1977

Box 64 Testimony, 1978

Box 64 Testimony, 1979

Box 64 Testimony, 1980

Box 64 Testimony, 1981

Box 64 Transportation, 2 folders

Box 64 Transportation in New York State

Box 64 Urban Crisis, 1978

Box 64 Urban Crisis, 1979, 2 folders


Box 65 Vacancies

Box 65 Voter-New York State

Box 65 Voter Service, 1977 (Focus on Fall ballot), 1977

Box 65 Voter service, 1978

Box 65 Voter Service, 1979

Box 65 Voter Service, 1980

Box 65 Voters (State and National), 1979

Box 65 Voters (State and National), 1981

Box 65 Women's Issues

Series XX: 1990 Addition

Subseries XX.1: Subject files (Folders 1-278)


Box 66 Folder no. 1-12


Box 67 Folder no. 13-27


Box 68 Folder no. 28-33


Box 69 Folder no. 34-40


Box 70 Folder no. 41-46


Box 71 Folder no. 47-58


Box 72 Folder no. 59-67


Box 73 Folder no. 68-70


Box 74 Folder no. 71-78


Box 75 Folder no. 79-85


Box 76 Folder no. 86-94


Box 77 Folder no. 95-98


Box 78 Folder no. 99-111


Box 79 Folder no. 112-122


Box 80 Folder no. 123-138


Box 81 Folder no. 139-150


Box 82 Folder no. 151-161


Box 83 Folder no. 162-171


Box 84 Folder no. 172-177


Box 85 Folder no. 178-186


Box 86 Folder no. 187-193


Box 87 Folder no. 194-205


Box 88 Folder no. 206-215


Box 89 Folder no. 216-220


Box 90 Folder no. 221-224


Box 91 Folder no. 225-240


Box 92 Folder no. 241-250


Box 93 Folder no. 251-258


Box 94 Folder no. 259-265


Box 95 Folder no. 266-275


Box 96 Folder no. 276-278

Subseries XX.2:Disbanded League files


Box 97 Folder no. 279-287


Box 98 Folder no. 288-294


Box 99 Folder no. 295-314


Box 100 Folder no. 315-322


Box 101 Folder no. 323-327


Box 102 Folder no. 328-329


Box 103 Folder no. 330-338


Box 104 Plaques, etc.

Audio Visual Materials


Box 94 State Convention, 1973, 5 audiocassettes

Access digital content: State Convention

Cassette 1: Side A, Tuesday PM-Wednesday AM, Not recommended items; Side B, Wednesday AM, Finance-Albany Committee questions. Cassette 2: Side A, Wednesday PM, Budget Program discussion, education judicial expansion reform; Side B, Wednesday PM, Program discussion, Election law. Cassette 3: Side A, Wednesday PM, program discussion, land use, revenue sharing, migrant workers; Side B, Wednesday PM Program, migrants (cont.), Thursday AM, Adoption of program, land use/judicial/election law. Cassette 4: Side A, Thursday AM, Program, adoption (cont.); Side B, Thursday AM, Program adoption concluded, convention resolutions. Cassette 5: Convention resolutions.

Box 94 Barry Gray WMCA Interview with Marion Sinek, 1986 October 29, 1 audiocassettes