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Preferred Citation:
League of Women Voters of the Williamsburg Area records, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.
Acquisition Information:
76 L47 (1976.37) Williamsburg Chapter of the League through Mrs David Kranbuehl. 1983.41 Gift of the local Chapter (through Peggy Kossler). 1994.63A Gift of the League of Women Voters of Williamsburg through Mrs. Peggy Kossler. 2008.98 LWV via Barbara Worthen. For information on additions made after 2008 please contact a staff member for details. 2016.084 Gift of the League of Women Voters via Barbara Worthen. 2016.101 Gift of the League of Women Voters via Barbara Worthen
Accruals:
Additions to the collection are ongoing. The finding aid will be updated to reflect accruals to the collection.
Historical Note:
The League of Women Voters of the Williamsburg Area has also been known in the past as the League of Women Voters of Williamsburg, Va., and the League of Women Voters of Williamsburg-James City County. These names appear to have been used at times interchangeably. at .
Scope and Contents
Records of the League of Women Voters of the Williamsburg Area (LWVWA). Includes minutes, agendas, correspondence, publications, reports, photographs, memorandums, newsletters, president's files, video recordings and newspaper clippings. Topics covered include among others arms control, national security issues and domestic legislation, information relating to lobbying, etc.
Related Material
Videocassettes, audiocassettes, and floppy disks from this collection have been moved to the Manuscripts Audiovisual Collection.
Separated Material
7 floppy discs from the 2003-2004 President's files, two VHS tapes, audio cassette tapes, and one Betacam tape have been moved to the Mss. Audiovisual Collection. These items, while separated physically for storage, have been intellectually moved back into this collection.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Agendas (administrative records)
- Correspondence
- Memorandums
- Minutes
- Photographs
- Publications
- Reports
- Video recordings
- Voting
- Women in politics--United States--History--20th century
- Women--History--Virginia
- Women--Suffrage--Virginia
Container List
Records of the Williamsburg-James City County, Va. chapter of the League of Women Voters. Includes minutes, agendas, correspondence, publications, reports, photographs, memorandums, and newspaper clippings. Addition to the Collection of materials relating to arms control, national security issues and domestic legislation, information relating to lobbying, and newsletters.
- Mixed Materials box: 1
Box 1
- Mixed Materials box: 2
Box 2
- Mixed Materials box: 3
Box 3
- Mixed Materials box: 4
Box 4
- Mixed Materials box: 5
Box 5
- Mixed Materials box: 6
Box 6
Bulletins, agendas and correspondence concerning the Equal Rights Amendment.
- Mixed Materials box: 7
Box 7
- Mixed Materials box: 7 Folder: 1 id62521
Presidential Debate1976Scope and Contents
Letter and pamphlet on Presidential Debate at Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Hall in Williamsburg, Virginia in 1976.
- Mixed Materials box: 7 Folder: 2 id62522
Equal Rights Amendment1977-1978Scope and Contents
Letters to and from Legislators and others regarding the Equal Rights Amendment. Some papers and notes on ERA.
- Mixed Materials box: 7 Folder: 3 id62523
Bulletin, Board Agendas1971-1972
- Mixed Materials box: 7 Folder: 4 id62524
Bulletin, Board Agendas1973-1974
- Mixed Materials box: 7 Folder: 1 id62521
Addition to records of the League of Women Voters of Williamsburg-James City County
- Mixed Materials box: 8
Box 8
- Mixed Materials box: 8 Folder: 1 id148576
Arms control and national security1965-1983Scope and Contents
48 items.
- Mixed Materials box: 8 Folder: 2 id148577
Arms control and national security1983-1989 and n.d.Scope and Contents
47 items.
- Mixed Materials box: 8 Folder: 3 id148578
Domestic legislation issues1978-1990 & n.d.Scope and Contents
25 items.
- Mixed Materials box: 8 Folder: 4 id148579
Legislative newslettersFebruary 2 1990-March 27 1992Scope and Contents
18 items
- Mixed Materials box: 8 Folder: 5 id148580
Lobbying action: information concerning lobbying efforts or proposed lobbying efforts1979-1985Scope and Contents
25 items.
- Mixed Materials box: 8 Folder: 6 id148581
Local League of Women Voters informationJanuary 1978-April 1983Scope and Contents
30 items
- Mixed Materials box: 8 Folder: 7 id148582
Newsletters1968-1982Scope and Contents
23 items.
- Mixed Materials box: 8 Folder: 8 id148583
Newsletters1982-1985Scope and Contents
27 items.
- Mixed Materials box: 8 Folder: 9 id148584
Newsletters1986-1989 & n.d.Scope and Contents
18 items.
- Mixed Materials box: 8 Folder: 10 id148585
Newsletters1990-1993Scope and Contents
13 items.
- Mixed Materials box: 8 Folder: 1 id148576
- Mixed Materials box: 9
Box 9
- Mixed Materials box: 9 Folder: 11 id148586
Pamphlets from the League of Women Voters1972-1991Scope and Contents
12 items.
- Mixed Materials box: 9 Folder: 12 id148587
"Report from the Hill."April 1978 - December 1983Scope and Contents
15 items.
- Mixed Materials box: 9 Folder: 13 id148588
"Report from the Hill."October 1974 - August 1977Scope and Contents
7 items.
- Mixed Materials box: 9 Folder: 14 id148589
Waste reduction and natural resources management1973-1991 & n.d.
- Mixed Materials box: 9 Folder: 11 id148586
An inventory for this accession is available at http://vip.lib.virginia.edu:8080/cocoon/vivaead/published/wm/viw00118.xml.frame
- Mixed Materials box: 10
Box 10
- Mixed Materials box: 11
Box 11
League of Women Voters Records. No inventory for this accession.
- Mixed Materials box: 12
Box 12
- Mixed Materials box: 13
Box 13
- Mixed Materials box: 14
Box 14
Scope and Contents Acc. 2010.342 consists of miscellaneous newsletters, 1992-2002; Voter Service records, 2002-2005; President's files, 2002-2005; a studies binder on Restorative Justice, 2003-2005; and two VHS and one Betacam tapes: Fall candidates forums for Virginia Delegates (2), 2003; and LVWUS "Shakedown Your Vote", 2004.
- Mixed Materials box: 15
Box 15
- Mixed Materials box: 16
Box 16
This series contains bulletins of the League of Women Voters of Virginia from 1976-1986 and bulletins from the Williamsburg Area League of Women Voters from 1984-1997.
- Mixed Materials box: 17
Box 17
One VHS tape titled: 75 Years of a Great Idea, 2006 and 2008 League of Women Voters National Convention packets and photographs, publicity information, voter services for 2003, study on homeslessness in the Williamsburg area for 2004, 2000- 2008 facts for voters booklets, treasurer folders for 2003-2008, and Board of Directors resumes 2003- 2008.
- Mixed Materials box: 18
Box 18
- Mixed Materials box: 20
Box 20
- Mixed Materials box: 20 Folder: 1
Choosing the President1968English.Scope and Contents
Short book published by the League of Women Voters of the United States, includes information about political parties, national conventions, campaigning, and the general election process.
- Mixed Materials box: 20 Folder: 2
Membership BrochuresEnglish.Scope and Contents
Four (4) English brochures and one (1) Spanish brochure for the League of Women Voters of the Williamsburg Area, discuss membership and benefits of political involvement with the organization
- Audio box: 20 Folder: 3
Iron Jawed Angels VideocassetteEnglish.Scope and Contents
HBO Studio, HSP Productions
Total running time: 2 hours
- Mixed Materials box: 20 Folder: 4
Secretary's Notes2010-2016English.Scope and Contents
Secretary's Notes for Womens League of Voters of the Williamsburg Area, includes media clippings, committee reports, offical correspondence, agendas, pamphlets, meeting minutes, member information, voting booklets.
- Mixed Materials box: 20 Folder: 1
This series contains an addition of newsletters, correspondence, memorandums, and event papers.
- Mixed Materials box: 21
Newsletters, correspondence, memorandums, and event papersCirca 1965-2008Scope and Contents
8 folders
- Mixed Materials box: 22
Newsletters, correspondence, memorandums, and event papersCirca 1965-2008Scope and Contents
4 folders
- Mixed Materials box: 23
Newsletters, correspondence, memorandums, and event papersCirca 1965-2008Scope and Contents
5 folders
This series contains membership trifolds, one dating to 2020, one undated; multiple issues of newsletters from 2016-2019 and 2021; five notebooks with photographs and newspaper clippings dating from 1991 to 2020 as well as documents of annual meeting workbooks and minutes from 2017-2021. Folders of board minutes from 2019-2021 are also included.
- Mixed Materials box: 24
Newsletters, board minutes, membershipsCirca 1991-2021Scope and Contents
1 binder
- Mixed Materials box: 25
Newsletters, board minutes, membershipsCirca 1991-2021Scope and Contents
9 folders and 1 binder
- Mixed Materials box: 26
Newsletters, board minutes, membershipsCirca 1991-2021Scope and Contents
3 binders