A Guide to the League of Women Voters of the
Richmond Area Archives
1920-1997 League of Women Voters of the Richmond
Area Archives
M 18
A Collection in
James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth
University
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Repository Special Collections and Archives, James Branch
Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University
Collection number M 18
Title League of Women Voters of the
Richmond Area Archives
1920-1997
Physical Characteristics 3.5 linear
feet
Creator League of Women Voters of the
Richmond Area
Language
English
Access
Collection is open for use without restrictions
Use Restrictions
none
Preferred Citation
Box, League of Women Voters of the Richmond Area
Archives, M 18, Special Collections and Archives, James
Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University
Acquisition Information
The collection was a gift to Special Collections and
Archives from the League of Women Voters of thre Richmond
Area
Processing Information
Collection processed in April 1995. Finding revised in
August 1997.
The Virginia League of Women Voters (LWV) was organized on
November 9, 1920 in the State Capitol building in Richmond.
This date was chosen to coincide with the anniversary of the
organization of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia in 1909.
The meeting was attended by women from all parts of the
state.
The Richmond League organized a few weeks later, on
November 30, 1920, in a meeting called by Adele Clark, one of
several early LWV members who had been active in the women's
suffrage movement in Virginia. The purpose of the
organization, expressed in its original constitution, was "to
stimulate education in citizenship and to suggest and support
improved legislation."
The Richmond League has been active on a number of issues,
including child welfare, women's rights at work,
redistricting, and support for the Equal Rights Amendment.
Throughout its existence it has encouraged citizen
participation in elections. In the 1970's the name of the
Richmond Area LWV was changed to the LWV of the Richmond
Metropolitan Area, Virginia, Inc. -representing the areas of
Richmond, Chesterfield County and Henrico County.
The collection includes minutes, correspondence, annual as
well as other reports, newsletters, newspaper clippings,
notes, various publications and other materials. The date
range of the collection, from the early 1920's until the
present, spans the history of the organization. There seems to
be some minutes missing from the years 1939 through 1945.
Much of the correspondence from the 1970s focuses on the
passage of the Equal Rights Amendment and includes letters to
and from Virginia's U.S. Congressional delegation. Numerous
regional and state issues are also documented in the
collection.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged alphobetically and
chronologically therein.
Organization
The first deposit of materials from the LWV of the
Richmond Area (7/12/83) included minutes, newsletters,
correspondence and other materials, dates from 1920 until
1973. A second deposit (4/1/94) of similar materials dates
from the late 1970s until 1992. The collection also
includes four additional deposits of material: one from
Geraldine Fineberg Archivist for the League of Women Voters
of the Richmond Metro Area (95-Jun-24); a second from
Muriel H. Smith (95-Jul-32), member of LWV of the Richmond
Metro Area; a third deposit from Donna Reynolds
(96-Oct-28); and a fourth deposit from an undetermined
donor (97-Jun-12).
Box Box 1
Action Alert Documents n.d.
1978, Feb. 1986, July
1987
Box Box 1
Annual Meeting Programs
1973-1979
Box Box 1
Annual Reports
1955-1958
Box Box 1
Annual Reports
1960-1970
Box Box 1
Annual Reports
1970-1973
Box Box 1
Annual Reports
1974-1979
Box Box 1
Annual Reports
1980-1992
Box Box 1
Annual Reports
1993-1995
Box Box 1
Annual Reports to State and National League
1955-1959
Box Box 1
Annual Reports to State and National League
1960-1965
Box Box 1
Annual Reports to State and National League
1966-1973
Box Box 1
Ballot Issues
1977,
1978
Box Box 1
Biographical Information on League Members
n.d.,
1976-1994
Box Box 1
Bliley, Thomas J.-Interview
1985
Box Box 1
Board Meeting
1977
Box Box 1
Board Meeting Agendas and Minutes
1982, 1986-1989,
1993-1994
Box Box 1
Board Minutes, Annual Meetings
1965
Box Box 1
Board Minutes, Annual Meetings
1966
Box Box 1
Board Minutes, Annual Meetings
1967
Box Box 1
Board Notes (Notebook)
May 6, 1981-Jan. 6,
1983
Box Box 1
Board of Supervisors Election (Chesterfield
and Henrico)
1983
Box Box 1
Book: Choosing the President-Published for
the LWV Education Fund
1980
Box Box 1
Social Organization by Scott A. Greer
1955
Box Box 1
Virginia's Government
1975
Box Box 1
Budget Issue Seminar
1983
Box Box 1
Bylaws n.d.; Policy and Guidelines Handbook
1977, 1981, 1984 1988,
1990,
Box Box 1
Bylaws and Guidelines for League Action n.d.,
1981
Box Box 1
Candidate Questionaires-General Assembly-July
1965, Richmond City 1966
1965,
1966
Box Box 1
Candidates for Sheriff Questionnaires
(Chesterfield and Henrico)
1983
Box Box 1
Capital Budget for Richmond
1983-1984
Box Box 1
Catalog of Federal and Additional Assistance
to Richmond
1979
Box Box 1
Charter of Richmond, Virginia
1982
Box Box 1
Chesterfield County-Includes: Public
Improvement Bonds, Service Directory, Plan 2000, Map,
Precinctsk and an Article on Education;
1980-1982
Box Box 1
Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors
Election
1979
Box Box 1
Child Care Information
1989-1990
Box Box 1
Children First in Virginia-program,
n.d.
Box Box 1
City Budget and Finances
1985-1991
Box Box 1
City Council Election
1984
Box Box 1
City Planning Commission
1994
Box Box 1
Civil Rights Restoration Act
1985
Box Box 1
Coastal Preservation Program
1981
Box Box 1
Comprehensive Prevention Plan for Virginia
(Publication)
1990-1992
Box Box 1
Congressional Debates
1992
Box Box 1
Congressional Election
1980
Box Box 1
Congressional Election
1982
Box Box 2
Congressional Interviews, Correspondence, and
Notes
1983,
1985-1987
Box Box 2
Correspondence
1956
Box Box 1
Correspondence n.d., April-May
1978
Box Box 2
Correspondence June-August
1978
Box Box 2
Correspondence Sept.-Dec.
1978
Box Box 2
Correspondence
1979
Box Box 1
Correspondence-Letter to the Richmond Times
Dispatch Regarding Abortion
1983
Box Box 2
Correspondence-Miscellaneous
1953-1956, 1960, 1962,
1976-1986
Box Box 2
Correspondence-Presentation to Virginia
General Assembly, Dec. 6
1977
Box Box 2
Correspondence and Memorandums n.d.,
1981-1993
Box Box 2
Correspondence with Newspapers
1976-1980,
1983-1985
Box Box 2
Debate Information
1988,
1992
Box Box 2
Debate/Meeting Locations
1988
Box Box 2
Debate-Presidential
1976
Box Box 2
Democratic and Republican Party Plans n.d.
1984,
1986-1988
Box Box 2
Demographic Profile of Richmond
1985
Box Box 2
Education in Virginia n.d.
1978-1980,
1989-1992
Box Box 2
Elderly n.d.
1980-1983
Box Box 2
Election Districts, Laws, and Precincts for
Chesterfield, Henrico and Richmond
1980-1983
Box Box 2
Election Guide
1984
Box Box 2
Enviromental Issues (Publications) n.d. (2
files)
1985-1992
Box Box 2
Equal Rights Amendment
1977-1978
Box Box 2
Executive Board Meeting Notes (Notebook)
April-June
1981-1984
Box Box 2
50th Anniversary-Fund
1969-1970
Box Box 2
50th Anniversary Correspondence,invitations,
interview with Adele Clark
1969-1972
Box Box 2
Finance Study n.d.
1984-1988
Box Box 2
Fiscal Policy Committee
1984-1985
Box Box 2
Forms and Information for Virginia Candidates
1984-1985
Box Box 2
Future Horizons: Virginia in the 20th Century
Sept. and Dec.
1987
Box Box 2
General Assembly Election
1979
Box Box 2
General Assembly Election
1983
Box Box 2
General Registrars of Virginia (City and
County)
1989
Box Box 2
Getting to Know Richmond n.d.
1980-1981
Box Box 3
Government Study-Chesterfield County January
1982
Box Box 3
Guide: Monitoring for Compliance with the
Voting Rights Act
1987
Box Box 3
Guidelines for League Boards (Publication)
1980
Box Box 3
Guides to Chesterfield and Henrico n.d.
1969-1992
Box Box 3
Handbook for Virginia Mayors and Council
Members n.d.
Box Box 2
Handbook for the LWV of the United States
1989
Box Box 3
Henrico Board of Supervisors' Candidates
1982
Box Box 3
Henrico County Board of Supervisors Election
1979
Box Box 3
Henrico County Finances and Development
1985-1991
Box Box 3
Henrico County Telephone Directory
1984
Box Box 3
History of State Program Items-Election Law
Reform, Mental Health, Fiscal Health, and Education
1970
Box Box 3
History of VLWV and the Richmond Area LWV
1970
Box Box 3
Housing n.d.
1978-1981
Box Box 3
Housing Equality and Quantity of Housing in
Richmond n.d.,
1968,
1971-1972
Box Box 3
Housing-Equality of Opportunity n.d.
1966-1968,
1971
Box Box 3
Housing Information on Richmond and Virginia
n.d.
1970-1971
Box Box 3
Housing Investment Patterns in Richmond
Report May
1981
Box Box 3
Housing Reports for Richmond
1981
Box Box 3
Impact on Issues (Publication)
1984-1988,
1990-1992
Box Box 3
Issues and Issue Papers
1980-1981
Box Box 3
Job Descriptions
1988
Box Box 3
Joint Commission on Health Care's Key Issues
(Publication)
1993
Box Box 3
Know Your Local Government Study n.d.,
1974,
1980-1981
Box Box 3
Know Your Local Government Study
(Chesterfield, Henrico, Richmond)
1978-1983
Box Box 3
Know Your Local Government Study-Funding and
Format n.d.
1978-1981
Box Box 3
Know Your Local Government Study-Guides and
Assignments n.d.,
1959-1969,
1977-1981
Box Box 3
Know Your Local Government Study-Housing n.d.
1970-1981
Box Box 3
Know Your Local Government Study-Housing Data
1970's
Box Box 3
Know Your Local Government Study-Human
Services
1979-1980
Box Box 3
Know Your Local Government
Study-Intergovernmental Relationships
1980's
Box Box 3
Know Your Local Government Study-Population
Data
1970's,
1980's
Box Box 3
Leadership Metro Richmond
1980-1981
Box Box 3
Leadership Metro Richmond-Final Program Ideas
June 3
1981
Box Box 3
League Day-National Security Panel Discussion
Sept.
1983
Box Box 3
Legislative Correspondence
1989
Box Box 3
Legislative Newsletter Jan.-March
1984-1985
Box Box 3
Legislative Packet
1989
Box Box 3
Local Government n.d.
1950's-1970's
Box Box 3
LWV of Virginia-Miscellaneous
Box Box 3
LWV Planning n.d.
1988-1992
Box Box 3
LWV Resource Material-Bylaws, Board
Structures, n.d.
1981, 1984, 1987,
1992-1993
Box Box 4
LWV Richmond City Council Candidates Forum
1988
Box Box 4
LWV Richmond City Council Candidates Forum
1992
Box Box 4
LWVUS Calendars
1993-1994
Box Box 4
Maps-Chesterfield County Street Map, and
Richmond City Voting Precincts Chesterfield-1987 and
Richmond-1982
1987,
1982
Box Box 4
Maps-Henrico County Districts and Voting
Precincts n.d.
1980-1991
Box Box 4
Meeting Notes (Notebook)
1983-1985
Box Box 4
Meeting Notes (Notebook)
1985-1986
Box Box 4
Meeting Notes (Notebook) Oct.-Jan
1986-1990
Box Box 4
Meeting Notes (Notebook) May
1990-1991
Box Box 4
Membership Directories
1951-1952, 1978, 1980-1981,
1981-1982, 1983-1984
Box Box 4
Membership Handbooks
1984-1993
Box Box 4
Membership Lists
1975-1980
Box Box 4
Membership Notes
1985
Box Box 4
Mental Health Association and LWV's
"Remember the
Children"Breakfast, and the Mental Health Study
Consensus Report
1987-1989
Box Box 4
Minutes (1 of 2)
1921
Box Box 4
Minutes (2 of 2)
1921
Box Box 4
Minutes
1937-1944
Box Box 4
Minutes
1945-1949
Box Box 4
Minutes
1953-1954
Box Box 4
Minutes
1955-1956
Box Box 4
Minutes
1957-1958
Box Box 4
Minutes
1959-1962
Box Box 4
Minutes
1963-1965
Box Box 4
Minutes April-March
1967-1968
Box Box 4
Minutes Apil-March
1968-1969
Box Box 5
Minutes April-March
1969-1970
Box Box 5
Minutes April-March
1970-1971
Box Box 5
Minutes April-December
1971-1972
Box Box 5
Minutes
1969-1971
Box Box 5
Minutes
1971-1972
Box Box 5
Minutes
1973-1974
Box Box 5
Minutes
1975-1978
Box Box 5
Minutes Jan. 3, 1979-Dec. 1, 1982
1979-1982
Box Box 5
Minutes Jan. 5, 1983-Dec. 4, 1985
1983-1985
Box Box 5
Minutes April 23, 1985-April 2, 1986
1985-1986
Box Box 5
Minutes Jan. 8-1986-Oct. 5, 1988
1986-1988
Box Box 5
Minutes April-March
1986-1987
Box Box 5
Minutes April-Dec.
1987
Box Box 5
Minutes-Annual Meeting April 8, 1987 and
Board Meetings Jan. 1988-Dec. 1989
Box Box 5
Minutes March-June
1990-1991
Box Box 5
Minutes (Annual Meetings) June
1991, 1992, and
1993
Box Box 5
Minutes (Board Meetings) Aug.-June
1991-1993
Box Box 5
Minutes (from Executive Committee Meetings)
Oct., Aug., and May
1991, 1992,
1993
Box Box 5
Miscellaneous n.d., circa 1950's
1974, 1977,
1989
Box Box 5
Miscellaneous Financial Information of LWV
n.d.
1978-1994
Box Box 5
Miscellaneous Papers n.d.
1947, 1976, 1981, 1985-1986,
1988-1990
Box Box 5
National Election Information
1980
Box Box 5
National Voter (Magazine Publication) Fall
1985-Oct. 1994
1985-1994
Box Box 5
National Voter Registration
Sept. 9, 1988
Box Box 5
Newsclipping (Long Article on LWV)
May 25, 1969
Box Box 6
Newsletters April-March
1963-1966
Box Box 6
Newsletters April-Nov.
1966-1967
Box Box 6
Newsletters Jan.-Nov.
1968-1969
Box Box 6
Newsletters
1970-1972
Box Box 6
Newsletters
1973-1974
Box Box 6
Newsletters
1975
Box Box 6
Newsletters
1976
Box Box 6
Newsletters
1977-1979
Box Box 6
Newsletters
1980-1983
Box Box 6
Newsletters
1983-1986
Box Box 6
Newsletters
1987-1989
Box Box 6
Newsletters
1990-1992
Box Box 6
Newsletters Jan.-May
1993-1995
Box Box 7
Newspaper Articles n.d.
1991-1993
Box Box 7
Newspaper Clippings
1953-1959
Box Box 7
Newspaper Clippings
1960-1965
Box Box 7
Newspaper Clippings
1966-1969
Box Box 7
Newspaper Clippings
1970-1974
Box Box 7
Nuclear Freeze
1985
Box Box 7
Older Virginians-Info on Housing and the
Office on Aging n.d.
Box Box 7
Ordinance-Concerning the Division of Richmond
into 9 Districts for the election of City Council
1991
Box Box 7
Photographs n.d.
Box Box 7
Planning Guides for Local and State Leagues
1980-1986
Box Box 7
Popular Control of Government (Chesterfield,
Henrico, and Richmond) n.d.
1980's
Box Box 7
Position Papers
1980,
1989
Box Box 7
Post Board and Post Council Meeting Summaries
June-June, and Jan.-June
1985-1987,
1991-1993
Box Box 7
Precinct Maps n.d.
Box Box 7
President's Packets of the LWV
1986-1990,
1992
Box Box 7
Projects, Studies n.d.,
1985-1993
Box Box 7
Public Safety
1979-1980
Box Box 7
Public Statements
1983-1987,
1993
Box Box 7
Public Welfare n.d.,
1970, 1974-1975, and
1977-1980
Box Box 7
Publications-Solar Homes
1983
Box Box 7
Publications-Voter Guides, Miscellaneous
Publications n.d.
1980's,
1990's
Box Box 7
Recycling Guide
1988,
1990
Box Box 7
Reference Book and Directiory
1984-1985, 1985-1986,
1992-1993
Box Box 7
Report of the Governor's Commission on
Virginia's Future
1984
Box Box 7
Report from the Hill (Publication) Feb.-Nov.
1986-1993
Box Box 7
Report on Racial Polarization in Richmond
March 31, 1981
Box Box 7
Richmond n.d.
1960's-1984
Box Box 7
Richmond City Council Candidates Questionaire
1958
Box Box 7
Richmond City Council Election May
1978
Box Box 7
Richmond City Council Election May
1980
Box Box 7
Richmond City Council Election May
1982
Box Box 7
Richmond City Council Election May
1988
Box Box 8
Richmond City Schools (Education)
n.d.
Box Box 8
Richmond City Structure n.d.
1980
Box Box 8
Richmond Clean City, Committee Recycling
Opportunities Publication
1988
Box Box 8
Richmond Council of Women's Organizations
1952,
1983-1987
Box Box 8
Richmond Department of Public Utilities
Annual Report
1978-1979
Box Box 8
Richmond Health Services
1975,
1980
Box Box 8
Richmond Intergovernmental Relationships
n.d.
Box Box 8
Richmond Serial Public Improvement Bonds
1979-1980,
1982
Box Box 8
Scrapbook
1971-1981
Box Box 8
Secretary's Records Feb.-April
1978-1979
Box Box 8
Secretary's Records (Margaret Zajonc,
secretary) April-May
1980-1981
Box Box 9
Secretary's Records (Sally Kenney, secretary)
Jan.-April
1981-1982
Box Box 8
Secretary's Records March-April
1982-1983
Box Box 8
Secretary's Records (Janine Silberman,
secretary) April-March
1983-1985
box Box 8
Seminar with Chamber of Commerce on
Understanding the General Assembly
1978
Box Box 8
75th Gala (1 of 2)
Feb. 14, 1995
Box Box 8
75th Gala (2 of 2)
Feb. 14, 1995
Box Box 8
Solar Homes Tour Materials
1983
Box Box 8
Special District Government in Va
1967
Box Box 8
State Convention Documents n.d.
1981, 1983, 1985-1987,
1992
Box Box 8
State Council Workbooks April
1978,
1986
Box Box 8
State Election Information
1980
Box Box 8
Statements of the LWV n.d.
1976-1977, 1983-1988,
1994
Box Box 8
Study on Henrico County Government and
Education
1979-1981
Box Box 8
Superfund Materials n.d.
1981,
1984-1985
Box Box 8
University of Virginia Newsletter
(Publication)
1963-1964, 1971,
1981-1982
Box Box 9
Virginia Election Laws
1980
Box Box 9
Virginia Election Laws
1992
Box Box 9
Virginia General Assembly Special Sessions
1981-1982
Box Box 9
Virginia Municipal Review April
1937
Box Box 9
Virginia Voter (Publication)
1979-1980
Box Box 9
Virginia Voter (Publication) Winter
1983-1986
Box Box 9
Virginia Voter (Publication) Spring-Winter
1986-1994
Box Box 9
Virginia's Water Supply Problems
(Publication)
1982
Box Box 9
Voter Education Guidebook n.d.
Box Box 9
Voter Education Guide for Kindergarten
n.d.
Box Box 9
Voter Education in Schools n.d.,
1988,
1992
Box Box 9
Voter Registration
1976-1977, 1981, 1983,
1984-1985
Box Box 9
Voter Registration Drive
1990
Box Box 9
Voter Registration Drive
1992
Box Box 9
Voter Registration Street Directory for
Richmond
1990
Box Box 9
Voter Service Information n.d.
1976-1978,
1980
Box Box 9
Voter Service Information
1986-1993
Box Box 9
Voter Service Materials
1983-1986
Box Box 9
Voter Service Materials
1984, 1988,
1991-1992
Box Box 9
Voter Service Materials
1990
Box Box 9
Voter Service Materials for Va
1990
Box Box 9
Voter Service Materials-Miscellaneous
1980-1995
Box Box 9
Voter Voter Service Programs
1991
Box Box 9
Women's Yellow Pages for Richmond
1993-1994
Box Box 10
Video-3 Congressional Debates
1992
Box Box 10
Video-Voting in Virginia
Box Box 10
Video-Voting in Virginia
Box Box 10
Video-Williams, Earle for
Governor
Box Box 10
Video-Women's Suffrage
Box Box 10
Video-Women's Suffrage
Enlargement of a Suffrage Calendar
1912
Physical Location: found in drawer #26
Oversized
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