League of Women Voters of Texas Records, 1916-1997 and undated

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Materials related to the centennial of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution:

Creator: League of Women Voters of Texas

Collection #: S 568.1

Language: English

Biographical Sketch

The League of Women Voters of Texas is a non-partisan organization that works to promote political responsibility through active informed participation of all citizens in their government. In 1919, the Texas Equal Suffrage Association evolved into the Texas League of Women Voters, and today is recognized as the League of Women Voters of Texas. Their hallmark activity is the circulation of Voters' Guides through newspapers prior to elections; locally, regionally, statewide, and nationally. The League's intent is dissemination of information on political candidates, and the objective promotion of "political responsibility through informed and active participation of citizens in government." The organization's efforts, however, are by no means limited to politics, but also address issues on water, health care, hazardous wastes, education, energy, and such international concerns as the United Nations.

The records of the League of Women Voters of Texas also reflect socio-economic changes in the United States with the active organizational membership drives of the mid to late 1970s in response to American society's evolution into a two income family. Collectively, the materials provide researchers with invaluable insight into politics and political concerns on an international, national, statewide, and local basis.

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of materials from national, state, and local files, financial materials, photographs, and publications of the National, Texas, and local leagues, as well as other state leagues. Also included are a study of the national league, scrapbooks, memorabilia, vice-presidential program files, and printed materials. The focus of the collection is on state committees and local units.

Highlights from the donation include the original 1919 minutes from the Texas Equal Suffrage Association authorizing the organizational conversion to the Texas League of Women Voters, films produced by the group on legislative processes, the 104th Congressional recognition given and signed by Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison on the 75th anniversary of the League of Women Voters of Texas, and the flag that flew over the Texas capitol on that day.

Items specific to the centennial of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution may be found in a list above.

Restrictions

Open for Research

Related Material

For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, see the following collections:

  • Halcyon Baggett Papers, 1944-1982, 1955-1982
  • James William Davis Papers, 1949-1968, 1957-1968
  • Georgia Wilson Dingus oral history interview [sound recording], 1972
  • Carolyn Jordan oral history interview [sound recording], 1986
  • League of Women Voters of Texas (Lubbock Chapter), 1945-1978
  • Shirley Reese Papers, 1967-1978
  • Mrs. Glen Woody oral history interview [sound recording], 1979

Preferred Citation

League of Women Voters of Texas Records, 1916-1997 and undated, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

Accession Information

Collection accession #(s): 86-0060-B, 96-0060-B, 97-0016-B, 97-0251-B, 98-0467-B, 99-0250-B, 99-0285-B

Gifts, 1971-1997

Processed by

Abel Ramirez, August 2000

Additional Sources

"League of Women Voters of Texas." The New Handbook of Texas. Austin: The Texas State Historical Association, Vol. 4, 1996

Stuhler, Barbara. "For the Public Record: A Documentary History of the League of Women Voters." Westport, Connecticut, Greenwood Press, 2000.

Young, Louise M. "In the Public Interest: The League of Women Voters, 1920-1970." New York: Greenwood Press, 1989.

Collection Inventory

Box 1

Action Meeting, 1980

Administrative, 1972-1989

Administrative Organization

Administrative-Public Relations, 1972-1986 and undated

Air Conference, 1977-1978 and undated

Board Agendas and Minutes, 1976-1978

Board Lists, 1969-1977

Board Lists and Changes, 1969-1972

Board Members

Board Minutes, 1929-1942

Bylaws, 1971-1977 and undated

Conferences, 1977-1978 and undated

Constitutional Amendments, 1962-1973 and undated

Box 2

Correspondence, 1929-1997 and undated

Box 3

Box 4

Box 5

Box 6

Box 7

Box 8

Box 9

Box 10

Box 11

Box 12

Box 13

Box 14

Box 15

Box 16

Box 17

Dallas Chapter, League of Women Voters, 1929-1931 and undated

Energy Position Papers, 1975-1981 and undated

Environmental Quality, 1973

Ethnic Breakdown of Students, 1967-1983 and undated

Facts and Issues, 1967

Film and Video, 1967-1979 and undated

Financial Material, 1927-1991 and undated

Box 18

Box 19

Box 20

Box 21

Box 22

Hazardous Waste, 1983

Health Care Medically Indignent, 1985-1986 and undated

Health, Welfare, and Liberty, 1965-1970

Human Resources, 1968-1973

Human Resources Program, 1977-1980 and undated

Human Resources - Welfare National and State, 1971-1978

International Relations, 1976-1989 and undated

Interviews, 1987-1988

Judicial Reform, 1972

Box 23

Judicial Reform Bills, 1971-1973 and undated

Legal Material, 1980-1984 and undated

Legislative Committee File, undated

Legislature, 1967 and undated

Literary Production, 1916-1994 and undated

Box 24

Box 25

Box 26

  • Folder 1, League Directory, Austin, 1977-1978
  • Folder 2, "A League of Our Own," Convention Workbook, 1993
  • Folder 3, Legislation, 1975
  • Folder 4, Legislative Day Responses, 1983
  • Folder 5, Legislative Interviews, 1973-1974 and undated
  • Folder 6, Legislative Interviews, 1984-1987 and undated
  • Folder 7, Legislative Interview Feedback, 1983 and undated
  • Folder 8, Legislative Program for Texas League of Women Voters, 1944
  • Folder 9, Legislature Proposals, 1974 and undated
  • Folder 10, "Let the Good Times Roll in Beaumont," Convention Workbook, 1981
  • Folder 11, Lobbying Techniques, 1978-1983 and undated
  • Folder 12, Local Program, Victoria, 1969-1989
  • Folder 13, Lubbock CHapter, 1966-1977 and undated
  • Folder 14, Lubbock Chapter, 1970-1971 and undated
  • Folder 15, LWV of Texas History, 1941-1948 and undated
  • Folder 16, Majority Coalition, Lubbock Chapter, 1970-1971
  • Folder 17, "Make the League Connection," Council Workbook, 1992
  • Folder 18, Meeting, Wichita Falls, 1989
  • Folder 19, Meeting Minutes, 1966-1967
  • Folder 20, Membership, 1981-1990
  • Folder 21, Membership Bulletins, Non-current and of Special Interest, 1934-1951 and undated
  • Folder 22, Membership Charges, 1955-1961 and undated
  • Folder 23, Membership List, 1977-1980
  • Folder 24, Membership List, Tarrant County, 1978-1989
  • Folder 25, Membership List, Waco, 1976-1988
  • Folder 26, "Metropolitan Characteristics and Problems," Survey, Waco, 1966
  • Folder 27, Minutes, Annual Convention, LWV, 1919
  • Folder 28, Minutes, Convention Workbook, Correspondence, Newspaper Clippings, 1954-1956
  • Folder 29, Minutes, Huntsville, 1973-1975
  • Folder 30, Minutes, State Board Meeting, 1965-1967
  • Folder 31, Monthly Newsletter, Wichita Falls, 1990
  • Folder 32, National Convention, 1977-1978

Box 27

Box 28

Box 29

Membership, 1970-1977

Membership Lists and Change, 1969-1973

Minutes, 1968-1987

Box 30

Miscellaneous, General, 1969-1979 and undated

National Commission on the Public Service, 1986-1988 and undated

National Program, 1962-1980 and undated

Newspapers, 1950-1986

Pearland Chapter, 1960-1989 and undated

Photographs, undated

Box 31

Policy Sheets, 1969

Preboard Meetings, 1983-1987

Printed Material, 1927-1995 and undated

Box 32

Constitutional Convention of the State of Texas, 1974

Box 33

Box 34

Box 35

Box 36

Box 37

Box 38

Box 39

Program, 1969-1975 and undated

Publications, 1953-1976 and undated

Box 40

San Antonio Chapter 1961-1992 and undated

Scrapbook, 1949-1981 and undated

Box 41

Box 42

Box 43

Box 44

Box 45

Box 46

Box 47

Scrapbook Material, 1962-1989 and undated

Box 48

Secret Ballot and the Legislature, 1957 and undated

State and Local Relations, 1965-1975 and undated

Texas Constitutional Revision, 1966-1974 and undated

Texas Education Fund, 1973-1987 and undated

Box 49

Texas Executive Department, 1970-1975 and undated

Texas Legislature, 1966-1985 and undated

Voters' Guide, 1977-1989 and undated

Water, 1960-1961

West Texas for Peace, 1978-1986

Oversized Material, 1940-1995 and undated

Box 50

  • Folder 1, Clippings, Articles, Ballots, etc., 1952-1992 and undated

Box 51

  • Folder 1, Newspapers, c. 1940's-1996

Box 52

  • Folder 1, Voters' Guides, 1950-1969 and undated

Box 53

  • Folder 1, Voters' Guides, 1970-1977

Box 54

  • Folder 1, Voters' Guides, 1978-1982

Box 55

  • Folder 1, Voters' Guides, 1983-1995

Water, 1948-1967 and undated

Box 56

Water, 1948-1967

Box 57

Box 58

National Files, 1920-1974 and undated

Box 59

Box 60

President's Council Files, 1931-1969

Box 61

Box 62

Box 63

Box 64

State Files, 1921-1975 and undated

Box 65

Box 66

Box 67

Box 68

Field Service and Organization Files, 1944-1972 and undated

Box 69

Box 70

Box 71

Box 72

Program Legislative and Capitol Committee Files, 1921-1975 and undated

Program, General, 1934-1970 and undated

Box 73

Box 74

Local Leagues, General, 1952-1954

Legal Status of Women, 1947-1964

Box 75

Texas Constitutional Revision, 1935-1970

Program Files, 1921-1975 and undated

Box 76

Legislative Files, 1921-1973 and undated

Box 77

Legislative Files, 1921-1973 and undated

Box 78

Box 79

Box 80

Box 81

Local Files, 1921-1978 and undated

Box 82

Box 83

Box 84

Correspondence, 1930-1975 and undated

Box 85

Box 86

Box 87

Box 88

Box 89

Box 90

Box 91

Organization, 1927-1959

Program Files, 1922-1971 and undated

Local Current Agenda, 1937-1962 and undated

Local Leagues, 1937-1962 and undated

Box 92

Public Relations and Publicity, 1922-1967 and undated

Newspaper Clippings, 1922-1967 and undated

Box 93

State Files, 1921-1975 and undated

Financial Documents, 1951-1969

Box 94

Ledger Sheets, 1951-1963

Box 95

Vouchers, Invoices, and Bills, 1964-1969

Box 96

Box 97

Printed Material, 1918-1977 and undated

National League Publications, 1923-1977 and undated

Box 98

National Board Report, 1955-1970

Committee Section, 1969-1970

National League Publications, 1923-1975 and undated

National Board Report, 1955-1970

Box 99

Foreign Policy, 1953-1968

Membership, 1940-1965

Miscellaneous, 1927-1964

Box 100

Handbooks, 1931-1966

Inventory of work on, 1962-1966

Texas League Publications, 1924-1977 and undated

Box 101

State Board, 1953-1970

Box 102

Handbooks, 1962-1969

Box 103

Workbooks, 1959-1969

Box 104

Handbooks, 1942-1970

Local League Publications, 1918-1976 and undated

Box 105

Box 106

Other States League Publications, 1931-1971 and undated

Box 107

State Files, 1921-1975 and undated

National Files, 1920-1974 and undated

Box 108

Program and Legislative Files, 1920-1974 and undated

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