WESTERN HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS
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Mrs. Julian C. Hall (Mickey), president of the League of Women Voters of Missouri, donated the League of Women Voters of Missouri papers to the Western Historical Manuscript Collection in August 1975.
The collection contains correspondence, photographs, publications, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and memorabilia dating from the League's creation in 1919-20. In addition, the papers (minutes, treasurer's reports, and publications) of the Missouri Equal Suffrage Association, for the years 1911-1919, are included.
The Missouri Equal Suffrage Association organized in February 1911, was a member of the National American Women's Suffrage Association and precursor of the League of Women Voters of Missouri. Historically, St. Louis was the birthplace of the League of Women Voters. In March 1919, the National American Women's Suffrage Association held its Jubilee Convention in St. Louis. At this convention, Carrie Chapman Catt, President of the organization, called for the members to "raise up a League of Women Voters." The delegates agreed but formal organization was delayed until February 1920. The Missouri League of Women Voters came into formal existence in October 1919 and thus predated the National League by several months.
According to official literature, the League of Women Voters is a "non-partisan volunteer organization dedicated to promoting political responsibility through informed and active participation of citizens in government."
FOLDER LIST
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SERIES 1 - History, 1911-1970
BOX 1
Folders 1-18: Constitutions, Minutes, Materials, 1911-1946. (See also Publications, Boxes 29 and 30, for early League periodicals, and Oversize Box for Treasurer's Report, 1919-1925, and newspaper headlines.)
1. Constitution of the Missouri Equal Suffrage Association, 3 copies, first adopted February 14,1911.
2. Minutes, Missouri- Equal Suffrage Association, 1911-1919
3. Constitution of the National American Women's Suffrage Association, 1 copy, 1912
4. Constitution of Missouri League of Women Voters, 1 copy, adopted in convention, October 15-17, 1919.
5. Typed copy of first constitution; minutes of first congress and first platform of the League of Women Voters of Missouri; and an article on press coverage.
6. Constitution of Missouri League of Women Voters, 1 copy, 1924
7. Constitution of Missouri League of Women Voters, 1 copy, 1927
8. League Policy Sheets, 1930
9. (February 13) - copy of Suffrage Petition, 1919
10. Correspondence regarding the formation of the League, 1919
11. Early handbills, 1917-1924
12. Early pamphlets, 1919-1924
13. (July) The Missouri Woman, single issue, 1919 (See Publications, Box 29, for bound volumes.)
14. Anniversary and Memorial Fund memos; and National Roll of Honor of leaders in the Suffrage Movement, announced May 1, 1930, 1929-1930
15. Biographical Data Sheets for State Honor Roll, 1931
Ames, Marie
Atkinson, Florence Lewis
Blair, Emily Newell
Boyd, Cora Anne
Burger, Nellie
Clarke, Madeleine Liggett
Coates, Sara Chandler
Cushing, Anne Branch
Dobbs, Ella Victoria
English, Marian Lewis
Ess, Phoebe J.
Fordyce, Christine Orrick
Garesche, Marie R.
Gellhorn, Edna
Grossman, Altha Sommerville
Haight, Amy R.
Hall, Lucretia Allen
Hazard, Rebecca Naylor
Ingels, Rosa Russell
Leavens, Clara C.
Longan, Emma Lard
Lowes, Mary Cornett
Minor, Virginia
Miller, Helen Guthrie
Morrison-Fuller, Bernice
Moss, Luella St. Clair
O'Neil, Barbara Blackman
Orrick, Penelope Allen
Polk, Endemial
Rauh, Elsie K.
Richardson, Florence Wyman
Rombauer, Bertha E.
Runyon, Laura L.
Scott, Mary Semple
Stephens, Blanche Howard
Sturgeon, Ann Celeste Allen
Thomas, Neva L.
Werth, Louise L.
White, Emma Siggins
Wing, Alice Curtis Mbyer
16. Biographies, Missouri League of Women Voters File, 1939-40
Anderson, Frances Nacy
Barthel, Louise Katherine
Blakely, Eleanor White
Blythe, Jeanne Chauvin
Brandhorst, Eunice L.
Cattrell, Elise Mardorf
Chubb, Irene Sylvester
Conard, Georgia Murray
Davidson, Eve Carlton
Demaree, Ophelia MacPherson
Edison, Helen Davidson
Edwards, Dorothy
English, Geneva S.
Flance, Rosemary Weisels
Goldberg, Mamie
Good, Dorothy Ross
Haynes, Nola Lee Anderson
Hunter, Dorothy
Jungmann, Minnette B.
Lindel, Loi's Hubbard
McArthur, Constance Reed
McCain, Jeannette
McIntire, Mrs. Landon
Mares, Mrs.
Murphy, Ann Nichols
Nicholson, Marjorie
Park, Opal Urban
Pastene, Mary Ferguson
Roudebush, Dorothy C.
Ruby, Margaret Mohr
Schuttler, Vera Busiek
Scruggs, Helen Eagleson
Smith, Delphine Meyer
Sondern, Mary Watts
Springer, Bernice
Stiver, Gladys Brooks
Stockstrom, Gladys Tyson
Todd, Caroline Chamberlin
Wells, Ruth
Woody, Mrs. Kennerly
17. Lists of officers, board members, chairwomen, local and state League of Women Voters, 1922-41
18. National Biographies, 1938-46
Folders 19-30: Documents, Photographs, 1919-1970.
19. Charts of Achievements of Ten Years, 1920-1930
20. Radio Address by Marie Ames, "Making History in Missouri," 1931
21. Declaration of Commitment, 1942
22. Governors' Proclamations concerning League of Women Voters, 1967, 1969, 1970
23. Photographs, 232.1-232.12
24. Photographs, 232.13-232.24
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25. Photographs, 232.25-232.56
26. Obituaries, including Anna Howard Shaw, Edna Gellhorn, Jane T. Hardy, Luella Sayman.
27. Signature examples of various League members.
28. Histories of the League of Women Voters of the United States, 1924
a. A Record of Four Years in the National League of Women Voters, 1920-1924.
b. Avis Carlson, "Trail Blazers in Citizenship," 1945, 3 copies.
c. Belle Sherwin, Ten Years of Growth, The National League of Women Voters,
1920-1930, 2 copies.
d. Kathryn H. Stone, A History of the League Program, 1946.
e. Kathryn H. Stone, Twenty-Five Years of a Great Idea, 1946.
f. Marguerite M. Wells, A Portrait of the League of Women Voters-at the Age of
Eighteen, 1938, 2 copies br>
g. Marguerite M. Wells, A Portrait of the League of Women Voters, 1940, 2 copies.
29. Local Histories of the League of Women Voters of St. Louis.
a. CitizenShip, Voyage One., 1925, a directory of public offices, clubs and
groups compiled by the League of Women Voters of St. Louis.
b. Ruth Pruett, A History of the League of Women Voters of St. Louis, 1919-1936,
2 copies.
30. Richard Baker, "An Investigation of the League of Women Voters of Missouri as a Legislative Pressure Group" (unpublished thesis University of Missouri,- Columbia, 1961).
Folders 31-34: Fiftieth Anniversary of the League of Women Voters, 1967-1970.
31. Correspondence, 1967-1969
32. Circular letters, memos, reports, 1967-1968
33. Circular letters, memos, reports, 1969-1970
34. 1970 Fiftieth Anniversary Appointment Calendar.
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Folders 35-48: Newsclippings, 1912-1975.
35. Newsclippings regarding League in Missouri and St. Louis, 1912-1929
36. Newsclippings regarding League in Missouri and St. Louis, 1930-1939
37. Newsclippings regarding League in Missouri and St. Louis, 1940-1942
38. Newsclippings regarding League in Missouri and St. Louis, 1943
39. Newsclippings regarding League in Missouri and St. Louis, 1944
40. Newsclippings regarding League in Missouri and St. Louis, 1945-1946
41. Newsclippings regarding League in Missouri and St. Louis, 1947-1949
42. Newsclippings regarding League in Missouri and St. Louis, 1950-1958
43. Newsclippings regarding League in Missouri and St. Louis, 1959
44. Newsclippings regarding League in Missouri and St. Louis, 1960
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45. Newsclippings regarding League in Missouri and St. Louis, 1961-1969
46. Newsclippings regarding League in Missouri and St. Louis, 1970-1975
47. Newsclippings regarding League in Missouri and St. Louis, Undated
48. Newsclippings on women in the news, dated and undated
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Scrapbooks, 1930-1962. (5 volumes.)
1. Birthday Parties, 1930
2. State Conventions, 1930
3. Idle State Funds, 1950's
4. Public Relations, 1958-1959
5. Publicity Clippings, 1961-1962
Scrapbooks, 1963-1966. (2 volumes.)
1. Publicity, 1963-1964
2. Publicity, 1965-1966
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Folders 49-58: National Conventions, 1928-1966.
49. National Conventions, Programs, 1928-1936
50. National Convention Program, 1950
51. National Convention, correspondence, memos, programs, 1952
52. National Convention, correspondence, memos, programs, 1954
53. National Convention, Convention Kit and Workbook, 1956
54. National Convention, Convention Kit and Workbook, 1958
55. National Convention, Summary, Workbook and Kit, 1960
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56. National Convention, Summary and Workbooks, 1962
57. National Convention, Summary and Workbooks, 1964
58. National Convention, Correspondence, memoranda, newsletters, reports, workbooks, 1966
Folders 59-66: National Council and National Board Reports, 1931-1963.
59. Council Meetings, programs, 1931-1947
60. Council Meeting, workbooks, kit, 1955
61. Council Meeting, report, 1957
BOX 3
62. Council Meetings, report and workbook, 1959
63. Council Meeting, kit and workbook, 1961
64. Council Meeting, workbooks, 1963
65. Council Meeting, reports, workbook, 1965
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66. National Board, memoranda, membership lists, 1957-1962
66a. National Board Reports, 1955-1959
66b. National Board Reports, 1959-1962
Folders 67-71: Correspondence with National Office, 1920-1972.
67. Correspondence, memoranda, reports from National, 1920-1936
67a. Correspondence, memoranda, reports from National, 1945-1955
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68. Correspondence, memoranda, reports from National, 1956-1960
69. Correspondence, memoranda, reports from National, 1961-1964
70. Correspondence, memoranda, reports from National, 1965-1972
71. Nominating Committee, League of Women Voters of United States, correspondence, 1955-1961
Folders 72-82: State Conventions, 1919-1971.
72. State Conventions, including last convention of the Missouri Woman Suffrage Association, Oct. 1919, programs, 1919-1923
73. State Conventions, programs and minutes, 1924-1934
74. State Convention, minutes and reports, 1935-1942
75. State Conventions, minutes and reports, 1943-1951
76. State Convention, convention kit, minutes, memos, schedules, 1953
77. State Convention, minutes, memos, schedules, 1955-1957
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78. State Convention, minutes, memos, schedules, workbooks, 1959
79. State Convention, minutes, memos, schedules, kit, workbook, 1961
80. State Conventions, minutes and verbatim transcript, 1963-1965
81. State Convention, minutes, agenda, ballots, 1967
82. State Convention, workbook, 1971
Folders 83-90: State Council, President's Council, and Presidents' File 1942-1962.
83. State Council Meetings, minutes, 1942-1951
84. State Council Meetings, minutes and reports, 1952-1953
85. State Council Meetings, minutes and reports, 1954
86. State Council Meetings, minutes, memos, reports, speeches, 1956-1958
BOX 4
87. State Council Meetings, minutes, memos, reports, speeches, 1960-1968
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88. President's Council, minutes, 1948
89. President Fischer (Mrs. Aaron) File, including calendar, national bylaws, local handbook, new league organization, state bylaws, current agenda, president's calendar, state leader's handbook, 1953-1955
90. Membership lists of state and local presidents, board members, and chairwomen, 1952-1962
Folders 91-100: State Board, 1923-1954.
91. State Board meetings, minutes, memos, correspondence, 1923-1928
92. State Board meetings, minutes, memos, correspondence, 1929-1931
93. State Board meetings, minutes, memos, correspondence, 1932-1936
94. State Board meetings, minutes, memos, correspondence, agendas, 1937-1939
95. State Board meetings, minutes and agenda, 1940-1941
96. State Board meetings, minutes and agenda, 1942-1944
97. State Board meetings, minutes and agenda, 1945-1947
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98. State Board meetings, minutes and agenda, 1948-1949
99. State Board meetings, minutes and agenda, 1950-1952
100. State Board meetings, minutes and agenda, 1953-1954
Folders 101-111:. State Board, 1954-1965.
101. State Board Meetings, minutes and correspondence, 1955-1956
102. State Board Meetings, minutes and correspondence. 1957
103. State Board Meetings, minutes and correspondence, 1958
104. State Board Meetings, minutes and correspondence, 1959
105. State Board Meetings, minutes and correspondence, 1960-1966
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106. State Board Meetings, minutes, correspondence, and memos, 1967
107. State Board Meetings, minutes, correspondence, and memos, 1968
108. State Board Correspondence, memos, 1960-1962
109. State Board Correspondence, memos, 1963-1964
110. State Board Correspondence, memos, 1965
111. State Board membership lists, 1954-1961
Folders 112-118: Program Making and Programs of Work, 1924-1970.
112. National Program making, memos, correspondence, reports from leagues, 1953-1955
112a. National Program Making, 1956-1963
113. National "Programs of Work", 1927-1952
114. State Program Conferences, minutes, memos, reports, 1932-1939
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115. State Program Conferences, minutes, memos, 1940-1954
BOX 5
116. State Program Conferences, minutes memos, 1955-1963
117. State "Programs of Work", platforms, current agendas, and continuing responsibilities, 1924-1936
117. State "Programs of Work", platforms, current agendas, and continuing responsibilities, 1937-1970
Folders 119-126: General Correspondence, 1923-1968.
Principal correspondents include:
Mrs. Aaron Fischer
Edna Gellhorn
Mrs. John G. Lee
Tess Loeb
Ruth McIntosh
Heleri,Guthrie Miller
Luella St. Clair Moss
Mrs. Robert Olenick
Esther Osborne
Mrs. Leslie Prichard
Mrs. J. Hardin Smith
and Congressmen and Senators for years listed.
119. Correspondence, 1923-1934
120. Correspondence, 1950-1951
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121. Correspondence, 1952
122. Correspondence, 1953-1954
123. Correspondence, 1961-1963
124. Correspondence, 1964
125. Correspondence, 1965
126. Correspondence, 1967-1968.
Folders 127-131: Memoranda, Office Business, Suggested Calendars, 1927-1968.
127. State Office, memoranda, circular letters, 1927-1960
128. State office, circular letters and memoranda, 1964
129. State office, circular letters and memoranda, 1967-1968
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130. Office Business, correspondence, memos, applications, 1950-1951
131. 1958-1966 - Suggested calendars for league affairs.
Folders 132-133: Committee Annual Reports, Constitution Committee, 1924-1967.
132. Annual Reports from Committees, 1938-1965
133. League Constitution and Bylaws Committee, correspondence, memos, drafts, 1924-1967
Folders 134-140: Finance Committee, 1928-1968.
134. Correspondence, memos, 1935-1943
135. Correspondence, memos, 1944-1949
136. Correspondence, memos. and reports, 1951-1959
137. Correspondence, Memos, and reports, 1960-1962
138. Correspondence, memos, and reports, 1963-1965
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139. State Treasurer's Annual Reports, 1928-1968
140. 1950-1965 - Local Treasurer's reports to State League.
Folders 141-149: Finance Committee, 1924-1969.
141. National Treasurer's Report on the Budget, 1952-1965
142. State Budgets, 1924-1969
143. National Budget, 1963-1965
144. 1929-1949 - Auditor's Reports on LWVM.
BOX 6
145. Auditor's Reports on LWVM, 1950-1965
146. Metropolitan Finance Committee, correspondence, memos, reports, 1945-1954
147. Finance Kit.
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148. Finance Worksheets.
149. Tax forms.
Folders 150-153: Membership Committee, 1943-1965.
150. Annual Membership Reports, 1943-1949
151. Correspondence, memos, 1946-1961
152. Correspondence, memos, 1962-1965
153. Materials, workshop suggestions.
Folders 154-158: Organization Committee, 1925-1951.
154. Correspondence, reports, memos, 1925-1929
155. Correspondence, memos, reports, 1930-1934
156. State organization work by national league, correspondence, reports, 1935-1949
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157. Local league report, correspondence, minutes, 1935-1947
158. Local league reports, correspondence, minutes, 1948-1951
Folders 159-164: Organization Committee, 1951-1966.
159. Annual Reports, 1951-1952
160. Correspondence reports, memos, 1952-1953
161. Correspondence, reports, memos, 1954
162. Correspondence, reports, memos, 1955-1961
163. Correspondence, reports, memos, 1962
164. Correspondence, reports, memos, 1963-1966
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Folders 165-171: Organization Committee - Local Leagues, 1924-1963.
165. Local Monthly reports, 1927-1934
166. Correspondence, local and state, 1932-1934
167. Annual local league reports, 1952
168. Local league agendas and reports, including program reports re: Bipartisan Commission on State Government; Budgetary Procedures, Education; Election Laws Revision; Extension of Human Rights, International Relations, Redistricting, 1951-1953
169. Local league annual reports, 1962-1963
170. Disbanded leagues, correspondence, material, 1926-1950
171. College Leagues, correspondence, reports, materials, 1924-1951
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Folders 172-181: Organization Committee, Local Leagues, 1930-1957
172. Cape Girardeau, correspondence, reports, 1952
173. Columbia, bylaws, annual reports, 1949-1950
174. Hannibal, correspondence, 1952-53
175. Joplin, correspondence, reports, 1930-1950
176. Kansas City, league bulletin, 1955
177. Kirksville, correspondence, 1927
178. Kirksville, reports, evaluations, 1935-1949
179. Kirksville, correspondence, organization reports, finance League Link, 1954-1957
180. Moberly, correspondence, 1952-1953
181. Mountain Grove, correspondence, memos, 1952
BOX 7
One Item. Normandy, Bound Volume, Minutes, 1945-1951.
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Folders 182-191: Organization Committee--Local Leagues, 1930-1976.
182. Raytown, correspondence, 1954-1956
183. Raytown, minutes, reports, bylaws, bulletins, 1954-1957
184. Rolla, application-for league recognition, 1949, 1950
185. Rolla,, Correspondence, 1949-1951
186. St. Joseph, correspondence, 1952
187. St. Louis, correspondence, memos, reports, 1970-1976
188. Springfield, reports and radio spots, 1960
189. University City, bulletin, City Hi-Lights, 1955
190. Webster, annual reports and Webster League News, 1954-1955
191. Wellston, Constitution, 1930
Folders 192-198: Organization, St. Louis County-City Committee, Metropolitan Council, 1935-1971.
192. County Council, correspondence, memos, reports, 1935-1945
193. St. Louis County-City Committee, correspondence, memos, 1945-1949
194. St. Louis County-City Committee, correspondence, memos, 1950
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195. St. Louis County-City Committee, correspondence, memos, 1951
196. St. Louis County-City Committee, correspondence, memos, 1950-1952
197. St. Louis County-City Committee, correspondence, memos, 1953-1961
198. Metropolitan Council, Minutes, 1971
Folders 199-205: Publicity and Public Relations, 1926-1965.
199. Releases, correspondence, memos, 1926-1949
200. Releases, correspondence, memos, 1950-1955
201. Releases, -correspondence, memos, 1956-1960
202. Releases, correspondence, memos, 1961-1964
203. Releases, correspondence, memos, 1965
204. Radio and TV, correspondence, memos, reports, 1955-1962
205. Radio scripts, 1955
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Folders 206-208: Publications Committee, 1927-1970.
206. Correspondence, memos, order forms, statistics, 1954-1958
207. Correspondence, memos, order forms, statistics, 1959-1965
208. Catalogs of Publications, National and State, 1927-1970
Folders 209-212:
209. The Missouri Woman Citizen Vol. 4, No. 1--Vol. 5, No.- 9 Organ of the Missouri League of Women Voters, successor to The Missouri Woman, Sept. 1925-May 1927
210. The Spotlight Vol . 1 , No. 1 --Vol . 1 , No. 10 Published by LWVM, Jan. 17, 1921-Mar. 21, 1921
211. The Woman Citizen (single issue), April 8, 1922
212. The Missouri Bulletin, the joint official organ of the LWVM and St. Louis League. The Missouri Bulletin was succeeded by The League Bulletin; and one copy, October 1924, The Bulletin, published by LWVM, Dec. 28, 1921-Jan. 14, 1922
Folders 209-222: Publications: League Periodicals. 1915-1975.
213. The League Bulletin Vol. 1, No. 3--Vol. 16 , No. 1. From 1922-l926, published jointly by Missouri and St. Louis Leagues; 1927-1934 , published by St. Louis League; 1937-1962, published by LWVM and as The Missouri Voter, 1962-1972, Jan.27, 1922-Oct. 1951
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214. The League Bulletin, Vol. 16, No. 3 - Vol . 23 No 4, Feb.1952-June 1962
215. The Missouri Voter, published by LWVM. Vol. 23, No 5 -Vol. 33, Oct.1962-Mar.1972 -No.3
216. Voter's Guide and Voter's Key (of The League Bulletin) single issues, 1923-1968
217 . Missouri League News, official publication of LVWM Vol. 6 No. 1-Vol. 8 No. 3, Oct-1927-Dec.1929
218. Missouri League News Vol . 8, No. 4-Vol. 12, No. 6, Jan. 1930 - May 1934
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219. The National Voter, Vol. 24, No. 1-Vol 25, No. 2, Spring 1974--Spring 1975
220. Briefs for Action. (National); and Time for Action (State) 1964-1965 and 1971-1973, 1947-1951
221. Current Reviews of Continuing Responsibilities (National), 1961-1967
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222. Report from the Hill, 1971-1974
222a. League Reporter, September 1959
222b. The National Voter, Volume 4, Number 13 - Volume 9, Number 7, February 1955 - December 1959
222c. The National Voter, Volume 9, Number 8 - Volume 18, Number 8, January 1960 - February 1969
Folders 223-226: Publications, Child Welfare, Civil Rights, 1920-1962
223. Child Welfare, inc. Child Labor Laws, 1920s
224. Civil Rights, including Fair Employment-practices, Housing, Public facilities, Commission on Human Rights, Integration, individual liberty (large reports), 1946-1959
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225. Civil Rights (small pamphlets), 1948-1960
226. Civil Rights (large reports), 1961-1962
227. Civil Rights (large reports), 1963
228. Civil Rights (small pamphlets), 1961-1965
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229. Civil Human Rights, including individual liberty, 1950-1969
Folders 230-233: Publications--Civil Service, Constitution of Missouri, and Education, 1920-1948.
230. Civil Service., 1935
231. Constitution of Missouri, including Revision and Constitutional Convention, 1935-1943
231a. Constitution of Missouri, 1945-1966
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232. Education, 1920-1937
233. Education (large reports), 1936-1939
Folders 234-239: Publications: Education, Election Laws, and Finance, 1932-1969.
234. Education, 1937-1945
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235. Education, 1950-1959
236. Education, 1960-1969
237. Education and Libraries.
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238. Election Laws Revision, 1965
239. Finance, including inflation, "money matters,"
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Folders 240-246: Publications: Foreign Policy, 1934-1965
240. Foreign Policy, including United Nations, Foreign Trade, and Foreign Aid, 1934-1955
241. Foreign Policy, 1956-1964
242. Foreign Policy, United Nations, 1961-1962
243. Foreign Policy Round-Ups, Congressional Records and Facts and Issues, 1962-1965
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244. Foreign Policy, United Nations, 1965
245. Foreign Policy, UNESCO, 1965
246. Foreign Policy, Missouri and Foreign Trade, 1945-1962
Folders 247-248: Publications--Government, Legislation, 1921-1972.
247. Government, National, State and Local, Structure and Function, 1929-1972
248. Government Pamphlets, 1958-1972
Folders 249-254: Publications: Minimum Wage, Publicity Reapportionment and Redistricting, and Taxes, 1920-1969.
249. Minimum Wage, 1940-1949
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250. Publicity regarding LWVM, including brochures on various committees of the League, membership and finance drives, 1930-1969
251. Reapportionment and Redistricting, 1920-1965
252. Taxes, state and federal, 1950-1955
253. Taxes, 1956-1959
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254. Taxes, 1960-1964
Folders 255-260: Publications: Taxes, Voter's Service, Voting Laws, Unicameral Legislature, 1932-1975.
255. Taxes, 1964-1969
256. Taxes, 1970-1975
257. Voter's Service, including handbooks to practical politics, party platforms, candidates' stands, Missouri Citizen, Handbook, 1932-1959
258. Voter's Service, 1960-1969
259. Voting Laws, including voting machines, election laws and procedures, 1949-1965
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260. Unicameral Legislature, 1958
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Folders 261-265: Publications, Water Resources.
261. Water Resources, 1940-1949
262. Tennessee Valley Authority, 1934-1949
263. Missouri Valley Authority, 1944-1949
264. Valley Authority Conference, 1947
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265. Missouri River Basin, 1948
Folders 266-270: Publications, Water Resources, 1950-1969.
266. Water Resources, 1950-1959
267. Water Resources, 1960-1969
268. Water Resources, 1963
269. Water Resources, 1964
270. Missouri and Meramec River Basin, 1963-1964
Folders 271-283: Voters Service, 1925-1964. (See also publications for Voter's Guide and Voter's Service publications, Box 37, Folders 257 & 258.)
271. Citizens and Voters Schools, including "lessons in citizenship" prepared by Political Science Department, University of Missouri, Columbia, correspondence, programs, memos. 1925-1932
272. Candidates' Questionnaires, 1928, 1930 and 1936
273. Citizen's Handbook, 1940
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274. Voters Services, Correspondence, memos, reports, 1924-1950
275. Candidates' Questionnaires, correspondence, memos, 1951-1952
276. Candidates, Questionnaires, 1952
277. Voters Services, Correspondence, Questionnaires, memos, 1952-1953
278. Voters Services, Correspondence, Memos and Reports, 1954-1958
279. Voters Service, Questionnaires, Correspondence and Memos, 1959
280. Serviceman's Correspondence, 1959-1960
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281. Correspondence, memos, reports, 1960
282. Correspondence, memos, interviews, questionnaires, 1961-1963
283. Correspondence, memos, reports, 1962-1964
Folders 284-291: Voters Services, 1964-1969.
284. Democratic and Republican Platforms, 1964
285. Election night polling, correspondence, 1964
286. Interviews, correspondence, questionnaires, memos, reports, 1964-1965
287. Correspondence, minutes, 1965-1967
288. Candidates' Questionnaires, correspondence, memos, 1968 -1969
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289. Candidates' Questionnaires, correspondence, memos, 1964
290. Candidates Questionnaires, 1968
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291. Materials, forms, reports.
Folders 292-297: Overseas Education Fund, 1954-1965 (formerly the Carrie Chapman Catt Memorial Fund, Inc., the Research and Education Arm of the LWV with purely educational functions and a tax-exempt status.)
292. Correspondence, memos, reports, lists, statistics, bulletins, newsletters, 1954-1961
293. Correspondence, memos, reports, lists, statistics, bulletins, newsletters, July 1961-Dec. 1961
294. Correspondence, memos, reports, lists, statistics, bulletins, newsletters, January-March 1962
295. Correspondence, memos, reports, lists, statistics, bulletins, newsletters, April 1962-1965
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296. Freedom Agenda (a program by the Overseas Education Fund, but funded by the Fund for the Republic) correspondence, memos, reports, 1955-1957
297. Proposal for an extended program in Latin America, 1962
SERIES 4
Legislative Action, 1920-1971
This series includes national, state and local programs and study items. The Legislative Committee is included under Legislative Action, since it mainly acts on legislation to implement programs. When individual programs or items (such as Missouri Constitutional Convention) bulk large, they are treated separately.
Folders 298-302: Legislative Action--General, 1929-1971.
298. History and Bylaws of the Missouri Women's Legislative Committee, 1931
299. Missouri Women's Legislative Committee, correspondence, minutes, memos, 1933-1939
300. Legislative Bulletins and Forecasts, 1929-1955
301. Legislative Bulletins and Forecasts, 1957-1971
301a. Legislative Bulletins, 1972-1973
301b. Legislative Bulletins, 1974-1975
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302. Congressional Roll Calls, 1936-1965
Folders 303-309: Legislative Action, 1920-1971.
303. Correspondence, reports, memos, 1920-1929
304. Correspondence, reports, memos, 1930-1939
305. Correspondence, reports, memos, 1940-1944
306. Correspondence, reports, memos, 1945-1949
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307. Correspondence, reports, memos, 1950-1959
308. Correspondence, reports, memos, 1961-1963
309. Correspondence, reports, memos, 1964-1971
Folders 310-315: Legislative Action, Early Specific Campaigns, 1927-1948.
310. Police Pension Fund, reports, correspondence, 1928
311. State Road Bond Amendment, reports, correspondence, 1928
312. Child Welfare, including state and national child labor laws, juvenile delinquency, maternity and infant welfare, Children's Bureau, Sheppard-Towner Act, correspondence, memos, minutes, reports, 1927-1936
313. Child Welfare, correspondence, memos, reports, minutes, 1937-1947
314. Public Health and Welfare, including marriage health law, prenatal blood test, Baby Health Bill, Health Officer, Public Health and Welfare Department, Food and Drug, correspondence, memos, reports, 1935-1947
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315. Depression and New Deal Legislation, including Unemployment Compensation, Social Security, Minimum Wage, Low-Cost Housing, and Relief. Correspondence, memos, reports, telegrams, 1935-1948
Folders 316-323: Legislative Action, Education, 1920-1968.
See also publications, BOX 32 and 33, including teacher's retirement, school bonds, state support for education, federal aid to education, teachers organization.
316. Correspondence, memos, reports, 1920-1945
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317. Correspondence, memos, reports, 1946-1951
318. Correspondence, memos, reports, 1952
319. Correspondence, memos, reports, 1953
320. Correspondence, memos, reports, 1954-1959
321. Correspondence, memos, reports, 1961-1968
322. Higher Education, Junior College District, correspondence, memos, reports, 1960-1963
323. Libraries, correspondence, memos, reports, 1954-1964
Folders 324-335: Legislative 'Action--Foreign Policy, including League of Nations International Conferences, Isolationism, World War II, 1929-1952.
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324. Foreign Policy, General, correspondence, memos, reports, telegrams, 1929-1952
325. Neutrality Acts, correspondence, memos, telegrams, 1937-1941
326. Lend-lease, correspondence, memos, telegrams, 1941-1943
327. Immigration and Naturalization, correspondence, memos, telegrams, 1943
328. Treaty Ratification Procedures, correspondence, memos, telegrams, 1944-1949
329. European Recovery Program, correspondence, memos, telegrams, 1945-1950
330. Displaced Persons, correspondence, memos, reports, 1947-1950
331. Civil Defense, correspondence, memos, reports, 1951-1952
332. Mutual Security Program, correspondence, memos, reports, 1951-1953
333. United Nations, correspondence, memos, reports, 1943-1953
334. United Nations (Bricker Amendment), correspondence, memos, reports, 1953-1957
335. United Nations, correspondence, memos, reports, 1962-1965
Folders 336-341: Legislative Action--Foreign Economic Policy, including trade and foreign aid, 1940-1968.
336. Foreign Economic Policy, correspondence, memos, reports, 1940-1959
337. Foreign Economic Policy, correspondence, memos, reports, 1961-March 1962
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338. Foreign Economic Policy, correspondence, memos, reports, April-Dec. 1962
339. Foreign Economic Policy, correspondence, memos, reports, 1963
340. Foreign Economic Policy, correspondence, memos, reports, and local league reports, 1964
341. Foreign Economic Policy, correspondence, memos, reports, 1965-1968
Folders 342-348: Legislative Action, "Good Government", 1934-1967 - Civil Service Non-Partisan Court Plan.
342. Civil Service (Merit System), correspondence, memos, releases, reports, 1934-1937
343. Civil Service, correspondence, memos, releases, reports, 1938-1950
344. Civil Service "Kit" for study, correspondence, memos, releases, reports, 1951
345. Civil Service, correspondence, memos, releases, reports, 1955-1965
346. Non-Partisan Court Plan, correspondence, memos, 1940-1964
347. Non-Partisan Court Plan, correspondence, memos, 1965-1967
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348. Non-Partisan Court Plan, reports, 1940-1967
Folders 349-366a: Legislative Action "Good Government-Missouri Constitutional Convention, 1938-1950.
349. Correspondence, memos, reports, statistics, telegrams, 1938-1942
350. Correspondence, memos, reports, Statistics, 1943
351. Correspondence, memos, reports, statistics, Jan-Feb. 1943
352. Correspondence, memos, reports, statistics, March 1943
353. Correspondence, memos, reports, statistics, April-September, 1943
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354. Correspondence, memos, reports, statistics, September-October, 1943
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355. Missouri Constitutional Convention, November, 1943
356. Missouri Constitutional Convention, December, 1943-Februrary, 1944
357. Missouri Constitutional Convention, March, 1944
358. Missouri Constitutional Convention, April-May, 1944
359. Missouri Constitutional Convention, June-December, 1944
360. Missouri Constitutional Convention, January-February, 1945
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361. Missouri Constitutional Convention, 1945-1946
362. Missouri Constitutional Convention, Weekly Reports, 1944-1945
363. Missouri Constitutional Convention, Questionnaires, 1941-1942
364. Missouri Constitution, How Missouri Got A New Constitution, 1947
365. Missouri Constitutional Convention, Reports, 1942-1943
366. Other state constitution revision campaigns, correspondence, and reports, 1938-1950
366a. Missouri Constitution, Evaluations, 1961-1963
Folders 367-374: Legislative Action "Good Government" - Unicameral Legislature, State Reorganizing Commission, St. Louis City-County Government; Metropolitan Sewer District, 1938-1960.
367. Unicameral Legislature, correspondence, memos, reports., 1950-1954
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368. Bipartisan Commission to Appraise State Government, correspondence, memos, reports, 1950-1954
369. State Reorganization Commission, correspondence, memos, reports, 1938 -954
370. State Reorganization Commission, correspondence, memos, reports, 1955 -1957
371. St. Louis City-County Government, correspondence, memos, reports, 1950-1955
372. St. Louis City-County Government, correspondence, memos, reports, 1956-1958
373. St. Louis City-County Government, correspondence, memos, reports, 1959-1960
374. Metropolitan Sewer District, reports, memos, 1954
Folders 375-389: Legislative Action, "Good Government"--Revision of Election Laws.
375. Revision of Election Laws, correspondence, memos, reports, 1928-1951
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376. Revision of Election Laws, correspondence, and questionnaires, Jan-March 1952
377. Revision of Election Laws, correspondence, April-July 1952
378. Revision of Election Laws, correspondence, memos, reports and questionnaires, August-December, 1952
379. Revision of Election Laws, correspondence, memos, reports, 1953-1957
380. Revision of Election Laws.. correspondence, memos, reports, 1958-1963
381. Revision of Election Laws, correspondence, memos, reports, 1964-1967
382. "Support of Improved Election Procedures," State board report, 1966
383. Report--"Legislative Research on Missouri Election Laws," n.d.
384. Report--Revision of Election Laws," n.d.
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385. Revision of Election Laws, Report--"Corrupt Practices," n.d.
386. "Registration of Voters" Report, n.d.
387. Election Statues Index, n.d.
388. Voting Machines, correspondence, memos, reports, 1947-1953
389. Voting Machines, correspondence, memos, reports, 1954-1960
Folders 390-394: Legislative Action, "Good Government", Reapportionment and Redistricting, 1950-1967.
390. Correspondence, memos, reports, 1950-1953
391. Correspondence, memos, reports, 1962-1963
392. Correspondence, memos, reports, 1964
393. Correspondence, memos, reports, January-March 1965
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394. Correspondence, memos, reports, April 1965-1967
Folders 395-414: Human Rights, 1925-1968. Including women's rights, civil rights, individual liberty.
395. Jury Service for Women, correspondence, memos, reports, 1925-1945
396. Equal Rights Amendment, correspondence, memos, reports, 1928-1953
397. Legal Status of Women, correspondence, memos, reports, 1928-1947
398. Washington, D.C. Suffrage, correspondence, memos, reports, 1940-1952
399. Individual Liberty, including Federal Loyalty Security Legislation, Communism, American Civil Liberties Union, correspondence, memos, reports, local reports, 1940-1956
400. Individual Liberty, correspondence, memos, reports, 1957-1968
401. Civil Rights, including Commission on Human Rights, Federal Employment Practices, school integration, public accommodations, housing, Correspondence, memos, Reports, 1944-1951
402. Civil Rights, correspondence, memos, reports, 1952
403. Civil Rights, correspondence, memos, reports, 1953
404. Civil Rights, correspondence, memos, reports, 1954-1955
405. Civil Rights, correspondence, memos, reports, 1956-1959
406. Civil Rights, correspondence, memos, reports, 1960-1961
407. Civil Rights, correspondence, memos, reports, 1962
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408. Civil Rights, correspondence, memos, reports, 1963
409. Civil Rights, correspondence, memos, reports, Jan-July 1964
410. Civil Rights, correspondence, memos, reports, August-December 1964
411. Civil Rights, correspondence, memos, reports, 1965-1967
412. Civil Rights, local League surveys and reports, 1960-1964
413. Civil Rights, Questionnaires to Locals on Fair Housing Standards, 1968
414. Civil Rights, reports, 1961-1965
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Folders 415-420: Taxes -and Financing, 1941-1967. (See also Publications Boxes 36 and 37, folders 252-256)
415. World War II, including Battle of Production, Inflation Price Controls, Federal Taxes, Sales Tax, and Poll Tax. Correspondence, memos, reports, statistics, flyers, 1941-1946
416. Taxes, Federal Budget, Appropriations, correspondence, memos, reports, statistics, 1950-1954
417. State Taxes, correspondence, memos, reports, statistics, 1955
418. Taxes, correspondence, memos, reports, statistics, Jan-Apr. 1956
419. May-Dec. 1956- Taxes, correspondence, memos, reports, statistics.
420. Taxes, correspondence, memos, reports, statistics, 1957
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421. Taxes, correspondence, memos, reports, statistics, 1958-1959
422. Taxes, correspondence, memos, reports, statistics, 1960
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423. Taxes,-correspondence, memos, reports, statistics, 1961
424. Taxes, correspondence, memos, reports, statistics, 1962-1967
425. A Kit for State and Local Taxation, 1950
426. Report, "Committee on Sources of Revenue for Fiscal Financing in Missouri", April 1955
427. League of Women Voters of Indiana, example of tax campaign, report, memos, 1956
428. Water Resources, correspondence, memos, reports, 1945-1958
429. Water Resources, correspondence, memos, reports, 1959
430. Water Resources, correspondence, memos, reports, 1960
431. Water Resources, correspondence, memos, reports, 1961
432. Water Resources, correspondence, memos, reports, 1962-1965
433. Land and Water for Tomorrow Seminar, proceedings, correspondence, memos, reports, November 1967
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434. Water Quality for Tomorrow Seminar, proceedings, correspondence, memos, reports, November 1968
435. Missouri League News, Bound Volumes, 1925-1929
436. Missouri Voter, 1921-1950
437. Missouri League News, 1929-1934
438. Missouri Voter, 1950-1972
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439. Missouri Women, Bound Volumes, 1915-1916
440. Missouri Women, Bound Volumes, 1917-1919
ORAL HISTORY PROGRAM TAPES - LWVM
1 . T-527 - Jeanne Blythe
2. T-529 - Avis Carlson
3. T-528 - Marian L. Clarke
4. T-525 - Mrs. Max (Virginia) Deutch
5. T-526 - Mrs. George (Isabel) Dobler
6. T-530- Mrs. Aaron Fischer
7. T-532 - Mickey Hall
OVERSIZE BOX: Treasurer's Report, Missouri Equal Suffrage Association (sic) League of Women Voters of Missouri, 1919-1925.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat headline, "Missouri House Ratifies Suffrage Amendment", July 3, 1919
INDEX
Ames, Marie, f. 15, 20
Anderson, Frances Nacy, f. 16, 24
Anthony, Susan B., f. 23
Atkinson, Florence Lewis, f. 15
Barthel, Louise Katherine, f. 16
Blair, Emily Newell, f. 15
Blakely, Eleanor White, f. 16
Blythe, Jeanne Chauvin, f. 16
Boyd, Cora Anne, f. 15
Brandhorst, Eunice L. , f. 16
Burger, Nellie, f. 15
Catt, Carrie Chapman, f. 23
Cattrell, Elise Mardorf, f. 16
Child Labor Laws, f. 223
Child Welfare, f. 223, 312, 313
Chubb, Irene Sylvester, f. 16
Civil Defense, f. 331
Civil Rights, f. 224-229, 401-414
Civil Service, f. 230, 342-345
Clarke, Madeleine Liggett, f. 15
Coates, Sara Chandler, f. 15
Conard, Georgia Murray, f. 16
Cushing, Anne Branch, f. 15
Davidson, Eve Carlton, f. 16
Demaree, Ophelia MacPherson, f. 16
Depression, The, f. 315
Displaced Persons, f. 330
Dobbs, Ella Victoria, f. 15
Edison, Helen Davidson, f. 16
Education, f. 232-237, 316-323
Edwards, Dorothy, f. 16
Election Laws, f. 238
English, Geneva S. , f. 16
English, Marian Lewis, f. 15
Equal Rights Amendment, f. 396
Ess, Phoebe J., f. 15
Fischer, Teresa Mayer, f. 24
Flance, Rosemary Weisels, f. 16
Fordyce, Christine Orrick, f. 15
Garesche, Marie R., f. 15
Gellhorn, Edna, f. 15, 24, 26
Goldberg, Mamie, f. 16
Good, Dorothy Ross, f. 16
Grossman, Altha Sommerville, f. 15
Haight, Amy R., f. 15
Hall, Lucretia Allen, f. 15
Hardy, Jane T., f. 26
Haynes, Nola Lee Anderson, f. 16
Hazard, Rebecca Naylor, f. 15
Health and Welfare, f. 314
Housing, f. 315
Hunter, Dorothy, f. 16
Immigration and Naturalization, f. 327
Ingels, Rosa Russell, f. 15
Jungmann, Minnette B. , f. 16, 24
Lend Lease, f. 326
Leavens, Clara C., f. 15
Lindel, Loi's Hubbard, f. 16
Longan, Emma Lard, f. 15
Lowes, Mary Cornett, f. 15
McArthur, Constance Reed, f. 16
McCain, Jeannette, f. 16
McIntire, Mrs. Landon, f. 16
Mares, Mrs. , f. 16
Minimum Wage, f. 249, 315
Minor, Virginia, f. 15
Miller, Helen Guthrie, f. 15
Missouri Equal Suffrage Association, f. 1-2, 9, 25
Missouri River Basin, f. 265, 270
Missouri Valley Authority, f. 263
Missouri Woman, f. 13, 439, 440
Moore, Mrs. Carl E., f. 24
Morrison-Fuller, Bernice, f. 15
Moss, Luella St. Clair, f. 15
Mott, Lucretia, f. 23
Murphy, Ann Nichols, f. 16
National American Women's Suffrage Association, f. 3
New Deal, f. 315
Nicholson, Marjorie, f. 16
Non-Partisan Court Plan, f. 346-348
O'Neil, Barbara Blackman, f. 15
Orrick, Penelope Allen, f. 15
Park, Opal Urban, f. 16
Pastene, Mary Ferguson, f. 16
Phares, Marge
Police Pension Fund, f. 310
Polk, Endemial, f. 15
Public Health, 314
Rauh, Elsie K., f. 15
Richardson, Florence Wyman, f. 15
Rombauer, Bertha E., f. 15
Roudebush, Dorothy C. , f. 16
Ruby, Margaret Mohr, f. 16
Runyon, Laura L., f. 15
Sayman, Luella, f. 26
Schuttler, Vera Busiek, f. 16
Scott, Mary Semple, f. 15
Scruggs, Helen Eagleson, f. 16
Seiler, Faye, f. 24
Shaw, Anna Howard, f. 26
Smith, Delphine Meyer, f. 16
Sondern, Mary Watts, f. 16
Springer, Bernice, f. 16
Stephens, Blanche Howard, f. 15
Stiver, Gladys Brooks, f. 16
Stockstrom, Gladys Tyson, f. 16
Sturgeon, Ann Celeste Allen, f. 15
Taxes, f. 252-256
Tennessee Valley Authority, f. 262
Thomas, Neva L., f. 15
Todd, Caroline Chamberlin, f. 16
United Nations, f. 333-335
Wells, Ruth, f. 16
Werth, Louise L., f. 15
White, Emma Siggins, f. 15
Wing, Alice Curtis Mbyer, f. 15
Woman's Suffrage, f. 1-3, 398
Woody, Mrs. Kennerly, f. 16
World War II, f. 415
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