League of Women Voters of Utah records, 1948-2009

Overview of the Collection

Creator
League of Women Voters of Utah
Title
League of Women Voters of Utah records
Dates
1948-2009 (inclusive)
Quantity
48.5 linear feet, (105 boxes)
Collection Number
ACCN 0544
Summary
The League of Women Voters of Utah records (1948-2009) contain the administrative files of this non-partisan political organization, including correspondence, financial documents, meeting minutes, and national convention materials. This collection primarily consists of documents from the Salt Lake City chapter, with smaller amounts of information from chapters across the state and the the national league.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The League of Women Voters of Utah was founded in 1951 and consists of chapters in Cache, Davis, Grand, Washington, and Weber counties and Salt Lake City and Cedar City. The League has focused on local issues such as the Jordan River Parkway, City-County unification, Salt Lake County master plan, as well as hosting candidate debates and registering voters.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The League of Women Voters of Utah records contain the administrative files of this non-partisan political organization, including correspondence, financial documents, meeting minutes, and national convention materials. This collection primarily consists of documents from the Salt Lake City chapter, with smaller amounts of information from chapters across the state and the national league.

Boxes 36 and 37 are digitized.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Donated by Irene Fisher in 1977.

Addenda donated by the League of Women Voters of Utah in 1995 and 2002, Nancy Melling in 1996 and Tina Hose in 2010.

Processing Note

Processed by Mark Jensen in 1997, Karen Carver in 2002, and Julia Huddleston in 2012.

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Separated Materials

See also the League of Women's Voters of Salt Lake City photograph collection (P0129) and video tapes (A1066) in the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.

Related Materials

Forms part of the Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archives.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Board of Directors FilesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
1-7
Board Minutes and Agendas
1951-2008
8-12
Annual Reports and Annual Meeting Minutes
1952-2002
Folder
13 1-3
Correspondence
1968-1988
13 4
Action Alerts
1982-1988
13 5-8
Board of Directors Organizational Files
1959-1989
13 9-10
By-Laws and Chapter Orientation
1965-1972
13 11
Constitutional Revisions
1966
13 12
Convention Papers
1988
14 1-2
Convention Papers
1986-1987
14 3
Internship Paper, Renee Morita
1977
14 4
A History of the League Program
1949
14 5-6
Membership Handbook
1954-1980
14 7
Mrs. Eugene L. Bliss Presidential Files
1968-1972
14 8
Organizational Papers
1950s-1990s
15 1
Orientation
1958-1962
15 2-4
Position Papers
1952-1970
15 5-7
Public Relations
1952-1968
15 8-10
Speakers Bureau
1955-1970

General MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
16-17
Membership Information
1952-1989
18
National Program Notes
1961-1988
19-23
Local Chapter Planning and Continuing Responsibilities
1951-1993
24
Voter Services
1954-1985

Financial MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
25
Treasurer's Reports
1951-1982
26
Financial Information
1956-1985
27
Financial Ledgers
1961-1978
28-29
Disbursements
1972-1978
30-31
Receipts
1964-1979
32-34
Returned Checks
1973-1979
Folder
35 1
Audits
1953-1970
35 2
Budget Hearings
1962-1964
35 3
Equipment Inventory
1970-1973
35 4
Expenditures
1979
35 5
Finance Drive
1966
35 6
General Income
1975-1976
35 7-9
In-Kind Donations
1976-1979
35 10
Proposed Budget
1965-1967
35 11
Savings
1976-1979
35 12
Solid Waste Management Project (Billing)
1977

PublicationsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
36
The Salt Lake Voter
1952-1975
37
The Salt Lake Voter
1978-1990
38
The Salt Lake Voter
1987-1998
39
The Salt Lake Voter
1998-2006
40
The Utah Voter
1962-1994
41
The National Voter
1967-1994
42-48
Studies
1967-1994

General MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
49-52
Subject Files, City-County Unification
1958-1982
53-54
Subject Files, Jordan River Parkway
1971-1978

Binders 1-4Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
55 1-3
Correspondence
1973-1975
55 4-5
Laws
1973-1974
55 6
Legal Opinions
1973-1975
55 7
Jurisdiction and Zoning
1973
55 8
Lower River
1973-1975
55 9
Upper River
1973-1975
55 10
LWV Action Committee
1973-1975
55 11
Positions and Actions
55 12
Membership Materials
55 13
Interviews-- Notes
55 14
News Clippings
1990s
55 15
Planning and Zoning
55 16
Miscellaneous Papers
55 17
Rivers and Environmental Papers
55 18
Financing
1990s
55 19-20
News Clippings
56 1
Resumes and Address Lists
56 2
Correspondence
56 3-13
Salt Lake County Government Study Commission
1973-1975

Subject FilesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
57 1
Ad Hoc Committee on Salt Lake Valley Government
1975
57 2
Air Pollution
1968-1972
57 3
Alliance for Progress
1965-1967
57 4
Ballot Issues
1980-1984
57 5
Basic Human Needs Poster Project
1988
57 6
Capital Improvements Study, Interview Notes
1984
57 7
"Challenges of the Future of Utah's Water Policies"
1980
57 8
Chamber of Commerce
1978
57 9-10
Child Abuse
1978-1980
57 11
"Choosing the President"
1968-1972
57 12
City Budget 160
1981
58 1
City Council Debates
1985
58 2
City-County
1968-1972
58 3
Community Planning and Zoning
58 4
Community Survey
1954-1955
58 5
Community Services Council
1974-1976
58 6
Conference on Families
1980
58 7
Congressional Correspondence
58 8
Consensus Building Kit
58 9
Constitutional Revision
1966-1986
58 10
County Budget
1968-1972
58 11
County Government Reports
58 12
County Government Task Force
58 13
Crime
1976
59 1
Debate Questions
59 2-11
Education
1960-1985
60 1
Elections, Advisory Board
1991
60 2
Elections
1972-1981
60 3
Electoral College
1968-1986
60 4-5
Environment, Energy and Pollution
1970
60 6
Environmental Quality, National
1977
60 7
Equal Rights Amendment and Women's Issues
1974-1976
60 8
"Excellence in Education"
1983
60 9
"Facts and Issues"
1968-1978
60 10-11
Flood Control
1966-1970
61 1-2
Forms of Government, City and County
1961-1963
61 3
Foreign Aid
1967-1968
61 4
The Freedom Agenda Project, Publications
1954-1955
61 5
Functional Consolidation
61 6-7
Government
1967-1968
61 8
Government Documents and Amendments
61 9-10
Health Care
1973-1993
62 1
Homelessness
1986-1987
62 2
Hoover Report
1949-1956
62 3-4
Housing
1989-1993
62 5
Human Resources
1968-1981
62 6
Hutchinson- Salter
1980
62 7
International Relations
62 8
Job Training Partnership Act
1987
62 9-13
Know Your County
1950-1973
62 14
Lake Valley City
1982
63 1
Land Use
1972-1973
63 2
Laws and Bonding
63 3
Law Enforcement Planning Agency
1973
63 4-10
Legislative Action
1956-1986
63 11-12
Local Government in Utah
1956
64 1-5
Local Government
1966-1980
64 6
Local and State Cooperative Study
64 7
Marital Property Study
1982
64 8
Master Plan for Salt Lake County
1985
64 9
McMannus Report
64 10
Mental Health
1984-1985
65 1
Metropolitan Problem in Salt Lake City Area
1959
65 2
Minorities and Police Services
1974-1976
65 3
National LWV
1972-1974
65 4
National Security and Criminal Justice
1985
65 5
Natural Resources, Water
1983
65 6
Neighborhood Development Act
65 7
Outside Reports
1974-1976
65 8
Pamphlets and Programs
65 9
Parks Study
1972-1975
65 10
Peggy Eble Notes
1986-1988
66 1
"People Power" , U.S. Office of Consumer Affairs
1980
66 2-6
Planning and Zoning
1954-1985
66 7-8
Police Service
1974
67 1
Political, Environmental, Social
67 2
Property Rights
67 3
Property Taxation and Conferences
67 4
Prospectus, A Planning Guide
1985
67 5-6
Race Problems
1966-1969
67 7-9
Recreation
1965-1968
68 1-2
"Report from the Hill"
1983-1989
68 3
Representative Government
1975
68 4
Salt Lake City and County Government Planning Report
1974
68 5
Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County Government Survey
1955
68 6
Salt Lake City Historical
1969
68 7
Salt Lake County 208 Water Quality Project
1977
68 8
Salt Lake County Civic Auditorium Complex
1961-1968
69 1
Salt Lake County Council of Governments Draft Water Quality Management Plan
1977
69 2
Salt Lake County Taxes
69 3-5
Salt Palace Expansion
1963
69 6
Schools and Education
1968-1972
69 7
Selected Reports
69 8-9
Service Districts
69 10
Solid Waste Recycling Project: The Paper Caper
1977
69 11
Special Purpose Districts
1980-1981
70 1
Speeches
70 2
State Government Study, Constitutional Amendments
1968-1970
70 3
State Land Use
1973-1983
70 4
State Reports
70 5
Sugarhouse
70 6
Security Ballot
1986
70 7
Summary and Analysis of the Detailed Recommendations of the Utah Little Hoover Commission
1966
70 8-11
Taxes
1968-1982
71 1
Tax Assessment Study
1962
71 2
Tax, Costs, Financing
71 3
"Time for Action"
1967-1968
71 4-6
Transportation
1974-1987
71 7
USA Today Election Teacher's Guide
1988
71 8
Transition Committee
1979
71 9
Urban County Notes
1979
71 10
Utah Common Cause
1986-1987
71 11
Utah Foundation Publications
1966
71 12
The Utah Independent
1977
71 13
Utego Speaker's Kit, Constitutional Amendments
1972
71 14-16
Water
1952-1987
72 1-3
Water
1952-1976
72 4
Welfare
1967-1970
72 5
Women's Issues
73-75
News Clippings
1964-2008

NationalReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
76 1
International Relations
1965-1989
76 2
State League Kit, Party Precinct Participation
1967-1968
76 3
Voter Service Kit
1972
76 4-5
Voter Service Publications
1970s-1980s
76 6
International Relations
1988
76 7
Position Statements
1980-1984
76 8
Welfare Reform Publications
1981-1987
76 9
Lobby Corps
1983

National ConventionsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
77 1
Denver
1988
77 2
Washington, D.C.
1990
77 3
Boston
1992
77 4
Washington, D.C.
1994
77 5
Chicago
1996
77 6
San Diego
1998

Salt Lake Branch, Administrative FilesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
78 1
Statements of Position
1965-1988
78 2
Members Handbook
1981
78 3
Program Making
1981-1988
78 4-7
Board Minutes
1982-1993
78 8
Budget Committee
1982
78 9
Voter Registration Assistants
1982
78 10
Board Retreats
1983-1985
79 1
Calendar
1983-1984
79 2-3
Annual Reports
1983-1985
79 4
Treasurer Reports
1985-1992
79 5
Bylaws
1985-1989
80
Salt Lake Branch, Backup Disks
1965-1993
Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
81 1
I-15 State Street Corridor
1979-1995
81 2
Transportation
1984-1986
81 3
Salt Lake Valley Master Plan
1985
81 4
Transportation Growth Projections
1995-1996
81 5
Light Rail
1997
81 6
Pay Equity
1987
81 7
Senator Hatch's Women's Conference
1991-1992
82 1-3
Groundwater Education Notebook
1991-1994
82 4
Community Groundwater Education Program (Financial)
1991-1992
82 5
Wellhead and Aquifer Protection Conference
1993
82 6
Groundwater Protection Survey
1993
83
Groundwater Protection
1989-1994
Folder
84 1
Affiliate Groups
1966-1970
84 2
Salt Lake County Government)
1968-1984
84 3-4
Salt Lake City-County Consolidation News Clippings
1970s
84 5
Salt Lake City Commission
1975
84 6
Changing Salt Lake County Government
1997-1998
84 7
Debates
1991
84 8
League-Salt Lake City Corporation Correspondence
1991-1998
84 9
Pamphlets

Chapter DevelopmentReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
85 1-2
Correspondence
1985-1998
85 3
Action Alerts
1991-1998
85 4-5
Chapter Development Materials
1988-1996
85 6
Crisis Control Kit
85 7
A Guide to Organizing New Leagues
1996
86 1
Handbook for Writing a Study in Utah
1983
86 2
In Touch
1990-1993
86 3
A Leader's Guide to the National Program
1990-1993
86 4
League Day at the Legislature
1986
86 5
Local Board Kit
1967-1968
86 6-7
Membership Procedures
1986-1996
86 8
National Convention
1998
86 9
Other Leagues
1993-1994
86 10
Prospectus: A Planning Guide for Local and State Leagues
1980-1982
86 11
Post-Board Summary
1989-1999
86 12
President's Mailings
1997-1999
87 1-2
President's Packet
1996-1998
87 3
Press Releases
1993-1998
87 4
Salt Lake Retreat
2006

General MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
88 1-4
Program Making
1971-2009
88 5-8
Unit Reports
1995-2000
89-90
Studies and Position Papers
1946-2006
91
State of the Community Luncheon
1992-1999

Elections and CandidatesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
92 1
Guide to the Presidential Election
1988-1992
92 2
Ballots and Election Results
1991-1992
92 3
Elections, Attorney General
1992
92 4
Elections, Governor
1992
92 5
Elections
1994
92 6
Candidates
1994
93 1
Presidential Election
1996
93 2
Municipal Elections
1997
93 3-4
Presidential and Congressional Candidates
1998-1999
93 5-7
Elections
1998-2001
94 1
Elections, Auditor
2000
94 2
Elections, Attorney General
2000
94 3
Elections, Congress
2000
94 4
Elections, County Mayor
2000
94 5
Elections, Governor
2000
94 6
Elections, Senate
2000
94 7
Third Party Candidate
2000
94 8
Elections
2006
94 9-11
Campaign Finance Reform
1991-1997
94 12
Campaign Integrity, Kettering Foundation
1990-1993
94 13
Congressional Newsletters
1971-1973
94 14
Debates
1980-1984
95 1-6
Debates
1984-2000
95 7
Democrats
2005
95 8
Direct Election of the President
95 9
Early Projections
1983
96 1
Early Projections of Election Results
1983-1984
96 2
Electoral Reform
1996-2004
96 3
Electoral College
2000-2006
96 4
Face to Face: a Guide to League Sponsored Debates
1987-1992
96 5
Get Out the Vote
1996
96 6
Help America Vote Act
2002-2006
96 7
Istook Amendment, Lobbying
1995
96 8
Kids Voting
1996
96 9-10
Mock Elections
1996-2004
97 1
National Popular Vote, Study and Position
1983-1984
97 2
Proportional Voting
2000
97 3
Reapportionment
2001
97 4
Redistricting, Mary Wilson, LWV Conference
2006
97 5
Renew Democracy
1993-1996
97 6
Running for Elected Office
1997
97 7
Student-Parent Mock Election
1988-1992
97 8
Take Back the System
1991
97 9-12
Voter Information Pamphlets
1976-2002
98 1-2
Voter Registration
1988-1996
98 3-4
Voter Service
1988-2006

Health Care ReformReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
99 1
Citizen's Voice for Citizen's Choice: Campaign for a Public Voice on Health Care
1991-2000
99 2
Health Care for All
1993-2000
99 3
Health Handouts
1993-1994
99 4
Health Care Materials
1991-1993
99 5-7
Health Care Reform
1993-1999
100 1
Health Care Reform
1993-1994
100 2
Health Care Coverage Pamphlet
2000
100 3
Health Policy Notes
1993-1998
100 4
National Health Care Information
1996-1998
100 5
Single Payer Health Care
1991-1993

Subject FilesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
100 1-2
100 Years, 100 Women
1995-1996
100 3
Arms Control
1982-1986
100 4
Bill of Rights Centennial
1990
100 5
Campaign Finance Reform
1997
100 6
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
1999
100 7
Constitutional Revisions Committee
1999
100 8
Constitutional Brochures
1986-1987
100 9
Corporate Accountability
1998-2001
100 10
D.C. Representation
1998
100 11
Family Planning Pamphlets
1996-2002
100 12
Global Warming
2002-2005
100 13
Hatch Patriot Act Hearing
2004
100 14
Immigration
2007
102 1-2
International Relations
1985-2006
102 3-5
Iraq
2002-2008
102 6
Judiciary
1991-2006
102 7-8
Loyalty and Security Brochures
1954-1967
103 1-2
Making Democracy Work
1996-1997
103 3-6
Military Policy and Defense Spending
1983-1986
103 7
National Security
1976-1987
103 8
Patriot Act
2002-2004
103 9
Reproductive Freedom News
1993-1996
104 1
Reproductive Freedom News
1993-1996
104 2
September 11th
2001-2003
104 3
Social Security
2001
104 4
"Taking National Security Issues to the Public"
1983-1988
104 5
Tax Group
2008
104 6-9
Trade
1955-2006
105 1-3
Trade
1974-1990
105 4-5
United Nations
1994-1998
105 6
U.S. Census Outreach
1990
105 7-11
U.S. Relationship with Developing Countries
1960-1995
105 12
Utah Legislation
2006-2009
105 13
Water and Irrigation
2007
105 14
Who's Who in Government
1992-1995
105 15
Zero Population Growth
1994-1995

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Elections--Utah--Archives
  • Political Campaigns--Utah--Archives
  • Political planning--Utah--Citizen participation--Archives
  • Women--Political activity--Utah
  • Women--Utah--Salt Lake City
  • Women--Utah--Salt Lake City--Societies and clubs--Archives

Corporate Names

  • League of Women Voters of Utah--Archives

Geographical Names

  • Utah--Politics and government--Sources

Form or Genre Terms

  • Administrative reports
  • Annual reports
  • Business correspondence
  • By-laws
  • Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
  • Conference materials
  • Financial records
  • Interviews
  • Law Materials
  • Magazines (Periodicals)
  • Membership lists
  • Minutes (Records)
  • Official reports