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League of Women Voters of Missoula Records, 1946-1998
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- League of Women Voters of Missoula
- Title
- League of Women Voters of Missoula Records
- Dates
- 1946-1998 (inclusive)19461998
- Quantity
- 7.2 linear feet
- Collection Number
- Mss 632
- Summary
- The League of Women Voters of Missoula, Inc. in Missoula, Montana is a non-partisan research group established in 1952 and still active. The goal of the League of Women Voters of Missoula is to promote political responsibility through informed and active participation of citizens in government. The League focuses on informing the local community and League members of community environmental, social and political issues using local studies, group discussions and publications.
- Repository
-
University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections
Archives and Special Collections
Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library
University of Montana
32 Campus Dr. #9936
59812-9936
Missoula, MT
Telephone: 4062432053
Fax: 4062434067
library.archives@umontana.edu - Access Restrictions
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Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of Archives and Special Collections, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, and The University of Montana--Missoula.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The League of Women Voters in Missoula, Montana (LWVM) began in 1951. In 1952, the League of Women Voters national board recognized the league in Missoula as a local league and entitled them to the League insignia. Active founding member and local historian, Audra Browman, stated that the goal of the League of Women Voters of Missoula was to promote political responsibility through informed and active participation of citizens in government. The League targeted this objective through various local studies and group discussions. The league then offered this knowledge to the community through publications, newspaper articles and personally contacting people. By researching various community topics, the League attempted to be a source of non-partisan information.
The LWVM organized attendance at forums, speeches and rallies. To inform the community, they publicized their research in The Voter (the Missoula branch’s newsletter) and other publications. Generally, these studies informed voters of various issues confronting Missoula city and county residents. Some of the major issues confronting the Missoula community that the LWVM researched are the City/County Consolidation, Local Government, School Unification and Social Policies.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection has been divided into five series. Series I, Administrative Records, contains materials generated by the LWVM, including monthly and annual board minutes. Recorded within the minutes are the treasurer reports, budget proposals and reports, and updates on local and national studies. Series II, Studies, consists of research conducted by the LWVM. Included is research on national and state League of Women Voters positions, yet the majority of research pertains to issues of Missoula, Montana. Series III, The Voter, contains the LWVM newsletter reporting to the Missoula community information from research. Series IV, Publications and Scrapbooks, consists of scrapbooks generated by members of the League, newspaper clippings written either by League members or about the League, and a publicity flyer. Series V, Media, contains audio and video material generated by the League.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. and any other applicable statutes. Copyright status unknown.
Preferred Citation
[Name of document or photograph number], League of Women Voters of Missoula, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana--Missoula.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The collection is divided into five series:
Series I: Administrative Records, 1.2 linear feet, 1951-1990
Series II: Studies, 3.2 linear feet, 1951-1989
Series III: The Voter, 0.6 linear feet, 1953-1998
Series IV: Publications and Scrapbooks, 1.4 linear feet, 1954-1984
Series V: Media, 0.8 linear feet, 1984
Acquisition Information
Gift of the League of Women Voters of Missoula, 1987-1994. Additional issues of The Voter added in 2010. Additional materials were given to Archives and Special Collections in 2014; they were inventoried but not added to the collection.
Processing Note
Materials have been organized by the processor in alphabetical, then chronological order within series.
Separated Materials
A number of other local League of Women Voters, Montana League of Women Voters and National League of Women Voters published materials were removed from the collection.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series I: Administrative Records, 1951-1990Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/1 | Administration: By-Laws |
1964-1986 |
| 1/2 | Annual Reports for Local Annual Meeting |
1973-1989 |
| 1/3 | Annual Reports to National League |
1966-1972 |
| 1/4 | Annual Reports to National League |
1974-1983 |
| 1/5 | Board Functioning |
1980-1983 |
| 1/6 | Board Members Records |
1953-1966 |
| 1/7 | Board Minutes |
1959-1962 |
| 1/8 | Board Minutes |
1963-1963 |
| 1/9 | Board Minutes |
1965-1967 |
| 1/10 | Board Minutes |
1968-1969 |
| 1/11 | Board Minutes |
1970-1971 |
| 1/12 | Board Minutes |
1972-1973 |
| 2/1 | Board Minutes |
1974-1976 |
| 2/2 | Board Minutes |
1977-1978 |
| 2/3 | Board Minutes |
1979-1980 |
| 2/4 | Board Minutes |
1981-1983 |
| 2/5 | Board Minutes |
1984-1985 |
| 2/6 | Board Minutes |
1986-1987 |
| 2/7 | Board Minutes |
1988-1990 |
| 2/8 | City-County Consolidation, talk by Audra Browman, July
7 |
1982 |
| 2/9 | Community Public Relations |
1963-1964 |
| 2/10 | Copy of Speeches on the United Nations, School Board
Unification, City-County |
1965 |
| 2/11 | Election Facts and Elected Officials |
1982-1983 |
| 2/12 | Handbook |
1986-1987 |
| 2/13 | History of Missoula League |
1951-1953 |
| 2/14 | History Newspaper clippings |
1982-1988 |
| 3/1 | Inter-League Cooperation Policy |
1982 |
| 3/2 | League Archives |
1968-1976 |
| 3/3 | League Dues |
1972 and 1982 |
| 3/4 | Local League History |
1951-1981 |
| 3/5 | Local Government Publications |
1963-1974 |
| 3/6 | Local Publications |
1974-1984 |
| 3/7 | Membership Lists |
1951-1986 |
| 3/8 | Membership Records |
1954-1982 |
| 3/9 | National Security Concern |
undated |
| 3/10 | Obsolete Letterheads |
undated |
| 3/11 | Old Correspondence from State Environment
Quality |
1972-1973 |
| 3/12 | Unit Attendance |
1976-1982 |
Series II: Studies, 1951-1989Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 3/13 | Administration of Justice |
1970-1976 |
| 3/14 | Annexation |
1979-1980 |
| 3/15 | Campaign Financing |
1975-1976 |
| 3/16 | City Zoning |
1977-1979 |
| 4/1 | Coalition for Local Government Study Reports |
1975 and 1982 |
| 4/2 | Coalition for Local Government Study Reports |
1982 |
| 4/3 | Coalition for Local Government Study Reports |
1982-1983 |
| 4/4 | Committee Reports for Air Pollution |
1977 |
| 4/5 | City/County Consolidation |
1962-1976 |
| 4/6 | City/County Consolidation Newspaper Articles |
1975-1976 |
| 4/7 | Daycare |
1972-1974 |
| 4/8 | Early Local Studies |
1954-1964 |
| 4/9 | Education ‘70 |
1969-1974 |
| 4/10 | Equal Opportunity |
1960-1973 |
| 4/11 | Exceptional Children ‘57 |
1957 and 1961 |
| 4/12 | Growth Study |
1974-1976 |
| 5/1 | Growth Study |
1974-1978 |
| 5/2 | Growth Study Photos, Zoning Maps, and
Clippings |
1972-1979 |
| 5/3 | Growth in Missoula |
1978-1981 |
| 5/4 | Health and Daycare |
1978-1980 |
| 5/5 | Hmong |
1980 |
| 5/6 | Hmong, Local Education |
1980-1981 |
| 5/7 | Housing |
1971 |
| 5/8 | Human Resources Vo-Tech |
1967-1982 |
| 5/9 | Land Use Planning |
1972-1976 |
| 5/10 | Library |
1957-1973 |
| 5/11 | Library |
1967-1982 |
| 5/12 | Local Government City Manager ’58 |
1953-1958 |
| 5/13 | Local Government Reorganization |
1976-1984 |
| 6/1 | Local Government Study |
1946-1962 |
| 6/2 | Local Government Study |
1963-1975 |
| 6/3 | Local Government Study |
1975-1976 |
| 6/4 | Local Government Study Commissions County
Charter |
1975-1976 |
| 6/5 | Local Survey |
1952-1953. |
| 6/6 | Metropolitan Government Forms 1980-81 |
1980 |
| 6/7 | Missoula Air and Watershed Study 1979 |
1977-1981 |
| 6/8 | Missoula County Council of Women’s
Organizations |
1946-1950 |
| 6/9 | Missoula Rural Fire District |
1978-1991 |
| 6/10 | Missoula Rural Fire District |
1984-1985 |
| 6/11 | Montana Water Pollution Control |
1953-1964 |
| 6/12 | Montana Water Pollution Control |
1954-1957 |
| 7/1 | Montana Water Pollution Control |
1963-1968 |
| 7/2 | Old Positions |
1967-1979 |
| 7/3 | Original Studies |
1951-1954 |
| 7/4 | Original Studies |
1955-1974 |
| 7/5 | Parks and Recreation |
1972-1977 |
| 7/6 | Poll Reporting |
1968-1976 |
| 7/7 | Public Health (Health Board) |
1955-1978 |
| 7/8 | Publications and Voter Guides |
1967-1974 |
| 7/9 | Schools |
1976-1978 |
| 7/10 | Schools, Budgets |
1973-1982 |
| 7/11 | Schools Hot Lunch |
1971-1978 |
| 8/1 | School Unification |
1960-1981 |
| 8/2 | School Unification |
1964-1981 |
| 8/3 | School Unification |
1969-1976 |
| 8/4 | School Unification Public Relations |
1969-1970 |
| 8/5 | Sewers |
1954-1981 |
| 8/6 | State Custodial Institutions |
1967-1976 |
| 8/7 | State Land Use and Taxation Study |
1973-1977 |
| 8/8 | Subdivision Regulations |
1980-1989 |
| 8/9 | Topics with no League Position |
1981-1982 |
| 8/10 | Water Study (Clark Fork) |
1956-1973 |
| 8/11 | State Position: Arms Control Position |
1969-1983 |
| 8/12 | State Position: Legislature |
1964-1978 |
| 8/13 | State Position: Montana Government, Efficient and
Equitable Financing of Public Education in Montana |
1984-1988 |
| 8/14 | State Position: Montana Government, State
Finance |
1954-1986 |
| 9/1 | State Position: Montana Government, State
Finance |
1954-1986 |
| 9/2 | State Position: Montana Government, Unicameral
Legislature |
1967-1979 |
| 9/3 | State Position: Montana Government, Unicameral
Legislature |
1971-1980 |
| 9/4 | State Position: Voting Rights, Candidate
Forum |
1984 |
| 9/5 | National Position: Social Policy, Equal Rights
Amendment |
1978-1984 |
| 9/6 | National Position: Social Policy, Equal Rights and
International Women’s Year |
1975-1977 |
| 9/7 | National Position: Social Policy, Income
Assistance |
1971-1983 |
| 9/8 | National Position: Social Policy, Indians |
1968-1970 |
| 9/9 | National Position: International Relations,
Trade |
1967-1980 |
| 10/1 | National Position: International Relations, U.S.
Relations with Developing Countries |
1967-1988 |
| 10/2 | National Position: International Relations, Arms
Control |
1983-1988 |
| 10/3 | National Position: Government, Ballot Issues |
1984 |
| 10/4 | National Position: Government, Campaign
Finance |
1973-1976 |
| 10/5 | National Position: Government, Citizens Rights to Know
and Participate in the State Legislature Process |
1977-1987 |
| 10/6 | National Position: Government, Congress and the
Presidency |
1975-1976 |
| 10/7 | National Position: Government, Public Policy on
Reproductive Freedom |
1982-1990 |
| 10/8 | National Position: Social Policy, Equal Access to
Education, Employment and Housing |
1968-1988 |
| 10/9 | National Position: Social Policy, Equal Access to
Education, Employment and Housing |
1968-1988 |
Series III: The Voter , 1953-1998Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 11/1 | The Voter |
1953-1956 |
| 11/2 | The Voter |
1957-1960 |
| 11/3 | The Voter |
1961-1965 |
| 11/4 | The Voter |
1966-1969 |
| 11/5 | The Voter |
1970-1972 |
| 11/6 | The Voter |
1973-1976 |
| 11/7 | The Voter |
1977-1978 |
| 11/8 | The Voter |
1979-1980 |
| 12/1 | The Voter |
1981-1983 |
| 12/2 | The Voter |
1984-1985 |
| 12/3 | The Voter |
1986-1987 |
| 12/4 | The Voter |
1988-1998 |
Series IV: Publications and Scrapbooks, 1954-1984Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 13 | Scrapbook |
1954-1959 |
| 13 | Scrapbook |
1974-1975 |
| 13 | Scrapbook |
1976 |
| 14 | Scrapbook |
1951-1956 |
| 14 | Scrapbook |
1960 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 14/1 | Newspaper Clippings and State Candidates
Bulletin |
1962-1963 |
| 14/2 | "Meet the Candidates" Flyer |
1984 |
Series V: Media, 1984Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 15/1 | "Taking Charge: 1984 Voter Registration Campaign," reel
to reel audio |
1984 |
| 15/2 | Unknown, ¾" videocassette |
undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Local Government--Montana
- Metropolitan government--Montana
- Political participation--Montana--Missoula
- Schools--Centralization--Montana--Missoula
- Social planning--Montana--Missoula
- Women in politics--Montana--Missoula
- Women--Montana--Missoula--Societies and clubs
Geographical Names
- Missoula (Mont.)--Politics and government--20th century
Form or Genre Terms
- Administrative records--Montana--Missoula
- Newsletters--Montana--Missoula
- Research (document genres)--Montana--Missoula
- Scrapbooks--Montana--Missoula
- Sound recordings--Montana--Missoula
Titles within the Collection
- The Voter
Finding aid prepared by Jennifer
Delaney Rose
2006
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