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Davis, Margaret S. (Margaret Schack), 1942-
Margaret S. Davis papers
1966-1992
1.5 linear feet of shelf
space
This collection consists of papers
(1966-1991) relating to Margaret Davis' activities as a member of the Committee
on Appointive Judiciary, Women's Lobby Fund, Montana Committee for the
Humanities, and the League of Women Voters for which she was a member of the
national board; the preservation of historic buildings in Helena, Montana; and
her bid for the state legislature in 1974.
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Biographical Note:
Margaret S. (Maggie) Davis was born on December 11, 1942 in Bellingham,
Washington, the daughter of John Bellows Schack and Margaret Lobdell Schack. In
1964, she graduated from Scripps College, Fairmont, California with a bachelors
degree in literature. Shortly after her graduation she married Gary Davis, a
law student. Upon his graduation from law school, he was inducted into the U.S.
Army. After four years of military service the couple moved to Helena where Mr.
Davis had secured employment with the law firm of Luxan and Murfitt.
During her two decades of residency in Helena, Margaret Davis became active in
several local organizations including the St. Peter's Community Hospital
Foundation and the Helena Symphony Society. She was also a member of the
publicity committee for the ordination and consecration of Charles Irving Jones
as Eighth Bishop of the Episcopal Dioese of Montana and served on a Montana
Supreme Court Commission which concerned the Rules of Admission to the Practice
of Law in Montana. Besides being involved in local organizations, she was
active in the League of Women Voters on the national level and served as a
member of the League's National Board.
The League of Women voters
consists of two parallel and complimentary organizations which are the League
of Women Voters United States (LVWUS) abd League of Women Voters Education Fund
(LWVEF). The LWVUS is the membership and advocacy arm of the League, which
lobbies legislators on issues of interest to the membership. The LWVEF sponsors
and presents events to provide public education, disseminate information, and
initiate litigation regarding the enforcement of existing laws.
Margaret
Davis served on the National Board of the League. During her tenure, the
membership focused on issues of peace, international disarmament and national
security. As a board member she drafted concenus statements and wrote position
papers. Because Margaret Davis was active in both the LVWUS and LWVEF, some
folders will have materials pertaining to each part of the organization.
In the summer of 1992, she relocated to Billings.
This collection consists of
subject files, correspondence, memoranda, research notes, and miscellany kept
by Margaret Davis as a result of her activities with various organizations. The
collection has been arranged into four subgroups: General and Personal
(1966-1991); League of Women Voters United States (1983-1989); League of Women
Voters Education Fund (1984-1988); and Montana Hunger Coalition
(1988-1990).
The General and personal Subgroup materials concern Davis'
activities in local organizations such the Holter Museum of Art, her bid for
the state legislature in 1974, and family, such as her mother-in-law's
reminiscences .
The League of Women Voters of the United States Subgroup
deals with issues of concern or advocated by the organization's membership.
The League of Women Voters Education Fund Subgroup relates to the
acquisition and utiliztion of funds for educational seminars and forums as well
as, litigation regarding enforcement of particular laws.
The Montana
Hunger Coalition Subgroup contains materials regarding studies on hunger in the
state.
by subgroup and series
Collection is open for
research.
The Montana Historical Society is
the owner of the materials in the Research Library and makes available
reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission
must be obtained from the Research Library before any reproduction use. The
Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the
collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional
authorization from the copyright owners.
item description and date.
Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers. Montana Historical
Society Research Center, Archives, Helena, Montana.
Acquisition information available
upon request
Artifacts and printed
materials transferred to the Museum and Library
respectively.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in
the Montana Historical Society Archives catalog. Researchers desiring materials
about related topics, persons, or places should search under these terms.
Lumber
trade--Montana.
Voter
registration--Montana.
Women
in politics--Montana.
Helena (Mont.)--Clubs
Helena (Mont.)--Medical care
Montana
Political Campaigns
Women
Detailed Description of the Collection
General and Personal
Subject Files
1 / 1
Campaign for state
legislature House of Representatives
1974
1 / 2
Kenneth Davis
(father-in-law's autobiography)
1988
1 / 3
Pearl Davis (transcript
of mother-in-law's reminscences)
1987
1 / 4
Helena Symphony Society
1982-1984,n.d.
1 / 5
Holter Museum of Art
1990-1991
1 / 6
Judges' selections (re
Committee on Appointive Judiciary)
1986-1988
1 / 7
Lay Reader Program
1966
1 / 8
Margaret Hibbard Fine
Arts Center (proposed)
1983-1984,n.d.
1 / 9
Montana Children's
Alliance (re support for well-being of Montana's children)
1984-1988,n.d.
1 / 10
Montana Committee for
the Humanities
1984-1987
1 / 11
Montana Supreme Court:
"Commission Concerning Rules of Admission to the Practice of Law in the State
of Montana"
1983-1987
1 / 12
Neighborhood historic
preservation
1978-1987,n.d.
1 / 13
Ordination and
consecration of the Reverend Charles Irving Jones (includes consecration
program)
1984-1986,n.d
1 / 14
Jeannette Rankin
n.d
1 / 15
St. Peter's Community
Hospital Foundation (correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports)
1984-1987
2 / 1
Women's Lobbyist Fund
1985-1986
2 / 2
Women's issues
1984-1987,n.d.
League Of Women Voters
Of The United States
Correspondence
2 / 3
General
Correspondence (re: organizational activities, issues, committees, events, etc)
1983-1989
Subject Files
2 / 4
Agricultural
study
1986-1987,n.d.
2 / 5
Conventions
1985-1988,n.d.
2 / 6
Finance and
development
1984,1987
2 / 7
Legislative
actions
1984-1988
2 / 8
Long-range
planning
1984-1987
2 / 9
National
board
1984-1988
2 / 10
National
director and other personnel
1985-1988
2 / 11
National
natural resources
1984-1986
2 / 12
National
security (re legtimacy of U.S. activities in Nicaragua and other nations,
nuclear war, etc)
1985-1988
2 / 13
Nominating
committee
1986-1987
2 / 14
Program
committees
1987-1988
2 / 15
Public
affairs
1984-1987,n.d.
2 / 16
Publications
and communications committees
1986-1987
2 / 17
RKO Radio
Network (re program to stimulate voter registration in the U.S.)
1985
2 / 18
Speech (by
Margaret Davis to National Dietetic Association re LWVUS)
1986-1987
League of
Women Voters Education Fund
Correspondence
3 / 1
General Correpondence (re organizational activities, events, committees,
issues, etc)
1984-1988
Subject Files
3 / 2
Agenda for security training
1984-1986,n.d.
3 / 3
Alton Jones Foundation
1984
3 / 4
Constitutional Bicentennial Celebration
1986-1987
3 / 5
Election laws (state, national, and election night reporting)
1984-1986
3 / 6
Financing of federal government survey
1984-1985
3 / 7
General information (LWVEF)
1984-1988
3 / 8
Global security outreach
1984-1985
3 / 9
Grants management
1984,1987
3 /
10
Litigation
1984
3 /
11
Planned giving
1984-1985
3 /
12
Policy and program planning (LWVEF future activities)
1986-1987
3 /
13
Presidential debates (re LWVUS / LWVEF sponsorship of Reagan - Mondale debates)
1984-1988
3 /
14
Project '87 (re United States Constitution)
1985,1987
3 /
15
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) #
1985
Montana Hunger Coalition
Correspondence
3 / 16
General correspondence (re organizational concerns,
activities, meetings, research studies and questionaires, etc)
1989-1990,n.d.
Subject Files
3 / 17
Community Medical Center (Missoula)
1988-1990,n.d.
3 / 18
Food Research Action Center
1989
3 / 19
Hunger survey
1988