Description
The League of Women Voters of San Diego Records (1937-1998) document the League's programs in voter service, citizen education, action and advocacy programs. The collection
also includes documents created by the state-level organization, League of Women Voters of California (LWV-CA), and the national
organization, the League of Women Voters of the United States (LWV-US). The collection contains a wide variety of documents,
including meeting agendas and minutes, reports, correspondence & memos, newsletters, publications, newspapers, photographs,
audiovisual recordings, and scrapbooks. The collection is arranged in five series: Administrative Files; Program Files; Publications; Photographs and Audiovisual Materials; and Scrapbooks.
Background
The League of Women Voters of San Diego, Inc. (LWV-SD) is a non-partisan, voluntary, non-profit corporation. LWV-SD was organized
in 1936 as a local chapter of the national League of Women Voters of the United States, to promote political responsibility
through informed and active participation of citizens in local, county, state, and national government.
Restrictions
The copyright interests in these materials have not been transferred to San Diego State University. Copyright resides with
the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. The nature of historical archival and manuscript collections
is such that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine. Requests for permission to publish must be
submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. When granted, permission
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission
of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are made available
for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including
but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.
Availability
This collection is open for research.