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League of Women Voters of San Diego Records
MS-0017
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & University Archives
Title: League of Women Voters of San Diego Records
Creator:
League of Women Voters of San Diego
Identifier/Call Number: MS-0017
Physical Description:
53.54 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1937-1998
Date (bulk): 1950-1989
Language of Material:
English
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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.
The
Administrative Files (1942-1994) includes the agendas, minutes, and reports from Board meetings and local conventions; annual reports and Board
reports; financials records; public and internal correspondence; membership files; and yearbooks.
The
Program Files (1946-1994) series documents the League of Women Voters of San Diego's programs in voter service/citizen education, voter
registration drives, and advocacy & action around political issues. This series also includes the LWV-SD's subject files on
a wide range of political issues, such as education and public schools; housing, mental health, natural resources and environmental
protection; San Diego City government reform; urban planning and redevelopment; and water. Of special interest are files documenting
the LWV-SD's annual Women of Vision awards, honoring San Diego area women's public service, from 1987-1996.
The
Publications (1938-1998) includes a variety of newsletters, newspapers, and reports published by the League of Women Voters of San Diego
and the state-level and national League. Most notable are the LWV-SD's local
San Diego Voter newsletters issued from 1938-1998, and the occasional
Election Extra newspaper, published to coincide the local elections.
The
Photographs and Audiovisual Materials (1956-1970) includes photographs of League activities and meetings from the 1950s-1970s. This series also includes a variety
of audio recordings, such as LWV-SD meetings and activities, educational programs produced by the LWV-US.
Several
Scrapbooks (1937-1971) a include newspaper clippings and publicity material from League events and programs.
I. Administrative Files (1942-1994)
II. Program Files (1946-1994)
III. Publications (1938-1998)
IV. Photographs and Audiovisual Materials (1956-1970)
V. Scrapbooks (1937-1971)
This collection is open for research.
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.
League of Women Voters of San Diego
1977-10, 1984-015, 1986-012, 1991-017, 1996-004
National Organization for Women (NOW), San Diego Chapter Records
Older Women's League (OWL), San Diego County Chapter Records
Bonnie Zimmerman Papers
Center for Women's Studies and Services Records
Women's Studies Department Records
Women's Resource Center
Identification of item, folder title, box number,
League of Women Voters of San Diego Records, Special Collections and University Archives, San Diego State University Library.
Processed by Lucas Buresch, 2017.
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.
LWV-SD's programs include voter service and citizen education through its League of Women Voters Education Fund, were the
League presents unbiased and nonpartisan information about elections, the voting process and political issues. The League's
programs also include an action and advocacy component, whereby the League takes positions on political issues through the
use of study committees.
During the 1940s-1950s the LWV-SD's programs included study committees issues such as health, housing, juvenile protection,
the San Diego harbor, San Diego County government, jury selection, public schools, receiving homes for neglected children,
the United Nations, and UNESCO. The League also made several surveys of issues such as San Diego County services, land use
& City government, metropolitan planning, and urban renewal.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
League of Women Voters of San Diego -- Archives
Women--California--San Diego--Societies and clubs
Women--Political activity--California--San Diego
Women--Suffrage--United States
Women, Services for--California--San Diego