Collection Information
Historical Sketch
Scope and Content Note
Box and Folder Listing
Cataloging Information
Processed
by
Ellen Swain
23 March 1992
Updated 11 May 2004
Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269
VOLUME OF COLLECTION: 28 manuscript boxes, 2 oversized boxes (12.8 linear feet)
COLLECTION DATES: 1915-1986
PROVENANCE: Susan Sedgewick (for the League of Women Voters of Indianapolis), 3808 N. Meridian, Suite #206, Indianapolis, Indiana, 30 July, 1991
RESTRICTIONS: None
COPYRIGHT: Held by the Indiana Historical Society
ALTERNATE FORMATS: None
OTHER FINDING AIDS: None
RELATED HOLDINGS: League of Women Voters of Indiana (M 0612); Woman's Franchise League of Indiana (SC 1761)
ACCESSION NUMBER: 1991.0626
The League of Women Voters was founded from the National American Women's Suffrage Association after women gained the right to vote. A nonpartisan organization, the League sought "to promote political responsibility through informed and active participation of the citizens in government and to act on selected governmental issues." Its membership was and continues to be open to men as well as women.
The League of Women Voters of Indianapolis, organized by July 1920 and affiliated with both the national and state League of Women Voters, remains active today.
Sources: Material found in the collection
Pumroy, Eric. A Guide to Manuscript Collections of the Indiana
Historical Society and the Indiana State Library.
Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1986.
The collection, filling twenty eight manuscript boxes and two oversized boxes, consists of minutes (1934-1979), annual reports (1935-1982), correspondence and papers (1945-1984), and membership rosters (1961-1979). In addition, issues of the Indianapolis League newsletter, the League Bulletin, and the national League newsletter, the National Voter, are also included. One issue of the Indiana Woman Voter (1965) and three issues of the Indiana Voter (1966, 1977, 1978) comprise one folder. Booklets and brochures from the years 1915 to 1984 outline the purpose and activities of the organization.
A large portion of the collection also concerns various political issues and topics of interest to the League. These papers include local government studies, school and tax issues, local neighborhood and preschool center information, public welfare material, and human resource information. Voter service material outlines the League's efforts in promoting citizen participation in government. In addition, six boxes of conservation material point to the League's commitment to the environment. Topics include energy, gas, and oil conservation, acid rain, land use, and water pollution. An energy conservation game teaches players environmental responsibility. Newspaper clippings and miscellaneous papers comprise the final boxes of the collection. Two oversized boxes contain scrapbooks dating from 1932 to 1969.
BOX 1: Minutes, 1934-1954
FOLDER CONTENTS
1 Minutes, 1934-1940
2 Minutes, 1941-1943
3 Minutes, 1944-1946
4 Minutes, 1947
5 Minutes, 1948
6 Minutes, 1949
7 Minutes, 1950
8 Minutes, 1951
9 Minutes, 1952
10 Minutes, 1953
11 Minutes, 1954
BOX 2: Minutes, 1955-1969
FOLDER CONTENTS
1 Minutes, 1955
2 Minutes, 1956
3 Minutes, 1957
4 Minutes, 1958
5 Minutes, 1959-1960
6 Minutes, 1961
7 Minutes, 1962
8 Minutes, 1963-1964
9 Minutes, 1965
10 Minutes, 1966
11 Minutes, 1967
12 Minutes, 1968-1969
BOX 3: Minutes, 1970-1979; Annual Reports, 1935-1965
FOLDER CONTENTS
1 Minutes, 1970-1971
2 Minutes, 1972-1973
3 Minutes, 1974
4 Minutes, 1975
5 Minutes, 1976
6 Minutes, 1977
7 Minutes, 1978
8 Minutes, 1979
9 Annual Reports, 1935-1949
10 Annual Reports, 1951-1959
11 Annual Reports, 1960-1965
BOX 4: Annual Reports, 1966-1982; Constitutional Revision,
1947-1968
FOLDER CONTENTS
1 Annual Reports, 1966-1968
2 Annual Reports, 1969-1970
3 Annual Reports, 1971-1972
4 Annual Reports, 1973
5 Annual Reports, 1974
6 Annual Reports, 1975
7 Annual Reports, 1976
8 Annual Reports, 1977
9 Annual Reports, 1978
10 Annual Reports, 1979
11 Annual Reports, 1981-1982
12 Merit System, 1943-1948
13 Constitutional Revision, 1947-1950
14 Constitutional Revision, 1953-1968
BOX 5: Financial Information, 1955-1982; By-Laws, 1953;
Correspondence and Papers, 1945-1984
FOLDER CONTENTS
1 League Finance, 1955-1979
2 Reapportionment, 1955-1967
3 Observer Reports, 1981-1982; Miscellaneous, 1982
4 Audit, 1981-1982
5 By-Laws, 1983
6 Correspondence and Papers, 1945-1952
7 Letters to Members, 1958-1961
8 Letters to Board Members, 1959-1961
9 Correspondence and Papers, 1973-1974
10 Correspondence and Papers, 1975-1976
11 Correspondence and Papers, 1977
12 Correspondence and Papers, 1978
13 Correspondence and Papers, 1979
14 Correspondence and Papers, 1980
15 Correspondence and Papers, 1982-1984
BOX 6: Correspondence and Papers, 1983-1984; Membership
Rosters, 1961-1979; "League Bulletin," 1932-1951
FOLDER CONTENTS
1 Correspondence and Papers, 1983
2 President's Mailings and Memoranda, 1983-1984
3 Membership Rosters, 1961-1964
4 Membership Rosters, 1965-1971
5 Membership Rosters, 1972-1975 folder 1
6 Membership Rosters, 1972-1975 folder 2
7 Membership Rosters, 1976-1979
8 Membership Roster for Big City Leagues, n.d.
9 Membership Roster for Units, n.d.
10 League Bulletin, 1932-1947
11 League Bulletin, 1948-1949
12 League Bulletin, 1950-1951
BOX 7: League Bulletin, 1952-1973
FOLDER CONTENTS
1 League Bulletin, 1952-1953
2 League Bulletin, 1958-1959
3 League Bulletin, 1960-1961
4 League Bulletin, 1962-1963
5 League Bulletin, 1964
6 League Bulletin, 1965-1966
7 League Bulletin, 1967-1968
8 League Bulletin, 1969
9 League Bulletin, 1970
10 League Bulletin, 1971
11 League Bulletin, 1972
12 League Bulletin, 1973
BOX 8: League Bulletin, 1974-1979; National Voter,
1951-1970
FOLDER CONTENTS
1 League Bulletin, 1974
2 League Bulletin, 1975
3 League Bulletin, 1976
4 League Bulletin, 1977
5 League Bulletin, 1978
6 League Bulletin, 1979
7 National Voter, 1951-1956
8 National Voter, 1957-1962
9 National Voter, 1964-1970
BOX 9: National Voter, 1971-1985; Indiana
Woman Voter, 1965; Indiana Voter, 1966-1978;
Program Booklets and Brochures, 1915-1984
FOLDER CONTENTS
1 National Voter, 1971-1972
2 National Voter, 1973-1974
3 National Voter, 1975-1976
4 National Voter, 1977-1978
5 National Voter, 1979-1981
6 National Voter, 1982-1985
7 Indiana Woman Voter, 1965; Indiana Voter,1966, 1977, 1978; Interim Legislative Bulletin, 1977
8 Program Booklets and Brochures, 1915-1940
9 Program Booklets and Brochures, 1940-1952
10 Program Booklets and Brochures, 1957-1968
11 Program Booklets and Brochures, 1969-1984
BOX 10: Meridian Reminder, 1963-1972; Local Government Study, 1952-1984;
Bail Bond Study, 1972-1979
FOLDER CONTENTS
1 It Makes a Difference: There is a League of Women Voters Booklet, 1963
2 Meridian Reminder, published by the Meridian Unit of the League of Women Voters, 1963-1972
3 Local Government Study, 1952-1973
4 Local Government Study, 1976-1977
5 Local Government Study, 1977
6 Local Government Structure, Function, and Finance, 1977-1978
7 Local Government Study, 1978
8 Local Government Study Commission, 1979-1981
9 Local Government Financing, 1984
10 Bail Bond Study, 1972-1973
11 Bail Bond Supplement, 1979
BOX 11: Tax Material, 1968-1971; Litigation, 1973-1983;
Postal Workers Training, 1969; Human Resources, 1966-1974
FOLDER CONTENTS
1 Business Taxes in Indiana, 1969-1975 Consensus
2 Indiana Tax Publications, 1968-1974
3 School and Taxes Material, 1957-1959
4 School and Taxes Material, 1960
5 School and Taxes Material, 1968-1971
6 School and Taxes Local Material for Consensus, 1969-1970
7 School Finance and District Organization, 1971
8 Litigation, 1973-1977
9 Litigation, 1983
10 Effective Court Observing, 1973
11 Postal Workers Training, 1969
12 Human Resources, 1966-1974
BOX 12: League Skits, 1940-1980; Neighborhood Information Center,
1966-1973; Speaker's Bureau Speech Material, 1960; Continuing Responsibilities,
1955-1966
FOLDER CONTENTS
1 League Skits, 1940-1980
2 Neighborhood Information Center Correspondence, 1966-1969
3 Neighborhood Information Center Correspondence, 1969-1970
4 Neighborhood Information Center Correspondence, 1970-1973
5 Neighborhood Information Center Proposals, 1968-1972
6 Neighborhood Information Center Forms, 1970
7 Neighborhood Information Center, Lilly Education Fund, 1970-1971
8 City Council Budget Consolidation, 1982
9 Indiana Judiciary, 1966-1970
10 Metropolitan Planning, 1960-1967
11 Speaker's Bureau Speech Material, 1960
12 National Continuing Responsibilities, Water Resources Literature, 1955-1966
13 National Continuing Responsibilities, Home Rule and Suffrage for District of Columbia, 1959-1961
14 State Continuing Responsibilities, Constitutional Revision, Reapportionment, 1955-1965
15 Local Continuing Responsibilities, Nominating Procedures for School Board, 1947-1959
16 Continuing Responsibilities Reports, 1957-1965
17 Cable Television, 1981-1983, folder 1
BOX 13: Miscellaneous Issues and Projects, 1960-1983
FOLDER CONTENTS
1 Cable Television, 1981-1983, folder 2
2 Record of Volunteer Hours, n.d.
3 Association for Improved Municipal Personnel Administration, 1953-1957
4 Association for Improved Municipal Personnel Administration, 1953-1957
5 League of Women Voters Calendar, 1983
6 Panel of American Women Proposal, 1976
7 Inheritance Tax, 1978
8 Miscellaneous Booklets, 1976-1980
9 Police Consolidation, 1972
10 Police Community Relations Study, 1968-1972
11 Police Use of Deadly Force, Tanselle-Adams Commission, 1979-1982
12 House Resolution 6161: An Act of Congress, 1980
13 Johnson County Local Government Study, n.d.
14 Legislative Support Unit, 1972-1973
15 Legislative Support Unit, 1974-1981
16 Municipal Corporations, 1971-1976
BOX 14: Miscellaneous Political Issues and Projects,
1952-1985
FOLDER CONTENTS
1 Code Enforcement Information, 1968-1977
2 Code Enforcement Information, 1977
3 Code Enforcement Information, 1978-1979
4 Board of Ethics of the City of New York Council Reports, Numbers 1 to 399, n.d.
5 Local Ethics Ordinances, 1976
6 Other Cities Ethics Ordinances, 1976
7 Tenth Congressional Candidates Forum, 1984
8 Unit Consensus Forms, 1985
9 Interim Study Committee on Access to Public Records, 1983
10 Public Relations, 1952-1960
11 Public Relations, News Releases, Public Service Announcements, 1984
12 Public Relations, Clippings and Flyers, 1984-1985
13 Publication Information, 1979-1980
14 Juvenile Justice, 1983
15 Councilmanic Districts, 1983-1984
16 City County Council Workshop, 1983
17 Nuclear Weapons Information, 1985
18 How to Write Your Legislator, How to Testify, 1976
19 Office Manager Job Description and Evaluation, 1978-1984
20 Self Study Report, 1974
21 Self Study Report, 1975
22 Martinsdale Area Citizens Services Project Proposal, 1965
23 District of Columbia Amendment, 1985
24 Freeze Candidate Forum, 1984
25 Organizational Linkage Study, 1979
26 Indianapolis Hotel Information, 1983-1984
27 Metro Budget Project, 1971-1973
BOX 15: Miscellaneous Projects, Reports, and Programs,
1970-1986
FOLDER CONTENTS
1 Metro Budget Project, 1973
2 Metro Budget Project, 1973-1974
3 Foundation Funding Information, 1970-1979
4 Grants and Grant Writing, 1978-1984
5 Indiana Committee for the Humanities Grant, 1984
6 Indiana Political Education, 1984
7 Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis Social Work, 1984
8 Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis Nuclear Forums, 1984
9 Indianapolis Public Schools Student Leadership Program, 1984
10 Stanley K. Lacy Executive Leadership Series, 1984
11 State and Local Program Planning Units, December 1982-1984
12 Local Priorities, 1983
13 North United Methodist Church, 1983-1984
14 National Program Planning, 1984-1986
15 Program Planning Units, 1980-1981
16 Positive About Our School Systems Program (PASS), 1983
17 Mini Government Study, 1972-1975
18 Mini Government Workshop, Indiana University, 1973, folder 1
19 Mini Government Workshop, Indiana University, 1973, folder 2
20 Mini Government Workshop, Indiana University, 1973, folder 3
BOX 16: Miscellaneous Studies, Projects, and Reports,
1955-1978; Public Welfare, 1963-1972
FOLDER CONTENTS
1 Proposed Guidelines for Coalition Involvement, n.d.
2 Legislative Link, 1979
3 From Study to Action in Indiana, 1978-1979
4 Membership Study by Indiana University, 1977
5 1976 League of Women Voters National Convention
6 1978 League of Women Voters National Convention
7 1984 League of Women Voters National Convention Fund-raising Ideas
8 1984 League of Women Voters National Convention
9 Civil Service Administration Questionnaire Responses, 1951
10 Public Transportation, 1970-1973
11 State Public Welfare, 1963-1964
12 Indiana Public Welfare, 1963-1965
13 Marion County (Indiana) Welfare, 1963-1964
14 Public Welfare (general), 1961-1972, folder 1
BOX 17: Economic, Racial, Educational, and Governmental
Issues and Programs, 1961-1981
FOLDER CONTENTS
1 Public Welfare, 1961-1972, (general), folder 2
2 The Negro in Indianapolis, 1967
3 Indianapolis Preschool Centers Head Start Proposal, 1967
4 Indianapolis Preschool Centers Head Start Proposal, 1968-1969, folder 1
5 Indianapolis Preschool Centers Head Start Proposal, 1968-1969, folder 2
6 Indianapolis Preschool Centers, Appendix I - IX, n.d.
7 Uni-Gov Legislation, 1968-1972
8 Activities Guide for Uni-Gov Handbook, 1981
BOX 18: Metropolitan Government, 1950's-1960's; Voter
Service Material, 1955-1983; Miscellaneous Reports, Workshops, Programs,
Conferences, Directories, 1936-1983
FOLDER CONTENTS
1 Metropolitan Government, 1950's-1960's, folder 1
2 Metropolitan Government, 1950's-1960's, folder 2
3 Survey of Indianapolis, 1936
4 Voter Service Special Questionnaire Project, 1955-1962
5 Voter Service, 1960-1968
6 Voter Registration Projects, 1964
7 Voter Service Project "Sidewalk City Hall," 1967
8 Voter Service, 1970-1976
9 Voter Service, 1983
10 Voter Service Citizen Information Action Kit, n.d.
11 Women in Business Directory, 1983
12 Regional Foreign Policy Conference, 1979
13 Report to the Community, 1981-1983
14 Report to State Building, 1983
15 Speaker's Programs, 1984-1985
16 Tours, Workshops, 1979-1983
17 President's Handbooks, 1967-1980
18 Council Vacancies, 1972
BOX 19: Candidate Questionnaires, 1955-1970's; Public
Welfare, 1963-1966; Publications Catalog, 1963-1966; Human Resources Material,
1960-1971
FOLDER CONTENTS
1 Candidate Questionnaires, 1955-1956
2 Candidate Questionnaires, 1959-1972
3 Candidate Questionnaires, 1970's
4 Public Welfare, 1963-1966
5 Publications Catalog, 1966
6 Human Resources, 1960-1971
7 Human Resources Pamphlets, 1961-1969
8 Committee on Human Resources, 1963-1967, folder 1
BOX 20: Human Resources Material, 1963-1967; Anti-Poverty
Material, 1957-1967; Conservation and Environmental Material, 1967-1978
FOLDER CONTENTS
1 Committee on Human Resources, 1963-1967, folder 2
2 Social Characteristics Analysis of Eleven Selected Poverty Target Areas in Indianapolis, Indiana, 1966
3 Study of Anti-Poverty Programs in Aiken County, South Carolina,1967
4 County Board Members Handbook, State Department of Public Welfare, 1957
5 Conservation Material, 1974-1978
6 Water Pollution Information, 1968-1976
7 Sewage Treatment Information, 1967-1974
8 Drinking Water Information, 1974-1978
9 Environmental Issues, 1972-1977
10 Environmental Management Board, 1971-1974
BOX 21: Conservation and Environmental Material, 1972-1979
FOLDER CONTENTS
1 Conservation Reports from the National Wildlife Federation, January - April, 1976
2 Conservation Reports from the National Wildlife Federation, May - December, 1976
3 Conservation Reports from the National Wildlife Federation, 1977
4 Conservation Reports from Various Organizations, 1974-1977
5 Environmental Newsletters, 1974-1976
6 Continuing Time for Action Newsletter, 1972-1976; Report from the Hill Newsletter, 1974-1977
7 Outdoor Recreation Plan, 1979
8 Environmental Issues Booklet, 1971-1974
9 Land Use Material, 1971-1974
10 Land Use Material, 1975-1977
BOX 22: Conservation and Environmental Material, 1962-1979
FOLDER CONTENTS
1 Land Use Conferences and Outside Publications, 1972-1976
2 Land Use Pamphlets, n.d.
3 Land Use Planning and Zoning Seminar, 1978
4 National Land Use Material, 1971-1975
5 Planning and Zoning Material, 1969-1972
6 Planning and Zoning Interviews, 1976
7 Growth Policy for Indianapolis, 1976-1977
8 Legislative Advisory Committee on Planning and Zoning, 1973-1979
BOX 23: Surface Drainage Material,1962-1978; Indianapolis
Convention Center, 1980-1983; Water Pollution Information, 1964-1977
FOLDER CONTENTS
1 Surface Drainage Material, 1962-1977
2 Surface Drainage Committee, 1974-1977
3 Surface Drainage Study, 1975-1977
4 Surface Drainage Task Force, 1976
5 Surface Drainage Task Force, 1977-1978
6 Indianapolis Convention Center Domed Stadium, 1980-1983
7 Water Pollution Pamphlets, 1964-1976
8 Water Supply Newsletter, Environmental Protection Agency, 1977
BOX 24: Energy Conservation Material, 1977-1979
FOLDER CONTENTS
1 Energy Position, 1977
2 Energy Consensus, Spring 1977-1978
3 Energy Conservation Teaching Materials, 1977-1978
4 Energy Conservation, 1977-1979
5 Energy Crisis Material, 1978
6 Energy Mini-Course, 1978
7 Action Mini-Grant Energy Committee, 1978
8 Indiana Energy Month, 1978
9 Indiana Energy Month, 1979
10 Energy Committee, 1978-1979
11 Indianapolis Public Schools Energy Contest and Presentation, Energy Committee, 1978-1979
12 Indianapolis Energy Office, 1979
13 (ART) Energy Conservation Game, 1970's
BOX 25: Conservation and Natural Resources Material,
1958-1983
FOLDER CONTENTS
1 Nuclear Energy Material, n.d.
2 Other Energy Sources, n.d.
3 Solar Energy Material, 1978
4 Solar Energy Information, 1979-1981
5 Coal Material, 1977
6 Gas and Oil Material, 1975
7 Electricity Management Material, 1976
8 Conservation and Weatherization, 1978
9 Acid Rain and Hazardous Waste, 1983-1984
10 Sludge Incinerator, 1979
11 Natural Resources Committee, 1978, folder 1
12 Natural Resources Committee, 1978, folder 2
13 Indiana Water Supply, 1958-1971
BOX 26: Sewer Committee Information, 1976-1983;
Miscellaneous Photographs and Newspaper Clippings, 1936-1974
FOLDER CONTENTS
1 Sewer Committee, 1976-1978
2 Sewer Committee Supporting Documentation, 1976-1978
3 Advanced Wastewater Treatment and Inceptor Sewer Program, 1977
4 Sewer Committee Information, 1977
5 Sewer Committee Information, 1978
6 Sewer Financing, 1979-1983
7 Miscellaneous Photographs and Newspaper Clippings, 1936-1958
8 Newspaper Clippings, 1959-1968
9 Newspaper Clippings, 1960's
10 Newspaper Clippings Regarding Sewer Committee, 1972-1974
11 Newspaper Clippings Regarding Land Use, 1972-1975
BOX 27: Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings and Papers,
1944-1979
FOLDER CONTENTS
1 Newspaper Clippings Regarding Sewage Treatment, 1974-1978
2 Environmental Cartoons, 1977
3 Newspaper Clippings Regarding Environmental Subjects, 1977-1978, folder 1
4 Newspaper Clippings Regarding Environmental Subjects, 1977-1978, folder 2
5 Newspaper Clippings Regarding Water Quality, 1977-1978
6 Newspaper Clippings Regarding State Water, 1977-1978
7 Newspaper Clippings Regarding Land Use, 1977-1978
8 Newspaper Clippings and Magazine Articles Regarding Environmental Issues, 1977-1979
11 Newspaper Clippings Regarding Voting Issues, 1979
12 Miscellaneous Papers and Newspaper Clippings, 1944-1961
13 Miscellaneous Papers and Newspaper Clippings, 1976-1979
14 Miscellaneous Papers, 1948-1950
BOX 28: Miscellaneous Papers, 1940-1980's
FOLDER CONTENTS
1 Miscellaneous Papers, 1940-1957
2 Miscellaneous Papers, 1961
3 Miscellaneous Papers, 1976-1983
4 Miscellaneous Papers, 1970's-1980's, folder 1
5 Miscellaneous Papers, 1970's-1980's, folder 2
6 (OMB 44) Scrapbooks, 1932-1969
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