Historical note:

            For decades prior to the passage of women's suffrage in 1920, there was much agitation and activity in local and national suffrage organizations. In Rhode Island, one of the orginal state suffrage organizations was formed on December 11, 1868. This organization, the Rhode Island Women's Suffrage Association, was organized upon the return of two Rhode Island women, Paulina Wright Davis and Elizabeth Buffam Chace, from the organizational meeting of the New England Women's Suffrage Association which was held in Boston, Massachusetts on October 23, 1868. Only a year later, the Rhode Island Women's Suffrage Association would host the national convention of the National Women's Suffrage Association in Newport, Rhode Island.

            The Rhode Island Women's Suffrage Association was the sole organizing force working for women's suffrage in Rhode Island for over forty years. Soon after its formation as an official organization, the Rhode Island Women's Suffrage Association petitioned the Rhode Island legislature to submit a constitutional amendment to enfranchise women. Each year after that, the organization continued its requests to the state legislature until the bill was favorably acted upon by the Rhode Island legislature of 1886-1887. When the state suffrage amendment was submitted to the male voters of Rhode Island, however, it was defeated on April 6, 1887. Until its eventual passage by the United States Congress, a bill guaranteeing women's suffrage by constitutional amendment was presented to Rhode Island legislature each year after 1882 without success.

            In December of 1907, the College Equal Suffrage League was organized in Rhode Island to further educate citizens about the issue of the vote for women. A few years later, the Rhode Island Women's Suffrage Party was formed when, in 1913, the political methods of state organization as introduced in New York state by Carrie Chapman Catt, then President of the National Women's Suffrage Association, were adopted in Rhode Island. Two years later, members of the Rhode Island Women's Suffrage Association and the College Equal Suffrage League joined their members with the Rhode Island Women's Suffrage Party to unite for legislative work. At the time, in 1915, the groups took the name Rhode Island Equal Suffrage Association and coalesced into a single organization.

            As was often true of the membership of other women's organizations during this time period, the officers and members of the Rhode Island suffrage organization worked in many other moral and social reform areas in addition to that of women's suffrage. These concerns included agitation for increased educational opportunities for women, improved child (and female) labor legislation, better immigration laws, and work for liquor prohibition in the temperance movement.

            Creation of a national League of Women Voters was proposed for the first time in 1919; a year before the passage of the 19th Amendment legalized the vote for women. The proposal was made at the national convention of the National American Women's Suffrage Association in St. Louis, Missouri, by President Carrie Chapman Catt. This proposal for a national League of Women Voters as a department of the National American Women's Suffrage Association reflected the major concern of the convention delegates -- the direction of their organization after the passage of the 19th Amendment. In the proposal for the creation of a League of Women's Voters, President Catt called for a "living Memorial" to the leaders of the fight for women's suffrage. In February of 1920, the League of Women Voters was formally created as a national organization in Chicago, Illinois.

            The League of Women Voters of Rhode Island, originally known as the United League of Women Voters, was organized in Rhode Island on October 8, 1920. Like many of its sister League chapters in other states, the Rhode Island League grew out of its predecessor suffrage organization, the Rhode Island Equal Suffrage Association. During its first year, the primary concern of the League of Voters was twofold; to unite all of the state suffrage members for continued work in the political process and to recruit new members to the organization. By the end of its first year, the League numbered over one thousand members statewide. During its second year of existence, the League of Women Voters of Rhode Island encourged and supported the formation of local units or chapters throughtout the state. These local chapters were considered the backbone of the state chapter and were urged to conduct their own studies of local issues and to take local action, while still remaining under the umbrella of the state League. The state organization of the League of Women Voters still reflects this initial structure; to serve as a go-between for the national and local chapters as well as bringing all of the local concerns together on a state level.

            The major efforts of the national and state Leagues were originally to register women to vote and to help educate female bvoters in the political process. Since 1920, however, the overall scope of both the national and state Leagues have have broadened to incorporate international issues and the education of all United States citizens. Throughout its sixty years of existence, the League of Women Voters has, thus far, remained an active and influential participant in local, state and national issues and concerns. Describing itself as a non-partisan and educational organization, the League has dedicated its efforts to the goal of increasing and improving citizen participation in government at all levels. Included among the many concerns and accomplishments of the League are legislative work to improve the status of women and the welfare of children; support of the Sheppard-Towner Act for public protection of maternity and infancy, which became law in 1921; work for enactment of a Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act in 1938; support of the Reorganization Act of 1946, which helped steamline Congressional procedures; support for United States' participation in the United Nations; work for anti-discrimination laws in housing and development, and improvement in state labor laws and state fair employment practices; support for anti-poverty measures and civil rights legislation; work towards improvement and financing of public education; and support for progressive public assistance programs and the Social Security Act of 1935.

            In addition to these many concerns, the League in Rhode Island has supported many strictly local issues. These state issues have included reforms in the Rhode Island judical system, including support for creation of a seperate Juvenile Court; support for changes in state tax laws and allocations; support for a Direct Primary (election) Bill, which provided for party election of candidates by popular vote rather than by party machine; and support for the Home Rule Bill, which allowed local communities control over their own strictly local affairs. The League of Women Voters of Rhode Island, then, has been concerned with a wide spectrum of issues on both the local and national levels, ranging from state aid to families and educational legislation to international issues on foreign relations and world trade.

Bibliography

High, Stanley, "Women Voters on the Job," condensed from the Christian Science Monitor.

             Readers' Digest, July, 1940.

Wells, Marguerite, M. A portrait of the League of Women Voters at the age of eighteen. A

            publication of the Lucile Kroger Barne Memorial Fund, Washingto, D.C. 1938.

National League of Women Voters. The story of achievement for the electorate. Washington,

            D.C. 20 p. 1940.

Stone, Kathryn L. 25 years of a great idea: A history of the National League of Women Voters.

             Washinton, D.C. 34 p. Jan. 1946.

Stone, Kathryn L. A history of the League program. Washington, D.C. 58 p.

League of women voters of the U.S. Facts about the League of Women Voters, 1920-1954.

             Washington, D.C. July 1954.

National League of Women Voters. Forty Years of a Great Idea. 52 p. 1960.

NOTE: All the above listed articles or pamphlets can be found in the holdings of the women's archives, Schlesinger Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts, under the manuscripts inventory heading League of Women Voters.

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Scope and content:

            These League records of the state organization consist primarily of materials from the early 1920' through 1969, although they do incorporate a few items about the early history of women's suffrage in Rhode Island. The records include League correspondence and notes; publications, scrapbooks, minutes, agendas and publicity of League chapters and meetings; files of the state League organization's issues and programs, which incorporate speeches, writings and newspaper clippings and some other ephemera.

            The bulk of this collection is comprised of background information and research on local, state, and national issues and the office files of the state League on the local Rhode Island chapters and their membership. Interfiled in the collection are various printed materials and correspondence from the National League of Women Voters, headquartered in Washington, D.C. Most of the League of Rhode Island's files and materials from 1970 foward have been retained in their office.

            Since these organizational records of the League of Rhode Island arrived at RIHS in labeled and dated boxes and file folders which corresponded with their contents, the original order of the collection has been maintained as much as possible. These records have been organized into five series.

            Series A, HISTORY AND ORGANIZATION: This series consists primarily of typewritten accounts of the history and organization of the local League of Women Voters of Rhode Island, brief biographies of League leaders, and information relating to state and local membership, handbooks and convention wookbooks.

            Series B, ISSUES AND PROGRAMS: The materials within this series document the national, state and local issues and programs that the League officers and membership concerned themselves with and the background information acquired on each of these issues in order to educate the membership and the public.

            Series C, PUBLICATIONS, RECORD BOOKS AND SCRAPBOOKS: This series is composed of 44 bound volumes which consist of scrapbooks and record books containing meeting announcements of program and events, news clippings of League activities and members, copies of League national and state publications, and information on League publicity and outreach. Each scrapbook within the series corresponds to the year's activities recorded and dated within it, for the most part. In many instances, the scrapbooks also contain members' photographs, newspaper photos, ribbons, cards or other items which were glued onto the pages and which have been left in place on the highly acidic pages in order preserve their compilation order. These scrapbooks and record books, then, are very fragile and brittle and should be handled with much care.

            Series D, OFFICE FILES: The office files of the League of Women Voters of Rhode Island consist of 15 record cartons and 9 Hollinger boxes of materials relating to the organization and operation of the state and local leagues. Within this series are yearly records of the league's budget, by-laws, board of directors, programs, membership, local leagues' activities, national issues and continuing responsibilities, publicity, state councils and conventions, legislative committee work, and requests for action. The materials within this series are in excellent condition and present the researcher with a wealth of information regarding the League's changing program focus over the years as well as its membership and activities.

            Series E. SONG SHEETS, FILM STRIPS: This series contains items that were found loose and disconnected with the League materials. Within this series are several League song sheets and film strips and a few tapes and slides of League programs. Transferred to Graphics - 4/15/89.

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Provenance:

            Twenty-three linear feet of these records were donated in 1979 by the R.I. League of Women Voters. Eight additional linear feet of records were added in 1987. A very small quantity dated 1965-1966 was added from papers donated by Sybil Kern in 1990.

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Processing note:

            The 1979 accession was processed at the time received. The 1987 donation was processed in 2001. Efforts were made to follow the arrangement developed by the original processor, and the records have been integrated into the finding aid as a folder title list. The materials from the later accession remain in their original folders and require rehousing. Ideally, the entire collection should be reprocessed to fully integrate the two accessions.

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Inventory:

Series A. HISTORY and ORGANIZATION of the LEAGUE. 1893-1971.

Includes early history of the formation of both the national and later state League(s). In addition, this series contains information on organization and membership, conventions, state handbooks and programs. Also included are various pamphlets on the legal status of women, equal pay for women, equal rights and women in politics.

Subseries 1. League History and Suffrage Association. 1893-1960. (from Mary Anthony's files)

Box 1, folders 1-11. 1893-1960

Subseries 2. League of Women Voters' Local Know Your Town Voter Service Handbooks and State Handbooks. 1935-1956.

Box 1, folders 12-17. 1935-1956

Subseries 3. Organization, Programs, and Membership of the Rhode Island State and Local Leagues. 1949-1969.

Box 1, folders 18-28. 1949-1969

Subseries 4. State Council and Convention Workbooks of the League of Women Voters of Rhode Island. 1960-1971.

Box 1, folders 29-34. 1960-1971

Series B. ISSUES and PROGRAMS of the LWV. 1910-1977.

Includes League's studies and surveys of issues and programs undertaken by the League. Also contains information, pamphlets, and research conducted by the national League on international relations, public health and welfare, civil rights, women's rights and education. Additional information about League programs can be found in Series D., the Office Files. Sub-series below are listed alphabetically.

Sub-series 1. Children's Services and Education Survey Material. 1923-1950.

Box 2, folders 1-6. 1929-1950

Sub-series 2. China Relations Study. 1957-1968.

Box 2, folders 7-13. 1957-1968

Sub-series 2a. Civil Service Reform. 1935-1941, 1961. Includes League activities promoting state and national civil service legislation.

Box 22, folder. Personnel Campaign Committee, 1935

Box 22, folder. Personnel Campaign Committee, 1936

Box 22, folder. Civil Service Bill, 1937

Box 22, folder. Civil Service Bill, 1938

Box 22, folder. Civil Service Bill, 1939

Box 22, folder. Civil Service Bill, 1940

Box 22, folder. Citizens' Committee on Civil Service, 1939

Box 22, folder. Ramspeck National Civil Service Bill, 1940

Box 22, folder. Civil Service Education Campaign, 1941

Box 22, folder. Interviews with Representatives, 1941

Box 22, folder. Testimony to Senate Judiciary Committee regarding merit system, 1961

Sub-series 3. Economic Welfare. 1937-1954.

Box 2, folders 14-17. 1943-1954

Sub-series 4. Education. 1927-1973.

Box 2, folders 18-22. Education Study, 1971-1973.

Box 22, folder. State Financing of Education, 1953-1964

Sub-series 5. Election Laws and Procedures, 1937-1957

Box 2, folders 23-28. Election Laws and Procedures Study, 1937-1957.

Box 22, folder. Caucus Amendment, 1928-1934

Box 22, folder. Election Law Reform, 1953-1954

Box 22, folder. Election Law Reform, 1955

Box 22, folder. Election Law Reform, 1956

Box 22, folder. Election Law Reform, 1957-1958

Box 22, folder. Correspondence, 1955-1957

Box 22, folder. Materials for Constitutional Convention, 1957

Box 22, folder. O'Connell Commission, 1957

Box 22, folder. Observers at the polls, 1958

Box 22, folder. Script for skit--"Unblithe Spirits", no date.

Box 22, folder. Election law materials of Susan Schulze, 1945-1956

Sub-series 6. Home Rule Bill for Rhode Island Cities and Towns. 1938-1958.

Box 3, folders 29-42.

Box 4, folders 43-47.

Box 22, folder. 1949-1951 

Box 22, folder. Discussion of home rule for the District of Columbia, 1957-1958

Sub-series 7. Human Resources Background Data for League Study. 1962-1971.

Box 4, folders 48-63. 1962-1971

Sub-series 8. International Relations. 1945.

Box 4, folder 64. International Relations and United Nations Charter, 1945.

Sub-series 9. Judicial Study. 1969-1975.

Box 4, folders 65-66. 1969-1975.

Sub-series 10. League Study of Rhode Island State Fiscal Policy. 1941-1967.

Box 4, folders 67-75.

Box 5, folders 76-77.

Sub-series 11. Public Health and Welfare Study. 1954-1977.

Box 5, folders 78-88. 1954-1977

Sub-series 12. Rhode Island Protection of Minority Groups Against Discrimination--Civil Rights. 1942-1967.

Box 5, folders 89-92(?) 1942-1967

Sub-series 13. State Program–Direct Primary Bill. Includes material on absentee voting and voter registration. 1930-1968.

Box 5, folders 93-101.

Box 6, folders 102-109.

Box 22, folder. 1943-1947

Box 22, folder. Exhibition, 1946

Box 22, folder. 1950-1963

Sub-series 14. State Program--Permanent Voter Registration in Rhode Island. 1925-1955.

Box 7, folders 110-113. 1925-1955

Box 22, folder. 1945-1956

Sub-series 15. State Program--Public Services for Children--General Educational System Study. 1937-1958.

Box 7, folders 114-120. 1937-1958

Sub-series 16. State Program--Public Services for Children--Juvenile Court Addition to Rhode Island Court System. 1937-1961.

Box 7, folders 121-127. 1937-1961

Box 22, folder. Children's Court Bill, 1940-1941

Sub-series 17. Status of Women--Equalizing Opportunities and Equal Rights for Women.

            1910-1955.

Box 7, folders 128-134. 1910-1955

Sub-series 18. Structure and Administration of Government. 1931-1955. Includes material on state constitutional revisions, improvement of legislative procedures, and the responsibilities of state and local government.

Box 7, folders 135-139. Reorganization of Congress and Administration and Information on the Hoover Report. 1931-1955.

Box 22, folder. "Outline of the Structural Organization of the State and Local Government of the

            State of Rhode Island"--study of public employment, 1938

Box 22, folder. General Assembly Rules, 1943-1955

Box 22, folder. Notes on the structure of government, n. d. ca. 1952?

Box 22, folder. State Supreme Court, 1955-1957

Box 22, folder. Study of the State Constitution (printed report) 1956-1957

Box 22, folder. Responsibility of Government, miscellaneous material, 1958-1964

Box 22, folder. Constitutional Convention, 1962-1963

Box 22, folder. Constitutional Convention, 1964

Box 22, folder. Constitutional Convention, 1965-1968

Box 22, folder. Constitutional Convention, undated material

Box 22, folder. State-Local Government Relations--Metropolitan Study, 1960-1965

Sub-series 20. Water Resources. 1957-1970. Includes League action on issues pertaining to

                regional water supply and conservation initiatives.

Box 22, folder. Water maps, ca. 1958.

Box 22, folder. 1957-1958

Box 22, folder. 1959

Box 22, folder. 1959, Local Board questionnaires

Box 22, folder. 1960

Box 22, folder. 1961

Box 22, folder. 1962-1963

Box 22, folder. 1968-1969

Box 22, folder. 1969-1970

Series C. PUBLICATIONS, RECORD BOOKS AND SCRAPBOOKS. 1920-1967.

Contains mostly looseleaf books and scrapbooks which document the League's national, state and local activities, conventions, programs and issues of concern. Most of the documents are glued into the scrapbooks, although many of the newspaper clippings are loose and simply stuck into the pages. Because these books are very brittle they should be handled with much care. Each scrapbook more or less corresponds to a year of League activities.

Item 1. Scrapbook, October 3, 1920-October 4, 1921

Item 2. Scrapbook, 1921-1922

Item 3. Scrapbook, April 1922-December 1922

Item 4. Scrapbook, 1922

Item 5. United League of Women Voters News Book, December 1922-December 1924

Item 6. Scrapbook, January 1923-June 1923

Item 7. Scrapbook, April 1923

Item 8. Scrapbook, July-December 1923

Item 9. Record Book, League of Women Voters of RI School of Politics, held at Brown

              University, 1923-1926

Item 10. Scrapbook, January-April 1924

Item 11. Scrapbook, April 1924

Item 12. Scrapbook, League American Citizenship Committee, 1924

Item 13. Scrapbook, May 1924-October 1924

Item 14. Scrapbook, November 1924-April 1925

Item 15. Scrapbook, April 1925

Item 16. Scrapbook, May 1925-December 1925

Item 17. United League of Women Voters News Book, January 1925-December 1927

Item 18. Scrapbook, January 1926-June 1926

Item 19. Scrapbook, October 1926-March 1927

Item 20. Scrapbook, League Conventions, 1926-1928

Item 21. Scrapbook, Miniature Building Exhibit of "Titania's Palace," brought over from England for a League program, May 1927

Item 22. Scrapbook, April 1927-December 1928

Item 23. Scrapbook, League Radio Broadcast Season Publicity, 1929

Item 24. Scrapbook, January 1929-October 1929

Item 25. League of Women Voters of RI Newsletters, 1929-1935

Item 26. League of Women Voters of RI Newsletters, 1935-1941

Item 27. Scrapbook, 1935-1936 (with many loose news clippings)

Item 28. Scrapbook, League of Women Voters of RI Publicity, 1937-1938

Item 29. Scrapbook, May 1938-January 1941

Item 30. Scrapbook, 1940-1941 (loose newspaper clippings)

Item 31. Scrapbook, July 1941-April 1943

Item 32. Scrapbook, War Time Services Committee, 1942

Item 33. Scrapbook, April 1943-December 1944

Item 34. League of Women Voters of RI Minutes Book, 1944-1945

Item 35. Scrapbook, January 1945-June 1949

Item 36. League of Women Voters of RI Board of Directors and State Conventions' Minutes, 1948-1956 (unbound in 36a and 36b envelopes)

Item 37. Scrapbook, September 1949-March 1951

Item 38. Scrapbook, April 1951-August 1952

Item 39. Scrapbook, September 1952-February 1955

Item 40. Scrapbook, February 1955-February 1957

Item 41. Scrapbook, January 1957-November 1960

Item 42. Smithfield-Glocester Local League Minutes Book, 1957-1966

Item 43. Record Book, April 1956-September 1957

Item 44. Scrapbook, February 1966-January 1967 (loose newspaper clippings)

Series D. OFFICE FILES of the LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF RI. 1941-1976.

Office records from the LWV of RI state office arranged chronologically by year. These records were originally filed by subject headings designated by the League, and they remain under the subject given them as much as possible. Included within a year's range of League records are folders on each of the local leagues--from Barrington to Westerly; annual meetings and conventions, budget, board of directors, state bylaws and constitution; correspondence; national, state and local issues and programs; and copies of League informational handouts, publications, newsletters, and memorandums. The processor of the original 1979 accession (boxes 8-21) placed these topics within subject-identified liners in alphabetical order within numbered folders arranged in chronological order by year. Additional files donated in 1987 (boxes 24-30) have been arranged as closely as possible to their original subjects, with each topic housed in a separate folder and listed individually. The folders are arranged by year, the topics alphabetically, with the local league records placed at the end of each year.

Box 23, folder. 1920-34, Dept. of Efficiency in Government

Box 23, folder. 1923-35, Dept. of Government and Child Welfare

Box 23, folder. 1925-26, General Files

Box 23, folder. 1926-27, General Files

Box 23, folder. 1926-32, Committee on International Cooperation

Box 23, folder. 1927-28, General Files

Box 23, folder. 1927-37, Dept. of Government and Education

Box 23, folder. 1927-34, Dept. of Immigration

Box 23, folder. 1928-29, General Files

Box 23, folder. 1929-30, General Files

Box 23, folder. 1930-31, General Files

Box 23, folder. 1930-31, Committee Reports

Box 23, folder. 1930-31, Correspondence

Box 23, folder. 1931-32, General Files

Box 23, folder. 1932-33, General Files

Box 23, folder. 1932-42, Lists of Board Members

Box 23, folder. 1933-34, General Files

Box 23, folder. 1933-36, Dept. of International Cooperation

Box 23, folder. 1934-35, General Files

Box 23, folder. 1935-36, General Files

Box 23, folder. 1935-36, Dept. of Government and Its Operation

Box 23, folder. 1935-36, Department Reports

Box 23, folder. 1936-37, General Files

Box 23, folder. 1936-37, Correspondence

Box 23, folder. 1936-37, Dept. of Government and Its Operation

Box 23, folder. 1936-37, General District Committee and Units

Box 23, folder. 1936-37, Legislative Steering Committee

Box 23, folder. 1936-37, National League

Box 23, folder. 1936-37, Newsletter (State)

Box 23, folder. 1936-37, Pre-Election Broadcasts

Box 23, folder. 1937-38, Annual Meeting

Box 23, folder. 1937-38, Board of Directors

Box 23, folder. 1937-38, Congressional Interviews

Box 23, folder. 1937-38, Dept. of Government and Child Welfare

Box 23, folder. 1937-38, Dept. of Government and Economic Welfare

Box 23, folder. 1937-38, Dept. of Government and Foreign Policy

Box 23, folder. 1937-38, Dept. of Government and Its Operation

Box 23, folder. 1937-40, Dept. of Government and Legal Status of Women

Box 23, folder. 1937-38, Executive Secretary (Mrs. William O. Foster)

Box 23, folder. 1937-38, Finance (Mrs. Robert H. Dunbar, Chair)

Box 23, folder. 1937-38, General District Committee (Mrs. C. J. France, Chair)

Box 23, folder. 1937-38, House Party

Box 23, folder. 1937-38, Local Units

Box 23, folder. 1937-38, Membership

Box 23, folder. 1937-38, National Reports

Box 23, folder. 1937-38, Newsletter

Box 23, folder. 1937-38, Press Releases

Box 23, folder. 1937-38, Quarterly Meetings

Box 23, folder. 1937-38, State Program of Work

Box 24, folder. 1938-39, Annual Meeting

Box 24, folder. 1938-39, Board of Directors

Box 24, folder. 1938-39, General District Committee

Box 24, folder. 1938-39, Executive Secretary

Box 24, folder. 1938-39, Finance

Box 24, folder. 1938-39, Finance (Martha Gellhorn Lecture, 2/4/1938)

Box 24, folder. 1938-39, Finance ("Diary Reading," Mrs. William Washburn Moss, 4/26/1939)

Box 24, folder. 1938-39, House Party

Box 24, folder. 1938-39, Legislation

Box 24, folder. 1938-39, Local Units

Box 24, folder. 1938-39, Membership

Box 24, folder. 1938-39, National Reports

Box 24, folder. 1938-39, Nominations

Box 24, folder. 1938-39, Pre-Election Activities

Box 24, folder. 1938-39, Press Releases

Box 24, folder. 1938-39, President

Box 24, folder. 1938-39, Quarterly Meetings

Box 24, folder. 1938-39, Radio Broadcasts: "Public Affairs in Rhode Island"

Box 24, folder. 1938-39, Treasurer

Box 24, folder. 1939-40, Annual Meeting

Box 24, folder. 1939-40, Board of Directors

Box 24, folder. 1939-40, Dept. of Government and Child Welfare

Box 24, folder. 1939-40, Dept. of Government and Economic Welfare

Box 24, folder. 1939-40, Dept. of Government and Education

Box 24, folder. 1939-40, Dept. of Government and Its Operation

Box 24, folder. 1939-40, Elections Committee

Box 24, folder. 1939-40, Finance (Expansion Campaign)

Box 24, folder. 1939-40, Finance (Projects)

Box 24, folder. 1939-40, General District Committee

Box 24, folder. 1939-40, House Party

Box 24, folder. 1939-40, Legislative Steering Committee

Box 24, folder. 1939-40, Local Units

Box 24, folder. 1939-40, Membership

Box 24, folder. 1939-40, National Convention

Box 24, folder. 1939-40, National Reports

Box 24, folder. 1939-40, Office Secretary

Box 24, folder. 1939-40, President

Box 24, folder. 1939-40, Press Releases

Box 24, folder. 1939-40, Quarterly Meetings

Box 24, folder. 1939-40, Radio Broadcasts: "The Week in the Assembly"

Box 24, folder. 1939-41, Requests for Action

Box 24, folder. 1939-40, Treasurer

Box 24, folder. 1940-41, Annual Meeting

Box 24, folder. 1940-41, Board of Directors

Box 24, folder. 1940-41, Board Meeting Minutes

Box 24, folder. 1940-41, Correspondence--National

Box 24, folder. 1940-41, Dept. of Government and Foreign Policy

Box 24, folder. 1940-41, Dinner Meeting (Biltmore Hotel, 5/27/1940)

Box 24, folder. 1940-41, Finance

Box 24, folder. 1940-41, General District Committee

Box 24, folder. 1940-41, House Party 

Box 24, folder. 1940-41, Local Units

Box 24, folder. 1940-41, National Reports

Box 24, folder. 1940-41, Pre-Election Activities

Box 24, folder. 1940-41, Quarterly Meetings

Box 24, folder. 1940-41, State Questionnaire--Candidates' Replies

Box 24, folder. 1940-41, Treasurer

Box 8, folders 1-24, 1941, 1942-43, 1946-47, 1947-48

Box 24, folder. 1941-42, Annual Meeting

Box 24, folder. 1941-42, Board of Directors

Box 24, folder. 1941-42, Dept. of Government and Its Operation

Box 24, folder. 1942-43, Board of Directors

Box 24, folder. 1942-43, Dept. of Government and Its Operation

Box 24, folder. 1942-43, Wartime Services Committee

Box 24, folder. 1943-44, Board of Directors

Box 24, folder. 1943-44, Wartime Services--Food Committee

Box 24, folder. 1944-45, Board of Directors

Box 25, folder. 1944-45, Correspondence--National

Box 25, folder. 1944-45, Finance

Box 25, folder. 1944-45, Local Units

Box 25, folder. 1944-45, Pre-election Committee

Box 25, folder. 1944-45, Promissory Notes--Estate of George H. Crooker

Box 25, folder. 1944-45, Radio Forum, WPRO

Box 25, folder. 1944-45, State Programs (Reports and correspondence pertaining to state

issues, including civil service reform, permanent voter registration, and election laws)

Box 25, folder. 1944-45, Treasurer

Box 25, folder. World Affairs Week, 1944

Box 25, folder. 1945-46, Annual Meeting

Box 25, folder. 1945-46, Annual Reports (State and Local Leagues)

Box 25, folder. 1945-46, Board of Directors and State Programs

Box 26, folder. 1945-46, Correspondence--National

Box 26, folder. 1945-46, Executive Secretary

Box 26, folder. 1945-46, Finance

Box 26, folder. 1945-46, Legislative Committee and Direct Primary Hearings

Box 26, folder. 1945-46, Local Units

Box 26, folder. 1945-46, National Convention

Box 26, folder. 1946, Radio Broadcasts: "The Week in the Assembly"

Box 26, folder. 1945-46, Radio Committee

Box 26, folder. 1945-46 Requests for Action

Box 26, folder. 1945-46, State By-laws Committee

Box 26, folder. 1945-46, Treasurer

Box 26, folder. 1945-46, Twenty-Fifth Anniversary

Box 9, folders 25-46. 1948-49, 1949-50

Box 10, folders 47-52. 1949-50

Box 11, folders 53-75. 1950-51, 1951-52

Box 12, folders 76-97. 1952-53, 1953-54

Box 13, folders 98-103. 1953-54, 1954-55

Box 14, folders 104-123. 1954-55, 1955-56, 1956-57

Box 15, folders 124-141. 1956-57, 1957-58

Box 16, folders 142-147. 1958-59

Box 17, folders 148-168. 1959-60, 1960-61, 1961-62

Box 18, folders 169-197. 1961-62, 1962-63, 1963-64

Box 19, folders 198-210. 1964-65

Box 20, folders 211-236. 1965-66, 1966-67

Box 21, folders 237-265. 1966-67, 1967-68, 1969-1976

Box 26, folder. 1968-69, Annual Reports--State League

Box 26, folder. 1968-69, Annual Reports--Local Leagues

Box 26, folder. 1968-69, Calls to Action

Box 26, folder. 1968-69, Correspondence with other Leagues

Box 26, folder. 1968-69, Correspondence--National

Box 26, folder. 1968-69, Correspondence--State

Box 26, folder. 1968-69, Finance

Box 26, folder. 1968-69, Governor Frank Licht

Box 26, folder. 1968-69, Housing (DHR)

Box 26, folder. 1968-69, Legislature

Box 26, folder. 1968-69, Membership Changes (1968-1970)

Box 26, folder. 1968-69, National Convention

Box 26, folder. 1968-69, Organization

Box 26, folder. 1968-69, Overseas Education Fund

Box 26, folder. 1968-69, Public Relations

Box 26, folder. 1968-69, Red China

Box 26, folder. 1968-69, Roundtables

Box 26, folder. 1968-69, State Board

Box 26, folder. 1968-69, State Board to Local Leagues

Box 26, folder. 1968-69, State Budget

Box 26, folder. 1968-69, State Constitution

Box 26, folder. 1968-69, State Council

Box 26, folder. 1968-69, State Cultural Resources

Box 26, folder. 1968-69, State Fiscal Study--Public Health

Box 26, folder. 1968-69, State Program--Public Welfare

Box 26, folder. 1968-69, Voters Log

Box 26, folder. 1968-69, Local League--Barrington

Box 26, folder. 1968-69, Local League--Bristol

Box 26, folder. 1968-69, Local League--Coventry (Pre-provisional)

Box 26, folder. 1968-69, Local League--Cranston

Box 26, folder. 1968-69, Local League--East Providence

Box 26, folder. 1968-69, Local League--Lincoln

Box 26, folder. 1968-69, Local League--Newport, Middletown, Portsmouth

Box 26, folder. 1968-69, Local League--North Kingstown

Box 26, folder. 1968-69, Local League--North Providence (Provisional)

Box 26, folder. 1968-69, Local League--Pawtucket

Box 26, folder. 1968-69, Local League--Pawtuxet Valley (Provisional)

Box 26, folder. 1968-69, Local League--Providence

Box 26, folder. 1968-69, Local League--Smithfield, Glocester

Box 26, folder. 1968-69, Local League--South Kingstown, Narragansett

Box 26, folder. 1968-69, Local League--Warwick, East Greenwich

Box 26, folder. 1968-69, Local League--Westerly, Chariho

Box 26, folder. 1969-70, Correspondence with other Leagues

Box 26, folder. 1969-70, Correspondence--State

Box 26, folder. 1969-70, Finance

Box 26, folder. 1969-70, Foreign Policy (includes China, trade, and foreign aid)

Box 26, folder. 1969-70, Housing (DHR)

Box 26, folder. 1969-70, Housing (Rental Bureau)

Box 26, folder. 1969-70, Housing (Seminar, April 18, 1969)

Box 26, folder. 1969-70, Membership

Box 26, folder. 1969-70, National Conferences

Box 26, folder. 1969-70, National Program--Electoral College

Box 26, folder. 1969-70, National Program--Representative Government

Box 26, folder. 1969-70, Newspaper clippings

Box 26, folder. 1969-70, Pilot Projects

Box 26, folder. 1969-70, Publications

Box 26, folder. 1969-70, Roundtables

Box 26, folder. 1969-70, State Board

Box 26, folder. 1969-70, State Budget

Box 26, folder. 1969-70, State Constitution

Box 26, folder. 1969-70, State Convention

Box 26, folder. 1969-70, State Cultural Resources

Box 26, folder. 1969-70, State Fiscal Study

Box 26, folder. 1969-70, State Program--Education

Box 26, folder. 1969-70, Voters Log

Box 26, folder. 1969-70, Voters Service

Box 26, folder. 1970-71, Annual Reports--Local Leagues

Box 26, folder. 1970-71, Correspondence--State

Box 27, folder. 1970-71, "Facts On Program"

Box 27, folder. 1970-71, Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration

Box 27, folder. 1970-71, Finance

Box 27, folder. 1970-71, National Conference

Box 27, folder. 1970-71, National Program--Environment

Box 27, folder. 1970-71, National Program--Foreign Policy

Box 27, folder. 1970-71, National Program--Human Resources

Box 27, folder. 1970-71, National Program--Representative Government

Box 27, folder. 1970-71, Reports to National Board

Box 27, folder. 1970-71, State Board

Box 27, folder. 1970-71, State Budget

Box 27, folder. 1970-71, State Convention

Box 27, folder. 1970-71, State Council

Box 27, folder. 1970-71, State Program--Education

Box 27, folder. 1970-71, State Program--Welfare

Box 27, folder. 1970-71, State Support Items (Fiscal, Constitution, Election Laws)

Box 27, folder. 1970-71, Voters Service

Box 27, folder. 1970-71, Voters Service--Candidate Questionnaires (State)

Box 27, folder. 1970-71, Local League--Barrington

Box 27, folder. 1970-71, Local League--Bristol

Box 28, folder. 1970-71, Local League--Cranston

Box 28, folder. 1970-71, Local League--Cumberland (Provisional)

Box 28, folder. 1970-71, Local League--East Providence

Box 28, folder. 1970-71, Local League--Lincoln

Box 28, folder. 1970-71, Local League--Newport, Middletown, Portsmouth

Box 28, folder. 1970-71, Local League--North Kingstown

Box 28, folder. 1970-71, Local League--North Providence

Box 28, folder. 1970-71, Local League--Pawtucket

Box 28, folder. 1970-71, Local League--Providence

Box 28, folder. 1970-71, Local League--Smithfield, Glocester

Box 28, folder. 1970-71, Local League--South Kingstown, Narragansett

Box 28, folder. 1970-71, Local League--Warwick, East Greenwich

Box 28, folder. 1970-71, Local League--Westerly, Chariho

Box 28, folder. 1971-72, Annual Reports--Local Leagues

Box 28, folder. 1971-72, Correspondence with other Leagues

Box 28, folder. 1971-72, "Facts On Program"

Box 28, folder. 1971-72, Legislature

Box 28, folder. 1971-72, National Program--Environment

Box 28, folder. 1971-72, National Program--Foreign Policy

Box 28, folder. 1971-72, National Program--Human Resources

Box 28, folder. 1971-72, National Program--Representative Government

Box 28, folder. 1971-72, National Program--U. S. Congress

Box 28, folder. 1971-72, Open Presidential Primary

Box 28, folder. 1971-72, Overseas Education Fund

Box 28, folder. 1971-72, "Practical Politics" Course

Box 28, folder. 1971-72, State Board

Box 28, folder. 1971-72, State Budget

Box 28, folder. 1971-72, State Program--Education

Box 28, folder. 1971-72, State Program--Election Systems Project

Box 28, folder. 1971-72, State Program--Housing

Box 28, folder. 1971-72, State Program--Welfare

Box 28, folder. 1971-72, State Support Items (Fiscal, Constitution, Election Laws)

Box 28, folder. 1971-72, Structures and Procedures

Box 28, folder. 1971-72, Voters Log

Box 28, folder. 1971-72, Voters Service

Box 28, folder. 1971-72, Local League--Barrington

Box 28, folder. 1971-72, Local League--Bristol

Box 28, folder. 1971-72, Local League--Cranston

Box 28, folder. 1971-72, Local League--Cumberland (Provisional)

Box 28, folder. 1971-72, Local League--Cumberland (Reports)

Box 28, folder. 1971-72, Local League--East Providence

Box 28, folder. 1971-72, Local League--Lincoln

Box 28, folder. 1971-72, Local League--Newport, Middletown, Portsmouth

Box 28, folder. 1971-72, Local League--North Kingstown

Box 28, folder. 1971-72, Local League--North Providence

Box 28, folder. 1971-72, Local League--Pawtucket

Box 28, folder. 1971-72, Local League--Providence

Box 28, folder. 1971-72, Local League--Smithfield, Glocester

Box 28, folder. 1971-72, Local League--South Kingstown, Narragansett

Box 28, folder. 1971-72, Local League--Warwick, East Greenwich

Box 28, folder. 1971-72, Local League--Westerly, Chariho

Box 28, folder. 1972-73, Annual Reports--Local Leagues

Box 28, folder. 1972-73, Capital Development Program

Box 28, folder. 1972-73, Correspondence--National

Box 28, folder. 1972-73, Industrial National Bank Seminar

Box 28, folder. 1972-73, Legislature

Box 28, folder. 1972-73, Lobbying Course

Box 28, folder. 1972-73, National Budget

Box 28, folder. 1972-73, National Convention

Box 28, folder. 1972-73, National Program--Environment

Box 28, folder. 1972-73, National Program--Human Resources

Box 28, folder. 1972-73, National Program--Representative Government

Box 28, folder. 1972-73, National Program--U. S. Congress

Box 28, folder. 1972-73, Public Relations

Box 28, folder. 1972-73, "Referenda '72"

Box 28, folder. 1972-73, State Board

Box 28, folder. 1972-73, State Budget

Box 28, folder. 1972-73, State Constitution

Box 28, folder. 1972-73, State Convention

Box 28, folder. 1972-73, State Council

Box 28, folder. 1972-73, State Program--Education

Box 29, folder. 1972-73, State Program--Education--Board of Regents

Box 29, folder. 1972-73, State Program--Housing

Box 29, folder. 1972-73, State Program--Voting Rights

Box 29, folder. 1972-73, State Program--Welfare

Box 29, folder. 1972-73, State Study--Financing Public Education

Box 29, folder. 1972-73, State Support Items (Fiscal, Constitution, Election Laws)

Box 29, folder. 1972-73, State to Local

Box 29, folder. 1972-73, Voters Service

Box 29, folder. 1972-73, Voters Service--Candidate Questionnaires

Box 29, folder. 1972-73, Voters Service--Poll Running

Box 29, folder. 1972-73, Voters Service--Post-election

Box 29, folder. 1972-73, Local League--Barrington

Box 29, folder. 1972-73, Local League--Bristol

Box 29, folder. 1972-73, Local League--Cranston

Box 29, folder. 1972-73, Local League--Cumberland

Box 29, folder. 1972-73, Local League--East Providence

Box 29, folder. 1972-73, Local League--Lincoln

Box 29, folder. 1972-73, Local League--Newport, Middletown, Portsmouth

Box 29, folder. 1972-73, Local League--North Kingstown

Box 29, folder. 1972-73, Local League--North Providence

Box 29, folder. 1972-73, Local League--Pawtucket

Box 29, folder. 1972-73, Local League--Providence

Box 29, folder. 1972-73, Local League--Smithfield, Glocester

Box 29, folder. 1972-73, Local League--South Kingstown, Narragansett

Box 29, folder. 1972-73, Local League--Warwick, East Greenwich

Box 29, folder. 1972-73, Local League--Westerly, Chariho

Box 29, folder. 1973-74, Annual Reports--State and Local Leagues

Box 29, folder. 1973-74, Annual Reports--Local Leagues

Box 29, folder. 1973-74, Correspondence

Box 29, folder. 1973-74, Correspondence--National

Box 29, folder. 1973-74, Directories, Organizations

Box 29, folder. 1973-74, Education Fund

Box 29, folder. 1973-74, Finance Drive

Box 29, folder. 1973-74, Finance Training Workshop

Box 29, folder. 1973-74, Legislature

Box 29, folder. 1973-74, Legislature--Testimony

Box 29, folder. 1973-74, Meetings, Invitations

Box 29, folder. 1973-74, Membership

Box 29, folder. 1973-74, National Budget

Box 29, folder. 1973-74, National Council

Box 29, folder. 1973-74, National Program--Environment

Box 29, folder. 1973-74, National Program--ERA

Box 29, folder. 1973-74, National Program--Foreign Policy (China, U. N., Trade)

Box 29, folder. 1973-74, National Program--Housing (includes State)

Box 29, folder. 1973-74, National Program--Human Resources

Box 29, folder. 1973-74, National Program--Land Use

Box 29, folder. 1973-74, National Program--Representative Government--Campaign Financing

Box 29, folder. 1973-74, National Program--Representative Government--U. S. Congress

Box 29, folder. 1973-74, National Program--Representative Government--Voting Rights

Box 29, folder. 1973-74, National Program Planning

Box 29, folder. 1973-74, Overseas Education Fund

Box 29, folder. 1973-74, Public Relations

Box 29, folder. 1973-74, Reports--Memos and Post Board Letters to Local League Presidents

Box 29, folder. 1973-74, Rhode Island Bicentennial Project Proposal

Box 29, folder. 1973-74, State Board--Agendas and Minutes

Box 29, folder. 1973-74, State Budget

Box 29, folder. 1973-74, State Council

Box 29, folder. 1973-74, State Program--Air Quality

Box 29, folder. 1973-74, State Program--Constitution

Box 29, folder. 1973-74, State Program--Education

Box 29, folder. 1973-74, State Program--Election Laws

Box 29, folder. 1973-74, State Program--Financing of Education

Box 29, folder. 1973-74, State Program--Solid Waste

Box 29, folder. 1973-74, State Program--Welfare

Box 29, folder. 1973-74, Voters Service

Box 29, folder. 1973-74, Local League--Barrington

Box 31, folder. 1973-74, Local League--Bristol

Box 31, folder. 1973-74, Local League--Cranston

Box 31, folder. 1973-74, Local League--Cumberland

Box 31, folder. 1973-74, Local League--East Providence

Box 31, folder. 1973-74, Local League--Lincoln

Box 31, folder. 1973-74, Local League--Newport, Middletown, Portsmouth

Box 31, folder. 1973-74, Local League--North Kingstown

Box 31, folder. 1973-74, Local League--North Providence

Box 31, folder. 1973-74, Local League--Pawtucket

Box 31, folder. 1973-74, Local League--Providence

Box 31, folder. 1973-74, Local League--South Kingstown, Narragansett

Box 31, folder. 1973-74, Local League--Warwick, East Greenwich

Box 31, folder. 1973-74, Local League--Westerly, Chariho

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, Annual Reports--State and Local Leagues

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, Annual Reports--Local Leagues

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, Applications for Employment

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, Correspondence

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, Directories, Organizations

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, Education Fund

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, Finance Drive

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, League Day at the State House

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, Legislature

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, Legislature--Testimony

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, Lobbying Course

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, Meetings, Invitations

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, Membership

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, National Budget

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, National Convention

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, National Program--Energy

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, National Program--Environment

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, National Program--ERA

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, National Program--Foreign Policy (China, U. N., Trade)

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, National Program--Housing (includes State)

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, National Program--Human Resources

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, National Program--Land Use

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, National Program--Representative Government--Campaign Financing

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, National Program Recommendations

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, New England River Basins Commission

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, "Project Close Up"

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, Public Relations

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, Publication Requests

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, Referenda Information

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, Requests for Donations, Form Reply

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, Reports--Memos and Post Board Letters to Local League Presidents

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, State Board--Agendas and Minutes

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, State Board--Conferences and Workshops

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, State Budget

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, State Council

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, State Program--Economic Development

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, State Program--Education

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, State Program--Election Laws

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, State Program--Financing of Education

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, State Program--Handgun Control

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, State Program--Judicial System

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, State Program--Prison Reform (materials not dated)

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, State Program--Solid Waste and Resource Conservation

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, State Program--Transportation

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, State Program--Welfare

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, State Program Recommendations

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, Voters Service

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, Voters Service--Candidate Questionnaires

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, Local League--Barrington

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, Local League--Bristol

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, Local League--Cranston

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, Local League--Cumberland

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, Local League--East Providence

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, Local League--Lincoln

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, Local League--Newport, Middletown, Portsmouth

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, Local League--North Kingstown

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, Local League--North Providence

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, Local League--Pawtucket

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, Local League--Providence

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, Local League--South Kingstown, Narragansett

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, Local League--Warwick, East Greenwich

Box 32, folder. 1974-75, Local League--Westerly, Chariho

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Subjects:

China - Foreign relations - United States, 1949-1976.

Civil rights - Rhode Island.

Civil service reform.

Constitutional conventions - Rhode Island.

Election law.

Juvenile courts - Rhode Island.

League of Women Voters of Rhode Island.

Municipal home rule - Rhode Island.

Primaries - Rhode Island.

Rhode Island - Politics and government.

Rhode Island Equal Suffrage Association.

Societies - Rhode Island.

Voter registration.

Water conservation - Rhode Island.

Women in politics - Rhode Island.

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