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League of Women Voters of Wood County Collection
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Descriptive Summary

Title: League of Women Voters of Wood County Collection
Span Dates: 1920-2024
Bulk Dates: 1952-2023
ID No: Ms2021-347
Creator: League of Women Voters of Wood County
Extent: 8 boxes, 5 scrapbooks, and photographs
Language: English
Repository: West Virginia State Archives, Charleston, WV
Abstract: This collection consists of records of the League of Women Voters of Wood County, formerly known as the League of Women Voters of Parkersburg, and the League of Women Voters of Parkersburg and Vienna. The materials were transferred to Archives and History by Charmaine Dotson, June Rhodes, and Kathy Stoltz.

Administrative Information

Donor: League of Women Voters of Wood County
Transfers: Museums
Preferred Citation: [item, collection number], League of Women Voters of Wood County Collection, West Virginia State Archives, Charleston, WV
Processor: Bethany Arbaugh
Biographical Note:


Contents List:

Box 1

1:1 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Parkersburg, 1954-1956
1:2 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Parkersburg, 1957
1:3 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Parkersburg, 1958
1:4 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Parkersburg, 1959
1:5 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Parkersburg, 1960
1:6 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Parkersburg/Vienna, 1961
1:7 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Parkersburg/Vienna, 1962
1:8 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Parkersburg/Vienna, 1963
1:9 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Parkersburg/Vienna, 1964
1:10 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Parkersburg/Vienna, 1965
1:11 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Parkersburg/Vienna, 1966
1:12 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Parkersburg/Vienna, 1967
1:13 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Parkersburg/Vienna, 1968
1:14 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Parkersburg/Vienna, 1969
1:15 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Parkersburg/Vienna, 1970
1:16 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Parkersburg/Vienna, 1971
1:17 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Parkersburg/Vienna, 1972
1:18 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Parkersburg/Vienna, 1973
1:19 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Parkersburg/Vienna, 1974
1:20 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Parkersburg/Vienna, 1975
1:21 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Parkersburg/Vienna, 1976
1:22 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Parkersburg/Vienna, 1977
1:23 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Parkersburg/Vienna, 1978
1:24 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Parkersburg/Vienna, 1979
1:25 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Parkersburg/Vienna, 1980
1:26 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Wood County, 1981
1:27 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Wood County, 1982
1:28 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Wood County, 1983
1:29 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Wood County, 1984
1:30 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Wood County, 1985
1:31 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Wood County, 1986
1:32 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Wood County, 1987
1:33 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Wood County, 1988
1:34 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Wood County, 1989
1:35 Newsletter, The Nature Conservancy, Summer 1989
1:36 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Wood County, 1990
1:37 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Wood County, 1991
1:38 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Wood County, 1992
1:39 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Wood County, 1993
1:40 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Wood County, 1994
1:41 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Wood County, 1995
1:42 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Wood County, 1996
1:43 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Wood County, 1997
1:44 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Wood County, 1998
1:45 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Wood County, 1999
1:46 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Wood County, 2000
1:47 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Wood County, 2001
1:48 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Wood County, 2002
1:49 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Wood County, 2003
1:50 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Wood County, 2004
1:51 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Wood County, 2005
1:52 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Wood County, 2006
1:53 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Wood County, 2007
1:54 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Wood County, 2008
1:55 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Wood County, 2009
1:56 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Wood County, 2010
1:57 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Wood County, 2011
1:58 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Wood County, 2012
1:59 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Wood County, 2013
1:60 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Wood County, 2014
1:61 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Wood County, 2015
1:62 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Wood County, 2016
1:63 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Wood County, 2017
1:64 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Wood County, 2018
1:65 Newsletter, League of Women Voters, Wood County, 2019


Box 2

2:1 League of Women Voters, Parkersburg and Vienna, Clippings, 1958-1964
2:2 League of Women Voters, Parkersburg and Vienna, Clippings, 1961-1963
2:3 League of Women Voters, Parkersburg and Vienna, Clippings, 1964-1970
2:4 League of Women Voters, Parkersburg and Vienna, Clippings, 1966-1968
2:5 League of Women Voters, Parkersburg and Vienna, Clippings, 1968-1969
2:6 League of Women Voters, Parkersburg and Vienna, Clippings, 1968-1973
2:7 League of Women Voters, Parkersburg and Vienna, Clippings, 1976-1979
2:8 League of Women Voters, Wood County, Clippings, 1990-2016
2:9 League of Women Voters, Wood County, Annual Reports, 1981-1990
2:10 League of Women Voters, Wood County, Annual Reports, 1991-2000
2:11 League of Women Voters, Wood County, Annual Reports, 2001-2010
2:12 League of Women Voters, Wood County, Annual Reports, 2011-2019
2:13 League of Women Voters, Parkersburg, Quarterly Provisional League Reports, 1953
2:14 League of Women Voters, Wood County, Annual Reports to National, 1956-1983
2:15 League of Women Voters, Parkersburg and Vienna, Consensus Reports, 1966; 1984
2:16 League of Women Voters, Consultant Reports, 1969-1983
2:17 League of Women Voters, Parkersburg and Vienna, Pamphlet, Report to the Community, 1973-1974
2:18 League of Women Voters, Wood County, Annual Reports to State, 1975-2002
2:19 League of Women Voters, Parkersburg and Vienna, Financial Reports, 1953-1979
2:20 League of Women Voters, Wood County, Financial Reports, 1980-2000
2:21 League of Women Voters, Wood County, Treasurer's Reports, 1993-2002
2:22 League of Women Voters, Wood County, Treasurer's Reports, 2000-2019 (CLOSED)
2:23 League of Women Voters, Parkersburg-Vienna, Annual Meetings, 1955-1980
2:24 League of Women Voters, Wood County, Annual Meetings, 1981-1991
2:25 League of Women Voters, Wood County, Annual Meetings, 1991-2018


Box 3

3:1 League of Women Voters, Parkersburg-Vienna, Board Minutes, 1954-1959
3:2 League of Women Voters, Parkersburg-Vienna, Board Minutes, 1960-1969
3:3 League of Women Voters, Parkersburg-Vienna, Board Minutes, 1970-1979
3:4 League of Women Voters, Wood County, Board Minutes, 1980-1989
3:5 League of Women Voters, Wood County, Board Minutes, 1990-1993
3:6 League of Women Voters, Wood County, Meeting Minutes, 1980-1991
3:7 League of Women Voters, Wood County, Board of Directors, Meeting Minutes, 1991-2000
3:8 League of Women Voters, Wood County, Board of Directors, Meeting Minutes, 2000-2009
3:9 League of Women Voters, Wood County, Board of Directors, Meeting Minutes, 2010-2019
3:10 League of Women Voters, Letters to Legislatures, 1954-1985
3:11 League of Women Voters, West Virginia, Correspondence, 1953-1960
3:12 League of Women Voters, Parkersburg, Provisional League Application, 1953
3:13 League of Women Voters, Parkersburg, Provisional League Confirmation Correspondence, 1954
3:14 League of Women Voters, Parkersburg, Correspondence/Clippings, 1955-1956
3:15 League of Women Voters, National Correspondence, 1959-1961
3:16 League of Women Voters, West Virginia, Correspondence, 1960-1969
3:17 League of Women Voters, West Virginia, Correspondence, 1970-1979
3:18 League of Women Voters, Community Action Correspondence, 1961-1973
3:19 League of Women Voters, Parkersburg and Vienna, name change request/correspondence, 1979-1980
3:20 League of Women Voters, Parkersburg/Vienna, correspondence regarding name change, 1979-1980
3:21 League of Women Voters, West Virginia, Correspondence, 1980-1989
3:22 League of Women Voters, Wood County, Board of Directors, 1953-2014
3:23 League of Women Voters, Wood County, Bylaws, 1965-2018
3:24 League of Women Voters, West Virginia, Local League Board and Member Orientation, 1981-1996
3:25 League of Women Voters, West Virginia, Local League Board Orientation Guides, July 1981
3:26 League of Women Voters, Wood County, Business Registration, 1987-2011
3:27 League of Women Voters, Wood County, Board Policies, 1995-2018
3:28 League of Women Voters, West Virginia, Membership Information
3:29 League of Women Voters, Wood County, Membership Lists (CLOSED)
3:30 League of Women Voters, President's Packet, 2004-2006
3:31 League of Women Voters, Wood County, Speeches
3:32 League of Women Voters, West Virginia, Local Issues
3:33 League of Women Voters, Impact On Issues, 1998-2000, A Leader's Guide to National Program
3:34 League of Women Voters, Wood County, Issues


Box 4

4:1 League of Women Voters, Wood County, Elections
4:2 League of Women Voters, Wood County, Fundraising
4:3 League of Women Voters, Wood County, Miscellaneous
4:4 Yearbook, League of Women Voters, Parkersburg and Vienna, 1961-1962
4:5 Yearbooks, League of Women Voters, Parkersburg and Vienna, 1970-1972
4:6 Booklet, League of Women Voters, You Pay The Taxes, You Call The Tune, 1949
4:7 Booklet, League of Women Voters, Parkersburg, This Is Parkersburg, 1957
4:8 Booklet, League of Women Voters, Parkersburg and Vienna, Parkersburg and Vienna, 1962
4:9 Booklet, League of Women Voters, West Virginia, Apportionment of the West Virginia Legislature, September 1965
4:10 Booklet, League of Women Voters, Parkersburg and Vienna, School Survey, 1965
4:11 Booklet, League of Women Voters, Parkersburg and Vienna, Parkersburg and Vienna, 1966
4:12 Booklet, Proposed Strong-Mayor Plan, Charter of the City of Parkersburg, 1969
4:13 Booklet, League of Women Voters, Parkersburg and Vienna, Parkersburg and Vienna, 1970
4:14 Booklet, League of Women Voters, Parkersburg and Vienna, A Look at Low Income Housing in Parkersburg, Survey and Recommendations, 1971
4:15 Booklet, Parkersburg, West Virginia: Comprehensive Planning Program, Land Use Regulations, Part II, Zoning Regulations, 1971
4:16 Booklet, League of Women Voters, Parkersburg and Vienna, Parkersburg and Vienna, 1973
4:17 Booklet, League of Women Voters, Parkersburg and Vienna, Parkersburg and Vienna, 1977
4:18 Booklet, League of Women Voters, West Virginia, Juvenile Services-Corrections, 1977
4:19 Booklet, League of Women Voters, West Virginia, West Virginia Business Taxes, 1980
4:20 Booklet, League of Women Voters, West Virginia, West Virginia Personal Taxes, 1981
4:21 Booklet, League of Women Voters, West Virginia, West Virginia Excise Taxes, 1983
4:22 Booklet, League of Women Voters, West Virginia, An Assessment of the Jury Selection Process, 1984
4:23 Booklet, League of Women Voters, West Virginia, Financing State Government, 1984
4:24 Booklet, League of Women Voters, Wood County, This Is Wood County, 1986
4:25 Booklet, The League of Women Voters and the Equal Rights Amendment, 1988
4:26 Booklet, League of Women Voters, West Virginia, Ethics in Government in West Virginia, 1990
4:27 Booklet, League of Women Voters, West Virginia, Financing Local Government, 1991
4:28 Booklet, League of Women Voters, West Virginia, Finance Challenges, 1993
4:29 Booklet, League of Women Voters, West Virginia, Judicial Selection (Options For West Virginia), 1995
4:30 Booklet, League of Women Voters, Wood County, Juvenile Services Study, September 1998
4:31 Booklet, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Citizens Guide
4:32 League of Women Voters, Wood County, Election, Information, 1952-2013
4:33 League of Women Voters, Wood County, Elections and Candidates, 1990-1993
4:34 League of Women Voters, West Virginia, Know Your State, 1952-1973
4:35 Brochure, League of Women Voters, Parkersburg and Vienna, Your New Government in Parkersburg
4:36 Parkersburg City Charter, 1959-1985
4:37 Wood County Government Officials, 1954-2016
4:38 Parkersburg, Zoning and Land Use Regulations, 1960s
4:39 Vienna Riverfront
4:40 League of Women Voters, West Virginia, Water Resources of West Virginia: Characteristics of West Virginia, September 1964
4:41 League of Women Voters, Parkersburg and Vienna, Know Your Town Studies, 1960s
4:42 League of Women Voters, Vienna Members, Vienna: Know Your Town Government Survey
4:43 League of Women Voters, Parkersburg and Vienna, Voter Forum, Women Voter's Week, September 14-18, 1964
4:44 League of Women Voters, Education Fund, 1969-1983


Box 5

5:1 League of Women Voters, West Virginia, Local Government and Programs, 1970-1991
5:2 League of Women Voters, Speech, "Women and the Vote," by Catherine Drinker Bowen, May 3, 1970
5:3 Solid Waste/Hazardous Waste, Wood County, 1970-1985
5:4 League of Women Voters, Parkersburg and Vienna, A Look at Low Income Housing in Parkersburg, Survey and Recommendations, 1971
5:5 Recreation in Wood County, 1971
5:6 League of Women Voters, Parkersburg and Vienna, Air Quality Workshop, November 13, 1971
5:7 Annual Report, Vienna Recreation and Improvement Association, 1971
5:8 League of Women Voters, West Virginia, Election Laws Flyer (rough draft), August 8, 1972
5:9 Proclamation, League of Women Voters Week, Parkersburg, August 12-17, 1974
5:10 Wood County Juvenile Services Directory, 1975
5:11 League of Women Voters, West Virginia, Taxation and Finance, 1982-2007
5:12 League of Women Voters, Wood County, Basic Human Needs Study, Interview Forms, circa 1985
5:13 League of Women Voters, Wood County, Property Reappraisal Legislation, January 1986
5:14 League of Women Voters, West Virginia, A Study of Annexation Laws in West Virginia, 1987
5:15 League of Women Voters, Wood County, Local Finance, 1993
5:16 League of Women Voters, West Virginia, Taxation of Natural Resources in West Virginia, 1994
5:17 League of Women Voters, Wood County, Local Voters, 1994-2019
5:18 League of Women Voters, West Virginia Campaign Finance Reform Action Kit, May 1997
5:19 League of Women Voters, West Virginia, League Issues in West Virginia, 1997
5:20 League of Women Voters, Wood County, How to Circulate a Legal Petition, Methods for Municipal Referenda
5:21 League of Women Voters, Health Care
5:22 League of Women Voters, State Legislative Lobbying
5:23 League of Women Voters, Wood County, Voters Guides, 1990-2018
5:24 League of Women Voters, Wood County, Voters Service, 1990s
5:25 League of Women Voters, Wood County, Voters Service, 2001
5:26 League of Women Voters, Wood County, Voters Service, 2002
5:27 League of Women Voters, Wood County, Civics Quiz
5:28 Program, League of Women Voters, West Virginia, Second State Convention, Hotel Chancellor, Parkersburg, October 25, 1922
5:29 League of Women Voters, 50th Anniversary, Year of the Voter Postcard, August 26, 1970
5:30 League of Women Voters, Parkersburg and Vienna, 25th Anniversary, Jeanne Schramm portrays Susan B. Anthony (photos)
5:31 League of Women Voters, West Virginia, Action Conference on Local Government Finance, Charleston Civic Center, November 13, 1993
5:32 League of Women Voters, Wood County, Votes For Women Rally, August 24, 1995
5:33 League of Women Voters, West Virginia, Proclamation/Invitation, 50th Anniversary, Founding, June 24, 2004
5:34 League of Women Voters, Wood County, Historical Timeline, 1920-2004
5:35 League of Women Voters, West Virginia


Box 6

6:1 League of Women Voters Second State Convention pamphlet, 1922 (photocopy)
6:2 League of Women Voters of Parkersburg meeting notes, 1954-1966
6:3 League of Women Voters of Parkersburg-Vienna newsletters and correspondence, 1954-1980
6:4 Unit organization and reports, 1955-1965
6:5 League of Women Voters of Parkersburg-Vienna member yearbooks, 1961-1966
6:6 Speech materials for speakers, circa 1960s
6:7 League of Women Voters of Parkersburg-Vienna Certificate of Incorporation, 1971
6:8 Press releases and event materials, 1974-2019
6:9 Charter, Parkersburg file, 1976-2020
6:10 Event photographs, featuring Governor Caperton, 1980-2010 (28)
6:11 National League of Women Voters printed materials binder, 1989-2013


Box 7

7:1 Officials roster printouts, 1990-2021
7:2 Research and notes on taxation and finance, 1994-2000
7:3 Research and notes on judicial reform, 1995-2009
7:4 League of Women Voters of West Virginia State Board Reports, 1993-2004
7:5 League of Women Voters of West Virginia State Board Reports, 2008-2018
7:6 Membership lists, 1994-2023
7:7 Clippings, 1997-2013
7:8 League of Women Voters of Wood County historical timeline, 2004
7:9 League Issues in West Virginia published by League of Women Voters of West Virginia, 2004
7:10 Voter services file, 2006


Box 8

8:1 Signed letters from representatives, 2008-2011
8:2 Candidate information and election materials, 2008-2020
8:3 Candidate questions file, 2008-2020
8:4 Agendas file, 2012-2013
8:5 Literacy studies file, 2014
8:6 Sign up sheets, 2017-2019
8:7 League of Women Voters of West Virginia State Convention materials, 2013
8:8 League of Women Voters of West Virginia State Convention materials, 2015
8:9 League of Women Voters of Wood County minutes, 2002-2008
8:10 League of Women Voters of Wood County minutes, 2009-2013
8:11 League of Women Voters of Wood County minutes, 2013-2015
8:12 League of Women Voters of Wood County minutes, 2016-2023
8:13 President files binder, section one, 2014-2023
8:14 President files binder, section two "Member List" and treasurer's reports, 2013-2018
8:15 President files binder, section three "Policy" and annual reports, 2013-2018
8:16 President files binder, section four "Minutes," 2012-2014
8:17 President files binder, section four "Minutes," 2015-2019
8:18 President files binder, section five "Articles," 2012-2019
8:19 President files binder, section six "Case Studies," 2017-2018
8:20 President files binder, 2016-2023
8:21 League of Women Voters of Wood County annual reports, 2020-2022
8:22 League of Women Voters of Wood County newsletter "Voter," 2020-2022
8:23 League of Women Voters, Voters Guide newspaper supplements, 2020-2022
8:24 Letter to League members on dissolution of Wood County chapter, 2024


Oversized:

Scrapbook, 1942-1948
Scrapbook, 1954-1956
Scrapbook, 1970-1972
Scrapbook, 1976-1977
Scrapbook, 1979-1983


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