League of Women Voters of the City of New York records, 1919-2019

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
Ms Coll\LWV\CNY,MS#0756
Bib ID:
4079018 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
League of Women Voters of the City of New York
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
80 Linear Feet (161 boxes; 6 volumes; 1 oversize; Mapacse 15-L-1)
Language(s):
English .
Access:
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Description

Summary

Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, scrapbooks, printed material, and photographs. The files contain much material of the League of Women Voters of New York State as well, and some material pertaining to the national organization. The files document the League's activities in the areas of voter registration, election reform, New York City government, foreign policy, ecology, and numerous other concerns, and contain the records of city, state, and national conventions, annual reports, and Board and Council minutes. Major correspondents include Emanuel Teller, Stanley M. Isaacs, Jacob K. Javits, Robert F. Kennedy, Edward I. Koch, John Vliet Lindsay, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Anna Lord Strauss, and Percy E. Sutton.

Arrangement

Using the Collection

Access Restrictions

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

Preferred Citation

League of Women Voters of the City of New York Records. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Columbia University.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--League of Women Voters of the City of New York. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1955. Accession number--M-55.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 07/--/89.

2000 Addition processed as Boxes 137-159 & Mapcase 15-L-1

Revision Description

2009-06-26 File created.

2011-12-05 EAD created by PTL

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Photographic prints CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Celler, Emanuel, 1888-1981 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Isaacs, Stanley M (Stanley Myer), 1882-1962 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Javits, Jacob K. (Jacob Koppel), 1904-1986 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Koch, Ed, 1924-2013 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
League of Women Voters of New York State CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Lindsay, John V. (John Vliet) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Place
New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- 1898-1951 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- 1951- CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1951- CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
United States -- Foreign relations CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Ecology -- New York (State) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Elections -- Corrupt practices CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Scrapbooks CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Social problems CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Voter registration -- New York (State) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Voter registration -- New York (State) -- New York CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Women -- New York (State) -- New York -- Societies and clubs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Women -- New York (State) -- Societies and clubs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Women -- Political activity CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID