League of Women Voters of Alabama Records

Collection

Identifier: 0282

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Records of the state headquarters of the League of Women Voters of Alabama, including floppy disks, compact disks, DVDs. cassette tapes, orrespondence, subject files, Bills, issues information files, program files, newsletters, pamphlets, booklets, bookmarks, scrapbooks, state board minutes, documents pertaining to various Alabama county and town leagues, financial records, and oral history interviews with members.

Dates

1915 - 2021

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research except accession 96-013 for which permission of League is required to use interviews; interview with Dot Moore is closed, but a two-page narrative prepared by Moore is available with League permission.

Biographical / Historical

The League of Women Voters in Alabama was first formed in 1920, but disbanded in 1928. It was re-formed in 1946 to inform voters and to provide a forum for the exchange of opinions about public issues.

Extent

78.5 Cubic Feet (Seventy record center boxes, nine document boxes, nine half-sized document boxes, and one oversize box.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

This finding aid is organized by accessions. Each accession represents an addition to the collection. Each accession also represents a transfer of physical and legal custody of archival materials from the donor(s) to Auburn University Special Collections and Archives.

Existence and Location of Originals

Photocopies of: Correspondence (1915-1950) from the League of Women Voters of the United States. Originals in the National Archives.

Processing Information

Accession 1973-93-33 was processed by na;

Accessions 93-86 and 93-87 were processed by Debbie Eldridge

Accessions 95-146, 96-12 and 96-13 were processed by Dixie Dysart

Accession 96-118 was processed by Peter Branum

Accession 98-068 was processed by Tamara Tyler

Accession 00-005 was processed by Gary Gunnels

Accession 00-031 was processed by Dwayne Cox (DC)

Accession 01-018 was processed by MLE-M

Accessions 10-070 and 11-014 were processed by David McRae

Accession 13-012 was processed by Amie Torok

Accession 15-074 was processed by Jennifer Wiggins

Accessions 17-033, 19-033, and 19-028 were processed by Lisa Glasscock. The above accessions were entered into ArchivesSpace by Lisa Glasscock.

Accession 20-014 was processed by Jacob Kachelhofer July 21, 2023.

Accession 20-019 was processed by possibly Brucie Porter and re-processed by Tori Buchanan August 9, 2023.

Accession 21-069 was processed by Tori Buchanan July 24, 2023.