Local History Collections

(Description ID: 595523)

Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums

League of Women Voters
of Sandusky County, Ohio

LH-278

Introduction
Agency History
Scope and Content
Inventory

Introduction
The records were acquired from the organization when it disbanded in 1995. For further material on the organization, see: LH-144, LH-7 212, and items transferred to the Center's Museum (Ac. #1996-7-1-9).

Agency History
The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan, women's civic organization, was founded nationally in 1920 as a means of ensuring that citizens have a voice in government. The organization, through its chapters, is committed to a democratic understanding of the voting process through the promotion of educational activities, including candidate forums, and the creation of directories listing elected officials. The Sandusky County chapter organized in 1951 and, throughout its existence, educated citizens on a variety of social issues before the state and national legislatures. With only thirty-one members remaining, the Sandusky County Chapter disbanded in 1995.

Scope and Content
The collection includes the organization's by-laws, minutes, financial reports, scrapbooks, newsletters, programs, government directories, public education materials, annual reports, and histories of the organization. (Ac. #1996-7-1-9).

Inventory
Ac. 5387
3 linear ft.

Box #1

• By-laws
• Organizational histories
• Annual reports: 1967-1986
• Correspondence: 1984-1986
• Member/Program Inserts: 1979-1994
• Board Meetings: 1984-1987, 1987-1992, 1990-1995
• Annual Meetings: 1984, 1985, 1993-1995
• President's Folder: 1994-1995
• Notebook: 1994-1995
• In League, 1989
• Finance Drive
• Candidate Forums, 1982-1991
• "Meet the Candidates" Night, 1992-1994
• Legislative/Government Directories, 1981-1996
• Government Directory, 1987
• "Tools for Citizen Action on Health Care" and "Public Policy on Reproductive Choice"
• "It's Your Money: Ohio Government Finances"
• Misc. Printed Material
• Miscellaneous
• "Town Crier" 1966-1970, 1970-1978, 1970-1975, 1975-1980, 1981-1984, 1984-1988, 1988-1992
• Treasurer's Report: 1990-1991
• City charters
• Video Tapes: "Candidates' Night" and "Take Back the System"

Box #2

• Film: "Every Vote Counts"
• Photo Album, 1984-1985
• Scrapbook: 1969 ("Chronicle of the Financial Plight of Ohio Schools")
• Scrapbook: 1954-1968, 1969-1979, 1973-1979, 1975-1987