League of Women Voters of Alaska

Collection

Identifier: MS 172

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

League of Women Voters of Alaska Records, ca. 1962-1978. The League of Women Voters of Alaska records collection contains newsletters, meeting agendas and notes, membership lists, bylaws, study materials, and publications. The local chapters include Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Ketchikan, and state, and national organizations. The collection includes ca. 1962-1978, although some of the records are not dated. The records show activities in the local chapters and the support received from state and national organizations.

Dates

ca. 1962-1978

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is unrestricted.

Conditions Governing Use

Request for permission to publish material from the collection must be discussed with the Librarian. Photocopying does not constitute permission to publish.

Historical

The League of Women Voters is a national organization to promote political responsibility through informed and active participation of citizens in government. The Alaska League probably began in Anchorage in the late 1940s. Laura Nicholson taught sociology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks from 1962-1965. She was active in the League of Women Voters her entire adult life. This collection contains her Alaska League files.

Extent

1 boxes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The papers were donated from the estate of Laura Nicholson by her friend, Sue Jackson. Nicholson created and collected the papers as an active member of the North Star Borough League of Women Voters (Accession no. 98-45). Files marked with a Dewey call number were transferred from the Vertical File.

Processing Information

The records are arranged by local chapters alphabetically, then state and national documents. In each folder the records are arranged chronologically. Some serials were moved to the Alaskana collection to fill in incomplete runs.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Finding aid for the League of Women Voters of Alaska
Status: In Progress
Author: Processed by: Gladi Kulp, Oct. 1998 ; Inventory by: Hetty Barthel, July 2017 ; Updated by: Jacki Swearingen, July 2017 ; ArchivesSpace finding aid by: Sandy Johnston
Date: 2019 June
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: Undetermined
Script of description: Code for undetermined script
Language of description note: English