Records, 1942-1998.

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League of Women Voters of Columbia / Richland County (S.C.). Records, 1942-1998.

Records, 1942-1998.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30137020

Consisting of administrative files, including bylaws, records of board and general meetings, and membership records; correspondence, reference, and other material on local, state and national program items; also including small amount of material relating to Lexington County, S.C. Records divided into three main series: Administrative, Program, and Clippings files. Administrative Files, 1947-1995, include general papers; organizational bylaws; records of board and other meetings and conventions; financial records, including records of annual fund-raising drives and treasurer's reports; membership records; program development; public relations; and a variety of publications. Program Files, 1942-1995, contain correspondence, reference, and other material on diverse local, state, and national program items, which include: city-county consolidation (1959-1980) and local development studies (1966-1983), chiefly relating to the Congaree Vista (1977-1989), the "River City" project, Riverbanks Zoo, and "Old Columbia High School, Survey, 1983." At the height of the Cold War during the 1950s and 1960s, matters of loyalty and security were a major concern, and the League was involved in the Freedom Agenda Committee (a program of the Carrie Chapman Catt Memorial Fund, Inc., a research and educational fund created by the League of Women Voters of the United States); files include discussions about the proposed Bricker Amendment of 1953, communist infiltration of government (1955-1956), and other issues related to national security and individual liberty. Other Program files include: District of Columbia, 1964-1981; efforts to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (Sandra Watts, a League member, also served with ERA South Carolina); natural resources (includes air and water quality, fluoridation (1965-1967), energy, land use, and hazardous waste concerns); education; health care and Richland Memorial Hospital (1961-1980); housing (1962-1980); and state government files (re constitutional revision and reapportionment as well as legislative issues). Voter service material (candidate forums, candidate questionnaires, election laws and procedures, voting rights, and voter registration, meetings of Columbia City Council and Richland and Lexington County Councils as well as meetings of other groups). Publications file includes many issues not held elsewhere at USC: Citizen Update (1978-1984); Directory of Elected Officials [AKA Directory of Public Officials] (1976-1992); Facts (1968, 1983-1991); Know Your County (Richland, 1953, 1965, 1994; Lexington, 1971); League Lines [newsletter] (1992-1998); Report to the Community (1971, 1978-1979); Yearbook (1949, 1967-1972); and others.

17.5 linear ft. (14 cartons)

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