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League of Women Voters of the Copper Country Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-024

Collection Scope and Content Summary

Includes organizational election records, board meeting minutes, annual meeting records, voters guides, school guides as well as Observer records, records collected by a representative of the League of Women Voters of the Copper Country while attending and observing public meetings of local municipal organizations. Observer records also include newspaper clipping of local, state, and national interest.

Dates

  • 1955-2022

Language of Material

English

Conditions Governing Access

Available for use in the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections.

Conditions Governing Use

Various copying restrictions apply. Guidelines are available from Michigan Technological University Archives & Copper Country Historical Collections.

Biography

The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy. The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, has fought since 1920 to improve our systems of government and impact public policies through citizen education and advocacy. The League's enduring vitality and resonance comes from its unique decentralized structure. The League is a grassroots organization, working at the national, state and local levels. There are Leagues in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Hong Kong, in addition to the hundreds of local Leagues nationwide. The League of Women Voters of the United States and the League of Women Voters Education Fund operate at the national level with grassroots support from state and local Leagues. The League of Women Voters is strictly nonpartisan; it neither supports nor opposes candidates for office at any level of government. At the same time, the League is wholeheartedly political and works to influence policy through advocacy.

Extent

52.98 Cubic Feet (61 boxes, 2 flat boxes, and 1 oversize folder)

Abstract

Records, 1955-2022, of the League of Women Voters of the Copper Country, Michigan's Upper Peninsula's branch of the national nonpartisan political organization. Includes organizational election records, board meeting minutes, annual meeting records, voters guides, school guides as well as the records collected by a representative of the League of Women Voters of the Copper Country while attending and observing public meetings of local municipal organizations.

Arrangement

MS-024 has been arranged into four series with eight subseries in series one. The series are arranged as follows: Series 1, Observers' Files Subseries 1.1, County Subseries 1.2, City/Village/Township Subseries 1.3, Elections and Various Political Topics Subseries 1.4, Court Cases and Police Matters Subseries 1.5, Education Subseries 1.6, Health Care and Social Services Subseries 1.7, Environment Subseries 1.8, General Series 2, Programs Series 3, Voter Services Series 4, Minutes

Title
League of Women Voters of the Copper Country Records
Status
Completed
Author
Elizabeth Russell, revised by Rachael Bussert; revised by Allison Neely
Date
5/13/2010
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English
Sponsor
Funding provided by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Repository Details

Part of the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections Repository

Contact:
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton 49931 U.S.A. US