League of
Women Voters of Amherst, Massachusetts Records, 1939-2002
60 boxes (33 linear ft.)
Collection number: MS 296
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League of
Women Voters of Amherst, Massachusetts Records
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League of
Women Voters of Amherst, Massachusetts Records, 1939-2002
60 boxes (33 linear ft.)
Collection number: MS 296
Abstract:
Non-partisan political organization based in Amherst,
Massachusetts that influences public policy through education
and advocacy by registering voters, organizing candidate
forums, publishing voting guides, and disseminating general
information on the legislative process and the functioning of
government on the local, state, and federal levels. Includes
minutes, annual reports, financial records, publications,
extensive files on specific programs, photographs, video- and
audio-tapes, scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings. Also
contains information on two league members who rose to
national prominence: Lucy Wislon Benson (Under Secretary of
State in the federal government in 1977) and Jane F. Garvey
(Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration in
1997).
Terms of Access and Use: The collection is open for research. Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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