Scope and Contents: The Geneva-St. Charles League of Women Voters (LWV) records date from 1947 to 1979. Included are by-laws, meeting minutes, annual reports, treasurer’s records, correspondence, subject files, and scrapbooks. A separate series contains records from the Kane County Council LWV (1921-1972) and surveys and reports dealing with different aspects of Kane County. Since the League began as the Geneva LWV in 1947, combined with St. Charles in 1949, split into two Leagues in 1960, and recombined again in 1975, the minutes and newsletters are arranged chronologically. The League names appear to facilitate access. Both of these record groups exhibit gaps between 1960 and 1975, but are fairly complete otherwise. In general, the majority of the materials date after 1960.
The subject files comprise materials on a wide variety of topics such as the Illinois Constitutional Convention, day care, housing, public school finance, and land use. Local, state, and national publications and records document these areas. Also included are studies done in the 1950’s on the boys and girls Illinois State Training Schools. Materials can be found on the executive branch, solid waste disposal, and child welfare as well.
The county records include minutes and correspondence for the Kane County Council LWV (1921-1972). There also are county surveys on education, government, the justice department, public health and welfare, and school reorganization. A Know Your County publication provides information on these topics as well as zoning, planning, highways, and recreation.
The collection also contains three oversize maps: a drainage map of the State of Illinois (1956), a map indicating the principal watersheds in Illinois (1958), and a city map of St. Charles (1965).
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