Collection Overview
Title: Aurora League of Women Voters Records, 1947-1982
ID: RHC/RC/151
Extent: 2.25 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 06/02/1982
Languages: English [eng]
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Meeting minutes, annual reports, correspondence, budgets, bulletins, and scrapbooks comprise a major portion of this collection documenting the Aurora League of Women Voters (1947-1982). Although the minutes date only through May 1971, there are annual meeting proceedings for 1972 and 1973. Committee records and subject files document some of the studies and research conducted by the League (local government, downtown redevelopment, housing, and public health). The publications Know Your Town and Know Your County document government, education, planning and zoning, health, recreation, and the judicial systems of Aurora and Kane County. Photographs, a tape on “Practical Politics”, the proceedings from the Illinois League’s 31st convention in 1963, and newspaper clippings complete the collection.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions:
There are no restrictions on access to the collection.
Use Restrictions:
Property rights in the collection belong to the Regional History Center; literary rights are dedicated to the public.
Acquisition Source:
Kathleen Meinert
Acquisition Method:
Kathleen Meinert, President, donated the Aurora League of Women Voters records to the Northern Illinois Regional History Center on June 2, 1982.
Related Materials:
Researchers studying Kane County government and politics may wish to consult the records of the Elgin and Geneva-St. Charles League of Women Voters. The Center also holds several other League collections for those researching league activities.
Box and Folder Listing
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Aurora History
- Folder 2: Historical Information on the League
- Folder 3: By-Laws, 1971
- Folder 4: Certificate of Appreciation, 1971
- Folder 5-10: Meeting Minutes, 1947-May 1971
- Folder 11: Annual Meetings, 1972, 1973
- Folder 12-15: Annual Reports, 1951, 1955-1978
- Folder 16: Correspondence, 1962-1975
- Folder 17: Proposed Budgets, 1956-1972
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Budgets, 1950-1972
- Folder 2: Membership Lists, no date
- Folder 3: Local Affairs Committee Records, 1974
- Folder 4: Local Government Committee Records, 1973-1975
- Folder 5: Downtown Redevelopment, Survey of Residents' Opinions and Attitudes, 1974-1975
- Folder 6: Fair Housing, 1967-1968
- Folder 7: Health in Kane County, 1957-1968
- Folder 8: Voters Service, 1964-1972
- Folder 9-15: Bulletins, 1950-1979
- Box 3
- Folder 1-2: Bulletins, 1980-1982
- Folder 3: Publication, Know Your Town...Aurora, 1964
- Folder 4: Publication, Know Your County-Kane, 1965, 1966
- Folder 5: Newspaper Clippings, 1950-1974
- Folder 6: Photographs (9), no date
- Folder 7: Tape, "Practical Politics #1", no date
- Folder 8: League of Women Voters of Illinois, 31st Convention, 1963
- Box 4
- Volume 1-4: Scrapbooks (4 volumes), 1949-1968