ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58202

MINOT LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS

COLLECTION: OGL #574

DATES: 1956-1979

SIZE: .25 linear ft.

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION: The Minot League of Women Voters Records were deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection on May 15, 1980 by Betty Rogstad, past President of the Minot League of Women Voters.

ACCESS: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.

HISTORICAL SKETCH

Twenty women attended a pre-organizational meeting for a local chapter of the League of Women Voters in Minot, North Dakota on April 30, 1956. The Minot League of Women Voters was organized on May 14, 1956. The first officers were: Mrs. James Harper, President; Mrs. Marvel Maher, Vice President; Mrs. T. H. Foss, Second Vice President; Mrs. Allen C. Hensrud, Secretary; Helen Burns, Treasurer. Four Directors were also elected: Mrs. William Kitto, Mary Frisch, Mrs. Michael Dolan, Mrs. M. L. Bearman. The group promoted voter literacy by organizing public panel discussions on ballot issues and candidate forums, and through radio, television and newspaper publicity. Members also telephoned and visited potential voters, set up a Voters Service Booth in the post office on election day, and participated in political telephone polling sponsored by the North Dakota League of Women Voters. By 1980, the Minot League of Women Voters had disbanded.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

The Minot League of Women Voters Records consist of three series: I. Minot League of Women Voters minutes (1956-1975). II. North Dakota League of Women Voters State Convention records (1959-1979). III. Minot League of Women Voters newsletters (1958-1974).

BOX AND FOLDER INVENTORY

Box 1

SERIES I: MINUTES

Folder 1. Minot League of Women Voters, Minutes, April 1956-May 1962 

       2. Minot League of Women Voters, Minutes, March 1963-December 1967

       3. Minot League of Women Voters, Minutes, January 1968-December 1970

       4. Minot League of Women Voters, Minutes, February 1971-March 1975

SERIES II: CONVENTIONS

       5. North Dakota League of Women Voters, Second State Convention, 
          April 10-11, 1959 (Grand Forks)

       6. North Dakota League of Women Voters, Third State Convention, 
          May 11-12, 1961 (Fargo)

       7. North Dakota League of Women Voters, Fourth State Convention, 
          May 23-24, 1963 (Bismarck)

       8. North Dakota League of Women Voters, Fifth State Convention, 
          April 22-23, 1965 (Minot)

       9. North Dakota League of Women Voters, Sixth State Convention, 
          April 20-21, 1967 (Grand Forks)

      10. North Dakota League of Women Voters, Seventh State Convention, 
          April 24-25, 1969 (Fargo)

      11. North Dakota League of Women Voters, Eighth State Convention, 
          April 9-10, 1970 (Minot)

      12. North Dakota League of Women Voters, Ninth State Convention, 
          April 22-23, 1971 (Grand Forks)

      13. North Dakota League of Women Voters, Eleventh State Convention, 
          March 22- 23, 1973 (Wahpeton)

      14. North Dakota League of Women Voters, Thirteenth State Convention, 
          April 2-3, 1975 (Fargo)

      15. North Dakota League of Women Voters, Fifteenth State Convention, 
          April 20-21, 1977 (Grand Forks)

      16. North Dakota League of Women Voters, Sixteenth State Convention, 
          April 19-20, 1978 (Jamestown)

      17. North Dakota League of Women Voters, Seventeenth State Convention, 
          April 6- 7, 1979 (Wahpeton)

SERIES III: NEWSLETTERS

      18. Minot League of Women Voters, newsletters, 1958-1974

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