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League of Women Voters of Saratoga County PO Box 1029, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 League of Women Voters of Saratoga County PO Box 1029, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 www.lwvsaratoga.org LWV Saratoga Records Archived at: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives Science Library LE-352 1400 Washington Avenue Albany, NY 12222 Table of Contents: . Box 1: Administrative Files – see page 1 below . Box 2: Administrative Files – see page 3 below . Box 3: Education, Advocacy and Projects - see page 11 below . Box 4: Video Tapes and Flattened Milk Cartons – see page 16 below . Box 5: Materials from the Collection of Betty Gallagher (founder) – see page 17 below . Box 6: Accretion: Scrapbooks, Bulletins, Pictures on CD - see page 44 below Box List: Box 1 - Administrative Files . Name Change to LWV Saratoga County (from LWV Saratoga Springs Area) 2000 . Tax Status Determination 2005 . Bylaws and revisions 1965 – 2007 . Membership Lists 1965-2010 . Annual Meeting Booklets and Invitations: – 4-24-1979, Speaker: Laura Snell, “Wetlands and their Importance to the Saratoga Area” – 5-13-1980, Speaker: Alexander Aldrich, “City Government and the City Attorney” – 4-21- 1981, Speaker: Mayor Ellsworth Jones, “Planning for the new City Center” – 4-29-1984, Speaker: Viola Ilma, “Memories of Eleanor Roosevelt” – 5-5-1985, Speaker: M. Louise Stoney, “Women’s Issues and the State Assembly Task Force” – 6-1-1986, Speaker: David Wickerham, “Citizen Participation in County Government” – 5-3-1987, Speaker: None – 5-21-1989, Speaker: Todd Swanstrom, “The Crisis in Affordable Housing” – 5-5-1991, Speaker: Dr. Carmen Cornute, “Observations on the Status of Women in East-Central Africa” – 5-17-1992, Speaker: Patricia McGeown, “National Health Care” – 5-16-1993, Performance featuring The Mental Health Players – 2-21-1994, No Speaker – 5-21-1995, Performance, “The Stone that Started the Ripple”, by Patricia Nugent – 5-18-1997, Speaker: Blair Horner, “They Win, We Lose -Campaign Finance Reform” – 5-31-1998, Speaker: Jennifer Brady Connor, “Protecting Our Wetlands – Nature’s Wildlife Nurseries” – 5-23-1999, Speaker: Richard Kirsch, “Clean Money, Clean Elections” – 5-21-2000, Speaker: Patricia C. Salkin, “Building and Sustaining Quality Communities” – 6-3-2001, Speaker: Blair Horner, “Campaign Finance Reform” – 6-2-2002, Speaker: Scott Ritter, “What I learned as a UN Arms Inspector” – 6-3-2003, Speaker: Dennis Brunelle, “Affordable Housing in Saratoga County” – 6-6-2004, Speaker: Dolores (Dee) Sarno, “The State of the Arts in Saratoga County” – 6-5-2005, Speaker: Paul Conti, “The Influence of Media Reporting on News” – 6-4-2006, Speaker: Jay Gallagher, “The Politics of Decline: A chronicle of NY’s Descent and what you can do to Save Your State” – 6-9-2007, Speaker: Rey Koslowski, “A Balanced Introduction to Immigration” – 5-31-2008, Speaker: Ward Stone, “Your Environment, Your Health” – 6-6-2009, Speaker: Melissa Everett, “The Four E’s of a Sustainable Local Community” – 6-5-2010, Speaker: David Grandeau, “Ethics in Government” . Minutes, including some correspondence, financial statements and Annual or President’s Reports – in chronological order: – Organizational Meeting 4-18-1965 to end of 1995 2 Box 2 - Administrative Files . Minutes, including some correspondence, financial statements and Annual or President’s Reports – in chronological order: – 1996- to end of 2010 . Miscellaneous: – Margaret Roohan -obituary- 1992 – Kathryn Starbuck – Press release with additional notes written on it, detailing relationship with LWVNY. 1928 . Bulletins – Bulletins are the newsletters that go to members and selected members of the public. Each Bulletin usually contains a message from the President and information about previous and upcoming events. During the course of the year bulletins contain information about the finance drive, contributors, membership recruitment, new members, Candidate events for fall and school board elections, Voter registration, LWVNY or LWVUS Conventions (alternate years), public membership meetings, studies and advocacy, and required notices for the Annual Meeting (nominating report, proposed budget, proposed Program). – 1965: Topics include: Apportionment, City Charter, Know Your City Study, LWVNY Convention, Membership, National Citizenship Test, Tour of SS Water Supply Plant, United Nations, Voter Education via radio programs on Constitutional Amendments and Propositions, Voter Registration, Water Resources, Selection of Judges, Visit to the UN. – 1966: Topics include: Annual Meeting, speaker is Mrs. Sophie Abdella, Betty Gallagher attends LWVUS Convention in Denver, Clean Water, DC Home Rule and literacy requirements to vote, Human Resources - Economic Opportunity Council, Finance Drive, Financing Education in NYS, Judicial Reform, Know Your State Government, Legislative Conference, Local SS government, Local school issues, the LWV and the Constitutional Convention, Observers, Permanent Personal Registration (Voter), Poll reporting for AB C-TV, Selection of Judges, State LWV Council, Voter Registration. – 1967: Topics include: Barbara Jancar speaks on Red China, Consensus on Selection of Judges, Citizen’s guide completed by LWVSS, Consensus on City Charter was reached, Consensus on Water Resources, Finance Drive, Forms of City Governments, Legislative Conference, LWVUS study on U.S. – China Relations, Reception for Members, Study of the Saratoga Springs City Charter adopted, Survey of local Services. – 1968: Topics include: Call to Action: Increase funding per pupil in NYS, “Choosing the President” & other LWV resources are available, Distributing 7,000 each of Facts for Voters and Voter’s Guides, Guidelines for Fair Housing Standards, Human Resources – OEO, Legislative Conference, Position on SS City Charter, Weighted Voting in County Legislature on the ballot. 3 – 1969: Topics include: County Sewer System- Position of Support, Electoral College Study, Fiftieth Anniversary of the LWV, Nuclear Proliferation Treaty, Position on Relations with China, Solid Waste Issues, State Aid for Education, Water Resources. – 1970: Topics include: A.23 (Cook) leaving abortion as a matter between patient and physician, Annual Meeting Speaker is Louis Lax (CDRPC), Farm Bureau, Know your Schools Study, Lowering Voting Age to 18, Planning and Zoning, Position on Electoral College, Regular scheduling of SS commission meetings, Speaker on Water, Trade Bill, Welfare, Clean Air. – 1971: Topics include: Annual Meeting Speaker: Prof. Erwin Levine on Revenue Sharing, Air Pollution, “Beauty in Planning”, County Sewer System (with Jaycees), Foreign Trade, Inter League Organization (ILO), Observer Corps, Party for new members, Solid Waste, Support for June Primary, Voters’ Service. – 1972: Topics include: County Government, Election Procedures, Legislative Conference, Planning and Zoning, Solid Waste, Study of State Finances, Tour of Stonequist Apartments, Saratoga Housing Authority and Urban Renewal, Trade, Health Maintenance Organizations. – 1973: Topics include: Annual Meeting Speaker: Virginia Cains Callan on the ERA, Ballot Issues, Campaign Financing, Education Financing Consensus, Focus on the Poor, Human Resources, Land Use Planning, LWV conduct of OEO elections, International Relations, Poll Watching, SS Master Plan, Transit Planning. – 1974: Topics include: Annual Meeting Speaker: Scott Brown (chair, Board of Supervisors), Clean Air Act, First Male Member: Mayor Ray Watkin, Human Resources, Land Use, Legal Services to the Poor, Right to Know, Review of SS Charter, Television Opportunity, Transportation. – – 1975: Topics include: Annual Meeting Speaker: Congressman Ned Pattison, Bottle Bill, Clean Air Act, Energy Conservation, ERA, Human Resources, Consensus on SS Charter. – 1976: Topics include: Environmental Quality and Land Use, CDRPC, “Save Harmless” not good for education, United Nations. – 1977: Topics include: Con Con question, Candidates Night for School Board, Conduct of School Board Elections, Spring fundraiser is plant and book sale, UN update & consensus, Women’s Meetings. – 1978: Topics include: No bulletins surviving. 4 – 1979: Topics include: Annual Meeting Speaker: Laura Snell on wetlands, Bottle Bill, Consensus meeting on the Property Tax, Capital District ILO, ERA, D’Andrea discusses legislative issues with LWV, Legislative Conference, LWVSS receives grant for work on a natural resources project, Open Meetings, Medicaid funding for Abortions, Nuclear Energy, Observer Corps, Voting Rights for DC, “The Wide-Eyed Bride” relating to Women and the Law. – 1980: Topics include: Alexander Aldrich speaks at Annual Meeting, Earth Day, Garage Sale, Hospital caught fire as LWV formed, Open Sesame (Polling Place Accessibility), Position on the Property Tax, Capital District ILO, ERA, Legislative Conference, Medicaid funding for Abortions, LWV Supports Partisan Elections in SS, Slide Show on Water, SS City Charter, The UN at 35, Women and the Law. – 1981: Topics include: Annual Meeting Speaker: Mayor Ellsworth Jones, ARCO car clinics raise $, ERA, Florence Sussman dies, FOIL speaker is Robert Freeman, Hazardous Waste, Legislative Conference, List of contributors, LWV members earn money as facilitators, LWVNY adopts study of Ballot cross endorsement, Meet the School Board Candidates, Natural Resources – grants received for booklets on SS water, Observer Corps, Selection of Judges, State Education Financing, SS City Charter study, Statement in favor of Partisan Elections, Tour of Answers solid waste project, Voting rights for DC, Women and the Law. – 1982: Topics include: Annual meeting speaker: A.C. Dake, County Supervisor,
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