Richmond League of Women Voters Records, 1963-1980 | Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

In June 1981 the Board of the League of Women Voters (LWV) of Richmond voted to place their records on permanent deposit with the Eastern Kentucky University Archives. The records were scattered among the homes of several board members, with many stored in the home of the retiring secretary.

Another group of records had been kept by Jay Ogden, the first president of the LWV of Richmond. Mrs. Ogden had been instrumental in organizing the league here and served as a LWV representative on a number of state government committees. Many records from those activities are included, often containing notes handwritten by Mrs. Ogden.

The collection is separated into eight series: Environmental Quality, Human Resources, Local Business, Local Programs, Local Publications, Memorabilia, State Programs, and Voter's Service. This arrangement reflects the way the material has been organized by various board of director's members who carry different areas of responsibility within the organization. For example, normally one board member will be chairperson for the local programs, another for voter's service, and so forth.

The material dates from 1962, when the local league was organized, until 1986. A very few items actually pre-date the organization of the Richmond LWV. These records are apparently background material gathered as the league studied different issues. Types of material include minutes of meetings, local publications, reports to the national organization, correspondence, news clippings, background material from other organizations, one award, and two scrapbooks.