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La Crosse Mss AP
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Part 1 (La Crosse Mss AP, Audio 1134A/1): Original Collection, 1924-19837.0 cubic feet (1 records center cartons and 15 archives boxes) and 1 tape recording The League's GENERAL RECORDS are comprised of by-laws of both the state and local organizations, an early and incomplete La Crosse League history, a few clippings of League activities, fairly routine correspondence and inter-office memoranda, minutes and reports from regular membership, regular and special board of directors meetings, annual meetings, and State Council meetings; League policies and guidelines; recommendations about national and state LWV program; reports of the president, League, and committees to the state and national LWV; scrapbooks; and speeches, notes, and press releases. State convention kits contain agenda, reports, resolutions, financial records, and other items sent to members in advance of each convention, and additional materials later collected at the meeting. Financial records include local League budgets and budget requests; fundraising and finance drive correspondence, lists of names, notes, clippings, and other papers; records of receipts and disbursements, often also listing members' names and dues; and treasurer's reports. While many of the financial record contain large gaps in information, the treasurers' reports are almost entirely complete from 1941 to 1979. Dues records are also found in many of the annual membership record books; together with membership lists and yearbooks, lists of officers, and records of a membership pilot project comprise the La Crosse LWV membership records, dating from 1924-1979. Much of the League's work involved monitoring and studying the actions of governmental bodies. The collection includes a few observation reports, which members compiled after observing meetings of local governmental bodies, and letters and questions and answers from interviews with a few La Crosse state and national legislators. Files on program planning and advocacy strategy emphasize some of the League's work to maintain a presence in many local and state issues. League publications are a significant part of the collection. Local bulletins, found here with very few missing issues, provided members with meeting information and calendars, while state and national publications provided the data for use while studying topics suggested by the national and state Leagues. The files of state LWV statements, legislative summaries, position papers, and “Time for Action” flyers, national LWV “Action Alerts,” memoranda, National Board Reports, “Reports From the Hill,” statements, and press releases are scattered, but indicate which topics were chosen for study by the La Crosse League and how they incorporated the suggested material into the local studies. There are also fragmentary records of a few committees, including the Community Development, Education, and State Program and Action Committees and the Department of Government and Economic Welfare. With other Leagues around the country, the La Crosse LWV celebrated the fiftieth, seventieth, and seventy-fifth anniversaries of the national organization. In each of the anniversary years, the files contain correspondence and other records mainly concerning fundraising and anniversary activities. Files on LOCAL STUDY ISSUES are comprised of correspondence to inform or persuade local and state legislators, collected studies and reports, clippings, near-print “study materials” prepared by the state and national LWV, LWV policy statements, and reports on a wide variety of topics. Most topics were suggested or authorized by the state or national organizations, with a La Crosse focus. Topics gradually evolved to reflect the local league's increasing concern with contemporary topics of state and national scope. The topics studied include: administration of justice and juvenile justice; area planning, land use and zoning; civil and human rights; community care organizations; community development; conservation of natural resources, the environment and the Mississippi River Basin; state constitutional revision; county and state government; decriminalization of marijuana; education and school system reform; energy; the Equal Rights Amendment; housing; foreign aid; taxation and property taxes; martial property reform and welfare rights and administration. Included with the material on marital property reform is a script and tape recording of a slide-tape show, entitled “Law and Marriage.” The La Crosse League was involved in the reapportionment battle between the City of La Crosse and the County of La Crosse from 1981 through 1982, and seven files contain a large amount of information on the highly charged disagreement. The fight included lawsuits and counter-suits over the changing of political boundaries undertaken by the City of La Crosse. The La Crosse League of Women Voters became involved in the fight when it attempted to help find an amicable solution to the dispute with both sides. Health issues and health care also played a large role in many of the studies undertaken by the La Crosse League. Files in the collection concern health services in La Crosse and Wisconsin, health care forums undertaken by the League, heath services planning, and the 1982 merger of city and county heath care in the La Crosse area.
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Series: General Records
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Box
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1
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By-laws and history
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Box
1
Folder
2
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Clippings
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Box
1
Folder
3
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Community Development Committee, 1976
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Box
1
Folder
4-9
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State Convention kits, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979
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Box
1
Folder
10-11
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Correspondence and inter-office memoranda, 1960-1979
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Box
1
Folder
12
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Education Committee, 1973-1974
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Fiftieth anniversary celebration, 1969
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Box
1
Folder
13
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Papers
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Box
2
Folder
1
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Papers (continued)
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Financial records
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Box
2
Folder
2
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Budgets and budget requests, 1963-1978
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Box
2
Folder
3
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Fundraising, 1950-1956, 1958, 1964
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Box
2
Folder
4-7
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Finance drives, 1960-1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1970
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Box
2
Folder
8-12
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Receipts and disbursements, 1928-1959
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Box
16
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Receipts and disbursements, 1959-1966
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Box
2
Folder
8-13
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Treasurer's reports, 1941-1979
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Box
2
Folder
14
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Department of Government and Economic Welfare - reports, correspondence, 1939-1952
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Minutes of meetings
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Box
3
Folder
1-2
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Annual meetings - minutes and reports, 1951-1977
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Board of Directors and regular meetings
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Box
3
Folder
3-8
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1924 August-1933 April; 1938 August-1954
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Box
4
Folder
1-6
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1955-1979 April
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Box
5
Folder
1-2
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State Council meetings, 1970, 1974, 1976
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Membership records
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Box
5
Folder
3
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Lists, 1925-1976
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Box
5
Folder
4-7
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Dues records and receipts and disbursements, 1924-1950
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Box
5
Folder
8-9
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Membership booklets and yearbooks, 1946-1952, 1965-1966, 1969-1978, undated
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Box
5
Folder
10
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Membership pilot project, 1971-1972
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Box
5
Folder
11
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Lists of officers and members, 1929-1932, 1952-1963, 1975-1979
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Box
6
Folder
1
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Telephone and office messages, 1971-1976
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Box
6
Folder
2
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Notes and ideas
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Box
6
Folder
3
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Observation reports, 1965, 1970-1971
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Interviews and correspondence with officeholders
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Box
6
Folder
4
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Milo G. Knutson, 1969-1975
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Box
6
Folder
5
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Gaylord Nelson, William Proxmire, and Alvin Baldus, 1971-1975
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Box
6
Folder
6
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Paul Offner, 1975
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Box
6
Folder
7
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Virgil Roberts, 1972-1975
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Box
6
Folder
8
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Vernon Thomson, 1961-1974
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Box
6
Folder
9
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Photographs
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Policies and guidelines
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Box
6
Folder
10
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Action guidelines, 1957-1976
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Box
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Folder
11
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Policies
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Box
6
Folder
12
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Nonpartisanship policy
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Box
6
Folder
13
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President's Day, July 1969
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Publications
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La Crosse League bulletins
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Box
6
Folder
14-17
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1957-1971
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Box
7
Folder
1-3
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1972-1977
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Box
7
Folder
4-5
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Other publications
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State LWV publications
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Box
7
Folder
6-8
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League statements, 1959-1978
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Box
8
Folder
1
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Legislative summaries, 1973-1977
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Box
8
Folder
2
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Manuals and guidelines, 1962, 1971, 1973
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Box
8
Folder
3
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Position papers, 1950-1955, 1960, 1963, 1969-1970, 1972, 1974, 1976
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Box
8
Folder
4
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“Time for Action,” 1955-1978
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National LWV publications
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Box
8
Folder
5
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“Action Alerts,” 1974-1979
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Box
8
Folder
6
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Memoranda, 1963-1979
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Box
8
Folder
7
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National Board reports: A Guide for Local and State Board Planning, 1973, 1975-1977
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“Reports from the Hill”
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Box
8
Folder
8-9
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1970 August-1975
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Box
9
Folder
1
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1976-1978 January
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Box
9
Folder
2
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Statements, 1967-1977
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Box
9
Folder
3
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“Time for Action,” 1959-1975
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Box
9
Folder
4
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Publicity workshop materials
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Box
9
Folder
5
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Recommendations regarding National and State Program, 1959, 1961, 1968-1972
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Reports
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Box
9
Folder
6
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Annual reports of President and Committees, 1933-1950
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Box
9
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7-8
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Annual reports to State and National LWV, 1955-1976
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Box
9
Folder
9
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Unit reports to State LWV, 1978-1979
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Box
9
Folder
10
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State Board reports, 1975-1977
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Box
16
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Scrapbooks, 1944-1971, 1972-1973, 1974-1975
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Box
9
Folder
11
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Speeches and speech notes, 1964-1968
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Box
10
Folder
1
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State Program and Action Committee, 1963-1971
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Series: Local Study Issues
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Box
10
Folder
2
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Administration of justice, 1958, 1969, 1971-1974
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Box
10
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Area planning and land use, 1969-1973, 1975
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Box
10
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Area planning and zoning, 1972-1973
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Box
10
Folder
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Civil rights, 1964-1965, 1975
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Box
10
Folder
6
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Community care organizations, 1974-1975
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Box
10
Folder
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Community development, 1975
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Box
10
Folder
8
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Conservancy districts, 1970-1971
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Box
10
Folder
9
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Conservation, 1966-1967
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Box
10
Folder
10
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State constitutional revision, 1960-1962
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Box
10
Folder
11
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“Continuing Responsibilities,” 1960-1968
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Box
10
Folder
12
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County government, 1955-1979
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Box
11
Folder
1
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Decriminalization of marijuana, 1979
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Education
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Box
11
Folder
2-3
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1951-1975
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Box
11
Folder
4
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Conference on Alternatives in Education, 1975 November
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Box
11
Folder
5-6
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La Crosse schools, 1959-1974
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Box
11
Folder
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Washburn School study, 1974-1975
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Box
11
Folder
8
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Election Systems Project (Voting Rights meeting, 1972 August 1-2), 1972-1974
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Box
12
Folder
1
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Electoral College, 1968-1970
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Box
12
Folder
2
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Energy, 1977-1978
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Box
12
Folder
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Environmental quality - conservation of water resources, 1955-1972
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Box
12
Folder
4
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Equal Rights Amendment, 1975-1979
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Box
12
Folder
5
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Fair housing, 1961-1967, 1974
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Box
12
Folder
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Financing the LWV, 1974-1975
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Box
12
Folder
7
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Food stamps, 1975-1977
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Box
12
Folder
8
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Foreign aid, 1954-1966
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Box
12
Folder
9
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Government (notes), 1974
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Box
12
Folder
10
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Government Curriculum Kit material
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Box
12
Folder
11
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State government finance, 1950-1963
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Box
12
Folder
12
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Harborview Plaza Project, Civic Center Project, and urban renewal, 1968-1972
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Box
13
Folder
1
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Health services and planning, 1971-1973
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Box
13
Folder
2-3
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Housing, 1971-1979
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Box
13
Folder
4-5
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Human resources, 1962-1970
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Box
13
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Human rights, 1950-1970
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Box
13
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Juvenile justice, 1955-1978
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Box
13
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8
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Legislative Study Committee, 1977-1978
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Box
14
Folder
1-2
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Marital property reform, 1981-1983
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Box
14
Folder
3
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Script for “Law and Marriage” slide tape show
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1134A/1
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Tape of “Law and Marriage” slide tape show
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La Crosse Mss AP
Box
14
Folder
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Mississippi River Regional Planning Commission, 1969-1975
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Box
14
Folder
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Program on state position papers, 1968-1974
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Box
14
Folder
6
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Public welfare, 1953-1962
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Box
14
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Reapportionment, 1951-1967
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Box
14
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8
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Representative government and government structure, 1962-1979
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Box
15
Folder
1
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State-local relationships (regarding state aids and shared taxes), 1965-1969
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Box
15
Folder
2
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State-local relationships - The Wallace Report, 1977
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Box
15
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Taxes, 1947-1968
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Box
15
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Property taxes, 1972
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Box
15
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Transportation - Citizens Committee on Transportation, 1973-1974
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Box
15
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Transportation and mass transit, 1971-1974
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Box
15
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Transportation studies, 1970
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Box
15
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8
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Unemployment, 1975
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Box
15
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Veterans' bonuses, opposition to, 1951-1962
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Box
15
Folder
10
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Welfare and welfare rights, 1974-1975
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