Preferred Citation

MSS 16811, Women League of Voters of Fluvanna County, renamed Women League Voters of Charlottesville,Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was a gift from Frances Shultz to the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library on 14 January 2023.

Content Description

This collection comprises records of the League of Women Voters of Fluvanna County, Virginia, and documents the organization's work to protect and expand voting rights. The records include meeting minutes, dues and expense ledgers, newsletters, guidebooks for voting rights, meeting minutes and reports, photographs, buttons, and nametags. A list of members and an official request for League recognition that includes bylaws is also present. The League of Women Voters Fluvanna Chapter (VA-128) was established in 1999 and later merged in 2012 with the League of Women Voters of Charlottesville-Albermarle County (VA-100) under the name League of Women Voters of Charlottesville Area (VA-100). Included in the collection is the documentation of the merger.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into 3 series. Series 1. Meeting minutes, water study, and history; Series 2. Budget; Series 3. Correspondence, newsletters, membership lists, and voting. 2 files were added to this collection from addition 1 (ViU-2023-0032). There are more additions to be processed.

Related Material

This collection is related to MSS 5432-a League of Women Voters of Albemarle; MSS 2860 League of Women Voters of Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Fluvanna County (Va.)
• Politics and government
• United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009
• Women -- United States
• Women --Societies and Clubs
• Women political activists
• Women's rights -- United States