Women's State Legislative Council of Utah records, 1926-2013

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Women's State Legislative Council of Utah
Title
Women's State Legislative Council of Utah records
Dates
1926-2013 (inclusive)
Quantity
15.25 linear feet, (29 boxes)
Collection Number
MS 0228
Summary
The Women's State Legislative Council of Utah records (1926-2013) include minute books, rosters, reports, resolutions, membership information, histories, scrapbooks, news clippings, and correspondence, among other materials, concerning this Utah women's organization.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

In 1920, Jeanette A. Hyde organized the Women's Legislative Comittee of Utah and acted as chair for five years. In 1925, Mrs. James J. Wolfe assumed the leadership. The organization drew up and adopted a constitution and by-laws in 1926 and changed the name to Women's Legislative Assembly of Utah. Three years later the name was changed again; this time to the Women's Legislative Council of Utah. The organization was incorporated in 1942 as the Women's State Legislative Council of Utah. The council formed several committees to study the areas of education, health, taxation, judiciary, and welfare. Members must join one of the five study committees. The first year of the biennium is a study year. The second year the committees sift through legislation pending before the state legislature. They propose resolutions in support or opposition of certain legislation. The organization is non-partisan and the constitution states that the purpose of the council is to "investigate and study subjects of state and national interest for the purpose of influencing and bringing to fruition beneficial legislation for the state of Utah."

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Women's State Legislative Council of Utah records (1926-2013) include minute books, rosters, reports, resolutions, membership information, histories, scrapbooks, news clippings, and correspondence, among other materials, concerning this Utah women's organization.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Boxes 1-14 were donated in 1973-1987.

Boxes 15-20 were donated in 1987 and 1989.

Box 21 was donated in 1991-1992.

Box 22 was donated in 1995.

Boxes 23-24 were donated in 1996.

Box 25 was donated in 1997-1998.

Box 26 was donated in 1999.

Boxes 27-29 were donated in 2013.

Processing Note

Processed by Patricia Smith, Lisa Townsend, and others in 1988-1999.

Addendum processed by Betsey Welland in 2018.

Click here to read a statement on harmful language in library records.

Separated Materials

See also the Women's State Legislative Council Of Utah photograph collection (P0348) in the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.

Related Materials

Forms part of the Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archives.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Meeting minutesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
1
Minutes
1926-1951
2
Minutes
1951-1965
3
Minutes
1965-1973
Folder
4 1-4
Executive Board meeting minutes
1974-1977
4 5-13
General session meeting minutes
1968-1977
4 14
Appointment Committee meeting minutes
1967

Organizational materialsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
5 1-4
Resolutions
1961-1977
5 5-8
Reports
1967-1971
5 9-28
News bulletins
1957-1978
6 1
Rosters
1947-1973
6 2-5
Member lists
1965-1977
6 6-21
Delegate forms
1969-1975
Volume
7 1
Histories
Historical sketches and minutes.
1933-1959
Folder
7 1-2
Histories
1920-1969
7 3
Articles of incorporation
1973
7 4
Installation programs
1961-1973
7 5
Edward O. Moe, speech
1969
7 6
National Council on State Legislation
Agenda, minutes, bulletins, newsletters, and other papers.
1947-1956
7 7
Legislative issues
1969-1970
7 8
Utah Taxpayer
1932
7 9
"How to Make Delinquents"
1958
7 10
Sears Candidate Guide Book
1970
8
Scrapbooks
1929-1963
9
Scrapbooks
1960-1973
oversize-box
10
Scrapbooks
1961-1967
11
Scrapbook
1969-1973
12
Scrapbook
1973-1975
Box
13
Scrapbook
1977-1979
Folder
14 1
By-laws
1979
14 2
News clippings
1982-1983
14 3
Helen Ure, resolution
1984
14 4
Administrative meetings
1973-1982
14 5
Correspondence
1967-1983
14 6
Education Committee
1981-1983
14 7-11
Resolutions
1972-1981
14 12-16
News bulletins
1980-1985
14 17-18
Miscellaneous

Council RecordsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
15 1-3
Correspondence and minutes
1949-1967
15 4
Memberships, news clippings and correspondence
1963-1972
15 5-7
Correspondence, policies, guides and lists
1981-1983
15 8
Policies and job descriptions
1981-1983
15 9
Articles of incorporation, correspondence, and tax information
16 1-2
News bulletins
1979-1985
16 3-4
Correspondence and news clippings
1981-1984
16 5
Forms, workshop materials and resolutions
1982-1985
16 6-8
Scrapbook materials
1983-1985
Volume
16 1
"Correspondence in Regard to Responses Received from Other States"
1981-1983
17
Minutes, bulletins and reports
1980-1983
Folder
18 1
Annual committee reports
1966-1967
18 2
Reports
1979-1981
18 3
Biennial reports
1981-1983
18 4
Financial and treasurer's reports
1983-1985
18 5-6
Biennial reports
1983-1985
18 7
Minutes
1979-1981
18 8-13
Board agendas, minutes and treasurer's reports
1981-1983
18 14-15
General meeting minutes and agendas
1981-1983
18 16
Agendas for Executive Board meetings
1983-1985
18 17
Minutes of Executive Board meetings
1983-1985
19 1
Newspaper clippings
19 2
Resolutions
19 3
Committee member appointments
19 4
Financial reports
19 5-6
Executive Board agenda and minutes
19 7-8
General Council Agenda and Minutes
19 9
Handbook and by-laws committee agenda and minutes
19 10-14
Correspondence
19 15
By-Laws and history
19 16
News bulletins
20 1
Installation banquet
1985; 1987
20 2-3
Special honors, talks with Governor Bangerter
20 4
Orientation--parliamentary and lobbying workshops
20 5
Yearbook, membership card, lists and rules
20 6
Board Christmas party
20 7
Nominating Committee
20 8
Board farewell party
20 9
Reports--Officers and Affiliate Council
20 10
Press releases
20 11
Utah released booklets
20 12
Newsletters
1987-1989
21 1
News bulletins
1989-1991
21 2
Agendas
1989-1991
21 3
General Council minutes
1990
21 4
Executive Board minutes
1989-1991
21 5
Financial material
1989-1991
21 6
Rosters and directories
1987; 1991
21 7
Job descriptions
1989-1991
21 8
News clippings
1989-1991
21 9
Correspondence
1987-1991
21 10
Governor's Commission-Status of Women
1990
21 11
Committee reports
1989-1991
21 12
Forms
1989-1991
21 13
Proposals and resolutions
1989-1991
21 14
Miscellaneous
1989-1991
21 15
News bulletins
1990-1993
21 16
Bulletins, minutes, correpondence and resolutions
1991-1994
21A 1-7
Biennium documents
1985-1987
21A 8
News bulletins
1990
22
Biennium Materials
The materials include agendas, minutes, bulletins, reports and correspondence of the Executive Committee, Board, and General Council.
1991-1993
23
Biennium Materials
1991-1995
24
Biennium Materials
1993-1996
Folder
25 1
Bulletins
1995-1997
25 2
Resolutions
1995-1997
25 3
General session
1995-1997
25 4
Financial report
1995-1997
25 5
Executive Board
1995-1997
25 6
Executive Committee
1995-1997
25 7
Final reports
1995-1997
25 8
Odds and ends
1995-1997
25 9
Helen Browning Ure scrapbook
1985
26
Scrapbook
1997-1999
Folder
27 1
Bylaws, amendments
1995
27 2
Brochures
1995-1996
27 3
Discussion materials and articles
1994
27 4
Fliers and mailers
1995-1997
27 5
House of Representatives and Utah Senate, bills
1992
27 6
League of Women Voters, meeting materials
1995-1997
27 7
League of Women Voters, programs, discussion materials, and general information
1991-1996
27 8
League of Women Voters of Salt Lake, Salt Lake Voter and The Voter
1994-1996
27 9
National Voter
1995-1997
27 10
Notes
27 11
"Report Her"
1993
27 12
Voter's Guide
1994
27 13
Women's State Legislative Council of Utah financial records
1991
27 14
Women's State Legislative Council (WSLC), news bulletins and meeting materials
1990-1996
27 15
Scrapbook
1999-2001
28
Scrapbooks
2003-2010
Folder
29 1
Meeting minutes, reports, agendas and other materials
2010-2011
29 2-4
Scrapbooks
2011-2013

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Citizens' advisory committees--Utah--Records and correspondence
  • Political planning--Utah--Citizen participation
  • Women political activists--Utah--Records and correspondence
  • Women--Political activity--Utah--Societies and clubs--Records and correspondence

Corporate Names

  • Women's State Legislative Council of Utah--Records and correspondence

Form or Genre Terms

  • Administrative decisions
  • Annual reports
  • Business correspondence
  • By-laws
  • Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
  • Financial records
  • Legislative materials
  • Membership lists
  • Minutes (Records)
  • Newsletters
  • Records (Documents)
  • Scrapbooks