ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Title League of Women Voters of the Town of Oyster Bay (New York) Collection
Collection Number SC 322
OCLC Number In-process
Creator League of Women Voters of the Town of Oyster Bay (New York) Various
Provenance Acquired from the League of Women Voters of Nassau County in December 1991.
Extent, Scope, and Content Note The collection consists of five cubic ft. of correspondence, meeting minutes, reports,
and published materials created by the League of Women Voters, Town of Oyster Bay (New
York) chapter of the national bipartisan political organization. This chapter of the
league was organized in 1960 and disbanded in 1985.
Arrangement and Processing Note Organization: arranged in the order the papers were received. Processed by Special Collections in January 2007. Finding aid updated in April 2020 by Kristen J. Nyitray.
Language English
Restrictions on Access The collection is open to researchers without restriction.
Rights and Permissions Stony Brook University Libraries' consent to access as the physical owner of the collection
does not address copyright issues that may affect publication rights. It is the sole
responsibility of the user of Special Collections and University Archives materials
to investigate the copyright status of any given work and to seek and obtain permission
where needed prior to publication.
Citation [Item], [Box],League of Women Voters of the Town of Oyster Bay (New York) Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Stony Brook University Libraries.
Subjects Women -- New York (State) -- Oyster Bay. Women -- Political activity -- New York (State) -- Oyster Bay. Long Island (N.Y.) -- Politics and government. Oyster Bay (N.Y. : Town) -- Societies, etc. Politics and government Societies. Women. Women -- Political activity. New York (State) -- Long Island. New York (State) -- Oyster Bay (Town).
Historical Note The New York State Board of the League of Women Voters of New York voted provisional
league status to the pre-provisional league of Oyster Bay in June 1959. Full league
status was granted by the national board in 1960. This collection was acquired from
this chapter's league office in the home of Laura Berensen, the retiring secretary.
Berensen was a former member and officer of the chapter and stated it disbanded during
its twenty-fifth anniversary in 1985.
INVENTORY
Box 1 League of Women Voters, Town of Oyster Bay (2f) League of Women Voters, Town of Oyster Bay: membership list (1976) League of Women Voters, Town of Oyster Bay: board list (1970) League of Women Voters, Town of Oyster Bay: orientation League of Women Voters, Town of Oyster Bay: human resources League of Women Voters, Town of Oyster Bay: area business League of Women Voters, Town of Oyster Bay: meetings League of Women Voters, Town of Oyster Bay: annual dinner meeting
Box 2 League of Women Voters, Town of Oyster Bay: board meetings and agenda (3f) League of Women Voters, Town of Oyster Bay: evaluation of meetings League of Women Voters, Town of Oyster Bay: correspondence (3f)
Box 3 League of Women Voters, Town of Oyster Bay: congress workshop (2f) League of Women Voters, Town of Oyster Bay: legislature (Nassau County) League of Women Voters, Town of Oyster Bay: campaigns standards League of Women Voters, Town of Oyster Bay: candidates meetings League of Women Voters, Town of Oyster Bay: poll watching League of Women Voters, Town of Oyster Bay: election system projects League of Women Voters, Town of Oyster Bay: primary election
Box 4 League of Women Voters, Nassau County: judicial (2f) League of Women Voters, Town of Oyster Bay: files Filling information: local files League of Women Voters, Town of Oyster Bay: forms League of Women Voters, Nassau County: revenue sharing League of Women Voters, Town of Oyster Bay: budget League of Women Voters, Town of Oyster Bay: financing league League of Women Voters, Town of Oyster Bay: finance League of Women Voters, Town of Oyster Bay: finance ideas League of Women Voters, Town of Oyster Bay: finance letters League of Women Voters, United States
Box 5 League of Women Voters, United States: apportionment and redistricting (2f) League of Women Voters, United States: memorandum League of Women Voters, United States: Report from the Hill League of Women Voters, United States: National Board Report League of Women Voters, United States: bylaws League of Women Voters, United States: electoral college League of Women Voters, United States: Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) League of Women Voters, United States: ERA: Women and the Law League of Women Voters, United States: education fund League of Women Voters, United States: community guide
Box 6 League of Women Voters, New York: state board report League of Women Voters,New York: finance League of Women Voters,New York: election law League of Women Voters,New York: candidates meetings League of Women Voters,New York: practical Politics League of Women Voters,New York: How to be a Good President New York State Constitution: making procedures New York State: study of the New York state constitution League of Women Voters,New York: constitutional convention
Box 7 New York State: constitutional convention New York State: judicial Legislature study State legislature Practical politics: program state, 1960s New York State: property tax New York State program: election law New York State: voting records
Box 8 National voting records New York State: CDA campaign Voter’s Service: November election Voter’s Service: moderating Voter’s Service: speakers notes Voter’s Service: past Ideas Voter’s Service: guides Voter’s Service: They Represent You
Box 9 Voter’s Service: Facts for Voter Voter’s Service (1961 - 1964) Voter’s Service (1967 - 1972) Voter’s Service (1973 - 1979) News election service National program: Federalist Papers National program: program planning National program: national bylaws National program: foreign policy
Box 10 National program: labor costs and international trade National program: education fund National program: natural resources National program: solid waste National program: energy National program: human resources National program: miscellaneous Local program: council districts Local program: education Local program: recreation Local program: natural resources
Box 11 Local program: Know Your Town Program (5f)
Box 12 League of Women Voters, Town of Oyster Bay: board study League of Women Voters, Town of Oyster Bay: special districts League of Women Voters, Town of Oyster Bay: special districts study, 1963 League of Women Voters, Town of Oyster Bay: town law study League of Women Voters, Town of Oyster Bay: finance study League of Women Voters, Town of Oyster Bay: budget League of Women Voters, Town of Oyster Bay: revenue sharing, Oyster Bay (2f)
Box 13 League of Women Voters, Town of Oyster Bay: transportation League of Women Voters, Town of Oyster Bay: history Local housing Planning and zoning Education Study on education Foundation for Citizen Education Transportation Treasurer
Box 14 Land use Natural resources Human resources Energy Budget County legislature Insurance International relations
Box 15 International Relations Publications: A Guidebook to the Hamlet of Oyster Bay Publications: The TOBAY Voter (2f) Publications: Education Publications: Oyster Bay Focus Publications: Know Your Town Publications: Budget
Box 16 Publications: Voter’s Guide (3f)
Box 17 Publications Newspaper clippings Pictures Declarations Map (Master Plan Oyster Bay)
Box 18 Guest Book Slides Tapes
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