Topical Files: Candidates' (for Local Offices) Forums, 1969

The records for the League of Women Voters of Elgin date from 1929-2001 and contain meeting minutes, monthly bulletins, annual reports, correspondence, topical files, state and national files, and scrapbooks. The collection contains a wide variety of information on League programs and projects during the 1960's. In particular, topical files describe the League's work in welfare, housing discrimination, equal opportunity, the development of human resources, the Kane County food stamp program, and the Illinois Constitutional Convention. The meeting minutes, which also contain annual reports, budgets, and correspondence, and the monthly bulletins further document the organization's programs. The collection contains two publications written and put out by the League on Elgin and Kane County government; Elgin on the Fox and Know Your County.