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The Stamford Historical Society: Inventoried Collection
 IC013
Inventory of
the Papers of
The League of Women Voters of Stamford
Content, Box 33
Research requests may be sent to
history@stamfordhistory.org
Research Fees
1.
Champions Freedom of Information. 1976-1977
- A law acquires teeth. The Advocate. July 17, 1975.
- LWV again
questions legality of Board of Reps’ secret balloting.
The Advocate. April 16, 1976.
- High court
ruling cited in ‘right to know’ issue. The Advocate.
April 16, 1976.
- District Board open election on City appointments expected close. The Advocate.
May 3, 1976.
- Right to know ordinance tangled in procedural knots. The Advocate.
- Arthur Helms – Freedom
of information? November 24, 1976.
- Right to know. November 24, 1976.
- See a likely violation in secret sessions on charter. The Advocate.
- Update on government. Letting the Sunshine In: Freedom of Information and
Open Meetings. 1977 LWV Education Fund.
- Freedom of
Information Commission. Connecticut's Right to Know Law – An
Informal, Unofficial Summary.
- Freedom of Information Commission of the State of CT - Complaint by Wayne
L.Tyson vs. City of Stamford, 1977
- Letter from Marianne Pollak, President, LWV of Stamford to Mr. Frederick
E. Miller, Jr. President, 14 th Board of Representatives re the Board of
Reps should issue timely and accurate minutes of its meetings. July 13, 1977.
- Local Right
to Know Act Passed (Note), September 1975.
2. Coastal Area Management Conference
- Report on
meeting held November 1976.
- Minutes and
comments from same meeting.
3. “Should
Stamford Connecticut Consider Redistricting?”
- Letter from Margaret Nolan, President, Stamford LWV to Mr. Frederick E.
Miller, Jr., President, Stamford Board of Reps re the last time Stamford
redistricted was in 1965. January 14, 1976. Includes attachments of Population
Statistics by Voting District for 1965 and 1974.
- Should Stamford, CT consider Redistricting? 1976. Stamford LWV. 2 copies.
- Memo from Eileen to Margaret Nolan, Sandy Finder, Chris Schoen, Pobie Johnston
re having copies of redistricting information available for January 6 th
meeting.
- Letter from
Phyllis Connolly, President to Dear Member re as you know, Stamford’s
Planning Board is presently engaged in revising the city’s Master Plan.
January 1970.
4. Human Resources
- Stamford LWV
Convention – May 14, 1969. Employment Committee Program,
1969-1970.
- LWV Employment
Committee 1969-1970.
- Letter from Anthony Amico, Administrator, Federal and State Programs to
Mrs. Donald Berets re at the request of Dr. Ruth Linke, I am sending you
a brief description of some of our specially funded programs which provide
occupational training or work experience. December 16, 1968.
- Letter to Phyllis re I sent copies of the Vocational Education report to
the following people. Undated.
- Letter from Mrs. Donald Berets, LWV of Stamford to Harold Hoffman re these
are possible candidates for the Task Force on Vocational Education. June
14, 1970.
- Letter from Emerson S. Hunt, Manager, State of CT, Labor Dept to Mrs.
Donald J. Berets re there are 24 employees assigned to this office. June
10, 1970.
- Memo to Julie St. Onge for May issue of Bulletin.
- Memo from
Eileen Berets to Phyllis Connolly re Human Resources Annual Report – Employment.
- Letter from Thomas J. Dodd, U.S. Senate to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Sinauer
re this will acknowledge and thank you for your telegram which was also signed
by a number of your friends expressing your views on the nomination of Judge
G. Harrold Carswell to the Supreme Court. April 9, 1970.
- Letter from
Alfred Horowitz, Director, Research & Information, State
of CT, Labor Dept. to Mrs. Donald Berets, Committee on Employment, Stamford
LWV re the enclosed pamphlet, Guide to Apprenticeship should provide you
with the answers to your general questions concerning the apprenticeship
system. May 13, 1969.
- Letter from Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., Member of Congress to Mrs. Donald Berets,
Chairman, Employment Committee, Stamford LWV re thank you for your letter
supporting the Economic Opportunity Act of 1969. November 24, 1969.
- Letter from Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., Member of Congress to Mrs. Jerome Connolly
and Mrs. Donald Berets, President and Chairman of Employment Committee, League
of Women Voters re many thanks for your recent letter concerning my efforts
in behalf of the Stamford anti-poverty program. February 23, 1970.
- Letter from Arnold R. Weber, Assistant Secretary for Manpower to Mrs. Donald
Ber ets, Chairman, LWV of Stamford re thank you for your comments r egarding
the proposed changes in Job Corps. May 14, 1969.
- Letter from Lower P. Weicker, Jr., Member of Congress to Mrs. Donald Berets,
Chairman, Employment Committee, LWV of Stamford re thank you for your recent
letter expressing your views on Job Corps. May 7, 1969.
- Letter from Thomas J. Dodd to Mrs. Donald Berets, Chairman, Employment
Committee, LWV of Stamford re thank you for your communication concerning
the decision of the Nixon Administration to close 59 Job Corps centers across
the country. June 6, 1969.
- Letter from Abe Ribicoff to Mrs. Donald Berets, Chairman, Employment Committee,
LWV of Stamford re thank you for letting me know of your views regarding
the announced closing of the Job Corps Centers. May 8, 1969.
- Letter from
John T. Brown, Executive Director, Committee on Training & Employment,
Inc. to Mrs. Jerome Connolly & Mrs. Donald Berets, President & Chairman
of Employment Committee, LWV of Stamford re thank you for your recent letter
and your indication of the LWV willingness to continue to support us. February
9, 1970.
- Letter from Mrs. Donald Berets, Chairman, Employment Committee, LWV of
Stamford to Office of Reports, Ford Foundation re please send me 50 copies
of your pamphlet Public Education and Manpower Development. April 1, 1970.
- Letter from Mrs.. Jerome Connolly, President, to Mr. John Brown, Chairman,
Committee on Training and Employment re we wish to congratulate you on the
initiative you have displayed in discussing future directions of the CTE
with community leaders. February 3, 1970.
- Letter from it Northup, Chairman, Developing Human Resources, LWV of CT
to Mrs. D. Berets re thank you for the information you furnished about the
Wright Technical School. December 9, 1969.
- Letter from Frank N. Benevelli, Purchasing Agent, City of Stamford to Mrs.
Phillip Miller re we enclose a copy of our Equal Employment Opportunity Clause.
February 19, 1969.
- Letter from Mrs. Donald Berets to John McCutcheon re please add the attached
names to your mailing list.
- Inter office
mail – List
of Department Heads.
- To the committee on training and employment re thank you for discussing
future directions of the CTE with community leaders. February 6, 1970.
- Letter from Mrs. Donald Berets, Chairman, Employment Committee, Stamford
LWV to Lowell P. Weicker re we urge you to support the Economic Opportunity
Act of 1969. November 11, 1969.
- Letter from Edward J. Lapinski, Vocational Coordinator, Stamford Public
Schools, to Mr. Edward Pollack re I am enclosing a brief summary of some
of the more important vocational education programs. March 26, 1969.
- Letter from
Mrs. Donald Berets, Chairman, Employment Committee to Mrs. William Gordon
Jr., chairman, Education and Employment Committee, CT LWV re at last year’s
convention of the Stamford LWV it was decided that the Employment Committee
would focus its attention on vocational education. November 17, 1969.
- Letter from William Clynes, Consultant, Business and Office Education,
State of CT, to Mrs. Phillip Miller re thank you for your letter of December
19 concerning the evaluation at Wright Technical School. January 7, 1969.
- Letter from
Margarita Renteria, Office of Public Affairs to Mrs. Donald Berets, Chairman,
Employment Committee, Stamford LWV re your request has been received indicating
your interest in viewing our film “Even Chance.” September
18, 1969.
- Letter from Mrs. Donald Berets, Chairman, Employment committee, LWV of
Stamford to Mrs. Richard Miller, Chairman, Human Resources, LWV of the US
re the Stamford LWV responded to the Call to Action on the Job Corps. June
30, 1969.
- Letter from Mrs. Edward Pollack and Mrs. Donald Berets to Mrs. John Kerpchar,
Director, J.M. Wright Technical School re it was kind of you to spend a whole
morning with the Stamford LWV Employment Committee last week. October 29,
1969.
- Letter from Dorothy J. Sorter, Congressional Secretary, LWV of the US to
Mrs. Donald Berets, Chairman, Employment Committee, LWV of Stamford, re thank
you for sending in the copies of the letters from your Senators and Representatives
on the Job Corps closing. July 9, 1969.
- Letter from
Mrs. Donald Berets, Chairman, Employment Committee, LWV of Stamford to
Abraham Ribicoff re we urge you to express opposition to the closing of
59 Job Corps Centers. May 2, 1969. Clipping – Delay on
Job Corps Cut Asked by Senate Panel. New York Times. May 1, 1969 attached.
- Letter from Mrs. Donald Berets, Chairman, Employment Committee, LWV of
Stamford to Senator Florence D. Finney re in December this year you provided
me with the CT State Fair Employment Practices Law. May 14, 1969.
- Letter from Mrs. Donald Berets, Chairman, Employment Committee, LWV of
Stamford Mrs. William S. Gordon, Jr. re the testimony that you sent on to
us on 3 bills in the employment area were of considerable interest. May 14,
1969.
- Letter from Florence Finney to Mrs. Donald J. Berets re I am enclosing
a copy of the CT Fair Employment Practices Law. December 4, 1968.
- Letter from Carell Heisig, Office of Public Affairs to Mrs. Donald Berets,
LWV re the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was created by Title VII.
March 11, 1969.
- Letter from Mrs. Donald Berets, to Mr. Clifford Alexander, Jr., Chairman,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission re please send us and brochures outlining
constructive steps and programs to further equal employment opportunity.
March 5, 1968.
- Letter from Thomas J. Dodd, to Mrs. William A. Cauldwell, Co-Chairman,
Committee on the Development of Hu man Resources, LWV of Stamford re thank
you for your letter concerning your study on t he development of human resources.
May 22, 1967.
- Letter from
Mrs. William Cauldwell, Mrs. Herbert Sill, Co-Chairmen, Human Resources
Committee, League of Women Voters of Stamford to Dear Mr. Rep re the Board
of Reps will be asked to vote $36,000 to continue two of Stamford ’s
War on Poverty Programs.
- Letter from Abe Ribicoff to Mrs. Donald Berets re enclosed is a copy of
Civil Rights Act of 1968. December 17, 1968.
- Testimony
before Board of Reps and Board of Finance – April 6, 1967.
- Letter from Abraham Ribicoff to Mrs. William A. Cauldwell, LWV of Stamford
re report on the status of the Community Action program. May 29, 1967.
- LWV of US – Background
Information on Appropriation Requests for Employment and Education Programs
for Fiscal Year 1969. March 27, 1968.
- What’s
doing in the league regarding the employment committee. Spring 1968.
- Memo from Phyllis Connolly to All Human Resources Chairmen re Outlook for
work for the rest of the year. November 1968.
- LWV of the
US – Statement
of Human Resources Position. January 1969.
- Annual Report: Human Resources, Employment. February 1969.
Memo from Eileen Berets to Phyllis Connolly and Nancy Horowitz re CTE proposal
for working capital. March 25, 1969.
5.
League of Women Voters of Stamford, 1974-1975
- In The News
- Berets, Public Relations chairman – assorted newspaper
clippings.
6.
League of Women Voters of Stamford Annual
Convention programs
- Annual Convention
programs - 1975,
1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984.
7.
League of Women Voters of Stamford - “They
Represent You!!!”
- “They Represent You!!!” 1969,
1979-1985
8.
League of Women Voters of Stamford - Publications
- “This
is Stamford” 1959,
1965, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1980
- “Darien
Our Town” – 1978
- “Greenwich” – 1980
- “Know
Your Town - New Canaan” 1979
- “Wilton
Handbook” 1977
9. Connecticut Master Transportation Plan, 1973
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