PRESIDENT'S FILES,, 1920-1986.

Summary: Correspondence of the State President and related materials. Document types include correspondence; newspaper clippings, articles and other printed material referring to the League; reports and correspondence of the Executive Secretary, who also served as secretary to the president; reports, minutes and financial documents from the New Jersey Council for World Organization (1945-1948), a coalition of organizations which supported the United Nations, European relief, aid for refugees, and expanded international trade (of which the league was a constituent member); speeches made by the President; and reports on New Jersey local leagues from a national consultant which were sent to the State President (1922).

Of particular interest is a file of attacks on the League (1944-1956), which includes correspondence criticizing the League, copies of articles from newspapers and magazines, and correspondence among board members discussing how to respond to these attacks. This file also includes discussion of how to respond to two African-American women who asked to join the Trenton League in 1944.