50th ANNIVERSARY CAMPAIGN FILES,, 1967-1971.

Summary:State President's files documenting the campaign to raise eleven million dollars in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the League of Women Voters of the United States. The campaign was held on the national, regional, state and local levels. The campaign attempted to raise 5 million from the membership and the remainder from corporations, foundations and private individuals. Document types include newsletters, correspondence, press releases, financial documents, reports and lists.

Correspondents include the National Campaign Committee Chairman, State Campaign Committee Chairman, Metropolitan Campaign Committee Chairman (New Jersey was part of the New York metropolitan regional for fundraising purposes), and local campaign committee chairmen, as well as the national president and local league presidents. Some correspondence concerns attempts to coordinate solicitation of corporations (stop lists). This series also includes copies of correspondence sent out by the state president and copies of correspondence at the national level which referred to New Jersey.

The documents reveal that both the New Jersey state and local leagues had difficulty raising the required amount of funds. The state and local league presidents felt unfairly pressured to raise money and questioned if the money raised would benefit the League on the state and local, as opposed to the national level.