LOCAL LEAGUE FILES I,, 1938-(1985)1988.

Summary:Documentation of relations between the state and local leagues. The records mostly consist of correspondence and supporting materials. Document types include applications for league recognition, inquiries, requests for speakers, recommendations to state and national leagues, annual, program, and treasurer's reports submitted to the state league, local league bulletins, announcements, voter fact sheets, member lists, newspaper clippings, local league constitutions and bylaws, meeting minutes, budgets, copies of various studies conducted by local leagues, and letters urging public officials to take particular actions. The series also includes internal memoranda at the state level concerning local leagues.

Of particular interest are the Willingboro League files which highlight tensions between the state and local leagues. These files also document the controversy over a man joining the League. Allegations of communism brought against the League by Walt Disney are documented in the Wayne file. Also of interest are: the health services guide published by the Gloucester County League (1976), a study of municipal planning published by the Plainfield League (1960), newspaper clippings and correspondence concerning charges of partisanship against the Hamilton League, and the Greater Red Bank League file, which documents a controversy over how the League chose its program.