Guide to the Mervyn Anderson Collection Mervyn Anderson papers, 1956-1987

Guide to the Mervyn Anderson Collection

Mervyn Anderson papers, 1956-1987


COLLECTION SUMMARY
Repository:	University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kansas Collection 1450 Poplar Lane, Lawrence, KS 66045-7616 Phone: (785)864-4334 Fax: (785)864-5803 URL: http://spencer.lib.ku.edu Finding aid prepared by mh, 2007 Finding aid encoded by mh, 2007
Creator:	Anderson, Mervyn, 1899-1996
Title:	Mervyn Anderson papers
Dates:	1956-1987
Quantity:	.25 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:	These papers of Lawrence, Kansas resident Mervyn Anderson document her active involvement in various service organizations, including the League of Women Voters, Friends in Council of Lawrence, and the University Women's Club of the University of Kansas. Included are clippings and records of her presidency of the Lawrence League of Women Voters and her personal recollections of challenges faced in seeking League support during its early years.
Identification:	RH MS 1091
Language(s):	English

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Anderson, Mervyn, 1899-1996, Papers, Kansas Collection, RH MS 1091, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries

Acquisition Information

Gift, Claudia Anderson Lewey, 1996

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Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

No access restrictions

Restrictions on Use

Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.

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INDEX TERMS

Organizations:

Friends in Council (Lawrence, Kan.).

League of Women Voters (Lawrence, Kan.).

League of Women Voters of Kansas.

University Women's Club (University of Kansas).

Vietnam Summer (Organization).

Subjects:

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--Kansas--Lawrence.

Subjects:

Women--Kansas--Lawrence--Societies and clubs.

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Mervyn Anderson was born Nov. 16, 1899, in Creston, Iowa to Caleb Demuth and Daisy Vickers Agnew. She was married to Laurel Anderson from 1924 to 1972. They moved to Lawrence in 1927, where she studied and taught harp. She was a member of the League of Women Voters, serving as Kansas state president from 1957 to 1959 and as president of the Lawrence League of Women Voters from 1941-1943 and from 1956-1957. She was also a member of Lawrence's Friends in Council, Lawrence's Health Advisory Council, and the University Women's Club, helping to organize its volunteer program for the University's Watkins Memorial Hospital. She died on March 14, 1996 at Lawrence, survived by her son Whitfield Anderson and daughter Claudia Anderson Lewey.

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION


Box 1
1	Friends in Council anniversary programs, 1976-1987. (Lawrence news clippings, programs)
2	League of Women Voters of Kansas, 1957-1983.
		Typescript of Anderson's remarks at Washington Council meeting, May 1957.
		Clippings regarding Anderson's state presidency
		Report of the 1958 state convention and convention program
		Anderson's addresses to the 1958 and 1959 state conventions
		President's 1983 state convention address
3	League of Women Voters of Lawrence, Kansas, 1956-1985. (pledge card, news clippings, typescript of June 16, 1956 address to Girls State alumnae)
4	League of Women Voters of Lawrence, Kansas, Observer Program.
		Correspondence: Mervyn Anderson, Chairman of Observers, Lawrence League of Women Voters, with officers of the League of Women Voters of the U.S., Washington, D.C., 1961, and typescripts of the Observer program, 1961-62 and 1965-67.
5	League of Women Voters of Lawrence, Kansas anniversary celebrations, 1981-1985. (clippings, programs, typescripts of addresses)

		Includes handwritten address by Mervyn Anderson, June 20, 1985.
6	University Women's Club, Lawrence, Kansas, 1959, 1962, 1985. (news clippings)
		Subjects include the Club's Watkins Memorial Hospital volunteer program, 1962.
7	"Vietnam Summer" campaign, Lawrence, Kansas, 1967. (news clippings)
		Anderson shown, canvassing with volunteers for the American Friends Service Committee's opinion poll.

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