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Title: National League of American Pen Women Incorporated
Dates: 1927, 1935-1964
Collection Number: 10065
Quantity: 2.25 feet
Abstract: Contains biographies,  correspondence, scrapbooks,  publications, and newspaper clippings regarding the Bismarck Branch, Medora Branch, Williston and Fargo. 
    
      Provenance: Part of the National League of  American Pen Women Records was donated to the State Historical Society by Edna  L Moore Waldo in 1939, some came from the ND State Library, and for the  remainder the donor is unknown.
      
      Property  Rights: The State  Historical Society of North Dakota owns the property rights to this collection.
      
      Copyrights: Copyrights  to this collection remain with the donor, publisher, author, or author's  heirs.  Researchers should consult the 1976 Copyright Act, Public Law  94-553, Title 17, U.S. Code or an archivist at this repository if  clarification of copyright requirements are needed.
      
      Access: This collection  is open under the rules and regulations of the State Historical Society of  North Dakota.
      
      Citation: Researchers are  requested to cite the collection title, collection number, and the State Historical  Society of North Dakota in all footnote and bibliographic references.
      
      Related collections: 10597 National  League of American Pen Women, 1935-1986, 2 ft.
      
      BOX / FOLDER INVENTORY
Box 1:
    1 Correspondence 1949-1951 
    2 Correspondence 1950-1952 
    3 Misc. Material, photos of some members 
    4 Pen Grams  1937-1943 
    5 Printed Material – publications of members 
    6 Book – Projects Relating to North Dakota  Artists and  Authors (3 copies) 1951 
    7 Biographies of members1938-1939 
Box 2:
    1 Edna La Moore biography 1964
    2 Biographies of members
    3 Correspondence
    4 Correspondence Fargo 1949
    
    Box 3:
    Scrapbooks
    1 Biographies of members, Bismarck Branch 
    2 Correspondence, Medora Branch 1948-1950 
    3 Newspaper Clippings 1927,  1935-1938
    4 Newspaper clippings1936-1942
    5 Newspaper clippings Bismarck Branch 1942-1943   
    6 Press Book v. 1 Fargo 1948-1950; 
   Medora 1949-1950
    7 Press Book v. 2 Fargo 1950-1952; 
   Medora1950-1952; 
 Williston 1950-1952
    8 Newspaper clippings Medora Branch 1949
    10 Newspaper clippings 1950
    11 Newspaper clippings 1951-1953
    12 Newspaper clippings 1952-1953
    13 Newspaper clippings Medora Branch 1952-1954
Vol. 9 is oversize: Newspaper clippings 1949-1950
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