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This collection of papers originated from the career and personal life of Donald Nuechterlein (1925-2022), who was originally from Saginaw, Michigan, served in World War II and became an American diplomat and a professor of International Relations. He was a University of Virginia adjunct professor, and international foreign relations analyst from the 1960's to the 1990's. He lived in Charlottesville and wrote a regular political opinion column in the local paper, The Daily Progress. He frequently wrote for other Virginia newspapers and was the author of a dozen books on the United States and world politics. Even though he retired in the 1990's, he was still writing until his death at age 97.

This collection comprises records of the League of Women Voters of Fluvanna County, Virginia, and documents the organization's work to protect and expand voting rights. The records include meeting minutes, dues and expense ledgers, newsletters, guidebooks for voting rights, meeting minutes and reports, photographs, buttons, and nametags. A list of members and an official request for League recognition that includes bylaws is also present. The League of Women Voters Fluvanna Chapter (VA-128) was established in 1999 and later merged in 2012 with the League of Women Voters of Charlottesville-Albermarle County (VA-100) under the name League of Women Voters of Charlottesville Area (VA-100). Included in the collection is the documentation of the merger.

The Randy Pendleton papers (1967-2000; 0.04 cubic feet) documents Pendleton's work as a journalist. The collection contains three pieces of ephemera: a Klan business card handed to Pendleton, who was in Birmingham at a Klan convention as a representative of UPI, 1967 or 1968; a press releases handed out at the announcement of Norman Mailer's candidacy for Mayor of New York City dated May 1, 1969 with hand-edits by Pendleton based on Mailer's speech; a "Sore Loserman" sign handed out outside the Florida Supreme Court during the 2000 vote recount.

RG 23/100, Student Organizations/ Miscellaneous, includes a new addition (RG-23/100/1.114) which is a pamphlet titled "Bigot on the Board?: What Bert Ellis' appointment means for you."