Irma Hotchkiss Karmol papers

The papers of Irma Hotchkiss Karmol document her activities as a member of the Ohio General Assembly from her election in November 1974 until her death in April 1979.

Most of the correspondence is between Representative Karmol and her constituents and pertains to her stand or constituents' opinions on legislative matters or special requests for assistance from constituents.

The campaign files and television commercial video tape are primarily from her 1978 re-election campaign and include such material as her appearances, ads, issues, her voting and attendance records, and polls.

The legislation covers the budget, energy and conservation, education, and other issues in which Ms. Karmol was most interested. Some of the legislation introduced by Irma Karmol was finalized through the efforts of her son and dates as late as 1981. Representative Karmol's newspaper columns, news releases, and speeches are particularly helpful in determining important issues in Ohio from 1977 to 1979, areas of special interest to Karmol and her stand on issues.

The legislative subject files include a variety of topics, primarily in the areas of education, energy, health care, state government agencies, and welfare. The files on the University of Toledo's Center for Women and Women Involved in Toledo, Inc., indicate Ms. Karmol's involvement in women's issues outside, as well as in, the legislative arena.

The news clippings date from 1973 to 1979 and cover Representative Karmol's legislative and political activities in that period and also that of her election opponents.

Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence with constituents, letters of recommendation, general correspondence on legislative and political matters, and requests for copies of bills.

CAMPAIGN FILES; 1976-1978; arranged alphabetically, then reverse chronologically. Includes campaign ads and brochure ideas, appearances, material on issues, polls, lists of polling place workers, press clippings and statements, and Karmol's tabulated voting and attendance records.

LEGISLATION; 1975-1981; arranged alphabetically, then reverse chronologically. Includes bills in various stages of the legislative process, correspondence, memos, resolutions, personal notes, publications, newsletters, clippings and press releases, statistics, polls, and statutes.

NEWSPAPER COLUMNS AND PRESS RELEASES; 1977-April 1979; arranged reverse chronologically. Contains originals and copies of weekly newspaper columns written by Karmol and published in 1977 and 1978 and press releases from January through April 1979 pertaining to bills Irma Karmol introduced and explaining her stands on other legislative issues.

SPEECHES AND SPEECH MATERIAL; 1977-1979; arranged reverse chronologically. Includes speeches Representative Karmol delivered and material collected as resources for future speeches.

LEGISLATIVE ISSUES FILES; 1975-1979; arranged alphabetically, then reverse chronologically. Includes correspondence, memos, notes, newsletters, news clippings, editorials, publications, legislation, reports, and statistics.

WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS; 1977-1979; arranged alphabetically, then reverse chronologically. Includes minutes, correspondence, newsletters, programs, policy statements, grant proposals, and budgets.

Includes news clippings regarding Karmol's legislative and political activities primarily from northwest Ohio newspapers, magazines, and newsletters.

Includes one video tape containing television commercials made by Karmol and WTOL-TV for the re-election campaign of 1978.