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Guide to the ACLU Lawrence Chapter Collection

ACLU Lawrence records, 1963-1974



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 jtf, 2006.
Finding aid encoded by jtf, 2007
Creator: American Civil Liberties Union. Lawrence Chapter.
Title: ACLU Lawrence records
Dates: 1963-1974
Quantity: 1.25 linear feet (2 boxes)
Abstract: The national American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) organization was founded in 1920 to protect individual rights guaranteed in the constitution. This collection contains files of the Lawrence (Kansas) chapter of the ACLU including correspondence, newsletters, case files and miscellaneous materials about the ACLU Lawrence branch.
Identification: RH MS 858
Language(s): English

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

ACLU Lawrence Chapter Collection, Kansas Collection, RH MS 858, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries

Acquisition Information

Gift, Floyd Horowitz, 1992

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Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

None

Restrictions on Use

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

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Box 1
1 The National Citizenship Test, 1965
2 Meeting minutes and stamps
3 Miscellaneous ACLU materials
4 Zimmer case- correspondence
5 Zimmer case- other
6 Jim Crow Justice: A series of articles reprinted from the Los Angeles Times, 1965
7 Memos, 1967
8 "Academic Freedom"
9 Letter to the New Republic and related correspondence
10 Correspondence with Homer Floyd
11 Report of the Freedom of Religion Committee of the Lawrence Chapter of the ACLU (3 copies)
12 Material from the national office regarding CATV
13 Material from the national office regarding Free Speech/Association Committee
14 Clippings and correspondence regarding Kansas film censorship
15 Kansas Civil Liberties Union blank letterheads
16 Censorship
17 The University of Kansas Bulletin of Education, February 1965
18 Academic Freedom and Civil Liberties of Students in College and Universities, November 1963
19 Kansas Collection brochure
20 Lawrence ACLU newsletter, July 1974
21 "Liberty's Unfinished Business"
22 ACLU Lawrence Newsletters
23 ACLU- General
24 Right wing report on ACLU
25 Labor
26 Publication List, February 1966
27 ACLU membership forms
28 Government Research Center
29 Right-wing groups
30 Letters on sit-in trial
31 Clippings
32 Free Speech
33 Kansas Affiliate- ACLU
34 Public Accommodation- ACLU
35 Membership, Lawrence chapter
36 Loyalty oaths
37 Reapportionment
38 Regarding ACLU Policy Guide
39 Miscellaneous- Aff.
40 ACLU Constitution and By-Laws
41 Religious Schools- State University
42 Bell Case
43 Correspondence- Chapter
44 Minutes- Treasurer reports
45 Chapter Roster and By-Laws, November 1965
46 Correspondence and materials regarding loyalty oath
47 "The Suspect Confesses- But Who Believes Him?," 1965
48 "What Do We Want From Our Policemen?," July 1965
49 Ordinance no. 3532
50 The Kansas Act Against Discrimination
51 Lee Sonneborn
52 The Death Penalty in Georgia
53 Official Solicitor's Kit: Lawyer's Constitutional Defense Committee of the American Civil Liberties Union
54 Obscenity and Censorship March 1963
55 Kansas Loyalty Oath
56 Report of the Committee on Psychiatry and the Law Concerning "The Act for Obtaining Psychiatric Care or Treatment," 1964
57 1966-Key Year for Civil Liberties leadership manual, 1966
58 Miscellaneous
59 Miscellaneous reports
60 General Guide to ACLU Litigation Procedures and Practices, May 1966
61 News Releases, Feature News Service, Civil Liberties, etc.
Box 2
1 Miscellaneous papers
2 Empty folders (originals)

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