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Fund for the Republic Records, 1928-1964 (inclusive) 1952-1961 (bulk)

Extent:
210 boxes and 2 items
Abstract:
The Records of the Fund for the Republic document the activities of the Fund for the Republic, Inc. and its defense of civil rights and civil liberties from 1952 through 1961. The records provide an invaluable look at the Fund's struggle to uphold the basic principles of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights during the years of McCarthyism and its aftermath.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

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Freedom House Records, 1933-2017 (inclusive)

Extent:
196 boxes, 1 folder, and 6 items
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The Freedom House Records document the organization's activities in advocating freedom and democracy throughout the world. The records provide an invaluable insight into an organization that evolved from an answer to Hitler's Braunhaus to a diligent monitor of freedom worldwide.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

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American Civil Liberties Union Records: Subgroup 2, Legal Case Files Series, 1947-1995 (inclusive)

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699 boxes
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The American Civil Liberties Union Records document the activities of the Union in protecting individual rights from 1920 through 1995. The files contain materials on freedom of speech, expression, and association; due process of law; equality before the law; legal case files; and organizational records. Within these categories files reflect subject areas such as academic freedom, censorship, racial discrimination, aliens' rights, privacy concerns, labor concerns, amnesty, and government loyalty and security. The files reflect work on litigation, advocacy and public policy, and subject files on various areas of interest connected with civil liberties. Materials include correspondence, court documents, memoranda, printed matter, minutes, reports, briefs, and legal files. Also included are materials from ACLU affiliate organizations, and the Lawyers Constitutional Defense Committee. Subgroup 2, Series 4 has been digitized and is available for members of the Princeton community to view...(see more)

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

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American Civil Liberties Union Records: Subgroup 1, The Roger Baldwin Years, 1917-1950 (inclusive)

Extent:
22 boxes, 46 items, 5 reels, and 1928 volumes
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The American Civil Liberties Union Records, The Roger Baldwin years, document the activities of the ACLU from 1917 through 1950. The files contain materials on conscientious objection, freedom of speech, academic freedom, censorship, and labor concerns. The files reflect work on litigation, advocacy, and public policy. Materials include correspondence and newspaper clippings. Subgroup 1 has been digitized in its entirety and is available for members of the Princeton community to view here. To view the database from outside Princeton University, please see the Guide to the American Civil Liberties Union Records.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

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Roger Nash Baldwin Papers, 1885-1996 (inclusive) 1911-1981 (bulk)

Extent:
33 boxes
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The Roger Nash Baldwin Papers document the life and career of Roger Baldwin (1884-1981), a prominent and active American civil libertarian for almost all of his prodigiously long life. Baldwin is remembered first and foremost as a founder of the American Civil Liberties Union. Many of the papers in this collection document his involvement with the conscientious objection movement that served as the forerunner to the ACLU and with the Union itself. He served as both its executive director from its foundation in 1920 to his retirement in 1950 and as an advisor from that date until his death in 1981. However, Baldwin cast his net much wider than just the ACLU. During the 1920s and 1930s, he was involved with various left-wing political organizations, including the Industrial Workers of the World. Following the end of World War II, he served as an advisor to the U.S. Army and the United Nations in Germany, Austria, Japan, and Korea, guiding the establishment of democracy in those...(see more)

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

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American Civil Liberties Union Records: Subgroup 2, Printed Materials Series, 1947-1995 (inclusive)

Extent:
157 boxes
Abstract:
The American Civil Liberties Union Records document the activities of the Union in protecting individual rights from 1920 through 1995. The files contain materials on freedom of speech, expression, and association; due process of law; equality before the law; legal case files; and organizational records. Within these categories files reflect subject areas such as academic freedom, censorship, racial discrimination, aliens' rights, privacy concerns, labor concerns, amnesty, and government loyalty and security. The files reflect work on litigation, advocacy and public policy, and subject files on various areas of interest connected with civil liberties. Materials include correspondence, court documents, memoranda, printed matter, minutes, reports, briefs, and legal files. Also included are materials from ACLU affiliate organizations, and the Lawyers Constitutional Defense Committee.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

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Paul D. Tillett, Jr. Papers, 1952-1979 (inclusive)

Extent:
4 boxes
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The Paul D. Tillett, Jr. Papers contain research material Tillett compiled for his study entitled, "Social Costs of the Loyalty Program." The never-published research contended that the loyalty-security programs of the federal government profoundly affected political and social institutions within the United States. In particular, Tillett asserted that the government initiated and executed the loyalty-security programs without regard for the long-term effects on individuals and institutions.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

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Edward S. Corwin Papers, circa 1860-1961 (inclusive) 1920-1958 (bulk)

Extent:
24 boxes
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This collection contains correspondence, speeches, lecture notes, writings, and photographs of Edward S. Corwin, a noted constitutional scholar who taught at Princeton University for much of his academic career. Nationally-known and widely published, Corwin consulted with many other academics as well as politicians involved with constitutional issues, most notably when he publicly supported Franklin D. Roosevelt's Supreme Court reorganization ("court packing") plan.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

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American Civil Liberties Union Records: Subgroup 4, 1920-2015 (inclusive) 1970-2000 (bulk)

Extent:
1068 boxes and 4 items
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The ACLU is the preeminent civil liberties organization in the United States. These records document the work of their national office in the areas of civil rights, children and women's rights, freedom of speech (and all First Amendment questions), and due process, among many others, predominantly from 1970 to 2000.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

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Miriam Y. Holden Collection, 1930-1969 (bulk) 1676-1993 (inclusive)

Extent:
104 boxes and 45.0 linear feet
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The Miriam Holden Collection consists of books, periodicals, manuscripts, clippings, photographs, cartoons, letters, and other materials about women and their achievements collected by Holden.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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