Subject: Civil rights -- United States / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1950">1950</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1999">1999</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

American Civil Liberties Union Records: Subgroup 3, Subject Files Series, 1969-1996 (inclusive)

Extent:: 28 boxes
Abstract:: The Subject Files series contains articles, reports, court documents, and other materials collected by the ACLU during the course of their work. The main subjects are drugs, homelessness, and Supreme Court nominations, especially of Robert Bork.

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

Jeffrey E. Fuller Papers, 1941-1970 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 boxes
Abstract:: Jeffrey Fuller (1917-1970) worked for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) from 1948 to 1966 and also served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Fuller's papers document his service in the U.S. military and his work for the ACLU and include his personal and professional correspondence, memoranda, and diaries.

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

Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute Collected Records, 1992- (bulk)

Extent:: 0.08 linear ft. (1 folder.)
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Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

David Kairys Papers, 1960-2011 (inclusive) 1962-2009 (bulk)

Extent:: 95 cubic feet
Abstract:: David Kairys is a noted civil rights lawyer and a professor of law at Temple University School of Law who received his Master of Laws from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1971. The David Kairys Papers document the professional and legal career of civil rights attorney, author, and law professor David Kairys. The collection has been organized into four series: Professional, Legal Cases, Works By, and Personal.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center [Contact Us]

Physicians Forum collection, 1939-1998 (inclusive)

Extent:: 64 boxes
Abstract:: Administrative records, correspondence, and publications documenting the activities and policy concerns of the Physicians Forum, an organization of progressive doctors founded by Ernst P. Boas in New York City. Its advocacy on the national level encompassed numerous health issues, with particular focus on health insurance, discrimination in medicine, and resistance to McCarthyism.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

Ruth Bleier papers, 1945-1987 (inclusive) 1950-1987 (bulk)

Extent:: 1.2 linear feet (3 boxes)
Abstract:: Ruth Bleier (1923–1988) was a neurophysiologist and also one of the first feminist scholars to explore how gender biases have shaped biology. This collection, including personal and professional letters; newspaper clippings; newsletters; professional writings; and reference materials, documents Bleier's academic and activist activities.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

American Civil Liberties Union Records: Subgroup 3, Regional Offices Files Series, 1894-2005 (inclusive) 1970-1990 (bulk)

Extent:: 959 boxes
Abstract:: The Regional Offices series documents the work and administration of the ACLU's three regional offices: Mountain States Regional Office, concerned with civil rights in the west and Native American rights, the Southern Regional Office, focusing on civil rights in the south, and the Washington, D.C. office, which concentrates on national legislation and the actions of the federal government. The files include correspondence, case files, office publications, research files, and the papers of individual staff members. Subgroup 3, Subseries 5B (Southern Regional Office) has been digitized 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]

American Civil Liberties Union Records: Subgroup 3, Project Files Series, 1877-2000 (inclusive) 1970-1995 (bulk)

Extent:: 571 boxes and 2 items
Abstract:: The Project Files series contains the records of twelve of the ACLU's projects, which each addressed an area of civil liberties violations. Project records typically consist of case files, research files, and project publicity and correspondence. The best documented projects are the Children's Rights Project and Women's Rights Project, and to a lesser extent the Arts Censorship Project, Capital Punishment Project, and Reproductive Freedom Project.

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

Friends Committee on National Legislation Records, 1943- (inclusive)

Extent:: 200 linear ft. (200 linear feet.)
Abstract:: A Quaker lobbying group established in 1943 to bring conscience and spiritual values to the political process in Washington; it grew out of the work of the Friends War Problems Committee in 1940.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

National Civil Liberties Clearing House Collected Records, 1953-1960 (bulk)

Extent:: 3 folders (3 folders.)
Abstract:: Includes printed correspondence, financial records, minutes of meetings, reports of conferences, flyers, brochures, reports, publications of affiliated groups.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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