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American Civil Liberties Union Records: Subgroup 2, Organizational Matters Series
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This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
Overview and metadata sections
The ACLU is the preeminent civil liberties organization in the United States. The ACLU describes itself as "our nation's guardian of liberty, working daily in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country." Since its inception in 1920, the ACLU has played a part in nearly every significant American social or political issue in the 20th century. This includes important work 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.
For a more detailed history of the ACLU, please see the history in the finding aid for the processed portion of the ACLU Records.
These Records document the activities of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in protecting individual rights between 1947 and 1995. The collection contains correspondence, clippings, court documents, memoranda, printed matter, minutes, reports, briefs, legal files, exhibit materials, and audio-visual materials. Also included are materials from ACLU affiliate organizations, the Lawyers Constitutional Defense Committee and national office legal department records (1945-1960).
Due to the exceptionally large volume within the ACLU Records, succinct series and subseries descriptions have been written, providing a basic outline of the records available. The researcher should always consult the folder list to ascertain if the records contain a topic of interest since not all subjects are mentioned in these brief descriptions.
The researcher should also be aware that many topics may be covered in more than one series or subseries. For instance, materials concerning freedom of the press are located in both the Mass Communications and Censorship subseries. Often the series descriptions note similar materials found in other parts of this collection. Due to limitations in processing time, not every file is in exact chronological or alphabetical order.
Historical sketch based on In Defense of American Liberties: A History of the ACLU by Samuel Walker. See also Samuel Walker's The American Civil Liberties Union: An Annotated Bibliography.
Public records of the ACLU from 1917 to 1989, have been microfilmed by the Microfilming Corporation of America (MCA) and University Microfilms International (UMI). These records include minutes of the board of directors, mailings to the board of directors, biennial conference papers, policy guides, the national legal docket, organization manuals, constitution and bylaws, legal briefs, and publications. The American Civil Liberties Union Records and Publications 1917-1975: A Guide to the Microfilm Edition and succeeding guides to these materials are available in the reference room, and the microfilm itself is located in the microforms reading room.
The bound volumes of ACLU records covering 1917 through 1946 (volumes 1-2762) have been microfilmed and researchers must use the microfilm in order to prevent further deterioration of the these fragile volumes. Researchers should consult the finding aid to the earlier ACLU records (1917-1946) for their description and arrangement.
This finding aid describes a portion of the American Civil Liberties Union Records held at the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library. For an overview of the entire collection, instructions on searching the collection and requesting materials, and other information, please see the Guide to the American Civil Liberties Union Records.
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
This collection was processed by Paula Jabloner in 1994-1996 with the assistance of Assistant Archivist for Technical Services Daniel Linke, Special Collections Assistants Amy Escott, Claire Johnston, Alison McCuaig, and Tom Rosko, and students Laurie Alexander, Christina Aragon, Laura Burt, Jue Chen, Clement Doyle, Joe Faber, Said Farah, Boyd Goodson, Naomi Harlin, Janet Hine, Matthew Honahan, Katherine Johnson, Damian Long, Theresa Marchitto, Laura Myones, Olivia Kew, Grace Koo, Dan Sack, Bijan Salehizadeh, Tina Wang, Kyle Weston, and Elizabeth Williamson.
During the processing of this collection, many items were discarded, including newspaper clippings from the New York Times and other major newspapers, government publications, well- known serial publications, and publications and large distribution memoranda from well-known and well-documented organizations such as the American Jewish Committee or Americans United for the Separation of Church and State.
People
- Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash) (1884-1981)
- Dorsen, Norman
- Dulles, John Foster (1888-1959)
- Ennis, Bruce J. (1941)
- Epperson, Susan
- Escobedo, Danny
- Everson, Arch R.
- Gault, Gerald Francis (1949 or 1950-)
- Gideon, Clarence Earl
- Griswold, Estelle
- Hays, Arthur Garfield (1881-1954)
- Holtzman, Elizabeth.
- Jacobellis, Nico
- Levy, Herbert Monte (1923)
- Malin, Patrick Murphy (1903-1964)
- Miranda, Ernesto
- Neier, Aryeh (1937)
- Neuborne, Burt (1941)
- Nixon, Richard M. Richard Milhous (1913-1994)
- Pemberton, John de J., Jr. (1919-2009)
- Perry, Richard L.
- Pound, Ezra (1885-1972)
- Powell, John A. (John Anthony)
- Reitman, Alan
- Schempp, Edward L.
- Schwarzschild, Henry
- Scopes, John Thomas (1900-1970)
- Seeger, Daniel A.
- Tinker, John Frederick
- Wulf, Melvin A.
Organization
- American Union Against Militarism
- United States. | Constitution. 1st-10th Amendments
- Marshall Civil Liberties Trust Fund
- National Civil Liberties Bureau (U.S.)
- New York Times company
Subject
- Abortion -- Law and legislation -- United States -- 20th century
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century
- African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.. -- 20th century
- Noncitizens -- United States -- Civil rights -- 20th century
- Amnesty -- United States -- 20th century
- Anti-Communist movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
- Apportionment (Election law) -- United States -- 20th century
- Assembly, Right of -- United States -- 20th century
- Censorship -- United States -- 20th century
- Church and state -- United States -- 20th century
- Citizen suits (Civil procedure) -- United States -- 20th century
- Civil rights -- United States -- 20th century
- Civil rights movements -- United States -- 20th century
- Communism -- United States -- 20th century
- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- 20th century
- Constitutional law -- United States -- 20th century
- Discrimination -- United States -- 20th century
- Discrimination in employment - Law and legislation - United States - 20th century
- Draft resisters -- United States -- 20th century
- Due process of law -- United States -- 20th century
- Equality before the law -- United States -- 20th century
- Freedom of association -- United States -- 20th century
- Freedom of information -- United States -- 20th century
- Freedom of movement -- United States -- 20th century
- Freedom of religion -- United States -- 20th century
- Gay rights -- United States -- 20th century
- Homosexuality -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Indians of North America -- Civil rights. -- 20th century
- Insanity -- Jurisprudence -- United States -- 20th century
- Internal security -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Jews -- Legal status, laws, etc -- United States -- 20th century
- Labor laws and legislation -- United States -- 20th century
- Law -- United States -- 20th century -- Cases
- Legal aid -- United States -- 20th century
- Legal services -- United States -- 20th century
- Loyalty oaths -- United States -- 20th century
- Mental health laws -- United States -- 20th century
- Minorities -- Legal status, laws, etc -- United States -- 20th century
- Police power -- United States -- 20th century
- Political questions and judicial power -- United States -- 20th century
- Political refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc -- United States -- 20th century
- Political rights -- United States -- 20th century
- Political rights, Loss of -- United States -- 20th century
- Privacy, Right of - United States - 20th century
- Race discrimination -- Law and legislation -- United States -- 20th century
- Records -- Access control -- United States -- 20th century
- Sacco-Vanzetti Trial, Dedham, Mass., 1921
- Sex discrimination -- United States -- 20th century
- Strikes and lockouts -- United States -- 20th century -- Cases
- Subversive activities -- United States -- 20th century
- Teaching, Freedom of -- United States -- 20th century
- Television in politics -- United States -- 20th century
- Trials -- United States -- 20th century
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States
- Women's rights -- United States -- 20th century
Place
Occupation
- Publisher
- Public Policy Papers
- Finding Aid Date
- 2003
- Sponsor
- These papers were processed with the generous support of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission and the John Foster and Janet Avery Dulles Fund.
- Access Restrictions
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Subgroup 2 is open for research use.
- Use Restrictions
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Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.
Collection Inventory
Series 1 is arranged according to the Union's organizational hierarchy.
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Four additional cartons of loose materials from the pre-1947 period, American Civil Liberties Union Records, The Roger Baldwin Years, 1917-1947, were indexed as Appendices 1-4. Appendices 1-3 were filmed for the microform collection (Reels 280-288) and correspond to Boxes 1-9 of this collection. Appendix 4 had previously been filmed as Volumes 1-7 of the 1946 correspondence (Reel 238) and corresponds to Boxes 9-12. These materials document the Baldwin years of the ACLU and are part of this later run of records in form only.
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The Board of Directors subseries (14.8 linear feet) contains mailings from the National Office to the Board, minutes of Board meetings, and correspondence with individual Board members arranged chronologically. From 1975 to 1983, ACLU Associate Director Alan Reitman's pre-Board meeting letter to the president of the Board can be found occasionally. These letters explain the agenda in greater detail to assist the president in facilitating the meeting.
The minutes of the ACLU Board of Directors record in great detail the organizational debates and decisions relating to policies, procedures, and operations of the national office and the state affiliates. Board and National Committee nominations and election results are recorded also. In general, the Board met monthly between 1947 and 1964; starting in 1965, the Board met biweekly except in July and August; in 1967, the Board approved a schedule for monthly Board meetings with two all-day plenary meetings annually. The schedule changed again in 1969 to a bimonthly basis. In the 1970 to 1990 period, the Board meetings were usually held in February, April, June, and October. The rationale for fewer Board meetings was that with fewer meetings annually, there could be more representation on the Board from the membership in diverse geographical regions and more Board members from the state affiliates. The minutes are fairly complete for the 1948 to 1990 period, with the exception of 1964.
The mailings include a variety of materials sent by the National office in New York to the Board of Directors. Included in the mailings are ACLU activity reports, agendas, reports of the standing committees, policy and position statements, memoranda, circular letters and other correspondence, and magazine and newspaper articles. Also included are lists, rosters, ballots, press releases, legal briefs, outlines, biennial conference programs, board resolutions, charts, and printed remarks. The mailings contain proposed revisions to the constitution and by-laws, membership statistics, and budget and financial records as well. The mailings are extensive for the period covered with the exception of the years 1955, 1959-1960, 1965, and 1980, where there are very few or no mailings.
The Board members files include correspondence between members of the Board of Directors with the national office staff and/or Roger Baldwin. The material covers substantive issues such as constitutional revisions, policy statements, and amicus curiae (friend of the court) briefs. Resignations from the Board, requests for leaves of absence, and board resolutions passed upon the death of Board members are also included. The Board members files are complete for the 1947 to 1975 period, except for the years 1969-1971. There is no material included for the period 1975-1990.
Much of this material is available on microfilm through UMI, and printed guides to the film are available. (See Microfilm section above.)
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Norman Dorsen was the ACLU president from 1976 to 1990, though prior to his presidency, he had been extremely active within the ACLU, serving as a board member and also as general counsel from 1969-1976. Additionally, Dorsen was on the New York University Law School faculty and director of the Arthur Garfield Hays Civil Liberties Program at New York University.
This subseries (11.7 linear feet) is arranged alphabetically by subject and then chronologically within each folder and consists primarily of administrative materials. The ACLU's mission to protect civil rights and raise public interest in civil liberties through particular cases, committees, and membership--and Foundation-sponsored projects are the primary subjects of Dorsen's correspondence, with both internal and external controversies documented.
There are several large and notable subject areas in this subseries: committee work played a significant role in Dorsen's presidential position as most committees reported to him on their activities; membership files reflect the importance of membership to the survival and livelihood of the ACLU and Dorsen's response to members' concerns; the Legal Department files contain decisions about whether to support a case, debates concerning briefs, and staffing conflicts within the department. Often, there are notes from Dorsen giving praise or specific criticism concerning legal issues and briefs.
Other noteworthy subjects documented include: the relationship between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the ACLU and the special committee established to investigate the relationship between these two organizations; the purchase and renovation of a building in 1979; and a written account of the ACLU's call for President's Nixon's impeachment.
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This subseries (0.84 linear feet) concerns the discussion and reaction of the board, ACLU members, and individuals to the ouster of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, a member of the Communist Party, from the Board of Directors in 1940. The Board passed a resolution that prohibited anyone who supported totalitarian regimes from holding official positions within the ACLU. The resolution created heated debate within the ACLU as some claimed the ACLU was infringing on Flynn's freedom of speech by endorsing the resolution. The resolution was rescinded in 1968 and she won posthumous reinstatement to the board in 1976. The records consist of minutes, memoranda, correspondence and printed materials. See also the Policies subseries for additional materials on this controversy and the pre-1947 microfilmed records.
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The Board Committee files (42 linear feet) contain minutes, correspondence, and occasionally committee rosters. The Board Committees themselves fall into two categories: Standing Committees and Special Committees. Standing committees meet regularly to discuss broad topics in civil liberties (Academic Freedom Committee, Church and State Committee, etc.), while special committees are created to deal with some specific incident related to a civil liberties concern or the workings of the board or committee themselves. The records are arranged chronologically with standing committees in alphabetical order within each year followed by the special committees. The researcher should note that committee names often change, and that committees are created or disbanded over time.
The minutes of the ACLU board committees record the organizational decisions relating to policies, procedures, and operations of each individual committee. The files contain correspondence between board committee members, as well as miscellaneous material concerning the board committees, including memoranda, pamphlets, background material on members. For a complete listing of all the committees please consult the folder listing. The Board of Directors files also provide information on Board Committees.
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The Academic Freedom Committee (5.8 linear feet) files contain records related to educational freedom. Wherever possible, original folder titles were preserved. A large percentage of the files, entitled "Current," contain ACLU prepared reports giving background information on topics presented to the committee. Non-administrative material contained in the files includes tenure-related issues, censorship of books in secondary schools, and Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) involvement on university campuses. This includes reports and case histories prepared by the ACLU as well as those of other organizations.
ACLU Associate Director Alan Reitman maintained these files for much of the period represented here. A more complete treatment of similar issues can be found in the academic freedom subject files. Minutes of the Academic Freedom Committee can be found in the Board Committees subseries.
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The Communications Media Committee files (6.4 linear feet) consist of material related to television, radio, and print media and were the files of Beatrice Gelfand, the committee chairperson. The committee was the successor to the Radio and TV Committee and was established by the Board of Directors in 1968. The files contain correspondence (largely with ACLU Associate Director Alan Reitman and with committee member Sidney Dean, Jr.); memoranda; minutes; publications (including many from the Freedom of Information Center at the School of Journalism at the University of Missouri at Columbia); testimony; bibliographies; newspaper and magazine clippings; and drafts of documents.
The committee formulated policy for the Board; reviewed and lobbied for legislation; and advised counsel regarding changing federal rules and regulations, especially those pertaining to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Topics represented in this subseries include rights of access to the media; commercial and editorial advertising; cable television (for which a special subcommittee was established); censorship (including network and motion picture codes) and a review of the Federal Commission on Obscenity and Pornography; equality of employment; the Fairness Doctrine; the FCC, especially the renewal of licenses; political campaign spending; journalists served subpoenas; and children's television.
Related material can also be found in the Board of Directors' Committee files, Alan Reitman's records, and the Mass Communications Subject Files, and Censorship Subject Files.
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The National Committee was originally organized by Roger Baldwin who invited prominent citizens to become members. Its main function was to discuss the ACLU's position in relation to certain debatable public issues, and to discuss problems suggested by the affiliated branches regarding the internal relationships within the ACLU. In 1970 the National Committee changed its name to the National Advisory Council, though it maintained the same functions as the National Committee.
The National Committee subseries (0.84 linear feet) contains mailings that have been sent to all committee members; correspondence between individual committee members; and membership changes (including membership lists, letters of nominations and re-elections, elections of new members, resignations, and deaths), arranged chronologically by year.
The mailings include a variety of materials sent by the National Committee to all members and/or the Board of Directors. Included are notices of conference dates and locations; membership lists and nominations; income and expenditure reports; and summaries of ACLU Board actions. The mailings also include information and voting ballots for proposals on various controversial matters, reports on outcomes of votes, statements of the National Committee's stance on specific controversial matters, and updates on bylaw changes and Constitutional revisions. The mailings are most extensive from the years 1946 to 1958. From 1962 to 1973 there are very few mailings, and there are no documents for 1950, 1959, and 1960. In 1953 the researcher will find documents pertaining to the Raymond Graham Swing Controversy regarding Communist movements and the ACLU.
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The Executive Directors subseries (2.94 linear feet) includes material from Roger Baldwin, Patrick Murphy Malin, John de J. Pemberton, Jr. and Ayreh Neier.
Though Roger Nash Baldwin served as the ACLU's executive director from 1920 to 1950, the Baldwin material in this subseries primarily documents his involvement with the ACLU after his retirement, spanning 1966-1978. The material found here includes correspondence and memos between Baldwin and the subsequent directors of the ACLU, biographical information, memoirs, interviews, and articles. Much of the biographical information and personal recollections of Baldwin were compiled to form a manuscript for a book on the early history of the ACLU which is also included within these files. Researchers interested in his work as executive director of the ACLU can refer to materials filed in the ACLU bound volumes and in the Roger N. Baldwin Papers (MC#005). Files documenting his work as International Civil Rights Work Advisor and his work on civil liberties in post-war Germany, Japan, and Korea can be found in the International Civil Liberties subseries.
The Patrick Murphy Malin material covers the years he was executive director of the ACLU (1950-1961). Included are correspondence, biographical information, speeches, memos, reports, statements, and printed material. The files are arranged alphabetically. Many of the files do not concern Malin directly, rather Malin correspondence can be found scattered throughout them.
The John de J. Pemberton (1963-1970) and Aryeh Neier (1970-1978) material includes articles, speeches, correspondence and memos arranged chronologically by year and alphabetically within each year covering various issues of concern to the ACLU. More Neier material is found in the next subseries.
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Aryeh Neier served as National Executive Director of the ACLU from 1970 to 1978, a time of rapid expansion for the organization. He first joined the ACLU in 1963 and was director of the New York state affiliate for six years, though these files cover only his years as the National Executive Director of the ACLU. These records document the enormous expansion of, and the controversies surrounding, the ACLU in the 1970s and the concomitant financial crisis that led Neier to resign his post in 1978.
These records (15.96 linear feet) are divided into three subgroups: administrative files, correspondence, and state affiliate files. The administrative files, arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically within each folder, contain numerous internal memoranda and correspondence concerning the ACLU's involvement in various legal and social issues, including the ACLU's support of the right of Nazis to parade through the predominantly Jewish Chicago suburb of Skokie, Illinois; the ACLU's support for President Nixon's impeachment; and the discovery of the ACLU's investigation of Judge Irving Kaufman, who had presided over the Julius and Ethel Rosenberg espionage trial. Other topics documented in these files include the campaign spending, Equal Rights Amendment, gun control, correspondence to Neier dealing with Civil Liberties Review, privacy legislation, the Rights of... book series, and the growing number of ACLU Foundation projects.
The correspondence contains letters from members concerning various ACLU issues and donations, spanning the years 1976-1978 arranged chronologically. Carbon copies of Neier's response to most of these letters are included in these files. The state affiliate files, arranged alphabetically by state and chronologically within each folder, contains Neier's correspondence with the leaders of the ACLU state and local branches discussing requests by the branches for increased funding or suggestions for potential cases for the national organization to pursue.
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Alan Reitman began working for the ACLU in 1948 as publicity director, then later served as assistant director, 1951-1957, and associate director, 1957-1990. The first five boxes (2.1 linear feet) contain correspondence, memoranda, reports, and statements covering the years 1948-1986 and document Reitman's role in ACLU operations. The subseries is arranged chronologically by year and alphabetically by subject within each year.
The remainder of the records (21.42 linear feet) document his work as associate director for the period 1977-1990 and are organized into three sections: correspondence, committee, and subject files. The correspondence files, arranged chronologically, contain Reitman's correspondence with Executive Director Ira Glasser, Board President Norman Dorsen, directors of ACLU affiliates, members of subject matter committees, staff of the national office, and the general public. The files also include ACLU policy statements, committee meeting agenda, results of elections for the national board, affiliate correspondence, election results, and biennial conference papers. Reitman's correspondence also covers board and staff members' service on subject matter committees and the Nominating Committee.
The committee files, arranged alphabetically, contain Reitman's correspondence with members and chairs of organizational, special, and subject matter committees; memoranda; policy statements; position papers; and documents from outside organizations. The files are extensive for several committees, including the Constitution; Grand Jury; Nominating; and Executive Committees; the Special Committee on Receiving and Withholding Medical Treatment; and the ACLU Special Organizational Review Committee (SORC), which reviewed all of the Union's operations.
The subject files, arranged alphabetically, are comprised of correspondence, memoranda, legal briefs, background information, and printed material from outside organizations. There is substantive material on the decennial census, including correspondence with the director of the Bureau of the Census in 1979 on the issue of census questions pertaining to race. There are extensive files on the issues of corporal punishment in the schools, the Fairness Doctrine, access to dial-in services, National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC), and the Justice Department's suit to put the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in trusteeship. Reitman's subject files on "mental illness" contain correspondence with committee members Arthur Kobler and Dr. Irwin Feinberg. These files document the ACLU's policy on involuntary commitment of the mentally ill in the 1970s. The Science and Civil Liberties files contain a 1977 proposal written by Dorothy Naiman for an "ACLU Foundation Project on Science and Civil Liberties." In the 1980s, staff and committee members wrote policy statements on civil liberties and scientific research that were based on Naiman's work.
Files documenting Alan Reitman's contribution to the ACLU prior to 1977 are scattered throughout the subject files series as well. Much of Reitman's correspondence dealt with particular issues of concern to the ACLU and was filed under the relevant subjects.
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The Dorothy Dunbar Bromley subseries (5.88 linear feet) documents her tenure as assistant director of the American Civil Liberties Union. The materials are divided into three groupings: Academic Freedom, Church and State, and Radio/TV.
The Academic Freedom material primarily covers administrative matters related to academic freedom issues from 1962. The files follow the organizational scheme of the Academic Freedom Subject Files (boxes 722-747), and the materials are primarily composed of memoranda, reports, and newspaper clippings.
The Church and State materials are grouped under three headings: Education, Public Issues and Religious Organizations, though all contain correspondence, memoranda, minutes, policy statements, press clippings, and publications. Bromley served as executive officer of the ACLU Church and State Committee from 1960-1962; the files contain her correspondence with national and affiliate staff members, board members, staff members of outside organizations, and the general public. Some issues discussed include: Bible reading in public schools, the Regents' prayer case in New York state, bus transportation, federal aid to sectarian schools and colleges, religious holiday observances in public schools, and the Army and Air Force Character Guidance Programs. The Church and State Public Issues heading includes materials on religious observances on public property, Sunday Blue Laws, tax exemption for sectarian schools, problems of conscience and religious freedom, and Leo Pfeffer's resignation from the Church and State Committee in October 1961. The Church and State Religious Organizations heading comprises printed materials and Bromley's correspondence with organizations such as the American Jewish Congress, the American Humanist Association, the Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs, the National Conference of Christians and Jews (NCCJ), the Department of Religious Liberty, National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and Protestants and Other Americans United for the Separation of Church and State.
The Radio/TV files parallel the organizational scheme of the Mass Communications subject files. Topics covered include: equal time, the Federal Communications Commission, the fairness doctrine, news coverage, licensing, pay TV, programming, public service, and UHF. Materials are composed of memoranda, reports, and various printed materials.
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These records (2.94 linear feet) document the activities of assistant director Jeffrey Fuller who promoted the creation of ACLU state affiliates. Organized alphabetically by state and by chapter within each state, the records consist of correspondence, memoranda, printed materials, and financial records. The researcher will also want to consult the affiliates and state correspondents subseries.
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This subseries (3.36 linear feet) consists of records of Norman Dorsen for the time he served as a General Counsel for the ACLU and contains correspondence, memoranda, and legal briefs and pleadings. The correspondence folders contain discussions among the General Counsel and Legal Director Mel Wulf about various cases. The correspondence files are arranged chronologically and the case files are arranged alphabetically.
This subseries contains files relating to some of the major cases on which Dorsen worked. Cases included In re: Gault (1966) which resulted in the Supreme Court ruling that due process rights were required in juvenile courts; Berk v. Laird (1970) regarding Malcolm Berk's refusal to report for military duty in fear that he might be sent to Cambodia which he deemed would have been unconstitutional since Congress had not authorized military activity there; Law Students Civil Rights Research Council (LSCRRC) v. Wadmond (1970) which examined New York State Bar Examination practices; Levy v. Louisiana (1967-1968) which overturned a state law denying illegitimate children the right to bring a wrongful death action on behalf of their mother; Schlegel v. U.S. (1967-1970), a due process case in which a civilian employee was dismissed from his government job due to conduct outside the work place; and U.S. v. New York Times, the Pentagon Papers case (1969-1971) in which several major metropolitan newspapers were sued by the government for publishing confidential papers of the military's view of the Vietnam War.
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Chuck Sims was a staff counsel for the ACLU who was the liaison to the General Counsel. This material (0.21 linear feet) consists of minutes, agenda, notes, memoranda, correspondence, some legal research and reports from the legal department on the progress of cases. It includes discussions of possible ACLU cases and the General Counsels' approvals of whether or not the ACLU should involve itself, and if so, whether through direct or amicus ("friend of the court") representation.
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This subseries (7.65 linear feet) provides partial documentation of issues of importance to ACLU lawyers from 1937-1980. There are no materials for the years 1962 to 1964, 1975, and 1978 to 1979.
The first three boxes (337-339) contain subject files from 1937 through 1954. The bulk of the materials are from 1950-1954. These files contain research papers, correspondence, reports, court documents, and printed materials. Boxes 340 to 345 contain subject files from 1946-1960, with some background materials from earlier years. These files are arranged alphabetically by title. The files document areas of interest for the ACLU's legal counsels. Included are memoranda, correspondence (much of it from staff counsel Rowland Watts), legal documents, and various printed materials. Included in box 337 is a statistical breakdown by subject matter of all ACLU cases undertaken from 1946-1953. A printed version of this is located in the ACLU printed materials subseries. Boxes 345 and 346 also contain several folders titled Legal Matters from 1952-1959. These are miscellaneous documents pertaining to the running of the department.
Boxes 346 to 353 cover the years 1965-1974 and are arranged chronologically then alphabetically by subject. The files contain requests for assistance, correspondence and memoranda on legal issues with ACLU lawyers (much of it from legal director Mel Wulf and assistant legal director Eleanor Holmes Norton), and legal documents. There are two files from 1977 and 1980 containing minutes of General Counsel meetings.
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The Membership subseries (0.84 linear feet), arranged alphabetically within each year, primarily consists of correspondence and statistics concerning ACLU membership. The correspondence includes comments on various issues concerning ACLU actions, applications, resignations, deaths, and membership surveys. The statistics include numbers of members and information on contributions.
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This subseries (9.66 linear feet) primarily contains the records of Trudi Schutz. Schutz served as Press Director (1974-1975) and Director of the Public Information and Education Office (1975-1987). The 1988 materials contain some correspondence of the next director of the office, Colleen O'Connor. The records are arranged under two headings: subject files and affiliates, with the materials arranged alphabetically and then chronologically within each subject.
The majority of the material in the subject files is correspondence with other ACLU staff, legal counsel, affiliate directors, and members of the press and media organizations. The subject files contain statements which ACLU staff presented in various subcommittees and committees of the U.S. Congress. Some issues covered extensively are "Dum-Dum Bullets" (1971-1975), the Nazis-in-Skokie controversy (1977-1978), "The H-Bomb Secret" article written for The Progressive magazine in 1979, the ACLU's campaign to remove Attorney General Edwin Meese (1985-1986), and the ACLU position on Judge Robert H. Bork during the Senate confirmation hearings in 1987.
The subject files have folders on several of the ACLU-sponsored projects including: the Center for National Security Studies, the National Prison Project, Reproductive Freedom Project, South Texas Project and the National Convocation for Free Speech which was held in 1978. There are also several folders of Aryeh Neier and Ira Glasser's newspaper articles, "Letters to the Editors," "Op-Ed" pieces and other published writings. There are two files relating to author William A. Donahue's published critiques of the ACLU and ACLU board member Samuel Walker's response to Donahue. There is also substantial material from the ACLU Washington, D.C. Office which consists of correspondence, press releases and statements.
The affiliates heading contains materials to Trudi Schutz from affiliates and her correspondence with affiliate directors. The majority of the material is comprised of printed materials and local press releases. For a more complete record of affiliate issues and activities, see the Affiliate subseries.
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The Roger N. Baldwin Foundation was incorporated in 1967 in order to raise funds to expand the ACLU's litigation work, with the foundation's directors drawn from the ACLU's National Board. Original Foundation plans called for six areas of Foundation work but the majority of funds were used by the Lawyers Constitutional Defense Committee (LCDC) and Operation Southern Justice, with the protection of the rights of migrant workers in California also gaining some assistance from the Foundation. The Lawyers Constitutional Defense Committee focused on defending Southern civil rights workers and had been operational since 1964.
Operation Southern Justice originated in the ACLU Southern Regional office under the direction of Charles Morgan, Jr. and attacked institutionalized Southern racism focusing on voting rights and the Southern justice system. In 1969, the Roger Baldwin Foundation was renamed the ACLU Foundation, bringing with it a renewed interest in expanding the ACLU's litigation work. The early 1970s saw the emergence of various litigation projects under the arm of the Foundation. The aim of the projects is to provide knowledge in particular fields of litigation at the national office and to aid and coordinate nationwide efforts in major areas of civil liberties concern. Most of the litigation took place with volunteer attorneys at the affiliate level. The projects have changed over the years with current litigation projects based in New York being the Children's Rights Project, Immigrants' Rights Project, Lesbian and Gay Rights/AIDS Project, Reproductive Freedom Project, and the Women's Rights Project. Legislative Projects based in Washington, D.C. include the Arts Censorship Project, Capital Punishment Project, Center for National Security Studies/Security Litigation Project, National Prison Project, Privacy and Technology Project, and the Reproductive Freedom Project. The Voting Rights Project is based in the Atlanta Regional Office.
This subseries (5.04 linear feet) is divided into three groups: administrative; project proposals; and dockets and reports. The administrative records, arranged alphabetically, include minutes of Foundation Board meetings, reports on financial matters, correspondence to and from Board members, documents from the 1978 National Convocation on Free Speech, and miscellaneous materials. Most information on projects in this period is contained in letters from members working on individual projects. The correspondence also reflects the relative uncertainty of the precise role of the Foundation.
The Project Proposal files, arranged by year and then alphabetically, contain proposals for those that received funding and those that were declined. Project Dockets and Reports, arranged by year and then alphabetically, discuss significant legal decisions relating to projects and their review impact. Project legal dockets contain individual brief summarization of all pertinent project litigation cases. Most of the project dockets accompany project reports starting in 1972. The longstanding Foundation projects (started in the mid 1970s) are the Juvenile Rights Project (later the Children's Rights Project), South Texas Project, Women's Rights Project, Reproductive Freedom Project, and the National Prison Project. In addition to giving the standard report information, the National Prison Project reports extend to include numerous newspaper articles relating to the project. Projects started in the late 1980s include the Lesbian and Gay Rights/AIDS Project, and Immigrants' Rights Project.
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The Regional Offices subseries (1.26 linear feet) is comprised of correspondence between the Atlanta, Mountain States (Denver), and Washington D.C. offices and the National Office. Arranged chronologically by year and alphabetically within each year, the correspondence and materials from the Regional Offices functioned to keep the National Office informed on the activities at each office and to share opinions and advice concerning civil liberties issues. Included are regional reports, local clippings, memoranda, correspondence, and printed material. The researcher should also consult the ACLU Washington, D.C. Office Records (MC#190) and the ACLU Mountain States Regional Office Records (ML1995-9 and ML1995-10, currently closed).
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The Policies subseries (1.68 linear feet) contains statements of policy and resolutions in response to questions and concerns brought up by members and staff of the ACLU. Arranged chronologically by year and alphabetically within each year, subjects range from bus transportation to teachers' right to strike. A significant part of this subseries has to do with the controversy surrounding the 1940 resolution to bar anyone supporting totalitarian movements to hold an official position within the ACLU which led to the expulsion of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn from the Board of Directors. (See also the Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Ouster subseries, boxes 74-75). The ACLU's policy on civil disobedience also constitutes a prominent portion of this subseries. The researcher may also want to refer to Series 5, ACLU Printed materials for a more extensive listing of policies contained in the policy guides.
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This subseries (11.25 linear feet) documents internal meetings and celebrations of the ACLU in addition to various other meetings that ACLU employees attended because of a concern for civil liberties issues. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year, it contains correspondence, minutes, notices, mailings, speeches, reports, and printed materials.
Through 1958 the subseries contains mostly documentation of outside meetings, but in 1959 the ACLU held its first biennial conference. The Biennial is held to bring together ACLU members from all over the country both to inform members of current issues and formulate policy. After 1966 the files almost exclusively document the Biennial and ACLU anniversaries.
Celebrations documented include various programs implemented for Bill of Rights Day and ACLU anniversaries. The files detail the ACLU's fortieth (1960) and fiftieth (1970) anniversary celebrations.
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The affiliates subseries (56.70 linear feet), arranged chronologically by year then alphabetically by state, contains mailings from the national office to affiliates, board minutes of affiliates, general correspondence, and affiliate publications. In states with several chapters, material is filed by city or chapter name within each state. In the early years many states had civil liberties committees but not full fledged affiliates. These files are labeled "committee."
Between 1947 and 1960 the number of national affiliates increased, growing in number from 15 to over 25. Affiliates in Southern California, Northern California, New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio make up the largest percentage of the holdings for these earlier years. Some individuals in these affiliates have their own runs of correspondence, including A.L. Wirin (Southern California), and William Sanborn (regional director of Ohio, Indiana and Michigan). Various state committee minutes are present as well as updates on cases that were being tried by the state affiliates. There are gaps in the board minutes for all affiliates from 1970 to 1990. From the mid-1970s, the number of board minutes decreases. Affiliate publications are found sporadically, as are news releases, and pamphlets published by either the affiliate or the national office.
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This subseries (18.48 linear feet) documents civil liberties concerns within various states and U.S. Possessions. There are also a few folders documenting civil liberties concerns in Canada. Prior to creating a state affiliate network, the ACLU had "state correspondents"--individuals who monitored civil liberty concerns within their state and informed the national office of local cases and issues. More extensive for earlier years, prior to the growth of the state affiliates, the files are organized chronologically and then alphabetically by state within each year. Large cases or issues of concern are contained in their own folders; many minor issues are grouped a general folder for each state. Correspondence comprises the majority of this subseries, but briefs and printed matter are also found.
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This subseries (0.84 linear feet) contains correspondence, financial records, and legal documents pertaining to the fund established by Robert Marshall and the various ACLU projects the fund supported. Correspondence between officers of the trust fund and the ACLU concerning requests for aid and specific monetary transactions comprise a significant part of the collection. Also included are itemized expense accounts and appropriations lists.
The monies in the Marshall Fund were administered largely by local affiliates such as the branches in Illinois, Philadelphia, and Southern California. Funds were used to underwrite legal, travel, and miscellaneous expenses connected to various court cases, studies, speakers, and conferences. A majority of the documents, however, are related to specific court cases, ranging in topics from loyalty to censorship.
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The Attacks and Commendations subseries (3.78 linear feet) documents attacks leveled against the ACLU by the press, various institutions, and individuals, as well as commendations of the ACLU, with the majority of the material dating to the early 1950s. The material is arranged in two sections: Attacks, arranged alphabetically by attacker, and Commendations, arranged chronologically. The attacks material consists of newspaper clippings, statements detailing the attacks themselves, correspondence between ACLU members, and correspondence between the ACLU and their attackers. The material also contains detailed documentation of the ACLU's response to each attack. Occasionally there are descriptions of the reaction to those responses, on the part of both the public and the attackers themselves.
The majority of the attacks on the ACLU came from the American Legion. The attacks on the ACLU occurred primarily during the McCarthy years, and were concerned with a suspected relationship between the ACLU and Communism. The commendations were from such diverse sources as the U.S. Department of State (1957) to The New Yorker (1953).
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No arrangement action taken or arrangement information not recorded at the time of processing.
The Organizational Miscellaneous subseries (4.2 linear feet) contains various materials concerning structural and functional matters of the ACLU. Arranged chronologically by year and alphabetically within each year, this subseries is divided into four headings: miscellaneous, deaths, financial, and requests for information. The material under miscellaneous includes guides, memoranda, organizational and office materials, statements, articles, book proposals, project proposals, requests for speakers, speeches, and material concerned with ACLU social events. The deaths heading contains ACLU resolutions on the deaths of prominent civil libertarians, including Arthur Garfield Hays. Under the financial heading the researcher will find accountant reports and information concerning funds, grants, budget, and investments. Requests for information contains correspondence requesting information regarding the ACLU or other civil liberty issues. These requests come from members, newspapers and other publications, and lawyers. Included in these files are the ACLU responses.
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