Title: William Nessen Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1978-1995

Creator:

• Nessen, William

Call Number: M96-229; Audio 1883A

Quantity: 1.4 cubic feet (1 records center carton and 1 archives box), 1 tape recording, and 10 photographs

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers of social activist/organizer William (“Billy”) Nessen, primarily documenting the anti-apartheid movement at the University of California-Berkeley during the 1980s, especially the sit-in at Sproul Hall. There is also information about the anti-apartheid movement in the community of Berkeley and on other campuses (mainly Cornell, Columbia, and City University of New York), and information relating to specific groups such as the American Committee on Africa, United People of Color, Campuses United Against Apartheid, the University of California Divestment Coalition, Campaign Against Apartheid, and the Steve Biko Coalition for Full Divestment.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-m96229

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The collection includes flyers, posters, meeting minutes, reports, correspondence, testimony, and notes. There is one tape recording of a hearing involving Nessen that provides information about various groups, and photographs depicting the Sproul Hall sit-in. There is also a small amount of peace and anti-nuclear material and information about the Allen Bakke case.

Acquisition Information

Presented by William Nessen, New York, New York. Accession Number: M96-229

M96-229 Box   1 Folder   1	Pre-Sit-in, 1984-1985
Box   1 Folder   2-9	Sit-in, University of California-Berkeley, 1985 April
Box   1 Folder   10-11	Summer, 1985
Box   1 Folder   12	United People of Color
Box   1 Folder   13-17	Anti-apartheid movement (mainly Berkeley), 1985-1986
Box   1 Folder   18	Divestment (also Campuses United Against Apartheid), 1978-1985
Box   1 Folder   19	Campuses United Against Apartheid
Box   1 Folder   20-21	Campaign Against Apartheid
Box   1 Folder   22	Berkeley Students for Peace and Students Against Fee Extortion, 1981
Box   1 Folder   23	Coalition for a Free South Africa
Box   1 Folder   24	Cornell University
Box   1 Folder   25	Allen Bakke case
Box   1 Folder   26	Anti-nuclear material
Box   1 Folder   27	Survey of Berkeley Movement participants
Box   1 Folder   28-30	Anti-apartheid activities and sit-in, 1985
Box   1 Folder   31	Meeting notes, 1985
Box   2 Folder   1	City University of New York and Columbia University
Box   2 Folder   2	American Committee on Africa
Box   2 Folder   3	American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
Box   2 Folder   4	“Rhodney's stuff” [anti-apartheid movement], circa 1980-1985
Box   2 Folder   5	Women's Liberation Front
Box   2 Folder   6-8	Anti-apartheid activities notes, drafts, 1985-1986
Box   2 Folder   9	Protest information
Box   2 Folder   10	Legal documents
1883A/1	Part of the proceedings of a trial surrounding Billy Nessen: audio recording
M96-229 PH Box   14	Photographs mainly of the anti-apartheid sit-in at Sproul Hall, University of California-Berkeley, 1985