James Aronson Papers, 1932-1999 (bulk 1937-1987)
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Subseries: Alperovitz, Gar
Scope and Content Note: Gar Alperovitz joined Nelson's staff in 1963 as legislative director and left in 1966. The material in this series includes information on civil rights, national defense, and poverty (with Bill Spring, 1963-1966) with particular emphasis on the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's (MFDP) attempt to gain seats at the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, including information on the participation of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in the MFDP effort. Also included is information on the draft and Nelson's position on Vietnam and Nelson's interest in poverty, including notes for a book proposal on poverty. Some of Alperovitz's files were passed on to successive staff members and information related to topics in this subseries can be found under Ezra Siff (poverty, conservation, draft), Larry Groner (defense, foreign affairs), Paula Stern (defense, foreign affairs), William Spring (poverty, conservation), Ira Shapiro (civil rights), and Bill Bechtel.
Box   497
Folder   13
Arthur Larson, correspondence regarding water pollution, 1964-1966
Box   497
Folder   14
Canadian Municipal Winter Works Incentive Program, 1963-1965
Box   82
Folder   1
Candy bill (S.1839), 1965-1966
Box   497
Folder   15
CBR-Chemical, Biological and Radiological Warfare, 1959-1964
Civil rights
Box   82
Folder   2
Bryn Mawr Second American Revolution Conference, 1964
Box   82
Folder   3
Education (desegregation) reports, 1964-1965
Box   82
Folder   4
Genocide Convention, 1950, 1965
Box   82
Folder   5
Green Proposal, Freedom Party, notes on Democratic Convention, 1964
Box   82
Folder   6
Mississippi background, 1964
Box   82
Folder   7
Mississippi legislation, 1964
Box   497
Folder   16
Murder Bill S.1664, clippings and C.R., 1965
Box   82
Folder   8
Racial terrorism and riots, 1964-1965
Box   82
Folder   9
“Voting Laws of the 50 States and the District....,” 1964
Box   497
Folder   17
Coinage legislation, 1965
Box   82
Folder   10
Committee assignments, correspondence, 1962-1964
Conservation
Box   82
Folder   11
Assateague Island, 1965
Box   82
Folder   12
Hudson River-Storm King Mountain, 1963-1966
Correspondence
Box   82
Folder   13
Anti-prouty, excise taxes, custom inspections, 1966
Box   497
Folder   23-24
Miscellaneous, 1965
Box   82
Folder   14
Miscellaneous unanswered, 1965-1966
Box   82
Folder   15
Panama Canal, 1966
Box   82
Folder   16
Reapportionment, 1966
Box   82
Folder   17
Repeal of Taft-Hartley Law, 1965
Box   82
Folder   18
Crime, 1964
Defense
Box   82
Folder   19
Appropriations, 1964
Box   82
Folder   20-22
Arms control and disarmament, 1963-1966
Box   82
Folder   23-25
Budget, 1963-1966
Box   82
Folder   26
Civil defense, 1963-1964
Box   82
Folder   27
Department of Defense audit, 1964-1965
Box   82
Folder   28
General, 1963
Box   82
Folder   29
Literature, 1963
Box   82
Folder   30
Manned bombers, 1964
Box   82
Folder   31
National Guard technicians, legislation, correspondence, 1963
Box   81
Folder   32
Reducing stockpiles, important correspondence, 1964
Spending
Box   83
Folder   1
Commission, 1964
Box   83
Folder   2
Controlling the budget, memos, notes, 1964-1965
Box   83
Folder   3-4
Drafts and notes, 1963-1965
Box   83
Folder   5-6
General, 1963-1964
Box   83
Folder   7
News clippings, 1963-1964
Box   83
Folder   8
Votes, background, 1964
Draft
Box   83
Folder   9
Background, 1966
Box   83
Folder   10
Chronology, 1964
Correspondence
Box   83
Folder   11
General, 1964-1965
Box   83
Folder   12
Official, 1965
Box   83
Folder   13
Defense Department press releases, 1964-1965
Box   83
Folder   14
News clippings and articles, 1964
Box   83
Folder   15
Notes, drafts, 1964-1965
Box   83
Folder   16
Speeches and articles, 1964-1965
Box   83
Folder   17
Studies and facts, 1964
Box   83
Folder   18
Economy, lead zinc and automation, 1963-1964
Education
Box   83
Folder   19
Loans (National Defense Education Act), 1963-1964
Box   83
Folder   20
Wisconsin vocational, 1963-1964
Box   497
Folder   18
Equal Employment Opportunities, 1964
Box   83
Folder   21
Excise tax reduction bill
Box   83
Folder   22
Federal Farm Loan Board, 1964
Box   83
Folder   23
Firearms, 1963-1966
Box   83
Folder   24
Foreign affairs, Europe (NATO), 1965
Box   83
Folder   25
Great Lakes fishing, 1965-1967
Box   497
Folder   19
Hearst Senate Youth Program, 1966
Immigration
Box   497
Folder   20
General, 1965
Box   83
Folder   26
Inland fish management, 1965-1966
Interior Committee
Box   83
Folder   27
National parks, correspondence, 1963-1964
Box   83
Folder   28
Virgin Islands, 1963-1964
Box   83
Folder   29
Investment tax credit, 1966
Box   497
Folder   21
Ku Klux Klan, 1965
Box   497
Folder   22
Legislative ideas (notes), 1964-1965
Midwest Universities Research Association (MURA)
Box   83
Folder   30
Correspondence, 1964
Box   83
Folder   31
General, 1964
Box   84
Folder   1
Hearings, 1965-1966
Box   84
Folder   2
Press, 1964
Box   84
Folder   3
Statements, 1964
Box   84
Folder   4
Military personnel, relief poverty, 1964
Box   84
Folder   5
National Rifle Association, 1964
Box   497
Folder   25
Nelson Murder Bill, 1965
Box   497
Folder   26
Parcel Post, 1966
Box   84
Folder   6
Patent policy, 1965-1966
Poverty
Box   84
Folder   7
Accelerated public works and S.1856, 1964
Box   84
Folder   8
Bill (S.2958), background, 1964
Box   84
Folder   9-10
Book, by Nelson, notes and background, 1964
Box   84
Folder   11
Chapter drafts, by John Maher, circa 1964
Box   84
Folder   12
Open space land program, 1964
Box   498
Folder   1
Public Works, 1964
Box   498
Folder   2
Ribicoff-College Expense Tax Credit, 1964-1965
Box   84
Folder   13
Right to information, 1964-1965
Box   498
Folder   3
Rough ideas (notes), 1964-1965
Box   84
Folder   14
Senate seminar breakfast, correspondence, 1964-1965
Box   84
Folder   15
Subcommittee on Monopoly, 1966-1968
Box   84
Folder   16
Tax cut, 1963-1964
Tennessee Valley Authority
Box   498
Folder   1
General, 1964
Box   84
Folder   17
Reports, 1964
Box   84
Folder   18
Truth in lending, 1966
Box   84
Folder   19
Truth in packaging and labeling, 1965-1966
Box   84
Folder   20
United States foreign aid, facts, 1963-1964
Box   84
Folder   21
United States foreign policy, background, 1964
Box   84
Folder   22
United States foreign relations, Multilateral Nuclear Force, 1964
Box   498
Folder   5
Van Altena Case, 1964
Box   498
Folder   6
Voter registration, 1965-1966
Box   498
Folder   7
Voting rights, 1965
Welfare
Box   498
Folder   8
Aid to Dependent Children
Box   498
Folder   9
General