Title: Simi H. Litvak Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1961-1993

Creator:

• Litvak, Simi H.

Call Number: M2004-159

Quantity: 6.0 c.f. (6 record center cartons)

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, primarily from the 1970s and 1980s, of Simi Litvak, an activist involved in various leftist political organizations in Madison, Wisconsin, and the San Francisco Bay area. The papers consist of correspondence, memos, notes, and materials related to various ideologies, causes, and events. Organizations documented include the communist organization Line of March and its publication Frontline as well as its national Marxist-Leninist Education Project, the United States Anti-Imperialist League, and the Madison Common Sense Coalition. Also included are materials relating to Jesse Jackson’s presidential campaigns, gay and women’s rights, and labor issues.

Language: English

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Acquisition Information

Presented by Simi Litvak, Oakland, California. Accession Number: M2004-159

M2004-159	Series: Line Of March
	Party Building
Box   1 Folder   1	Althusser/Bettleheim/Poulantzis - Discussion Guide, undated
Box   1 Folder   2	Anti-Left Trend History, 1980, undated
Box   1 Folder   3	Anti-Left Trend in Transition Conference, 1982, undated
Box   1 Folder   4	Beginning of Line of March - Notebook, circa 1981
Box   1 Folder   5	Board Minutes, August 1981 - January 1982
Box   1 Folder   6-8	Board Notes January 12, 1982-April 26, 1983
Box   1 Folder   9	Challenge of Developed Socialism, 1983
Box   1 Folder   10	Communist Workers Party, undated
Box   1 Folder   11	Communist Workers Party/Adam, 1980-1982
Box   1 Folder   12	Disarmament Conference, 1982
Box   1 Folder   13	Elections - Discussion Guide, 1980, undated
Box   1 Folder   14	Executive Minutes/Board, May 1983-End
	Frontline
Box   1 Folder   15	Committee Organizational Material, 1983, 1985
Box   1 Folder   16-17	Committee National Center (FCNC) - Documents, Minutes, 1984
Box   1 Folder   18	National Committee Network, 1985
Box   1 Folder   19	Notes, Summer 1983
Box   1 Folder   20	Fusion - Barb Becker/Sharon/Craig, 1981-1982
Box   1 Folder   21	International Communist Movement - Discussion Guide, undated
Box   1 Folder   22	Line of March - Notes for Plan, September 26, 1983
Box   1 Folder   23-24	Line of March Seminar, undated
Box   1 Folder   25	Madison Line of March - Archives, 1980-1981
Box   1 Folder   26	Mao - Discussion Guide, 1981, undated
Box   1 Folder   27	National Board Reports, 1987-1988
Box   1 Folder   28	Organizing Committee for an Ideological Center (OCIC), 1979, 1981
Box   1 Folder   29	Party Building Seminar, 1982, undated
Box   1 Folder   30	Plans, 1981-1982
Box   1 Folder   31	Racism - Discussion Guide, 1981, undated
Box   1 Folder   32	Rectification - Discussion Guide, undated
Box   1 Folder   33	Revisionism - Chuck, 1980, undated
Box   1 Folder   34	Seattle Murders - Discussion Guide, 1982
Box   1 Folder   35	Seminar on Class Nature of the USSR, undated
Box   1 Folder   36	Stalin Conference, 1983
Box   1 Folder   37	Strategy for Revolution of Oppressed Nations, undated
Box   1 Folder   38	Szymanski, Al, 1983, undated
Box   1 Folder   39	Theoretical School, 1982
Box   1 Folder   40	Trade Union - Discussion Guide, undated
Box   1 Folder   41	United Front Against War and Racism (UFAWR), 1981, undated
Box   1 Folder   42	Unit Meeting - National Board Report, April 1983
Box   1 Folder   43	Wright, Eric, undated
	Publications
Box   1 Folder   44	Frontline, #1 & 2, 1981-1982
Box   1 Folder   45	Internal Bulletin, #1-4, 1988-1989
Box   1 Folder   46	Notes on the Class Struggle and Communist Practice, #1-4, 1985-1987
Box   1 Folder   47	Other Publications, 1982, undated
	Minorities
Box   1 Folder   48	Anti-Racist Committee Plan, 1982
Box   1 Folder   49	August 27th, 1983
Box   1 Folder   50	Immigrant Rights, 1984
	Jackson, Jesse
Box   1 Folder   51	Article, 1987-1988
Box   2 Folder   1	Campaign - Internal Documents and Discussion Guides, 1984, 1989
Box   2 Folder   2	Campaign - Madison, 1984
Box   2 Folder   3	Frontline Packet Master Copy, 1983-1984
Box   2 Folder   4	Work Summation, 1984
Box   2 Folder   5	Minority Statistics - Madison, 1980, 1983
Box   2 Folder   6	Murders/Black Community, 1980, undated
Box   2 Folder   7	People of Color Mailing Lists, 1987
Box   2 Folder   8	Racism and Women Paper - Letters, 1980-1982
Box   2 Folder   9	Racism and Women Paper - Notes, 1980, undated
Box   2 Folder   10	Racism Conference, 1980-1981, undated
Box   2 Folder   11	Relations Between Jewish and Minority Lesbians - Paper, undated
Box   2 Folder   12	Saeger, Sandi - Rape Case, 1984
Box   2 Folder   13	Statistics - Blacks, undated
	Labor
Box   2 Folder   14	Anti-Imperialist Conference, 1980-1981
Box   2 Folder   15	Bay Area Line of March - Long Range Strategy, 1987
Box   2 Folder   16	Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA), 1984
Box   2 Folder   17	Communist Party of the United States of America - Line of March Discussion Guide #16, undated
Box   2 Folder   18	Electoral Work, 1989
Box   2 Folder   19	Frontline Writer Training, 1988
Box   2 Folder   20	Gayle Southworth's Critique of the Union for Radical Political Economy-Labor Market Segmentation, undated
Box   2 Folder   21	Hypothesis Papers: Role and Identity, 1987-1988
Box   2 Folder   22	International Commission Plan, 1982
Box   2 Folder   23	Labor Aristocracy Conference, 1982-1983
Box   2 Folder   24	Labor Aristocracy Discussion Guide, 1982
Box   2 Folder   25	Labor Commission, 1981
Box   2 Folder   26	Labor History Bibliography, undated
Box   2 Folder   27	Labor Report on California, 1985
Box   2 Folder   28	Lenin - What Is To Be Done? (WITBD) Long Course, 1985-1986
	Line of March
Box   2 Folder   29	Local Board, 1987, undated
Box   2 Folder   30	Membership, 1985
Box   2 Folder   31	Racism Conference, 1981, undated
Box   2 Folder   32	Unit Meeting Guides, 1982, 1985, undated
Box   2 Folder   33-35	National Board Meetings, 1988
Box   2 Folder   36-37	National Board Reports, 1984-1989, undated
Box   2 Folder   38	National Organization (NO), 1985-1986, undated
Box   2 Folder   39	National Organizational Department (NOD) Memos, 1981-1984
Box   2 Folder   40	November 29th Coalition, 1983, undated
Box   2 Folder   41	Peace and Solidarity Alliance (PSA) Memos, 1985
Box   2 Folder   42	Por Los Niños (PLN) and Frontline Schedules, 1987, undated
Box   2 Folder   43	Por Los Niños (PLN) Guidelines, 1981
Box   2 Folder   44	Racial Oppression and National Oppression, 1981, undated
Box   3 Folder   1	Selling Frontline, 1987, undated
Box   3 Folder   2	Socialist Feminism, undated
Box   3 Folder   3	South Africa, 1985, undated
Box   3 Folder   4	Substance Abuse Taskforce, 1988
Box   3 Folder   5	Transfer Procedures, undated
Box   3 Folder   6	United Front Against War and Racism (UFAWR) Theoretical Paper, 1988-1989
	Marxist-Leninist Education Project
Box   3 Folder   7	Capital, undated
Box   3 Folder   8	Conference 1984, 1986
Box   3 Folder   9	Dialectics, 1982
Box   3 Folder   10-11	Dialectics I-II, 1985-1986
Box   3 Folder   12	Dialectic Historical Materialism I - Class Notes and Readings, undated
Box   3 Folder   13	First Version, undated
Box   3 Folder   14	Fundamentals of Marxism-Leninism: A Course of Theoretical Study, Vol. I: Philosophy & Political Economy, 1983
Box   3 Folder   15-16	Historical Materialism I-II, 1985-1986
Box   3 Folder   17	Imperialism, undated
Box   3 Folder   18	Imperialism/Underdevelopment, 1985-1986
Box   3 Folder   19	Introduction Material, 1981-1983
Box   3 Folder   20	Introduction to Marxism, 1982
Box   3 Folder   21-22	Introduction to Philosophy - Materialism vs. Idealism, 1982, 1985-1986
Box   3 Folder   23	INTROM-L Manifesto, 1986-1986
Box   3 Folder   24	Labor Aristocracy Paper, undated
	Lenin
Box   3 Folder   25	Left Wing Communism, undated
Box   3 Folder   26	State and Revolution, undated
Box   3 Folder   27	What Is To Be Done?, undated
Box   3 Folder   28	Long Course - General Introduction/Leader Guides, 1985-1986
Box   3 Folder   29	Long Course - State and Revolution, 1985-1986
Box   3 Folder   30	Marc/Gabriel/Mark Debate, 1981, undated
Box   3 Folder   31	National Correspondence, 1981-1982
Box   3 Folder   32	National School, 1980-1982
Box   3 Folder   33	Orientation, 1984-1986
Box   3 Folder   34	Party Building Study, 1979-1981
Box   3 Folder   35	Philosophy Summation Materials, 1984, 1986
Box   3 Folder   36	Political Economy, 1985-1986
Box   3 Folder   37-41	Political Economy I-V, 1982-1983
Box   3 Folder   42	Political Economy Summation, 1984-1985
Box   3 Folder   43	Short Course I, 1980
Box   4 Folder   1	Short Course - , 1983 Version
Box   4 Folder   2	Short Course - , 1985 Writing Drafts
	Strategy Section
Box   4 Folder   3	Maoism, undated
Box   4 Folder   4	Revisionism, undated
Box   4 Folder   5	Stalin, 1983
Box   4 Folder   6	Trotskyism/International Communist Movement, undated
Box   4 Folder   7	United Front, undated
Box   4 Folder   8-9	Summations, 1981-1982, 1984-1985
Box   4 Folder   10-11	Theory of Knowledge, 1985-1986, undated
Box   4 Folder   12	Underdevelopment, 1982
Box   4 Folder   13	United States History, 1982
	Series: Subject Files	⇧
	United States Anti-Imperialist League (USAIL)
Box   4 Folder   14	Central America Campaign, 1983
Box   4 Folder   15	Community/Labor/Religion Coalition/Anti-Intervention, 1983
Box   4 Folder   16	Conference Papers, 1983
Box   4 Folder   17	Cuba Study, 1982
Box   4 Folder   18	Iranian Student Association, 1981-1982
Box   4 Folder   19	Labor - Latin America, 1983
Box   4 Folder   20	Medical Aid to El Salvador, 1982, undated
Box   4 Folder   21	Minnesota Guide Notes/Frontline Committee, undated
Box   4 Folder   22	Miscellaneous, 1982-1983, undated
Box   4 Folder   23	National Executive Committee - Memos, 1983
Box   4 Folder   24	Nuclear Disarmament Working Paper, 1982
Box   4 Folder   25	Palestine Study, 1982
Box   4 Folder   26	Plan, January 1982
Box   4 Folder   27	Puerto Rico, 1984
Box   4 Folder   28	Racism Study, undated
Box   4 Folder   29	Steering Committee Notes, 1982, 1984
Box   4 Folder   30	Summation - First Six Months, 1982
Box   4 Folder   31	Turkey, 1980-1981
Box   4 Folder   32	United States Foreign Policy, 1977, 1980
Box   4 Folder   33	Work, 1982, undated
	Gay/Lesbian Activism
Box   4 Folder   34	AIDS Pamphlets, 1984, 1986, undated
Box   4 Folder   35	Celebration Committee, undated
Box   4 Folder   36	Freedom Day Parade - Press Kit, 1987
Box   4 Folder   37	Frontline Lesbian/Gay Beat Team, 1985-1988
Box   4 Folder   38	Gay Day Parade Board, 1987, undated
Box   4 Folder   39	Gay Intervention Team, 1985, 1987
Box   4 Folder   40	Gay/Lesbian, 1984-1986
Box   4 Folder   41	Gay/Lesbian Commission - Notes and Article, 1987, undated
Box   4 Folder   42	Gay Rights, undated
Box   4 Folder   43	Lesbian Bibliography, 1957, 1961, 1979
Box   4 Folder   44	Lesbians/Gays for Jackson, 1988
Box   4 Folder   45	Line of March Lesbian/Gay Commission, 1987, undated
Box   4 Folder   46	Mailing List
Box   5 Folder   1	March on Washington Article, 1987
Box   5 Folder   2	March on Washington Summation, 1988
Box   5 Folder   3	Martinelli Harassment Case, 1993
Box   5 Folder   4	National March, 1986-1987
Box   5 Folder   5	National March - Fundraising, 1987, undated
Box   5 Folder   6	People of All Colors, 1987
Box   5 Folder   7-9	Proposition 64, 1986, undated
Box   5 Folder   10	Proposition 64 Campaign Against LaRouche Measure (CALM), 1986
	Women
Box   5 Folder   11	Alliance Against Women's Oppression (AAWO), undated
Box   5 Folder   12	Alliance Against Women's Oppression (AAWO) Pamphlets, 1983
Box   5 Folder   13	Bibliographies/Addresses - Right Wing Groups, 1970, 1974
Box   5 Folder   14	Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW), 1974-1975
Box   5 Folder   15	International Women's Day, 1983
Box   5 Folder   16	International Women's Day - Palestinian Women, 1980-1982
Box   5 Folder   17	Line of March Women's Commission, 1981
Box   5 Folder   18	Line of March Women's Commission - Defense of Women's Rights, 1982
Box   5 Folder   19	Line of March Women's Commission - National Plan/Meeting, 1982
Box   5 Folder   20	Madison Women's Union, Theory, CR Group, 1975-1976
Box   5 Folder   21	Marxist-Leninist Education Project - The Woman Question, 1979
Box   5 Folder   22	Reproductive Rights, 1970, 1978-1979, 1981
Box   5 Folder   23	Right Wing, 1977-1980
Box   5 Folder   24	Socialism - Feminism, 1974, 1977, 1980, undated
Box   5 Folder   25	Statistics - Women, 1974-1975, 1980
Box   5 Folder   26	United/Right Wing Struggle, 1978-1979
Box   5 Folder   27	Women's Oppression Course, undated
Box   5 Folder   28	Women's Unions - Socialist Feminism, 1972, 1975, 1977
	Miscellaneous
Box   5 Folder   29	Committee on the Middle East Crisis, 1983, undated
Box   5 Folder   30-31	Common Sense Coalition, 1978-1980
Box   6 Folder   1	Common Sense Coalition - Women's Caucus, 1977, 1980
Box   6 Folder   2	Communist Party of the United States of America - History, 1979-1980
Box   6 Folder   3	County Board, 1977, undated
Box   6 Folder   4	Coursework, 1963, 1966, 1973, undated
Box   6 Folder   5	Draft/Military/Madison Draft Resistance Coalition, 1983
Box   6 Folder   6	Family - Socialist Theory, 1978-1979
Box   6 Folder   7	Fat Liberation Newsletters, 1980-1981, undated
Box   6 Folder   8-9	Fat Liberation Stuff, 1980-1981
Box   6 Folder   10	Health Care, 1971-1972, 1974
Box   6 Folder   11	Israel - Zionism, 1978, 1981
Box   6 Folder   12	Jewish History and Philosophy, 1974-1977, 1979-1980, 1983
	Madison Socialist Organizing Committee (MADSOC)
Box   6 Folder   13	Common Sense Coalition, 1979-1980
Box   6 Folder   14	Formation/Midpoint, 1978-1979
Box   6 Folder   15	Socialist Education and Action Collective (SEAC), 1979-1980
Box   6 Folder   16	Memorabilia, 1968, 1970, undated
Box   6 Folder   17	Midwest Academy, 1977, 1980, undated
Box   6 Folder   18	New Right, 1977-1979
Box   6 Folder   19	Poetry Writing Class, 1979, undated
Box   6 Folder   20	Poland, 1980-1981
Box   6 Folder   21	Popular Front for a Liberated Palestine (PFLP), 1983
Box   6 Folder   22	Radical History - Bibliography, 1974
Box   6 Folder   23	Rape and Race, 1978-1980
Box   6 Folder   24	Songs, undated
Box   6 Folder   25	State, 1975, undated
Box   6 Folder   26	Strategy, 1978, undated
Box   6 Folder   27	Strategy - Selections from Lenin and Mao, undated
Box   6 Folder   28	USSR/Eastern Europe Bibliography, undated
Box   6 Folder   29	Wisconsin Alliance, 1976, undated