Summary Information
Charles G. L. Currier Papers
1963-1966
Mss 127
0.4 c.f. (1 archives box)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Papers of Charles Currier, a staff member of CORE's Community Relations Department in New York City, consisting of general and personal correspondence, reports, clippings, lists, and miscellany pertaining to CORE projects in Florida, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
English
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Scope and Content Note
These papers include general and personal correspondence, then correspondence, reports, and occasional clippings, lists, and other items arranged alphabetically by subject titles. A variety of CORE projects form these subjects: voter registration in Florida; a boycott of Mississippi businesses denying employment to Negroes; the fund-raising Freedom Hat project; Council of Federated Organizations activities in Mississippi; and miscellaneous activities in Louisiana. Of special interest is a summary of incidents found in the Louisiana folder.
Included in the folder of personal correspondence is correspondence with the Community and Social Agency Employees Union, Local 1707 (AFL/CIO) and a 1965 letter from Congressman John V. Lindsay decrying treatment of demonstrators in Selma, Alabama.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Presented with the Alan Gartner Papers by Mr. Gartner, Jamaica, New York, March 4, 1966. Accession Number: M66-75
Processed by PN and Karen Baumann, November 9, 1970.
Contents List
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Correspondence
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General, 1964, July - 1966, Jan.
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Personal, 1964, July - 1965, March
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Council of Federated Organizations, 1963, Oct. - 1965, April
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Florida Voter Registration, 1964, Aug. - Sept.
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Folder
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Freedom Hats, 1964, Sept. - Nov.
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Louisiana - Miscellaneous, 1964, May - Sept.
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Mississippi Boycott, 1964, Jan. - 1965, March
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