Title: Ted Finman Papers
Inclusive Dates: circa 1965-1971

Creator:

• Finman, Ted, 1931-

Call Number: M2002-022

Quantity: 9.0 cubic feet (9 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, approximately 1965-1971, of Ted Finman, a University of Wisconsin law professor, containing research materials collected for a study conducted with Stewart Macaulay of the protests, both lawful and illegal actions, against the war in Vietnam, and on governmental response to those protests at the national, state and local levels. Other information includes correspondence with and information from university administrators, city officials, police departments, lawyers, protests groups, and others.

Language: English

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The papers consist of primary source materials, in the form of questionnaires sent to several hundred anti-war and peace groups in the United States, as well as associated correspondence, clippings, and legal documents. The collection also contains clipping files arranged by subject consisting of data gathered during and immediately after the period in which particular protests occurred.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Ted Finman, Madison, Wisconsin. Accession Number: M2002-022

M2002-022	Series: Administrative Files
	Lawyer letters
Box   1 Folder   1	American Civil Liberties Union--information on anti-war activities
Box   1 Folder   2	Answers
Box   1 Folder   3-14	Answers (by state)
Box   1 Folder   15	Police letters
Box   1 Folder   16	Replies
Box   1 Folder   17	State legislative project
Box   1 Folder   18	Form letter samples
Box   1 Folder   19-39	Legislators letters (alphabetical by state)
	Organizations and groups
Box   1 Folder   40	American Association of University Professors materials, possibly relevant--including state legislation
Box   1 Folder   41	Southern Student Organizing Committee
Box   1 Folder   42	Methodist Federation for Social Action, Inc.
Box   1 Folder   43	Lawyers Committee on American Policy Towards Vietnam
Box   1 Folder   44	Inter-University Committee for Debate on Foreign Policy
Box   1 Folder   45	Students for a Democratic Society
Box   1 Folder   46	Central Committee of Correspondence
Box   1 Folder   47	“MacBird” [play]
Box   1 Folder   48	“Connecticut Peace Newsletter”
Box   1 Folder   49	“Rochester Peace Newsletter”
Box   1 Folder   50	Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Box   1 Folder   51	Matt Timm, Chicago
Box   1 Folder   52	SANE
Box   1 Folder   53	SDS, SNCC
Box   1 Folder   54	Grants
Box   1 Folder   55	Filing system/outline
	Series: Questionnaires, Supporting Correspondence, and Other Documentation Arrangement of the Materials: Alphabetical by state; all states except Alabama, Alaska, Delaware, Idaho, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Utah	⇧
Box   2 Folder   1-73	Alabama - Kentucky
Box   3 Folder   1-93	Louisiana - Tennessee
Box   4 Folder   1-23	Texas - Wyoming
	Series: Subjects Files Arranged According To Outline	⇧
	Expressions of opposition to the war
	Political (Electoral)
	“Peace” candidates
Box   4 Folder   24	Romney
Box   4 Folder   25	McCarthy
Box   4 Folder   26	Kennedy, Robert
Box   4 Folder   27	McGovern
Box   4 Folder   28	The intra-Democratic controversy
Box   4 Folder   29	Republican Party opposition
Box   4 Folder   30	Religion
Box   4 Folder   31	Vietnam draft opposition
	General draft opposition (not explicitly anti-war)
Box   4 Folder   32	Objections to draft discrimination--miscellaneous bases for discrimination
Box   4 Folder   33	Statements and articles
Box   4 Folder   34	Legal and Constitutional aspects of draft
Box   4 Folder   35	University of Wisconsin events
Box   4 Folder   36	Cardinal, Crimson, etc., on the draft
	Nationwide events
Box   4 Folder   37	Assembly of Unrepresented People
Box   4 Folder   38-39	International Days of Protest, 1965 October, , 1966 March
Box   4 Folder   40	March on Washington, 1966 May
Box   4 Folder   41	Spring Mobilization, 1967
Box   4 Folder   42	Washington Mobilization, 1967
Box   4 Folder   43	Save the Draft Week, 1967 December
Box   4 Folder   44	Stop the Draft Week, 1968 Spring
Box   4 Folder   45	International protests
	“Illegal” activities
	Disrupting speeches
Box   4 Folder   46	Kennedy at the University of Wisconsin
Box   4 Folder   47	Miscellany
	Demonstrations against campus interviews
Box   4 Folder   48-49	Dow at the University of Wisconsin, 1967 Spring, Fall
Box   4 Folder   50	Miscellany
Box   4 Folder   51-53	Major newspaper advertisements, 1966-1968
	Congressional opposition
Box   4 Folder   54	Kennedy
Box   4 Folder   55	Morse
Box   4 Folder   56	Fulbright
Box   4 Folder   57	Democrats
Box   4 Folder   58	Republicans
Box   4 Folder   59	Foreign Relations Committee hearings
Box   4 Folder   60	Miscellany--bipartisan opposition in Congress
	Statements against the war by prominent people
Box   4 Folder   61	Former government officials
Box   4 Folder   62	Academics
Box   4 Folder   63	Newspapermen
Box   4 Folder   64	Other prominent people
	Organizations (not religious) taking anti-war stands
	Anti-Vietnam War groups
Box   4 Folder   65	National Coordinating Committee to End the War in Vietnam
Box   4 Folder   66	The Universities Comm. on the Problems of War and Peace
Box   4 Folder   67	National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy, Inc.
Box   4 Folder   68	Miscellany
Box   4 Folder   69	Groups with a basic purpose other than to oppose the war
Box   4 Folder   70	Miscellaneous anti-war expressions
Box   4 Folder   71	Protests by people in the arts
	Government reactions to protest
Box   4 Folder   72	Johnson administration--public statements
Box   4 Folder   73	Nixon administration
	Congress
Box   4 Folder   74	Public statements by Congressmen--miscellaneous
	Investigations and reports
Box   4 Folder   75	House Un-American Activities Committee
Box   4 Folder   76	Federal Bureau of Investigation
Box   4 Folder   77	Miscellany
Box   4 Folder   78	Legislation (not including bill on card-burning nor any passed and enforced legislation)
	Military
Box   4 Folder   79	Court-martials
Box   4 Folder   80	Draft reclassification
Box   4 Folder   81	State and local government (not including police conduct)
Box   4 Folder   82	Police conduct
Box   4 Folder   83	Federal legal action
Box   4 Folder   84	Restrictions on protest activities of government employees
Box   4 Folder   85	Government as selective purchaser
	Private reactions to protests
Box   4 Folder   86	University, college, public school
Box   4 Folder   87	Violence and harassment
Box   4 Folder   88	Social ostracism
Box   4 Folder   89	Editorials
Box   4 Folder   90	Reactions to the March on Washington, 1965 November
Box   4 Folder   91	Statements against protests by private individuals and groups
Box   4 Folder   92	Anti-protest protests
Box   4 Folder   93	Protest phenomena: statements, articles, studies
	Miscellany
Box   4 Folder   94	Public opinion on the war
Box   4 Folder   95	California after Reagan
Box   4 Folder   96	Reactions to reactions
	Series: Subject Files	⇧
Box   5 Folder   1-6	Permits--non-campus
Box   4 Folder   7-8	Photographs and name taking
Box   4 Folder   9-13	Police interference--non-campus/city
Box   4 Folder   14-19	Police protection--non-campus
Box   4 Folder   20-24	Police violence--non-campus
Box   6 Folder   1-9	Miscellaneous
	University administrations
Box   6 Folder   10	Sanctions against students
Box   6 Folder   11-13	Sanctions against faculty
	Campus activities against
Box   6 Folder   14	Draft and draft tests
Box   6 Folder   15	ROTC
Box   6 Folder   16	CIA
Box   6 Folder   17	Armed Forces recruiters
Box   6 Folder   18	Defense work
Box   6 Folder   19	Miscellaneous campus activities
Box   6 Folder   20-21	Demonstrations against Dow and Napalm--campus/non-campus
Box   6 Folder   22	Instances where police were called to quell demonstrations. Scope and Content Note: Includes campus as well as city police; includes police brutality
Box   6 Folder   23	Permits to use university facilities
Box   6 Folder   24	Administrations' response to outside pressure
Box   6 Folder   25	Vietnam commencement, 1968
Box   6 Folder   26	Public statements by administrations about demonstrations
Box   6 Folder   27	Letters to colleges (follow ups and replies re discipline cases, permit cases, etc.)
Box   6 Folder   28	Drew University, New Jersey--articles and news reports about Mellon case
Box   6 Folder   29	Legislation--campus
Box   6 Folder   30	ACLU handbook, “Academic Freedom and Civil Liberties of Students in Colleges and Universities,” April, 1970
Box   7 Folder   1	Public schools
	Politics
Box   7 Folder   2	Referenda
Box   7 Folder   3	Activities and parties in general
Box   7 Folder   4	Candidates
Box   7 Folder   5	Anti-war
Box   7 Folder   6-7	Unlabeled
	Types of demonstrations
Box   7 Folder   8	At draft boards and induction centers
Box   7 Folder   9	Milwaukee 14
Box   7 Folder   10	Cantonsville Nine/Baltimore 4
Box   7 Folder   11-23	Chronologically filed demonstrations and moratoriums (duplications of other files, plus demonstrations in general), 1965-1971
Box   7 Folder   24	In foreign countries
Box   7 Folder   25	At Armed Forces bases
Box   7 Folder   26	Sanctuary
Box   7 Folder   27	Refusal to pay taxes as protest
Box   7 Folder   28	Flag burning
Box   7 Folder   29	Labor groups
Box   7 Folder   30	Religious groups
Box   7 Folder   31	Vigils
Box   7 Folder   32	The Negro and the war
Box   7 Folder   33	Dues as income/peace organizations
Box   7 Folder   34	Public proclamations
Box   7 Folder   35	Reports on demonstration tactics, etc.--campus
Box   7 Folder   36	Reports on demonstration tactics, etc.--non-campus
Box   7 Folder   37	Violence--bombings, firebombings, rocks, etc.
Box   7 Folder   38	Student unrest--other articles not strictly related to anti-war expression
Box   7 Folder   39	Miscellaneous items that have already been filed somewhere
Box   7 Folder   40	General surveys, dockets of cases, etc.
	Government responses
Box   8 Folder   1	Federal legislation
Box   8 Folder   2	To employees who participate in anti-war demonstrations
Box   8 Folder   3	To news media
Box   8 Folder   4	State and local legislation
Box   8 Folder   5	Miscellaneous--such as confiscation of films, etc.
	Investigations
Box   8 Folder   6	House Un-American Activities Committee
Box   8 Folder   7-8	Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Box   8 Folder   9	Federal Bureau of Investigation
Box   8 Folder   10	Subversive Activities Control Board and the W.E.B. DuBois Clubs of America
Box   8 Folder   11	Spock-Coffin trial
Box   8 Folder   12	Kentucky sedition prosecution
Box   8 Folder   13	War relief to North Vietnam
Box   8 Folder   14	National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders
	Dissent within the military
Box   8 Folder   15	Court-martials
Box   8 Folder   16	Levy
Box   8 Folder   17	Fort Hood Three
Box   8 Folder   18	Dale Noyd
Box   8 Folder   19	Presidio 27
Box   8 Folder   20	Desertion
Box   8 Folder   21	General
Box   8 Folder   22	Growth of anti-war movement in the Army
Box   8 Folder   23	Underground newspapers
Box   8 Folder   24	Coffeehouses, pray-ins
Box   8 Folder   25	Department of Defense directives
	Punishment by conscription
Box   8 Folder   26	Reclassifications
Box   8 Folder   27	Hershey statement and reactions to it
Box   8 Folder   28	Articles and comments
Box   8 Folder   29	Controversy over the draft system
Box   8 Folder   30	Statistics Selective Service
Box   8 Folder   31	Draft card burning and turning in
Box   8 Folder   32	Boston
Box   8 Folder   33	David Miller
Box   8 Folder   34	Articles and comments
	Refusal to serve when drafted
Box   8 Folder   35-38	Chronological, 1965-1968
Box   8 Folder   39	Resistance movement
Box   8 Folder   40	Articles and comments
	Series: Newspapers	⇧
Box   9 Folder   1	Working file - The Daily Cardinal
Box   9 Folder   2	National Guardian, miscellaneous dates
	Capital Times
Box   9 Folder   3	October-November 1969
Box   9 Folder   4	April 30, 1970-May 1970
Box   9 Folder   3-5	June 1970
Box   9 Folder   6-8	Wisconsin State Journal, 1970 May-June
Box   9 Folder   9	Albuquerque Tribune
Box   9 Folder   10	Evening Express (Portland, Maine), 1969 November 10-20
Box   9 Folder   11	Nashville, Tennessee
Box   9 Folder   12-13	Summary of various newspaper files by subject matter of October/November moratoria
Box   9 Folder   14	National newspaper editorial reactions to , October '65
Box   9 Folder   15	Permits--sources
Box   9 Folder   16	Student newspaper research to be done
	Series: Miscellaneous At End	⇧
Box   9 Folder   17-24	Miscellaneous outgoing letters, forms, lists
Box   9 Folder   25-28	Miscellaneous outgoing letters, forms, lists (continued)
Box   9 Folder   29	Student research
Box   9 Folder   30-31	Sue--Vietnam lists
Box   9 Folder   32	“The Vietnam War According to Chet, David, Walter...,” doctoral thesis by George Arthur Bailey, 1973
Box   9 Folder   33-36	Miscellaneous (unlabeled)