Title: Sweet Family Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1970-1977

Call Number: M90-268

Quantity: 2.4 c.f. (7 archives boxes) and 7 tape recordings

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 Charles, Jean, and Debra Sweet, a Madison, Wisconsin family active in the peace and social justice movements of the 1960s and 1970s including articles, clippings and tape recordings concerning civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer (particularly her visit to Madison); and letters to Debra Sweet and her parents prompted by Debra’s anti-war comment to President Nixon when he presented her with the Young American Medal for Service in 1970.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-m90268

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The collection includes positive and negative correspondence to the Sweets (mainly from 1970-1971), including a response from Senator William Proxmire regarding Debra Sweet’s surveillance by Army Intelligence; newspaper clippings and magazine articles related to Debra Sweet's anti-war comment to President Nixon and the subsequent FBI probe; and clippings and articles about and by fellow activist Fannie Lou Hamer, including an original program for her 1977 funeral. Also included are tape recordings of related broadcasts and interviews with Debra Sweet, including one conducted by Studs Terkel, and audio recordings of Fannie Lou Hamer speaking and singing.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Jean Sweet, Madison, Wisconsin. Accession Number: M90-268

M90-268	Correspondence
Box   1 Folder   1-7	Answered, 1970-1971
Box   2 Folder   1-10	Answered, 1970-1971 (continued)
Box   2 Folder   11	Daniel P. Moynihan, 1971
Box   2 Folder   12	Senator William Proxmire, 1971
Box   3 Folder   1-10	Positive, 1970-1971
Box   4 Folder   1-12	Negative, 1970-1971
Box   5-6	Newspaper clippings, anti-war comment to president Nixon and FBI probe, 1970-1976
Box   7 Folder   1-10	Newspaper clippings and articles, on Fannie Lou Hamer, 1970-1977
Box   7 Folder   11	Fannie Lou Hamer, funeral notice, 1977
Sound Archive	Tape recordings
	Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer sings with friends, home of C. and J. Sweet
	Church
	Debbie, interviewed by Studs Terkel
	Debbie in Washington, D.C., news broadcast
	Fannie Lou Hamer
	Interview with Debbie Sweet on her remark to the president
	Interview Note: From Robert Squires.