Title: Beate Klein Becker Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1977-1980

Creator:

• Becker, Beate Klein

Call Number: M96-117

Quantity: 1.4 cubic feet (1 records center carton and 1 archives box)
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 Beate Klein Becker, reflecting her involvement in and the activities of the New York chapter of the Committee to Oppose Bank Loans to South Africa (COBLSA). Materials generally concern the Committee's investigation of corporate investment practices and banking policies and their relationship to apartheid in South Africa, plus the Committee's actions to influence changes in corporate behavior and to increase public awareness of the issues. Included are clippings, near-print publications and documents, correspondence, meeting minutes, notes, and agendas, flyers, newsletters, and materials from internal teach-ins and forums.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-m96117

Acquisition Information

Presented by Beate Klein Becker, Arlington, Massachusetts. Accession Number: M96-117

M96-117 Box   1   Folder   1	Corporate research methodology guides
Box   1   Folder   2	Bank lenders and corporate investors in South Africa profiles
Box   1   Folder   3	Correspondence
Box   1   Folder   4	Agendas and minutes
Box   1   Folder   5	Study group
Box   1   Folder   6	Business in South Africa, news clippings
Box   1   Folder   7	Fundraising
Box   1   Folder   8	Internal teach-in, 1978 September 9
Box   1   Folder   9	International day of action, 1978 December 1
Box   1   Folder   10	Sponsors
Box   1   Folder   11	Literature and flyers
Box   1   Folder   12	Runaway Banks forum, 1979 February 24
Box   1   Folder   13	Press packet and contacts
Box   1   Folder   14	Publicity
Box   1   Folder   15	Transcript Note: Empty.
Box   1   Folder   16	Speakers correspondence
Box   1   Folder   17	Citibank demonstration flyers, 1979 April 11
Box   1   Folder   18	Literature
Box   1   Folder   19	Newsletters, #1-5
Box   1   Folder   20	U.S. anti-apartheid groups
Box   1   Folder   21	U.S. COBLSA
Box   1   Folder   22	Early bank campaign literature and mailing lists
	National and international meetings
Box   1   Folder   23	New York City, 1978 January 28 Note: Empty.
Box   1   Folder   24	Chicago, 1978 August 6
Box   1   Folder   25	International non-governmental organization conference, Geneva 1978 August 28-1978 August 31
Box   1   Folder   26	Washington D.C., 1979 March 3-1979 March 4
Box   1   Folder   27	Minneapolis, 1979 July 21-1979 July 22
Box   1   Folder   28	Early Reports, 1977
Box   1   Folder   29	Leaflets and flyers
Box   1   Folder   30	South Africa unions
	Banks
Box   1   Folder   31	Old bank lists and loans
Box   1   Folder   32	International bank campaign
Box   1   Folder   33	World Bank and South Africa
Box   1   Folder   34	Export import bank
Box   1   Folder   35	Cleveland
Box   1   Folder   36	Employment practices
	Redlining
Box   1   Folder   37	Study and methodology, manufacturers Hanover 1979 June
Box   1   Folder   38	Background
Box   1   Folder   39	New York-COBLSA report and press release, 1979 February
Box   1   Folder   40	Cooperative for research and information on South Africa proposal
	Research Files
Box   1   Folder   41-42	Banks
Box   1   Folder   43	Swiss banks in South Africa
Box   1   Folder   44	Banks and South Africa's economy
Box   2   Folder   1	Gold
Box   2   Folder   2	International Monetary Fund and South Africa
Box   2   Folder   3	Loans to South Africa
Box   2   Folder   4	Sanctions
Box   2   Folder   5	Transnational corporations and disinvestment
Box   2   Folder   6	South Africa and nuclear weapons