Title: Congress of Racial Equality Records
Inclusive Dates: 1941-1967

Creator:

• Congress of Racial Equality

Call Number: Mss 14; Micro 806; Audio 449A

Quantity: 43.5 c.f. (103 archives boxes), 49 reels of microfilm (35 mm), and 1 tape recording

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:

Records of a national inter-racial organization of semi-autonomous groups dedicated to the use of non-violent direct action to combat racial discrimination. Although CORE was founded in 1942, the majority of the records date from the period 1959-1964 when the organization expanded greatly in size, financial support, and activities. During this period CORE also received its greatest national attention through sit-ins protesting discrimination in public accommodations in the South in 1960, Freedom Rides in 1961, participation in the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project in 1964, and various other national projects protesting discrimination in employment and housing. Earlier records are contained in the files of the executive secretary and the National Action Council; later material on the administration of Floyd B. McKissick is not included. The documentation generally consists of correspondence, constitutions, minutes, reports, memoranda, financial statements, press releases, clippings, and printed matter.

Note:

There is a restriction on use of the microfilm in this collection; see the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00014

It is difficult to trace the history and growth of the Congress of Racial Equality, due to its constantly changing personnel and the overlapping of office files. For the following description of the organization's background, the processors have depended on information found in the records themselves, and have made use of two articles: “New Currents in the Civil Rights Movement,” by August Meier, reprinted from New Politics, summer, 1963, and “The Congress of Racial Equality and Its Strategy,” by Marvin Rich, reprinted from The Annals of the Academy of Political and Social Science, January, 1965.

The philosophy and aims of the Congress of Racial Equality were originally much affected by the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR), a pacifist group for whom James Farmer was secretary of race relations in 1942. In that year, he sent a memorandum to various interested groups concerning the need for a non-violent direct action civil rights organization, With this need as its goal, the Congress of Racial Equality developed after University of Chicago students formed a permanent civil rights group as the result of their participation in the first successful race relations sit-in in Chicago. Similar sit-ins followed in other places, and similar groups were organized. CORE in the 1940s became a federation of chapters working on national and local projects. In the early 1950s, CORE chapters increased in the border states of the South, but it was not until the late 1950s that they became very active in the southern states themselves. During the 1940s and the early 1950s, there was no paid national staff, but by 1956 a permanent administrative staff had come into being, and communication between the local chapters increased.

In this early period the chapters were composed chiefly of middle class whites and Negroes, and emphasized peaceful direct methods to end discriminatory practices in public accommodations. In the North, the projects gradually broadened to include equal employment and fair housing, and the urban membership became more working class in character with a higher proportion of black members. In the South, most of the membership was working class and Negro from the beginning.

In the 1960s, CORE's membership and activities expanded greatly. From 1959 to 1964 its size and income increased tenfold, the income going from $60,000 to $900,000 and the affiliated chapters reaching the total number of 124. Although it expanded in size, the relationship of national CORE to the local chapters remained much the same, especially in the North, The local chapters were self-governing to a large extent; although most were affiliated with national CORE, Each chapter was responsible for its own program and finances, with guidance from the national office. Occasionally this autonomy led to problems, especially in public relations, so that national CORE found it necessary sometimes to expel chapters. In the early 1960s there was a notable attempt by national CORE to assert tighter control, but the basic independence of the chapters remained, with the attendant problems.

CORE attained national prominence in the early 1960s through projects conducted on a nation-wide basis. The first to make national headlines was the variety store sit-ins of 1960. Negotiations with Woolworth's and other chain stores eventually resulted in the opening up of their lunch counters to all races. The most famous of CORE's projects in these years were the Freedom Rides of 1961. The legal effect of these rides was to secure enforcement of the Interstate Commerce Commission rulings concerning discrimination. The Freedom Highways project of 1962 succeeded in opening the Howard Johnson and Holiday Inn chains to Negroes.

The next concentration of CORE in the South was on voter registration. Through its Task Force, CORE supplemented the efforts of such organizations as the Southern Regional Council's Voter Education Project, the Student Non-violent Co-ordinating Committee, and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. The Mississippi Summer Project of the Council of Federated Organizations (CORE, SNCC, and SCLC), in 1964, epitomized the widening scope of CORE's activities. This project encompassed voter registration, community centers, and freedom schools. CORE also conducted its own voter registration projects and directed self-help projects, such as the Fayette-Haywood Counties, Tennessee, tote-bag manufacturing project.

Thus, in the early 1960s the main focus of national CORE's activities shifted to the South. In the North, the projects remained smaller and less well-known until the Chicago summer project of 1964. The northern chapters were generally more stable financially, helping them to be more independent than those in the South.

Although these Records extend from the year 1941 to 1967, they most fully document the period from 1959 to 1964. The only materials relating to any extent to the early period of CORE appear in the files of the executive secretary and the National Action Council. The administration of Floyd McKissick, who replaced James Farmer as National Director in 1966, is not represented in this segment of the CORE files.

The CORE Records directly reflect the nature of CORE as an organization, with two factors standing out as being characteristic. First, is the struggle for autonomy by the local chapters. Second, and perhaps more important in understanding the Records, is the extent to which there was no clear-cut separation of functions among the various administrative offices and departments. In effect, all of the offices and departments seem to have dealt with everything.

In an attempt to preserve the integrity of the original files, the bulk of the records are arranged in series according to the various offices and departments by which they were designated when they were sent to the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. These were the following: Series 1: Director's Files, Series 2: Assistant Director's Files, Series 3: Executive Secretary's Files, Series 4: National Action Council, and Series 5: Departments and Related Organizations.

In each of these series the records are arranged by subject heading, and under each subject, chronologically by months. In general, there is a folder in each series on each subject in every other series. For example, if a researcher wishes to study the Freedom Rides of 1961, he must look under each office and department for that subject heading, thus consulting materials from widely-scattered parts of the collection. A problem also arises from the fact that CORE's organization was centered to some extent around individuals. If a staff member changed positions he might very well carry over some of his old responsibilities and even his files into the new position. Also, although a project or office might be given one particular phase of CORE's work, it necessarily was involved with other duties. For instance, even though the Community Relations department was to handle chiefly publicity and fund-raising for the Freedom Rides, its files also contain much legal material relating to the Freedom Rides.

Almost the entire collection is available on microfilm from the Microfilm Corporation of America, together with a printed guide, The Papers of the Congress of Racial Equality, 1941-1967 (1980). A positive copy of this film is held by the Historical Society Library. Printing from the negative in the Archives' possession is restricted; the reel locations in the Contents List below are provided for convenience in using the Library's copy.

One final series, designated Non-Microfilmed Records, consists of one tape recording of a 1964 rally and one box of additional paper records received after the microfilming was completed. These records were generated by several different offices and are filed in one chronological order. They include correspondence, minutes, near-print documents, and other materials.

Use Restrictions

No positive prints can be made of the Archives' negative microfilm for any purpose other than Historical Society internal use.

Acquisition Information

Presented by the Congress of Racial Equality, New York, New York, March 5, 1966; the Southern Regional Council (one item), Atlanta, Georgia, July 5, 1967; the Congress of Racial Equality, Berkeley Chapter (one folder), Berkeley, California, February 23, 1967; and George Wiley (one item), Washington, D.C., August 19, 1966. Several mimeographed papers presented by Mary Lu Murphy, San Francisco, California, July 13, 1972, were interfiled into this collection in 1980. They were added to Series 1, Box 3, Folder 3 and Box 7, Folders 4 and 5. Accession Number: M66-076, M66-284, M67-072, M67-452, M72-249

Processing Information

Processed by CB and Cheri Carbon, July 22, 1968.

	Series: Series 1: Director's File, 1945-1965 Scope and Content Note When it was founded, the Congress of Racial Equality had no definite staff positions other than those of chairman, James Farmer, and executive secretary. As executive secretary, George M. Houser, carried on most of the correspondence and organization functions for CORE. In the early years, the organization worked closely with the Fellowship of Reconciliation; most of the CORE staff, who served on a voluntary basis, were also members and officers of FOR. Not until 1961 did CORE establish and maintain a stable organizational structure with designated responsibilities for its top officers. Prior to 1961, its national office had a constantly shifting policy in regard to titles and offices, and a fairly frequent turnover in personnel. Besides the change in personnel, there were many staff members who held more than one position and who carried out a variety of duties. The Director's primary function has been to supervise personnel and coordinate departments and activities, to guide in establishing policies for the national organization, and to provide leadership for the national organization as a whole. The national Director plans projects that the organization decides to undertake, and often has been an active participant in demonstrations and freedom rides. The Director's file contains primarily correspondence from 1959 to 1964, This series also contains extensive material relating to the organizations with which CORE worked. There are records covering the CORE conventions, its constitution, and various CORE chapters. In processing, it was possible to keep a number of the Director's files intact, just as they were received from the National Office. The Director's files are similar in organization to every other series in the collection, since they represent most of the subjects and projects with which CORE was primarily concerned. The Director is a member of the National Action Council which, within the structure of CORE, determines the philosophy and direction of the Congress of Racial Equality.
Mss 14/Micro 806 Box/Folder   1/1 Reel   1	A - General File, 1961-1964
Box/Folder   1/2 Reel   1	Africa, 1960, 1962, 1964, undated
Box/Folder   1/3 Reel   1	American Civil Liberties Union, 1962 April-1964 August
Box/Folder   1/4 Reel   1	American Committee on Africa, 1959 September-1964 August
Box/Folder   1/5 Reel   1	American Friends Service Committee, 1959 July-1964 May
	American Negro Leadership Conference on Africa
Box/Folder   1/6 Reel   1	1962 May-November 23
Box/Folder   1/7 Reel   1	1962 November 23-1963 September
Box/Folder   1/8 Reel   1	Americans for Democratic Action, 1962 January-1964 August
Box/Folder   2/1 Reel   1	Assessment Project, 1963
Box/Folder   2/2 Reel   1	B - General File
Box/Folder   2/3 Reel   1	Blaugrund, Samuel, 1961
Box/Folder   2/4 Reel   1	Boy's Athletic League, 1962-1963
Box/Folder   2/5 Reel   1	Brooklyn CORE, 1961-1964
Box/Folder   2/6 Reel   1	C - General File
Box/Folder   2/7 Reel   1	Carey, Gordon, 1962-1964
Box/Folder   2/8 Reel   1	Citizens Action League, 1963
Box/Folder   2/9 Reel   1	Civil Rights - general
Box/Folder   2/10 Reel   1	Commission on Human Rights, 1962-1963
Box/Folder   2/11 Reel   1	Committee of Inquiry, 1962
Box/Folder   2/12 Reel   1	Committee to Aid the Monroe Defendants, 1961-1963
Box/Folder   2/13 Reel   2	Community Relations, 1963-1964
Box/Folder   3/1 Reel   2	Constitutions, 1947, 1949-1950, 1952, 1958-1959, 1961-1964
Box/Folder   3/2 Reel   2	Contributions, 1962-1963
Box/Folder   3/3 Reel   2	Conventions, 1949-1950, 1954, 1957, 1959-1960, 1962-1964
	CORE
Box/Folder   3/4 Reel   2	Articles of Interest to
Box/Folder   3/5 Reel   2	Miscellaneous
Box/Folder   3/6 Reel   2	Local offices - alphabetical, 1961-1964
Box/Folder   3/7 Reel   2	Cornell University, 1962-1963
Box/Folder   4/1 Reel   2	D - General File
Box/Folder   4/2 Reel   2	Danville, Virginia, 1963
Box/Folder   4/3 Reel   2	Dayton CORE, 1962-1964
Box/Folder   4/4 Reel   2	Department of Justice, 1962-1963, undated
Box/Folder   4/5 Reel   2	E - General File
Box/Folder   4/6 Reel   2	F - General File
	Farmer, James
Box/Folder   4/7 Reel   3	1959-1962 March
Box/Folder   4/8 Reel   3	1962 April-August
Box/Folder   4/9 Reel   3	1962 September-1963 January
Box/Folder   4/10 Reel   3	1963 February-June
Box/Folder   5/1 Reel   3	1963 July-November
Box/Folder   5/2 Reel   3	1963 December-1964 May
Box/Folder   5/3 Reel   3	1964 June-July
Box/Folder   5/4 Reel   3	1964 August-December, undated
Box/Folder   5/5 Reel   3	Field Staff
Box/Folder   5/6 Reel   3	Finances
Box/Folder   5/7 Reel   3	Freedom Highways Project, 1962
Box/Folder   5/8 Reel   3	Freedom Rides, 1961
Box/Folder   5/9 Reel   3	G - General File
Box/Folder   5/10 Reel   3	Gilligan Case, 1964
Box/Folder   6/1 Reel   3	H - General
Box/Folder   6/2 Reel   4	Haley, Richard, 1963-1964
Box/Folder   6/3 Reel   4	Hittner, Marianne, 1962
Box/Folder   6/4 Reel   4	I - General
Box/Folder   6/5 Reel   4	J - General
Box/Folder   6/6 Reel   4	K - General
Box/Folder   6/7 Reel   4	L - General
	Legal
Box/Folder   6/8 Reel   4	General, 1961-1964, undated
Box/Folder   6/9 Reel   4	Finney, Jones, Worthy, Kunstler, 1961-1963
Box/Folder   6/10 Reel   4	M - General
Box/Folder   6/11 Reel   4	McKissick, Floyd, 1963
Box/Folder   6/12 Reel   4	Minimum Wage, 1962-1963
Box/Folder   6/13 Reel   4	Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, 1965, undated
Box/Folder   7/1 Reel   4	Mutual of New York, 1963
Box/Folder   7/2 Reel   4	N - General
Box/Folder   7/3 Reel   4	National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 1961-1964
	National Action Council
Box/Folder   7/4 Reel   4	1945-1962 July
Box/Folder   7/5 Reel   4	1962 September-1964
Box/Folder   7/6 Reel   4	National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing, 1961-1964, undated
Box/Folder   7/7 Reel   4	National Committee for Sane Nuclear Policy, 1961-1963, undated
Box/Folder   7/8 Reel   4	Negro American Labor Council, 1961-1963
Box/Folder   7/9 Reel   4	New School for Social Research, 1962, 1964
Box/Folder   7/10 Reel   4	News Releases
Box/Folder   7/11 Reel   5	New York, City of, 1962-1964
Box/Folder   8/1 Reel   5	New York, State of, 1962-1964, undated
Box/Folder   8/2 Reel   5	NYU, 1962
Box/Folder   8/3 Reel   5	O - General
Box/Folder   8/4 Reel   5	Oldham, Charles, 1962
Box/Folder   8/5 Reel   5	P - General
Box/Folder   8/6 Reel   5	Pension Plan, 1963-1964
Box/Folder   8/7 Reel   5	Presidents Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity, 1963-1964
Box/Folder   8/8 Reel   5	R - General
Box/Folder   8/9 Reel   5	Rachlin, Carl - Legal, 1962-1963
Box/Folder   8/10 Reel   5	Resumes
Box/Folder   8/11 Reel   5	S - General
Box/Folder   8/12 Reel   5	San Francisco CORE, 1963-1964
Box/Folder   8/13 Reel   5	Socialist Organizations, 1961-1962
Box/Folder   8/14 Reel   5	Southern Christian Leadership Conference, 1961-1965
Box/Folder   8/15 Reel   5	Southern Regional Conference, 1962
Box/Folder   8/16 Reel   5	Student Non-violent Co-ordinating Committee, 1962-1963, 1965
Box/Folder   9/1 Reel   5	Student Peace Union, 1961-1962
Box/Folder   9/2 Reel   5	T - General
Box/Folder   9/3 Reel   5	U - V - General
Box/Folder   9/4 Reel   5	Unions - General, 1961-1963
Box/Folder   9/5 Reel   5	U.S. Government Agencies - alphabetical, 1961-1964
Box/Folder   9/6 Reel   5	Urban League, 1962
Box/Folder   9/7 Reel   5	Vladeck and Ellias - Legal, 1961-1964
Box/Folder   9/8 Reel   5	Voter Registration Project, 1962-1964
Box/Folder   9/9 Reel   5	W - General
Box/Folder   9/10 Reel   6	Washington, D.C. CORE (Hobson Issue), 1964
Box/Folder   9/11 Reel   6	Washington, D.C. CORE
Box/Folder   9/12 Reel   6	X - Y - Z - General
	Series: Series 2: Assistant Director's File, 1942-1965 Scope and Content Note: The Assistant Director's File consists of records very similar in context to the Director's File. In 1958 the position of Assistant to the Director was established. The person in that position is responsible to the National Director and assists him in executing administrative functions. This involves the preparation of reports and memoranda, the handling of correspondence and negotiations, direction of other personnel and organization of the National Convention. The Assistant to the Director also assumes the responsibilities of the Director when he is out of the national office. In 1964 a new position was created; that of Associate to the National Director, later known as the Administrative Directors However, these files contain records pertaining only to the Assistant to the National Director and cover primarily the period from 1961 to 1964.	⇧
Box/Folder   1/1 Reel   6	A - General File
Box/Folder   1/2 Reel   6	American Friends Service Committee, 1958, 1962
Box/Folder   1/3 Reel   6	B - General File
Box/Folder   1/4 Reel   6	C - General
Box/Folder   1/5 Reel   6	Carey, Gordon, 1961-1964
Box/Folder   1/6 Reel   6	Coleman, Val, 1963-1964
Box/Folder   1/7 Reel   6	Congress of Racial Equality, Inc. - Year Ended, 1964 May 31
Box/Folder   1/8 Reel   6	Contributions, 1963
Box/Folder   1/9-10 Reel   6	Convention, 1963
Box/Folder   1/11 Reel   6	D - General File
Box/Folder   2/1 Reel   6	Denver, Colorado, 1942-1948
Box/Folder   2/2 Reel   6	E - General File
Box/Folder   2/3 Reel   6	F - General File
Box/Folder   2/4 Reel   6	Farmer, James, 1961-1964
Box/Folder   2/5 Reel   6	Form Letters
Box/Folder   2/6 Reel   6	G - General File
Box/Folder   2/7 Reel   6	Gandhi Award, 1960
Box/Folder   2/8 Reel   7	Gore, Robert
Box/Folder   2/9 Reel   7	H - General File
	Haley, Richard
Box/Folder   2/10 Reel   7	1962-1963 July
Box/Folder   2/11 Reel   7	1963 August-1964
Box/Folder   2/12 Reel   7	Memoranda
Box/Folder   3/1 Reel   7	Hernandez, Mimi, 1963
Box/Folder   3/2 Reel   7	J - General File
Box/Folder   3/3 Reel   7	Jewish Labor Committee
Box/Folder   3/4 Reel   7	K - General File
Box/Folder   3/5 Reel   7	L - General File
Box/Folder   3/6 Reel   7	Larkins, William H., 1960-1962
Box/Folder   3/7 Reel   7	Literature orders and Inquiries
Box/Folder   3/8 Reel   7	M - General File
Box/Folder   3/9 Reel   7	Medical Committee on Human Rights
Box/Folder   3/10 Reel   7	Miscellaneous
Box/Folder   3/11 Reel   7	N - General File
Box/Folder   312 Reel   7	North Carolina, Greensboro, 1963
Box/Folder   3/13 Reel   7	O - P - General File
Box/Folder   3/14 Reel   7	Ohio, Valleyview, 1962
Box/Folder   3/15 Reel   7	Operation Freedom, 1961-1963
Box/Folder   3/16 Reel   7	Philadelphia, 1962-1963
Box/Folder   4/1 Reel   7	Press Releases
Box/Folder   4/2 Reel   7	R - General File
Box/Folder   4/3 Reel   7	Roosevelt, Eleanor
Box/Folder   4/4 Reel   7	S - General File
Box/Folder   4/5 Reel   8	Telegram to Mao Tse Tung
Box/Folder   4/6 Reel   8	U - General File
Box/Folder   4/7 Reel   8	WXYZ - General File
Box/Folder   4/8 Reel   8	West Coast Regional Office
Box/Folder   4/9 Reel   8	Wiley, George, Appointment Book, 1965
	Series: Series 3: Executive Secretary's File Scope and Content Note The Executive Secretary's files include CORE records from the time of the organization's inception in 1942, through the 1940's when CORE began to have a major structure and unified organization. They serve as a basis for understanding the changes CORE has undergone through the years. The files contain chiefly the correspondence of George M. Houser who was the mainstay of CORE in the 1940's and early 1950's. For about a decade, Houser served either as chairman or executive secretary, while maintaining some duties as an officer of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, apparently receiving no salary from either. In 1954 James Robinson became executive secretary and remained in that office until 1961, when the executive secretary's position was abandoned and Robinson was made membership director. The Executive Secretary's files are organized by subject, and chronologically by months under each subject. They are concerned primarily with the first group of CORE chapters, and the letters of inquiry about this developing organization. There is some correspondence of James Farmer, but most of the material pre-dates Farmer's term as director. The Executive Secretary's files contain material relating to the early national conventions including correspondence with both affiliated and unaffiliated chapters. There are also papers of Billie Ames who was group coordinator for a few years in the 1950's. Some material is included in the files concerning organizations with whom CORE worked.	⇧
Box/Folder   1/1 Reel   8	Action Against Jim Crow in Northern States, 1948
Box/Folder   1/2 Reel   8	Action Conference and Convention, 1947-1948
Box/Folder   1/3 Reel   8	Advisory Committee, 1945-1954
Box/Folder   1/4 Reel   8	Affiliated Organizations, 1942-1953
	Ames, Billie
Box/Folder   1/5 Reel   8	1954
Box/Folder   1/6 Reel   8	1955-1957
Box/Folder   1/7 Reel   8	Baltimore, CORE, 1952-1954, 1958
Box/Folder   1/8 Reel   8	Berkeley, CORE, 1948-1951
Box/Folder   1/9 Reel   8	Bibliography of the History of Negroes in the Trade Union Movement
Box/Folder   1/10 Reel   8	Boston CORE, 1948 November-1951 November
Box/Folder   1/11 Reel   8	Brooklyn CORE, 1947, 1950
	Chicago CORE
Box/Folder   1/12 Reel   8	1942-1947
Box/Folder   2/1 Reel   8	1948-1953
Box/Folder   2/2 Reel   8	Chicago Workshop, 1945 Summer
	Cincinnati Affiliated Groups
Box/Folder   2/3 Reel   8	1946-1950
Box/Folder   2/4 Reel   9	1951-1955, undated
Box/Folder   2/5 Reel   9	City College of New York, 1949-1953
Box/Folder   2/6 Reel   9	Cleveland, Ohio, 1946-1953
Box/Folder   2/7 Reel   9	Columbia, Missouri, 1952-1955
Box/Folder   2/8 Reel   9	Columbus, Ohio, 1945-1951
Box/Folder   2/9 Reel   9	Committee Against Jim Crow in Military Service, 1947-1948
	Committee for Immediate Action in the Sharkey-Brown-Issacs Bill
Box/Folder   3/1 Reel   9	1957
Box/Folder   3/2 Reel   9	1957-1958, undated
Box/Folder   3/3 Reel   9	Committee for Racial Democracy, 1947
Box/Folder   3/4 Reel   9	Committee on the Practice of Democracy - Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 1946-1951, undated
	Convention
Box/Folder   3/5 Reel   9	1944, 1945
Box/Folder   3/6 Reel   9	1946
Box/Folder   3/7 Reel   9	1947
Box/Folder   3/8 Reel   9	1948-1949
Box/Folder   3/9 Reel   9	1950
Box/Folder   3/10 Reel   10	1951
Box/Folder   3/11 Reel   10	1952
Box/Folder   3/12 Reel   10	1953
Box/Folder   4/1 Reel   10	CORE Comments, 1942-1944
Box/Folder   4/2 Reel   10	CORE Council, 1948-1954
Box/Folder   4/3 Reel   10	CORE Film, 1949-1951
Box/Folder   4/4 Reel   10	CORE Projects Reports, 1952
Box/Folder   4/5 Reel   10	Denver, Colorado, 1943-1950
Box/Folder   4/6 Reel   10	Detroit, 1945
Box/Folder   4/7 Reel   10	Discrimination - general, 1948-1952, 1956-1957
Box/Folder   4/8 Reel   10	Discrimination in Interstate Transportation, 1947-1954
Box/Folder   4/9 Reel   10	Evanston, Illinois, 1949-1955
	Executive Committee
Box/Folder   4/10 Reel   10	1943-1947
Box/Folder   4/11 Reel   10	1948-1949, 1952-1954, 1959, undated
	Farmer, James
Box/Folder   5/1 Reel   10	Bulletins, etc.
Box/Folder   5/2 Reel   10	Correspondence, 1950, 1960-1961 March
Box/Folder   5/3 Reel   10	Correspondence, 1961 April-December, undated
Box/Folder   5/4 Reel   11	Speaking Engagements, 1960-1961 August
Box/Folder   5/5 Reel   11	Speaking Engagements, 1961 September-1962
	Finances
Box/Folder   5/6 Reel   11	1944-1946
Box/Folder   5/7 Reel   11	1947-1949
Box/Folder   5/8 Reel   11	1950-1951
Box/Folder   6/1 Reel   11	1952
Box/Folder   6/2 Reel   11	1953 January-May
Box/Folder   6/3 Reel   11	1953 June-December
Box/Folder   6/4 Reel   11	1954, 1955, undated
	Houser, George
Box/Folder   6/5 Reel   11	1941-1945 June?
Box/Folder   6/6 Reel   11	1945 July-December, undated
Box/Folder   6/7 Reel   11	1946 January-August
Box/Folder   6/8 Reel   11	1946 September-December, undated
Box/Folder   6/9 Reel   12	SWP-Chicago, 1946
Box/Folder   7/1 Reel   12	Correspondence, 1947-1949
Box/Folder   7/2 Reel   12	Correspondence, 1950-1955
Box/Folder   7/3 Reel   12	Housing Segregation, 1953-1954, undated
Box/Folder   7/4 Reel   12	Incorporation of CORE, 1948-1950
	Inquiries
Box/Folder   7/5 Reel   12	1943-1944
Box/Folder   7/6 Reel   12	1945
Box/Folder   7/7 Reel   12	1947
Box/Folder   7/8 Reel   12	1948 January-May
Box/Folder   7/9 Reel   12	1948 June-December
Box/Folder   8/1 Reel   12	1949 January-August
Box/Folder   8/2 Reel   12	1949 September-December
Box/Folder   8/3 Reel   12	1950 January-April 5
Box/Folder   8/4 Reel   13	1950 April-December
Box/Folder   8/5 Reel   13	1951 January-April
Box/Folder   8/6 Reel   13	1951 May-December
Box/Folder   8/7 Reel   13	1952
Box/Folder   8/8 Reel   13	Inter-Office, 1950, 1961
Box/Folder   9/1 Reel   13	Interracial Workshop - Washington, D.C., 1947-1951
Box/Folder   9/2 Reel   13	Kansas City CORE, 1944-1947
Box/Folder   9/3 Reel   13	Lawrence, Kansas CORE, 1947-1950
Box/Folder   9/4 Reel   13	Lincoln, Nebraska CORE, 1945-1947
Box/Folder   9/5 Reel   13	Louisiana CORE, 1945-1950
Box/Folder   9/6 Reel   13	Minnesota CORE, 1946-1954
Box/Folder   9/7 Reel   13	Miscellaneous, 1937-1944
Box/Folder   9/8 Reel   13	Miscellaneous, general
Box/Folder   9/9 Reel   14	Nairo 1956 Commission on Housing, 1956?
Box/Folder   9/10 Reel   14	National Training Laboratories, 1961
Box/Folder   9/11 Reel   14	Non-violent Direct Action Campaign Against Jim Crow, 1945
Box/Folder   9/12 Reel   14	Oberlin CORE, 1945
Box/Folder   10/1 Reel   14	Omaha CORE, 1951-1954
Box/Folder   10/2 Reel   14	Pasadena CORE, 1949-1959
Box/Folder   10/3 Reel   14	Pennsylvania State College, 1947-1950
Box/Folder   10/4 Reel   14	Peoria CORE, 1945
Box/Folder   10/5 Reel   14	Philadelphia, 1946-1949
Box/Folder   10/6 Reel   14	Puerto Rico Independence, 1942-1948
Box/Folder   10/7 Reel   14	Recreation Discrimination, 1947-1954
Box/Folder   10/8 Reel   14	Robinson, James, 1955, 1957-1961
	St. Louis Affiliated Groups
Box/Folder   10/9 Reel   14	1948-1951
Box/Folder   10/10 Reel   14	1951-1954
Box/Folder   10/11 Reel   14	San Francisco Area, 1947-1949
Box/Folder   10/12 Reel   14	Second Journey, 1951
Box/Folder   11/1 Reel   14	Setzuan, script, undated
Box/Folder   11/2 Reel   14	School Segregation, 1950-1952
Box/Folder   11/3 Reel   14	Sholl's Case, 1950
Box/Folder   11/4-6 Reel   15	Speaking Done
Box/Folder   11/7 Reel   15	Speaking Engagements, 1962
Box/Folder   12/1 Reel   15	Speaking Engagements, 1962 (continued)
Box/Folder   12/2 Reel   15	Speakers - Miscellaneous, 1960
Box/Folder   12/3 Reel   15	Supreme Court Civil Rights Decision, 1952-1954
Box/Folder   12/4 Reel   15	Syracuse CORE, 1943-1946
	Talley, Manuel
Box/Folder   12/5 Reel   15	1948-1949 March
Box/Folder   12/6 Reel   15	1949 April-December
Box/Folder   12/7 Reel   15	Trip, Winter 1949
Box/Folder   12/8 Reel   15	1950
Box/Folder   13/1 Reel   15	Thank you - Congratulation letters, 1961
Box/Folder   13/2 Reel   15	University of Chicago CORE, 1948-1950
Box/Folder   13/3 Reel   15	Up to Date With CORE: publication, 1951-1955
Box/Folder   13/4 Reel   15	Waring Meeting, 1951 February
	Washington Interracial Workshop
Box/Folder   13/5 Reel   16	1949-1952
Box/Folder   13/6 Reel   16	1953-1955
Box/Folder   13/7 Reel   16	Publications, 1949-1954
Box/Folder   13/8 Reel   16	Wichita CORE, 1949-1950
Box/Folder   13/9 Reel   16	Young Women's Christian Association, 1941, 1944-1950
	Series: Series 4: National Action Council, 1945-1965 Scope and Content Note The National Action Council (NAC) is the major policy-making group within the organizational structure of the Congress of Racial Equality. It determines the philosophy of the national organization and formulates CORE policies. The Council is composed of national officers and staff, including the director, and of designated representatives from regions and chapters. Within the NAC are a number of committees, the most important of which is the Steering Committee. These committees are made up of department chairmen, and various representatives from the regions and chapters. Their primary concern is to deal with issues before the national organization, and to present ideas and points of view to the NAC. For the most part, the NAC meetings, which are held only a few times each year, are concerned with decisions resulting from frequent committee meetings. The NAC Records contain correspondence, minutes of the council and its committees, memoranda, and agenda. There are also national convention papers, and reports from the various departments of CORE to the NAC. Correspondence of the National Advisory Committee, composed of interested national leaders outside the CORE organization, is also contained in this series. In general, the files of the NAC cover the period from 1958 to 1965, although there is some material from the earlier period of CORE, in the 1940's. This series of files, like the others in the CORE collection, has undergone many changes of name, and as a result a variety of titles for the National Action Council appears in the records.	⇧
	Conventions and constitutions
Box/Folder   1/1 Reel   16	1948, 1959-1962
Box/Folder   1/2 Reel   16	1963-1964
Box/Folder   1/3 Reel   16	1965, undated
Box/Folder   1/4 Reel   16	Correspondence, 1949-1951, 1958-1964
	Meetings
Box/Folder   1/5 Reel   16	Agenda, 1958-1964, undated
	Minutes
Box/Folder   1/6 Reel   16	1945, 1958-1962
Box/Folder   1/7 Reel   16	1963-1965
Box/Folder   2/1 Reel   16	Memoranda, 1958-1959, 1962-1965
Box/Folder   2/2 Reel   16	Miscellaneous, 1948-1950, 1959-1965
	National Advisory Committee
Box/Folder   2/3 Reel   16	1958-1959
Box/Folder   2/4 Reel   16	1960-1961, undated
Box/Folder   2/5 Reel   16	Reports to National Action Council, 1959-1965
	Series: Series 5: Departments and Related Organizations, 1946-1967	⇧
	Subseries: Community Relations Department Scope and Content Note The Community Relations department of CORE came into being toward the end of 1959, when Marvin Rich was employed as director of the new department. Its function was to deal with public relations and the fund-raising aspects of CORE. Although the records begin with 1954, most are dated from 1960 to 1964. Included with this material are records that pre-date the formation of the department, chiefly concerning CORE's financial affairs. Before Marvin Rich took over, James Robinson and Lula Farmer were in charge of finances, and their appeal letters, accounts, and invoices appear here. Files of the Community Relations Department are groups under these headings: Finance, Legal Matters, Local Chapters, National Projects, Other Organizations, Publicity and Fundraising, Regional Office, and Miscellany. The largest quantity of material is concerned with the local CORE chapters and with publicity and fundraising for national CORE. Records under the heading “Local Chapters” deal chiefly with public relations problems. However, there is also a large amount of material concerning the chapters' internal problems and local projects. The responsibility for communicating with the local CORE chapters does not seem to have been confined to one particular national CORE department, such as Community Relations, but to some extent belonged to all departments. Therefore, in the correspondence of the “Local Chapters” one may find reports from CORE field representatives, and various other papers which are sometimes more important than the public relations material relating to the chapters. There is much less material under the remaining subject headings. The correspondence with other organizations is generally concerned with public relations. The legal records, while not numerous, are of some importance since they cover a wide range of topics. The records concerning the national projects of CORE (those co-ordinated through the national office) are especially significant for the information they give concerning the Freedom Rides of 1961 and the Mississippi Summer Project of the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) in 1964, in which the Community Relations Department of CORE played an important role. It should be noted that there is much overlapping material under these subject headings. For instance, if a researcher wanted to study the Student Non-violent Co-ordinating Committee's (SNCC) relationship with CORE, he would have to look in at least three places in the Community Relations department records: under “Other Organizations”; under “National Projects,” Mississippi COFO project, since SNCC was part of COFO; and under various “Local Chapters” headings in Mississippi, since it was impossible to completely separate the COFO records from the local chapter materials.
	Finances
Box/Folder   1/1 Reel   17	Annual reports, accounts, and field expense reports, 1954-1957
	Annual reports, accounts, and related correspondence
Box/Folder   1/2 Reel   17	1958
Box/Folder   1/3 Reel   17	1959
Box/Folder   1/4 Reel   17	1960
Box/Folder   1/5 Reel   17	1961-1965
	Paid invoices
Box/Folder   1/6 Reel   17	1958 June-August
Box/Folder   1/7 Reel   17	1958 September-October
Box/Folder   2/1 Reel   17	1958 November-December
Box/Folder   2/2 Reel   17	1959 January-February
Box/Folder   2/3 Reel   17	1959 March-May
Box/Folder   2/4 Reel   17	1959 June-August
Box/Folder   3/1 Reel   17	1959 September-October
Box/Folder   3/2 Reel   17	1959 November
Box/Folder   3/3 Reel   17	1959 December
Box/Folder   3/4 Reel   17	1960 January
Box/Folder   4/1 Reel   17	1960 February
Box/Folder   4/2 Reel   17	1960 March
Box/Folder   4/3 Reel   17	1960 April
Box/Folder   4/4 Reel   17	1960 May
Box/Folder   5/1 Reel   17	1960 May (continued)
	Miscellany
Box/Folder   5/2 Reel   17	1948-1949
Box/Folder   5/3 Reel   17	1960-1963
Box/Folder   5/4 Reel   17	1964-1965, undated
	Legal Matters
Box/Folder   5/5 Reel   17	Committee of Inquiry into the Administration of Justice in the Freedom Struggle, 1962-1964
Box/Folder   5/6 Reel   18	Louisiana, Baton Rouge (Murphy Bell), New Orleans (Collins, Douglas and Elie), 1960-1962
Box/Folder   5/7 Reel   18	Louisiana, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, 1963-1964, undated
Box/Folder   5/8 Reel   18	Mississippi, 1961-1964
Box/Folder   6/1 Reel   18	New York, New York City (Carl Rachlin, George Schiffer), 1959-1963
Box/Folder   6/2 Reel   18	New York, New York City, 1964-1966, undated
Box/Folder   6/3 Reel   18	South Carolina, 1961-1963
Box/Folder   6/4 Reel   18	Miscellany, 1956-1965, undated
	Local Chapters
Box/Folder   7/1 Reel   18	Correspondence with group chairmen and contact list, 1959-1965, undated
	Alabama
Box/Folder   7/2 Reel   18	General, 1962-1964
Box/Folder   7/2 Reel   18	Newspaper clippings, 1963, 1965-1966
Box/Folder   7/3 Reel   18	Huntsville, 1960-1962
Box/Folder   7/3 Reel   18	Montgomery, 1963
Box/Folder   7/3 Reel   18	Selma, 1965
	Arizona
Box/Folder   7/4 Reel   18	Phoenix, 1964
Box/Folder   7/4 Reel   18	Tucson, 1960-1964
Box/Folder   7/5 Reel   18	Arkansas, 1962-1964
	California
	Berkeley
Box/Folder   7/6 Reel   18	1959-1960
Box/Folder   7/7 Reel   18	1961-1965
	Los Angeles
Box/Folder   7/8 Reel   18	1955-1960
Box/Folder   8/1 Reel   18	1961
Box/Folder   8/2 Reel   18	1962-1964
Box/Folder   8/3 Reel   18	1965-1966
Box/Folder   8/4 Reel   18	Mid-Peninsula CORE (Palo Alto), 1964
Box/Folder   8/4 Reel   18	Oakland, 1961, 1964
Box/Folder   8/4 Reel   18	Richmond-El Cerrito, 1959-1963
Box/Folder   8/5 Reel   18	San Diego, 1959-1965
Box/Folder   8/6 Reel   18	San Fernando Valley, 1961, 1964
	San Francisco
Box/Folder   8/7 Reel   18	1958-1961
Box/Folder   8/8 Reel   18	1962-1965
Box/Folder   9/1 Reel   18	Santa Clara Valley, 1960-1964
Box/Folder   9/2 Reel   18	Santa Monica Bay Area, 1960-1964
Box/Folder   9/3 Reel   18	Various chapters, 1962-1964
Box/Folder   9/4 Reel   19	Colorado, Denver, 1960-1964
	Connecticut
Box/Folder   9/5 Reel   19	New Haven, 1960-1965
Box/Folder   9/5 Reel   19	Miscellany, 1961-1964
	District of Columbia, Washington
Box/Folder   9/6 Reel   19	1951-1960
Box/Folder   9/7 Reel   19	1961-1964
	Florida
Box/Folder   10/1 Reel   19	Big Bend Voter Registration Project (Tallahassee), 1964
	Miami
Box/Folder   10/2 Reel   19	1958-1959 July
Box/Folder   10/3 Reel   19	1959 August-1965
	Quincy, North Florida Citizenship Education Project
Box/Folder   10/4 Reel   19	1964 January-August
Box/Folder   10/5 Reel   19	1964 August- 1965
Box/Folder   10/6 Reel   19	St. Petersburg, 1959-1961
	Tallahassee
Box/Folder   10/7 Reel   19	1959-1960 July
Box/Folder   10/8 Reel   19	1960 August-1964, undated
Box/Folder   10/9 Reel   19	Miscellany, 1960-1964
	Georgia
Box/Folder   11/1 Reel   19	Americus, 1963-1964, undated
Box/Folder   11/2 Reel   19	Miscellany, 1961-1966
	Illinois
	Chicago
Box/Folder   11/3 Reel   19	1957-1960
Box/Folder   11/4 Reel   19	1961 January-October
Box/Folder   11/5 Reel   20	1961 November-1965
Box/Folder   11/6 Reel   20	East St. Louis, 1958-1961, 1964
Box/Folder   11/6 Reel   20	Miscellany, 1960-1964
Box/Folder   11/7 Reel   20	Indiana, Indianapolis, 1964
Box/Folder   11/7 Reel   20	Iowa, Des Moines, 1964
Box/Folder   11/8 Reel   20	Kansas, Kansas City, 1964
	Kentucky
	Lexington
Box/Folder   11/9 Reel   20	1958-1960
Box/Folder   11/10 Reel   20	1961-1964
Box/Folder   12/1 Reel   20	Louisville, 1958-1963
Box/Folder   12/2 Reel   20	Madison County, 1960-1962
Box/Folder   12/3 Reel   20	Northern Kentucky CORE (Covington), 1960-1961
	Louisiana
Box/Folder   12/4 Reel   20	General, 1961, 1963-1964
	Baton Rouge
Box/Folder   12/5 Reel   20	1960-1962 May
Box/Folder   12/6 Reel   20	1962 June-1965
Box/Folder   12/7 Reel   20	Bogalusa, 1965
Box/Folder   12/7 Reel   20	Jackson Parish (Jonesboro), 1964-1965, undated
Box/Folder   12/7 Reel   20	Monroe, 1963-1965
	New Orleans
Box/Folder   12/8 Reel   20	1959-1960
Box/Folder   13/1 Reel   20	1961-1965
Box/Folder   13/2 Reel   20	Plaquemine, 1963-1965
Box/Folder   13/3 Reel   20	Shreveport, 1961-1963
Box/Folder   13/4 Reel   20	West and East Feliciana, 1964
	Maryland
	Baltimore
Box/Folder   13/5 Reel   21	1957-1959
Box/Folder   13/6 Reel   21	1960-1965
Box/Folder   13/7 Reel   21	Various chapters, 1961-1964
	Massachusetts
	Boston
Box/Folder   13/8 Reel   21	1958-1960
Box/Folder   13/9 Reel   21	1961-1965, undated
Box/Folder   14/1 Reel   21	Brandeis University (Waltham), 1961-1965
Box/Folder   14/2 Reel   21	Springfield, 1965 August
	Michigan
	Ann Arbor
Box/Folder   14/3 Reel   21	1957, 1960
Box/Folder   14/4 Reel   21	1961-1965
	Detroit
Box/Folder   14/5 Reel   21	1959-1961 July
Box/Folder   14/6 Reel   21	1961 August-1965
Box/Folder   14/7 Reel   21	Various chapters, 1961, 1964
Box/Folder   14/8 Reel   21	Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1962
	Mississippi
	General
Box/Folder   14/9 Reel   21	1962-1964 October
Box/Folder   14/10 Reel   21	1964 November-1965, undated
Box/Folder   14/11 Reel   21	Church burnings, 1964
Box/Folder   15/1 Reel   21	Jackson, 1961-1964
Box/Folder   15/2 Reel   22	Madison County (Canton), 1964-1965
Box/Folder   15/3 Reel   22	Meridian and Philadelphia, 1964-1965
	Missouri
Box/Folder   15/4 Reel   22	Columbia, 1959-1963
Box/Folder   15/5 Reel   22	Kansas City, 1959-1964
	Saint Louis
Box/Folder   15/6 Reel   22	1952-1961
Box/Folder   15/7 Reel   22	1962-1966, undated
Box/Folder   15/8 Reel   22	Various chapters, 1963-1964
	New Jersey
Box/Folder   16/1 Reel   22	Bergen County, 1961-1964
Box/Folder   16/2 Reel   22	Newark-Essex County, 1960-1964
Box/Folder   16/3 Reel   22	Various chapters, 1964
	New York
Box/Folder   16/4 Reel   22	Bronx (Northwest New York), 1963-1964
Box/Folder   16/5 Reel   22	Brooklyn, 1960-1964
Box/Folder   16/5 Reel   22	Buffalo
Box/Folder   16/6 Reel   22	Long Island, 1963-1964
Box/Folder   16/6 Reel   22	Nassau College, North Bellmore, 1962
	New York City
Box/Folder   16/7 Reel   22	City College of New York, 1960-1962
Box/Folder   16/7 Reel   22	Columbia University, 1964
Box/Folder   16/7 Reel   22	Downtown CORE, 1963-1964
Box/Folder   16/7 Reel   22	East River CORE (Harlem), 1962-1964
Box/Folder   16/8 Reel   23	Education-school project, 1960-1964
Box/Folder   16/9 Reel   23	Employment-building trades, 1963
Box/Folder   16/10 Reel   23	Hospital strike, 1962
Box/Folder   16/10 Reel   23	Housing discrimination, 1961-1962
Box/Folder   16/11 Reel   23	New York CORE, 1954, 1958-1965
Box/Folder   17/1 Reel   23	New York University, 1962-1963
Box/Folder   17/1 Reel   23	Parents' Committee Mississippi Project, 1964
Box/Folder   17/1 Reel   23	Police brutality, 1964
Box/Folder   17/1 Reel   23	Queens College, 1963-1964
Box/Folder   17/1 Reel   23	Seven Arts Chapter, 1963-1964
Box/Folder   17/1 Reel   23	Staten Island, 1961, 1964
Box/Folder   17/2 Reel   23	Rochester, 1961, 1963-1965
Box/Folder   17/2 Reel   23	South Jamaica, 1964
Box/Folder   17/2 Reel   23	Suffolk County, 1964-1965
Box/Folder   17/3 Reel   23	Syracuse, 1962-1964
Box/Folder   17/4 Reel   23	Miscellany, 1961-1965, undated
	North Carolina
Box/Folder   17/5 Reel   23	General, 1962-1964
Box/Folder   17/6 Reel   23	Chapel Hill, 1963-1965
Box/Folder   17/7 Reel   23	Durham, 1961-1964
Box/Folder   17/8 Reel   23	Greensboro, 1962-1963
Box/Folder   17/8 Reel   23	High Point, 1962-1963, undated
Box/Folder   17/9 Reel   23	North Dakota, Grand Forks, 1964
	Ohio
Box/Folder   17/10 Reel   23	Cincinnati, 1961-1965
Box/Folder   17/11 Reel   23	Cleveland, 1963-1965
Box/Folder   17/12 Reel   23	Columbus, 1961-1964, undated
	Dayton
Box/Folder   18/1 Reel   23	1962-1963
Box/Folder   18/2 Reel   23	1964 January
Box/Folder   18/3 Reel   23	1964 February-December, undated
Box/Folder   18/4 Reel   23	Middletown, 1964
Box/Folder   18/4 Reel   23	Toledo, 1963
	Oklahoma
Box/Folder   18/5 Reel   23	Oklahoma City, 1963
Box/Folder   18/5 Reel   23	Tulsa, 1964
Box/Folder   18/6 Reel   23	Oregon, Eugene, 1964, undated
	Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Box/Folder   18/7 Reel   24	1961-1963
Box/Folder   18/8 Reel   24	1964-1965, undated
Box/Folder   18/9 Reel   24	Rhode Island, Providence, 1964
	South Carolina
Box/Folder   18/10 Reel   24	Rock Hill (York County), 1961, undated
Box/Folder   18/11 Reel   24	Sumter, 1961-1965
Box/Folder   18/12 Reel   24	Miscellany, 1960-1961, 1964-1965
	Tennessee
	Fayette and Haywood Counties
Box/Folder   19/1 Reel   24	1960
Box/Folder   19/2 Reel   24	circa 1961 January
Box/Folder   19/3 Reel   24	1961 February-1963
Box/Folder   19/4 Reel   24	Knoxville, 1963
Box/Folder   19/4 Reel   24	Lebanon, 1962-1963
Box/Folder   19/4 Reel   24	Oak Ridge, 1963-1964, 1967, undated
Box/Folder   19/5 Reel   24	Various chapters, 1961-1963, undated
	Texas
Box/Folder   19/6 Reel   24	Dallas, 1962-1965
Box/Folder   19/6 Reel   24	Houston, 1963
	Virginia
Box/Folder   19/7 Reel   24	Arlington, 1964
Box/Folder   19/7 Reel   24	Charlottesville, 1961
Box/Folder   19/7 Reel   24	Danville, 1963
Box/Folder   19/8 Reel   24	Petersburg and Richmond, 1958-1959
Box/Folder   19/9 Reel   24	Portsmouth, 1958-1959
Box/Folder   19/10 Reel   24	Washington, Seattle, 1962-1965, undated
Box/Folder   19/11 Reel   24	West Virginia, Wheeling, 1963-1964
	Wisconsin
Box/Folder   19/12 Reel   24	Kenosha, 1964
Box/Folder   19/12 Reel   24	Madison, 1961, 1964
Box/Folder   19/12 Reel   24	Milwaukee, 1964
	National Projects
Box/Folder   20/1 Reel   24	Churches, 1964
Box/Folder   20/2 Reel   24	Cultural Committee, 1963
	Employment
Box/Folder   20/3 Reel   24	Boycott of Mississippi products, 1964-1965
Box/Folder   20/4 Reel   24	Harlem Action Group - Mobilization for Youth, 1963-1964
Box/Folder   20/5 Reel   24	March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, 1963
Box/Folder   20/6 Reel   24	Sealtest Co., New York, 1962-1963
Box/Folder   20/7 Reel   24	Miscellany, 1953, 1961-1965, undated
	Freedom Rides
	General correspondence (including applications)
Box/Folder   20/8 Reel   25	1961 January-June
Box/Folder   20/9 Reel   25	1961 June-1965
Box/Folder   20/10 Reel   25	Advance correspondence and plans (including pamphlets on 1947 rides), 1960-1961 May
Box/Folder   21/1 Reel   25	Correspondence of and about released Freedom riders, 1961 June-1963
Box/Folder   21/2 Reel   25	Legal and financial aspects, 1961-1962, undated
	Housing
Box/Folder   21/3 Reel   25	Information, 1958-1959, 1962-1965
Box/Folder   21/4 Reel   25	Miscellany, 1957-1959, 1961-1965, undated
	Legislative attempts
Box/Folder   21/5 Reel   25	Anti-filibuster campaign, 1958-1959
Box/Folder   21/6 Reel   25	Republican National Convention Campaign, 1964
	Louisiana Voter Registration Project
Box/Folder   21/7 Reel   25	Correspondence, 1962-1965
	Complaints
Box/Folder   21/8 Reel   25	1963 April-August
Box/Folder   22/1 Reel   25	1963 August-October
	Mississippi, Council of Federated Organizations (COFO is CORE, SCLC, and SNCC)
Box/Folder   22/2 Reel   25	Community Centers, Freedom Schools, Voter Registration, 1962-1964 May
Box/Folder   22/3 Reel   25	1964 June-October
Box/Folder   22/4 Reel   25	1964 November, undated
Box/Folder   22/5 Reel   26	New York World's Fair demonstration, 1963-1964, undated
	Public Accommodations
Box/Folder   22/6 Reel   26	Freedom Highways, 1961-1963
Box/Folder   22/7 Reel   26	Theatres, 1961, 1964, undated
	Variety store project (Woolworth's and others), sit-ins, negotiations, boycott
Box/Folder   23/1 Reel   26	1960 January-July
Box/Folder   23/2 Reel   26	1960 August-December
Box/Folder   23/3 Reel   26	1961-1963
Box/Folder   23/4 Reel   26	Miscellany, 1960, 1963-1964, undated
Box/Folder   23/5 Reel   26	Summer projects, 1960, 1962-1965 Note: See also Mississippi and Louisiana.
	Voter Registration
Box/Folder   23/6 Reel   26	Community Voter Registration Project (Roxbury, Massachusetts), 1964
	Legislative attempts
Box/Folder   23/7 Reel   26	Civil Rights Act (1964), 1963-1964, undated
Box/Folder   23/8 Reel   26	Political conventions, 1960, 1964
	Voter Education Project Note: See also Organizations: Southern Regional Council.
Box/Folder   23/9 Reel   26	1962-1963
Box/Folder   23/10 Reel   26	1964-1965
Box/Folder   23/11 Reel   26	Miscellaneous projects, proposed and actual, 1960-1964
	Other Organizations
Box/Folder   24/1 Reel   26	Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, 1964
Box/Folder   24/2 Reel   26	American Civil Liberties Union, 1961-1965
Box/Folder   24/3 Reel   26	American Committee on Africa, 1958-1959, 1962-1964
Box/Folder   24/4 Reel   26	American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1961-1964
Box/Folder   24/5 Reel   26	American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, 1958, 1962-1964
Box/Folder   24/6 Reel   26	American Friends Service Committee, 1960-1964
Box/Folder   24/7 Reel   27	Americans for Democratic Action, 1958, 1960-1964
Box/Folder   24/8 Reel   27	Civil Rights Information Service, 1963-1964
Box/Folder   24/9 Reel   27	Committee for the Employment of Negro Performers, 1962-1963
Box/Folder   24/10 Reel   27	Cornell (University, Ithaca, New York) Committee Against Segregation, 1961-1963
Box/Folder   24/11 Reel   27	Fellowship of Reconciliation, 1957-1960, 1964
Box/Folder   24/12 Reel   27	Hate groups, 1965
Box/Folder   24/13 Reel   27	International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 1962-1964
Box/Folder   24/14 Reel   27	International Ladies Garment Workers' Union, 1961-1964
Box/Folder   24/15 Reel   27	Labor unions, 1958, 1961-1964, undated
	Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
Box/Folder   25/1 Reel   27	1960-1963
Box/Folder   25/2 Reel   27	1964-1965
Box/Folder   25/3 Reel   27	League for Industrial Democracy, 1962-1965
Box/Folder   25/4 Reel   27	Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, 1963-1965 Note: See also Miss. CORE, COFO.
Box/Folder   25/5 Reel   27	National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 1956-1964 Note: See also COFO.
Box/Folder   25/6 Reel   27	National Scholarship Service and Fund for Negro Students, 1960
Box/Folder   25/7 Reel   27	National Student Association, 1961-1964
Box/Folder   25/8 Reel   27	The Northern Student Movement, 1962-1964
	Religious
Box/Folder   25/9 Reel   27	Catholic, 1960-1964
Box/Folder   25/10 Reel   27	Jewish, 1958-1964
Box/Folder   25/11 Reel   27	Protestant, 1958-1964
Box/Folder   26/1 Reel   27	Southern Christian Leadership Conference, 1958-1964
Box/Folder   26/2 Reel   27	Southern Regional Council, 1961-1963 Note: See also Voter Education Project under Voter Registration, National Projects.
Box/Folder   26/3 Reel   27	Student and youth groups, 1958, 1960-1964
Box/Folder   26/4 Reel   27	Student Non-violent Co-ordinating Committee, Voter Registration, 1960-1965, undated Note: See also Mississippi CORE, National projects, COFO.
Box/Folder   26/5 Reel   27	Students for a Democratic Society, 1962, 1964
Box/Folder   26/6 Reel   28	Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 1960-1963
Box/Folder   26/7 Reel   28	United Auto Workers, 1958, 1962-1964
	United States Government
Box/Folder   26/8 Reel   28	Federal, 1958-1964, undated
Box/Folder   26/9 Reel   28	Local (state and municipal), 1962-1964
Box/Folder   26/10 Reel   28	Workers' Defense League, 1962-1964
Box/Folder   26/11 Reel   28	Young Men's Christian Association and YWCA, 1959-1964
	Miscellaneous groups
Box/Folder   27/1 Reel   28	1950-1959
Box/Folder   27/2 Reel   28	1960-1962
Box/Folder   27/3 Reel   28	1963-1965, undated
	Publicity and Fundraising
Box/Folder   28/1 Reel   28	Associate Membership Drive, 1963-1964
	Benefits
Box/Folder   28/2 Reel   28	Artists for CORE, 1963-1964, undated
Box/Folder   28/3 Reel   28	Baldwin, James, Tour, 1962-1963
Box/Folder   28/4 Reel   28	“Ballad of the Winter Soldiers”: play, New York, 1964-1965
Box/Folder   28/5 Reel   28	Gregory, Dick, Tours, 1962, 1964
Box/Folder   28/6 Reel   28	“The Living Premise”: show, New York, 1963 May
Box/Folder   28/7 Reel   28	Roosevelt, Eleanor, luncheons, 1960-1961
Box/Folder   28/8 Reel   28	Miscellaneous, 1959-1964, undated
Box/Folder   28/9 Reel   28	Cocktail Party, 1961 April
	Contributions
Box/Folder   28/10 Reel   29	1958-1960
Box/Folder   29/1 Reel   29	1961 January-August
Box/Folder   29/2 Reel   29	1961 August-December
Box/Folder   29/3 Reel   29	1962
Box/Folder   29/4 Reel   29	1963 January-May
Box/Folder   29/5 Reel   29	1963 June-December
Box/Folder   29/6 Reel   29	1964 January-April
Box/Folder   29/7 Reel   29	1964 May-August
Box/Folder   30/1 Reel   29	1964 September-November
Box/Folder   30/2 Reel   29	1964 December-1965, undated
	Films
Box/Folder   30/3 Reel   29	1958-1962 February
Box/Folder   30/4 Reel   29	1962 March-1965
	Fund appeal letters
Box/Folder   30/5 Reel   30	1956-1960
Box/Folder   30/6 Reel   30	1961-1965, undated
Box/Folder   30/7 Reel   30	Fundraising efforts of Walter Kaufman
Box/Folder   30/8 Reel   30	Fundraising tour of Ann Moody and Gene Young, 1964
	Holiday cards
Box/Folder   31/1 Reel   30	Advertising brochures and designs submitted, 1960-1963
Box/Folder   31/2 Reel   30	Correspondence relevant to submitted designs, 1958-1964
Box/Folder   31/3 Reel   30	Miscellaneous correspondence, 1959-1963, undated
	Mailing lists and relevant correspondence
Box/Folder   31/4 Reel   30	1956-1958
Box/Folder   31/5 Reel   30	1959-1961
Box/Folder   31/6 Reel   30	1962
Box/Folder   31/7 Reel   30	1963-1964
	News media correspondence(including letters to the editor, etc.)
Box/Folder   31/8 Reel   30	1959-1960
Box/Folder   31/9 Reel   30	1961
Box/Folder   32/1 Reel   30	1962
Box/Folder   32/2 Reel   30	1963
Box/Folder   32/3 Reel   30	1964 January-June
Box/Folder   32/4 Reel   30	1964 July-December
Box/Folder   32/5 Reel   30	1965, undated
Box/Folder   32/6 Reel   31	Newspaper clippings (miscellaneous), 1952, 1956, 1960-1966, undated
Box/Folder   32/7 Reel   31	Poems submitted for CORE's use, 1960-1964, undated
	Press releases
Box/Folder   32/8 Reel   31	1960 July-December
Box/Folder   32/9 Reel   31	1961 January-August
Box/Folder   33/1 Reel   31	1961 September-December
Box/Folder   33/2 Reel   31	1962 January-May
Box/Folder   33/3 Reel   31	1962 June-December
Box/Folder   33/4 Reel   31	1963
Box/Folder   33/5 Reel   31	1964 March-July
Box/Folder   33/6 Reel   31	1964 August-December
Box/Folder   33/7 Reel   31	1965 January-May
Box/Folder   33/8 Reel   31	1965 June-1966 February
Box/Folder   34/1 Reel   31	undated
Box/Folder   34/2 Reel   31	Press statements by James Farmer (including press conferences, interviews, etc.), 1962-1965, undated
Box/Folder   34/3 Reel   31	Press statements by National CORE, 1948, 1964-1965, undated
	Publications
Box/Folder   34/4 Reel   31	Amsterdam News column by James Farmer, drafts and printed copies, 1965, undated
Box/Folder   34/5 Reel   31	Bibliographies, 1962, undated
Box/Folder   34/6 Reel   31	“The Congress of Racial Equality and Its Strategy,” article by Marvin Rich published in The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 357 (Jan., 1965), pp. 113-118, correspondence and related materials, 1964-1965
Box/Folder   34/7 Reel   32	The CORE-lator, material for issues #74-77, 1958-1959
Box/Folder   34/8 Reel   32	CORE-lator miscellany
Box/Folder   34/9 Reel   32	“Cracking the Color Line,” pamphlet by Jim Peck published in 1960, correspondence and related materials, 1959-1960
Box/Folder   34/10 Reel   32	“A First Step Toward School Integration,” pamphlet by Anna Holden published in 1958, correspondence and materials used for preparation, 1956-1958
Box/Folder   34/11 Reel   32	“Free and Equal,” correspondence and prospectus for proposed periodical, 1964
Box/Folder   34/12 Reel   32	Freedom Ride, book by Jim Peck published in 1962, correspondence concerning, 1961-1962
Box/Folder   34/13 Reel   32	Galley proofs for CORE pamphlet, 1962?
Box/Folder   34/14 Reel   32	“Jailed-In!,” pamphlet by Thomas Gaither published in 1961, correspondence and preliminary drafts, 1961
	Printers' correspondence
Box/Folder   35/1 Reel   32	1957-1962 August
Box/Folder   35/2 Reel   32	1962 September-1964, undated
Box/Folder   35/3 Reel   32	“Sit-ins: The Students Report,” pamphlet by P. Stephens and others, published in 1960, correspondence and preliminary drafts, 1960
Box/Folder   35/4 Reel   32	Smith, Lillian, correspondence, 1946, 1958-1964, undated
Box/Folder   35/5 Reel   32	Copies of CORE pamphlets and brochures
Box/Folder   35/6 Reel   32	Miscellaneous articles and related correspondence, 1960-1964, undated
Box/Folder   35/7 Reel   32	Public service spot announcements
Box/Folder   35/8 Reel   32	Record and booklet, “Sit-in Songs,” 1962
	Records
Box/Folder   35/9 Reel   32	Correspondence and related materials, 1962-1965, undated
Box/Folder   36/1 Reel   32	“A Jazz Salute to Freedom,” correspondence concerning efforts at sale to corporations, 1963
	Requests for literature
Box/Folder   36/2 Reel   32	1957-1963
Box/Folder   36/3 Reel   32	1964-1965
	Requests for speakers
Box/Folder   36/4 Reel   33	1959-1960
Box/Folder   36/5 Reel   33	1961
Box/Folder   36/6 Reel   33	1962-1964, undated
Box/Folder   36/7 Reel   33	Sale of Freedom shirts, buttons, hats, bumper stickers, 1963-1965
	Songs submitted for CORE's use
Box/Folder   36/8 Reel   33	1960-1961
Box/Folder   36/9 Reel   33	1962-1963
Box/Folder   37/1 Reel   33	1964-1965, undated
Box/Folder   37/2 Reel   34	Tote-bag project (Fayette-Haywood Counties, Tennessee), 1962-1965
Box/Folder   37/3 Reel   34	Tour of expelled Florida A&M student, 1960
	Miscellany
Box/Folder   37/4 Reel   34	1959-1962
Box/Folder   37/5 Reel   34	1963-1964, undated
	Regional Offices
Box/Folder   38/1 Reel   34	Northeastern, 1962, 1964, undated
Box/Folder   38/1 Reel   34	Southeastern, 1964, undated
	Southern
Box/Folder   38/2 Reel   34	1962-1964 July
Box/Folder   38/3 Reel   34	1964 August-1967, undated
	Western
Box/Folder   38/4 Reel   34	1962-1963 June
Box/Folder   38/5 Reel   34	1963 July-December
Box/Folder   38/6 Reel   34	1964 January-September
Box/Folder   38/7 Reel   34	1964 November-1965, undated
	Miscellany
Box/Folder   39/1 Reel   34	Area Redevelopment Act material, 1963
Box/Folder   39/2 Reel   34	Braden, Anne, correspondence, 1958-1962
Box/Folder   39/3 Reel   34	Celebrities, miscellaneous correspondence, 1959, 1963-1964
Box/Folder   39/4 Reel   34	Chaney, Goodman, Schwerner murders, AP accounts of, relevant clippings, 1964-1965
	Complaints
Box/Folder   39/5 Reel   34	1960-1963
Box/Folder   39/6 Reel   34	1964-1965, undated
Box/Folder   39/7 Reel   34	CORE reports, biographies, etc. (non-correspondence), 1960-1965, undated
Box/Folder   39/8 Reel   34	CORE reports, miscellaneous non-correspondence from Val Coleman's files (assistant Community Relations director), 1962-1963, undated
Box/Folder   39/9 Reel   34	Correspondence, 1960-1964, undated
Box/Folder   39/10 Reel   34	Gandhi Award, 1960-1964
Box/Folder   40/1 Reel   34	Inter-office memoranda, 1962-1964, 1966, undated
Box/Folder   40/2 Reel   35	Larkins, William, assistant Community Relations director, miscellaneous correspondence, 1961-1962
Box/Folder   40/3 Reel   35	Moore, William, correspondence and material relevant to “Freedom Walk” and murder, 1963
Box/Folder   40/4 Reel   35	Non-CORE materials, 1960-1964
Box/Folder   40/5 Reel   35	Personnel, 1963-1964
	Requests for information
Box/Folder   40/6 Reel   35	1957-1959
Box/Folder   40/7 Reel   35	1960-1961 May
Box/Folder   40/8 Reel   35	1961 June-December
Box/Folder   40/9 Reel   35	1962-1963
Box/Folder   41/1 Reel   35	1964 January-June
Box/Folder   41/2 Reel   35	1964 July-1965, undated
	Rich, Marvin
Box/Folder   41/3 Reel   35	Community Relations director (1959-1966), miscellaneous correspondence, 1960-1963 July
Box/Folder   41/4 Reel   35	Miscellaneous correspondence, 1963 September-1965, undated
Box/Folder   41/5 Reel   35	South Africa, miscellany, 1965
Box/Folder   41/6 Reel   35	Staff correspondence, 1957-1965, undated
	Subseries: Organization Department Scope and Content Note The records of the Department of Organization cover primarily the period from 1957 to 1964. The position of Field Organizer was established in 1957 when James T. McCain was given the appointment. However, in 1958 the position was renamed Field Secretary to the National Office, and it was not until 1962 that the actual position of Director of the Department of Organization was established, with Mr. McCain as director. The director of the Department is responsible for the organization within each of the CORE local chapters. He visits the chapters and submits reports concerning their progress; directs the field secretaries; handles all applications and assignments for CORE projects, such as the Task Force; and organizes training programs for project workers. The records of the Organization Department are divided into four categories: Correspondence with Individuals, Correspondence by Subject, Local Chapters, and National Office Projects. Within the category titled, “National Office Projects” may be found a great deal of material relating to the Freedom Rides and the CORE Task Force. “Correspondence with Individuals” contains correspondence, applications, and reports concerning personnel working for the national office.	⇧
	Correspondence with Individuals
Box/Folder   42/1 Reel   35	Carey, Gordon, 1958-1962, 1964
	Cox, B. Elton
Box/Folder   42/2 Reel   36	1961-1962
Box/Folder   42/3 Reel   36	1963-1964
Box/Folder   42/4 Reel   36	Dennis, David, 1961-1963
Box/Folder   42/5 Reel   36	Douthard, William, 1963-1964
Box/Folder   42/6 Reel   36	Edwards, Claudia, 1962-1964
Box/Folder   42/7 Reel   36	Feingold, Mimi, 1961-1964
	Gaither, Thomas
Box/Folder   42/8 Reel   36	1960-1961
Box/Folder   42/9 Reel   36	1962-1963
Box/Folder   42/10 Reel   36	Haley, Richard, 1960-1961
	Hamilton, Mary
Box/Folder   43/1 Reel   36	1962
Box/Folder   43/2 Reel   36	1963-1964
	Hodge, Henry
Box/Folder   43/3 Reel   36	1958-1960 April
Box/Folder   43/4 Reel   36	1960 May-1961
Box/Folder   43/5 Reel   36	Holt, Len, 1960
	Hughes, Genevieve
Box/Folder   43/6 Reel   36	1960-1961
Box/Folder   43/7 Reel   36	1962-1963, undated
Box/Folder   43/8 Reel   36	Field Reports, 1960-1962
Box/Folder   43/9 Reel   36	Johns, Major, 1960
Box/Folder   43/10 Reel   36	Lockett, Winston, 1962-1963
	McCain, James T.
Box/Folder   44/1 Reel   37	1957-1958
Box/Folder   44/2 Reel   37	1959
Box/Folder   44/3 Reel   37	1960
Box/Folder   44/4 Reel   37	1961-1963
Box/Folder   44/5 Reel   37	1964, undated
Box/Folder   44/6 Reel   37	McKissick, Floyd, 1962-1964
Box/Folder   45/1 Reel   37	Perkins, Joseph P., Jr., 1960-1961
Box/Folder   45/2 Reel   37	Prince, Ulysses, III, 1960
Box/Folder   45/3 Reel   37	Raymond, George, 1962-1964
Box/Folder   45/4 Reel   37	Reynolds, Isaac, 1962-1964
Box/Folder   45/5 Reel   37	Robinson, Frank, 1962-1964
	Robinson, Marvin
Box/Folder   45/6 Reel   37	1960-1962
Box/Folder   45/7 Reel   37	Reports, 1963-1964
Box/Folder   45/8 Reel   37	Rougeau, Welden, 1963-1964
Box/Folder   45/9 Reel   37	Schaefer, Jon, 1962-1964
Box/Folder   45/10 Reel   37	Smith, Jerome, 1962-1963
	Teer, Fredricka
Box/Folder   45/11 Reel   37	1961-1962
Box/Folder   46/1 Reel   37	1963
Box/Folder   46/2 Reel   37	Thomas, Henry, 1961-1963
Box/Folder   46/3 Reel   37	Thomas, William, 1963-1964
Box/Folder   46/4 Reel   37	Tieger, Joseph H. (Buddy), 1963-1964
Box/Folder   46/5 Reel   37	Tournour, Eugene, 1962-1963
Box/Folder   46/6 Reel   37	Wendall, Don, 1961-1962
	Correspondence by Subject
Box/Folder   46/7 Reel   38	Area Redevelopment Act, 1962-1964
Box/Folder   46/8 Reel   38	Articles Related to CORE
Box/Folder   46/9 Reel   38	Breweries - general
Box/Folder   47/1 Reel   38	California Schools, 1963-1964
Box/Folder   47/2 Reel   38	Civil Rights - general
Box/Folder   47/3 Reel   38	Department of Justice, 1961-1962
Box/Folder   47/4 Reel   38	Depositions and Statements, 1961-1964
Box/Folder   47/5 Reel   38	Europe - general, 1961-1962
Box/Folder   47/6 Reel   38	FBI Case, 1961-1962
Box/Folder   47/7 Reel   38	Federal Funds
Box/Folder   47/8 Reel   38	Field Reports, 1963-1964
Box/Folder   47/9 Reel   38	March for Democratic Schools, 1964
Box/Folder   47/10 Reel   38	Metropolitan Area Coordinating Council, 1961-1963
Box/Folder   48/1 Reel   38	Metropolitan Area Council of CORE, 1964
Box/Folder   48/2 Reel   38	Metropolitan Council on Housing, 1963-1964, undated
Box/Folder   48/3 Reel   38	Miscellaneous
Box/Folder   48/4 Reel   38	National Council on Agriculture Life and Labor
	National Office
Box/Folder   48/5 Reel   38	Articles by CORE Members
Box/Folder   48/6 Reel   38	Department of Organization, 1960-1965, undated
Box/Folder   48/7 Reel   38	Field Staff, 1960-1965, undated
Box/Folder   48/8 Reel   38	General, 1960-1965, undated
Box/Folder   48/9 Reel   38	Memoranda, 1963-1965
Box/Folder   49/1 Reel   38	Staff Meeting, 1964
Box/Folder   49/2 Reel   38	National Sharecroppers Fund, 1961-1964
Box/Folder   49/3 Reel   38	New York Area Housing Problem, 1962-1964, undated
Box/Folder   49/4 Reel   38	Police Incidents, 1963-1964, undated
Box/Folder   49/5 Reel   39	Puerto Rico - general
Box/Folder   49/6 Reel   39	Report of Hispanic Faculty - Discrimination at City College of New York, 1963
Box/Folder   49/7 Reel   39	St. John's University, 1962-1963
	Schools
Box/Folder   49/8 Reel   39	Education, 1961-1963
Box/Folder   49/9 Reel   39	1964
Box/Folder   49/10 Reel   39	1964, undated
Box/Folder   50/1 Reel   39	Southern Regional Council Publications, 1962-1963, undated
Box/Folder   50/2 Reel   39	Teacher Recruitment, New York City, 1962-1963
Box/Folder   50/3 Reel   39	The 1965 Civil Rights Law / Rachlin, Carl
Box/Folder   50/4 Reel   39	The Weiss Bill - New York City, 1964
	Western Regional CORE Office
Box/Folder   50/5 Reel   39	1959-1963
Box/Folder   50/6 Reel   39	1964
	Local Chapters
	Alabama
Box/Folder   50/7 Reel   39	Gadsen, 1963, undated
Box/Folder   50/8 Reel   39	General, 1959, 1961-1963
Box/Folder   50/9 Reel   39	Huntsville, 1962, undated
Box/Folder   50/10 Reel   39	Montgomery, 1956, 1960, 1962, undated
Box/Folder   50/11 Reel   39	Arkansas, general, 1960, 1962-1963
Box/Folder   50/12 Reel   39	Arizona, Phoenix, 1960-1961, undated
	California
Box/Folder   50/13 Reel   39	Berkeley, 1959, 1962-1964
Box/Folder   51/1 Reel   39	General, 1958-1963
Box/Folder   51/2 Reel   39	Los Angeles, 1961-1964
Box/Folder   51/3 Reel   39	Oakland, 1960-1962
Box/Folder   51/4 Reel   39	San Diego, 1962-1963
Box/Folder   51/5 Reel   39	San Fernando, 1962-1964
Box/Folder   51/6 Reel   39	San Francisco, 1961-1963, undated
Box/Folder   51/7 Reel   40	Santa Clara Valley, 1962-1963
Box/Folder   51/8 Reel   40	Santa Monica, 1962-1963
Box/Folder   51/9 Reel   40	Stockton, 1960-1962, undated
Box/Folder   51/10 Reel   40	Colorado, Denver, 1961-1964
	Connecticut
Box/Folder   51/11 Reel   40	Bridgeport, 1961-1962, undated
Box/Folder   51/12 Reel   40	General, 1960-1964
Box/Folder   52/1 Reel   40	Hartford, 1962-1963, undated
Box/Folder   52/2 Reel   40	New Haven, 1961-1964
Box/Folder   52/3 Reel   40	Delaware, general, 1954, 1961
	Florida
Box/Folder   52/4 Reel   40	Tallahassee, 1960-1963, undated
Box/Folder   52/5 Reel   40	General, 1959-1963, 1965, undated
	Georgia
Box/Folder   52/6 Reel   40	Atlanta, 1959-1961, 1963, undated
Box/Folder   52/7 Reel   40	General, 1960-1962, 1964, undated
	Illinois
Box/Folder   52/8 Reel   40	Alton, 1961, undated
Box/Folder   52/9 Reel   40	Chicago, 1959, 1961-1963, undated
Box/Folder   52/10 Reel   40	Evanston, 1959-1963
Box/Folder   52/11 Reel   40	General, 1960-1962
Box/Folder   53/1 Reel   40	Harvey
Box/Folder   53/2 Reel   40	Indiana, general
Box/Folder   53/3 Reel   40	Iowa, Iowa City
	Kansas
Box/Folder   53/4 Reel   40	General
Box/Folder   53/5 Reel   40	Hutchinson
	Kentucky
Box/Folder   53/6 Reel   40	Frankfort
Box/Folder   53/7 Reel   40	General
Box/Folder   53/8 Reel   40	Louisville, 1962-1963
Box/Folder   53/9 Reel   40	Northern
	Louisiana
Box/Folder   53/10 Reel   40	Baton Rouge
Box/Folder   53/11 Reel   40	General
Box/Folder   53/12 Reel   40	New Orleans
Box/Folder   53/13 Reel   40	Shreveport
	Maryland
Box/Folder   53/14 Reel   40	Annapolis
Box/Folder   54/1 Reel   40	Baltimore
Box/Folder   54/2 Reel   40	Cambridge
Box/Folder   54/3 Reel   40	Cantonville
Box/Folder   54/4 Reel   40	Prince George
Box/Folder   54/5 Reel   41	Massachusetts, Boston
	Michigan
Box/Folder   54/6 Reel   41	Ann Arbor
Box/Folder   54/7 Reel   41	Battle Creek
Box/Folder   54/8 Reel   41	Detroit
Box/Folder   54/9 Reel   41	Grand Rapids
Box/Folder   54/10 Reel   41	Mississippi, Jackson
	Missouri
Box/Folder   54/11 Reel   41	General
Box/Folder   54/12 Reel   41	Kansas City
Box/Folder   55/1 Reel   41	St. Louis
Box/Folder   55/2 Reel   41	Nevada
	New Jersey
Box/Folder   55/3 Reel   41	Bergen County
Box/Folder   55/4 Reel   41	General
Box/Folder   55/5 Reel   41	Middlesex - Union
Box/Folder   55/6 Reel   41	Newark - Essex
	New York
Box/Folder   55/7 Reel   41	Area Contacts
Box/Folder   55/8 Reel   41	Bronx
Box/Folder   55/9 Reel   41	Brooklyn
Box/Folder   55/10 Reel   41	City College of New York
Box/Folder   55/11 Reel   41	Columbia University
Box/Folder   55/12 Reel   41	Downtown CORE
Box/Folder   55/13 Reel   41	General
Box/Folder   55/14 Reel   41	Long Island Student Group
Box/Folder   55/15 Reel   41	Long Island University CORE
Box/Folder   56/1-2 Reel   41	New York
Box/Folder   56/3 Reel   41	Minutes
Box/Folder   56/4 Reel   41	Press, pamphlets, etc.
Box/Folder   56/5 Reel   41	New York University
Box/Folder   56/6 Reel   41	Queens
Box/Folder   56/7 Reel   41	Rochester
Box/Folder   56/8 Reel   41	Staten Island
Box/Folder   56/9 Reel   41	Suffolk County
Box/Folder   56/10-11 Reel   41	Syracuse
	North Carolina
Box/Folder   57/1 Reel   42	Chapel Hill
Box/Folder   57/2 Reel   42	Durham
Box/Folder   57/3 Reel   42	Greensboro
Box/Folder   57/4 Reel   42	High Point
Box/Folder   57/5 Reel   42	Monroe
Box/Folder   57/6 Reel   42	Raleigh
Box/Folder   57/7 Reel   42	North Dakota, Grand Fords
	Ohio
Box/Folder   57/8 Reel   42	Cincinnati
Box/Folder   57/9-10 Reel   42	Cleveland
Box/Folder   57/11 Reel   42	Columbus
Box/Folder   58/1 Reel   42	Dayton
Box/Folder   58/2 Reel   42	General
Box/Folder   58/3 Reel   42	Toledo
Box/Folder   58/4 Reel   42	Yellow Springs
	Oregon
Box/Folder   585 Reel   42	Eugene
Box/Folder   58/6 Reel   42	Portland
	Pennsylvania
Box/Folder   58/7 Reel   42	General
Box/Folder   58/8-11 Reel   42	Philadelphia
Box/Folder   59/1 Reel   42	Rhode Island, general
	South Carolina
Box/Folder   59/2 Reel   42	Claredon County
Box/Folder   59/3 Reel   42	Columbia
Box/Folder   59/4 Reel   42	General
Box/Folder   59/5 Reel   42	Marion County
Box/Folder   59/6 Reel   42	Orangeburg
Box/Folder   59/7 Reel   42	Rock Hill
Box/Folder   59/8 Reel   42	Spartanburg
	Sumter
Box/Folder   59/9 Reel   42	Morris College
Box/Folder   59/10 Reel   42	Sumter
	Tennessee
Box/Folder   59/11 Reel   42	General
Box/Folder   59/12 Reel   42	Lebanon
Box/Folder   59/13 Reel   42	Memphis
Box/Folder   59/14 Reel   42	Nashville
Box/Folder   59/15 Reel   42	Oak Ridge
Box/Folder   59/16 Reel   43	Texas, general
	Virginia
Box/Folder   59/17 Reel   43	Alexandria
Box/Folder   59/18 Reel   43	Arlington
Box/Folder   60/1 Reel   43	Charlottsville
Box/Folder   60/2 Reel   43	General
Box/Folder   60/3 Reel   43	Norfolk
Box/Folder   60/4 Reel   43	Petersburg
	Washington (State)
Box/Folder   60/5 Reel   43	General
Box/Folder   60/6-7 Reel   43	Seattle
Box/Folder   60/8 Reel   43	Washington, D.C.
	West Virginia
Box/Folder   60/9 Reel   43	Charleston
Box/Folder   60/10 Reel   43	Huntington
Box/Folder   60/11 Reel   43	Wisconsin, general
	National Office Projects
Box/Folder   61/1 Reel   43	A and P
Box/Folder   61/2 Reel   43	Bank of America
Box/Folder   61/3 Reel   43	Brotherhood Trip
Box/Folder   61/4 Reel   43	Civil Rights Bill Testing Forms
	Freedom Rides
Box/Folder   61/5 Reel   43	Appealed Trials
Box/Folder   61/6 Reel   43	Applicants - Jailed F.R.
Box/Folder   61/7 Reel   43	Applications - Cancel
Box/Folder   61/8 Reel   43	Applications
Box/Folder   61/9 Reel   44	Appraisals
Box/Folder   61/10 Reel   44	Arraignment, 1961 September
Box/Folder   62/1 Reel   44	Bibliography, 1961
Box/Folder   62/2 Reel   44	Bond Information
Box/Folder   62/3 Reel   44	Correspondence
Box/Folder   62/4 Reel   44	Film - Lockhart Agency
Box/Folder   62/5 Reel   44	Final Reports
Box/Folder   62/6 Reel   44	Information requests
Box/Folder   62/7 Reel   44	Lists of Riders
Box/Folder   62/8 Reel   44	Miscellaneous
Box/Folder   62/9 Reel   44	Mississippi, 1961
Box/Folder   62/10 Reel   44	Motivational Study
Box/Folder   62/11 Reel   44	Original Freedom Riders, 1961
Box/Folder   62/12 Reel   44	Support
Box/Folder   62/13 Reel   44	Trials
	Journey of Reconciliation
Box/Folder   62/14 Reel   44	1947-1948
Box/Folder   63/1 Reel   44	1949
	Task Force
Box/Folder   63/2 Reel   44	Applications
Box/Folder   63/3 Reel   44	Applications, Florida
	Chicago
Box/Folder   63/4 Reel   44	1964 May-July
Box/Folder   63/5 Reel   44	1964 August-December, undated
Box/Folder   63/6 Reel   44	Circulars
Box/Folder   63/7 Reel   44	Correspondence
Box/Folder   63/8 Reel   44	Information requests, 1963-1964
	Louisiana
Box/Folder   63/9 Reel   44	1964 January, April-May
Box/Folder   64/1 Reel   44	1964 May
Box/Folder   64/2 Reel   44	1964 June
Box/Folder   64/3 Reel   45	Reports, 1964
Box/Folder   64/4 Reel   45	McCain, James T.
Box/Folder   64/5 Reel   45	Miscellaneous
Box/Folder   64/6 Reel   45	Mississippi
Box/Folder   64/7 Reel   45	Mississippi, COFO
Box/Folder   64/8 Reel   45	New Jersey, Newark
Box/Folder   64/9 Reel   45	North Carolina
Box/Volume   65/1 Reel   45	Commission of Inquiry into the Administration of Justice in the Freedom Struggle, 1962 May 25, 26
	Subseries: Program Department Scope and Content Note Records relating to the work of the Program Department begin in 1959, but chiefly concern the period from 1961 to 1964. Their lack of completeness makes it difficult to describe the Department's specific functions. The Program Department was responsible for co-ordinating certain important national CORE projects, such as the Freedom Rides and the Interstate Commerce Commission projects of 1961, and the Freedom Highways project of 1962. It also organized the area conferences so that the local chapters could exchange information and co-ordinate their activities; it helped with planning the CORE Leadership Conferences, which were important in training the younger leaders in non-violent direct action methods. It investigated possible projects and made inquiries to other organizations concerning their experiences with various projects. These records mainly consist of the correspondence of Norman Hill, who was Program Director for most of the time between 1961 and 1964. However, there are also records of Gordon Carey, who became Program Director after having been in charge of supervising the field representatives. Evidently, some of his functions as Field Director carried over into the formation of the Program Department, since there are field reports and correspondence with CORE field representatives included in the material.	⇧
	Area Conferences
Box/Folder   66/1 Reel   45	California, 1963-1964
Box/Folder   66/2 Reel   45	Connecticut, 1963-1964
Box/Folder   66/3 Reel   45	Illinois and Wisconsin, 1963-1965
Box/Folder   66/4 Reel   45	Kansas (Midwest), 1964
Box/Folder   66/5 Reel   45	Leadership Training, 1960-1964, undated
Box/Folder   66/6 Reel   45	Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Northern Virginia, 1964
Box/Folder   66/7 Reel   45	Massachusetts, Rhode Island, 1964
Box/Folder   66/8 Reel   45	Michigan, 1964
Box/Folder   66/9 Reel   45	Missouri, Southern Illinois, 1964
Box/Folder   66/10 Reel   45	New Jersey, 1963
Box/Folder   66/11 Reel   45	New York, 1962-1964
Box/Folder   66/12 Reel   45	North Carolina, 1964
Box/Folder   66/13 Reel   45	Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, 1964
Box/Folder   66/14 Reel   45	Pendle Hill, Pennsylvania, meeting, 1957-1958
Box/Folder   66/15 Reel   45	Staff conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1963-1964
Box/Folder   67/1 Reel   45	Western Regional Conferences, 1962-1964
Box/Folder   67/2 Reel   45	Miscellany, 1962-1963, undated
	Employment
Box/Folder   67/3 Reel   45	Public Accommodations: Hotels, Motels, Restaurants, 1962-1964, undated
Box/Folder   67/4 Reel   45	Western Electric Project, 1963
	Freedom Highways
	Howard Johnson's Project
Box/Folder   67/5 Reel   46	1962 January-May
Box/Folder   67/6 Reel   46	1962 June
Box/Folder   67/7 Reel   46	1962 July-October
Box/Folder   67/8 Reel   46	1962 November-1963, undated
	Freedom Rides
Box/Folder   68/1 Reel   46	Route #40, correspondence and related materials, 1961-1962, undated
Box/Folder   68/2 Reel   46	Route #40, test results, 1961
	Interstate Commerce Commission Project (Greyhound, Illinois Central Railroad, Trailways Facilities)
	Correspondence and testing forms
Box/Folder   68/3 Reel   46	1960-1961 November
Box/Folder   68/4 Reel   46	1961 November
Box/Folder   68/5 Reel   46	1961 November, circa 1961?
Box/Folder   68/6 Reel   46	1962-1964
Box/Folder   69/1 Reel   46	Legal Matters, 1961-1963, undated
Box/Folder   69/2 Reel   46	Local Chapters, 1961-1964 Scope and Content Note: Including Alabama, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Washington, D.C., and Wisconsin.
	Other Organizations
Box/Folder   69/3 Reel   46	Committee for the Employment of Negro Performers (CENP), 1961-1962, undated
Box/Folder   69/4 Reel   46	(National Student) Federal Aid to Education (FATE), 1963-1964
Box/Folder   69/5 Reel   46	Fellowship of Reconciliation, 1961-1963
Box/Folder   69/6 Reel   46	Labor groups, 1962-1963, undated
Box/Folder   69/7 Reel   47	League for Industrial Democracy (LID), 1964, undated
Box/Folder   69/8 Reel   47	National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 1960-1962, undated
Box/Folder   69/9 Reel   47	Northern Student Movement, 1962-1964, undated
Box/Folder   69/10 Reel   47	Southern Conference Educational Fund, 1961-1963
Box/Folder   69/11 Reel   47	Southern Interagency Conference, 1961-1963
Box/Folder   69/12 Reel   47	Southern Regional Council, 1960-1963
Box/Folder   70/1 Reel   47	Student groups, 1962-1964, undated
Box/Folder   70/2 Reel   47	Student Non-violent Co-ordinating Committee (SNCC), 1960-1963, undated
Box/Folder   70/3 Reel   47	Union negotiations with CORE, 1962-1964
Box/Folder   70/4 Reel   47	United States Government, 1963, undated
Box/Folder   70/5 Reel   47	Miscellaneous groups, 1960-1964, undated
	Projects
Box/Folder   70/6 Reel   47	Fayette-Haywood Counties, Tennessee - Tote bag projects, 1961-1963, undated
Box/Folder   70/7 Reel   47	Housing, 1961-1963, undated
	School Bond project
Box/Folder   70/8 Reel   47	1961-1963 January
Box/Folder   71/1 Reel   47	1963 February-1964, undated
Box/Folder   71/2 Reel   47	Worlds Fair (New York, 1964), 1962-1964, undated
Box/Folder   71/3 Reel   47	Miscellany, 1949-1964, undated
	Miscellany
	Correspondence and memoranda
Box/Folder   71/4 Reel   47	1959-1962
Box/Folder   71/5 Reel   47	1963-1964
Box/Folder   71/6 Reel   47	Newspaper clippings, reports, etc. (non-correspondence), 1960-1965, undated
Box/Folder   71/7 Reel   47	Requests for information and/or literature, 1962-1964
	Subseries: Core Southern Education Project (CSEP) Scope and Content Note: The CORE Southern Education Project began as the CORE Books for Mississippi project. Benjamin A. Brown was put in charge of this volunteer organization in 1963, when it became an autonomous project within national CORE, working in co-ordination with the other departments. Efforts were directed toward raising money and supplying equipment for the CORE (COFO) Community Centers in the South. This included everything from soliciting books for the center libraries from individuals and publishers, to getting mimeograph machines, typewriters, cameras, and other equipment for the use of CORE field offices and representatives. These records consist almost entirely of correspondence from the files of Ben Brown.	⇧
	Benefits
Box/Folder   72/1 Reel   47	Art Show, 1964
Box/Folder   72/2 Reel   48	Miscellany, 1962-1964, undated
	Contributions (money and equipment)
Box/Folder   72/3 Reel   48	1963-1964 March
Box/Folder   72/4 Reel   48	1964 April-May
Box/Folder   72/5 Reel   48	1964 June
Box/Folder   72/6 Reel   48	1964 July
Box/Folder   73/1 Reel   48	1964 August-September
Box/Folder   73/2 Reel   48	1964 October, undated
	Reports, memoranda, staff correspondence
Box/Folder   73/3 Reel   48	1963-1964 June
Box/Folder   73/4 Reel   48	1964 July-1965, undated
Box/Folder   73/5 Reel   48	Miscellany, 1963, undated
	Subseries: Scholarship, Education, and Defense Fund (SEDF) Scope and Content Note The CORE Scholarship, Education, and Defense Fund developed into an autonomous organization after having been a part of national CORE, in much the same way as the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund came into being. The records here date from 1960 to 1965, while SEDF was still part of national CORE under the direction of Marvin Rich, who also was in charge of the Community Relations Department of CORE. This material, while sparse, is important because it concerns the origin of what is now a separate organization concerned with raising funds for legal expenses and educational purposes in the South. In 1966, SEDF broke away from CORE and changed its name to the Scholarship, Education, and Defense Fund for Racial Equality (SEDFRE), headed by Marvin Rich. Its aims remain more similar to those of national CORE as CORE was in the early 1960's, rather than to those of the more militant route taken by the national CORE of today. In 1967, the Scholarship, Education and Defense Fund for Racial Equality (SEDFRE) presented its records to the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. These will be organized as a collection separate from these CORE records.	⇧
	Correspondence and related materials
Box/Folder   74/1 Reel   48	1960-1963
Box/Folder   74/2 Reel   48	1964-1965, undated
	Series: Non-Microfilmed Records	⇧
Audio 449A	Tape recording of CORE Rally, 1964 May 17 Scope and Content Note: Opens with a short statement as to the origin of the CORE Southern Education Fund. Included are various speakers and singers including J. Scott Kennedy, Robert Earl Jones, a Miss Morgan, and a speaker from Africa. The tape runs approximately 131 minutes.
Mss 14 Box   75	Additional records, 1958-1967, undated Note: These were received after microfilming was completed.