Title: Congress of Racial Equality. Berkeley Chapter: Records
Inclusive Dates: 1953-1967

Creator:

• Congress of Racial Equality. Berkeley Chapter (Calif.)

Call Number: Mss 163

Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (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:

Fragmentary records of the less militant of two CORE chapters located on the campus of the University of California. Present are general correspondence; subject files on education, employment, and housing for blacks in the San Francisco Bay area; annotated membership lists; publications; and miscellany. Because open housing was a special concern of the chapter, this file forms the bulk of the collection and contains research materials, reports, and case files on Berkeley housing practices and services.

Language: English

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There were two CORE chapters operating on the Berkeley campus of the University of California in the 1960's, the faculty-oriented Berkeley CORE and the more militant, student-oriented Campus CORE. Berkeley CORE, judging from its records, was most active in pressing for the enforcement of open housing regulations; for which it conducted surveys, negotiations, demonstrations, and even lawsuits. Its activity was much more sporadic on behalf of increased integration in the Berkeley public schools and for equal employment opportunities. The chapter's chairman was Professor Charles Sellers of the History Department of UC-Berkeley.

This collection comprises eleven folders which present a fragmented picture of the activities of Berkeley CORE. These folders were originally scattered throughout the papers of CORE's Western Regional Office.

The Berkeley CORE collection, 1953-1967, includes general correspondence; subject files on education, employment, and housing for blacks in the San Francisco Bay Area; membership lists; publications; and miscellany. The housing file forms the bulk of the collection, and contains research material, reports, case files concerning closed housing practices in Berkeley, and about 20 surveys of costs and landlord services in West Berkeley residences. The membership lists often bear heavy annotations concerning dues-paying and participation in activities. Among the publications are one copy of the Fall, 1965 CORE-lator and an incomplete run of campus newsletters, 1964-1967. The miscellany file includes reminiscence of a car journey through the South, pamphlets, and programs.

For further information on the Congress of Racial Equality, see the records of the national office (Mss 14), of the Southern and Western Regional Offices (Mss 85, Mss 160), and the records of CORE chapters and officers held at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.

Acquisition Information

Presented by the Congress of Racial Equality, Western Regional Office, Oakland, California, December 16, 1967.

Processing Information

Processed by Eleanor Niermann, July 16, 1971.

Box   1 Folder   1	Correspondence, 1962, Nov-1967, Oct
	Education
Box   1 Folder   2	1959, Oct-1963, Dec
Box   1 Folder   3	1964, Feb-1967, July
Box   1 Folder   4	Employment, 1963, April-1964, Nov
	Housing
Box   1 Folder   5	General, 1953, March-1962, Dec
Box   1 Folder   6	General, 1963, Jan-1964, March
Box   1 Folder   7	Discrimination Case Files, 1962, May-1963, May
Box   1 Folder   8	West Berkeley Survey, 1963, Nov-1964, Feb
Box   1 Folder   9	Membership, 1962, May-1965, Oct
Box   1 Folder   10	Publications, CORE-lator and Newsletters, 1964, Sept - 1967, Jan
Box   1 Folder   11	Miscellany, 1963, June-Oct