Mark Curtis Defense Committee Records, 1983-1996

Summary Information

Title: Mark Curtis Defense Committee Records
Inclusive Dates: 1983-1996

Creator:
  • Mark Curtis Defense Committee
Call Number: M96-233

Quantity: 4.0 c.f. (4 record center cartons), 63 photographs, and 3 videorecordings

Repository:
Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Records, 1983-1996, of a committee formed to support the legal defense of Mark Curtis, an activist in the Socialist Workers Party in Des Moines, Iowa, who was involved in labor/political strife in the packinghouse industry and who was arrested and jailed on false charges to remove him from influence. The collection consists of the organizational records of the Committee as well as legal documentation of Curtis’ defense.

Language: English, Spanish

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-m96233
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