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Introduction, 1988-1996

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Container	Title
M96-233	Series: Introduction, 1988-1996
Box 1 Folder 1	Introduction to the Mark Curtis Defense Committee: A fight to win freedom for a framed-up packinghouse unionist and socialist activist
	Index to the Committee Files
Box 1 Folder 2	Political
Box 1 Folder 3	Legal
Box 1 Folder 4	Time line of defense effort, 1988-1996
Box 1 Folder 5	Index to articles in The Militant about Curtis' Fight
Box 1 Folder 6	Index to Curtis' columns, From Behind Prison Walls, in The Militant
Box 1 Folder 7	Pathfinder pamphlet: Why Is Mark Curtis Still In Prison?
Box 1 Folder 8	Print-out of endorsements
Box 1 Folder 9	Final financial report, 1988-1996
	Series: Political Files	⇧
	1988
Box 1 Folder 10	Minutes
	Literature and mailings
Box 1 Folder 11	Mark Curtis Defense Committee
Box 1 Folder 12	Who Is Mark Curtis? (defense flyer)
Box 1 Folder 13	Curtis' statement at sentence hearing
Box 1 Folder 14	Press releases
Box 1 Folder 14	Press clippings
Box 1 Folder 15	Iowa
Box 1 Folder 16	International
Box 1 Folder 17	United States
Box 1 Folder 18	Dr. Everson memos on Curtis injuries
Box 1 Folder 19	Leaflet found in Curtis' car the night of his arrest
Box 1 Folder 20	Mark Curtis' FBI files
Box 1 Folder 21	Swift, 17 (identities and flyer for support demonstration)
Box 1 Folder 22	Flyers for first meetings of the Mark Curtis Defense Committee
Box 1 Folder 23	July Morris attack on Mark Curtis Defense Committee office and Pathfinder Bookstore
Box 1 Folder 24	October 19, Morris leaf burning charges
	Statement/Letters opposing the frame up
Box 1 Folder 25	African National Congress of South Africa
Box 1 Folder 26	Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
Box 1 Folder 27	Rosa Parks
Box 1 Folder 28	Eddie Hatcher
Box 1 Folder 29	Joe Doherty
Box 1 Folder 30	Donnie Thornsbury
Box 1 Folder 31	Prisoners United for Revolutionary Education
Box 1 Folder 32	William Bywater
Box 1 Folder 33	R.T. Griffin, Arizona Labor Council
Box 1 Folder 34	Statements/Letters protesting the frame-up
Box 1 Folder 35	Farmer Support
Box 1 Folder 36	Curtis letters to prisoners: Leonard Peltier
Box 1 Folder 37	Counter-comparison
	1989
Box 1 Folder 38	Minutes
	Literature and mailings
Box 1 Folder 39	Stakes In The Worldwide Political Campaign
Box 1 Folder 40	Endorser List, April 22, 1989
Box 1 Folder 41	Endorser List, April 22 - August 1, 1989
Box 1 Folder 42	Pathfinder pamphlet: The Frame-Up of Mark Curtis
	Correspondence
Box 1 Folder 43	United States
Box 1 Folder 44	Student letter to Miguel Anfonso Martinez regarding United Nations Campaign
Box 1 Folder 45	International
Box 1 Folder 46	American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Box 1 Folder 47	Press Releases
	Press clippings
Box 1 Folder 48	Iowa
Box 1 Folder 49	International
Box 1 Folder 50	Cuba - Bohemia
Box 1 Folder 51	United States
Box 1 Folder 52	Union
Box 1 Folder 53	Making of Nick Castle video
	Spanish language prison fight
Box 1 Folder 54	Clippings
Box 1 Folder 55	Protest letters
Box 1 Folder 56	Women's Rights support letter
Box 1 Folder 57	Farmer protest leaders support
Box 1 Folder 58	United States Southern Civil Rights Support Tour
Box 1 Folder 59	Public letter from Johnny “Imani” Harris
Box 1 Folder 60	Southern Christian Leadership Convention (SCLC) resolution endorsing MCDC
Box 1 Folder 61	Southern Organizing Committee (SOC) convention endorsement MCDC
Box 1 Folder 62	John Zippert, Greene County Democrat, Endorsement
Box 1 Folder 63	Support from prisoners
Box 1 Folder 64	International youth appeal
Box 1 Folder 65	International support from socialist groups
Box 1 Folder 66	Parole Board decision
	Counter-campaign
Box 1 Folder 67	Workers League: Bulletin articles
Box 1 Folder 68	Workers League: International
Box 1 Folder 69	Iowa Socialist Party
Box 1 Folder 70	Detroit Metro Times exchange
Box 1 Folder 71	Polk County, Iowa, victim services
Box 1 Folder 72	International Unions
	1990
Box 2 Folder 1	Minutes
Box 2 Folder 2	Literature and mailings
	Correspondence
Box 2 Folder 3	United States
Box 2 Folder 4	Correspondence with Mark Curtis
Box 2 Folder 5	Press releases
	Press clippings
Box 2 Folder 6	Iowa
Box 2 Folder 7	United States
Box 2 Folder 8	International
Box 2 Folder 9	Labor
Box 2 Folder 10	Nick Castle video, the premiere in Des Moines United Nations Human Rights Committee
Box 2 Folder 11	February meeting
Box 2 Folder 12	August sub-commission meeting
Box 2 Folder 13	United Nations Prisoners' Rights Conference in Cuba
Box 2 Folder 14	Amnesty International application and related material
	International Support
Box 2 Folder 15	Denmark
Box 2 Folder 16	Nicaragua
Box 2 Folder 17	South Africa National Union of Mineworkers
Box 2 Folder 18	Cuba: Granma, Trabajadores clippings
Box 2 Folder 19	Cuba: Correspondence
Box 2 Folder 20	Other international
Box 2 Folder 21	Support from prisoners
Box 2 Folder 22	National Conference of Black Lawyers
Box 2 Folder 23	Parole campaign
Box 2 Folder 24	Retirement of Julia Terrell as treasurer of the Mark Curtis Defense Committee
	Attacks on Curtis in prison
Box 2 Folder 25	Exchange with Warden Thalacker
Box 2 Folder 26	Gambling charge
Box 2 Folder 27	Warden Thalacker “Gag Order” against Curtis
Box 2 Folder 28	Financial harassment suit against Curtis and Kaku
Box 2 Folder 29	Fundraising grants
	Counter-campaign
Box 2 Folder 30	Bulletin articles
Box 2 Folder 31	Boston Labor Page exchange
Box 2 Folder 32	Pelka probe and student answer
Box 2 Folder 33	International
Box 2 Folder 34	International Unions
Box 2 Folder 35	Workers League: The Mark Curtis Hoax
Box 2 Folder 36	Morris letter to Curtis' parents
	1991
Box 2 Folder 37	Minutes
Box 2 Folder 38	Literature and mailings
Box 2 Folder 39	Mark Curtis v. The City of Des Moines pamphlet
Box 2 Folder 40	Endorsers list, June 1990 - June 1991
	Correspondence
Box 2 Folder 41	International
Box 2 Folder 42	United States
Box 2 Folder 43	With Curtis
Box 2 Folder 44	Press releases
	Press clippings
Box 2 Folder 45	Iowa
Box 2 Folder 46	International
Box 2 Folder 47	May 1991 Priscilla Schenk, Mark Curtis Defense Committee Tour of Mexico
Box 2 Folder 48	United Nations Human Rights Commission
Box 2 Folder 49	Union support work
Box 2 Folder 50	Parole campaign
Box 2 Folder 51	Johnny “Imani” Harris Freedom Rally
Box 2 Folder 52	Iowa prison Sex Offender Treatment Program (SOTP)
Box 2 Folder 53	Fundraising grants
	Counter-campaign
Box 2 Folder 54	Exchange in checkout (Canada)
Box 2 Folder 55	Correspondence
Box 2 Folder 56	United Transportation Union (UTU)
Box 2 Folder 57	Fred Pelka article
Box 2 Folder 58	Iowa Federation of Labor Resolution
Box 2 Folder 59	South Middlesex, Massachusetts, National Organization for Women
	1992
Box 2 Folder 60	Literature and mailings
Box 2 Folder 61	Parole Now for Mark Curtis
Box 2 Folder 62	Ruling in favor of Police Brutality lawsuit
	Correspondence
Box 2 Folder 63	United States
Box 2 Folder 64	International
Box 2 Folder 65	Support letter from Comite De Defense
Box 2 Folder 66	Prison Sex Offender Treatment Program
	Press clippings
Box 2 Folder 67	Iowa
Box 2 Folder 68	United States and International
Box 2 Folder 69	Parole campaign
	Counter-campaign
Box 2 Folder 70	Dis-endorsement letters
Box 2 Folder 71	Boston, National Association for the Advancement Of Colored People (NAACP)
Box 2 Folder 72	KUCB-FM interview with Morris family
Box 2 Folder 73	United Transportation Union, McNaughton letter
Box 2 Folder 74	United Transportation Union, Mark Curtis Defense Committee, answer by McArthur
	1993
Box 3 Folder 1	Literature and mailings
	Correspondence
Box 3 Folder 2	United States
Box 3 Folder 3	International
	Prisoners
Box 3 Folder 4	Bredan Donaghy at Long Kesh
Box 3 Folder 5	Johnny “Imani” Harris
Box 3 Folder 6	Abdelhak Mouuadak
Box 3 Folder 7	Others
	Cuba
Box 3 Folder 8	Benito Souza, Ospaal
Box 3 Folder 9	Angel Lazano Sanchez
Box 3 Folder 9	From El Paradiso Youth Camp
Box 3 Folder 10	Press releases
	Press clippings
Box 3 Folder 11	Letters in response to Petroski article in Des Moines Register
Box 3 Folder 12	International Socialist Groups
Box 3 Folder 13	Files on Curtis by prison authorities
Box 3 Folder 14	Support campaign in Greece
Box 3 Folder 15	Notification to Curtis by prison he served out sexual abuse charge, June 18, 1993
Box 3 Folder 16	Parole campaign
Box 3 Folder 17	Parole Board Decision, January, October
Box 3 Folder 18	Oakdale prison refusal to accept Curtis
	Counter-campaign
Box 3 Folder 19	Dis-endorsements
	Boston, National Association for the Advancement Of Colored People (NAACP)
Box 3 Folder 20	Correspondence
Box 3 Folder 21	Clippings
	Counter-campaign rolled back
Box 3 Folder 22	Freedom and Justice for Mark Curtis pamphlet
Box 3 Folder 23	Responses to Boston NAACP attack
Box 3 Folder 24	International support statements
	United States supporters reaffirm backing
Box 3 Folder 25	Prominent
Box 3 Folder 26	General
	1994
Box 3 Folder 27	Literature and mailings
Box 3 Folder 28	Correspondence
Box 3 Folder 29	Press clippings
Box 3 Folder 30	Black History Month Celebration at John Bennett Correctional Center
Box 3 Folder 31	Parole campaign
Box 3 Folder 32	International campaign against Curtis' disciplinary lock-up
Box 3 Folder 33	Oakdale Transfer Demand - Correspondence Parole Board
Box 3 Folder 34	Curtis request for minimum security
Box 3 Folder 35	Counter-campaign rolled back: Boston Globe article
	1995
Box 3 Folder 36	Literature and mailings
	Correspondence
Box 3 Folder 37	United States
Box 3 Folder 38	International
Box 3 Folder 39	Prisoners
Box 3 Folder 40	Press releases
	Press clippings
Box 3 Folder 41	Iowa
Box 3 Folder 42	General
Box 3 Folder 43	Reviews of Why is Mark Curtis Still in Prison?
Box 3 Folder 44	Denial and reversal of prison decision to bar, Why is Mark Curtis Still in Prison?
Box 3 Folder 45	Campaign for Curtis in Cuba
Box 3 Folder 46	Brazilian landless rural workers support
	Parole campaign
Box 3 Folder 47	Kutmus letter to parole board
Box 3 Folder 48	Letters
Box 3 Folder 49	Draft parole release order
Box 3 Folder 50	Arson attack on Mark Curtis Defense Committee Office and Des Moines Pathfinder Bookstore
Box 3 Folder 51	Counter-campaign, Morris interview in Des Moines
	1996
Box 3 Folder 52	Literature and mailings
Box 3 Folder 53	Final mailing announcing dissolution of Mark Curtis Defense Committee
Box 3 Folder 54	Foreign language literature, 1988-1996
	Correspondence
Box 3 Folder 55	United States
Box 3 Folder 56	International
	Press clippings
Box 3 Folder 57	“The Martyr”: Des Moines City View
Box 3 Folder 58	Material on sex offender laws
Box 3 Folder 59	Other
Box 3 Folder 60	Protests against prison censorship of Curtis's Militant column
	Countdown to Freedom
Box 3 Folder 61	Support letters to Illinois Department of Corrections
Box 3 Folder 62	Memos and correspondence
Box 3 Folder 63	Curtis gains his freedom: Parole order on release
Box 3 Folder 64	, August 10 Illinois celebration of Curtis' release and messages welcoming him back
Box 3 Folder 65	Counter-campaign: Workers League statement
	Series: Legal Files	⇧
	1983-1996
Box 4 Folder 1	List of attorneys for Mark Curtis Defense Committee
	Attorney contracts
Box 4 Folder 2	Mark Pennington, 1988
Box 4 Folder 3	William Kutmus, 1988
Box 4 Folder 4	Eichhorn, 1989
Box 4 Folder 5	Jed Stone, 1996
Box 4 Folder 6	Matt Piers, 1996
	Police Frame-up of Curtis, Background on Des Moines police
Box 4 Folder 7	Report of Mayors Advisory Committee, 1983
Box 4 Folder 8	Des Moines Civil Service Commission Report, 1988
Box 4 Folder 9	United States Justice Department Report, 1989
Box 4 Folder 10	Register article on Joseph Gonzalez
Box 4 Folder 11	Register clippings on Dusenberry brutality charges
	Pre-Trial Documents
Box 4 Folder 12	Correspondence regarding Des Moines Police Internal Affairs investigation of beating of Mark Curtis
Box 4 Folder 13	March 7, 1988 charges against Curtis
Box 4 Folder 14	April 6, 1988 new charges against Curtis and minutes of testimony
	May depositions
Box 4 Folder 15	Demetria Morris
Box 4 Folder 16	Jason Morris
Box 4 Folder 17	Joseph Gonzalez
Box 4 Folder 18	Richard Glade
	Police assault charges against Curtis
	Depositions
Box 4 Folder 19	Dusenberry
Box 4 Folder 20	Wolf
Box 4 Folder 21	Motion to drop charges against Curtis
	Trial
Box 4 Folder 22	Trial transcript
Box 4 Folder 23	Transcript summary prepared by Margaret Winter
	Stenographic notes on summary arguments
Box 4 Folder 24	Mark Pennington
Box 4 Folder 25	Catherine Thune
Box 4 Folder 26	Verdict
	1988-1995
Box 4 Folder 27	Motion for a new trial
	State Appeals
Box 4 Folder 28	Appeal to Iowa Supreme Court, 1989
Box 4 Folder 29	Iowa Court of Appeals decision, 1990
Box 4 Folder 30	Request for review of decision, 1990
Box 4 Folder 31	Denial of request, 1990
	Federal Appeal
Box 4 Folder 32	Writ of Habeas Corpus, 1993
Box 4 Folder 33	Denial of Writ by Federal District Court, 1994
Box 4 Folder 34	Appeal to United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1994
Box 4 Folder 35	Curtis' Appeal Brief, 1994
Box 4 Folder 36	Decision rejecting appeal by U.S. Court of Appeals, 1995
Box 4 Folder 37	Curtis letter to Kutmus declining appeal to Supreme Court, 1995
Box 4 Folder 38	Correspondence on right of Mark Curtis Defense Committee to distribute On Trial video, 1989
	1989-1993
	Curtis lawsuit against Police Brutality
Box 4 Folder 39	Complaint, 1989
Box 4 Folder 40	Documents in Resistance to defendants' motion for summary judgment, 1991
Box 4 Folder 41	Judgment in Curtis v. Des Moines, 1992
Box 4 Folder 42	Morris' notice of filing lien, 1992
Box 4 Folder 43	Report of the parties regarding attorneys fees and costs, 1992
Box 4 Folder 44	Checks to Curtis from City of Des Moines, 1992
Box 4 Folder 45	Final judgment, 1992
Box 4 Folder 46	U.S. Court of Appeals Ruling on Disposition of Frees, 1993
Box 4 Folder 47	Petition for Rehearing, 1993
	1989-1991
	Morris Harassment Suit
Box 4 Folder 48	Morris harassment suit petition, 1989
Box 4 Folder 49	Summary judgment against Curtis on liability, 1990
Box 4 Folder 50	Trial transcript, 1990
Box 4 Folder 51	Transcript of video deposition of Mark Curtis, 1990
Box 4 Folder 52	Motion, brief and affidavits for protective order, 1990
Box 4 Folder 53	Protective order protecting names of contributors to Mark Curtis Defense Committee, 1990
Box 4 Folder 54	Judgment, 1991
	1992-1996
	Curtis challenge to prison lock-up
Box 4 Folder 55	Iowa Department of Corrections brochure on Iowa State Penitentiary
Box 4 Folder 56	Iowa State Penitentiary Disciplinary Polices and Practices
Box 4 Folder 57	Des Moines Register article, “Prison lock-up Practice decried as brutal treatment of inmates,” 1992
Box 4 Folder 58	Investigation Segregation Notice, 1994
Box 4 Folder 59	Summary Segregation Notice, 1994
Box 4 Folder 60	Damico memo, 1994
Box 4 Folder 61	Barnett interview, 1994
Box 4 Folder 62	Curtis request for information on investigation, 1994
Box 4 Folder 63	Disciplinary notice, 1994
Box 4 Folder 64	Curtis request for statements from witnesses and for the right to legal representation, 1994
Box 4 Folder 65	Decision of administrative law judge Charles Harper, 1994
Box 4 Folder 66	Curtis appeal, 1994
Box 4 Folder 67	Curtis request for information on date he was placed in summary segregation, 1994
Box 4 Folder 68	Appeal rejection by Iowa State Penitentiary, 1994
Box 4 Folder 69	Curtis supplemental appeal, 1996
Box 4 Folder 70-71	Iowa State Penitentiary rejection of supplemental appeal, 1994
Box 4 Folder 72	Kutmus letter to Department of Corrections, 1994
Box 4 Folder 73	Curtis appeal to Iowa Department of Corrections, 1994
Box 4 Folder 74	Department of Corrections rejection of appeal, 1994
Box 4 Folder 75	Application for Post Conviction Relief in Lee County Court, 1995
Box 4 Folder 76	Answer to Iowa Department of Justice to Post Conviction Relief, 1995
Box 4 Folder 77	Curtis request for dismissal without prejudice due to granting of parole, 1996
Box 4 Folder 78	State Motion for Summary Judgment based on Parole, 1996
	Series: Photographs Note: Removed from Political Files.	⇧
PH Box 14	1988, Curtis after police beating Physical Description: 4 items
PH Box 14	1988, Trial Physical Description: 5 items
PH Box 14	1988, Attack on Mark Curtis Defense Committee Office and Pathfinder Store Physical Description: 12 items
PH Box 14	1990, Nick Castle Video: Stu Singer, Castle, and attorney George Eichhorn filming interview with Curtis at Iowa State Men's Reformatory, Anamosa, , March 2, 1989 Physical Description: 1 item
PH Box 14	1991, Mark Curtis Defense Committee office and meeting Physical Description: 1 item
PH Box 14	1992, Rally Physical Description: 2 items
PH Box 14	1993, Parole Hearing Physical Description: 1 item
PH Box 14	1993, Supports BBQ Physical Description: 1 item
	1995, Parole Campaign
PH Box 14	September 7, Meeting with Parole Board Physical Description: 6 items
PH Box 14	November 21, Parole victory press conference Physical Description: 5 items
PH Box 14	December 17, Des Moines parole victory celebration Physical Description: 2 items
	1995, Curtis gains his freedom
PH Box 14	Curtis and supporters on his release Physical Description: 18 items
PH Box 14	Curtis at first Mark Curtis Defense Committee meeting after release Physical Description: 5 items
Film Archive	Series: Videotapes Note: Removed from Political Files.	⇧
	On Trial: The Mark Curtis Case, March 30, 1994
	Nick Castle: The Frame-Up of Mark Curtis, August 23, 1995
	Nick Castle: The Frame-Up of Mark Curtis (Spanish version)