GI Civil Liberties Defense Committee Records, 1968-1971
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Summary Information

Title: GI Civil Liberties Defense Committee Records
Inclusive Dates: 1968-1971

Creator:
  • GI Civil Liberties Defense Committee
Call Number: Mss 486; PH Mss 486

Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes) and 6 photographs

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:
Records of the GI Civil Liberties Committee, an organization (1968-1971?) which defended the constitutional liberties of members of the military who opposed U.S. involvement in the war in Vietnam. Included are correspondence, press materials, and research files on the legal cases with which GICLDC was involved. The legal files consist of military forms, statements and affidavits, clippings, letters of support and other correspondence (including two letters from Bella S. Abzug and George S. McGovern). They best represent the case of the members of GIs United Against the War in Vietnam known as the “Fort Jackson 8.” Also present are good records of the litigation concerning Edmund Jurenas, Joseph D. Miles, and Allen Myers. Internal correspondence is generally routine, though it includes interesting exchanges between the national staff and lawyer Leonard B. Boudin, numerous individual soldiers, and committee sponsor Ruth Gage-Colby.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00486
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