Congress of Racial Equality Records, 1941-1967

Container Title
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