The photocopies in this collection primarily include papers relating to CORE's annual
conventions and to meetings of the National Action Council of CORE, and its steering
committee. Most numerous among these records are the minutes of meetings, and proceedings
and reports presented at conventions or to the NAC. Regarding the business conducted at
meetings and conventions, separate files have been created for revisions of CORE's
constitution and for financial reports. A number of the official documents were received in
deteriorating physical condition and have been transcribed and so labeled. Also in the
collection are Meier's typewritten notes of records he consulted in the New York CORE
offices. Handwritten annotations by Meier or Rudwick appear on other items.
Five microfilm reels containing selected CORE documents from the holdings of the University
of Washington and the Bancroft Library at the University of California-Berkeley, and filmed
at Rudwick's request, also accompany the papers. Records of the Seattle Chapter of CORE,
1961-1969, comprise four of the microfilm reels, while an additional reel contains national,
California, and other chapter papers and newsletters. The records from the Bancroft Library
were not arranged chronologically within the files.
