National Committee Against Repressive Legislation Records, 1948-2003

 
Container Title
M2001-164
Part 15 (M2001-164): Additions, 1961-2001
Physical Description: 4.4 c.f. (4 record center cartons and 1 archives box) 
Scope and Content Note: Additions, 1961-2001 (bulk 1982-2001), including correspondence, mailings, administrative files, subject files, and newspaper clippings of NCARL and the First Amendment Foundation (FAF), an independent arm of NCARL. The majority of the correspondence is to and from Frank Wilkinson, head of NCARL; Chauncey Alexander, past-president of FAF; and Kit Gage, the Washington representative for NCARL since 1990. Also included are financial records; grant information; award recipient information; correspondence related to field trip activities and speaking engagements conducted by Wilkinson; records related to legislative lobbying efforts in support of First Amendment rights, particularly in opposition to the Anti-Terrorism Bill of 1996; petitions on behalf of FAF/NCARL put forward by members of the academic and professional community; information on books and pamphlets published by the organization; and FBI files centered on Wilkinson's activities from 1960 to 1980. Wilkinson was also involved with the Southern California chapter of the ACLU, and a number of subject files are devoted to local ACLU organizations.
Box   1
Folder   1-14
NCARL meetings and reports, 1982-1996
Box   1
Folder   15-21
FAF meetings and reports, 1984-1999
Box   1
Folder   22
New England Regional Office, 1988-1991
Box   1
Folder   23-27
Finances, 1981-1998
Box   1
Folder   28-33
Grants, 1987-2001
Box   1
Folder   34-37
Internal administrative correspondence/memos, 1986-1993
Box   1
Folder   38-39
Miscellaneous administrative, 1988-2000
Box   1
Folder   40-49
Personal files on FAF/NCARL staff and friends, 1984-2000
Box   2
Folder   1-6
Awards, et cetera by FAF/NCARL staff, 1984-2000
Correspondence
Box   2
Folder   7-8
Chauncey Alexander, 1988-1999
Box   2
Folder   9-12
Kit Gage, 1988-2000
Box   2
Folder   13
Frank Wilkinson, 1988-1999
Box   2
Folder   14-23
General, arranged by correspondent, 1975-2000
Box   2
Folder   24-29
A-Z, 1986-1992
Box   2
Folder   30-36
1982-1993
Box   3
Folder   1-5
1996-1999
Box   3
Folder   6-11
General, 1987-1999
Box   3
Folder   12-33
Mailings, 1964-1969, 1984-2001
Subject files
Box   4
Folder   1-11
Field Work/speeches, 1988-1998
Box   4
Folder   12-16
Petitions, 1988-1994
Box   4
Folder   17-21
Books/pamphlets, 1990-1999
Box   4
Folder   22-38
FAF/NCARL activities, 1984-1999
Box   4
Folder   39-43
FBI files, 1961-1998
Box   5
Folder   1-13
ACLU, 1977-2000
Box   5
Folder   14
Other groups, 1962, 1982-1989
Box   5
Folder   15-21
News clippings, 1981-1998