William Proxmire Papers, 1938-2004 (bulk 1957-1980)

Contents List

Container Title
Series: General Papers
Mss 737
Box   1
Folder   1-2
General correspondence, 1936-1958
Speeches
Box   1
Folder   3
Miscellaneous speeches by JBT, 1936-1950
Box   2
Folder   1
American Peace Mobilization speeches by JBT and others, 1940-1941
Tape 1188A
Sermons
No.   1
“Faith of Our Fathers,” 1958
No.   2-3
Two unidentified sermons, circa 1959
Mss 737
Box   2
Folder   2
Bibliographies on civil liberties, peace, etc.
Series: Organizational Files
Organizations for which Thompson was an officer/founder
American Peace Mobilization
Box   2
Folder   3-4
Correspondence, 1940-1941
Box   2
Folder   5
American People's meeting, 1941
Box   2
Folder   6
Committee reports, newsletters, publications
Box   2
Folder   7
Committee to Defend America by Keeping Out of War, 1940-1941
Box   3
Folder   1
Emergency Peace Mobilization
Box   3
Folder   2
Oklahoma Conference on Constitutional Rights, 1940
Oklahoma Youth Legislature, 1938-1940
Box   3
Folder   3-4
Correspondence, 1938-1940
Box   3
Folder   5
Minutes, membership lists, etc., 1937-1941
Publications
Box   3
Folder   6
Newsletters, 1940-1941
Box   3
Folder   7-8
News releases, pamphlets, etc.
Box   3
Folder   9
Religious Committee, 1940-1941
Box   4
Folder   1
Tulsa Council, 1940
Box   4
Folder   2
Working Conference for Peace, 1941
Chicago Council Against Racial and Religious Discrimination
Box   4
Folder   3
Correspondence, 1948-1951
Box   4
Folder   4-7
Minutes and newsletters, 1946-1951
McCarran Act, National Committee to Repeal
Box   5
Folder   1
Correspondence, 1950-1955
Box   5
Folder   2-5
Newsletters and publications, 1951-1953
Peaceful Alternatives, Committee for
Box   5
Folder   6-8
Correspondence, 1942-1953
Box   5
Folder   9
Mid-Century Conference for Peace, 1950
Other organizations
Box   5
Folder   10
American-Soviet Friendship, National Council of, 1943-1955
Box   6
Folder   1
Arts, Sciences, and Professions, National Council of, 1949-1951
Box   6
Folder   2
Child Labor, National Committee, 1938-1946
Box   6
Folder   3
Christians and Jews, National Conference of, 1938-1951
Box   6
Folder   4
Foreign Born, American Committee for the Protection of, 1941-1952
Box   6
Folder   5
Intercollegiate Christian Council, National, 1938-1940
Box   6
Folder   6
New America, 1939
Box   6
Folder   7
Planned Parenthood, 1950-1956
Box   6
Folder   8
Religion and Labor Foundation, National, 1949-1950
Box   6
Folder   9
Student Christian Association, Southwest Council of, 1936-1944
Box   6
Folder   10
Youth Congress, American, 1940-1951
Box   6
Folder   11-13
Miscellaneous subject files, A-W
Series: Subject Files
Subseries: Peace committees and subject files
Box   7
Folder   1
Emergency Peace Campaign, 1937
Box   7
Folder   2
Fellowship of Reconciliation, 1935-1958
Box   7
Folder   3
Militarization, United States Committee Against, 1950-1951
Box   7
Folder   4
Peace, World Council of, 1952-1955
Box   8
Folder   1
Peoples for Peace, Congress of, 1952
Box   8
Folder   2
Promoting Enduring Peace Foundation, 1949-1952
Box   8
Folder   3
Sunday Evening Club (Chicago), 1940-1948
Box   8
Folder   4
Truman, Open letter to prevent war with Russia, 1951
Box   8
Folder   5
Universal Military Training, 1952-1955
Box   8
Folder   6
University of Chicago Campus Committee Against Conscription, 1949
Box   8
Folder   7
University of Chicago Faculty-Graduate Committee for Peace, 1950-1952
Box   8
Folder   8
World Fellowship, Inc., 1953-1958
Box   8
Folder   9-10
Miscellaneous files, A-Z
Subseries: Civil liberties committees and subject files
Box   8
Folder   11
American Civil Liberties Union, 1940-1953
Box   8
Folder   12
Bill of Rights conference, 1949
Box   9
Folder   1
Chicago Civil Liberties Committee, 1940-1955
Box   9
Folder   2
Bridges (Harry), Citizens' Committee for, 1941-1952
Box   9
Folder   3
Citizens' Emergency Defense Conference, 1952-1959
Box   9
Folder   4
Civil Liberties Emergency Committee, 1952-1958
Box   9
Folder   5-6
Constitutional Liberties, National Federation for, 1940-1950
Box   9
Folder   7
Field (Jean) Committee, 1951-1952
Box   9
Folder   8
Labor Defense committee, International, 1941-1945
Box   9
Folder   9
Rosenberg Case, Committee to Secure Justice in the, 1952-1953
Miscellaneous files
Box   9
Folder   10-12
A-S
Box   10
Folder   1
T-Z
Subseries: Civil rights committees and subject files
Box   10
Folder   2
Chicago Medical Institutions, Committee to End Discrimination in, 1956
Box   10
Folder   3
Civil Rights Congress, 1946-1955
Box   10
Folder   4
Japanese relocation
Box   10
Folder   5
Lightfoot (Claude) Defense Committee, 1954-1956
Box   10
Folder   6
McGee (Willie) case, 1949-1950
Box   10
Folder   7
Military Segregation, League for Non-Violent Civil Disobedience Against, 1948
Box   10
Folder   8
United Negro College Fund, 1954
Subseries: Religious activities subject files
Box   10
Folder   9
Anti-semitism
Box   10
Folder   10
Applied Religion, People's Institute of, 1944-1948
Box   10
Folder   11
Religious activities
Box   10
Folder   12
Religious Freedom Committee, 1954-1956
Box   10
Folder   13
Wartime Service Program (Norman, OK), 1942-1946
Series: Conferences
Box   10
Folder   14
American Association of University Women, 1941
Box   10
Folder   15
American Youth Congress, 1938-1940
Box   10
Folder   16
Gainesville (Florida) conference, 1939
Box   11
Folder   1
Hazen Conference on Student Guidance and Counseling, 1938-1940
Box   11
Folder   2
Methodist conferences, 1938-1957
Box   11
Folder   3
Miscellaneous conferences, 1936-1958
Box   11
Folder   4
National Christian Mission, 1940
Box   11
Folder   5
Oklahoma conferences, 1937-1944
Box   11
Folder   6
Presbyterian conferences, 1937-1948
Box   12
Folder   1
Student Christian Association conferences, 1937-1945
Box   12
Folder   2
Synod conferences, 1937-1944
Box   12
Folder   3
Texas tour, 1937
Box   12
Folder   4-5
University conferences, 1937-1958
Box   12
Folder   6
YMCA, 1947
YWCA
Box   12
Folder   7
National Board correspondence and bulletins, 1947
Box   12
Folder   8-9
Conferences, 1937-1940
Box   12
Folder   10
National Student Council, 1937-1942
Box   12
Folder   11
World Conference of Christian Youth, 1939