Series: 2: Records, 1962 Fall-1965 August
Scope and Content Note: The 12 boxes of material in Series 2 generally dates from the fall of 1962 to August 1965, although there is some overlap with the other series. This material documents the period when SDS still considered reform of the U.S. system possible and maintained four separate national offices: the National Office (the administrative hub of the organization) and the offices of the Economic Research and Action Project, of the Peace Research and Education Project, and of the Political Education Project. The ERAP and Boston PREP files are remarkably complete. The records of each of these offices has been arranged in separate sections within this series.

Subseries: 2A: National Office, 1962-1965; undated
Scope and Content Note

Included are a voluminous amount of correspondence as well as reports, minutes, literature requests, membership lists, registration forms, pamphlets, newsletters, clippings, and check stubs. These papers relate to SDS conventions and national councils, National Office staff and other intra-organizational matters, projects, chapters, and other organizations, 1962-1965. This subseries is arranged in seven sub-categories.

The convention and national council meeting papers, 1962-1965, contain correspondence, minutes, reports, position papers, and registration forms. These are concerned with various aspects of American radicalism: the student, civil rights, peace, and labor movements as well as intra-organizational concerns.

The correspondence refers to radical organizing, SDS matters, personal affairs, and the civil rights, labor, and anti-war movements.

The project files, 1963-1965, contain correspondence, leaflets, reports, literature requests, clippings, and newsletters. They refer to the SDS Bulletin, anti-South African Apartheid activities including SDS's Chase Manhattan sit-in, and anti-Vietnam war demonstrations.

There are correspondence, leaflets, newsletters, clippings, reports, and literature requests in the chapter files, that provide information on student activism throughout the U.S. and have in some cases an abundance of data on local issues.

Material pertaining to related groups includes correspondence, newsletters, clippings, leaflets, and reports. They detail SDS's interrelationships with other student and leftist groups.

The National Office's office records include a checking account, cash receipts journal, check stubs, literature requests, leaflets, membership lists, and miscellaneous writings, speeches, and reports.

National Conventions and Council Meetings

National Council, Ann Arbor, 1962 December

National Convention, Pine Hill, New York

General, 1963 May-July

America and the New Era, drafts and comments, 1963 June-July

National Council Meeting, Nyack, New York, 1963 June

National Council Meeting, Bloomington, Indiana, 1963 August-September

National Council Meeting, New York City, 1963 December
Note: Includes registration forms.

National Council Meeting, Ann Arbor, 1964 February-April

National Council Meeting, Nyack, New York, 1964 April-August

National Convention, Pine Hill, New York, 1964 June-July

National Council Meeting, Pine Hill, New York, 1964 June-July

National Council and Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1964 August-September

National Council Meeting, New York City, 1964 April-December

National Council Meeting, Washington, D.C., 1965 April

National Conference at Kewadin, Michigan

Correspondence and notes regarding arrangements, 1965 April-June

Attendance lists and registration forms, 1965 June

Working papers, 1965 May-June

General, 1965 June

LID and SDS, 1962 September-1965 September

Correspondence and Related Documents

Paul Booth, 1962-1965 February

George Brosi, 1964 September-1966 September

Robb Burlage, 1962 January-1964 August

ERAP, 1964 February-1965 February

General Intra-SDS, 1963 June-1964 September

General Intra-SDS, 1964 October-1965

Vernon Grizzard, 1964 August-1965 August

Tom Hayden, 1963 May-October

Steve Max, 1962-1963; undated

Ken McEldowney, 1964 October-1965 August

Mike Miller, 1964 September-1965 May

Paul Potter, 1964 August-1965 July

PREP, 1963 November-1965 March

Harold Taylor, 1963 February-1965 March

Lee Webb, 1964 June-1965 Spring

Steve Weissman, 1965 January-late summer, undated

Jim Williams , 1963 October-1965 August

General

1962 February-1964 December

1965 January-June

1965 July-August

Canada, 1964 March-1965 September

Foreign, 1963 September-1965 August

Projects

Bulletin
Note: Volumes 1-3 are available in the Historical Society's Library.

Correspondence, 1963 March-1965 September, undated

Art work, 1963 August-1965 August, undated

Discussion Bulletin, 1964 Spring

Conferences of other organizations, 1965 Summer

Free University

Correspondence, 1965 May-December

Local programs, 1965 Summer

Mailing lists, 1965

Reports and papers, 1965 Spring-June

Fundraising, 1963 Spring-1965 October

Mailings

National Office and National Council, 1963 February-1964 November, undated

Work-list

Volume 1, number 1-13, 1964 June-December

Volume 2, number 1-14, 1965 January-July

Related documents, 1963 February-1965 Summer, undated

Mailing lists, 1963 January-1965 Summer, undated

South Africa: Chase Manhattan Bank Sit-In

Correspondence, 1964 November-1965 August

Clippings, 1965 March-April

Preparations for the sit-in, 1965 January-June, undated

Trial of demonstrators, 1965 June-September

Vietnam - Anti-War Activity

Correspondence, United States

1963-1965 July

1965 August

Correspondence, foreign, 1965 January-December

Draft and draft resistance, 1965

March on Washington

Button and literature orders, 1965

Correspondence, 1965

Posters, memos, and press releases, 1965

Miscellaneous SDS anti-war activity, 1965

Pamphlets: Viet-Nam, 1965, undated

Press clippings: Viet-Nam, 1965, undated

Press releases: Viet-Nam, 1965, undated

Summer newsletter, 1965

Chapter Files

Alabama, Arizona, 1964-1965, undated

California

At large, 1963-1965, undated

Los Angeles, 1963-1965, undated

San Francisco region, 1965, undated

Connecticut, Colorado, Delaware, 1964-1965, undated

Florida, 1963-1965, undated

Georgia, Idaho, 1964-1965, undated

Illinois

At Large, 1964-1965, undated

Chicago and University of Chicago, 1962-1965, undated

Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, 1963-1965, undated

Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, 1964-1965, undated

Massachusetts

At large, 1962-1965, undated

Boston, 1963-1965, undated

Michigan

Ann Arbor, 1963-1965, undated

At large, 1964-1965, undated

Michigan State, Wayne State, 1963-1965, undated

Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, 1964-1965, undated

New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, 1963-1965, undated

New York

At large, 1962-1965, undated

New York City, 1962-1965, undated

New York Viewpoint, 1964-1965, undated

North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, 1963-1965, undated

Pennsylvania

At large, 1963-1965, undated

Swarthmore, 1964-1965

Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, 1963-1965, undated

Utah, Virginia, Washington, Washington, D.C., 1963-1965, undated

Texas, 1963-1965, undated

Wisconsin, 1962-1963, undated

Related groups

American Friends Service Committee, 1962-1965, undated

Assembly of Unrepresented People, 1965, undated

Campus Americans for Democratic Action, Caucus for Effective Action, 1962-1965

Committee for Foreign Policy Alternatives, 1965

Committee to End the War in Viet-Nam: Chicago, Detroit, Madison, Milwaukee, Minnesota, New York, 1964-1965, undated

Congress of Federated Organizations, Congress of Racial Equality, 1964-1965

Coordinating Council of Community Organizations, Du Bois Clubs of America, 1963-1965, undated

Free Speech Movement-Berkeley, 1964-1965, undated

International Union of Socialist Youth, 1964-1965, undated

Institute for Policy Studies, 1963-1965, undated

May 2nd Movement, 1964-1965

Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, 1964, undated

National Committee to Abolish HUAC, National Committee on Economic Action, 1963-1965, undated

National Guardian, 1964-1965

National Student Association (NSA)

Correspondence, 1964-1965

Congress, 1964

Contacts, 1964

Liberal Study Group

1962-1963, undated

1964, undated

1965, undated

National Student Christian Federation, 1965, undated

Northern Student Movement, 1962-1965, undated

Operation Freedom, Religion and Labor Council of America, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, 1963-1965

Southern Student Organizing Committee, Student Civil Liberties Coordinating Committee, 1964-1965, undated

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, 1963-1965, undated

Student Peace Union, Student Religious Liberals, 1961-1965

Student Union for Peace Action, Student Woodlawn Area Project, 1964-1965, undated

Studies on the Left, 1964, undated

Turn Toward Peace, U.S. Collegiate Press Service, U.S. Youth Council, 1962-1964, undated

Vietnam Day Committee, Viet-Report magazine, 1965

War Resistors' League, Young Christian Students, 1964-1965, undated

YMCA-YWCA, Young People's Socialist League, 1964, undated

Office Records

National Office financial report, 1965

Check stubs, 1963 October-1964 November

Check stubs, 1964 November-1965 May

Lists of literature orders, undated

Literature Requests 1963-1965 August, undated

March on Washington, 1963 August 28

Membership lists, undated

Miscellaneous writings, speeches, and reports, 1962-1965, undated

Subseries: 2B: The Economic Research and Action Project (ERAP)
Scope and Content Note: Subseries 2B contains 14 boxes of ERAP papers relating to meetings, publications, projects of national and local scope, office files, and related groups. The folder on ERAP meetings, 1964, has correspondence, minutes, and notes relating to intra-ERAP matters and community organizing. The ERAP publications, 1964-1965, contain questionnaires, reports, and work-lists which primarily deal with ERAP community projects and staff problems. The national ERAP projects, 1962-1965, include information on several conferences on poverty, fundraising, legal aid, institutes, newsletters, reports, and other miscellaneous documents. The office files have substantial quantities of correspondence pertaining to inquiries about SDS and ERAP as well as applications to join these two organizations. The files on related groups consist of correspondence, clippings, handbills, and reports; these files document the economic and political relationships between ERAP/SDS and these other organizations, joint conferences and projects, and other topics. There is also a folder of miscellaneous ERAP papers.

ERAP Executive Committee meetings, 1964, undated

ERAP publications, 1964-1965, undated

Correspondence

Intra-ERAP correspondence

Jeremy Brecher, 1964-1965, undated

Clark Kissinger, 1963-1964, undated

General, 1963-1964

General, 1965, undated

ERAP-National Office, 1963-1964 June

ERAP-National Office, 1964 July-1965

Other-ERAP, 1963-1965, undated

Projects

General

Community theater, 1964-1965

Conference on Community Movements and Economic Issues, Ann Arbor, 1964 April 10-12

Correspondence, 1964

Registration forms, 1964

Conference on Poverty and the Economy, Champaign, Illinois, May 1-3, 1964, 1963-1964

End to Poverty Week, Ann Arbor (April 20-27, 1964), 1964

Evaluation questionnaire, Chester, Pennsylvania project, 1964

Films, 1964-1965, undated

Fundraising

Tom Hayden-Ida Brown Defense Fund, 1964-1965

Individual solicitations, 1964, undated

Union solicitations, 1964-1965, undated

Foundation solicitations, 1964-1965, undated

ERAP Institute (June 6-11, 1964), 1964, undated

ERAP Institute, 1965, undated

Legal Aid, 1964-1965

Manuscript correspondence, 1964-1965, undated

Manuscripts, 1963-1964, undated

Mailing lists, undated

News service, 1965, undated

Newsletter and related documents, 1964-1965, undated

Poverty conferences, 1963-1964, undated

Public relations, publicity, publications, 1964-1965, undated

Radicals' Guide to Economics, 1964

Research, 1964-1965, undated

Work/Study, 1964-1965, undated

Local

California

Oakland, correspondence, 1965, undated

San Francisco

Correspondence, 1964-1965, undated

Miscellaneous, 1964, undated

Newsletter, 1964-1965, undated

Connecticut

New Haven, Conneticut, correspondence, 1965, undated

Illinois

Cairo, correspondence, 1964-1965

Newsletters, leaflets, 1964-1965, undated

Reports, 1965, undated

Chicago

Correspondence

Intra-ERAP and SDS, 1964

External, 1964

Advisory Committee papers, 1964-1965, undated

Clippings, 1965, undated

Leaflets and Posters

1964, undated

1965-1966, undated

Miscellaneous, undated

Newsletters, 1965-1967, undated

Office finances, 1964, undated

Projects

Consumer practices, films, fundraising, 1964-1966

Housing, miscellaneous, rent strike, reprints, staff, 1965, undated

Surveys, undated

Surveys, 1965, undated

Unemployment, 1964, undated

Unemployment, 1964-1965, undated

War on Poverty, 1965, undated

Welfare, 1965-1966, undated

Youth, 1965, undated

Related groups, undated

Reports and Prospectuses

1963-1964

1965-1966

Kentucky

Hazard

Correspondence, 1963-1965

Clippings, 1964

Hazard Conference (March 27-29, 1964)

Correspondence and working papers, 1964

Registration forms, 1964

Reports and prospectuses, 1964, undated

Louisville

Correspondence, 1964, undated

Clippings, 1964

Miscellaneous, undated

Reports and prospectuses, 1964, undated

Maryland

Baltimore

Correspondence, 1964-1965, undated

Miscellaneous, undated

Newsletters and leaflets, 1964, undated

Reports and prospectuses, 1964-1965, undated

Cedar Heights, correspondence, 1964-1965, undated

Michigan

Ypsilanti

Miscellaneous and preliminary interviews, 1964, undated

Voter registration, 1964

Massachusetts

Boston

Correspondence, 1963-1965

Miscellaneous, undated

Newsletters and leaflets, 1965, undated

Reports and prospectuses, 1965, undated

New Jersey

Newark

Correspondence, 1964-1965, undated

Clippings, 1964-1965

Leaflets, undated

Miscellaneous, undated

Newsletter, undated

Related group: Clinton Hill Neighborhood Council, 1964, undated

Related group: Newark Committee for Full Employment, 1964, undated

Reports and prospectuses, 1964-1965, undated

New Brunswick, correspondence, 1964-1965

Trenton

Correspondence, 1964, undated

Clippings, 1964, undated

Leaflets and newsletters, 1964, undated

Reports and prospectuses, 1964, undated

New York

New York City, Alliance for Jobs or Income Now, 1964, undated

Ohio

Cleveland

Correspondence

Intra-ERAP and SDS, 1963-1965, undated

External, 1964-1965, undated

Cleveland Community Conference (February 15-17, 1965)

Correspondence, 1964-1965, undated

Papers, 1965, undated

Preparatory, 1965, undated

Transactions, 1965

Newsletters, 1964-1965

Office file, 1964, undated

Projects

Fundraising, 1964-1965, undated

Research, undated

Related groups: Citizens United for Adequate Welfare, 1964, undated

Related groups: Other, undated

Reports and prospectuses, 1964, undated

Ontario, Canada

North Bay, correspondence, 1964, undated

Reports and prospectuses, 1964, undated

Pennsylvania

Chester

Correspondence, 1964-1965

Clippings, 1964, undated

Miscellaneous, undated

Newsletters and leaflets, 1964, undated

Reports and prospectuses, 1964, undated

Philadelphia

Correspondence, 1963-1964, undated

Leaflets, 1964, undated

Reports and prospectuses, 1963-1964, undated

Office Files

Applications

1963-1964 March

1964 April

1964 May

1964 June-July

1964 August-December

1965 January-February

1965 March

1965 April

1965 May 1-15

1965 May 16-30

1965 June

undated

Inquiries

1963-1964 March

1964 April

1964 May-August

1964 September-December

1965 January-February

1965 March-April

1965 May-June

1965 July-August

1965 September-December, undated

Related Groups

Alliance for Jobs or Income Now, American Friends Service Committee, 1963-1965, undated

Appalachian Conference, Citizen's Crusade for Poverty, 1964-1965, undated

Committee for Miners, 1963-1965, undated

Council of the Southern Mountains, International Association of Machinists, National Committee for Full Employment, 1963-1965, undated

Miscellaneous related groups, Northern Student Movement, 1964-1965, undated

Oberlin, Religion and Labor Council of America, 1964, undated

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, 1963-1965, undated

Student Union and Peace Action, 1964-1965, undated

United Auto Workers, 1963-1965

Miscellaneous ERAP materials, undated

Subseries: 2C: Peace Research and Education Project (PREP)
Scope and Content Note: The 4 boxes of PREP papers include letters, leaflets, manuscripts, a mailing list, newsletters, prospectuses, and reports. They pertain to Boston PREP; literature requests and inquiries; fundraising; publicity; the publishing of the PREP periodical, The New Era; the conversion of American industry to a peace-oriented economy; demonstrations against South African and Vietnam policies; and various related groups. Conspicuous among the manuscripts are: “Defense Workers and Disarmament” by Barry Bluestone; “The American Peace Movement, 1900-1962” by Philip Altbach, national chairman of the Student Peace Union; and “The War on Poverty: Notes on an Insurgent Response” by Rennie Davis, director of ERAP.

Executive and Temporary Action Committees, 1962-1965, undated

Correspondence

Intra-PREP

1962-1963 June

1963 July-December

1964 January-July

1964 August-October

1964 November-December

1965, undated

External

1962

1963 January-March

1963 April-June

1963 July-December

1964 January-February

1964 March-April

1964 May

1964 June

1964 July 1-15

1964 July 16-31

1964 August

1964 September

1964 October

1964 November

1964 December

1965 January-February

1965 March-August

undated

Boston Peace Research and Education Project (BPREP)

Correspondence

1964 January-July

1964 August-December

1965, undated

Financial reports, 1964

Leaflets, 1964, undated

Minutes and notes, undated

Projects, undated

Prospectuses, undated

Reports, 1964, undated

Office File

Information and literature requests, 1963-1965, undated

Projects

Fundraising, 1962-1965

The New Era

Correspondence, 1964, undated

Manuscripts, 1963-1964

Publishing material, undated

Newsletters, 1963-1965

Newsletter manuscripts, undated

Peace politics, 1962-1963, undated

Project proposals, 1962-1965

Publicity, 1963-1965, undated

South Africa, 1964-1965, undated

“Toward an Effective Peace Program on Campus,” 1964-1965, undated

Vietnam, 1964-1965, undated

Related Groups

End the Draft, 1964-1965, undated

Student Peace Union, 1964-1965

Student Union for Peace Action; Turn Toward Peace, 1962-1965

Miscellaneous, 1962-1964, undated

Subseries: 2D: Political Education Project (PEP)
Scope and Content Note: The half box of PEP papers contains correspondence, memos, minutes, leaflets, prospectuses, reports, and miscellany. They refer to conferences, the direction and role of PEP and SDS, fundraising, PEP's programs, and other topics.

Correspondence, 1964-1965, undated

Memos and leaflets, 1964-1965, undated

Minutes, reports, and prospectuses, 1964-1965

Miscellaneous, 1964