John Coelln papers
Overview
John Coelln was an anarchist politcal activist in San Francisco, California in the 1970s. This collection includes poetry, prose, and political writing from Coelln's college years, along with a small amount of correspondence and political bulletins from his time in San Francisco. The majority of the political content is composed of drafts of his group Liberatrian Socialist Federation's Statement of Principles.
Dates
- Creation: 1961 - 1975
Creator
- Coelln, John Terry, 1944-2001 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Biography of John Coelln
John Terry Coelln (also known as Jon Koln, John Terry, Terry Koln, Colin Terry) was born November 23, 1944 and died February 8, 2001 in San Francisco, California. He graduated from Shimer College in Chicago, Illinois in 1966. A self-described anarchist socialist, he was a member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and, alongside Harry Siitonen, a San Francisco Bay Area group called World to Win. Coelln discusses this group in the 1978 printing of the Socialist Revoultionary Anarchist Federation (SRAF) Bulletin for Anarchist Agitators, no. 63.
Around 1975, it appears Coelln formed the Libertarian Socialist Federation (LSF) and its journal, Regeneration.
Extent
.25 Linear Feet (1 document case)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
RH WL MS 54
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, 2016.
Subject
- DePugh, Robert B. (Person)
- Industrial Workers of the World (Organization)
- Libertarian Socialist Federation (San Francisco, Calif.) (Organization)
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the John Coelln Collection
- Subtitle
- John Coelln papers
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by geb. Finding aid encoded by geb.
- Date
- 2019-08-22
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/8873720196
- Preferred citation
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John Coelln papers, RH WL MS 54, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository