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Box 1

 Container
Call Number: PP 315

Contains 34 Results:

Women's decade of history [timeline compiled by Christine Leonard], 1965 - 1972

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents The timeline follows groups such as the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), the Office of the Dean of Women's Association of Women Students (AWS), the Commission for the Status of Women (CSW), and the Gay Liberation Front (GLF), among others. Robin Morgan, a speaker at the Minority Opinions Forum, inspired the February Sisters occupation of the East Asian building in 1972 which is covered in detail. The occupation successfully led to the granting of their demands for establishing an...
Dates: 1965 - 1972

Movement events - Lawrence, KS [timeline compiled by Christine Leonard], 1961 - 1970

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

The timeline follows groups such as the Student Peace Union (SPU), Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), the Civil Rights Commission (CRC), the Congress on Racial Equality (CORE), and the Student Labor Organization (SLO) among others.

Dates: 1961 - 1970

[Portions and drafts of movement events], 1961 - 1970

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3-6
Scope and Contents

Also includes portions of the women's decade timeline as well as a more detailed timeline for 1966 and 1967.

Dates: 1961 - 1970

1964 [Notes on University Daily Kansan (UDK) articles], 1964 - 1965

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Loose notes on Council on Racial Equality (CORE), Council on Civil Rights (CRC), the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and others.

Dates: 1964 - 1965

KULAC [Kansas University Liberal Action Committee], Spring 1964

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents The KULAC was an affiliate of the national Students for a Democratic Society organization, whose bulletin is included along with the KULAC constitution. Laird Wilcox (originator of the Wilcox Collection at the Kenneth Spencer Research Library) served as an officer of KULAC and led discussions for the taped series SUA Minority Opinions Forum. The folder also contains papers from the Civil Rights Coordinating Committee's non-violent demonstrations opposing discriminatory housing on and off...
Dates: Spring 1964

Fall 1964 [SPU papers on Civil Rights], 1964

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

Also includes a program for a San Diego, California memorial for CORE members Cheney, Schwerner, and Goodman.

Dates: 1964

[Notes on UDK articles], 1965

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents

Notes on Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and Student Peace Union, an organization where Christine Leonard served as secretary, among others..

Dates: 1965

Charlie Hook [Student Peace Union papers], 1965 and 1975

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

Includes a Student Peace Union organizers' handbook along with newsletters and statements written by Hook, a leader in the KU chapter of the organization. The folder also includes articles about Hook's 1975 suicide death.

Dates: 1965 and 1975

1964? [pamphlets on civil rights and integration], 1964

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Includes pamphlets on the Kansas Fair Housing Bill, the constitution and by-laws for the Congress of Racial Equality, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) civil rights statements, and papers from the Kansas Advisory Council on Civil Rights 6th Annual Conference.

Dates: 1964