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Bella Abzug papers, 1937-1996, bulk 1970-1986
605 linear feetCongressional papers consisting of correspondence memoranda, speeches, reports, photographs and printed materials relating to her terms in Congress. The collection contains general correspondence and administrative files, as well as extensive subject files on a wide variety of topics with which Abzug was involved while in Congress. Also included are Legislative files, being the chronological files of background material for legislation considered on the House floor, and printed versions of legislation by Abzug and others. The Casework Files, relating to Abzug's advocacy on behalf of constituents involved in civil rights, housing, military, employment and related cases, are closed. Among the major correspondents are Carl Albert, Abraham D. Beame, Hugh L. Carey, Gerald R. Ford, Edward I. Koch, John V. Lindsay, Nelson A. Rockefeller, and Gloria Steinem. Materials added in 1981 include: draft transcripts of an oral history, appointment books, speeches and subject files (particularly on privacy and freedom of information) all interfiled in the collection and campaign materials press releases and newspaper clippings.
University Protest and Activism Collection, 1958-2018, bulk 1968-1972
42.60 linear feetCommunity Action Committee, 1968 Box 10, Folder 23
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- Community Action Committee, 1968
Series VIII: Students: Groups, 1966-1975
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- neighborhood and its relationship to the local community were taken up by, among others, the Community Action
Committee, the Columbia-Barnard Citizenship Council and its Morningside Housing Committee. The literature - Abstract Or Scope
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The student strikes that occurred at Columbia between 1968 and 1972 figure prominently in the material found in this series. This series contains extensive holdings on three campus organizations in particular; the Strike Coordinating/Steering Committee (SCC), the Columbia chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), and Students for a Restructured University (SRU). The SCC, formed by the Columbia chapter of SDS, was composed of representatives from the various units of the University and from other student organizations and quickly assumed the mantle of strike leadership from the Columbia University Student Council (CUSC) and the Coalition of Student Leaders (CSC), whose early activities are also recorded here. The Columbia chapter of SDS had taken an early activist lead on a cluster of issues that prompted student unrest and ultimately the strike. Among them were the proposed gymnasium and other instances of campus expansion, the University's relationship with the Institute for Defense Analysis (IDA) and the School of International Affairs, ROTC and military research recruiting, and conditions for campus workers. SRU sponsored numerous strike activities and these materials reveal their role in the administration's efforts to address student concerns about the governing structure of Columbia, including the group's co-sponsorship of hearings on University restructuring.
Stuart Gedal Columbia University 1968 Strike Collection, 1957-2003 [Bulk Dates: 1966-1975]
4.17 linear feetA collection of over 340 pieces of original material related to the demonstrations at Columbia University and their aftermath, focused on activities led by the Columbia Students for a Democratic Society (Columbia SDS) to protest the Vietnam War, end the construction of a Columbia gymnasium on public park land in Harlem, and include University students in institutional decision-making. Most items date to the spring and fall of 1968, including newspaper and magazine clippings, flyers for protests and demonstrations, letters, leaflets, journal and newspaper issues, essays, notices, press releases, memos, meeting minutes, proposals, and many other items, all collected and archived by Stuart Gedal, a student at Columbia (1966-1969) and prominent SDS member. The collection also includes numerous SDS related material such as founding documents (Port Huron Statement), conference materials, and educational pamphlets. There is also some content concerning the Weatherman Underground Organization, an off-shoot of SDS, including a rare first printing of the booklet Prairie Fire.
Community Action Committee/Housing fliers, 1968 June-August Box 2, Folder 57
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- Community Action Committee/Housing fliers, 1968 June-August
Community Action Committee Newsletter (Vol. I, No. 1), 1968 July 16 Box 3, Folder 18
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- Community Action Committee Newsletter (Vol. I, No. 1), 1968 July 16
Joanne Grant research files, 1963-1968
1.44 linear feetAisha H. L. Al-Adawiya and Women in Islam, Inc. collection, circa 1960 -- 2020
50 linear feetBox 13, circa 1997 -- 2010 Box 13
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- , meetings, agendas; Community Action Committee correspondence; newspapers and publications; local NYC
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Women in Islam; Muslim New Yorkers; An-Nisa publications; Darfur; Schomburg; ICC-NY correspondence, meetings, agendas; Community Action Committee correspondence; newspapers and publications; local NYC ephemera.