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Title: Student Life: Activist/Political Organizations Records, 1851-

ID: RG 19/03/06/0

Primary Creator: Oberlin College Activist/Political Organizations (1851-)

Extent: 11.05 Linear Feet

Date Acquired: 04/12/1974. More info below under Accruals.

Forms of Material: booklets, charters, letters (correspondence), programs (documents), publications, records (documents)

Languages: English

INVENTORY

Consolidated Relief Fund

Box 1

            Charters, 1951-66

            Correspondence and Information Booklets, 1942-71, n.d.

            Programs, 1947-62

            Reports, 1942-54

            News Clippings, 1952-61

National Student Association

Box 1

      Subjects Files:

            Attack on USNSA by Congressman J.B. Matthews (Mississippi) and Reply, 1958

            Black Power Conference, 1966

            CIA, 1967

            Civil Liberties, 1963

            Civil Rights, 1964-66, n.d. (3f)

            Codification of Policy, 1960-68

            Community Issues, 1964

            Conference Working Paper, n.d.

            Constitution and By-Laws, Oberlin and Ohio-Indiana Region, 1963-65, n.d.

            Correspondence, 1961-62

Box 2

            Correspondence, 64-67 (5f)

            Draft, 1965-66 (2f)

            Drug Conference, 1967

            Drug Involvement with Students, 1967

            Education, 1961-65 (4f)

            Executive Committee, 1959

            Film Programming Service, 1958-61

            Foreign Student Leadership, 1962-63 (2f)

            Health Services, 1967

            History of Oberlin and National NSA, 1947-48

            HSUNA Newsletter, 1965

Box 3

            Information/ Projects, 1965-66

            International Commission, 1965

            Inter-school General Correspondence, 1966

            Jessie Jackson, n.d.

            Mailing, 1962-65

            Medical Ethics in US, c.1964

            Military in Developing Countries, 1965

            NAACP, 1966

            National Defense Education Act, 1959-62

            National Office and Staff Information, 1962-66

            Peace Union, 2nd National Student Conference, n.d.

            Publications, 1959-67 (2f)

Box 4

      Subjects Files: (cont.)

            Registration forms "Drugs on Campus" Conference, 1967

            Review articles, 1965-66

            Regional News, n.d.

            Riverside Church Addresses, 1967

            Southern Justice Conference, 1966

            Southern University Exchange, 1966

            Student Government, 1953-64 (2f)

            Student Health, 1967-67

            Student Relations Seminar, 1956

            Student Responsibility, 1958, 66 (2f)

            Socialist Party, 1966

            "Southern Justice," 1966

Box 5

      National Student Congress, 1957-58, 1960-62  (5f)

Box 6

      National Student Congress, 1963-66  (7f)

Box 7

      Various Countries

            Belgium, 1960-64

            Cambodia, 1960-63

            Chad, 1963, n.d.

            Cyprus, 1961-62

            Czechoslovakia, 1956-65

Box 8

            Vietnam

                  General, 1965-67 (4f)

                  "I.F. Stone's" newsletter, 1963-66

                  Lectures  by Kenneth Armstrong, n.d

Box 9

            South Africa, 1961-64

                  Africa Weekend, 1964-64

                Students for a Democratic Society, 1962-64

                South Africa, general, c.1963-65

                South African Digest, 1964

                World Campaign, 1964

                "Business Report," 1963-65

                Africa Today, 1964

                "Spotlight on South Africa," 1964

Box 10

            South Africa, 1964-65

                  F. Fletch Correspondence, 1964-65

                South Africa and Analysis, 1964-65

                South Africa Freedom News, 1964-65

                "South African Summary," 1964-65

                South African Scope, 1964-65

                South African Digest, 1965

                Spotlight on South Africa, 10/64-6/65 (2f)

                "Business Report," 1965

                  South Africa, general, 1964-65 (2f)

Box 11

            South Africa publications, 1950s-60s, n.d. (2f)

Box 12

            South Africa United Nations related documents, 1963-65

Box 13

            Newspapers: re: South Africa

                        Apartheid News, January, February, May, June, 1965 (4 issues)

                        Forward, September 1964 (1 issue)

                        The Star, Johannesburg, 1964-65 (30 issues)

Oberlin Peace Activists League

Box 1

            Oberlin Peace Activists League/ School of the Americas Watch, 1998-2001

Oberlin Peace Society – See separate finding guide

Oberlin Resistance (Selective Service)

Box 1

            Oberlin Resistance

                  Charter, registration forms, 1968-69

                  Printed matter, Oberlin and National, 1966-69, n.d.  (5f)

Box 2 (oversize)

            Oberlin Resistance, 1967-70

                        Miscellaneous publications from outside organizations

                        Position papers and newsletters from Oberlin and other groups

OPIRG

Box 1

            OPIRG, 1979, 1980s, 1995, 1999-2001  (6f)

                        (includes Econference, 2000)

Students for a Democratic Society

Box 1

            Students for a Democratic Society, c. 1966-69  (14f)

                        Miscellaneous publications and loose items

Box 2

            Students for a Democratic Society, c. 1955-68 (36f)

Miscellaneous Organizations

Box 1

            Activist, 1965-75

            ACT-UP Oberlin, 1989

            Alternative Viewbook, 1990

            American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), c. 1977, 1980-81

            American Indian Council (AIC), 1999 - See 19/3/10, Cultural and Diverse

            American Student Union, 1937, c. 1940, n.d.

            Amnesty International, 1977, 1979, 1997

            Campaign for a New Foreign Policy, c. 1988

            Central American Task Force, 1981

            Civil Affairs Committee, c. 1981

            Classical Action Oberlin, 2000

            Club of Circle K International, 1991

            Coalition Against Apartheid, 1989

            Coalition Against Racism and War, 2001-

            Coalition of Independent University Students (COPUS), c. 1980-82

            College Democrats, 1984

            College Republicans, 1982, 2006

            Committee for Info. on Planned Parenthood, c. 1968-69

            Community Volunteers, 1983

            Concerned Oberlin Students’ Task Force (COST), 1994

            Contraceptive Co-op, 1989 - See 19/3/11, Cooperatives

            Eco-Oberlin, c. 1970

            Education for the People Oberlin, 1991

            Environmental Cooperative House of Oberlin, 1982 - See 19/3/11 Cooperatives

            Environmental Studies Information Center, 1993

            Food/Hunger Action Project, c. 1976-85

            Free Poetry Exchange, 1998

            Global Studies Group, c. 1980-81

            GlobeMed at Oberlin College, 2011

            Habitat for Humanity, 1997, 2001

            Humanist Freethinker Union (HFU), c. 1983-88

            Humanists, c. 1968-69

            Independent Thinker, 1992

            Intellectual Activists, 2000

            International Affairs Committee, c. 1959-69 - see also 19/2, Student Senate

            International Socialists, 1999

            Ishmael Beah Foundation--Oberlin College Chapter, 2011

Box 2

            Learning and Labor, 1996 - See 19/00/1, Student Publications

            Liberal Club, c. 1932

            Lorain County Peace Education Project, 1987

            Low Income Students’ Alliance, 1995

            Men’s Center, Oberlin c. 1977-89, 1997

            Mental Health Initiative, 2000

            Mobilization For Survival, c. 1979-82

            Oberlin Against the Draft, c. 1980-85

            Oberlin Aid to Strays (OAS), 1992

            Oberlin Animal Rights (OAR), 1988, 1983, 2001 (2f)

            Oberlin chapter of the National Organization for the Reformation of Marijuana

                  Laws (OCNORML), 2002

            Oberlin Civil Liberties Union - see American Civil Liberties Union

            Oberlin Coalition for the Liberation of Southern Africa (OCLSA), c. 1979

            Oberlin College Alliance for Black Culture, c. 1967-69

            Oberlin College Clean Air Movement, 2001

            Oberlin College Community Service, c. 1976-77

            Oberlin College Feminist Majority, 1996

            Oberlin College Labor Militant, 1999

            Oberlin College Labor Party (OCLP), 1997

            Oberlin College Model United Nations Club, 1990

            Oberlin College Moderate Caucus, 1988

            Oberlin Computer Recycling Program, 1998

            Oberlin Democratic Socialists of America, n.d.

            Oberlin Draft Information Center, c. 1967-76

            Oberlin Earth First!, 1990, 1996

            Oberlin Food Rescue, 1996

            Oberlin For Democratic Action, 1987-89

            Oberlin Free the Children, 2007

            Oberlin Mentors, 1997

            Oberlin Peace and Public Affairs Society- see Public Affairs Society

            Oberlin Progressive Students’ Union, c. 1977-80

            Oberlin Pro-Life Union of Students (OPLUS), 2003

            Oberlin Public Action Group, 1994

            Oberlin Save the Whales, 1987

            Oberlin Sexual Minorities, 2001 - See 19/3/10, Cultural and Diverse

            Oberlin Socialist Student Union, 1996

            Oberlin Spartacus Youth Club, 1979

            Oberlin Students for a Free Tibet, 1993

            Oberlin Students for Clean Money, 2003

            Oberlin Students for Life, 1992

            Oberlin Student Labor Action Coalition, 1999

            Obies for Education: Oberlin Students for Teaching Opportunities (OFE), c. 1990

            Overseas Development Network (ODN), 1985-93

Box 3

            Peace Action Council, c. 1940

            Political Caucus, Oberlin, 1976-1982

            Progressive Students for the Liberation of Southern Africa, 1980-81

            Prohibition Club, 1921

            Public Affairs Society, 1933-41  (3f)

            Radical Coalition, 1976

            Resistance, 2007

            RESULTS, 1990

            SANE, 1982

            Sexual Assault Support Team (SAST), 1990, 1997

            Socialist Voices - LRP, 1982-85

            South American Action Group, 1990

            Student Global Aids Campaign, 2002

            Students Advocating Better Body Image (SABBI), 2001

            Students Environmental Action Coalition, 1993

            Student Life Publications, 1996 - See 19/00/1, Student Publications

            Student Organization Against Racism (SOAR), c. 1982-87

            Students for a Democratic Election, c. 1976

            Students for Jackson, c. 1988

            Students for Free Palestine (formerly, Students for Middle East Peace), 1987-88,                       

                  1994, 2003, 2014

            Tradewatch, 2000

            Truth Regarding Information on Psychedelics, 1996

            12 Inches of Velvet Promotions, 1996

            Volunteer Club in Political Economy, 1888

            Young Democrats, c. 1956-69

            Young Men’s Antislavery Society, 1851-53

            Young Republicans, c. 1957-69

            Young Socialist Alliance, c. 1980

            Youth Alternatives, 1996

Repository: Oberlin College Archives

Accruals: Accession Nos: 233, 1976, 1981/23, 1987/92, 1995/148, 1997/061, 1997/148, 1998/007, 1998/122, 2001/46, 2001/048, 2001/094, 2001/125.

Access Restrictions: Unrestricted.

Related Materials: Records of the Oberlin Peace Society (RG 19/3/6/1) and and the Oberlin College Democrats (RG 19/3/6/2). See also the Mock Conventions Records (RG 19/8).

Finding Aid Revision History: Processed by Kenneth M. Grossi and Tara L. Ikenouye, February 1998. Revised by Joshua Adler, February 2000; Rebecca Deeb, May 2001; Melissa Gottwald, October-November, 2001; Masana Amamiya, April 2004; Archives staff, May 2008. Updated  December 2013.