Lipscomb Collection : 1968 Democratic National Convention (Chicago) 1968
Descriptive Summary
- Collection Title
- Lipscomb Collection : 1968 Democratic National Convention (Chicago) 1968
- Identification
- RHC/RC/028
- Physical Description
- 5.00 Linear Feet
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
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Northern Illinois University
Founders Memorial LibraryNorthern Illinois UniversityDeKalb, IL,URL: https://library.niu.edu/ulib/content/collections/rhc/index.shtmlEmail: rhcua@niu.eduPhone: 815-753-1779
- Abstract
- H. Alan Lipscomb became a Field Representative for the Northern Illinois University Swen Parson Library in August of 1968. He collected research material pertaining to the Democratic National Convention of 1968 and acquired the passes and credentials which gave him access to all convention activities.
Administrative History:
In 1968 the Democratic Party, recognizing the political importance of Chicago’s Mayor Richard J. Daley, held its national political convention in that city. Following the successful Tet Offensive launched by the North Vietnamese in early 1968, anti-war and anti-establishment feelings were at an all-time high as the convention opened its doors. The events of the "convention-in-the-streets" were as important as those of the Democratic Convention itself. Following the power-broker politics of the past, the convention slighted Peace Candidate Eugene McCarthy and nominated party-regular Hubert Humphrey, then Vice-President of the United States. Public revulsion towards the night of protesters being clubbed by Chicago police, who served the Daley Chicago machine, was partially responsible for the failure of Humphrey to defeat Republican candidate, Richard Nixon.
Indexed Terms
This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Indexed Terms
Indexed Terms
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Indexed Terms
- Civil rights
- Democratic National Convention (1968 : Chicago, Ill.)
- Democratic Party
- Peace movements
- United States--Politics and government
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information:
H. Alan Lipscomb became a Field Representative for the Northern Illinois University Swen Parson Library in August of 1968. He collected research material pertaining to the Democratic National Convention of 1968 and acquired the passes and credentials which gave him access to all convention activities. University Archivist J. Joseph Bauxer transferred the collection to the Northern Illinois Regional History Center June 1978.
Conditions Governing Use:
Property rights in the collection are held by the Regional History Center; literary rights are dedicated to the public.
Conditions Governing Access:
There are no restrictions on access to the collection.
Scope and Contents
The Lipscomb Collection contains 6 boxes of materials documenting the activities of the committees and candidates in the 1968 Democratic Notional Convention. Also included in the collection are general materials on the Republican Party and other political organizations. These materials consist of campaign literature, press releases, newsletters, organization manuals, research reports, position papers, and policy statements. The collection is supplemented by Lipscomb’s correspondence reflecting his efforts to gather observations, insights and further materials related to the 1968 convention.
The collection contains information regarding the procedures of the Democratic Credentials Committee. It documents the procedures of the Platforms and Rules Committee and details the selection of Presidential Democratic Nominees. It provides information regarding the Democratic Presidential candidates. Also included is general Republican Party material, specifically describing the activities of the Republican Congressional and National Committees. The collection provides information on Republican Congressional candidates, and includes materials on other political organizations. Also included in the collection is Lipscomb’s correspondence and an official program of the Democratic National Convention, 1968.
Detailed List of Contents
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- Democratic National Convention - Carl Albert, Chairman
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- John Bailey - Chairman
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- Senator Birch Bayh
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- Richard J. Daley, Welcome Speech
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- Robert C. Weaver
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- Senator Daniel K. Inouye
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- Address of Miss Katherine Graham-Peden
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- Speech by Governor John Connally
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- Richard J. Hughes - final report
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- Information sheets
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- Lists of members
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- Passes, H. Alan Lipscomb
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- Press kit
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- Schedules
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- News media
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- Convention '68 Daily News Service
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- Democratic National Convention Committee - News releases
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- Demo Memo
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- Manuals, Guides
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- Resolutions
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- California Democratic Delegation - News Releases
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- Chicago Host Committee
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- Democratic Study Group
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- Frontlash '68
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- Illinois Information Services
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- International Telephone & Telegraph
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- The Strategy of Confrontation
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- Democratic Party Materials
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- Press Background Information on Credentials Challenges
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- Credentials Committee (general)
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- Alabama (Cashin)
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- Alabama (Vance)
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- Alabama (Vann)
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- Connecticut
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- Georgia
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- Julian Bond - Co-chairman of Georgia Delegation
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- Indiana
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- Michigan
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- Minnesota
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- Mississippi
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- Mississippi Democratic Party
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- North Carolina
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- Affidavits of George Ragsdale, Wayne Corpening, Gimer Jones
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- Oklahoma
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- Pennsylvania
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- Tennessee
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- Texas
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- Summary of Brief Supporting Texas Democrats
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- Washington
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- Wisconsin
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- Platform Committee (general)
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- Tentative Witness schedule
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- Ansel Adams; Camel, California
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- Hugh J. Addonizio
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- Joseph Lawrence Alioto, Mayor of San Francisco
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- American Bar Association
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- American Committee for Justice
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- American Council on Germany
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- American Federation of Labor- Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) Maritime Committee - Hoyt S. Haddock
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- American Federation of Labor- Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) Maritime Trades Department O.William Moody, Junior
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- News from (AFL-CIO) American Federation of Labor- Congress of Industrial Organizations
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- American Importers Association - Gerald O'Brien
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- American Institute for Imported Steel - Mr. Leslie Storyk
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- American Iron & Steel Institute
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- American Jewish Community - Mr. Morris B. Abram, President
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- American Library Association - Mrs. Robert B. Warden
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- American Mining Congress - J. Allen Overton
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- American National Cattlemen's Association
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- Speech for American Unsubsidizing Lines - Edward Terres
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- Americans for Constitutional Action Major Thomas A. Lane
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- Association of American Medical Colleges
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- Association of American Railroads
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- Senator Birch Bayh in Support of Director Popular Election of the President
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- William M. Bennett on Telephone Monopolies
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- Richard Bodine - Minority Leader, the House of Representatives of Indiana General Assembly
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- Joseph G. Bradly - Democratic Delegate
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- Joseph F. Burke
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- Phillip Burton on Israel
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- Frank Stanton - President of CBS
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- Terry Stanford Member of Citizens Conference on State Legislatures
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- Committee for International Development
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- Committee for a National Trade Policy
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- Crisis in Education
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- Davidoff for Congress Committee
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- Fred O. Dickinson, Junior "Law and Order"
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- Senator Dodd's written Statement
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- William H. Draper - Platform Committee
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- Edison Electric Institute
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- Education Commission of the States Robert B. McCall
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- Equal Rights Committee of the Democratic National Convention - Richard J. Hughes
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- Farm Bureau's Platform for America Charles B. Shuman, President
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- Federal-State Relations, Kay Allen
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- Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Center
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- Federal Co-chairman of the Appalachian Regional Commission - Joe W. Fleming
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- Mary Dublin Keyserling Food for Thought Luncheon
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- Don F. Fraser Congressman, United World Federation
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- Miss Betty Furness, Assistant to President For Consumer Affairs
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- Greeks and Americans for Democratic Action in Greece - Professor Hourmouzis C. Georgiadis, Chairman
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- Grocery Manufacturers of America, Incorporated
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- Phillip H. Hoff, Governor of Vermont
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- Abolish (HUAC) House of Un-American Activities Committee
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- Governor Harold E. Hughes of Iowa on Agricultural Policies for 1969
- Dates
- 1969
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- Human Resources Agency of New York City - Mitchell Ginsberg
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- Independent Petroleum Association of America - William I. Powell
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- International Brotherhood of Teamsters Carlos Moore
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- Investors League, Incorporated - William Jackman, President
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- Leadership Council on Civil Rights, Roy Wilkins
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- Liberty Lobby
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- Lithuanian American Council, Eugene A. Bartkus, President; Doctor Pius Grigatis, Vice President
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- Senator Long
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- Loyal Democrats of Mississippi
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- Vietnam Peace Plank, Mr. Don Luce
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- Maritime Trades Department, Press release
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- Metropolitan Sanitary District of Creator Chicago, Nicholas J. Melas
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- Midcontinent Farmers Association
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- Minority Report on How to End the War in Viet Nam
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- Outline of Oral Argument supporting Resolutions to Abolish Unit Rule-Stephen A. Mitchell
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- Move America in New Direction
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- Peace in Vietnam, Edmund Muskie
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- McCarthy & McGovern
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- Nation-wide Committee on Import-Export Policy
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- Cedar Society & the National Achievement Awards
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- National Association of Counties by M. James Gleason, Daniel Lynch & Eugene Nickerson
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- National Association of Social Workers, Mr. Mitchell I. Ginsberg
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- National Committee for a Political Settlement in Viet Nam
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- National Council of Farmers Cooperatives
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- National Council of Senior Citizens
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- National Council of the Aging
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- National Council on Crime and Delinquency Carl M. Loeb
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- National Education Association, Frances M. Carnochan
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- National Organization for Women
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- National Pension Lobbyist
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- National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
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- National Society of Professional Engineers - Milton Pikarsky
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- National Tax Equality Association, Garner M Lester, Chairman
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- National Urban League Whitney M. Young, Junior
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- National Waterways Conference C.H. Wescelius
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- National Woman's Party - Informational Bulletin
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- North Carolina Democratic Party
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- Northern Systems Company
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- Panel Discussion
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- Neal R. Peiree - Electoral Reform
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- Polish American Congress, Charles Rozmarek, President
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- Population Crisis Committee, William H. Draper, Junior, National Chairman
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- Public Policy Bulletin
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- Urban Crisis, Pucinski, Roman C.
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- Needs of Air Transportation, United States Senator Jennings Randolph of W. Virginia
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- Rationale for the Establishment of a Black Economic Development Commission
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- Abraham Ribicoff against Poverty and Discrimination
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- Arnold A. Saltzman before the foreign policy committee
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- Terry Sandford, spokesman for Urban needs
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- Edwin M. Hood, President of Ship-builders Council of America
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- Edward A. Terres, Vice-president, States Marine Lines, Incorporated
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- Townsend Foundation on Social Security and Prosperity Act, John Doyle Elliott, Secretary
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- Trade Relations Council of the United States, Incorporated
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- Crime and Law Enforcement, Joseph P. Tydings
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- United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (AFL-CIO) American Federation of Labor- Congress of Industrial Organizations
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- Board of Christian Social Concerns, United Methodist Church, Doctor A. Dudley Ward
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- Honorable LeRoy Anderson on Public Issues
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- United States Conference of Mayors
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- United States National Student Association, Mr. Charles Hollander, Director, Drug Studies
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- United World Federalists
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- Veterans of World War I of the USA Incorporated, Paul F. O'Brien
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- Vietnam Education Project
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- State Senator Fred L. Wineland, Maryland's 5th District
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- Women at the Convention
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- Women Mobilized for Change
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- Women Power
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- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
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- Young Democrats of Harvard and Radcliffe
- Dates
- 1968
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- Public Affairs Committee, Harry Torczner, chairman
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- Rules Committee (general material)
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- Commission on the Democratic selection of Presidential Nominees
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- Acceptance Speech of Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey
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- American Federation of Labor- Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) Committee on Political Education
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- Hubert Humphrey, Campaign materials
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- Citizens for Humphrey
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- Information concerning H. Humphrey and his family
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- National Citizens for Humphrey
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- National University Forum
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- Nominating Speech for Humphrey - Joseph Alioto
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- Humphrey Press kits
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- Humphrey Press releases
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- H. Humphrey Press releases
- Dates
- August 23-29
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- Speeches, articles and materials written by H. Humphrey
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- United Auto Workers (UAW) Community Action Department
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- United Democrats for Humphrey
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- McCarthy for President
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- Black Americans for McCarthy
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- Proposed McCarthy Farm Programs
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- Eugene McCarthy Cartoons
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- Conventions
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- Illinois Committee for McCarthy for President
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- Information concerning E. McCarthy and his family
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- Interviews of McCarthy by various people
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- Kansas for McCarthy
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- McCarthy Labor
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- Newspaper Articles on E. McCarthy
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- Nominating and seconding Speeches, of E. McCarthy
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- McCarthy Press Kits
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- E. McCarthy Press Releases
- Dates
- August 17-24
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- E. McCarthy Press Releases
- Dates
- August 25-29
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- Republicans for McCarthy
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- Eugene McCarthy speeches and statements
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- Stars for McCarthy
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- E. McCarthy Vietnam Veterans
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- Women for McCarthy
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- Statement of Joseph S. Clark supporting George McGovern
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- Pamphlets and materials concerning G. McGovern and his family
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- G. McGovern News Releases
- Dates
- August 19-26
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- Endorsement and support of McGovern - Abraham Ribicoff
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- Statements of George McGovern
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- Senator John Tydings speech supporting George McGovern for President
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- John F. Kraft, Incorporated the Report of Surveys in Ten States
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- Lyndon B. Johnson
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- Senator Edward Kennedy
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- Senator Edmund S. Muskie
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- Nomination for the Presidency of Reverend Channing E. Phillips
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- DeKalb County Democratic Central Committee
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- Illinois Democratic State Committee
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- McHenry County Democrats
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- Benjamin P. Alschuler, Democrat
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- William Clark, Democrat
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- Mike Howlett
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- Fanny Jones, Democrat
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- Otto Kerner
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- Francis S. Lorenz
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- Lester Maddox
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- Paul Powell, Democrat
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- Price Congressman, 24th District, Illinois
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- Dan Rostenkowski 8th District, Illinois
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- Don Schilson, 20th District, Illinois
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- Sargent Shriver
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- Governor Sam Shapiro, Democrat
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- Paul Simon, Democrat
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- John Slack, Congressman
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- George Wallace
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- College Republican National Committee
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- Republican Newsletter
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- National Republican Congressional Committee
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- The Republican
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- Republican Congressional Committee
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- Republican Campaign material (general)
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- The Republican Leadership of the Congress
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- Republican National Committee
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- Republican National Committee
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- First research conference, Republican National Committee
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- (G.O.P.) Grand Old Party manuals
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- Republican National Committee, News releases
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- Public Relations Division, (G.O.P.) Grand Old Party
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- The Republican Report
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- The Republican Research Report
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- Republican Speech Material
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- Republican Appraisal, State opinion
- Dates
- 1967
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- United Republicans of America
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- Republican Party Material
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- Illinois Citizens for Nixon-Agnew
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- Women's Republican Club
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- Nixon-Agnew TV Committee
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- John B. Anderson, 16th District, Illinois
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- John Henry Altorfer, Republican
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- Les Arends; Congressman, 17th District, Illinois
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- Frances P. Bolton
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- Bill Broomfield, Congressman
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- Joel T. Broyhill, Congressman
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- Elford "Al" Cederbarg, Congressman
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- James C. Cleveland, 2nd District, New Hampshire
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- Conte Congressman, 1st District, Massachusetts, Republican
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- Harold R. Collier, Tenth District, Illinois, Republican
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- Glenn Cunningham, Congressman, 96th District, Nebraska, Republican
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- Devine, Sam L., Congressman, 12th District, Ohio, Republican
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- Ed Derwinski, 4th District, Illinois, Republican
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- Everett McKinley Dirksen
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- Bob Dwyer, Republican
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- John Erlenborn, Congressman, 14th District, Illinois, Republican
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- Paul Findley, Congressman, 20th District, Illinois, Republican
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- Reece B. Gardner Congressman, 1st District, North Carolina, Republican
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- Durward G. Hall Congressman, 7th District, Missouri, Republican
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- Margaret M. Heckler, Congresswoman 10th District, Massachusetts, Republican
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- Jack Hill, Republican
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- Joe Holt Congressman, 22nd District, California, Republican
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- Frank Horton, Congressman, 36th District, New York, Republican
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- Carleton J. King, Congressman, 30th District, New York, Republican
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- Theodore R. Kupferman, Congressman, 17th District, New York
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- John Kyl, Congressman, 4th District , Iowa, Republican
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- Dave Martin, Congressman, 3rd District, Nebraska, Republican
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- Chester Mize, Congressman, 2nd District, Kansas
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- Arch Moore, Governor
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- Dick Ogilvie
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- Jerry Pettis, Congressman, California, Republican
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- Richard H. Poff, Congressman, 6th District, Virginia, Republican
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- Charlotte T. Reid, 15th District, Illinois, Republican
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- Charlotte T. Reid, 15th District, Illinois, Republican
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- Don Riegle Congressman, Michigan, Republican
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- Rockefeller, Republican
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- Don Rumsfield, Congressman, 13th District, Illinois, Republican
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- John P. Saylor, Congressman, 22nd District, Pennsylvania, Republican
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- Richard Schweiker, Congressman, 13th District, Pennsylvania, Republican
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- Taft, Congressman, Ohio, Republican
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- Guy Vander Jagt, Congressman, 9th District, Michigan, Republican
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- P. Bruce Waddell, 33rd District, Illinois, Republican
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- Sidney R. Yates, 9th District, Illinois
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- Bob Wilson, Congressman, 36th District, California, Republican
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- Louis C. Wyman, Congressman, 1st District, New Hampshire, Republican
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- John Zwach, Congressman, 6th District, Minnesota, Republican
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- Farrington, Congressman
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- Mantis, Congressman
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- Chenoweth, Congressman
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- Joe Smith, Senator
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- The American Committee for Justice in the Middle East
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- American Conservative Union
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- American Documentary Films
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- The American Emergency Committee on the Panama Canal
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- American Federation of Labor- Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) Committee on Political Education
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- American Flag Committee
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- American Friends Service Committee
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- American Humanist Association
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- Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith
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- Bankers Committee for Tax Equality
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- The Biafra Association
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- Black Liberation Commission of the Progressive Labor
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- Board of Christian Social Concerns United Methodist Church
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- Business Executives, Move for Vietnam Peace
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- Challenge--The Revolutionary Newspaper
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- Chamber of Commerce of the United States
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- Chicago Area Draft Registers
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- The Chicago Bridge
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- The Chicago Peace Council
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- Christian Crusade
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- The Citizens Conference on State Legislatures
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- The Committee Against Student Terrorism, Illinois Institute of Technology
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- Committee for the Formation of a New Party
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- The Committee of Responsibility
- Title
- Cope, (AFL-CIO) American Federation of Labor- Congress of Industrial Organizations
- Title
- Daily World
- Title
- Digest of Independent Liberal Thought
- Title
- Education Commission of the States
- Title
- Farm Bureau
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- Labors' Journal of Opinion
- Title
- The Fund for the Republic
- Title
- Gun Control
- Title
- J. Archie Hargraves
- Title
- Illinois Bell Telephone 1962 Strike
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- Illinois Constitutional Convention
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- Independent Voters of Illinois
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- International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
- Title
- Kennedy Action Corps
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- League for Industrial Democracy
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- League of Women Voters Education Fund
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- Left-Out
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- Liberal Party of New York State
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- Liberator
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- Midge Miller "Grass Roots"
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- The Militant
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- Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
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- Muhammad Speaks
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- Robert W. Murphy solutions to the Problems of the United States
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- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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- National Committee on Effective Congress
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- National Committee for a Political Settlement in Vietnam
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- National Coordinating Committee
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- National Milk Producers Federation
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- National Mobilization Committee
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- National Trade Union Council for Human Rights
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- National Urban League
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- New America
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- New Democratic Coalition
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- The New Party
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- Patriotic Party
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- People's Progressive Party
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- Plain Talk '68
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- Progressive Labor Party
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- Progressive Worker
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- Ramparts
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- A. Philip Randolph Institute
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- Rat Subterranean News
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- Revolutionary Songs of China
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- Scholarship, Education
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- Scripps league of Newspapers and Goerner Productions
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- Socialist Party--Social Democratic Federation
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- Socialist Worker
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- Socialist Workers Campaigners
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- Southern Challenges Coordinating Committee
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- Southern Committee on Political Ethics
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- Students for a Democratic Society
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- Student Federalists
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- United Auto Workers (UAW) Citizen, Legislature Department
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- United Farm Workers, (AFL-CIO) American Federation of Labor- Congress of Industrial Organizations
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- United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
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- United Nations Association
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- United Patriots International
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- United States Commission on Civil Rights
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- USLA (University of California-Los Angeles) Reporter
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- United World Federalists
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- Vietnam Courier
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- World Revolution
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- YAF-Young Americans Foundation
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- Yippies in Chicago
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- Young People's Socialist League
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- Young Socialist Alliance
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- Form letter & addresses for information - Lipscomb
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- Form letters (no date, alphabetical)
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- Form letters, dated
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- American Committee for Justice in the Middle East
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- Credentials Committee
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- Frontlash '68, Charlotte Roe/Lipscomb correspondence
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- Summary of Background Materials
- Dates
- Jul-67
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- Doctor Earl W. Hayter
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- League of Women Voters
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- Resolutions and Platform Correspondence
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- Rules and Order of Business correspondence
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- Women's Activities Democratic National Committee
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- Personal Papers, et cetera
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- Official Program of the Democratic National Committee in Chicago
- Dates
- 1968