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| Creator: | Kelly, Christine |
| Title: | Guide to the Records on the National Student Convention '88 |
| Dates: | 1983-1992 (bulk 1987-1988) |
| Quantity: | 3 cubic ft. (6 manuscript boxes, 1 flat/oversized box) |
| Abstract: | The collection contains correspondence, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, press releases, publicity, and reports related to student activism at Rutgers in the 1980s, specifically the planning and implementation of the National Student Convention in 1988. Additional material includes a small photograph series, several t-shirts, a hat, a banner and several buttons pertaining to the issues student activists were addressing at this time. |
| Collection No.: | R-MC 064 |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: | Rutgers University Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives. |
The National Student Convention '88 files, 1983-1992, is a collection which documents left-oriented student activism at Rutgers University and the attempt to coordinate student activism on a national level. This collection was donated by Rutgers' student activist Christine Kelly, one of the prominent organizers of the National Student Convention '88.
In January 1987 a conference was held at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts to address the unrealized potential of student activism against apartheid, CIA recruitment, and the war in Central America. This conference was called to discuss the formation of a national student organization, however, due to the lack of agenda, structure and schedule, produced few results. From this failed conference, came the idea of the National Student Convention '88. The goal of the Convention was to bring together student activists from across the nation, and in a structured program spanning the course of a weekend, make decisions regarding the formation of a new national, multi-racial student organization which would address social, political and economic issues abroad and within the United States. As stated in the National Student Convention literature, the goal was to "realign the student left."
A National Student Convention '88 planning conference was held at Rutgers from July 18-19, 1987. Eight colleges and universities were represented, including Columbia, Hofstra, Middlesex Community College, University of Minnesota (Minneapolis), Northwestern, the New School for Social Research and Rutgers Law School. The conference focused on the need for a new student organization which recognized the interconnectedness of various single-issue student groups and the need for multi-issue analysis. Ideas about how to best coordinating efforts to link these issues and groups, and provide a basis for continued political participation by students was also discussed.
Over the course of 1987, several other student activist conferences were held to plan, as well as to garner support for the National Student Convention '88. A conference at MIT from November 14-15, 1987, addressed the planning of the National Student Convention '88, as well as the proposed constitutions for the National Student Organization and a proposed delegate structure. Similar issues were discussed at a meeting at Princeton on November 21, 1987. While it had been determined early on that Rutgers' would host the National Student Convention '88, the planning and structure of the Convention was influenced by input from and collaboration with other colleges and universities across the United States. In addition to those mentioned above, these also include (but are not limited to) MIT, Drexel, Harvard University, Dartmouth College, Wellesley College, University of Massachusetts, (Amherst), and Berkeley.
Student activists at Rutgers formed the Rutgers Host Planning Council (RHPC) to prepare for the National Student Convention. This Council consisted of a number of committees. The Council met fairly regularly in 1987 and 1988, before the Convention. Members of the RHPC also went on a road trip to a number of campuses and universities in January of 1988 to recruit student participation in the Convention. Abbie Hoffman was one of many active advisors to the Rutgers Host Planning Council.
The National Student Convention '88 was held at Livingston College, February 5-7, 1988. The Convention was attended by student activists from across the nation, former student activists, representatives from various organizations with objectives similar to those addressed by student activists at the Convention, and a number of representatives from media outlets. Approximately 700 people from 130 campuses and organizations worldwide attended the National Student Convention '88.
In July of 1988, approximately 100 student activists from across the nation met again at the University of North Carolina's Chapel Hill campus for what was termed "The Unity Meeting." This meeting aimed to move the idea of a nation-wide student organization forward.
The Student Action Union (SAU)was the eventual result of both the National Student Convention '88 and the Unity Meeting. The SAU, a multi-issue, national student organization was comprised of independent chapters at various high school and college campuses. According to a handbill published by the SAU, the SAU was dedicated to student empowerment, university democracy and economic, racial, sexual and political equality and justice. This organization worked with national organizations such as Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES), the Young Communist League (YCL), and Progressive Student Network (PSN); as well as regional groups such as the DC Student Coalition Against Apartheid and Racism (DCSCAR), and the California Alliance of Progressive Student Activists (CAPSA).
Noam Chomsky was an active member of the SAU advisory board.
The National Student Convention '88 collection is comprised primarily of textual materials, including correspondence, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, press releases, publicity, and reports. Material in other formats includes a small photograph series, several t-shirts, a hat, a banner and several buttons pertaining to the issues student activists were addressing at this time.
The textual material is arranged in seven series: (I) pre-National Student Convention '88 student activism at Rutgers, (II) National Student Convention '88 Planning, (III) National Student Convention '88, (IV) Post-National Student Convention '88 Activism at Rutgers, (V) Photographs, (VI) Christine Kelly Papers, and (VII) Activist Literature from Other Organizations and Universities. The first five series are directly related to the National Student Convention '88, and are arranged chronologically. The Christine Kelly Papers and Activist Literature from Other Organizations and Universities series, which are supplemental to the files directly pertaining to the National Student Convention, are the final two series of the collection. Within each series files are arranged alphabetically by subject.
The collection consists of 6 manuscript boxes and a box of paraphernalia relating to student activism in the 1980s. While the material in the collection spans the years 1983-1992, the bulk of the collection covers the years 1987-1989. The collection, donated by Rutgers student activist, Christine Kelly, is comprised of much of Christine Kelly's records of events during her time at Rutgers and involvement with student activism and the National Student Convention '88. Therefore, some of the documentation of events in this collection is not comprehensive.
The records of the National Student Convention are arranged in the following seven series:
RC-MC 014. Hill, Rob. Student Activism Collection, 1970s-1990s.
R-MC 020. Rutgers Grass Roots - Progressive Activist Collection, 1921-1993 (1979-1993).
A number of documents pertaining to minority recruitment and underutilization of Rutgers' staff were removed from this collection. These items included memorandums, correspondence and reports. The items are dated 1978-1988 with the bulk of the material falling in the years 1986-1988.
Several broadsides advertising non-National Student Convention '88 events sponsored by the Rutgers University Graduate Student Association were also removed.
Guide to the Records on the National Student Convention '88, 1983 - 1992 (R-MC 064), Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
This collection was donated by Rutgers' student activist Christine Kelly, one of the prominent organizers of the National Student Convention '88.
| I. Pre-National Student Convention '88 Activism, 1984-1987 | |||||||||||
| Summary: This series contains files relating to student activism at Rutgers which preceded the National Student Convention. These files primarily reflect Christine Kelly's involvement in various student activist groups at Rutgers, and are not comprehensive accounts of those organizations' activities. However, the issues addressed by these groups and Christine Kelly's apparent role in these groups supply a better understanding of the activism and the planning for the National Student Convention that would follow. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Central American & Caribbean Emergency Coalition, 1984 | |||||||||
| Contains publicity for a film/speaker event on campus. | |||||||||||
| 2 | Organization of Third World and Minority Students, 1984-1985 | ||||||||||
| Contains a membership list, March 2, 1984 Minutes, February 23, 1985 Agenda, Campus Contact List, Correspondence, Activist Information, Budgets for 1984, 1985. | |||||||||||
| 3 | Racism, ca. 1985 | ||||||||||
| Contains information re: Rutgers University, (Camden) Law Professor, Albert P. Blaustein's endorsement of racist book. | |||||||||||
| 4 | Rutgers Alliance of the Independent Left (R.A.I.L.), 1987 | ||||||||||
| Contains a letter from the Student Organization Committee re: revised constitutional guidelines for all student organizations. | |||||||||||
| 5 | Rutgers Coalition for Total Divestment, 1984-1985 | ||||||||||
| Contains statement of purpose, information re: structural issues, proposal for structural change, paper entitled "Movement Structure and the Dynamics of Racism in Rutgers Coalition for Total Divestment". | |||||||||||
| 6 | Rutgers Coalition for Total Divestment: Clippings, 1985-1986 | ||||||||||
| Contains clippings pertaining to divestment. | |||||||||||
| 7 | Rutgers Coalition for Total Divestment: Correspondence, 1984-1985 | ||||||||||
| Contains correspondence between the Rutgers Coalition for Total Divestment and the Boards of Governors and Trustees. | |||||||||||
| 8 | Rutgers Coalition for Total Divestment: Press Releases, 1984-1985 | ||||||||||
| Contains press releases about Rutgers Coalition for Total Divestment events. | |||||||||||
| 9 | Rutgers Coalition for Total Divestment: Publicity, 1984-1985 | ||||||||||
| Contains publicity for Rutgers Coalition for Total Divestment events. | |||||||||||
| II. National Student Convention '88 Planning, 1987-1988 | |||||||||||
| Summary: This series contains documentation of the planning of the National Student Convention '88 at Rutgers. Activities of the Rutgers Host Planning Council (RPHC), the primary planning body at Rutgers, are documented here. A number of committees were housed under this Planning Council. While most of these are represented with at least some documentation, the documentation for each committee's activities is not comprehensive. Minutes of the RHPC at large, as well as some individual committee meeting minutes are included in this series. | |||||||||||
| This series comprises the bulk of the collection. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 10 | National Student Convention: Mailing Lists, ca. 1987-1988 | |||||||||
| Contains lists of names and addresses for informational mailing list. | |||||||||||
| 11 | National Student Convention: Registration Forms, ca. 1987-1988 | ||||||||||
| Contains completed National Student Convention '88 registration forms received by the Rutgers Host Planning Council. | |||||||||||
| 12 | Progressive Student Network (PSN), June - October 1987 | ||||||||||
| Contains correspondence between Eduardo Mendieta (Rutgers) and Karen Heneghan (PSN, Chicago) re: relationship between Rutgers and PSN; PSN steering committee representative list; "Working Paper on Organization and other matters in PSN" and PSN conference information. | |||||||||||
| 13 | Proposed Constitutions for a National Student Organization, ca. October 1987 | ||||||||||
| Contains proposed constitutions from various individuals, (often unidentified or identified by first name only). Presumably these came from student activists at campuses across the United States. This folder also contains feedback on and suggested changes to the constitution drafts. | |||||||||||
| 14 | Proposed Names for a National Student Organization, ca. November 1987-February 1988 | ||||||||||
| Contains proposals submitted by individuals from other universities and organizations. | |||||||||||
| 15 | Proposed Principles of Organization for a National Student Organization, ca. September 1987 | ||||||||||
| Contains proposals from various student activists (often unidentified or identified by first name only). Also contains feedback on proposals. Also contains documents of organization principles from "model congress '71" and the "National Lawyers Guild." | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Rutgers Host Planning Council (RHPC), ca. 1987-1988 | |||||||||
| Contains preliminary planning notes (not dated); list of potential endorsers; list of tasks for immediate concern; annotated paper entitled "Structure, Guidelines & Principles"; paper entitled "Realigning the Student Left" prepared by RHPC; paper entitled "Participatory Democracy"; paper entitled "Left Activism in the 80s - why a national movement now"; Packet including (1) a statement of purpose (2) History of the NSC, (3) "free the university", (4) What will happen at the convention, (5) how to get involved, (6) advisory board information (7) registration info; Draft of "free the university" (possibly authored by Eduardo Mendieta); Packet labeled "For Abbie" including budget and logistics & resources information; Paper entitled "structure, guidelines and principles". | |||||||||||
| 2 | Rutgers Host Planning Council (RHPC): Contacts (Activist), ca. 1987-1988 | ||||||||||
| Contains lists of activist organizations and activist personal names and contact information. | |||||||||||
| 3 | Rutgers Host Planning Council (RHPC): Contacts (Entertainment), ca. 1987-1988 | ||||||||||
| Contains lists of entertainment contacts for fundraising purposes and for entertainment at the National Student Convention '88. | |||||||||||
| 4 | Rutgers Host Planning Council (RHPC): Contacts (Regional), ca. May 1987 | ||||||||||
| Contains a list of regional student activist contacts, compiled after a national student gathering in Washington D.C. on April 26, 1987. | |||||||||||
| 5 | Rutgers Host Planning Council (RHPC): Contacts (Workshops), ca. 1987-1988 | ||||||||||
| Contains contacts and proposals from activist organizations and individuals interested in presenting workshops at the National Student Convention '88. (See Series III, Box 3, Folder 13 for information about workshops actually presented at the NSC '88). | |||||||||||
| 6 | Rutgers Host Planning Council (RHPC): Information for Registrants and University Staff, ca. January 1988 | ||||||||||
| Contains Information Packet for registrants, Information for Rutgers University Officials (Jan. 1988); Convention Agenda (n.d.); Agenda labeled "old agenda"; Application for Affirmative Action Funds for Convention. | |||||||||||
| 7 | Rutgers Host Planning Council (RHPC): Finance Committee, ca. September 1987-February 1988 | ||||||||||
| Contains itemized lists/receipts; Bank Statements (9/23/87 - 11/22/89 - some missing); Budget; Revised Projected Costs & resources (annotated). Also contains financial statements, banking transactions (Feb. 88), and registration deposits. | |||||||||||
| 8 | Rutgers Host Planning Council (RHPC): Food/Housing/Security/Transportation Committee, December 1987-February 1988 | ||||||||||
| Contains correspondence with Livingston College director of health and recreation; "to do" notes; Form letter dated Dec. 20, 1987 from FHST committee. | |||||||||||
| 9 | Rutgers Host Planning Council (RHPC): Fundraising Committee, ca. 1987 | ||||||||||
| Contains correspondence re: funding sources (Includes correspondence from Abbie Hoffman); telephone fundraising scripts; sample fundraising letters (some annotated); letters requesting endorsement; sample thank you letters to endorsers. | |||||||||||
| 10 | Rutgers Host Planning Council (RHPC): Minutes, March-July 1987 | ||||||||||
| Contains meeting agendas, minutes and attendance lists for the dates indicated. | |||||||||||
| 11 | Rutgers Host Planning Council (RHPC): Minutes, August 1987-January 1988 | ||||||||||
| Contains meeting agendas, minutes and attendance lists for the dates indicated. | |||||||||||
| 12 | Rutgers Host Planning Council (RHPC): National Student Convention Conference at Rutgers, July 18-19, 1987 | ||||||||||
| Contains attendance list; agenda drafts; handwritten and typed minutes; planning correspondence within RU activist group; paper entitled "Left Activism in the 80s: Why a National Student convention now?"; Letter dated Aug. 31, 1987 outlining what happened at July Conference and plans for future. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | Rutgers Host Planning Council (RHPC): Press Committee - Press Contacts, ca. 1987-1988 | |||||||||
| Contains lists of press contacts. | |||||||||||
| 2 | Rutgers Host Planning Council (RHPC): Press Committee - Press Releases, ca. 1987-1988 | ||||||||||
| Contains press releases for various fundraising events, National Student Convention Planning Events, and the National Student Convention '88. | |||||||||||
| 3 | Rutgers Host Planning Council (RHPC): Publicity Committee, ca. 1987-1988 | ||||||||||
| Contains drafts and final copies of National Student Convention '88, RHPC thank yous; Publicity for pre-NSC benefits, recruitment flyers, and flyers re: informational meetings. | |||||||||||
| 4 | Rutgers Host Planning Council (RHPC): Registration Committee - Minutes, December 1987 | ||||||||||
| Contains minutes from a committee meeting held on December 12, 1987. | |||||||||||
| 5 | Rutgers Host Planning Council (RHPC): Registration Committee - Registration Lists, ca. 1987-1988 | ||||||||||
| Contains list of registrants/contributors. | |||||||||||
| 6 | Temporary Organizing Committee: Nomination Statements, ca. January 1988 | ||||||||||
| Contains nomination statements from various student activists from across the United States, including: Camille Caprioglio (Berkeley), Deborah Clark (Berkeley), Christine Kelly (Rutgers), R. Novy (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee), and Denise Szymczak (University of Texas, Austin). | |||||||||||
| III. National Student Convention '88, 1986-1988 | |||||||||||
| Summary: This series documents the National Student Convention '88. Included here is correspondence both before and after the NSC, as well as documentation of events at the NSC '88. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 3 | 7 | Correspondence, Pre-National Student Convention '88, December 1986-February 1988 | |||||||||
| Contains correspondence requesting information and registration forms; correspondence from other student activists relating to planning. Includes correspondence from Abbie Hoffman. | |||||||||||
| 8 | Correspondence, Post-National Student Convention '88, February 9, 1988-May 1988 | ||||||||||
| Contains correspondence re: Convention feedback, new directions and structure of the national student organization, responses to articles written after the Convention, and requests for information. Includes correspondence from Noam Chomsky. | |||||||||||
| 9 | National Student Convention '88: Attendance, February 5-7, 1988 | ||||||||||
| Contains a list of National Student Convention '88 attendees, along with an explanation as to why it is incomplete. | |||||||||||
| 10 | National Student Convention '88: Clippings, October 1987-August 1988 | ||||||||||
| Contains clippings pertaining to preparation for the National Student Convention '88, the Convention itself, and the aftermath of the Convention. Also contains clippings about student activism in general. | |||||||||||
| 11 | National Student Convention '88: Information Tables, January-February 1988 | ||||||||||
| Contains a list of informational tables to be represented at the National Student Convention '88. Includes tabling guidelines and rules, and some pre-Convention correspondence from tabling groups. | |||||||||||
| 12 | National Student Convention '88: Welcome Packet, February 1988 | ||||||||||
| Contains a packet dated February 5, 1988 which includes an introduction, media guidelines, historical background of the Convention, schools currently represented a letter about student activism and endorsers of NSC, and several clippings. | |||||||||||
| Also contains a different packet that includes an introduction, an explanation of how the convention will run, explanations of right of reply, points of order and points of information/personal explanation; the detailed Convention agenda, a list of rules and regulations, and a list of Rutgers student activists/committee chairs. | |||||||||||
| 13 | National Student Convention '88: Workshops, January-February 1988 | ||||||||||
| Contains criteria for workshops, information and correspondence with workshop participants, and a list of workshops selected to present at the National Student Convention. | |||||||||||
| 14 | Rutgers Host Planning Council Response to National Student Convention '88, February 1988 | ||||||||||
| Contains a letter to Convention attendees from the RHPC dated February 9, 1988. | |||||||||||
| IV. Post-National Student Convention '88 Student Activism, 1988-1992 | |||||||||||
| Summary: The National Student Convention '88 gave birth to several new student activist groups. In early March, 1988, very shortly after the National Student Convention '88, student activists at Rutgers formed Student Coalition for University Democracy (S.C.U.D.). However, based on the documentation in this collection, this group was short-lived. The Unity Meeting held at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in July of 1988 took the ideas and ideals of the National Student Convention '88 and formed the Student Action Union (SAU), a national student organization with independent chapters at high school and university campuses across the nation. This series documents the activities of the SAU at Rutgers, as well as Rutgers' involvement with SAU on a national scale. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | Student Action Union, ca. 1988-1989 | |||||||||
| Contains information about the formation of the Student Action Union, including a formal handbill. | |||||||||||
| 2 | Student Action Union Advisory Board, ca. 1988-1989 | ||||||||||
| Contains a list of advisory board members and their contact information. | |||||||||||
| 3 | Student Action Union Budget Proposal, 1990 | ||||||||||
| Contains one-year budget proposal for SAU, Education Project Inc. Also contains original correspondence from supporters (including Noam Chomsky and Allen Ginsberg). | |||||||||||
| 4 | Student Action Union/Unity Meeting Clippings, March 1988-January 1990 | ||||||||||
| Contains clippings about the Unity Meeting and the formation and work of the Student Action Union. | |||||||||||
| 5 | Student Action Union: Fall Conference at Penn State University, November 3-5, 1989 | ||||||||||
| Contains welcome letter and agenda. | |||||||||||
| 6 | Student Action Union: Fall Conference at Marshall University, WV, October 25-28, 1990 | ||||||||||
| Contains conference packet, registration form, flyer, sign-in sheet (from Rutgers?), conference workshop information packets, handwritten notes about conference issues and a paper entitled "SAU Review and Analysis" (possibly by Christine Kelly). | |||||||||||
| 7 | Student Action Union: Summer Conference at Drexel University, July 1991 | ||||||||||
| Contains outreach letter, an annotated agenda, planning notes, minutes, and a phone tree | |||||||||||
| 8 | Student Action Union: Correspondence, August 1988-February 1991, bulk 1988-1989 | ||||||||||
| Contains correspondence from supporters/members re: requests for information, feedback on SAU work (sometimes with clippings attached). Also contains form letters to members and advisory board members. | |||||||||||
| 9 | Student Action Union: Correspondence related to Fundraising, October 1990-March 1991 | ||||||||||
| Contains form letters requesting funds, primarily from professors, advisory board members. | |||||||||||
| 10 | Student Action Union Finances, 1988-1991 | ||||||||||
| Contains bank statements (11/10/88 - 9/12/91); financial transaction log book (1988-1989). | |||||||||||
| 11 | Student Action Union Fundraising Contacts, ca. 1989 | ||||||||||
| Contains a list of fundraising contact people and information about fundraising tactics. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | Student Action Union Membership Forms, ca. 1989 | |||||||||
| Contains completed SAU membership forms received by Rutgers chapter of SAU. | |||||||||||
| 2 | Student Action Union Membership Lists, ca. 1988-1990 | ||||||||||
| Contains lists of active and lapsed members of SAU. | |||||||||||
| 3 | Student Action Union Membership Questionnaires, ca. 1988, 1989 | ||||||||||
| Contains a limited number of SAU member questionnaires. | |||||||||||
| 4 | Student Action Union Organizing Committee Meeting, January 6-7, 1989 | ||||||||||
| Contains annotated agenda; proposed program for SAU. | |||||||||||
| 5 | Student Action Union Organizing Committee Meeting at Rutgers, January 6-7, 1990 | ||||||||||
| Contains minutes of meeting. | |||||||||||
| 6 | Student Action Union Organizing Program Documents, April 1989 | ||||||||||
| Contains documents produced after the SAU Spring Organizing Conference - April 14-16, 1989, Carleton College. These include the organizing program adopted, organizing committee phone list, a statement of purpose and goals, and a handwritten "tactical chart" (from before the Conference), possibly created by Christine Kelly. | |||||||||||
| 7 | Student Action Union: Projects - Humboldt Pledge, May 1990 | ||||||||||
| Contains information about the Rutgers' students and the Humboldt Pledge at graduation. | |||||||||||
| 8 | Student Action Union: Projects - National Youth and Student Rights, 1991-1992 | ||||||||||
| Contains agenda drafts, invitation drafts, drafts of letters inviting student participation, summary of minutes, and a list of student/youth group contacts. | |||||||||||
| 9 | Student Action Union: Projects - RU Against the War, January 1991 | ||||||||||
| Contains a list of names and addresses dated January 31, 1991. | |||||||||||
| 10 | Student Action Union: Projects - Solidarity Day, August 1991 | ||||||||||
| Contains Rutgers' planning information re: participation in Solidarity Day. | |||||||||||
| 11 | Student Action Union: Projects - Writer's Project (Dick Moser) ca. 1989 | ||||||||||
| Contains several drafts of papers with no identifying information. | |||||||||||
| 12 | Student Action Union Publications, May 1989-September 1991 (not inclusive) | ||||||||||
| Contains several SAU publications including bulletins, calendar updates, and the Union Press. | |||||||||||
| 13 | Student Action Union Steering Committee | ||||||||||
| Contains a list of SAU steering committee members. | |||||||||||
| 14 | Student Coalition for University Democracy (S.C.U.D.), March 1988 | ||||||||||
| Contains draft and final flyer for founding meeting; Proposal/Structural Guidelines by Karen Walden; Minutes from the March 9, 1988 meeting; Proposals by Eduardo Mendieta and Stuart Eimer/Michael Ryan; and a SCUD constitution. | |||||||||||
| 15 | Unity Meeting, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, July 15-17, 1988 | ||||||||||
| Contains information from Chapel Hill (sent in June, 1988); Annotated Introduction to and Goals of Unity meeting; Rutgers students' agenda for a planning meeting for unity meeting (June 9, 1988); Annotated agenda - North Carolina Planning Meeting June 15, 1988 - with suggested agenda; Additional Suggested Agendas for Unity Meeting; Unity Meeting Schedule; Annotated Unity Meeting Conference Packet; Annotated Unity Workshop handouts; Proposal for name and statement of purpose (Christine Kelly, July 5, 1988 - for presentation at Unity?); Other statements of purpose. | |||||||||||
| V. Photographs, 1983-1992 | |||||||||||
| Summary: This series is the smallest of the collection. It contains only a few photographs that document events in other series. Most of these photographs are not dated and for most, no identifying information was provided. After a careful examination of other documentation in the collection, hypotheses were made (when possible) as to the individuals photographed and the approximate time period. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 5 | 16 | Photographs, undated | |||||||||
| Contains the following photographs:
"Abbie Hoffman and the Washington Squares" (labeled on
back). Found with RHPC press information.
An unidentified photograph of what appears to be a teach-in
at Rutgers University
Christine Kelly, Stuart Eimer and two unidentified
individuals. This photograph was found with the Student Action Union Budget
Proposal
unidentified woman (oversized photo)
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| VI. Christine Kelly Papers, 1983-1990 | |||||||||||
| Summary: This series documents some of Christine Kelly's personal involvement with student activism, through college course syllabi and papers, correspondence, and Opinion/Editorials penned by Kelly. This series is not comprehensive of either Christine Kelly's student activism or her studies at Rutgers, but offers a glimpse of areas that interested Kelly and which she funneled into her work as a student activist and prominent leader of the National Student Convention '88. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 6 | 1 | College Course Syllabi and Selected Annotated Readings, ca. 1985-1986 | |||||||||
| Contains syllabi for courses "Topics in Political Science" from Fall 1985, and "History of Communism" from Spring 1986. Also contains annotated readings from "History of Communism" only. | |||||||||||
| 2 | College Papers, 1983-1986 | ||||||||||
| Contains papers from the following courses: Anglo-Irish Literature Dynamics of Race/Sex/Class, Labor and American Politics, Research Methods in Women's Studies, Seminar in Women's Studies, Witchcraft. | |||||||||||
| 3 | Correspondence, 1989-1990 | ||||||||||
| Contains correspondence addressed to Christine Kelly relating to her studies and her career. | |||||||||||
| 4 | Opinion/Editorials, ca. 1986, 1987 | ||||||||||
| Contains several drafts of op/ed pieces written by Christine Kelly. | |||||||||||
| VII. Activist Literature from Other Organizations and Universities, 1985-1988 | |||||||||||
| Summary: This series contains catalogs, flyers, pamphlets, newsletters and other information relating to the types of issues important to student activist attendees of the National Student Convention '88. Documents in the folders entitled "Activist Groups and Organizations…" are organized alphabetically by group or organization name. College and University documents are filed separately. While these files are not directly related to the National Student Convention '88, their nature paints a picture of the kinds of issues important to the National Student Convention '88 organizers at Rutgers, as well as their counterparts at colleges and universities across the nation. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 6 | 5 | Activist Groups and Organizations - Pamphlets and Flyers, ca. 1985-1988 | |||||||||
| Contains various flyers, pamphlets, etc. from activist groups and organizations across the United States. | |||||||||||
| 6 | Activist Groups and Organizations - Publications, ca. 1985-1988 | ||||||||||
| Contains various publications (alternative magazines, catalogs, newsletters, etc.) from activist groups and organizations across the United States. | |||||||||||
| 7 | Berkeley, ca. 1985-1988 | ||||||||||
| Contains information pertaining to student activism and student activist groups, events and concerns at Berkeley. | |||||||||||
| 8 | Iowa State University, ca. 1987, 1988 | ||||||||||
| Contains information pertaining to student activism and student activist groups, events and concerns at Iowa State. | |||||||||||
| 9 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ca. 1986-1988 | ||||||||||
| Contains information pertaining to student activism and student activist groups, events and concerns at MIT. | |||||||||||
| 10 | University of Chicago, ca. 1986-1988 | ||||||||||
| Contains information pertaining to student activism and student activist groups, events and concerns at University of Chicago. | |||||||||||
| 11 | University of Michigan, ca. 1987-1988 | ||||||||||
| Contains information pertaining to student activism and student activist groups, events and concerns at University of Michigan. | |||||||||||
| 12 | University of New Mexico, ca. 1986-1988 | ||||||||||
| Contains information pertaining to student activism and student activist groups, events and concerns at University of New Mexico. | |||||||||||
| 13 | University of Texas, Austin, ca. 1986-1988 | ||||||||||
| Contains information pertaining to student activism and student activist groups, events and concerns at University of Texas, Austin. | |||||||||||
| 14 | University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, ca. 1987-1988 | ||||||||||
| Contains information pertaining to student activism and student activist groups, events and concerns at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. | |||||||||||