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Student Life: Activist/Political Organizations Records

 Collection — Container: 21 boxes
Identifier: RG 19-003-006-000

Abstract

This record group holds the records of various activist and political student organizations at Oberlin College.

Dates

  • Creation: 1851-ca. 2002
  • Other: Date acquired: 04/12/1974

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Unrestricted.

Extent

11.05 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Inventory

Consolidated Relief Fund

Box 1: Charters, 1951-66; Correspondence and Information Booklets, 1942-71, undated; 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, undated (3f)

Codification of Policy, 1960-68

Community Issues, 1964

Conference Working Paper, undated

Constitution and By-Laws, Oberlin and Ohio-Indiana Region, 1963-65, undated

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, undated

Mailing, 1962-65

Medical Ethics in US, ca.1964

Military in Developing Countries, 1960s5

NAACP, 1966

National Defense Education Act, 1959-62

National Office and Staff Information, 1962-66

Peace Union, 2nd National Student Conference, undated

Publications, 1959-67 (2f)

Box 4

Registration forms "Drugs on Campus" Conference, 1967

Review Articles, 1965-66

Regional News, undated

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, undated

Cyprus, 1961-62

Czechoslovakia, 1956-65

Box 8

Vietnam

General, 1965-67 (4f)

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

Lectures by Kenneth Armstrong, undated

Box 9

South Africa, 1961-64

Africa Weekend, 1964-64

Students for a Democratic Society, 1962-64

South Africa, general, ca. 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, undated(2f)

Box 12

South Africa United Nations related documents, 1963-65

Box 13

Newspapers Related to 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, undated (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, ca. 1966-69 (14f)

Miscellaneous Publications and Loose Items

Box 2

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

Miscellaneous Organizations

Box 1

Activist, 1965-75

ACT-UP Oberlin, 1989

Alternative Viewbook, 1990

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

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

American Student Union, 1937, ca. 1940, undated

Amnesty International, 1977, 1979, 1997

Campaign for a New Foreign Policy, ca. 1988

Central American Task Force, 1981

Civil Affairs Committee, ca. 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), ca. 1980-82

College Democrats, 1984

College Republicans, 1982, 2006

Committee for Infomation on Planned Parenthood, ca. 1968-69

Community Volunteers, 1983

Concerned Oberlin Students’ Task Force (COST), 1994

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

Eco-Oberlin, ca. 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, ca. 1976-85

Free Poetry Exchange, 1998

Global Studies Group, ca. 1980-81

GlobeMed at Oberlin College, 2011

Habitat for Humanity, 1997, 2001

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

Humanists, ca. 1968-69

Independent Thinker, 1992

Intellectual Activists, 2000

International Affairs Committee, ca. 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, ca. 1932

Lorain County Peace Education Project, 1987

Low Income Students’ Alliance, 1995

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

Mental Health Initiative, 2000

Mobilization For Survival, ca. 1979-82

Oberlin Against the Draft, ca. 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), ca. 1979

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

Oberlin College Clean Air Movement, 2001

Oberlin College Community Service, ca. 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, undated

Oberlin Draft Information Center, ca. 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, ca. 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), ca. 1990

Overseas Development Network (ODN), 1985-93

Box 3

Peace Action Council, ca. 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), ca. 1982-87

Students for a Democratic Election, ca. 1976

Students for Jackson, ca. 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, ca. 1956-69

Young Men’s Antislavery Society, 1851-53

Young Republicans, ca. 1957-69

Young Socialist Alliance, ca. 1980

Youth Alternatives, 1996

Accruals and Additions

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.

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).

Title
Student Life: Activist and Political Organizations Records Finding Guide
Author
Kenneth M. Grossi, Tara L. Ikenouye
Date
02/01/1998
Description rules
Rules for Archival Description
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Oberlin College Archives Repository

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