Alicia D'Addario Papers

Collection

Identifier: RG 30-347

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The papers of Alicia D'Addario consist of her history honors paper, "In Search of Community: The Oberlin Student Movement, 1961-68," and related historical files and oral history interviews. The papers are arranged in three series: I. Honors Thesis, II. Historical Files, and III. Oral History Interviews.

D'Addario did extensive research in the Oberlin College Archives for her honors paper, which looks at the New Left from the perspective of a small liberal arts college. In her paper she focuses on the conception of community at Oberlin during Robert Kenneth Carr's presidency, and on the campus debates about college social rules, civil rights, and the Vietnam war. She also briefly discusses the transition of the radical student movement into identity politics at Oberlin.

In the course of her research, D'Addario was given a modest amount of historical material relating to Oberlin student activism and demonstrations. They include a pamphlet and photocopied conference material on the National Campus Political Conference which was held at Oberlin College on April 13-15, 1962, and a pamphlet and photocopied newspaper clippings on the "Student Action for a Turn Toward Peace," demonstration in Washington, D.C. on February 16-17, 1962. Also found here is an audiotape of broadcasts by the Oberlin College student radio station WOBC. These broadcasts document student demonstrations about student housing issues ("March, Arch & Vigil," May 8, 1967) and demonstrations in response to a visit by United States Marine Corps recruiters ("Carr Confronted at Cox," February 20, 1969).

The final, and largest, series contains audiotapes of oral history interviews with former faculty and alumni who were members of the Oberlin community in the 1960s. In addition to the audiotapes, there are release forms for the use of each of the interviews, partial transcripts of the majority of the interviews, and correspondence. The correspondents include participants in the oral history interviews and other Oberlin alumni who provided additional information.

Dates

Creation: 1962 - 2002
Creation: Majority of material found in 2001-2002
Other: Date acquired: 2002 May 1

Creator

D'Addario, Alicia (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Unrestricted.

Biographical Sketch

Alicia D'Addario was born June 5, 1980, in Charlottesville, Virginia, to Candace A. and Larry R. D'Addario. She grew up in Charlottesville, where she attended Albemarle High School. Alicia entered Oberlin College in 1998 and graduated with high honors in history in 2002. She is a 2005 graduate of New York University School of Law. She clerked for Judge Rosemary Pooler on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. D'Addario is a Senior Attorney at the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama.

Sources Consulted

Biographical information supplied by Alicia D'Addario in 2002.

Equal Justice Initiative website, staff page, accessed 2025.

Note written by Melissa Gottwald