Records, 1971-1982.

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Records, 1971-1982.

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Records of a mass-based democratic socialist movement organized in November 1971 following the splintering of the New Left at the last convention of Students for a Democratic Society in July 1969. The collection includes both national organization records and records on some chapters, most of which are near-print. Chapter records illustrate the local emphasis of NAM's activities and relationships with other groups. There are records of the Athens, Ohio, Bay Area (BANAM), Berkeley-Oakland, Chicago, Cleveland, East Bay, and Pittsburgh chapters; and a few records of the East Bay (California) Socialist School and the Mass Intermediate Socialist Organization, San Francisco.

1.0 c.f. (3 archives boxes).

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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