Records, 1934-1997.

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Records, 1934-1997.

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Records of the Wisconsin affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union (WCLU), originally active during the 1930s, and reestablished in 1953 as a direct response to the abuse of civil liberties during the McCarthy era. Included are correspondence of the WCLU and of its predecessor, the Wisconsin chapter of the ACLU; organizational papers, minutes, financial records, activities files, subject files, and papers of WCLU member and general legal counsel, William Gorham Rice, Jr.

2.0 c.f. (5 archives boxes); plusadditions of 98.6 c.f. and1 videorecording.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6923189

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Rice, William Gorham, 1892-....

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Wisconsin Civil Liberties Union.

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American Civil Liberties Union

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Founded in 1920 in New York City by Roger Baldwin and others; the ACLU was an outgrowth of the American Union Against Militarism's National Civil Liberties Bureau, which in 1920 changed its name to the American Civil Liberties Union. From the description of Collection, 1917- (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 42740878 The Southern Women's Rights Project (SWRP) located in Richmond is affiliated with the American Civil Liberties Union. The project deal...