Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts records, 1920-1988.

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Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts. Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts records, 1920-1988.

Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts records, 1920-1988.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36812106

Records of the Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts (CLUM), an affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), document the administrative, legal, legislative, and educational activities of CLUM, the ACLU, and its other affiliates from CLUM's founding in 1920 to 1988. The records include legal, legislative, and subject files, CLUM administrative records, correspondence, printed material, and other records related to the organization's attempts to protect civil rights in Massachusetts and the United States. Records from 1920 to 1960 relate primarily to the organization's defense of First Amendment rights, including freedom of press and speech, during an era of heightened national fear of radical subversion and the Communist threat. The bulk of the records dates from the 1960s and reflects the organization's involvement in the Civil Rights Movement. The records from the 1970s and 1980s also deal with the right to privacy, and women's, children's, and gay rights.

83 record cartons (stored offsite); 10 scrapbooks, 7 oversize boxes (stored onsite)

Massachusetts Historical Society