Manuel, David papers, 1979-1983.

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Manuel, David papers, 1979-1983.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48909561

The papers of an Iowa Socialist Party member. Includes correspondence, ephemera, campaign clippings, and Socialist Party-USA material. Also includes runs of Hammer and Tongs, 1979-1982 and the Socialist Tribune, 1981-1983. This collection can best be used in conjunction with the papers of other Iowa Socialists: Bill Douglas, Linda Nelson, and Karen Kubby.

0.3 linear ft. (4 folders)

Iowa State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7599334

Iowa State Historical Society

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Kubby, Karen, 1960-

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Karen Kubby was born August 8, 1960 in Virginia. She lived in Iowa City briefly in the early 1970s, and returned in 1978 to attend the University of Iowa. As a member of the newly revived Iowa Socialist Party Kubby became active in university and community issues such as the fair rent campaign in the early 1980s. She lost races for Iowa City Council in 1985 and 1987, but won a seat in 1989. She held that position for 11 years and was the only Socialist Party office holder during that time. While...

Iowa Socialist Party

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The Iowa Socialist Party is a state organization affiliated with and chartered by the Socialist Party of the United States of America. The organization is responsible for the nomination of candidates for state office, running election campaigns, setting up political committees and publication of a newsletter. Direct actions, political education and management of finances are also functions of the party. [Constitution of the Iowa Socialist Party]. The Iowa Socialist Party...

Nelson, Linda, 1955-

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Linda Nelson was active in the Iowa Socialist Party and the Socialist Party USA. She was part of the core group that reenergized the Iowa party in the late 1970s. In 1979 she ran for the Iowa City city council on the People's Alliance ticket. She served as ISP state organizer while Bill Douglas was in jail, and for many years was editor of the Iowa Idea newsletter. Nelson served on the national committee of the SPUSA, and was Co-chair of the party in the 1980s. She brought feminism and consensus...

Socialist Party of the United States of America

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Douglas, William Robert Keith, approximately 1783-1859

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Epithet: MP; Lord of the Admiralty British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000508.0x000340 Bill Douglas, a Christian pacifist, served as midwest organizer for the Socialist Party, was an Iowa Socialist Party candidate for state and congressional office, campaigner for labor rights and social justice, and an anti-war activist. Douglas was part of a small group that rebuilt the Iowa Socialist Party in the late 1970s, and...

Manuel, David, 1955-

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David Manuel was one of several Iowa Citians who joined the Iowa Socialist Party in the late 1970s. He worked with other Iowa Socialists, including his wife Linda Nelson, to mobilize the political left in Iowa. He pulled back from his activism after the mid-1980s. From the description of Manuel, David papers, 1979-1983. (Iowa Sate Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 48909561 ...