Carl and Anne Braden Papers, 1928-2006

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Carl and Anne Braden Papers, 1928-2006

1928-2006

http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00006

Papers, 1928-2006, of Louisville, Kentucky, civil rights activists Carl and Anne Braden, primarily documenting their work with the Southern Conference Educational Fund (SCEF), 1954-1974, and the Social Organizing Committee for Economic and Social Justice (SOC), 1974-2006. Additional records of SCEF and its predecessor, the Southern Conference for Human Welfare (1938-1948) are also included and were once in the possession of James Dombrowski, who headed both organizations before the Bradens. Dombrowski's early records include executive board minutes; subject files; and correspondence (some available only on microfilm) with leaders such as James Aronson, Leonard Boudin, Virginia and Clifford Durr, James Forman, and William Howard Melish; Harvey and Jessie O'Connor, Fred Shuttlesworth, Frank Wilkinson, and Aubrey Williams. The collection includes a large number of chronologically-arranged sound recordings of the Bradens' speeches and interviews, SCEF and SOC activities and meetings. Among the individuals documented in this manner are Ralph Abernathy, Stokely Carmichael, Ben Chavis, Ron Chisholm, Walter Collins, James Dombrowski, Jesse Jackson, Frederick Douglas Kirkpatrick, Maurice McCrackin, William Howard Melish, Amzie Moore, Robert Moses, Jack O'Dell, Anne Romaine, Pete Seeger, Fred Shuttlesworth, and Howard Zinn. The photographs include portraits and snapshots of the Bradens, events in their careers, a historical exhibit, and photographs of demonstrations, union activities, and conferences submitted for publication in the Southern Patriot and Fight-Back. Pictured are Ben Chavis, Angela Davis, Jesse Jackson, Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, Fred Shuttlesworth, C.T. Vivian, and Aubrey Williams.

99.6 cubic feet (62 records center cartons, 93 archives boxes, and 1 card box), 1.4 cubic feet of photographs (3 archives boxes, 1 flat box, and 1 oversize folder), 0.1 cubic feet of posters (1 oversize folder), 177 tape recordings, 15 disc recordings, 5 reels of microfilm (35 mm), 1 film, and 5 videorecordings

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 7804408

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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