Box 7/1 of the Resist Collection contains a
series of 89 files dedicated to the organizational aspects of
Resist in the early years of its existence. Included in this series
are informational booklets describing Resist’s structure
and operation. Also included are a collection of meeting minutes
of the Resist steering committee for the years 1970-1977 (not
complete), Resist general office operating instructions papers
and information, copies of the Resist newsletter for the years
1967-1978 (not complete), a section of fundraising efforts by
Resist including various pledge letters and the financial records
from the returns of those mailings, copies of the 1976 "Renewed
Call to Resist Illegitimate Authority," as well as other
miscellaneous organizational materials. 5 miscellaneous files informational brochure on Resist "Handling Grant Applications"- 1976-77 from financial report by Frank Brohead How to Apply for a Resist Grant- 1976 draft of informational letter about Resist informational letter to Resist "friends"- Sept 10, 1976 NY Times letter to the editor- Paul Lauter 1973 "A Pledge to Resistance" - Robert Zevin- 1975 listing of Resist members- addresses and phone numbers resumés in application for Resist staff positions- 1976-77 employee resumés employment application for Bart Laws General Office Operation Instructions- office structure monthly task sheet for office activity distribution Resist office procedures October 1972 Noam Chomsky’s contract with Resist February 15, 1972 Internal Resist crisis- memos within the Resist organization concerning disagreements within the internal committees- 1970 grievance letters- structural changes- 1972 proposed Resist structural changes- January 1973 memos on the function of Resist and its future, created in anticipation of a "political" meeting Grievance letters to Resist concerning political attitudes in grant decision making 1976 letters concerning financial problems of 1976 Inter-project newsletter exchange Fundraising Pledge letters August- December 1968 January-December 1969 January-December 1970 January-December 1971 January-November 1972 January-December 1973 (Fundraising 7/1) January-December 1974 January-December 1975 miscellaneous fundraising letters Fundraising Pledge Returns- financial records Fundraising letters and lists- May 1970- June 1972 fundraising letter- September 7, 1968 fundraising letters 1972 fundraising letters 1973 fundraising letter- June 14, 1974 fundraising letter- November 19, 1976 McCarthy for President fundraising letter-1968 Spring Mailing 1971- records and bills Spring Mailing 1972- records and bills returns from college newspaper mailings 1971 Fall Mailing 1971- records and bills Resist mailing- Movement security kit- December 1971 miscellaneous mailing- February 1972 Pentagon papers fundraising letter- November 10, 1972 Denise Levertov poet/playwright fundraising letter- December 1972 Daniel Ellsberg Mailing- September 1973 McGovern Mailing- May 1, 1973 Spanish Refugee Aid, Inc. Mailing- Spring 1973 War Resister’s League Mailing- March 1973 American Philosophical Association Mailing- December 1974 Linguists Mailing- January 1975 Radical Historians Mailing- May 1975 Dollars and Sense Mailing- returns from March 1975 mailing contributor’s mailing returns January 1973 contributor’s mailing returns September 1975 contributor’s letter May 1, 1974 returns from several mailings 1970 (NY Review of Books, Spanish Refugee Aid, Referendum ‘70, breakdown of grants for 1970) miscellaneous mailing returns miscellaneous Resist form letters- McCarthy and the war- 1968 Support- fundraising project March 1969 The Owl- Diana Johnston, Paris mailing lists and labels- 1977 copies of publication grant rejection letters to Paul Lauter and Florence Howe on their book The Conspiracy of the Young (applications not to Resist) publications by Resist members Resist literature lists announcements of various books on the Vietnam War text for Resist ad and press release signature specimen of Resist members, used for mailings (7/1) "A Renewed Call to Resist Illegitimate Authority"- 1976 draft copies reaction letters Network of Change-Oriented Foundations-1975 information and member listing information from member organizations
Box 7/2 of the Resist Collection contains two series of materials. The first series are 57 letters broken up into several categories. The first of these is "Inter-Resist Correspondence." All the letters housed in this section are correspondence within the Resist organization concerning a full range of topics and representing many of the different members. (See below for full inventory of the section). Letters in this section are written mostly between the years 1971 and 1976. The second section of the correspondence series includes letters from people outside of Resist addressing Resist members for various reasons. These people include mailing list contributors, prisoners and also a section of "hate mail" directed at Resist and its political beliefs. The second series in Box 7/2 is a series of 73 files of listings
of contributors, contacts, and Resist supporters. This includes
lists of contributors in many different categories of contribution,
contacts in different areas of the country as well as within other
organizations similar to Resist and press contacts throughout
the nation. There are also within this series several official
Resist mailing lists of newsletter subscribers and contributors.
Inter-Resist Correspondence Carole to Paul Lauter- December 7, 1972; January 11, 1972 Una Claffey to Robert Zevin Bill Davidon- October 16, 1972 Daniel Stern- July 12, 1973 Hans Koning-April 12, 1974 Paul Lauter March 23, 1973 May 11, 1973 October 2, 1973 November 8, 1973 June 21, 1973 Bill Davidon to Eileen Atherton and Larry Thomas- May 1, 1975 Paul Lauter- July 19, 1976 Tom Davidson to Resist Steering Committee- resignation- June 14, 1973 Norm Fruchter to Eileen Atherton- July 1 Una Claffey- April 15 (Inter-Resist Correspondence 7/2) Ken Hale to Andy Himes- December 21, 1973 Una Claffey- April 6, 1976 undated Andy Himes to Hank, Eileen Una...- July 13, 1973 Resist- June 17, 1974 June 12, 1973- after move to Selma Project Donald Kalish to Resist January 30, 1974 Madge Kaplan to Paul Lauter July 27, 1976 October 13, 1976 Hans Koning to Resist November 6 November 27 Una Claffey- March 5, 1974 Hans Koningsberger to Resist 1970-72 Paul Lauter to Resist undated June 22-23 July 2 Monday October 16 December 18- answered by Una Claffey July 2, 1973 Bob Lifton, Tom Davidon, Doug Hostetter Richard Ohmann to Resist May 26, 1975 Wayne O’Neill to Larry Thomas- October 7, 1975 Grace Paley to unspecified Daniel Stern to Resist- July 31, 1974 Resist resignation- December 7, 1970 reply from Paul Lauter- January 27, 1971 Larry Thomas to Bell Chevigny May 29, 1974 August 23, 1974 September 16, 1974 Hank (Henry Rosemont)- July 11, 1974 (answered by Hank July 15, 1974) Robert Zevin November 18, 1974 July 30, 1974 August 21, 1974 May 7, 1975 (Inter-Resist Correspondence 7/2) Larry Thomas to Hilde Hein- August 5, 1974 Paul Lauter- May 16, 1975 Resist September 24, 1974 April 13, 1975 Barbara Webster to Resist- January 30, 1974 Robert Zevin to Larry Thomas- August 14. 1974 Other Correspondence Prisoner correspondence- requests for funds, books and other literature 1971-1974 letters from Resist supporters requesting addition to the mailing list and newsletter 1973-76 letters from Resist supporters requesting information about Resist 1973-76 requests for the Movement Security Kit and the High School Kit 1973-76 letters to and from Resist contributors 1973-76 Hate mail letters sent in opposition to Resist Fundraising/Contributors/Contacts contributor lists- specific contributors mailings contributors mailing- letter draft contributors lists- miscellaneous (3 folders) 1969 contributors list $1000 and over prospects Lynn Lane’s Friends Greater New York Pittsburgh, PA Businessmen’s list- San Francisco, CA "Richie list" Dick Fergen’s list Norman Eisner- civil rights list McCarthy rally list Senator Tyding’s Telegram list Bernstein Pink Card list McGovern list funding and contributors press release from Redress 5/25/72- listing of foundations info on other foundations and listing (5 folders) "American Studies New"- info on foundations "The Cool Billions"- Thomas C. Reeves article on foundations- The Nation 4/4/66 foundation listing list of "Rich Ladies" and draft letter $1000 party Buoy for Peace 1968- $100 and over listing contributors list- 1972 (2 folders) (7/2 fundraising/contributors/contacts) supporters/mailing lists Resist master list- 1978 Resist supporters and activists-Chicago, IL area (Ken Hale area person) miscellaneous mailing list add-ons-1968 mailing list- Chicago area mailing list- Boston area mailing list- West Coast- 1972 signers of the "New Call"- listed by region miscellaneous mailing list supporters- Kansas/Nebraska/Iowa area Kansas/Nebraska/Iowa area information supporters- Missouri area supporters- Portland, OR area Iowa Resist- Edwin Allaire contact Colorado contacts and supporters(1967-69) Contacts list of contacts contact mailing- Catonsville 9 trial- 1968 contact mailing- miscellaneous contact mailing- The Week to Confront Campus Militarism- January- 1969 contact mailing- April Action projects- May 1969 miscellaneous mailing to contacts explaining their function and importance 12/67 Boston area contact list Boston area radio stations and small newspaper publications Northeast Contacts Contacts- Texas List of New England Colleges contact slips for listing- organizational contacts Contacts- Chicago New England Master Directory of organizations 6/25/70 mailing list of organizations opposing the Vietnam War- August 1968-September 1969 list of groups invited to the Old Westbury Conference- 1973 organization contacts socialist teacher unionists National Resistance Conference list press contacts- 1971-72 press contacts- 1972 Press directory and contact list including underground press Resist volunteers file Publications indices Publication Index 1973 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prepared for electronic publication by Michael
J. Breen '99, July 1999. |