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for a Democratic Society), the Vietnam War era, and materials relating to contemporary issues. A
sample listing of subject area file titles includes, American Christian Cause, Birth Control, Jesse
Jackson, John Birch Society, Labor Youth League, Communes, Klanwatch, Lesbian Mothers,
Dignity,Women Against Pornography, Solar Energy, White Supremacist Movements, and Zero
Population Growth. There are also extensive files from the Peace Education Center of East
Lansing.
Both Edith and Arthur Fox were long-time political and labor activists in Detroit. They were
employed in the auto industry and militantly involved in union work, he in Local 600 (Ford
Rouge Plant) and she in Local 3 (Dodge Main in Hamtramack), The collection has pamphlets,
election material, and shop papers which document their involvement in a number of dissident
groups within the United Auto Workers, including the United National Caucus which lobbied for
a more democratic union structure. As members of the Trotskyite Socialist Workers Party they
collected a good deal of internal party material from the late 1930's to the Vietnam War era.
Since
the acquisition of materials from the estate of a Michigan Klan member
over a decade ago, this collection has grown in size and quality. Most
of the primary items in the collection date from the 1920's and 1930's,
a period of growth in the Klan's
history. Constitutions, installation ceremonies, advertisements for Klan
merchandise, and the role of women in the Klan are all included from this
period. There are also of the Kourier, the official monthly magazine
of the Knights of the KKK. (A full run of this title is on microfilm in
the Microfilm Library, 3rd floor West). The collection features a number
of secondary studies of the Klan, as well as the research materials used
by Wyn Wade in his book, The Fiery Cross(1987).
In 1994, a large collection of United Klans of America material was added
to these holdings.
The
Changing Men Collections is a research collection comprised of materials
related to the men's
movement. It originated at M.S.U. in 1990, with a donation from members
of the National Organization for Changing Men. Over 300 individual files
representing men's
groups worldwide are here. The periodical collection is significant and
includes Men's
Studies Review, Changing Men, Today's
Dads,and Wingspanamong
others. There are also materials from conventions and major events in
the movement.
Named in honor of its donor, Saul Wellman, long time Communist Party member, Spanish Civil
War veteran and political commissar in the International Brigades, this collection contains
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