Records of the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia

Collection Summary

Creator:	ACLU of Virginia
Title:	Records of the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia
Accession:	MSS 85-2
Description:	80 boxes; 35 linear feet
Location:	Special Collections
Photograph Collection:	View 1 digitized photographs
Digitized Content:	1 objects
Addenda	The Papers of the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia [a]
Use Restrictions:	Those wishing to do research in these files should submit to the archivist a written request for access, addressed to the ACLU Access Committee, along with a description of the research project and anticipated use of the research findings.

Collection Description & Arrangement

The files fall into four major categories: administrative, topical, case and project. Administrative files contain documents regarding the business and membership of the national and state organization, as well as some local chapters. Topical files contain information about issues such as abortion, students' rights, reapportionment, and mental health. These were often interfiled with administrative papers. The unrestricted case files contain either information -- correspondence, records and briefs -- about cases the Virginia ACLU was handling, or what the office called "research case material," i.e., usually records and briefs of ACLU cases in other areas of the country. Finally, the project files (similar to the topical files but more extensive) consist of organization, research and publicity material regarding issues of long-term concern to the Virginia ACLU. Major projects for the period 1967-1979 focus on the rights of women, prisoners in Virginia's penitentiaries, and migrant farmworkers on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. A significant percentage of the prison project files are restricted except for very limited types of research. For more information ask for the access information sheet for the restricted prison files.

The following table indicates the types of files in each accession, and the number of boxes in each which are open to research.

Acc. Number No. of boxes Year recieved Types of files and years covered

9690 10 1971 Administrative, primarily re national organization, 1967-69

9690-a 12 1973 Administrative, topical, and small number of case files, 1968-71

9690-b 4 1973 Administrative and topical files, 1969-73

9690-c 17 1975 Case, topical, prison and women's rights project, and administrative files, 1968-74

9690-d 2 1976 Topical and a few case files, 1969-73

9690-e 4 1976 Administrative, topical and prison project files, 1969-73

9690-f 2 1977 Administrative and case files, 1954-74

9690-g 17 1979 Administrative and topical files, 1965-77

9690-h 12 1981 Administrative, case and migrant workers' project files, 1974-79

Use of finding aid
This finding aid is comprised of a container list, an index of selected subjects, and an index of cases. The container list provides box number, dates and content description for every folder in each accession of files, in the order in which they were originally processed. The subject index is based upon the topical folder headings; since only about half of the case folder headings have descriptors, the cases were not included in the subject index. The subject and case indexes will provide the easiest and quickest access to the issues found in these papers. The administrative files are not indexed, however, and in addition to containing detailed information about the administration of the ACLU at the local, state and national levels, some of these files are also concerned with issues and cases. Consequently, a careful reading of the container list is recommended for a thorough sense of the scope of the collection.

Access terms
Upon approval of the ACLU's Access Committee the files listed in this inventory are available to scholars. Those wishing to do research in these files should submit to the archivist a written request for access, addressed to the ACLU Access Committee, along with a description of the research project and anticipated use of the research findings. Members of the Access Committee will review requests and either grant or deny access.

All the ACLU files containing confidential information are closed to research until at least 2013. The confidential prison project files are open only to specific types of research with permission of the Access Committee.

Biographical & Historical Information

The ACLU of Virginia was begun in 1967 and by early 1968 had 1700 members. In that year the National Development Council of the ACLU approved a grant proposal from the Virginia affiliate for funds to hire permanent staff. While there have been occasional financial difficulties, the Virginia affiliate has maintained a staffed office in Richmond since 1968. The executive directorship has been held consecutively by Lauren Selden, Shalom Dubow, Betsy Brinson, and Chan Kendrick.

Over the years the ACLU of Virginia has supported the rights of children, the mentally handicapped, students, women, homosexuals, and racial minorities. It has funded projects to effect improvements in the treatment and living conditions of patients in the state's mental institutions and migrant farmworkers on the Eastern Shore. It has opposed religion in public schools, illegal police searches, and the imposition of dress or hair length codes in schools or the work place. In the General Assembly the Virginia affiliate has fought for the Equal Rights Amendment, the right to abortion, reapportionment, and certain court reforms and changes in the juvenile code. The organization has been an active advocate for academic freedom and for the protection of individuals' privacy. It has pushed for reform of drug laws and called for the end of capital punishment. The most extensive and visible project for Virginia's ACLU in the 1970's and early 1980's was the prison project, a movement to insure adequate legal protection of inmates, as well as to improve their living conditions and treatment.

The papers of the ACLU of Virginia began coming to the University of Virginia in 1971. Since that time nine installments of papers have been transferred. In 1985 the collection was moved from the Manuscripts Department at Alderman Library to the Law Library. For the protection of ACLU clients' privacy, the entire collection has been closed to research since the mid-seventies. In 1988 every folder was reviewed, and those containing confidential information were removed to restricted storage for at least 25 years. The remaining files (80 boxes, 35 linear feet) are open to research with the permission of the ACLU's Access Committee (see p. 6); the folders are grouped and arranged as they were when first received at the University. The initial gift was accessioned #9690, and succeeding ones were numbered #9690-a, -b, etc. These voluminous files dating from 1967-1979 were kept by a number of different executive directors and secretaries and later processed by several different archivists. Consequently, folder headings varied over time, as has the archival arrangement.

Acquisition Information

Date Received	1985
Donor Information	These files were a gift of the ACLU of Virginia to Alderman Library, Special Collections between 1971 and 1981. They were transferred to the Law Library with permission of Executive Director, Chan Kendrick, in 1985.

Content List

(9690) Administrative, primarily re national organization, 1967-69

Box 1

1967-68, ACLU New York Academic Freedom Committee: correspondence and memoranda (2 folders)
1956-68, ACLU New York Academic Freedom Committee: drafts and publications
1967, ACLU New York Board of Directors: correspondence and memoranda (3 folders)

Box 2

1967-68, ACLU New York Due Process Committee: correspondence and memoranda
1969, ACLU Virginia Foundation, Inc.: correspondence and memoranda
1967, Affiliates: handbooks and indexes
1966-68, Affiliate: correspondence and memoranda
1968-69, Affiliate Board Minutes (2 folders)
1969, Affiliate Board of Directors: general correspondence (2 folders)
1968, Affirmative Obligations of Government, First Amendment: articles
1968, Art and Communications: discussions

Box 3

1968, Biennial Conference: reports and correspondence
1968, Budget Reports
1968, Capital Punishment
n.d., Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors
1965, "Children, Education and Church-State Separation"
1967-68, Church-State Committee: correspondence and memoranda
1968, "Church-State Problems in New Jersey"
1968, Civil Disobedience: correspondence and discussion
1968, Civil Liberties and the University: correspondence, memoranda and discussion
1968-69, Civil Liberties and the University: handbooks and guides
1968, Civil Liberties and the University: articles
1968, Civil Liberties and the University Student: correspondence and memoranda
1968, Due Process: correspondence and memoranda
1968, "Entitlement to Government Benefits"
1967-68, Equality Committee: correspondence and memoranda

Box 4

1967-68, Executive Committee
1968, Executive Director: correspondence (2 folders)
1968, Executive Director: special report
1967-68, Feature Press Service
1968-69, Financial Statements of Operations, etc.
n.d., Financial Miscellany
1967-68, Free Speech Committee: memoranda
1966, "General Guide to ACLU Litigation Procedures and Practices"
1968, Grant Proposal: memoranda
1966-68, Hampton Roads: correspondence and memoranda (2 folders)
1968, "Hippies:" paper presented at biennial conference
1967-68, Index of ACLU Mimeographed Materials
1968, "Inside ACLU:" newsletter
1968, Juveniles and the Law: newsclippings

Box 5

1968, Legal Panel: correspondence and memoranda
1968, Legislative Campaigns
1968-69, Membership: correspondence and memoranda (4 folders)
1968, Mentally Ill: article
1968-69, Miscellaneous Correspondence (3 folders)
1966-67, National: guides, correspondence and memoranda

Box 6

1968, National: guides, correspondence and memoranda
1968-69, National: court cases, broadsides and memoranda
1968-69, National Board: minutes and working papers (4 folders)

Box 7

1969, National Board: minutes and working papers (3 folders)
1968, National Development Council
1969, National Press Releases: board statements and legislative testimonies (2 folders)
1968, New Chapter Development

Box 8

1968-69, Newsclippings
1967-68, News Releases (2 folders)
1968-69, Northern Virginia Chapter
1968, Operation Southern Justice
1968-69, Organization, Corporate
1968, Organizational Structure
1969, Outside Organizations and Publications

Box 9

1969, Outside Organizations and Publications (4 folders)
1969, Peninsula Chapter
1968, Prisoners and Ex-Convicts
1967-68, Radio, T.V. and Censorship Committee

Box 10

1967-68, Radio, T.V. and Censorship Committee
1968, Renewal Campaign
1968, Roger Baldwin Foundation
1968, Secretarial Notes and Files
1968, Special Ethnic Groups
1968, Special Funds Appeal
1968, State Board
[1968], Survey Action Technique
1968, U.S. Government Documents
1968, Urban Crisis
1969, Virginia Council on Human Relations and Virginia Weekly
1967-68, Virginia Government Documents
1968-69, Women

(9690-a) Administrative, topical, and small number of case files, 1968-71

Box 11

1969-70, Academic Freedom Committee: minutes and working papers (2 folders)
1969-71, ACLU Affiliates: minutes and newsletters
1967-71, ACLU Annual Reports
1968-72, ACLU National Organization: letters, memoranda, etc.
1968-79, ACLU National Organization: memoranda to affiliates

Box 12

1970, ACLU National Organization: memoranda to affiliates (2 folders)
1969-79, ACLU National Organization: news releases (2 folders)
1971, ACLU of Virginia Foundation
1970, ACLU Search for National Executive Director
1968-69, Affiliate Board Committees: letters, lists

Box 13

1969-70, 50th Anniversary: newsletters, memoranda, letters)
1970, Annual Meeting: memoranda, questionnaire
1969, Annual Report of Executive Director
1968-69, Roger Baldwin Foundation: correspondence
1970, Bequest Sharing: correspondence
1969-71, Bill of Rights Dinner: lists, letters
1969-70, Bill of Rights Essay Contest: correspondence, entries
1968-70, Board of Directors (National): minutes

Box 14

1970, Board of Directors (National): working papers (2 folders)
1967-70, Board of Directors (Virginia): minutes, correspondence (2 folders)
1969-71, Board of Directors (Virginia): mailings

Box 15

1969, Board Meetings, Frequency: correspondence, questionnaires
1969-70, Board Resignations: letters
1970, Brooks v. Groth: correspondence, clippings
1969, 1971; Budget and Finance
1970, Buehler v. William and Mary: court documents, letters
1970, Bufford v. Holton: records and briefs, correspondence
1970, Bylaws
1969-70, Central Virginia Chapter: correspondence, newsletters
1968-70, Albert Lee Chambers: records and briefs
1969-71, Church-State Committee (National)
1968-72, "Civil Liberties" (ACLU Monthly Publication)--incomplete
1969-70, Henry Lee Clere
1968-71, Clippings
1969-70, College-University Admissions Policies
1970, Barbara Taylor Collins
1970, Comments from ACLU Members
1970, Commonwealth v. Fortune: correspondence
1970, Commonwealth v. Weinberg: correspondence

Box 16

1969-70, Communications Committee (National): minutes, working papers (2 folders)
1969, Corbett v. Commonwealth: brief, correspondence
1971, Corporation--United Virginia Bank Statements
1970, Correspondence with U.Va. President Shannon
1969-70, Correspondence with Chairman
1969-70, Correspondence with Secretary
1969, Danville School Case
1969, Discrimination in State Hiring Practices: correspondence, directives, committee reports
1970-71, Donations and Requests for Information
1970, Donohoe v. Duling: brief
1968-70, Due Process Committee: minutes, working papers (2 folders)

Box 17

1968-70, Equality Committee (National): minutes, working papers
1970-71, Executive Committee: memoranda, mailings
1968-70, Executive Committee (National): minutes
1970, Expenses and Contributions
1970, John Fitzpatrick: Voting Rights
1968-70, Free Speech/Association Committee (National): minutes, working papers
1970-71, Fund-raising
1969-70, General Correspondence
1969, Ginter Park [segregated swimming pool]: letter, by-laws, certificate of incorporation
1967-70, Hampton Roads Chapter: correspondence, ballots (2 folders)
1970, House Bill No. 134: memorandum

Box 18

1970, House Internal Security Committee Inquiry: correspondence, news releases, list of colleges
1969-70, "Inside ACLU:" issues, correspondence
1970, Johnson v. Commonwealth: correspondence
1971, Joint Annual Meeting
1970-71, Nathaniel Jones: correspondence, records and briefs
1968-69, Pvt. Daniel Duane Kelsch
1970-71, Kunstler Program
1969-70, Labor-Business Committee (National): minutes
1969, Legal Aid of Roanoke
1970-71, Legal Docket (2 folders)
1969-70, Lower Peninsula Chapter: correspondence, newsletters
1971, Martin v. Weaver Brothers: correspondence, brief
1970, Robert K. MacDowell
1970, Martinsville Incident: correspondence, clippings
1969, Mason v. Peyton: memorandum
1970, Mattingly Case Witnesses (Arndt, et. al.)
1969, Membership and Income: lists, correspondence

Box 19

1970-72, Membership Recruitment
1970, National Capital Area Chapter: correspondence, newsletters
1968-70, Newsletters
1969-70, News Releases (4 folders)

Box 20

1970-72, News Releases and Newsletters (4 folders)
1969-70, Newspapers, Miscellaneous
1970-71, Pamphlets for ACLU and other organizations
1969-70, Planning and Development Committees: memoranda and minutes
1969-70, Planning and Steering Committee (National): minutes and working papers
1969-72, Projects and Conferences: correspondence and newsletters

Box 21

1970, Radical Feminism
1969-70, Religion in Public Schools
1969-70, Roanoke Valley Chapter
1969-70, Saunders v. V.P.I.: records and briefs, correspondence, clippings
1970, S.C.L.C. v. City of Petersburg: correspondence and clippings
1971, Search for Legal Panel Chairman
1970, Selden v. Henrico County School Board: brief
1970, Seymour v. V.P.I.: correspondence, clippings, news releases, pamphlets
1969-70, Southside Area Chapter: correspondence, newsletters
1969, Stafford County Trailers
1967, Student Rights--Old Dominion College: correspondence, newspaper
1965-70, Willie Thompson: records and briefs, correspondence, clippings

Box 22

1970, Traveler's Aid
1969, U.S. v. Barcena: correspondence, records, clipping
1970, Valley Annual Meeting: registration material, memoranda
1969-70, Vaughn v. Reed: briefs, correspondence
1968-70, Virginia Capital Area Chapter: correspondence, newsletters, by-laws (3 folders)
1970-71, Washington Area Military and Draft Law Panel: correspondence, newsletters
1970, Williams v. Chittum: brief, correspondence, clippings
1970-71, "The Woman Activist:" newsletter
1970-71, Women's Rights
1970, Wythe High School Speech
1969, Alexander Zink: brief, correspondence

(9690-b) Administrative and topical files, 1969-73

Box 23

1970-72, Access to the Media: Ad-Hoc Committee of ACLU
1971, Account Vouchers
1970, Annual Meetings
1970, Biennial Conference of ACLU
n.d., By-laws of ACLU of Va.
n.d., Chapter Information Handbook
1969-70, Civil Liberties Institute
1971, Expense Account Vouchers
1970, Final Renewal Notices for Membership
1968-73, Foundation Budget
1969-70, Foundation Minutes
1969-71, Fund-raising Schedules, Plans, Ideas
1971-72, Gill Bequest
1970, Guide for ACLU
1967-70, Minutes
1965-72, Miscellaneous Administrative Correspondence
1969-72, National Legislation--Washington Office

Box 24

1968-73, Newsletters (2 folders)

1969-70, Open Admissions

1970-71, Press Releases

1969-71, Special Committee to Re-examine Primary Membership Responsibility

1969-70, Special Funds Appeals

1970, Weighted Voting Formula

(9690-b) Topical:

Box 24

1970-72, Abortion Laws: Virginia and District of Columbia
1968-71, Censorship/Obscenity
1969-71, Christmas Programs in Schools
1971-72, Church and State
1972, Commission on Human Relations: Richmond
1971, Constitutional Convention--Revenue sharing
1970, Control of One's Own Body: ACLU Conference in New York City
1970-71, Data Processing as Civil Liberties Threat

Box 25

1969-72, Draft Resistance and Repeal
1972, Drug Laws and Rehabilitation
1970, Environmental Problems
1966-72, Freedom of Speech and Assembly
1971-72, Governmental Surveillance
1969-70, Justices of the Peace and Civil Warrants
1970, Kent State Strike
1971, Loitering Ordinance: Winchester, Va.
1970-71, Longwood College--Funds for Segregated Academies
1971-72, Marijuana Repeal
1969, Military Justice
1969-73, Miscellaneous Printed Material
1972, Neighborhood Legal Aid Society
1970-72, Questions Relating to the Mass Media

Box 26

1970-73, Newspapers (2 folders)
1971-72, School Desegregation
1965-71, School Prayer Amendment Revival
1970-72, "South Today"
1970-71, Underground Newspapers
1971, U. Va. Confederate Flag Ban
1970, Vietnam War Legal Question
1970, Vietnam War Political Activity
1970-73, Women's Rights

(9690-c) Case Files for ACLU of Virginia

Box 27

1970, ACLU of Va. v. Radford College
1971-72, Anderson v. Southampton County School Board
1969-70, Arey v. Cox
1970-71, Baugh v. Quarles
1971-72, Beaumont: Thompson v. Houston
1970-72, Bellamy v. Ennis (2 folders)
1972, Bigelow v. Commonwealth: Abortion Ad
1973, Biograph Theatre: Devil in Miss Jones, Amicus to Murray Janus
1973, Blue Laws
1972, Bright v. Mary Washington: Honor Code
1973, Brooks v. McCadden: National Guard Short Hair Wigs
197?, Cohen v. Chesterfield County Schools

Box 28

1970-71, Cole V. Graybeal
1970-71, Commonwealth v. Atwood (see also Lusby v. Commonwealth)
1973, Cook v. U.S. Navy
1973, Covington Police Brutality
1972-73, Commonwealth v. Dalton
1973, Commonwealth v. Daves
1972, Commonwealth v. Graham
1973, Commonwealth v. Hargrave: Face Paint--Klan Mask Law
1970-71, Commonwealth v. Shea
1972-73, Commonwealth v. Squire: Disorderly Conduct
1970-72, Donohoe v. Duling
1970-73, English v. Virginia Probation and Parole Board
1960-70, Hodgin v. Noland
1970, Irvis v. Scott: Private Clubs
1970-71, Jackson v. Patterson
1969, Jervey v. Martin (Radford College)
1971-72, Johnson-Jones v. Miller
1971, Kenyatta v. Cox

Box 29

1968-70, Koehl (American Nazi Party) v. Resor
1969-70, Kirstein et al v. The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia et al
1970-73, Kowtoniuk v. Russell--Virginia State College (2 folders)

Box 30

1972-73, Lee v. Kuykendall (Board of Bar Examiners)
1971, Lee v. Smith
1972, Letter Carriers Local v. Austin
1971, Lusby v. Commonwealth (see also Commonwealth v. Atwood)
1973, McClung v. Weatherholz: Vindictive Higher Sentence on Appeal
1971-72, Manard v. Commonwealth
[1972?], Morris v. Commonwealth
1970-72, Nazis v. Ringers
1972-73, Newport News Education Association v. Virginia Supplemental Retirement System
1971, Norris v. State Council of Higher Education (2 folders)
1968-71, Owens v. Commonwealth
1969-71, Patillo v. U.S.: Threatening the President
1970, Pentagon Cases
1973, Pierce v. Lewis: Policeman Long Hair
1968-71, Rainey v. Miller (Madison College)
1973-74, Sebottka v. Brown

Box 31

1970-72, Selden v. Henrico County School Board
1970, [Sharpe v. ?]
1970-72, Sword v. Fox
1972, Taraskewich v. Geipel
1972, U.S. v. Nesci: First Amendment--Media Obscenity
1972, Walker v. Dillard
1973, "Yippees v. Manassas Cops"

(9690-c) Case Files Used for Research Purposes:

Box 31

[1972?], American Servicemen's Union v. Mitchell: Military--G.I. Rights
[1970?], Anderson v. Laird: Compulsory Chapel Attendance
1969, Anderson v. Sills: Surveillance
1973, Arends v. Arends: Child Custody
[1969?], Bick v. Mitchell: Aliens

Box 32

1971, Bishop v. Holton: Non-resident Fees
[1970?], Blumstein v. Ellington: Residency Requirements for Elections
1972, Bradley v. State Board of Education of Virginia: School Desegregation
1971, Burnham v. Oswald: News Media--Inmate Interviews
1970, Application of Earl Caldwell and the New York Times: Freedom of the Press
[1969?], California v. Belous: Sex Discrimination--Abortion
[1971?], Clay v. Black: Constitutional Rights
1972, Davidson v. Dill: Expungement of Arrest Records If No Conviction
1969, In Re Defender Association of Philadelphia: Indigents
1966, Dickson v. Sitterson: Freedom of Speech
1972, Driscoll v. International Union of Operating Engineers: Non-communist Affidavits
1973, Edwards v. Healey; Stubblefield v. Tennessee: Jury Selection
1968, Fairfax County Federation of Citizens Association v. Hunting Towers Operating Company: Housing Discrimination
1972, Floyd v. U.S.: Unlawful Entry into a Military Base
1972, Frotiero v. Laird: Military Sex Discrimination
1973, Goss v. Lopez; Geduldig v. Aiello; Ellis v. Dyson

Box 33

1971-72, Gutierrez v. Laird: Sex Discrimination--Maternity
1972, Hart v. Arlington County School Board: Desegregation
[1968?], Hartman v. Romney: Oath-taking--Equal Protection
1968, Haskett v. Washington: Equal Protection
1969, Hibbs v. N.O.R.T.H: Demonstrations
1971, Hiss v. Hampton: Equal Protection
1970, Hodson v. Buckson: Freedom of Speech--Flag Desecration
1973-74, Holder v. Banks; Perkins v. Smith; Junior Chamber of Commerce v. U.S. Jaycees
[1968?], Howe, v. Clifford: Military--G.I. Rights
[1969?], Jalil v. Hampton: Civil Service--Aliens
1971, Johnson v. Baptist Memorial Hospital: Long Hair
[1971?], Kenyatta v. Hoover: Surveillance

Box 34

1968, Kelley v. Wyman: Equal Protection
1971, Lansdale v. Jenkins: Students--Length of Hair
1970, Leary v. U.S.
[1972?], Naturalization of Yao Quinn Lee
1972, Appeal of Shirley Long to U.S. Civil Service Commission: Sex Discrimination
1972, Love v. Hughes: Pretrial Detainees Voting Rights
[1971?], Mellon v. Richardson: Equal Protection--Illegitimate Children
1972, Merriken v. Cressman
[1971?], Midwest Video Corporation v. U.S. and Federal Communications Commission: Government Secrecy
1971, Mississippi ACLU v. University of Southern Mississippi: Freedom of Speech
1972, Morris v. Commonwealth of Virginia: G.I. Rights and Right to Privacy
[1969?], National Faculty Association of Community and Junior Colleges v. Hamet: Equal Protection
1967, National Student Association v. Hershey: Military--Selective Service

Box 35

[1969?], National Student Association v. Laird and Finch: Student Demonstrations
1968, Norton v. Discipline Committee of East Tennessee State University: Student Rights--Free Speech
1970, Olff v. East Side Union High School: Long Hair
[1972?], Orrin v. Secretary of the Treasury: Trading with the Enemy Act
1970-71, Park View Heights Corporation v. City of Black Jack: Housing Discrimination
1972, Pennsylvania and Bucks County Interfaith Housing Corporation v. County of Bucks
[1968?], Pennsylvania v. Countryman: Equal Protection
1968, Pennsylvania v. Shovlin: Mental Commitment
1963, Pennsylvania v. Ware: Interrogation
1971, Peoples v. Wainwright: Prisoners
1970, Perkins v. U.S.: Search Warrants
1968, Peterson v. Clark: Military--Selective Service
[1968?], Porcelli v. Titus: School Desegregation
1971, Transcript of Potts v. Rambler (2 folders)

Box 36

[1971?], Quinn v. Cliff: Equal Protection
1972, Riddell v. National Democratic Party; Evers v. Waller
1969, Robinson v. Whitehead: Habeas Corpus
1973, Scales v. Commonwealth of Virginia
[1971?], Scheuer v. Rhodes: Student Demonstrations--Kent State
1969, Schultz v. U.S.: Military--Selective Service
[1971?], Shaw v. Hoover: Surveillance
1969, Smith v. University of Tennessee: Students--Freedom of Speech
[1966?], Smith v. Ruben K. King: Equal Protection
1973, Sumbrey v. Land: Criminal Procedure--Contempt
1969, Talley v. A. & M. Construction Co.: Indigents
[1972?], Tatum v. Laird: Demonstrations
[1968?], U.S. v. Brooks: Military--Selective Service
1969-70, U.S. v. "Chicago Seven": Demonstrations

Box 37

1972, U.S. v. Crowthers: Demonstrations
1968, U.S. v. Daniels: Military--G.I. Rights
1969, U.S. v. Flowers: Composition of Juries
[1968?], U.S. v. Harvey: Military--G.I. Rights
1971, U.S. v. Jones: Threat to President
[1968?], U.S. v. Levy: Military--G.I. Rights
1971, U.S. v. New York Times: Government Secrecy--Pentagon Papers
1968, U.S. v. Noyd: Military--Selective Service
1969, U.S. v. Various Articles of Obscene Merchandise: Obscenity
1970, U.S. v. Simpson: Conscientious Objectors

Box 38

1972, U.S. v. Whitaker: Surveillance
1969, U.S. v. Zimmerman: Military--Selective Service
[1971?], Veterans for Peace v. Commissioner of Customs: Freedom of Speech
[1971?], Commonwealth of Virginia v. Manns: Criminal Procedure
[1970?], Walkden v. Khosrovi: Loyalty Oath
1973, Wallis v. O'Kier: Fourth Amendment
1972, Weinstein v. Kleindienst: Freedom of Information
1970, Woody v. Judge: Prisoners' Rights
1972, Worden v. Dole and Republican National Committee
1971, Zuckerman v. Hospital Authority of Petersburg

(9690-c) Prison Project Files:

Box 38

1970, Prison: Department of Corrections Guidelines
1969-73, Form Letters and Questionnaires

Box 39

1972-73, General Penitentiary Negotiations
1973, Inmate Advisor
1971-73, Miscellaneous Correspondence and Papers
1973, Offender Aid and Restoration
1973, Parole Denial and Revocation
1972-73, Parole Program Research Material
1971-72, Prisoners' Rights (2 folders)
1973, Prisoners' Rights: Ross v. Blackledge
1973, Private Security Industry Abuses
1973, Proposed New Penal Rules

Box 40

1970, Recidivist Law
1969-70, Reform Proposals of Robert Landman
1969-73, Reform Proposals and Related Papers
1970-72, Statements and Miscellaneous Papers
1973, "A System for Parole Action Notification to Inmates"

(9690-c) Topical Files:

Box 40

1972, Center House: Gathion Rowe, Jr., Director
1972, Child Custody--Sex Discrimination
n.d., Court Watching Forms
1971-72, Draft Counseling
n.d., Dress Code of Richmond Department of Public Welfare
1971, 1973, Henrico Fire Department Hair Regulations
1972, M.D. Confidentiality
1973, Marihuana
1973, Judge Harold Maurice Horror Stories
1973, Military Rights Project
1971, Newspaper Clippings re Abortion, Long Hair, Search Powers and Various Civil Liberties Cases
1970, Northern Virginia Long Hair Cases
1973, Reform of Jury Sentencing
1971, n.d., Reform of Laws Relating to Juveniles

Box 41

1971, Richmond Community Action Program: Grant Application
1970-71, State Police Training Film
1970, Sex Discrimination: Colleges
1972, Sickle Cell Anemia Testing
1968-70, Student Rights: Conference Agendas and Brochures
n.d., Student Rights: Model Code
1973, U.S. Labor Party: First Amendment--Assembly

(9690-c) Project on Women:

Box 41

1973, Correspondence and Papers re Women's Rights
1973-74, Correspondence re Equal Rights Amendment (E.R.A.)
1973-74, "The Equal Rights Amendment and Federal Preemption" and "E.R.A. and the Virginia Code"
1973-74, Memoranda from National ACLU to AFfiliates re Women's Rights Project
1973, National ACLU Sexual Privacy Project Legal Docket
1973-74, Papers re E.R.A. in Virginia: Legislative Bulletins, Lists, etc.
1974, Press Releases on E.R.A. and Women's Rights

(9690-c) Administrative Files:

Box 42

1969-70, Annual Meeting
1970, Budgetary Controls on Litigation
n.d., Charter Development Handbook
1969-71, Co-operating Attorneys
1968-75, Correspondence re Organization of ACLU of Northern Virginia
1972-73, Correspondence re Tri-Affiliates
1970-71, Financial Records
1972, Formalization of the ACLU Va. Legal Panel
n.d., Legal Docket Case Report Form
1972, Litigation Guide
1968, Manual of Organization
1972-73, Miscellaneous Staff Papers

Box 43

1972, National ACLU Legal Docket
1966-74, National ACLU Correspondence with Affiliates (2 folders)
1968-73, Newsletters

(9690-d)

Box 44

1971-74, ACLU Va. Staff Correspondence and Papers (2 folders)
1972-73, Capital Punishment (2 folders)
1973-74, Due Process
1973, Fair Housing
1973, National ACLU Sexual Privacy Project Legal Docket
1970, Prison: Alexandria City Jail
1973, Prison: Arrest Expungement

Box 45

1972-73, Psychosurgery
1973-74, Research Case File: In the Matter of David Dellinger; Knopf v. Colby
1974, Research Case File: Noel v. Chapman--Rights of Aliens; Forcade v. Rowley
1974, Research Case File: Williams v. TWA; Mercado v. Rockefeller
1971, Revision of the Virginia Code
1972-73, Women: Articles re Women's Rights Projects
1970-74, Women: Correspondence and Other Papers re E.R.A.

(9690-e)

Box 46

1972-73, Administrative Assistant, Paula Brown Lowe
1969-70, Annual Report of the Arizona ACLU
1970-72, Bill of Rights Award
1969-70, Bill of Rights Dinner
1969-72, Board of Directors: Administration
1973, Board of Directors: Informational Materials
1971-72, Board of Directors: Miscellaneous
1970-71, Board of Directors: Procedures and Guidelines
1970-71, Board of Directors: Roster
1972-74, Budget (2 folders)
1969-70, By-laws
1970-73, Correspondence with Other Organizations
1973, Development of Chapters--Danville
[1973?], Development of Chapters--Harrisonburg

Box 47

1970-71, Finance: Cancelled Checks and Bank Statements
1973, Finance: Monthly Activity Report and Miscellaneous Forms
1969-71, Finance: Staff Telephone Bills
1973, Legislation: Court Reform
1973, Legislation: General Correspondence
1971-73, Legislation: House of Delegates (2 folders)
1972, 1974, Legislation: Lobbying
1974, Legislation: Mental Health Project

Box 48

1972, Literature Orders
1973, Local Lock-ups
1973, Membership Data
1973, Membership Income
1973, National ACLU: Poverty and Civil Liberties Referendum
1972, Prison: Death Sentence
1970, Prison: Pegram v. Cox
1973, Prison: Social Involvement and Research
1973, Prison: Stinnie v. Gregory
1973, Projects: Correspondence re Impeachment

Box 49

1972-73, Projects: Student Rights
1969-74, Projects: Tri-Affiliates (2 folders)
1973, Public Education: Media Relations
1973, Public Education: Press Releases
1973, Public Education: Speaking Engagements
1970, Request for Assistance: Loitering
1973, Resources Outside ACLU
1969, Reston Community Association
1970, Student Paper for Constitutional Law Class
1973, "Watergate and Civil Liberties"
1973, Women's Project and E.R.A.
1968, Wood v. Waddell
ACLU Seal Embosser

(9690-f)

Box 50

1966-73, Annual Reports and Memoranda
1971-73, Bishop v. Holton: Briefs and Correspondence
1972, n.d., Bradley v. Board of Education; Robbins v. Kleindienst; Stinnie v. Gregory
n.d., By-laws
1968-73, "Civil Liberties"

Box 51

1970-73, Fairfax City: Affirmative Action, Personnel Rules, LEAA Grant Application, Fair Housing Ordinances, and Miscellaneous Correspondence
1965-74, Memoranda of the ACLU-National Capital Area
1961-70, Printed Material re Religion in Schools
1962, 1973, n.d., Pamphlets, Articles and Proposals re Expunging Criminal Records
1964, 1970-73, Pamphlets re Women's Rights
1954, "Constitutional Liberty and Seditious Activity"
1955, "Freedom of Speech and Press"
1954, "Where Constitutional Liberty Came From"

(9690-g) Administrative Files:

Box 52

1972, Address Rosters
1969-77, Administration: ACLU of Virginia Archives
1974-75, n.d., Administration: Bicentennial Ideas
1974-77, n.d., Administration: Board of Directors, By-laws and Membership
1974-77, Administration: State Corporation Commission
1973-75, Board: ACLU Va. President
1975-78, Board: Agendas
1968-75, Board: Attendance Lists
1973-77, Board: Correspondence
1970-72, Board: Index of ACLU Va. Minutes
1975, Board: Meeting Policy

Box 53

1971-77, Board: Memoranda
1969-77, Board: Nominating Committee
1977, Board: Staff Counsel Planning Reports
1972-73, Board: State Board Directors, Women's Steering Committee
1971-72, n.d., Briefs: Adams v. Pinellas Opportunity Council, Bradley v. Board of Education, Hart v. Arlington County School Board, Landman v. Royster
1970-74, n.d., Chapter: Activities (2 folders)
1974-76, Chapter: Capital Area
1974-77, Chapter: Central Virginia
1968-77, n.d., Chapter: Chairperson Memos

Box 54

1974-77, Chapter: Hampton Roads
1975-77, Chapter: Harrisonburg
1974-76, Chapter: Lower Peninsula (Hampton, Newport)
1974-76, Chapter: Lynchburg
1970-76, Chapter: Minutes of Meetings (2 folders)
1976-77, n.d., Chapter: New River Valley
1974-77, n.d., Chapter: Northern Virginia
1974-77, Chapter: Roanoke Valley

Box 55

1970, Class Actions in Civil Liberties Cases
1975-76, n.d., Development: Bristol
1975-76, Development: Chapter Conference (1975)
1973-76, Development: Chapter Project Ideas
1975-76, Development: Coalitions
1969-75, Development: Committee
1974-75, Development: Danville and Martinsville
1972-76, Development: Membership Handbook
1976, n.d., Development: Northern Virginia
1971-74, Development: Volunteers
1970-72, Index of ACLU Mimeographed Materials
n.d., Legal Dockets

Box 56

n.d., Legal Panel Policy: Virginia Affiliates
1974-77, Legislation: Correspondence
1976, Legislation: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
1973-76, n.d., Legislation: General Assembly (3 folders)
1974-75, Legislation: Issues
1974-77, Legislation: Legislative Alerts
1975, Legislation: Priorities
1974-76, Legislation: Rules, Names/Addresses of General Assembly Members
1975-76, Legislation: Volunteers
1976, n.d., Legislation: Volunteers' Specific Interests
1976, n.d., Membership: ACLU Va./ ACLU-National Capital Area
1976-77, Membership: Correspondence
1976-77, Membership: Correspondence with National Headquarters
1973-76, n.d., Membership: 1976 Effort

Box 57

1971-76, n.d., Membership: Recruitment (2 folders)
1976, n.d., Membership: Recruitment Samples
n.d., Membership: Renewals
1973-76, n.d., Morgan, Charles, Jr.: Resignation
1976-77, National: Affiliates
1968-77, National: Correspondence
1973-75, National: Tri-Affiliates
1965, 1971-72, National Academic Freedom Committee Minutes and Working Papers
1970-72, National Church-State Committee Minutes and Working Papers
1971, National Committee against Repressive Legislation
1971-72, National Communication Committee Minutes and Working Papers
1969, 1971-72, National Constitution Committee Minutes and Working Papers
1971-73, National Due Process Committee Minutes and Working Papers
1971-72, National Equality Committee Minutes and Working Papers

Box 58

1971-73, National Free Speech/Association Minutes and Working Papers
1971-72, National Labor Committee Minutes and Working Papers
1971-72, National Planning and Steering Committee Minutes and Working Papers
1976, n.d., National Insurance Plan for ACLU
1971-72, National Memo: Ben Clark
1971-73, National Memo: Claire Cooper
1971-72, National Memo: Aryeh Neier
1971-73, 1976, n.d., National Memo: Alan Reitman
1971-73, National Memo: Melvin L. Wulf
1971-75, n.d., Newsclippings
1971-74, Newsletters
1970-72, n.d., Pamphlets and Brochures

Box 59

1976, Personnel: Life Insurance
1976-77, Personnel: Medical Insurance
1974-77, n.d., Press: Correspondence
1972-76, Press Releases
1972, "Policy Guide of the American Civil Liberties Union"
1971, n.d., Public Testimony: Northern Virginia Chapter
1973-74, Publications: Clearinghouse Review
1973, Publicity: Chapter

(9690-g) Topical Files:

Box 59

1967-70, Abortion
1965, 1968-69, n.d., Academic Freedom
1965, "Academic Freedom and Civil Liberties of Students in Colleges and Universities"
1970, Academic Freedom: Tenure
1972, Bank Secrecy Act

Box 60

1969, Campus Disorders: Statement
1970, Censorship and Student Rights
1972-77, n.d., Children's Rights Project (5 folders)
1970, Civil Rights Task Force on Higher Education in Virginia

Box 61

1970-71, Civil Rights Working Papers
1969-70, College and University Admissions Policy and Open Admissions
1970, Conscientious Objectors: Criteria for Classification
1970, "Control of One's Own Body," 1970 Biennial
1975-76, n.d., Criminal Justice Reform Act of 1975: Senate Bill Number 1
1969, "Defender of Unpopular Causes"
1970, Desegregation of Higher Education
1974-76, Dum-Dum Bullets
1971, "The Engineering of Restraint: The Nixon Administration and the Press"
1973-77, Ex-Offender Licensing Bill
1970, Faculty Rights Decisions
1966-69, "The Fight for Civil Liberties Never Stays Won" and "The Courts Have Failed the Poor"
1975-77, n.d., Freedom of Information Act
1971, Freedom of the Press: Aryeh Neier's Statement before Senate Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights
1975-76, Juvenile Justice
1969-70, Law Students Civil Rights Research Council

Box 62

1972-77, Legislation, Miscellaneous
ca. 1973-74, Mental Health Project: Bill of 1973-74 Session of General Assembly
1971-73, Mental Health Project: Civil Commitment and Patient Right, Bill Drafts and Correspondence
n.d., Mental Health Project: Comparison of Mental Health Laws
1974-76, Mental Health Project: Correspondence
n.d., Mental Health Project: Information on Completing the Study
1973-75, Mental Health Project: Legislation
1973-74, n.d., Mental Health Project: Lists of Those Who Can Work
1973-74, n.d., Mental Health Project: Previous Drafts of Legislation
1973, n.d., Mental Health Project: Proposed Criminal Commitment Statute

Box 63

1972-73, Mental Health Project: Publications
1963, 1971-73, n.d., Mental Health Project: Related Articles and Legislation for Other States
1969-70, Obscenity
n.d., "Our Prisons Are Criminal"
1970-71, Powell, Lewis F.
n.d., Preventive Detention
1972, "Public Television: A Question of Survival"
1969, "Race Makes the Difference"
1971-72, Reapportionment: Briefs
1971-72, Reapportionment: Legal Documents (2 folders)

Box 64

1964, n.d., Reapportionment: Legislation
1965-77, n.d., Reapportionment: Letters
1965, 1971, n.d., Reapportionment: Miscellaneous Cases (2 folders)
1971, n.d., Reapportionment: 1970 Population Census . . . State Planning and Community Affairs
1967-68, Reapportionment: Printed Material re Norfolk

Box 65

1971-73, n.d., Reapportionment: Thornton v. Prichard (2 folders)
1964, 1971, n.d., Reapportionment: Voting Rights
1969-71, n.d., Regional Planning Commission
1968, 1973, Selective Service Litigation
1977-78, Sexual Assault: Reform Bill
1969-70, Southern Legal Action Movement
1969-70, Southern Regional Conference

Box 66

1971, Sterilization
1969-72, Student Rights: Dress/Appearance
n.d., Student Rights: Joint Statement on Rights and Freedoms of Students
1970-71, Student Rights: Project Materials
1970, Student Rights: Public Schools
1971-75, n.d., Student Rights and Responsibilities: Fairfax County Task Force (3 folders)
1972, Subversive Activities Control Board
1971, "Theory and Practice of American Political Intelligence"
1970-71, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
1969-71, Virginia Council on Human Relations
1976-77, Virginia Foundation for Humanities and Public Policy

Box 67

1970-71, n.d., Virginia Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
1966-68, 1971-72, Welfare Recipients: Indigents, Poor
1975-77, Women's Rights: Athletics
1975-76, Women's Rights: Equal Credit Opportunity
1976, Women's Rights: Federal Fair Employment
1976-77, Women's Rights: Female Offenders
1971-77, n.d., Women's Rights: National ACLU (2 folders)

Box 68

1976-77, Women's Rights: Press Releases
1974-76, Women's Rights: Reproductive Freedom
1974-77, Women's Rights: State Personnel Grievance Procedure
1976, Women's Rights: Title IX Higher Education (2 folders)
1976, Women's Rights: Voluntary Sterilization Legislation
1976-77, Women's Rights: Women's Employment Rights Counseling Project
n.d., "What Constitutes Your Right to Privacy on Campus"
1970, "Why Compulsory Closed-Ward Treatment of Narcotic Addicts?"
1971, "Why Students Want Their Constitutional Rights"

(9690-h) Administrative Files:

Box 69

n.d., ACLU Va. Board of Directors
1975, Benefit Fund Raiser
1974-75, Finance: Accountant IRS
1976, Financial Audit
1975, Fund Raising: Bill of Rights Dinner
1974-75, Fund Raising: Correspondence
1969-75, Fund Raising: Grants
1974-76, Project Finance: Contributions (3 folders)
1976-77, Project Finance: Receipts, Correspondence, Statements, Contributions
1977, Tenth Anniversary Celebration for ACLU Va.
1979, Tidewater Legal Aid Society
1975, Union Finance: Correspondence

Box 70

1974-76, Union Finance: Payroll and Taxes (3 folders)
1974, Union Finance: Receipts
1978-80, "The Virginia Guardian"
1975, VALC Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice Code Revision
1977, General Assembly (GA)
1978, GA: Abortion
1978, GA: ACLU Positions
1978, GA: Child Abuse
1978, GA: Child Placement (Adoptions and Licensing)
1978, GA: Child Pornography
1978, GA: Contacts
1978, GA: Death Penalty
1978, GA: Districting
1978, GA: Freedom of Information Act
1978, GA: Health, Welfare and Institutions

Box 71

1978, GA: House Committee on Education
1978, GA: House Committee on General Laws
1978, GA: House Committee on Privileges and Elections
1978, GA: House Courts of Justice Committee
1978, GA: House and Senate Bills
1978, GA: Juvenile Code
1978, GA: Lobbying Register, Letters, Notes
1978, GA: Marijuana
1978, GA: Miscellaneous Bills
1978, GA: Miscellaneous Newsletters
1978, GA: Senate Committee on Education and Health
1978, GA: Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
1978, GA: Senate Courts of Justice Committee
1978, GA: Senate General Laws
1978, GA: Special Education
1978, GA: Sterilization
1974-75, National ACLU: Amnesty Program for War Resisters
1977, 1979, National Board of Directors

Boxes 72 - 73

1978-79, National Headquarters: Communiques (7 folders)

Box 73

1978-79, Newsclippings
1979, Women's Rights Reports

(9690-h) Case Files--Virginia and Elsewhere:

Box 73

1978, Preview of ACLU Cases before Supreme Court
1975, Bowling v. Department of Public Welfare (N. Dist. of Indiana)
1975, Brown v. Allerton: Temporary Restraining Order form, etc.
1975-76, Bykofsky v. Borough of Middletown (3rd Cir.; Sup. Ct.)
1976, Chavez v. Texas (Sup. Ct.)
n.d., Cherry v. Mathews (D.C. Dist. Ct.)
1976, Davis v. Wynne (So. Dist. of Ga.)

Box 74

1971, D.C. Family Welfare Rights Organization v. Thompson (D.C. Superior Ct.)
1977, Drummond v. Fulton Co. (5th Cir.)
1975, Gay Alliance of Students v. Matthews: Depositions (3 folders)
1975, Gay Alliance of Students v. Matthews: Record, Briefs and Opinion [Inc.] (Dist. Ct.)

Box 75

1976, Gay Alliance of Students v. Matthews: Records and Briefs (4th Cir.)
[1978], Hailey v. Dorsey (4th Cir.)
1976-77, Huynh Thi Anh v. Levi (E. Dist. of Mich.; 6th Cir.)
1976, In the Matter of D (U.S. Sup. Ct.)
1976, In re Saunsoci; Saunsoci v. Exon: Records and Briefs
1976-77, Kruse v. Campbell: Records and Briefs (2 folders)

Box 76

n.d., Pauley v. Gross: Brief Amicus Curiae
1973-75, McGehee v. Lucas (W. Dist. of Va.; 4th Cir.)
1975-77, Mattie v. Holladay (N. Dist. of Miss.)
1978, U.S. v. U.M.W.: Amicus Curiae Memorandum
1977, Woodrum v. Mullins (N. Dist. W.Va.)

Boxes 76 - 77

1970's, Records and Briefs for Various Other Cases Handled by the ACLU [list of cases on the first folder] (9 folders)

(9690-h) Migrant Farmworkers Project:

Box 78

1974, Migrant Farmworkers Project (MFP): Background Information
1977-79, MFP: Correspondence (3 folders)

Box 79

1977, MFP: Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs, Inc. (2 folders)
1977-79, MFP: Bonnes v. Long and Other Cases
1977, MFP: Budget and Financial Reports
n.d., MFP: Current Legislation
1977-79, MFP: General ACLU Files (3 folders)

Box 80

1978-79, MFP: "Health Law Advocate"
n.d., MFP: Insurance Policy
1976-77, MFP: Interagency Council
1977-79, MFP: Lakeside Home Interagency Care Facility, Inc.
1977-78, MFP: Migrant Legal Action Program, Inc.
1977, 1979, MFP: Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers' Association
1979, MFP: New River Community Action, Inc.
1977-79, MFP: Newsclippings and Press Releases
1979, MFP: Occupational Safely and Health Review Commission
1977, MFP: Open House
1976, MFP: Project Grant Proposal
1978-79, MFP: Report--Farmworkers' Legal Project Quarterly and Budget Plans
n.d., MFP: Reports of Visits to Camps
1979, MFP: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

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