Chicago Historical Society Collection on the New York Council to Abolish HUAC
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Historical/Biographical Note
The New York Council to Abolish HUAC circulated literature and staged rallies and protests to try to abolish the United States Congress's House Committee on Un-American Activities.
Scope and Contents
The collection includes press releases, newsletters, flyers and memoranda. The collection also contains flyers, leaflets and outreach collected from the National Lawyers Guild and other organizations on the left interested in law reform. The documents date from 1946 to 1970.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archive has no information about copyright ownership for this collection and is not authorized to grant permission to publish or reproduce materials from it. Materials in this collection, which were created in 1946-1970, are expected to enter the public domain in 2090.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Archie Motley, Curator of Archives and Manuscripts, on behalf of the Chicago Historical Society in 1994. The accession number associated with this collection is 1994.018.
Custodial History
In 1994, the Chicago Historical Society donated to Tamiment material that had been separated from their civil liberties and civil rights collections. The accession number associated with this gift is 1994.018.
