Shelton Stromquist papers. 1963-1980 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Papers of an historian and social activist who was involved with a number of political and social action organizations, including: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), 1961-1966; the Honeywell Project and the Committee of Returned Volunteers while he was program director for the American Friends Service Committee in Milwaukee, 1968-1970; Indochina Peace Campaign and the New American Movement while at the University of Pittsburgh, 1971-1975; and the Coulee Community Action Program in southwestern Wisconsin, 1975-1978. The collection includes personal notes, writings, and correspondence, as well as printed literature. Additions include newsletters, correspondence, notes, and writings relating to social/community action organizations including The Wisconsin Alliance, the Committee of Returned Volunteers, Citizens for Safe Energy, and the Coulee Community Action Program. Also included are lectures and notes taken by Stromquist while he studied the Allis-Chalmers Labor Strikes of 1946-1947 as a student at the Milwaukee Independent School and news clippings and research for the Rural Politics Discussion Group