Summary Information

Title: George A. Wiley Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1949-1975

Creator:

• Wiley, George A., 1931-1973

Call Number: Mss 324; Audio 544A; PH 5025; PH 5026; VCA 247-VCA 253; M95-154

Quantity: 18.0 cubic feet (46 archives boxes), 28 tape recordings, 7 videorecordings, 75 photographs, 17 negatives, 10 items of ephemera, 2 posters, and 1 handmade sign; plus additions of 0.2 cubic feet

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers of George A. Wiley (1931-1973), chemistry teacher at Syracuse University and a founder and executive director of the National Welfare Rights Organization, documenting his civil rights and anti-poverty activities, as well as his private life. His early civil rights work includes local and national involvement with the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). The majority of the collection documents his involvement with the National Welfare Rights Organization (1967-1973). The audio recordings include speeches by Martin Luther King Jr. (“I Have a Dream”), Bayard Rustin, Richard Cloward, Frances Piven, James Farmer, Dick Gregory, and others. Also includes photographs of African American living conditions.

Note:

There is a restriction on access to and use of this material; see the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00324

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