Summary Information

Title: National Committee Against Repressive Legislation Records
Inclusive Dates: 1948-2003

Creator:

• National Committee Against Repressive Legislation

Call Number: Mss 558; Micro 758; Audio 808A; PH Mss 558; M81-609; M86-006; M87-333; M88-087; M90-017; M91-207; M92-045; M93-104; M94-307; M96-071; M97-026; M97-189; M98-123; M2001-164; M2002-182; M2004-211; M2007-071; M2010-002

Quantity: 26.2 c.f. (66 archives boxes), 3 reels of microfilm (35 mm), 2 tape recordings, 23 photographs, and 13 pieces of ephemera; plus additions of 114.3 c.f., 44 tape recordings, 67 photographs, 5 negatives, and 2 transparencies

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:

Records of the National Committee Against Repressive Legislation (NCARL), a national political organization founded in 1960 as the National Committee to Abolish the House Un-American Activities Committee by Alexander Meiklejohn, Aubrey Williams, and others to work for the abolition of HUAC and other congressional and state investigating committees and to defend civil liberties from repressive legislation. In 1976, the organization was renamed the National Committee Against Repressive Legislation. The collection contains extensive documentation on the case of (executive director Frank) Wilkinson v. FBI, as well as information on NCARL's interaction with other organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Southern Conference Educational Fund (SCEF); NCARL's regional offices; and concerned individuals, including Carl and Anne Braden and Robert Drinan.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00558

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