Irving Ferman Records, 1948-1959
Series 1, Irving Ferman Records, 1948-1959, documents Irving Ferman's tenure as director of the ACLU's Washington, D.C. Office. Also included in this series is the correspondence from 1951 of two staff employees, Mary Alice Baldinger and Faiga Levine, which deals primarily with administrative matters.
No arrangement action taken or arrangement information not recorded at the time of processing.
Correspondence, 1951-1955
Correspondence, 1955-1958
Correspondence, 1958
Committee Matter, 1956-1958
Annual Report, 1952-1953
General, 1952-1953
General, 1952-1957
Censorship, 1952-1958
Books: U.S. v. Gichner, 1958
Radio TV: F.C.C., 1956-1958
Radio TV: UHF and VHF, 1953-1955
Church State, 1953-1958
Misc.: Protestants and Other Americans United for Separation of Church and State, 1956-1958
Civil Rights, 1953-1959
General, 1955-1958
Bricker Amendment, 1953-1957
Court Proceedings, 1956
Employment, 1956-1959
Equal Rights Amendment, 1953-1957
Public Accommodations, 1956
Double Jeopardy: Hodge, George, 1955
Juvenile Delinquents, 1956
Supreme Court Cases, 1952-1959
Education, 1957-1958
Federal Agencies, 1953-1958
Federal Commission on Arts, 1955
F.C.C.: McVey v. F.C.C., 1956
Misc.: Press Releases, 1958
Freedom of Movement, 1952-1958
Deportation: Wen Hwa Yu, 1958
Detention of Aliens, 1955
Passports, 1955
Passports, 1952-1958
Passports, 1952-1958
Labor, 1952-1956
Legislation, 1953-1957
General, 1953-1957
HUAC: Kenyon, Dorothy, 1950
Misc, 1954-1956
U.S. v. Lattimore, 1952-1955
Polygamy, 1955
Loyalty/Security, 1948-1965
General, 1956
Attorney General's List, 1954
Communism in ACLU, 1948-1954
Federal Employees, 1951-1958
Guilt by Association: Notes, 1958
Lie Detectors: U.S. Army, 1955
Loyalty Oaths: Lorwin, Val, 1954
Miscellaneous, 1955-1957
Correspondence, 1957
Misc, 1954, 1959, 1965
Pound, Ezra, 1955-1958
U.S. Territories, 1952-1959
Correspondence, 1953-1959
Pacific Islands: Okinawa, 1955-1956
Pacific Islands: Okinawa, 1957
Reports, 1952
Lawrence Speiser Records, 1951-1970
Series 2, Lawrence Speiser Records, 1951-1970, relates to his work in Washington, D.C. and also his work in San Francisco in connection with the National ACLU and the Northern California affiliate. Case files comprise the bulk of this series, with some cases filling several folders. Case files typically contain correspondence, briefs, drafts of pleadings, and research notes, and are interfiled with regular subject files. Case files from the early 1950s concern cases brought by Speiser in California regarding the illegality of requiring loyalty oaths by qualifiers of certain tax exemption status, including veterans and churches. Also included in this series is a folder of correspondence from 1968 to 1969 of Victoria Popkin, Assistant Director of the Washington Office.
No arrangement action taken or arrangement information not recorded at the time of processing.
Blau, Robert: Navy, 1961
Federal Public Records Law, 1965
Garrison, James, 1967-1968
NASA, 1965
Clergy and Laymen: Vietnam, 1968
Moratorium March, 1969
Vietnam Mobilization Day, 1967
Censorship, 1957-1970
Church State, 1961-1969
Church State, 1955-1967
Civil Rights, 1959-1969
Housing: Thodos Case, 1959-1960
Misc.: Poor People's Campaign, 1968
Misc.: U.S.O. in Alaska, 1964-1965
Voting Rights: Hall v. Beals, 1969
Court Proceedings, 1959-1969
Court Proceedings, 1959-1969
Coleman, Daniel L.: No Counsel, 1966
Gault Case: Juvenile, 1966
Gemmel, Athel: Counsel Denied, 1966
Hoy v. Michigan: Alcoholism, 1967
Lampe v. U.S., 1959-1962
Drugs, 1968
Roy v. California, 1968
Federal Agencies, 1959-1969
Department of Interior: Assembly & Public Protest: Dalrymple, G.B. and Lanphere, M.A., 1965
Peace Corps: Workers Dismissed, 1968
Curtis, Thomas: Criticism, 1961-1965
HUAC, 1961-1965
HUAC: Hartman v. U.S., 1960-1961
Pauling v. Eastland: Briefs, 1960
Powell, Adam Clayton, 1967-1969
Reapportionment, 1965
Legislature, 1961-1964
Letters with Congressmen, 1961-1964
Loyalty/Security, 1952-1969
Loyalty Oaths: Tax Exemption, 1953-1955
Misc.: Gojack v. U.S., 1960
Misc.: Harrison v. McNamara, 1962-1963
Misc.: Martin Case, 1967
Misc.: Otepka, Otto, 1967-1969
Misc.: U.S. v. Gruman, 1962
Misc.: U.S. v. Shelton, 1962
Misc.: U.S. v. Whitman, 1962
Misc.: Zar, Howard, 1965
Military Justice, 1955-1970
Misc, 1955-1959
Civil Rights: Lynn, Edward R, 1967
Misc.: Moore v. U.S. Army, 1962-1963
Miscellaneous, 1959-1969
Civil Disorders, 1968
Florina Lasker Fellows, 1959
Law Day Article, 1963-1964
Motorcycle Helmets, 1967
Psychiatrist Privilege Breach, 1960
Right Wing Groups, 1959-1962
Santa Barbara v. Malley, 1969
Speiser Speaking Tour: Arizona, 1965
Speiser Speaking Tour: Indiana, 1965
Speiser Speaking Tour: Iowa, 1965
Speiser Speaking Tour: Kansas, 1965
Speiser Speaking Tour: Utah, 1965
Native Americans, 1964
Indian Affairs Committee, 1964
Prisoner Mail, 1961-1962
Misc, 1961-1962
U.S. v. F.C.C., 1966-1967
ITT and ABC, 1967
ITT and ABC: Official Report, 1967
ITT and ABC: Official Report, 1967
ITT and ABC: Official Report, 1967
ITT and ABC: Official Report, 1967
ITT and ABC: Briefs, 1967
ITT and ABC: Correspondence, 1966-1967
U.S. Territories, 1960
Voting Rights, 1960-1966
Literacy Tests, 1962
Poll Tax: Correspondence, 1965
Reapportionment, 1965
- Scope and Contents
Material in the two series includes correspondence, memoranda, telegrams, reports, legal briefs and pleadings, testimony, press releases, publications, and magazine and newspaper clippings. Series 1, Irving Ferman Records, contains more administrative documents than does Series 2, Lawrence Speiser Records, which consists largely of case files. Speiser's records also contain files that pre-date his position as director of the Washington, D.C. Office.
Both series contain similar headings and subheadings. For example, in each series the censorship heading has subheadings for "Books" (which includes books, magazines, journals and newspapers), "Radio/TV" (including licensing as well as programming restrictions), and "Post Office," while in each series the "Federal Agencies" heading is subdivided by executive office department, and the "Court Proceedings" headings document due process issues and are broken down by case name.
Throughout both series there is correspondence to and from members of Congress and their staffs and with various federal agencies.
- Arrangement
Organized into the following series:
These series represent the work of the two directors of the Washington, D.C. Office in the 1950s and 1960s. They are arranged alphabetically by subject or format, and items are generally arranged chronologically within folders. For the most part the subject headings represent civil liberties issues, however the Ferman Series contains a large "Correspondence" heading which encompasses general correspondence, and both series contain a "Miscellaneous" heading.
- Collection Creator Biography:
American civil liberties union
The ACLU is the preeminent civil liberties organization in the United States. The ACLU describes itself as "our nation's guardian of liberty, working daily in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country." Since its inception in 1920, the ACLU has played a part in nearly every significant American social or political issue in the 20th century. This includes important work in the areas of civil rights, children and women's rights, freedom of speech (and all First Amendment questions), and due process, among many others.
For a more detailed history of the ACLU, please see the history in the finding aid for the processed portion of the ACLU Records.
- Acquisition:
These records were generated by the staff of the Washington, D.C. Office of the ACLU in 1974 . They were transferred to the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, with small additions in subsequent years.
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by Tom Rosko in Spring 1995. Finding aid written by Tom Rosko in Spring 1995.
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Collection is open for research use.
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- Credit this material:
American Civil Liberties Union Washington, D.C. Office Records; Public Policy Papers, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/cc08hf62p
- Location:
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Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library65 Olden StreetPrinceton, NJ 08540, USA
- Storage Note:
- Mudd Manuscript Library (scamudd): Box 1-35
- Subject Terms:
- Anti-Communist movements -- United States -- 20th century.
Assembly, Right of -- United States -- 20th century.
Capital punishment -- United States -- 20th century.
Censorship -- United States -- 20th century.
Citizen suits (Civil procedure) -- United States -- 20th century.
Civil rights -- United States -- 20th century.
Civil rights -- United States -- California -- 20th century.
Conscientious objectors -- United States -- 20th century.
Draft resisters -- United States -- 20th century.
Due process of law -- United States -- 20th century.
Freedom of association -- United States -- 20th century.
Freedom of movement -- United States -- 20th century.
Freedom of religion -- United States -- 20th century.
Freedom of speech -- United States -- 20th century.
Freedom of speech -- United States -- Officials and employees -- 20th century.
Law -- United States -- Cases -- 20th century.
Loyalty oaths -- United States -- 20th century.
Mentally ill -- United States -- 20th century.
Monopolies -- United States -- 20th century.
Noncitizens -- United States -- Civil rights -- 20th century.
Police power -- United States -- 20th century.
Political rights -- United States -- 20th century. - Genre Terms:
- Clippings.
Correspondence
Legal correspondence, American -- 20th century.
Legal documents -- United States -- 20th century.
Press releases. - Names:
- American broadcasting company
International telephone and telegraph corporation
Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 (1884-1981)
Bricker, John W. (John William), 1893-1936
Dulles, John Foster (1888-1959)
Ferman, Irving
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997.
Lattimore, Owen, 1900-1989
Levy, Herbert Monte, 1923-
Miller, Henry, 1891-1980.
Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972.
Reitman, Alan
Speiser, Lawrence, 1923-1991