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Kenneth A. Galdston papers (MS.2011.002)

Brown University Library

Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: Manuscripts: 401-863-3723; University Archives: 401-863-2148
Email: Manuscripts: hay@brown.edu; University Archives: archives@brown.edu

Inventory

Series I. Organizations, 1971-1978

Subseries 1. The Midway Organization, 1971-1973

Container Description Date
Box 1 Activities - Youth

Names:
Midway Organization.

 1971-1973

Subseries 2. United Citizens Organization, 1976-1978

Container Description Date
Box 2 All Saints Parish - Sponsoring Committee for a Citizens' Organization
 1976-1978
Box 3 Sponsoring Committee for a Citizens' Organization - West Side Churches & Institutions
Contents Note: Includes meeting minutes and reports.
 1976-1978

Series II. Community organizing, circa 1962-1996

Container Description Date
Box 4 Background Information on the Malcolm X Liberation University - Youth Program
Contents Note: Includes handbooks, leaflets, manuals, pamphlets, and clippings related to community organizing.
 1957-2001

Series III. Education, 1964-1968

Container Description Date
Box 5 Academic schedules - Volunteering
Contents Note: Includes notes and papers related to undergraduate course work at Brown University as well as a range of materials related to Galdston's involvement in various athletic, political, and social organizations.
 1964-1968

Series IV. Publications, circa 1956-1978

Container Description Date
Box 6 Action news - Working papers for a new society
Contents Note: A range of periodicals including popular magazines and newspapers, Brown University publications, and labor and organizing journals.
 1956-1978
Box 7 Clippings and printed ephemera

Series V. Additions, 1966-2011

Subseries 1. February 2012 accession

Container Description Date
Box 8 Appointment books
Contents Note: 4 volumes.
 1972-1975
Box 8 Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council
 1972-1973
Box 8 Boyer, Brian, Cities Destroyed for Cash - Galley Proof
 1973
Box 8 Bumper sticker - "Nordeast is Beautiful"
Contents Note: 9 copies.
Box 8 Calumet Community Congress - 2nd Annual Congress
 1971
Box 8 Citizens Action Program - CAP Congress of Community Organizations, Ad Book
 1974
Box 8 Citizens Action Program - 3rd Annual Convention
 1973
Box 8 Clear Ridge Baseball for Boys - 18th Annual Dance
 1973
Box 8 FIGHT vs. Kodak
 1966-1967
Box 8 Massachusetts Fair Share
Contents Note: Handwritten notes.
 1978-1979
Box 8 Massachusetts Fair Share - publications
 1979
Box 8 Metropolitan Senior Federation - 3rd Annual Convention
 1974
Box 8 The Midway Organization, Fiesta Mexicana
 1973
Box 8 The Midway Organization - 1st Annual Convention
 1971
Box 8 The Midway Organization - 2nd Annual Convention
Contents Note: Handwritten notes.
 1972
Box 8 The Midway Organization - 3rd Annual Convention
 1971-1973
Box 8 Milwaukee East Organizing Committee - 1st Annual Convention
 1972
Box 8 Minnesota Official Highway Map
 1974
Box 8 South Minneapolis Coalition - 2nd Annual Convention
 1974
Box 8 Southwest Community Congress - 5th Annual Community Convention
 1973
Box 8 St. Francis Xavier R.C. Church - Wall calendar
 1978
Box 8 Stoyle, Sandra - A History of Poland and the Resulting "Polonia" in Buffalo
 1976
Box 8 Twin Cities Organization, Good Times Dance
 1975
Box 8 United Handicapped Federation, 1st Annual Convention
 1974
Box 8 The West Side Church and Community Study, Regional Church Planning
 1966

Subseries 2. December 2012 accession

Container Description Date
Box 9-10 Community organizing subject files
Box 11 Calendars and notebooks
Contents Note: Schedules, weekly goals, meeting notes, and various lists and agendas. Materials include three calendars (1989, 2000, 2001), 22 spiral notebooks (1999-2002), 27 5.5 inch X 8.5 inch notepads (1989-1992), 17 legal notepads (1990-1992, 2001-2002).
 circa 1986-2002
Box 12 Daily cards
Contents Note: Various notes, lists, and quotations on 4X6 note cards.
 1975-1977 (bulk undated)

Subseries 3. May 2013 accession

Container Description Date
Box 13 Plant closings in Youngstown, Ohio
Box 13 Magazine articles about organizing
 1979
Box 13 Midwest Academy
Box 13 MASS Fair Share
 1979
Box 13 MASS Fair Share
 1979-1980
Box 13 Worker self-management structures
 1979
Box 13 Labor unions
 1978-1979
Box 13 Teacher course materials, SUNY at Stonybrook
Box 13 Documentary films
Box 13 Freelance research
Box 13 United Valley Interfaith Project (UVIP)
 2003-2010
Box 13 Economic conferences
Box 14 Naugatuck Valley Project (NVP)
Box 15 Merrimack Valley Project (MVP)
 1992-2008
Box 15 Pioneer Valley Project (PVP)
 2001-2008
Box 15 Rhode Island Organizing Project (RIOP)
 2001-2011
Box 16 Love Canal research
 1978-1979
Box 16 Union Theological Seminary
Box 16 Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Union Workers / AFL-CIO binder (related to Coalition to Save Jobs)
Box 17 Kennebec Valley Organization (KVOP)
 2003-2011
Box 17 Granite State Organizing Project (GSOP), [previously known as New Hampshire Inter Valley Project (NHIVP)]
 2001-2011
Box 18 Granite State Organizing Project (GSOP)
 2001-2002
Box 18 New Hampshire Inter Valley Project (NHIVP)
Box 18 Coalition to Save Jobs
 1979-1980
Box 18 Campaign for Tax Justice
Box 19 Naugatuck Valley Project (NVP)
 2002-2011

April 2015 accession

Container Description Date
Box 20 InterValley Project (IVP) Member Organizations, A-M
Box 21 InterValley Project (IVP) Member Organizations, N-Z
Box 22 InterValley Project (IVP) Research files
Box 23 InterValley Project (IVP) Leadership Institutes
Box 24 InterValley Project (IVP) Allied Organizations
Box 25 InterValley Project (IVP) Groups
Box 26 Reports from Resource groups
Box 22 Long Island organizing and letters
 1978-1979
Box 24 Ken Galdston steno pad notes
 2002-2008
Box 26 Ken Galdston steno pad notes
 2003-2012
Box 27 Ken Galdston steno pad notes
 1983, 2003-2011