Marie Runyon Papers, 1955-2008

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Series II: Other Political Activism, 1955-2002

Series II documents Runyon's professional work with various national organizations for which she was on staff in the 1960s-1980s. These include the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy, the National Conference for New Politics, and the Committee to Defend the Panthers. Later files cover consultant work Runyon did for local groups in the 1990s and 2000s, mostly doing fundraising and other writing and editing. Her papers include correspondence, flyers, financial documentation, publications, and event materials from these organizations. There are also some publications, documents, newspaper clippings, and photographs from causes and events Runyon participated in, such as the March on Washington in 1963 and resistance to the Vietnam War.



Box 9 Folder 21 Alianza Dominicana, 1999



Box 1 Folder 13 American Civil Liberties Union, Membership Department, 1955-1963


Box 1 Folder 2 Berrigan Defense Committee, 1971



Box 4 Folder 26 Rally for the Boston Five, 1968



Box 1 Folder 9 Coffin, 1968-1969


Box 1 Folder 11 Correspondence, Chicago Seven, 1969-1970


Box 1 Folder 10 Citizens' League to End All Nuclear Pollution, 1970



Box 2 Folder 1 Committee to Defend the Conspiracy, 1964-1969



Box 1 Folder 5-6 Committee to Defend the Panthers, 1970


Box 1 Folder 8 Panthers, 1970


Box 1 Folder 7 Panther Financial Reports, 1970



Box 4 Folder 25 Black Panthers, 1970-1975



Box 1 Folder 14 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, 1963



Box 9 Folder 23 Margarita Lopez, 2000



Box 1 Folder 3 National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy - Spock dispute, 1966-1967


Box 1 Folder 4 National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy, 1967



Box 4 Folder 30 Money Due Spock, 1967-1968



Box 7 Folder 38 National Conference for New Politics, 1967



Box 1 Folder 15 Mimeo-Chrono, National Council for New Politics, 1967



Box 4 Folder 27-29 National Conference for New Politics, 1967


Box 4 Folder 31 Mimeo'd Materials-Chrono, National Conference for New Politics, 1967


Box 4 Folder 33 National Conference for New Politics, 1967


Box 4 Folder 34 Reply-O Current, National Conference for New Politics, 1967


Box 4 Folder 35 Membership-Conversion to, National Conference for New Politics, 1967



Box 6 Folder 28 Press Releases, National Conference for New Politics, 1967


Box 6 Folder 30 Chrono-Correspondence, National Conference for New Politics, 1967


Box 6 Folder 31 Financial Reports, National Conference for New Politics, 1967


Box 6 Folder 33 Marty Peretz, 1967



Box 4 Folder 32 Pending Financial Settlements, National Conference for New Politics,, 1968



Box 6 Folder 29 "New Politics 1968," Michigan New Politics Party, 1968


Box 6 Folder 32 Development Communications, National Conference for New Politics, 1968



Box 9 Folder 22 Not in Our Name, 2002



Box 1 Folder 12 Southern Conference Educational Fund, 1967-1970



Box 4 Folder 36 Investigation of Students for a Democratic Society Hearings, 1970



Box 1 Folder 1 Clippings, Vietnam, 1965-1968