Marie Runyon Papers, 1955-2008

Summary Information

Abstract

Marie Runyon was an activist and former New York State legislator. Born in North Carolina in 1915, she moved to Morningside Heights and in 1963 began a decades long fight against Columbia University over its real estate practices and expansion in the neighborhood. Runyon founded the Morningside Tenants Committee as well as other tenants' organizations, and she brought a number of cases to court to prevent her eviction from her apartment at 130 Morningside Drive. She also worked for many political and service organizations throughout her career.

At a Glance

Call No.:

UA#0035

Bib ID:

6606156 View CLIO record

Creator(s):

Runyon, Marie M

Repository:

Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Physical Description:

14 linear feet (10 record cartons and two map case drawers of oversize materials)

Language(s):

English .

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Description

Scope and Content

The collection contains the papers of Marie Runyon, relating to her tenant organizing and fight against Columbia's expansion in Morningside Heights as well as to her other political work and personal life. About half of the materials document her work in housing activism with flyers, minutes, and notes from the various tenants' associations that Runyon helped to create. The collection also includes records of national and local non-profit organizations for which Runyon worked between 1960 and 2000, including legislative documents and campaign materials from her two years in the New York State Assembly in 1975-1976. There are also handwritten notes and correspondence documenting her management of these organizations. Her papers include correspondence with various Columbia University presidents, clippings from newspaper articles about the university, and flyers from student organizing during the 1968 student protests.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in 5 series.

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This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

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Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Marie Runyon Papers; Box and Folder; University Archives, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Related Material

Morningside Area Alliance Records: This collection documents the work of Morningside Heights, Inc., an organization founded by fourteen Morningside Heights institutions, including Columbia University The alliance was connected to Columbia's expansion efforts and intervention in neighborhood organizations and schools.

University Protest and Activism Collection: This collection documents the Columbia University student strikes of 1968, in which Marie Runyon participated.

Accruals

Materials have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact uarchives@columbia.edu for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The Marie Runyon Papers were the gift of Marie Runyon to the University Archives. 8 record cartons were acquired in 2004 and 2 additional record cartons were acquired in 2008.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Rachel Klepper and Kate Caiazza. Finding aid written by Rachel Klepper in June 2018.

The 8 boxes from the 2004 accession were partially processed by Kate Caiazza in 2004. The processing work was not extensively documented but it may have involved some rearrangement of folders by subject. A container list with folder dates was created, which was used in writing the finding aid.

Most folders in the collection had titles upon their arrival, which were retained. Some material in boxes 6 and 10 were loose in boxes upon arrival. Those materials were placed in folders by subject and supplied with titles.

Revision Description

2018-08-08 File created.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Biographical Note

Marie Runyon was an activist and former New York State legislator, 1975-1976. Born in North Carolina in 1915, she moved to New York City after college and soon rented an apartment with her daughter in Morningside Heights. The apartment, at 130 Morningside Drive, was owned by the Columbia College of Pharmacy and later Columbia University. In 1963 the College of Pharmacy sought to evict tenants to renovate and develop a new home for the college, and Runyon began a decades long fight against the university. She frequently withheld rent when her apartment needed repairs and brought a number of court cases against Columbia on behalf of herself and the other tenants.

She created the Morningside Tenants Committee to represent tenants in her building as well as the Columbia Tenants Union to organize those living in other university owned housing in the neighborhood. Runyon was also active on numerous national political issues, having worked at the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy, and the National Conference for New Politics. She also participated in the 1968 student protests against Columbia University, focusing on its role in the Vietnam War, its real estate practices, and the building of a new gym in Morningside Park, among other issues. In the 1970s Runyon began working as a fundraising consultant for local organizations. She also helped to start two Harlem based organizations focused on housing and education, the Harlem Restoration Project and the Harlem Council of Elders and also worked with Harlem's Emmaus House.

In 1974 she successfully ran for the New York State Assembly where she served as a Democrat for two years representing Harlem. She lost reelection in the Democratic primary in 1976, at which point she returned to her activism and fundraising work. Runyon died October 7, 2018.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Administrative records
Clippings (Information Artifacts)
Correspondence
Notes (documents)
minutes (administrative records)
Name
Columbia University
Runyon, Marie M
Place
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Morningside Heights (New York, N.Y.)
Subject
Columbia University -- History
Housing -- New York (State) -- New York
Political activists
Student movements
Tenants' associations -- New York (State) -- New York

Series I: Tenant Activism and Columbia University, 1960-2001

Series I contains files documenting Runyon's court cases against Columbia, her other interactions with the university, and her tenant organizing in Morningside Heights. It includes correspondence with Columbia administrators, legal documents, records of her properties and minutes, handwritten notes, and flyers from a number of tenant organizations. Many of the files relate to Morningside Tenants Committee, which Runyon started with other residents of 130 Morningside Drive to protest the takeover of the building by the Columbia College of Pharmacy, and which continued its activism against University expansion in the neighborhood after the building was bought by Columbia. Other tenant associations and organizations documented in the series include: Columbia Tenants Union, Morningside "Open-Stairs" Tenants Association, the Institutional Tenants Union, and Morningside Renewal Council, among others. Other documents relate to individual tenants whom she helped bring cases to housing court or deal with other issues. There are two drawers of posters from protests of tenant associations against Columbia. This series also contains Runyon's files on the 1968 Columbia student protests, in which she participated and followed carefully.

Box 1 Folder 16

Lawsuit, 130 Morningside Drive, 1972

Box 1 Folder 17

1980 Witholding Case, 1980-1981

Box 1 Folder 18

Apartment 6C, 130 Morningside Drive, 1966-1980

Box 1 Folder 19

Episcopalians for the Poor, 1970

Box 1 Folder 20

Children's Mansion, 1974

Box 1 Folder 21

Apartment 6C, Complaints and Renovations, 1981-1990

Box 1 Folder 22

130, Complaints to City and to Landlord, 1966-1982

Box 1 Folder 23

Harassment, Repairs, 1977-1980

Box 1 Folder 24

Morningside Tenants Committee, 1985-1986

Box 1 Folder 25

Cancelled rent checks, 1986-1987

Box 1 Folder 41

Marie Runyon lawsuit, 1963-1965

Box 1 Folder 42

Rent Impairment Violations, undated

Box 2 Folder 4

Morningside Tenants Federation, 1983-1985

Box 2 Folder 5

Morningside Six - B. Rosenstein, 1963-1985

Box 2 Folder 6

Congressman William F. Ryan, correspondence, 1964-1972

Box 2 Folder 7

Morningside House, 1966

Box 2 Folder 8

Morningsiders United, 1965-1970

Box 2 Folder 9

6C, 111th and 112th and Amsterdam Ave. Tenants Association, 1970

Box 2 Folder 10

Morningside Heights - 121st Amsterdam Block Association - the First Org,, 1963

Box 2 Folder 11

Morningside/121s St. Tenants Committee/Pharmacy Site, 1960-1963

Box 2 Folder 12

Press Releases, 1963-1973

Box 2 Folder 13

Lists (tenant groups, etc.), undated

Box 2 Folder 14

Morningside Open Stairs Tenants Association/Jewish Theological Seminary, 1967-1971

Box 2 Folder 15

Morningside Tenants Committee, 1971-1979

Box 2 Folder 16

Morningside Tenants Committee - Mourn In, 1967

Box 2 Folder 17

Morningside Tenants Committee - Municipal Loan, 1971

Box 2 Folder 18

Morningside Tenants Committee Minutes, 1963-1975

Box 2 Folder 19

Morningside Renewal Committee, Area II Committee - notes, 1972-1973

Box 2 Folder 20

Morningside Renewal Council, 1969-1970

Box 2 Folder 21

Morningside Renewal Council Minutes, 1971-1977

Box 2 Folder 22

Morningside Renewal Council, 1967-1975

Box 2 Folder 23

Columbia Students, 1996

Box 2 Folder 24

Squatters, 1970

Box 2 Folder 25

Morningside Tenants Committee, Squatting, 1970-1971

Box 2 Folder 26

Pharmacy Site Publications, 1963

Box 2 Folder 27

Pharmacy Site Clippings (History), 1971-1973

Box 2 Folder 28

Pharmacy Site Chronology, undated

Box 2 Folder 29

Housing and Development Authority, Hts and Valley Community Services,, 1968

Box 2 Folder 30

Community Relations Committee, Grant-Manhattanville-Morningside Area,, 1973-1974

Box 2 Folder 31

Institutional Tenants Union, 1971

Box 2 Folder 32

Emergency Committee of Morningsiders, undated

Box 2 Folder 33

Morningside Citizen Coalition, 1971

Box 2 Folder 34

Letters to the Editor, New York Times, 1964-1986

Box 2 Folder 35

Gym in the Park, 1983

Box 2 Folder 36

Morningside Park, 1969-1987

Box 2 Folder 37

Council for Parks and Playgrounds, undated

Box 2 Folder 38

West Harlem, Morningside Park, 1967

Box 2 Folder 39

Harlem, Miscellaneous, 1968-1990

Box 2 Folder 40

Community Association of the East Harlem Triangle, undated

Box 2 Folder 41

The Village Vigil, 1963

Box 2 Folder 42

Community Escort Service, undated

Box 2 Folder 43

Westside Community Council, undated

Box 2 Folder 44-45

Metropolitan Council on Housing, 1969-1971

Box 2 Folder 46

Clippings, Protests, 1968-1970

Box 2 Folder 47

Demonstration Guidelines, 1971

Box 2 Folder 48

Housing Leaflets Samples, 1971

Box 2 Folder 49

CeeCee Garage, 1973-1975

Box 2 Folder 50

Sewage Plant, 1969-1970

Box 2 Folder 51

Westway, 1971

Box 2 Folder 52

Riverside Democrats, Inc., 1976

Box 2 Folder 53

Republicans, undated

Box 2 Folder 54

New York Civil Liberties Union, 1983

Box 2 Folder 55

Housing Clippings, 1969-1982

Box 2 Folder 56

City Rent Policies, 1974-1975

Box 2 Folder 57

New York City Housing Authority, 1968

Box 2 Folder 58

New York City (Clippings), 1966-1990

Box 2 Folder 59

Clippings, New York Real Estate, 1971-1982

Box 2 Folder 60

Morningside Sun, 1969-1971

Box 2 Folder 61

Chrono, Correspondence Relating to 130 Morningside Drive, 1969-1972

Box 2 Folder 62

Columbia University Community and Housing Policies, 1969-1988

Box 3 Folder 1

Columbia University Dormitories, 1978

Box 3 Folder 2

Pharmacy Site Evictions, 1971-1972

Box 3 Folder 3

University Senate Panel on Housing and Rental Policy, 1983

Box 3 Folder 4

"Who Rules Columbia," North American Congress on Latin Affairs, undated

Box 3 Folder 5

Columbia University Administration and the Tenants Associations, 1966-1973

Box 3 Folder 6

Columbia University Trustees - Info, 1973

Box 3 Folder 7

Tenant Evictions, 1964-1977

Box 3 Folder 8

Letter Regarding Defamation Lawsuit, 1973

Box 3 Folder 9

Morningside Open Stairs Tenants Association, 1965-1975

Box 3 Folder 10

Assemblyman's Letters - Eviction of Lucille Gaspar, 1975

Box 3 Folder 11

Morningsiders United, 1964-1972

Box 3 Folder 12

Minutes (Westsiders United), 1977-1979

Box 3 Folder 13

Westsiders United Newsletter, 1977-1978

Box 3 Folder 14

Songbook, undated

Box 3 Folder 15

Columbia University, St. John's and Morningside Heights, undated

Box 3 Folder 16

Pharmacy - Redevelopment, undated

Box 3 Folder 17

Housing for all Federation, 1986

Box 3 Folder 18

Teachers College Tenants, 1968-1971

Box 3 Folder 19

Morningside Renewal Council, Meeting Notes, 1971-1978

Box 3 Folder 20

Cathedral Parkway Urban Renewal Area, 1968

Box 3 Folder 31

Lawsuit Brief, Marie Runyon v. The City of New York, undated

Box 4 Folder 1

Various Legal Cases, 1972-1980

Box 4 Folder 2

Morningside Heights Inc. Research Committee, 1972

Box 4 Folder 3

Flyer for Talks Regarding Nicaragua and Grenada, undated

Box 4 Folder 4

The Morningside Sentinel, No. 2, 1966

Box 4 Folder 5

"The Housing of Relocated Families," by Chester Hartman, undated

Box 4 Folder 6

Columbia Tenants Union, 1973-1976

Box 4 Folder 7

Progressive Labor Party, 1973

Box 4 Folder 8

Research in Daily Life, Inc., 1971-1972

Box 4 Folder 9

Morningside House, 1970

Box 4 Folder 10

Riverside Church, 1978

Box 4 Folder 11

The Morningside Citizen, 1962

Box 4 Folder 12

"Housing and Economic Reality: New York City,", 1976

Box 4 Folder 13

Institutional Tenants Union, 1962-1981

Box 4 Folder 14

Morningside-121st-Amsterdam Block Association, 1962-1963

Box 4 Folder 15

"The 125th Street Garage Controversy,", 1978

Box 4 Folder 16

P.S. 36, 1974-1978

Notes and correspondence related to various Morningside Heights tenants

Box 4 Folder 17

Individuals, 1977-1978

Box 4 Folder 18

Eviction of Mary Ann and Bob Kasunic, 1970-1978

Box 4 Folder 21

Illustrations for Flyers and Posters, undated

Box 4 Folder 22

"Who Owns New York," Forbes, 1971

Box 4 Folder 24

"A Plan for Neighborhood Government," Mayor John Lindsay, 1970

Box 4 Folder 23

130 Morningside Drive, 1963-1983

Box 5 Folder 1

Rent and Rehabilitation Administration Hearing, 1964

Box 5 Folder 11

I.M. Pei, 1969-1984

Box 5 Folder 12

Trustees of Columbia v. M. Runyon, 1986-1987

Box 5 Folder 21

Engineers Report, 130 Morningside Drive, 1978

Box 5 Folder 22

Floor refinishing, undated

Box 5 Folder 25

Furniture refinishing, undated

Box 5 Folder 30

130 Morningside Drive, Rent Issues, 1987

Box 5 Folder 31

Rent Pay, 130 Morningside Drive, 1982-1989

Box 5 Folder 32-35

Trustees of Columbia v. M. Runyon, 1980-1984

Box 5 Folder 36

Masters of Resource File of Morningside Tenant's Committee, 1971

Box 5 Folder 37

Clippings, Columbia and Housing Issues, 1967-1978

Box 5 Folder 38

Department of Buildings Application for Demolition or Removal, 140 Morningside Drive,, 1972-1979

Box 5 Folder 39

Correspondence with University and Others, 1963-1973

Box 5 Folder 40

Flyers, Columbia Expansion, 1964-1973

Box 5 Folder 41

Correspondence with Various Presidents of Columbia, 1964-1972

Box 5 Folder 42

Morningside Tenants Committee Material, 1965-1971

Box 6 Folder 1

130 Morningside Drive Court Case, 1962-1967

Box 6 Folder 2-3

Pharmacy Site, 1963-1973

Box 6 Folder 4

Lawsuits, Pharmacy Site, 1964-1965

Box 6 Folder 5

Morningside Tenants Committee, 1964-1965

Box 6 Folder 6

Tenant Associations, 1963-1966

Box 6 Folder 7

Building Maintenance, Morningside Heights, 1965-1972

Box 6 Folder 8

Morningside Tenants Committee Demonstration at Pharmacy Site, 1965

Box 6 Folder 9

Pharmacy Site, 1964-1979

Box 6 Folder 10

Rent Control, 130 Morningside Drive, 1960-1983

Box 6 Folder 11

Clippings, 130 Morningside Drive, undated

Box 6 Folder 12

130 Morningside Drive Co-op, 1973-1979

Box 6 Folder 13

Columbia University's Use of Municipal Loans for the Pharmacy Site,, 1971

Box 6 Folder 34

Morningside Tenants Committee, 1970-1971

Box 6 Folder 35

Columbia College of Pharmacy v. M. Runyon, 1960-1972

Box 6 Folder 36

Maintenance, 130 Morningside Drive, 1961-1974

Box 6 Folder 37-38

Morningside Tenants Committee Minutes, 1972-1973

Box 6 Folder 39

130 Morningside Drive, Apt. 6C, 1960-1980

Box 6 Folder 40

Columbia Students and Student Rebellion, 1968

Box 6 Folder 41

1968 Student Protest, 1968

Box 6 Folder 42

Gymnasium Site, 1967-1968

Box 6 Folder 43

Clippings, Student Protests, 1968

Box 6 Folder 44

Miscellaneous Materials Regarding the University, 1966-1978

Box 6 Folder 45

Columbia Tenants Union, 1973

Box 6 Folder 46

"Planning for Columbia University - An Interim Report,", 1969-1981

Box 6 Folder 47

Reactor, 1969-1970

Box 6 Folder 48-50

The Morningside Sun, Vol. 1, No. 1-3, 1969

Box 6 Folder 51

Clippings, 1964-1980

Box 6 Folder 52

For Updating Resource File, 1978-1983

Articles relating to Columbia evictions in Morningside Heights

Box 6 Folder 53

Westsiders United Eviction Protest, 1978

Box 6 Folder 54

Sovern, (Michael), 1980

Box 7 Folder 1

Trustees of Columbia v. Ian Lowson, 1979

Box 7 Folder 2

Columbia's Real Estate Holdings, 1966-1978

Box 7 Folder 3

Sovern Letters, 1980-1986

Box 7 Folder 4

Clippings, Columbia, 1963-1981

Box 7 Folder 5

Ronald Golden, undated

Box 7 Folder 6

Columbia University, I.M. Pei Plan, 1969

Box 7 Folder 7

McGill, (William), 1970-1973

Box 7 Folder 8

Cordier, Andrew, 1969-1970

Box 7 Folder 9

Piantodosi Plan, 1971

Box 7 Folder 10

Columbia Publications, 1967-1970

Box 7 Folder 11

Jewish Theological Seminary Occupations, 1969

Box 7 Folder 12

Jewish Tehological Seminary, 1970-1977

Box 7 Folder 13

Teachers College, 1966-1974

Box 7 Folder 14

East Campus, 1978-1980

Box 7 Folder 15

Bank Street Site, 1966

Box 7 Folder 16

Bryn Mawr Hotel, 1964-1965

Box 7 Folder 17

Nuclear Reactor, 1967-1969

Box 7 Folder 18

Columbia University Morningside Hotel - Eviction, 1973

Box 7 Folder 19

Columbia Univeristy - Carlton Arms, 1982-1983

Box 7 Folder 20

547 Fire, 1983

Box 7 Folder 21

Columbia Strike Publications, On and Off Campus, 1968

Box 7 Folder 22

Clippings, Student Rebellion, 1968-1969

Box 7 Folder 23

Barnard Clumbia Attica Brigade, undated

Box 7 Folder 24

Columbia Students, 1968

Box 7 Folder 25-26

Columbia Concerned Parents, 1968-1969

Box 7 Folder 27

Students, 1969

Box 7 Folder 28

Students for a Democratic Society, 1968-1971

Box 7 Folder 29

Columbia Tenants Union, undated

Box 7 Folder 30

Research in Daily Life, 1980

Box 7 Folder 32

Morningside Tenants Committee Notes, 1978-1983

Box 7 Folder 33

Occupancy Committee, 1969

Box 7 Folder 35

Flyers, undated

Box 9 Folder 24

George Rupp Coumbia President 1993, 1993-2001

Box 9 Folder 25

Community Impact, 1998

Box 9 Folder 26

Betty Vesga, 2000-2002

Box 9 Folder 27-28

Rosalyn Lycin, 1998-2002

Box 9 Folder 29

Peter Audrain, 2002-2003

Mapcase 14-UA-6 Folder 1

"SHAME! Columbia University EVICTS Long-term community resident after 20 years in her home!!" with photograph of smiling policeman and person carrying large box

Mapcase 14-UA-6 Folder 1

"500 vacant apartments in Morningside Heights. Let's get them rented!!!"

Mapcase 14-UA-6 Folder 2

"Where will University Expansion End?" (blue octopus encircling buildings)

Mapcase 14-UA-6 Folder 2

Mapcase 14-UA-6 Folder 3

"McGill Denies Us Due Process"

Mapcase 14-UA-6 Folder 3

"It's OUR Community!!! Don't let the institutions take it away!"

Box 14-UA-6 Folder 3

"Bank Street Tenants 604 W112 & 612 W112 Support Pharmacy Tenants"

Box 14-UA-6 Folder 4

"Columbia University & Wm. Bloor Make War on City's Poor"

Box 14-UA-6 Folder 4

"500 Vacancies Not for Rent!"

Box 14-UA-6 Folder 4

"Save Homes, Vertical Expansion Only!" (with painting of high-rise building)

Box 14-UA-6 Folder 5

"Empty Apt.s -- No Community!"

Box 14-UA-6 Folder 5

"Withhold Your Support from Ill-Planned Institutional Expansion" (with drawing of pointing hand)

Box 14-UA-6 Folder 5

"A dollar for Columbia is a dollar for our eviction"

Box 14-UA-6 Folder 6

"We Don't Want to Be Uprooted Again!" (with drawings of plants)

Box 14-UA-6 Folder 6

"Columbia College of Pharmacy Diploma Doctorate of Eviction" (with drawing of diploma)

Box 14-UA-6 Folder 6

"People not Pills!"

Box 14-UA-6 Folder 6

"We Are Six! Six! Six! Columbia College of Pharmacy wants to make us Sick! Sick! Sick!"

Box 14-UA-6 Folder 7

"We Fight to Save 1249 Amsterdam", 1249

Box 14-UA-6 Folder 7

"A Columbia Ghetto is a White Ghetto!"

Box 14-UA-6 Folder 7

"539 W. 112 St. 11 Vacancies, Owner, Columbia"

Box 14-UA-6 Folder 7

"509 W. 112th St. 4 Vacancies Inquire Columbia University"

Box 14-UA-6 Folder 8

Green collegiate octopus encircling buildings

Box 14-UA-6 Folder 9

"Metropolitan Council on Housing" against painted buildings

Box 14-UA-6 Folder 9

"West Harlem Community Organization"

Box 14-UA-6 Folder 9

"The Bryn Mawr Supports the evicted of Pharmacy"

Box 14-UA-6 Folder 10

"Rep. William F. Ryan: 'Pharmacy Should not more to Morningside Heights' 'I share your concern for tenants facing eviction by school'"

Box 14-UA-6 Folder 10

"Evictors: Columbia University, Bank St. School, St. Luke's Hospital, Jewish Theological Seminary, St. John the Divine. Which one will be YOURS?"

Box 14-UA-6 Folder 10

"FOR RENT Apartments Vacant!! Low Rents!! Desirable Neighborhood Apply: Morningside Heights Institutions" (within a yard sign drawing)

Box 14-UA-6 Folder 11

Blueprint of Morningside Heights with plastic overlay of land owned by Columbia University, Bank St. School, St. Luke's Hospital, Jewish Theological Seminary, St. John the Divine

Box 14-UA-6 Folder 12

"MOSTA"

Box 14-UA-6 Folder 12

"10,000 of our Neighbors… Gone Will YOU Be Next???" (with drawings of luggage)

Box 14-UA-6 Folder 12

"Evictors: Columbia University, Bank St. School, St. Luke's Hospital, Jewish Theological Seminary, St. John the Divine. Which one will be YOURS?"

Box 14-UA-6 Folder 13

"Morningsiders United" (painted red with yellow flowers)

Box 14-UA-6 Folder 13

"It's OUR Community Don't let the Institutions Take it Away"

Box 14-UA-6 Folder 13

"Jewish Seminary is Evicting Tenants from: 531 W 122 St, 540 W 123 St. Would Moses Approve?"

Box 14-UA-6 Folder 14

"510 W. 112 St. 11 Vacancies SHAME!! Episcopal Diocese"

Box 14-UA-6 Folder 14

"10,000 Have Lost Their Homes"

Box 14-UA-6 Folder 14

"118th Street Block Ass'n Protests Pharmacy Evictions"

Box 14-UA-6 Folder 15

"Herman Badillo y Senador Kennedy, Respaldan a Andrew Stein, Andrew Stein el democrata para el president del condado de Manhattan" (3 copies)

Box 14-UA-6 Folder 16

"Bank Street Tenants 604 W 112 & 612 W112 St. Support Pharmacy Tenants"

Box 14-UA-6 Folder 16

"April 23 -- Commencement! June 4 -- Commencement??" (with crossed out crown)

Box 14-UA-6 Folder 16

"We Support the Tenants of Pharmacy -- the St. Luke's Tenants"

Box 14-UA-6 Folder 16

"500 Vacant Apartments in Morningside Heights"

Box 14-UA-6 Folder 17

Painted pink "V," both sides, one with flowers

Box 14-UA-6 Folder 17

"April 23 -- Commencement! June 4 -- Commencement??"

Box 14-UA-6 Folder 17

"Bryn Mawr Tenants DEMAND Tenant's Rights"

Box 14-UA-6 Folder 17

"Columbia! Don't Throw Us to the Lions, Morningsiders United" (with lion drawing)

Box 14-UA-6 Folder 18

"Town Finally Wins One! Tenants Beat Pharmacy in Housing Fight." 1965 March 12, (2 copies), 1965

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 2

"We Fight to Save 130 Morningside"

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 2

"We Mourn for 1109 Amsterdam"

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 2

"We Mourn for 562 W. 113"

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 2

"We Mourn for 421 W. 121"

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 2

"We Mourn for 527 Riverside Drive"

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 2

"We Mourn for 435 W. 114"

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 2

"We Mourn for 508 W. 114"

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 2

"Mourn-In for the Dispossessed and for a Community Being Disintegrated"

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 2

"We Fight to Save 240 West 123rd"

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 2

"We Mourn for 430 W. 115"

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 2

"We Mourn for 500 W. 114"

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 2

"We Mourn for 542 W. 112"

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 2

"We Fight to Save 140 Morningside"

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 2

"We Fight to Save 1245 Amsterdam"

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 2

"We Mourn for 430 W. 118" (2 copies)

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 3

"We Fight to Save 610 West 112th"

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 3

"We Mourn for 606 W. 115"

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 3

"We Fight to Save 1253 Amsterdam"

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 3

"We Mourn for 418 W. 118"

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 3

"We Mourn for 420 W. 121"

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 3

"We Mourn for 501 W. 113"

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 3

"We Mourn for 1113 Amsterdam"

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 3

"We Mourn for 542 W. 112"

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 3

"We Mourn for 419 W. 121"

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 3

"We Mourn for 1088 Amsterdam"

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 3

"We Mourn for 616 W. 116"

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 3

"We Mourn for 539 W. 113"

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 3

"We Fight to Save 523 West 122nd"

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 4

"We Mourn for 1094 Amsterdam"

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 4

"We Mourn for 416 W. 118"

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 4

"We Fight to Save 604 West 112th"

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 4

"We Mourn for 620 W. 115"

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 4

"We Mourn for 522 W. 113"

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 4

"We Mourn for 1105 Amsterdam"

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 4

"We Mourn for 611 W. 114"

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 4

"We Mourn for 611 W. 113"

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 4

"We Mourn for 414 W. 118"

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 4

"We Mourn for 431 Riverside Drive"

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 5

"Rep. William F. Ryan: 'Pharmacy Should Not Move to Morningside Heights'"

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 5

"6 Year Fight. Buildings Stand -- Beautiful Apts." (with map of Morningside area)

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 5

"Give Back Park! Landscape Gym Site!" (with paintings of trees)

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 6

"111th 112th Street Amsterdam Block Ass'n Supports Pharmacy Tenants"

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 7

"Westsiders United for Tenant Unity" (by George Lowery)

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 8

"Westsiders United Harlem-Morningside Manhattan Valley Supports Tenant Power" (with logo by George Lowery)

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 9

"For a Fair and Unconcealed EXPANSION Plan"

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 9

"Come What May … We're Going to Stay!!!," (two signs, one with flower drawing)

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 10

"Morningside Tenants Committee" (with painted purple flowers)

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 10

"For Rent: Apartments Vacant! Low Rents! Apply: Morningside Hgts. Institutions" (on a yard sign drawing)

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 11

"College of Pharmacy: Rodents, Decreased Services, Harassment, No Heat" (with drawing of Rx mortar and pestle)

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 11

"Town Finally Wins One!" [Duplicates] (2 copies)

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 12

"Columbia College of Pharmacy Spring Session Bulletin: Rx 0.61 -- Decreasing Services -- Workshop, Rx 0.62 -- Harassing Techniques -- Advanced, Rx 0.63 -- Rats Infestment Techniques, Prerequisite -- Rx 0.61" opposite "Cleveland WSP Welcome!"

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 13

We Like It Here -- We Want to Stay!" opposite side in Chinese "我們要安居樂業!!!!"

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 13

"Release Keys to Empty Apartments" who drawing of key ring, opposite side "Spring Mobilization, Hello!"

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 13

Mapcase 14-UA-7 Folder 14

"Need an Apt.? Columbia College of Pharmacy has 50 Vacancies in Morningside Area"

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

Series III: New York State Legislature, 1973-1976

Series III consists of papers from Runyon's two campaigns for assemblywoman and the two years she served in the legislature. Campaign materials include correspondence with supporters and donors and flyers or other publications. During her second run for office, which she lost in the primary, some of Runyon's former proponents campaigned against her, writing a list of accusations which is documented, along with Runyon's responses, in box 5. Her legislative files include memos and copies of bills on housing and prison control.

Box 4 Folder 19

Legislative Materials, 1975

Box 3 Folder 21

Legislature Materials, 1975-1976

Box 3 Folder 22

A-3962-B Runyon, Memos, Legislature, 1975-1976

Box 3 Folder 23

(Reactor) Runyon A-12683, Reports, Legislature, 1976

Box 3 Folder 32

Reactor, 1970-1977

Box 3 Folder 24

11972 Runyon, 1976

Regarding prison terms

Box 3 Folder 25

11915 Runyon, 1976

Regarding parole contracts

Box 3 Folder 26

11971A Runyon, 1976

Regarding physical exams of prisoners

Box 3 Folder 28

A-3972-B Runyon, 1975-1976

Regarding Columbia University and Morningside Heights

Box 3 Folder 29

A-6225, 1975-1976

Regarding abolition of City Marshal

Box 3 Folder 30

Legislative Material Regarding City Marshals, 1975

Box 6 Folder 55

Legislative Notes, Emergency Tenant Protection Act, 1975

Box 3 Folder 33

Clippings Regarding Runyon, 1973-1975

Box 5 Folder 3

Assembly, 1975

Material relating to the Tenant Protection Act

Box 5 Folder 4

1974 Campaign, 1974

Box 14-UA-7 Folder 1

Campaign Posters, 1974

Box 3 Folder 27

Re-election Campaign, 1976

Box 5 Folder 2

Accusations Against Marie Runyon, circa 1976

Series IV: Harlem Organizations, 1978-2006

Series IV contains Runyon's records of work with three housing and education organizations in Harlem between the late 1980s and early 2000s: Emmaus House, Harlem Restoration Project, and the Harlem Council of Elders. While she helped to found the Harlem Restoration Project (HRP) and did a significant amount of work there, her records on HRP currently only comprise two files. There are more documents related to Emmaus House and the Harlem Council of Elders, including correspondence with other staff members and with supporters, event records, publications, and some financial documents.

Box 5 Folder 18

Division of Housing and Community Renewal Mess, Harlem Restoration Project, 1978, 1978

Box 7 Folder 36

Miscellaneous Materials, Harlem Restoration Project, 1984-1987

Box 5 Folder 26

Marie Runyon + Harlem Restoration Project, 1984-1988

Box 8 Folder 5

Emmaus - Clippings, 1965-1997

Box 8 Folder 15

Emmaus House, 1997

Box 8 Folder 21

David Crespo, 1997-1999

Box 8 Folder 9-10

Emmaus, 1998

Box 8 Folder 11

Emmaus - Appraisals, 1998

Box 8 Folder 1-2

Jonathan Osofsky, 1998-1999

Box 8 Folder 23

Bill Rabbat, 1998-1999

Box 8 Folder 3

Emmaus, 1999

Box 8 Folder 4

Emmaus - Finances, 1999

Box 8 Folder 6

Board Meetings - Notes, 1999

Box 8 Folder 7

Emmaus, May-June, 1999

Box 8 Folder 12

Emmaus Chrono, 1999

Box 8 Folder 16

Next Board Meeting, 1999

Box 8 Folder 17

For Board Meeting, 1999

Box 8 Folder 18

Father Pat, 1999

Box 8 Folder 19

Henry Senger (Smith Barney Funds), 1999

Box 8 Folder 20

Stipends, 1999

Box 8 Folder 22

Senior Meetings, 1999

Box 8 Folder 24

Karim Kasper, 1999

Box 8 Folder 28

Father David, 1999

Box 8 Folder 29

Core/NRL Meetings, 1999

Box 8 Folder 30

Emmaus House Arrangements, 1999

Box 8 Folder 8

Emmaus, Not For Profit Boards, circa 1990s

Box 8 Folder 13

Emmaus Morning Mediation, circa 1990s

Box 8 Folder 14

Emmaus Community Manual, circa 1990s

Box 8 Folder 27

Community Manual, circa 1990s

Box 8 Folder 25

Emmaus House, circa 1990s

Box 8 Folder 26

Intake Documents, circa 1990s

Box 8 Folder 31

Erling Rohde Legal Case, 1999-2000

Box 9 Folder 3

Council of Elders Personnel, 1993

Box 9 Folder 14

Council of Elders, 1993-1994

Box 9 Folder 10

Cameron - Money, 1994

Box 9 Folder 11

Cameron - Program, 1994

Box 9 Folder 13

Cameron - VIPs, 1994

Box 9 Folder 16

Cameron, 1994

Box 9 Folder 15

Cameron - Invitations, 1994

Box 9 Folder 19

Elders - Cameron, 1994

Box 9 Folder 17

Council of Elders, 1994-2000

Box 9 Folder 1

Elders '98, 1998

Box 9 Folder 5

MR 7A Resignation, 1998

Box 9 Folder 9

Ecumenical Community Development Organization, 1998

Box 9 Folder 7

Elders Fundraising, 1999-2000

Box 9 Folder 20

Elders, 1999-2001

Box 9 Folder 12

Leonard Peltier, 2000

Box 9 Folder 8

Elders - Letterhead, etc., 2000-2001

Box 9 Folder 4

Bill Pepper, 2001

Box 9 Folder 6

Elders 2001, 2001

Box 9 Folder 18

Manhattanville Post Office, 2005-2006

Box 9 Folder 2

Stella Steele, undated

Series V: Personal Material and Correspondence, 1960-2008

Series V includes Runyon's personal correspondence as well as files she maintained on subjects not related to her work or tenant activism. In many of the letters, Runyon described her work and activism in the community in addition to more personal topics. Correspondence with Runyon's daughter Louise is filed under her nickname, Weezie. Besides correspondence with family and friends, the miscellaneous correspondence folders also contain Runyon's letters to local and national politicians in which she expressed her opinions about policies and current events. Series V further documents Runyon's attention to current events through newspaper and magazine clippings. Letters and event records cover Runyon's association with Berea College, churches, and the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies. Also included are maps, travel records from a trip to Berlin, and a book of recipe clippings.

Box 6 Folder 15

Jonathan Sinagub, 1960-1983

Box 1 Folder 33

Receipts, Contracts, etc., 1963-1983

Box 7 Folder 37

Miscellaneous, 1963-1984

Box 3 Folder 35

Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1964

Box 1 Folder 28

Quotations, 1964-1987

Box 1 Folder 38

North American Congress on Latin America, 1965-1968

Box 1 Folder 29

Marie Runyon, Special Stuff, 1966-1989

Box 1 Folder 26

Correspondence, 1967-1990

Box 1 Folder 37

Mississippi, 1967-1990

Box 5 Folder 14-16

Personal Correspondence, 1968-1988

Box 7 Folder 34

Masters for Cestefax, 1969-1971

Box 7 Folder 31

Personnel, 1969-1989

Box 7 Folder 39

Runyon, Marie, Miscellaneous Materials, 1969-1991

Box 1 Folder 39

Film Forum Flyers, 1970s

Box 1 Folder 34

Berea, 1970

Box 6 Folder 23

Don Elliot, 1970

Box 3 Folder 34

Weezie, 1971

Box 1 Folder 40

Statement from Assemblyman Franz S. Leichter Regarding Penal Institutions,, 1973

Box 5 Folder 6

Blumenthal, Albert, 1975

Box 5 Folder 17

Death, 1975

Box 5 Folder 29

Commencement Speech - Ames Business School, 1975

Box 2 Folder 2

Clips, 1975-2003

Clippings regarding Marie Runyon

Box 10 Folder 14

Articles about Runyon, 1975-2007

Box 10 Folder 10

News Clippings, 1975-2008

Box 1 Folder 35

Universal Life Church, 1976

Box 6 Folder 20

Bill Worthy, 1976-1978

Box 1 Folder 31

Weezie, 1977

Box 5 Folder 9

Christmas Letters, 1977-1986

Box 5 Folder 5

Bats - Personal, 1979

Box 6 Folder 16

Elaine Solow, 1979-1983

Box 5 Folder 8

Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1979-1988

Box 6 Folder 14

Dottie Shields, 1983

Box 6 Folder 17

Suzanne + Jonathan Phillips, 1983

Box 5 Folder 23

Form Letters, 1983-1987

Box 6 Folder 27

Koch, Edward, 1984

Box 6 Folder 19

Ann White, 1985

Box 6 Folder 22

Kim Bobo, 1985

Box 6 Folder 24

Steve Gallagher, 1985

Box 6 Folder 25

Herb Grace, 1985

Box 6 Folder 26

Dennis King, 1986

Box 5 Folder 7

Bobo, Kim, 1987-1988

Box 5 Folder 10

Clippings, Theater, 1988

Box 5 Folder 13

Cook, Ginnie, 1988

Box 5 Folder 27

Messinger, Ruth, 1988

Box 5 Folder 28

Modern Times, 1988

Box 1 Folder 30

Friends, Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1988-1989

Box 1 Folder 27

Christmas Letters, 1989

Box 1 Folder 36

Omega Institute, 1989-1990

Box 10 Folder 3

eBay, circa 1990s

Pamphlets Runyon purchased on eBay dating from 1935-1978

Box 10 Folder 4

Berlin, circa 1990s

Box 10 Folder 11-13

Miscellaneous, 1991-2007

Box 10 Folder 2

New Yorker, 1994-1999

Box 10 Folder 6

Berlin Visitors to Harlem, 1995-2005

Box 10 Folder 1

Freedom of Information Law, 1998

Box 10 Folder 8

Governor George Pataki, 1999-2002

Box 10 Folder 5

Berlin Correspondence, 1999-2003

Box 10 Folder 18

Superbowl 2002 Necklace, 2002

Box 10 Folder 7

Good and Bad Political Stuff, 2004-2005

Box 1 Folder 32

Freedom of Information, undated

Box 2 Folder 3

Filing System, undated

Box 4 Folder 20

Article on Crafts, North Carolina, undated

Box 5 Folder 19

Pet Care, undated

Box 5 Folder 20

Ellen Lederman Weavere, undated

Box 5 Folder 24

Fourth of July, Picnic flyer, undated

Box 6 Folder 18

Phil and Dana Weldon, undated

Box 6 Folder 21

Berrigans, undated

Box 10 Folder 9

The Problem of Chemical and Biological Warfare, 1970

Box 10 Folder 15-16

Recipe Books, undated

Box 10 Folder 17

City Maps, undated