Mark Lundeen papers, circa 1962 -- 1975

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Series I: Anti-war activism, 1966 -- 1968

This series is open for research.

0.25 linear feet; 0.25 linear feet; half a box

This series contains selected UTS coursework of Lundeen related to the war in Vietnam, material related to anti-war organizing and resistance efforts at UTS, correspondence regarding Lundeen's decision to return his selective service cards, as well as flyers, publications, and clippings related mainly to New York-based, student and religious movement-led anti-war actions.

This series is arranged chronologically.



Box 1 Folder 1 UTS coursework and resistance, 1966 -- 1968

This file contains selected UTS coursework of Lundeen related to the war in Vietnam, including outlines, papers, and notes, as well as preparative notes, correspondence, and publications related to anti-war organizing and resistance efforts at UTS, including a support rally for UTS student Vinnie McGee. This file also contains statements by faculty about the war, a sermon by UTS President John Bennett, and a portion of Robert Mauer's 1968 UTS BD thesis relating to the corporate connections of the UTS Board of Directors.


Box 1 Folder 2 Correspondence: return of selective service cards, 1967 -- 1968

This file contains Lundeen's correspondence with the Selective Service Local Board #21 in Fond-du-Lac, Wisconsin regarding his decision to return his selective service cards, and includes the cards themselves. This file also contains correspondence with organizations, publications, and individuals regarding this action, as well as an open letter to President Johnson.


Box 1 Folder 3 Anti-war flyers, publications, clippings, 1967 -- 1968

This file contains flyers, publications, and clippings related mainly to New York-based, student and religious movement-led anti-war actions, including rallies and draft card returns. Organizations referenced include the Peacemaker Movement, the War Resistors League, Clergy and Laymen Concerned about Vietnam, The Resistance, the Joint Strategy and Action Committee of the Episcopal, Methodist, and United Presbyterian Churches and United Church of Christ, and the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam.


Box 1 Folder 4 Rat: Subterranean News, May 1968

Columbia University publication with one circled article relating to University administrators profiting from the war.

Series II: Civil rights and social justice work, 1962 -- 1975

This series is open for research.

1 linear feet; 1 linear foot; half a document box and one oversize box

This series contains materials related to Lundeen's civil rights and social justice work, including a diary from Camp Minisink; reports written by Lundeen documenting voter registration campaigns in Hattiesburg, Mississippi during Freedom Summer, as well as reports documenting social justice work Lundeen took part in under the auspices of the Delta Ministry largely in Natchez and Edwards, Mississippi; notes taken and supplemental materials compiled by Lundeen, including pamphlets, fact sheets, statistics, reports, and maps from organizations including SNCC, the Delta Ministry, and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; selected UTS course materials related to social justice efforts, including notes, readings, clippings, and material related to the Weekend Seminars run by the Ecumenical Institute of Chicago in 1967; and photographs, negatives, proof sheets, slides, and accompanying descriptive captions and notes, as well as informal census information and maps, that Lundeen compiled documenting neighborhoods and people in Natchez, Mississippi, towards producing a Natchez poverty report.

This series is arranged in rough chronological order.


Box 1 Folder 5 Camp Minisink diary, 1962


Box 1 Folder 6 Reports, circa 1964 -- 1966

This file contains reports written by Lundeen documenting voter registration campaigns in Hattiesburg, Mississippi during Freedom Summer, as well as reports documenting social justice work Lundeen took part in under the auspices of the Delta Ministry largely in Natchez and Edwards, Mississippi, including continued voter registration efforts, documenting slums, and recording statements of people held at penitentiaries.


Box 1 Folder 7 Notes and supplemental materials, circa 1964 -- 1966

This file contains notes taken and supplemental materials compiled by Lundeen, including pamphlets, fact sheets, statistics, reports, and maps from organizations including SNCC, the Delta Ministry, and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.


Box 1 Folder 8-9 UTS course materials, circa 1966 -- 1967

This file contains selected UTS course materials related to social justice efforts, including notes, readings, clippings, and material related to the Weekend Seminars run by the Ecumenical Institute of Chicago in 1967.



Box 2 Natchez poverty report photographs and materials, circa 1964 -- 1975

This file contains photographs, negatives, proof sheets, slides, and accompanying descriptive captions and notes, as well as informal census information and maps, that Lundeen compiled documenting neighborhoods and people in Natchez, Mississippi, towards producing a Natchez poverty report. Also included are slides marked as of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and notes and photographs taken on Lundeen's circa 1974-1975 trip to Mississippi to document some of the same places.