American Civil Liberties Union Collected Records
Scope and Contents
The collection of ACLU material at the Peace Collection consists of only sporadic records from the national office and several local offices, dating from 1917 to the present.
Dates
- 1917
Creator
- American Civil Liberties Union (Organization)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Limitations on Accessing the Collection
None.
Copyright and Rights Information
None.
Historical Note
The ACLU grew out of the American Union Against Militarism, which was founded in 1916 and dissolved in 1922. A subsection of the AUAM was called the National Civil Liberties Bureau; in 1920 it changed its name to the American Civil Liberties Union. Roger Baldwin was its director for 30 years (1920-1950), followed by Patrick Murphey Malin.
Today, the ACLU is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, 275,000-member public interest organization, devoted to protecting the basic civil liberties of all Americans, and extending them to those people for whom they have traditionally been denied. Its national office is in New York City, with a legislative office in Washington, D.C. It has a 50-state network of staffed affiliate offices, 300 chapters, and regional offices in Dallas and Atlanta. The ACLU has more than 60 staff attorneys collaborating with 2,000 volunteer attorneys to handle close to 6,000 cases per year.
Extent
2.5 Linear Feet ; 30 linear inches
Overview
The ACLU grew out of the American Union Against Militarism, which was founded in 1916 and dissolved in 1922.
Arrangement
The records from the national office are organized chronologically. The branch office records are organized separately, and alphabetically by state.
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Custodial History
The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is not the official repository for the records of this organization.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source is unknown and/or received in mailings.
Legal Status
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Processing Information
Processed by SCPC staff; current finding aid created by Anne M. Yoder (Archivist).
Creator
- American Civil Liberties Union (Organization)
- Title
- American Civil Liberties Union Collected Papers
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2017: The file list was standardized in Summer 2017 by Mary Olesnavich in preparation for importing into ArchivesSpace. Tessa Chambers added the notes in Fall 2017.
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