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Thomas N. Gardner papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: MSS 16732

Content Description This collection contains the papers of Thomas Gardner, an alumnus of the University of Virginia, a leader in the Southern civil rights and national peace movements of the ‘60s and ‘70s, and Professor of Communication at Westfield State University. The collection documents Gardner's social and political activism and involvement with civil rights, labor, anti-war, and anti-prison movements through different organizations such as the Southern Conference Education Fund (SCEF), the...

Dates: c. 1966-2008

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Thurman Wenzl papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: MSS 16615

Content Description This collection contains papers, correspondence, newspapers and clippings, publications, leaflets, and records on events, activities, and professional connections related to Thurman Wenzl's study as a graduate student at the University of Virginia (1963-1969). These materials document his efforts in the Civil Rights Movement and for worker's rights. The items include 1994 reunion materials of the Southern Student Organizing Committee (SSOC), information on the Radical Student Union of UVA,...

Dates: ca. 1960s-2000

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

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