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Summary Information
George A. Wiley Papers 1949-1975
- Wiley, George A., 1931-1973
Mss 324; Audio 544A; PH 5025; PH 5026; VCA 247-VCA 253; M95-154
18.0 cubic feet (46 archives boxes), 28 tape recordings, 7 videorecordings, 75 photographs, 17 negatives, 10 items of ephemera, 2 posters, and 1 handmade sign; plus additions of 0.2 cubic feet
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Papers of George A. Wiley (1931-1973), chemistry teacher at Syracuse University and a founder and executive director of the National Welfare Rights Organization, documenting his civil rights and anti-poverty activities, as well as his private life. His early civil rights work includes local and national involvement with the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). The majority of the collection documents his involvement with the National Welfare Rights Organization (1967-1973). The audio recordings include speeches by Martin Luther King Jr. (“I Have a Dream”), Bayard Rustin, Richard Cloward, Frances Piven, James Farmer, Dick Gregory, and others. Also includes photographs of African American living conditions.
There is a restriction on access to and use of this material; see the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
English
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00324
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