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Series I: Political Organizations, 1952-1987

Scope and Contents

This series consists of fliers, news clippings, newsletters, and other materials from the various democratic political organizations that Adler was affiliated with from the 1950s through the 1970s. Among these groups were Scientists and Engineers for Kennedy, Carter and McGovern, respectively; Village Independent Democrats; the Morningside Gardens Democratic Club; and Riverside Democrats.

Adler's applications for membership to various organizations (includes biographical information), 1982-1983

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights, 1959

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents Note

Includes multiple issues of The Southern Patriot, a publication of the Southern Conference Education Fund, Inc., which reported on the Civil Rights movement in the South.

Broadway Independent Democrats, 1959-1961

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Committee of New York Independent Democratic Groups; New York Democratic Study Group; and related groups, 1956-1960

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 4-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents Note

Includes documents from umbrella organizations, including the Democratic Study Group, which consisted of members from each of the ten Democratic clubs in existence at this time. Also includes documents from assorted local Democratic clubs. Of note is a c. 1956 map of Manhattan's New York County Districts broken into Assembly Districts. Other materials include correspondence to representatives, news clippings, campaign newsletters, and a newsletter of the Council of New York Democrats that lists the various clubs and their respective current news.

Committee to Re-Elect William F. Ryan to Congress, 1961-1962

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

F.D.R. Woodrow Wilson Democratic Club, 1981-1987

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents Note

Includes lists of names of elected district leaders, board members, and delegates of the 69th Assembly District of 1982.

Morningside Gardens Democratic Club; Truman Democratic Club, 1959-1963

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 8-9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

News clippings (includes draft of Adler's article, Politics on the Harlem Border), 1957-1963

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Reform Democrats, 1961-1963

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents Note

Materials on the Fort Washington -Manhattanville Reform Democrats

Riverside Democrats, 1958-1977

Offsite-Box: 2, Folder: 1-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents Note

These folders contain minutes, newsletters, membership notices, and other materials relating to the Riverside Democrats-Seventh Assembly District.

Scientists and Engineers for Carter, 1976, 1976

Offsite-Box: 2, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scientists and Engineers for Kennedy, 1960-1961, 1960-1961

Offsite-Box: 2, Folder: 6-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents Note

Includes a 11/7/1960 letter sent to members highlighting the record of Senator John F. Kennedy on Space and Science; a Biltmore Hotel Directory for the Democratic State Committee Campaign Headquarters; and a letter on White House stationary from the President's special assistant.

Scientists and Engineers for McCarthy, 1968

Offsite-Box: 2, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scientists and Engineers for McGovern, 1971-1972

Offsite-Box: 2, Folder: 9-11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scientist's Committees, 1968-1972

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents Note

This folder contains correspondence and progress reports on several scientific societies and committees.

Stevensonian Democratic Club, 1952-1960

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 2-6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents Note

Includes minutes, news clippings, and election campaign fliers. In addition to Adlai Stevenson, candidates represented include Dr. Martin B. Dworkis, Gertrude H. Kessner, Robert F. Wagner, Carmine de Sapio, William F. O' Connor, Sidney Moses, Paula R. Berger, Virginia Dwyer, and Shanley Egeth.

Village Independent Democrats, 1956-1959

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 7-8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents Note

Includes brochures, member information, and history of the Lexington Democratic club; its structure, platform, and achievements. Also includes a booklet "What the Well-Informed Village Independent Democrat Should Know."

Village Independent Democrats Newsletters; Articles on Richard Nixon, 1955-1960

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 9-10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents Note

Folder includes political journals Straight from the Shoulder from 1955 and Democratic Digest from 1958.

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