Detailed Description of the Collection

University correspondence between members of the UCLA Philosophy Department and Vice-Chancellors, the Chancellor, and the University President. Begins with letters confirming the hiring of Angela Davis and then continues through the controversy. One letter by Davis. 4/16/1969-6/18/1971

Correspondence of support for Davis between Kalish and various members of the UCLA community as well as other academic and professional institutions: Stanford, Yale, American Philosophical Association, York University of Ontario, University of Wisconsin, Cornell, Princeton, and a letter from a former student of Davis. 9/12/1969-3/7/1970

Disagreements/Red-baiting

Resolutions by academic and citizen groups supporting Davis’ right to teach. Associated Students of University California, Berkeley. Associated Students of UCLA. 25th Assembly District Democratic Club (San Jose, California). USC University Senate. 8/22/1969-1/12/1970

Press releases put out by faculty of the UCLA Philosophy Department.

Radio news editorials and rebuttals by members of the UCLA Philosophy Department, including a letter by Davis.Radio news editorials and rebuttals by members of the UCLA Philosophy Department, including a letter by Davis.

Report by the American Association of University Professors printed in August 1971 and a paper (“The Constitutional Rights of Communist Teachers and the Angela Davis Case”) given at the 1972 annual meeting of the American Philosophical Association.

National United Committee to Free Angela Davis(NUCFAD) Administrative Papers

NUCFAD form letters letters requesting political solidarity and commitment, fundraising letters, petitions from NUCFAD.

Letters to Supporters

Hate Mail

Resolutions by various Democratic Clubs and one from the International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union (ILWU).

NUCFAD newsletters: "Free Angela” and “Because We’re Oppressed” newsletters. 1970-1972

Trial bulletins published by the state as well as community groups.

Press releases and press correspondence by NUCFAD and the Committee for Defense of the Bill of Rights. 10/15/1970-4/15/1972

Statements and reports on the trial. Various communist materials. Many undated.

Protest Materials & Political Event Flyers

Statements by Angela

East Germany solidarity materials. Two pamphlets, one published post-trial and follows her travels in East Germany. One open letter from Attorney Professor Dr. Friedrich Karl Kaul. Five statements by the Women’s International Democratic Federation.

Political pamphlets from various sources on the Angela Davis trial.

University of California media, 7/1/1969-10/27/1970

Los Angeles Times, 9/19/1969-4/28/1977

Santa Monica Evening Outlook,9/19/1969-12/20/1969

San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle, July 9, 1969-December 1969

Other California Newspapers, 10/7/1969-3/17/1972

Non-California (United States) Newspapers, 9/27/1969-April 1971

Social-Movement/Ethnic Media ( The Black Panther; Muhammad Speaks; Soviet Woman; Feminist and Jewish papers), 1970-1971

Italian and French Media, 10/25/1970-1/20/1971

CPUSA Affiliated Media ( People’s World; Daily World; World Magazine), 6/20/1969-12/31/1970

CPUSA Affiliated Media ( People’s World; Daily World; World Magazine), 2/2/1971-10/14/1972

Television Commentaries on the Trial (January and February 1971)

Magazine Coverage, 1971-1972

Random Clippings Without Dates

Brandeis University Yearbook, 1965