Anne and Michael Kaufman Papers,
1950-1990
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Register of the Anne and Michael Kaufman Papers,
1959-1990
Collection number: MSS 050
Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research
Los Angeles, California
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- Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research
- 6120 South Vermont Avenue
- Los Angeles, CA, 90044
- Phone: (323) 759-6063
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- Processed by:
- Julia Bazar & Patricia Martinez
- Date Completed:
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July 2001
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- Julia Bazar
© 2001 Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Anne and Michael Kaufman Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1959-1990
Collection number: MSS 050
Creator: Kaufman, Anne Levine and
Kaufman, Michael
Extent:
3 boxes, 1 ½ legal-size boxes, and 4 oversize folders
2 2/3 linear feet
Repository:
Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research
Abstract: These papers document the Los Angeles based political activities of former husband and wife (Michael and Anne Kaufman), including
their joint involvement with W.E.B. DuBois Clubs of America (1961-1966) and American Federation of State, County and Municipal
Employees [AFSCME, AFL-CIO] (1969 to 1980). Anne Kaufman was later active in the National Rainbow Coalition and 24th Congressional
District (1987-1990). Only a small amount of personal information is found in the collection.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Provenance
The collection was donated to the Library by Anne and Michael Kaufman.
Access
The collection is available for research only at the Library's facility in Los Angeles. The Library is open from 10 a.m. to
4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. Researchers are encouraged to call or email the Library indicating the nature of their research
query prior to making a visit.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research. Researchers may make single
copies of any portion of the collection, but publication from the collection will be allowed only with the express written
permission of the Library's director. It is not necessary to obtain written permission to quote from a collection. When the
Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research gives permission for publication, it is as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Anne and Michael Kaufman Papers, Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research, Los
Angeles, California.
Biography & Organizational Histories
Anne & Michael Kaufman
Anne Levine Kaufman is a teacher and long-time Los Angeles resident. Michael Kaufman is a former Los Angeles area resident,
a computer programmer who currently (2001) lives in Northern California. They were both active in the Los Angeles chapters
of W.E.B. DuBois Clubs of America when they met and married in the mid 1960s. Anne Kaufman attended the 1964 founding convention
for the clubs in Chicago, and served as Executive Secretary for the Los Angeles DuBois Clubs. Michael Kaufman served on the
organization's Education Committee.
They were also both active in the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Union (AFSCME) from the late
1960s through the 1970s. Michael Kaufman was a member of the Los Angeles County Data Processing Union, Local 1560 and later
of the United Workers Union, Local 2070, part of the Conference of University of California Employees (CUCE). Anne Kaufman
was a member of the California Rehabilitation Workers Union, Local 7620, and served as secretary in the late 1970s. They both
served on the AFSCME Steering Committee in 1970-1971.
Later, Anne Kaufman was an active member of the Rainbow Coalition of the 24th Congressional District. She served as co-chair
in 1988, and in 1989, she was on the sub-executive committee. She participated in many of the coalition's activities, saving
material on farm workers, reproductive rights, housing, and voters' rights. The Kaufman's marriage ended in the 1990's.
W.E.B. DuBois Clubs of America
The W.E.B. DuBois Clubs of America (DBC) was a nationwide Socialist oriented youth organization founded in San Francisco in
June 1964. The preamble to their constitution states: "It is our belief that this nation can best solve its problems in an
atmosphere of peaceful coexistence, complete disarmament, and true freedom for all peoples of the world, and that these solutions
will be reached mainly through the united efforts of the working people allied in the unity of Negroes and other minorities
with whites. We further fully recognize that the greatest threat to the American democracy comes from the racist and right-wing
forces in coalition with the most reactionary elements of the economic power structure, using the tool of anti-communism to
divide and destroy the unified strength of the working people." The DBC actively supported various political and social causes
including protesting the Vietnam War, the draft, police brutality, poverty and championing the United Farm Workers strikes,
community and campus organizing, and promoting the teaching of black history.
Local chapters were founded in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Chicago, and around the country. Los Angeles started
out with several separate groups that were unified in 1966. 1966 also saw the bombing of the DBC's National Headquarters in
San Francisco, just 48 hours after Attorney General Nicholas D. Katzenbach declared that the DBC must register as a Communist
Front Organization under the Internal Security Act of 1950 (McCarran Act). The DBC had protested this order, stating that
the McCarran Act had already been found unconstitutional. Terrence and Patrick Hallinan, sons of former Los Angeles area Progressive
Party presidential candidate Vincent Hallinan were both active in the organization.
The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) represents employees of any state and local governmental
agency, quasi-public agency, or non-profit agencies of public, charitable, educational or civic nature. AFSCME was founded
in 1934 as an affiliate of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) under the American Federation of Labor (AFL).
AFSCME quickly became a separate entity but grew slowly until the 1950s. In the 1960s, new leadership focused the union's
efforts on winning collective bargaining rights. In 1975, AFSCME had become the 6th largest affiliate of the AFL-CIO.
Rainbow Coalition, 24th Congressional District
Founded in 1984 by Jesse Jackson and born out of the historic "Jesse Jackson for President" campaigns in 1984 and 1988, the
National Rainbow Coalition is a grassroots organization dedicated to building a future for people of all colors and origins
("rainbow") to have a decent place to live, enough to eat, good medical care, quality education, satisfying work, sufficient
income, and where peace and justice will be secure throughout the world.
The 24th Congressional District (the Los Angeles Chapter of the Rainbow Coalition) became actively involved in the 1984 and
1988 U. S. Presidential Campaign. Voter registration, outreach, and fundraising were major objectives of the group.
Scope and Content
This collection contains minutes, correspondence, flyers, pamphlets, newsletters, and periodicals. The papers of Anne and
Michael Kaufman document their involvement with social and labor issues and organizations. The majority of the collection
is divided among three major organizations: the W.E.B. DeBois Clubs where they met, the AFSCME union in which they were both
active, and the National Rainbow Coalition and 24th Congressional District in which Anne Kaufman was involved. Other materials
include Communist Party materials and information on the Los Angeles City Board of Education, and scattered other organizations.
The only personal material in the collection is Michael Kaufman's high school yearbook. Also included in this collection is
an extensive run of publications ranging from AFSCME and union publications to
EXTRA "Hollywood Star Gazette" (final edition), to the Monthly Communist Party Bulletin (
Red Letter).
Arrangement
The collection is divided into four series: 1. W.E.B. DEBOIS CLUBS, 2. AFSCME, 3. RAINBOW COALITION, and 4. MISCELLANEOUS.
Arrangement
Within each series folders are arranged alphabetically.
Separated Material
Several periodicals were removed from this collection and added to the runs already in the Library's Periodical Collection.
These include:
AFSCME/California (1975-1978),
Coalition for Economic Survival (1975),
Pacific Coast Youth Recorder (1955),
The Southern Patriot (1975),
Red Letter - Monthly Communist Party Bulletin (1975-1976), and
World Youth (1959).
The Madrid Pact: A Danger! produced by the Committee for a Democratic Spain Southern California Chapter, Long Beach, c.1973 has been added to the Library's
Poster Collection.
Related Material at the Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research
Physical Location: Chronological Files:
See following
Title: "Communist Party"
Physical Location: Pamphlet Collection:
See following
Title: "Communist Party"
A copy of the collection register is kept in the first box of the collection (1/0).
Boxes 1-3 are letter-sized boxes. Boxes 4-5 are legal-sized boxes. The oversize material labeled Box 6 is filed in the joint
Oversize Box for collections MSS 049-MSS 050.
Series 1.
W.E.B. DuBois Clubs of America,
1961-1966, 1980
Physical Description:
23 folders, 10 legal folders, and 1 oversized folder.
Scope and Content Note
This series includes minutes, constitution, correspondence, flyers, reports, membership lists, news clippings, newsletters
and other publications produced or collected by Anne Levine Kaufman and/or Michael Kaufman during their involvement with the
national and local activities of the W.E.B. DuBois Clubs of America (DBC) between 1964 and 1966. Some of the background material
dates from before the clubs founding in 1964 and one folder of information refers to activities of the Sequieros DuBois Flynn
Club from 1980. Of special interest are the hand-written minutes from the Los Angeles DuBois Club, receipts and organizational
materials from the Bruin DuBois Club, a pamphlet
The Fire This Time, written by the Venice DuBois Club about the 1965 Watts Uprising (in the "Articles" folder), and handwritten notes and drafts
in the Civil Rights Movement folder. A commemorative (joke) EXTRA edition of the
Hollywood Star Gazette announces "Anne Levine Elected DuBois Club Prexy."
Box-folder 1/1
African-American Culture,
1966
Box-folder 1/2
Anti-Draft Program,
1961, 1965
Box-folder 1/3
Articles - [Dubois Club Pamphlets],
1965
Box-folder 1/4
Berkeley DuBois Club,
c. 1964
Box-folder 1/5
Bombing of National Headquarters,
March 1966
Box-folder 1/7
Civil Rights Movement,
n.d.
Box-folder 1/9
Easter Sunday Conference, San Francisco CA,
March 1964
Box-folder 1/11
Founding Convention - Reports and Resolutions Adopted,
June 21, 1964
Box-folder 6/1
Hollywood Star Gazette, EXTRA edition, .
n.d
Box-folder 4/3-4/4, 1/12-1/13
Box-folder 1/14
Mailing Lists,
1966, n.d.
Box-folder 4/5
National Coordinating Committee,
1965-1966
Box-folder 1/16
National Office,
1965, n.d.
Box-folder 4/6
National Organization - Constitution, Membership, Structure,
1964
Box-folder 1/17
The New Left School of Los Angeles,
1965-1966
Box-folder 4/7
Police Brutality,
1963-1966, n.d.
Box-folder 4/8
San Francisco DuBois Club - Area Report,
n.d.
Box-folder 1/19
Second National Convention, Chicago IL,
June 17-19, 1966
Box-folder 1/20
Sequieros DuBois Flynn Club,
1980
Box-folder 1/21
Socialist Youth Founding Convention - Position and Working Papers,
June 19-21, 1964
Box-folder 4/9
Student and Youth Organizing,
1962-1966, n.d.
Box-folder 1/22
Summer Organizing Projects,
1966
Box-folder 4/10
The Web, Theoretical Journal and Newsletter of the Southern California W.E.B. DuBois Clubs,
1966
Series 2.
AFSCME, AFL-CIO,
1968-1980
Physical Description:
15 folders, 13 legal folders and 2 oversize folders
Scope and Content Note
This series includes minutes, constitutions, bylaws, membership information, pamphlets, training materials, reports and news
clippings related to both Anne Kaufman's and Michael Kaufman's activities as members of various AFSCME locals. Of particular
note the handwritten (draft) minutes taken by Anne Kaufman as Executive Secretary of the California Rehabilitation Workers
Union (1976-1978), and the presence of both Kaufmans on the AFSCME Steering Committee in 1970-1971. The Shop Steward training
materials are also of interest. Besides items directly connected to the Kaufmans' union activities there is also a scattering
of material on other AFSCME locals, PATCO, and PEOPLE (the AFSCME political wing).
Box-folder 4/11
Affirmative Action,
1975-1976
Box-folder 1/24
Blue Collar Supervisors, Local Union 413,
1976
Box-folder 4/12, 1/25
California Rehabilitation Workers Union, Local 2620California Rehabilitation Workers Union, Local 2620
Box-folder 1/25
Executive Committee Meetings,
1977-1978
Box-folder 4/13
California State Employees Association,
1975
Box-folder 1/26
Clerical and Allied Service Employees, Local Union 909,
1976
Box-folder 4/14, 6/2
Conference of University of California Employees (CUCE)
Box-folder 6/2
The AFSCME University Tie Line,
1975, 1978
Box-folder 4/15
Employee Grievances - Appeal Steps,
n.d.
Box-folder 2/1
Grievance Procedures,
n.d.
Box-folder 2/3
Local Union Training Program,
1969
Box-folder 4/17, 2/4
Los Angeles County Data Processing Employees, Local Union 1560
Box-folder 2/5
Pamphlets - AFSCME
Local Union Election Manual, c. 1976
Box-folder 4/18
P.E.O.P.L.E. (Public Employees Organized to Promote Legislative Equality),
c. 1972
Box-folder 6/3
Picket Line - Student Worker Action Committee (vol. 2, no. 3),
1972
Box-folder 2/6
Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO),
1980
Box-folder 2/7
Shop Stewards,
1974, n.d.
Box-folder 2/8
Union Structure and Organization, 1968, n.d.
1968, n.d.
Box-folder 4/19
United Farm Workers,
n.d.
Box-folder 2/9-2/12, 5/1-5/4
United Workers Union, Local 2070
Box-folder 2/9
Constitution and Resolutions,
1976
Box-folder 2/10
Doctors' Strike - UCLA (Malpractice Insurance),
1975-1976
Box-folder 5/2
Grievances,
c. 1974-1976, n.d.
Box-folder 5/3
Meeting Notices,
1975-1976
Box-folder 2/11
Newsletter -
Ask-Me, Local 2070 (vol. 1, no. 3),
1971
Box-folder 2/12
Shop Stewards' Newsletter -
What's Happening, 1975, 1976
Box-folder 5/4
Wages and Benefits,
1975-1976
Series 3.
Rainbow Coalition, 24th Congresional District,
1987-1990
Physical Description:
29 folders and 4 legal folders.
Scope and Content Note
This series is made up primarily of event flyers, informational literature, and reports.
Of special interest are the files pertaining to Jesse Jackson's 1988 presidential race. The tremendous effort on behalf of
members and other progressive activists is well documented. Jesse Jackson's political position is made clear from his Issue
Briefs. Also of interest are the Coalition meetings and membership drive files.
Box-folder 2/16
Democratic Convention Reports,
1989
Box-folder 5/5
Events - Miscellaneous,
1988-1989
Box-folder 2/18
Executive Committee - Meetings and Members,
1988-1990
Box-folder 2/19
Financial Reports, 1988-1989
1988-1989
Box-folder 2/22-2/31, 5/6
Box-folder 2/23
California Primary Results,
1988
Box-folder 2/24
Campaign Organizing Committee,
n.d.
Box-folder 2/27
Financial/Fundraising,
1988
Box-folder 2/28
Jewish Materials,
1987, 1988
Box-folder 2/29
Kick-off Speech at Iowa,
n.d.
Box-folder 2/31
Voter Registration Drive,
1988
Box-folder 2/33
and Non-Member Mailing List,
1989-1990
Box-folder 3/2
Meetings, 1988-1989
1988-1989
Box-folder 3/3
National Rainbow Coalition - By-Laws and Statement of Purpose,
1989
Box-folder 3/5
Oakland/Berkeley Rainbow Coalition - 8th Congressional District,
1987, 1989
Box-folder 3/6
Other Organizations - Periodicals and Correspondence,
1990
Box-folder 3/8
United Farm Workers - Delano Strike,
1987-1988
Box-folder 5/7
Voter Registration,
1988-1989
Box-folder 5/8
Women's Reproductive Rights,
1989
Series 4.
Miscellaneous Files,
1971-1983
Physical Description:
12 folders, 5 legal folders, and 1 oversized folder.
Scope and Content Note
This series contains the items that did not fit in any of the previous categories. It includes the one personal item in the
collection (Michael Kaufman's Senior Yearbook - Fairfax High 1961). Most of the other material is connected either with the
Communist Party or with Los Angeles City Board of Education or more specifically the Los Angeles School Committee on which
Michael Kaufman served in 1982-1983 and Jackie Goldberg's 1982 school board campaign. Of additional interest is the reunion
of 1960s radicals, which Anne Kaufman was involved in organizing in 1979 [See "Party Central Committee" file].
Box-folder 3/10
Publications,
1965-1978, n.d.
Box-folder 3/11
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility,
1987
Box-folder 3/12
Elections, c. 1964, 1980
c. 1964, 1980
Box-folder 3/13
Fairfax High School, Yearbook,
1961
Box-folder 3/14-3/18, 5/10
Los Angeles City Board of Education
Box-folder 3/15
"Jackie Goldberg for L.A. School Board District #3",
1982-1983
Box-folder 3/16-3-18, 5/10
Los Angeles School Committee
Box-folder 3/17
Draft Principles and Goals,
1982
Box-folder 3/19
Los Angeles Coalition of Labor Union Women -
CLUW Newsletter, 1981
Box-folder 6/4
New Waves - Youth Communication - LA Center,
1981
Box-folder 5/11
Nguyen Thi Binh - Public Workers Club,
1979-1980
Box-folder 5/12
Other Organizations - Literature,
1971-1987, n.d
Box-folder 5/13
Party Central Committee - [Includes button],
1979
Box-folder 3/20
Unemployment - Coalition for Economic Survival,
1971, 1975
