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Wyman (Michael) Green Party of California Collection
SPC.2021.005
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Contributing Institution:
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
Title: Michael Wyman Green Party of California Collection
source:
Green Party of California
Creator:
Wyman, Michael
source:
Green Party of the United States
Identifier/Call Number: SPC.2021.005
Physical Description:
10 boxes
(nine record storage boxes; one oversized document box)
Date (inclusive): 1982-2009; undated
Abstract: This collection contains correspondence; proposals; policies; ephemera; mailers; financial records; flyers; meeting minutes;
material related to presidential and California elections; and other material regarding the Green Party of California and
Green Party of the United States.
Language of Material:
English
.
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives
and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
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Material was removed from original folders and placed into archival folders with reference to original folder titles. Although
material has been arranged chronologically and into series by subject; original order was maintained in regards to material
within each folder and folder titles, meaning that documents have been placed in the same order within each folder, and folder
titles were authored by the collection's creator. If material was originally unfoldered, it was placed into archival folders
with archivist derived title descriptions. All titles notated in quotations were original and creator derived; while all titles
not in quotations were archivist derived.
The Michael Wyman Green Party of California collection (1982-2009; undated) contains 10 boxes and 11 linear feet of correspondence;
clippings; ephemera; newsletters; mailers; financial records; flyers; meeting minutes; material related to presidential and
California elections; and other material regarding the Green Party of California and Green Party of the United States. This
collection belonged to former treasurer, Michael Wyman and a majority of this collection contains financial records regarding
budgets, campagin filings; dues; fundraising; and treasurer correspondence, reports, and meeting notes; as well as material
related to Wyman's 2006 campaign for attorney general as a candidate of the Green Party of California. This collection is
arranged into four series. Series I: Green Party of California contains organizational records such as by-laws, policies,
and proposals; material regarding Green Party of California committees and working groups; county party mailers, monthly dues,
proposals, and meeting minutes; budgets, invoices, receipts, dues, filings and other financial records; and meeting minutes,
flyers, email correspondence, and other documents regarding events, conferences, retreats, and plenaries. Series II: Green
Party of the United States contains material pertaining to the Green Party national platform such as: national mailers; national
conventions; national meetings; and issues of national publications such as "Green Pages" and "Campus Greens"; and documents
regarding delegates, Association of State Green Parties, and steering committees. Series III: Elections contains clippings,
articles, ephemera, flyers, correspondence, meeting minutes, and other material related to presidential and California elections
for candidates who were running on the Green Party platform. A majority of the material in this series is in regards to Ralph
Nader campaigns; as well as material regarding Mike Wyman's 2006 campaign for attorney general. Also included are material
regarding the Peter Camejo campaigns for California governor and material related to the 2006 California election. Series
IV: Subject Files contains articles; newspapers; newsletters; and reports regarding various topics such as El Salvador, the
Marin Pipeline, Presidio park, politics, and the environment.
The Green Party of California is the California affiliate of the Green Party of the United States, was founded on February
4, 1990, and achieved ballot status on January 1, 1992. As of 2021 approximately 85,000 people are registered in the party.
The party promotes green politics which focuses on environmentalism, non-violence, social justice, grass roots democracy,
anti-war, anti-racism, libertarian socialism, and eco-socialism- an "alternative social, economic, and political system founded
on democracy, equity and solidarity" ("Platform", Green Party of California)
Michael Wyman was the treasurer of the Green Party of California from 2000-2005. He has a BA from the University of California,
Santa Cruz and LLB from Hastings School of Law; and has been an attorney who specializes in non-profit work and business law.
He became involved in the Green Party in 1993 after returning to the Bay Area from Washington D.C. He was active in the Alameda
and Marin County chapters as a supporter, contributor, and volunteer to campaigns such as Medea Benjamin and Ralph Nader in
2002; Peter Camejo for governor in 2002 and 2003; and the Nader/Camejo presidential campaign in 2004. In 2006, Wyman ran for
attorney general on the Green Party platform where his campaign focused on law enforcement reform.
"Michael Wyman, Attorney General Candidate", Box 9, Folder 10
"Vote Green, Vote Justice, Vote Wyman for Attorney General" [flyer] Box 9, Folder 9
"Platform" https://www.cagreens.org/platform
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Politics
Political campaigns
Political activity
Environmentalism
Elections -- California
Presidents -- Election
Political parties
California
Social justice
Green Party of California
Green Party of the United States
Nader , Ralph
Camejo, Peter