Descriptive Summary
Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
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Biography/Administrative History
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Records of the Berkeley Interracial Committee
Dates: 1946-1951
Collection Number: 1978.098
Creator/Collector:
Selvin, Joel
Sisson, Mary
California Federation for Civic Unity
Extent: 1 box (.2 linear ft.)
Repository:
Berkeley Historical Society
Berkeley, California 94704
Abstract: Contains minutes of meetings, constitution, program materials, etc.
Language of Material: English
Access
The collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Berkeley Historical Society. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be submitted in writing to the archivist of the Society. Permission for publication is given as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Preferred Citation
Records of the Berkeley Interracial Committee. Berkeley Historical Society
Biography/Administrative History
The Berkeley Interracial Committee was created to promote interracial justice and harmony and to oppose racial segregation
and discrimination. Joel Selvin and Mary Sisson active in the committee. An oral history with Joel Selvin will be found at
the San Francisco State University labor archives; The Bancroft Library has issues of the Berkeley Interracial Committee News.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection contains minutes of meetings, constitution, program materials, and correspondence. One folder has material
on Negro History Week, 1947-1950, and on the California Federation for Civic Unity.
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