Collection Contents

Address book, n.d.

Desk calendars, 1948-1951

1948

1950

1951

Tax returns, 1941-1959

1941

1943

1956

1957

1958

1959

Receipts and notes for tax returns, 1960

Scrapbook, c. 1937-1940

Newspaper clippings, c. 1937-1940

Photocopies of newspaper clippings from Folder 2/1

Newspaper clippings, c. 1937-1940

Photocopies of newspaper clippings from Folder 2/3

Newspaper clippings, c. 1937-1940

Photocopies of newspaper clippings from Folder 2/5

Newspaper clippings, c. 1937-1940

Photocopies of newspaper clippings from Folder 2/7

Newspaper clippings, c. 1937-1940

Photocopies of newspaper clippings from Folder 2/9

Loose scrapbook items, c. 1937-1940

Loose scrapbook items, c. 1937-1940

Scrapbook covers, c. 1937-1940

Clippings regarding Frank Wilkinson at UCLA, n.d.

Speech notes, c. 1940

Newspaper clippings regarding lectures, 1940-1942

Announcements and publications regarding lectures, 1940-1942

A. M. Wilkinson obituaries, 1940

Membership cards, 1942-1951

Receipts and miscellaneous ephemera collected by Frank Wilkinson, 1940-1952

Receipts and miscellaneous ephemera collected by Frank Wilkinson, 1961-1962

Articles regarding Frank Wilkinson's activism, 1987-1997

Items regarding UCLA Oral History Program project, 1997

Manuscript of Redress of Grievances, 1994

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Frank Wilkinson's notes on manuscript, 1994

Correspondence regarding Redress of Grievances between Frank Wilkinson and author Robert Janis, 1994-1995

Collected materials regarding manuscript, c. 1994

Bill of Rights Foundation's "A Civil Liberties Celebration" program honoring Frank Wilkinson, 1989

National Lawyers Guild Los Angeles Chapter program honoring Frank Wilkinson, 1982

Bill of Rights Day Celebration program honoring Frank Wilkinson, 1997

City of Los Angeles Resolution praising Frank Wilkinson for service, 1995

Copy of "Chavez Ravine and the Coming of the Brooklyn Dodgers: A People's Displacement" by Charlotte Negrete White, 1989

Transcript of Charlotte Negrete White's interview with Frank Wilkinson, 1999

Copy of "The Taking of Chavez Ravine" by Marcus Bastida, 1991

Copy of "Are You Now, Or Have You Ever Been, Related to Your Brother?" by Mrs. Earl Richard Evans, n.d.

Manuscript FBI vs. the First Amendment by Richard Criley, c.1981-1990s

Research materials regarding Chavez Ravine housing project, c.1981-1990s

Promotional material for FBI vs. the First Amendment, 1992

Profiles, resume and articles written about Frank Wilkinson, 1952-1996

Clippings and miscellaneous ephemera regarding Frank Wilkinson, 1961-1994

Newspaper clippings regarding Wilkinson vs. FBI, 1981-1993

Poster honoring Frank Wilkinson, charcoal drawing, Bachelor of Arts diploma, 1936, and Life magazine special Bill of Rights 200th Anniversary issue which includes an article featuring Wilkinson and his First Amendment challenge, 1991

Bibles, 1936-1952

1936

1936

1952

n.d.

UCLA materials, 1934-1939

Officers and Students publication, 1934

Interfraternity Ball dance card, 1936

Copy of paper on Friedrich Nietzsche, c. 1934-1936

Correspondence and other materials relating to "Student Board of Religious Conference at UCLA", 1936

Newspaper clippings, 1935-1936

Graduate student papers, 1939

Diaries, 1928-1936

1928

1936

Notebook, n.d.

Typewritten observations "New York City" and "On Leaving Lisbon, Portugal", 1936

Typewritten observations "First Observation of Europe", 1936

Typewritten observations "Italy and Greece", 1937

Typewritten observations on the subject of prayer, n.d.

Article concerning public housing written for Frontier and copies of publication, 1965

Article "What Went Wrong in Watts?" and "The Era of Libertarian Repression-1948 to 1973: From Congressman to President, with Substantial Support from the Liberal Establishment", 1965-1974

Article "FBI Crackdown on Opposition to HUAC", n.d.

Tour books, 1936-1937

Concise Statistical Yearbook of Poland, 1936

Events and Personalities in Polish History, 1936

Elements of Polish Culture, 1937

New Guide to Rome and its Environs, c. 1936-1937

Postcard books, c. 1936-1937

Firenze

Genova

Milan, Part I

Milan, Part II

Quadri e Sculture

Rome, Part I

Rome, Part II

Torino

Venezia

Verona

Typewritten trip narrative, c. 1936-1937

Newspaper clippings of Delbert Harter, Frank Wilkinson's travel companion, n.d.

Ticket stubs, receipts, and handwritten notes, 1936-1937

Maps and programs collected during travels, 1936-1937

Address books and notebooks from trip, 1936-1937

American flag, n.d.

Carved sticks, n.d.

Miniature wooden sandals, n.d.

Miscellaneous souvenirs, including bottle cap, locket, stamp and business card, n.d.

Subpoena to appear before Subcommittee on Housing Authorities Law of the Assembly Interim Committee on Governmental Efficiency and Economy of the State of California, 1952

Testimony of Frank Wilkinson before US House of Representatives HUAC, 1956

Subpoena to appear before US House of Representatives HUAC in Atlanta, Georgia, and copies of Proceedings Against Frank Wilkinson, 1958

Testimony of Frank Wilkinson before US House of Representatives HUAC, 1958

Materials regarding Contempt of Congress proceeding in Atlanta, GA, 1959

Materials regarding Appeal to Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1959

Partial notes on argument before U.S. Supreme Court and copy of statement by Frank Wilkinson after Supreme Court decision, 1960-1961

Correspondence between Frank Wilkinson and his attorney, Rowland Watts of the ACLU, 1958-1960

ACLU Press Releases regarding Frank Wilkinson's First Amendment challenge, 1958-1961

Materials collected by Frank Wilkinson, including articles, receipts, and handwritten notes, regarding his First Amendment challenge, 1950-1960

Photocopies of newspaper clippings collected by Frank Wilkinson regarding his First Amendment challenge, 1959-1961

Official prison documents collected by Frank Wilkinson during his incarceration, including visiting instructions, inmate requests, receipts, personal property records, and lists of authorized correspondents, 1961-1962

Materials regarding Appeal for Executive Clemency, 1961

Application for Parole, Notification of Action of Parole Board, and Frank Wilkinson's handwritten notes regarding parole

Materials collected by Frank Wilkinson during incarceration regarding AA, including Bulletins and meeting minutes, 1961

Materials collected by Frank Wilkinson regarding his release from prison, including typewritten greetings by many associates and friends, 1962

The Nation magazine, containing an article entitled "A Time for Amnesty: The Braden-Wilkinson Case", 1961

4 photographs from trial of Carl Braden and typewritten summary of case, 1953

Housing Authority of City of Los Angeles (HACLA) materials, 1942-1953

HACLA correspondence, memorandums, forms, statements, certificates and miscellaneous paperwork, 1942-1952

Copy of Division 49- Housing Requirements, Digest- Division 49, Article VI- Division B Repair, Vacation, Demolition of Dangerous or Substandard Residential Buildings , and Code Amendments, n.d.

Copy of Ordinance amending Chapter 9 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, n.d.

Housing Advisory Committee meeting minutes, press release, 1952

Materials collected regarding racially integrated public housing, c.1946-1947

Newspaper clippings, 1949

Background and education of Frank Wilkinson, statement of Frank Wilkinson regarding his cross-examination during Housing Authority's condemnation court action August 29, 1952

Publication entitled The Los Angeles Story, printed by Citizens Committee to Re-elect Mayor Bowron, 1952

HACLA Credit Union materials, 1945-1952

Letters received by Frank Wilkinson in his capacity as employee of HACLA, 1952-1935

August 1952

September 1952

Letters received after Frank Wilkinson's suspension, August/September 1952

October 1952

November 1952

December 1952

January 1953

Thank you letters received by Frank Wilkinson for his HACLA work, 1950-1951

HACLA vs. Meyer materials (removed from binding), 1952

Excerpt from Testimony of Frank Wilkinson, 1952

Report cover, 1952

Testimony of Frank Wilkinson, Howard Holtzendorff and Conrad Jamison, 1952

Testimony of Harold Harby, Fritz Burns and Charles Senn, 1952

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) materials, 1961

American Friends Service Committee materials, 1949

California Housing & Planning Association materials, 1943

Citizens Committee to Preserve American Freedoms materials, 1958-1961

Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights materials, 1961-1962

Citizens Housing Council of Los Angeles materials (see also Series 4, Subseries A: General Correspondence 1942, Box 1, Folder 8), 1942-1952

Congregational Committee for Christian Democracy materials, 1947-1948

Council for Civic Unity, 1945-1950

By-laws, 1946

Board of Directors list, 1946

Meeting minutes, 1945

Meeting minutes, 1946

Meeting minutes, 1947

Meeting minutes, 1948

Correspondence and newsletters, 1945

Correspondence and newsletters, 1946

Correspondence and newsletters, 1947

Correspondence and newsletters, 1948

Correspondence and newsletters, 1949-1950

Miscellaneous collected publications, 1946-1949

Emergency Civil Liberties Committee, 1958

Publication entitled Rights, petition to Congress regarding abolition of HUAC, 1958

Miscellaneous publications, n.d.

First Amendment Foundation materials, 1996

First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles materials, 1949-1962

Hollenbeck Council for Youth materials, 1945

International Congress on Mental Health materials, 1948

International Institute of Los Angeles materials, 1947

Los Angeles Youth Council materials, 1945-1947

National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression materials, 1988

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) materials, 1945-1948

National Association of Housing materials, 1944-1952

National Committee to Abolish the Un-American Activities Committee materials, 1960-1961

National Committee Against Repressive Legislation (NCARL) materials, 1988-1994

National Housing Conference materials, 1951

New York Council to Abolish House Un-American Activities Committee materials, 1961-1962

San Francisco Planning & Housing Association materials, 1946

Southern Conference Educational Fund materials, 1960-1961

New York Teacher News, 1957-1963

1957-1959

1960-1963

Teachers Union materials, 1941-1958

Newspaper clippings, 1958

Notes and clippings, 1955-1958

Notes and clippings, 1955-1958

Miscellaneous publications, 1955-1958

Miscellaneous publications, 1955-1958

Miscellaneous publications, 1955-1958

Miscellaneous publications, 1941

Town Hall materials, 1950-1952

Miscellaneous materials from anti-HUAC activities, 1958-1962

Appeal to House of Representatives to abolish HUAC (advertisement), n.d.

Advertisements for Ralphs Grocery Stores (removed from Council for Civic Unity file), n.d., and promotional material for First Amendment Foundation's publication The FBI's Violations of the First Amendment, n.d.

General Correspondence, 1934-1985

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

1953

1954

1956

1960

1961

1962

1971

1984

1985

n.d.

General trip correspondence received by Frank Wilkinson, 1936-1937

1936

January 1937-June 1937

July 1937-November 1937

Correspondence to Frank Wilkinson from Gilbert Harrison, 1936-1937

Correspondence to Frank Wilkinson from Ellinor Hoffmann, 1936-1940

1936

1937

1937

1937

1937-1940

1938

Correspondence to Frank Wilkinson from Wilkinson family, 1936-1937

1936

1936

1937

1937

1937

Telegrams, 1936-1937

Letters of introduction, 1936

List of correspondents, n.d.

Correspondence to Wilkinson family from Frank Wilkinson, 1936-1937

August 1936-September 1936

October 1936

November 1936-December 1936

January 1937

February 1937

March 1937

April 1937

May 1937

June 1937

July 1937

August 1937

September 1937-October 1937

Correspondence to Jean Benson from Frank Wilkinson, 1937

Correspondence to Gilbert Harrison from Frank Wilkinson, 1936-1937

Postcards from Frank Wilkinson, 1936-1937

1936

1937

1937

1937

n.d.

Postcards received by Frank Wilkinson, 1935-19378

Various stamps collected by Frank Wilkinson during his travels, 1936-1937

Correspondence received by Frank Wilkinson during prison term, 1961-1962

May 1961

June 1961

July 1961

August 1961

Birthday messages, August 1961

September 1961

October 1961

November 1961

December 1961

January 1962

February 1962

Correspondence received by Frank Wilkinson regarding his release, 1962

Correspondence written by Frank Wilkinson during prison term, 1961

May 1961

June 1961

November 1961

Correspondence written by Frank Wilkinson and collected by his sister Betty in an album (letters have been removed from the album, but retain the original order), 1961

Correspondence written by Frank Wilkinson and collected by his sister Betty in an album (letters have been removed from the album, but retain the original order), 1961

Correspondence written by Frank Wilkinson and collected by his sister Betty in an album (letters have been removed from the album, but retain the original order), 1961

Correspondence written by Frank Wilkinson and collected into an album labeled #1 (letters have been removed from the album, but retain the original order), 1961

Correspondence written by Frank Wilkinson and collected into an album labeled #2 (letters have been removed from the album, but retain the original order), 1961

Correspondence written by Frank Wilkinson and collected into an album labeled #3 (letters have been removed from the album, but retain the original order), 1961

Correspondence written or received by Jean Benson Wilkinson during Frank Wilkinson's prison term, 1961-1962

Letters of support received by Frank Wilkinson concerning his First Amendment challenge, 1959-1961

Letters from Frank Wilkinson regarding his First Amendment challenge, 1959-1961

Correspondence with Richard Criley of the Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights, 1961-1962

Correspondence with Otto Nathan, 1961-1964

Miscellaneous letters and telegrams concerning Frank Wilkinson and his First Amendment challenge, 1961

Correspondence received by Frank Wilkinson during prison term, c. 1961-1962

Miscellaneous handwritten notes of Frank Wilkinson created during his incarceration, 1961-1962

Group of men, including A.M. Wilkinson, Mayor Porter, Governor Young and Chief Davis, at the Hollywood Bowl, 1929

Los Angeles County earthquake damage, 1933

Frank Wilkinson as UCLA student, c. 1935-1936

Clipping of Frank Wilkinson, Jean Benson, Gilbert Martin and Thomas Lambert at UCLA, c. 1935-1936

Frank Wilkinson, c. 1936

Frank Wilkinson, 1945

Frank Wilkinson breaking ground for the Los Angeles County Housing Authority, c. 1942-1952

Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. with Frank Wilkinson, 1958

HUAC demonstration, c.1961

HUAC demonstration, c.1961

Frank Wilkinson, Dr. Willard Uphaus and Carl Braden on Midwest speaking tour, 1961

Charlotta Bass, Frank Wilkinson, Dr. Uphaus at dinner in Wilkinson's honor, 1961

Wilkinson children, 1961

Anne Braden, Carl Braden, Frank Wilkinson and Otto Nathan, 1961

Frank Wilkinson with Aubrey Williams, 1961

Frank Wilkinson with Aubrey Williams, 1961

Jo, Tony and Jean Wilkinson, 1961

Frank Wilkinson with copy of his FBI file, c. 1986

FBI file of Frank Wilkinson, c. 1986

FBI file of Frank Wilkinson, c. 1986

FBI file of Frank Wilkinson negative, c. 1986

Frank Wilkinson, 1991

Jean Benson, n.d.

Regent Fairfax, n.d.

A.M. Wilkinson, n.d.

Junior Coghlan, n.d.

W.C. Pearce, n.d.

Jeff, Jo and Tony Wilkinson as children, n.d.

Jean Benson Wilkinson with children in Washington, D.C., n.d.

Frank Wilkinson with group at North Bend Central High School for speaking engagement, n.d.

Promotional photograph for public housing, n.d.

Austria, c. 1936-1937

Austria photographs, c. 1936-1937

Austria negatives, c. 1936-1937

Baalbek photographs, c. 1936-1937

Belgium, Holland & Luxembourg, c. 1936-1937

Belgium, Holland & Luxembourg photographs, c. 1936-1937

Belgium, Holland & Luxembourg negatives, c. 1936-1937

England, 1937

England and London for Coronation photographs, 1937

England and London for Coronation negatives, 1937

France, 1937

France photographs, 1937

France negatives, 1937

Germany, 1937

Germany photographs, 1937

Germany negatives, 1937

Greece, 1937

Greece photographs, 1937

Greece negatives, 1937

Hungary photographs, c. 1936-1937

Ingria photographs, c. 1936-1937

Italy, 1937

Italy photographs, 1937

Italy photographs, 1937

Italy negatives, 1937

Jerusalem photograph, c. 1936-1937

North Africa, c. 1936-1937

North Africa photographs, c. 1936-1937

North Africa negatives, c. 1936-1937

Portugal photographs, 1936

Scandinavia photographs, c. 1936-1937

Scotland, 1937

Scotland photographs, 1937

Scotland negatives, 1937

Spain photographs, c. 1936-1937

Switzerland photographs, 1937

Syria, 1937

Syria photographs, 1937

Syria negatives, 1937

Turkey photographs, c. 1936-1937

U.S.A., 1936

U.S.A. photographs, 1936

U.S.A. negatives, 1936

U.S.S.R., c. 1936-1937

U.S.S.R. photographs, c. 1936-1937

U.S.S.R. negatives, c. 1936-1937

159 Miscellaneous identified photographs, c. 1936-1937

50 Miscellaneous identified photographs, c. 1936-1937

50 Miscellaneous identified photographs, c. 1936-1937

59 Miscellaneous identified photographs, c. 1936-1937

Miscellaneous unidentified negatives, c. 1936-1937

California to Chicago photographs, 1936

California to Chicago photographs, 1936

California to Chicago negatives, 1936

Detroit to New York negatives, 1936

New York to Washington, D.C. photographs and negatives, 1936

New York to Maine photographs and negatives, 1936

New York to Portugal photographs and negatives, 1936

Portugal photographs and negatives, 1936

Spain negatives, 1936

Morocco negatives, c. 1936-1937

Algeria photographs and negatives, c. 1936-1937

Tunis photographs and negatives, c. 1936-1937

Malta and Libya negatives, c. 1936-1937

Egypt photographs and negatives, c. 1936-1937

Palestine photographs and negatives, c. 1936-1937

Syria photographs and negatives, c. 1936-1937

Baalbek photographs and negatives, c. 1936-1937

Greece photographs and negatives, c. 1936-1937

Italy photographs and negatives, c. 1936-1937

Italy photographs, c. 1936-1937

Italy negatives, c. 1936-1937

France photographs and negatives, c. 1936-1937

France photographs, c. 1936-1937

France negatives, c. 1936-1937

England photographs and negatives, c. 1936-1937

England photographs, c. 1936-1937

England negatives, c. 1936-1937

Ireland photographs and negatives, c. 1936-1937

Ireland photographs, c. 1936-1937

Ireland negatives, c. 1936-1937

Scotland photographs and negatives, c. 1936-1937

Belgium and Luxembourg photographs and negatives, c. 1936-1937

Holland photographs and negatives, c. 1936-1937

Switzerland photographs and negatives, c. 1936-1937

Austria photographs and negatives, c. 1936-1937

Hungary photographs and negatives, c. 1936-1937

Czechoslovakia photographs and negatives, c. 1936-1937

Scandinavia photographs and negatives, c. 1936-1937

U.S.S.R photographs, c. 1936-1937

Rumania to Turkey to Palestine photographs and negatives, c. 1936-1937

Palestine photographs, c. 1936-1937

Iraq photographs and negatives, c. 1936-1937

India photographs, c. 1936-1937

Siam and Indo-China photographs, c. 1936-1937

Philippine Islands photographs, c. 1936-1937

China photographs, c. 1936-1937

Korea photographs and negatives, c. 1936-1937

Hawaii photographs, c. 1936-1937

417 Duplicate travel photographs, c. 1936-1937

50 Duplicate travel photographs, c. 1936-1937

50 Duplicate travel photographs, c. 1936-1937

50 Duplicate travel photographs, c. 1936-1937

50 Duplicate travel photographs, c. 1936-1937

50 Duplicate travel photographs, c. 1936-1937

50 Duplicate travel photographs, c. 1936-1937

40 Duplicate travel photographs, c. 1936-1937

15 Duplicate travel photographs, c. 1936-1937

15 Duplicate travel photographs, c. 1936-1937

15 Duplicate travel photographs, c. 1936-1937

15 Duplicate travel photographs, c. 1936-1937

17 Duplicate travel photographs, c. 1936-1937

Unidentified miscellaneous photographs, c. 1936-1937

Unidentified miscellaneous negatives, c. 1936-1937

Photocopy of Frank Wilkinson's passport, 1936

Newspaper clippings re 1936-1937 travels of Frank Wilkinson and Del Harter, 1936-1937

Postcards, c. 1936-1937

Postcards of Egypt and North Africa, c. 1936-1937

Postcards of England and Scotland, c. 1936-1937

Postcards of France, c. 1936-1937

Postcards of Germany, c. 1936-1937

Postcards of Greece, c. 1936-1937

Postcards of Italy, c. 1936-1937

Postcards of Jerusalem, c. 1936-1937

Postcards of Lebanon, c. 1936-1937

Postcards of Libya, c. 1936-1937

Postcards of Malta, c. 1936-1937

Postcards of Middle East, c. 1936-1937

Postcards of Palestine, c. 1936-1937

Postcards of Switzerland, c. 1936-1937

Postcards of Syria, c. 1936-1937

Miscellaneous collected postcards, c. 1936-1937

Typewritten summary of trip, c. 1984

Photographs of Vietnam trip removed from photograph album, 1984

Various newspaper clippings, 1961-1962

Various newspaper clippings, 1961-1962

First Amendment Foundation. The Price of Freedom, Eve Goldberg Producer, 1994.

First Amendment Foundation. Reverend Elijah Lovejoy: The Vigil.

First Amendment Foundation. The Un-Americans (Frank Wilkinson - The Campaigner), BBC, 1994.

House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC). Operation Abolition, c.1960.

Frank Wilkinson: City of Los Angeles Honorarium, 1995.

Frank Wilkinson: Surrey Hills Elementary, 1999.

Video cassette featuring clips of Neutra family (Richard, Dione, Ray, Mariah, Justin and Matt) and an interview with Frank Wilkinson, n.d.

Handwritten note to Frank Wilkinson from Justin Neutra, n.d.

Frank Wilkinson audiocassette tape, 1975

Frank Wilkinson audiocassette tape, 1975

Frank Wilkinson Pacifica audiocassette tape, 1976

Frank Wilkinson audiocassette tape, 1978

Frank Wilkinson audiocassette tape, 1978

Frank Wilkinson audiocassette tape, 1979

7-inch reel tape (sent to Wilkinson from Mark Worthen) featuring Frank Wilkinson, WRA Chapel in Hudson, Ohio, 1971

Handwritten note to Frank Wilkinson from Eleanor and Mark Worthen, n.d.