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Collection Scope and Content Summary
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine
Libraries
Title: Al and Charlotte S. Appel papers
Identifier/Call Number: MS.R.137
Physical Description:
18.7 Linear Feet
(19 boxes and one oversized folder)
Date (inclusive): 1936-2005 and
undated
Date (bulk): 1965-1990
Abstract: This collection of Al and Charlotte S.
Appel's papers document various socialist and left-wing political parties and movements in
Orange County, California chiefly from 1965-1990. The collection includes journals, flyers,
newsletters, posters, and other ephemera, as well as correspondence of Al Appel. Some major
topics represented are human rights, especially in South America, Russian Socialism, and
Communism in China and Cuba. Particularly well represented are the Socialist Organizing
Committee and the Organizing Committee for an Ideological Center. The collection also
contains early materials from the Orange County Veterans for Peace, of which Appel was a
founder.
Language of Material:
English .
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Preferred Citation
Al and Charlotte S. Appel papers. MS-R137. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine
Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information
about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder
descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection of Al and Charlotte S. Appel's papers document various socialist and
left-wing political parties and movements in Orange County, California chiefly from
1965-1990. The collection includes journals, flyers, newsletters, posters, and other
ephemera, as well as correspondence of Al Appel. Some major topics represented are human
rights, especially in South America, Russian Socialism, and Communism in China and Cuba.
Particularly well represented are the Socialist Organizing Committee and the Organizing
Committee for an Ideological Center. The collection also contains early materials from the
Orange County Veterans for Peace, of which Appel was a founder.