Repository
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Title Kipp M. Dawson Papers Creator
Dawson, Kipp
Collection Number AIS.2022.10 Extent
9 Linear Feet
(9 record center boxes)
Date 1951-2021 Abstract Kipp Dawson (1945-) has been a social justice leader for over 60 years, building coalitions in the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam anti-war movement, the women's movement, the gay liberation movement, the labor movement, and the education justice movement. Dawson's papers document her life and career as an activist and educator through her writings, speeches, correspondence, photographs, audio recordings, and memorabilia. Language The material in this collection is in English. Publisher ULS Archives & Special Collections Address University of Pittsburgh Library System Archives & Special Collections Website: library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections Business Number: 412-648-3232 (Thomas) | 412-648-8190 (Hillman) Contact Us: www.library.pitt.edu/ask-archivist URL: http://library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Catherine Evans, Cynthia Maz, and Miriam Meislik throughout 2022. Jessie B. Ramey (Director, Women's Institute and Associate Professor, Women's & Gender Studies and History, Chatham University) advised on the project and composed the biography.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Kipp Dawson on July 2022.
Biography
Kipp Dawson (1945-) has been a social justice leader for over 60 years, building coalitions in the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam anti-war movement, the women's movement, the gay liberation movement, the labor movement, and the education justice movement. Dawson's own identities as a lesbian, Jewish, working-class woman from a multi-racial family shaped her approach to movement organizing, with an emphasis on engaging people in collective action. Dawson's many notable activities include co-founder of the first Civil Rights club at Berkeley High School in 1960, in solidarity with the Southern student sit-in movement (which formed the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)). She was a co-organizer the Free Speech Movement at San Francisco State College and co-organizer, and was arrested in, six large-scale sit-ins bringing an end to all-white employment practices in San Francisco, led by the Ad Hoc Committee to End Discrimination, for which she eventually served 29 days in jail in 1966. Dawson served as co-founder of the Vietnam Day Committee in Berkeley with Jerry Rubin and Abbie Hoffman. She started the Vietnam Day Committee at San Francisco State College and co-organized many of the largest anti-war activities of the 1960s. Dawson organized and served as Executive Director, West Coast Spring Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam and shared the fundraising stage with Janis Joplin. She opened for the 1967 rally of 65,000 people with Coretta Scott King, Judy Collins, and others. While in NYC (1967-1977), Dawson participated in the first and second Congresses to Unite Women; was a steering committee member for the Women's Strike for Equality; met in Betty Friedan's living room with Bella Abzug, Shirley Chisolm and others; served on the organizing committee of Christopher Street Liberation Day in NYC, which created the first annual PRIDE parades on the anniversaries of the Stonewall Uprising. Dawson ran for Senate from New York on the Socialist Workers Party ticket in 1970. Dawson came out as a lesbian in 1970 and moved to Pittsburgh in 1977 with then partner Ginny Hildebrand where she became an organizer for the Pittsburgh Socialist Workers Party. She was hired in 1979 as a coal miner, a position she held for 13 years. She was part of the first Coal Employment Project Women Miners Support Team which inspired her to become an activist and organizer for United Mine Workers of America Local 1197. In 1984 Dawson traveled to England to support the British miners' strikes. She traveled to San Salvador in 1985 representing UMWA Local 1197 at the conference of FENESTRAS Salvadoran trade union federation.
Dawson's grandparents, Brocha Landau Morthilus and Herschel Morthilus (re-named Beatrice and Herman Martius), emigrated in the 1910s from a major center of nineteenth-century socialism in Lodz (then part of Russia, and later Poland, where Hitler created the infamous Lodz Ghetto) to Erie, Pennsylvania. In 1922, her grandmother was forced to flee her new home when her husband was murdered in Erie, Pennsylvania by white nationalist terrorists, empowered by the Ku Klux Klan and the U.S. government's Palmer Raids. Dawson's mother, Ann Martius, joined the Communist Party during its heyday among leftists and unionists, and worked as a WWII jeep driver and "Rosie the Riveter" in California factories. Dawson's birth in 1945 was a deliberate act of resistance, viewed by her parents as their contribution to the Jewish population lost during the Holocaust. Her mother's activism with the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU) and her second marriage to Robert Dawson, a Black man, meant that, during the McCarthy era, the FBI regularly harassed Dawson's bi-racial family at the working-class housing project in Berkeley, CA they called home. Dawson's stepsister, Cheryl, was later among the founders of the Black Panther Party. Dawson was inspired by a strong revolutionary feminist role models in her family which shaped her life-long outlook on social justice issues.
When their housing project, Cordonices Village, closed in 1955, Dawson attended Franklin Elementary School, and then Burbank Jr. High School. After being outed for having a romantic relationship with another woman, Dawson graduated from Berkeley High School early at age 16, and enrolled in San Francisco State College. She dropped out of college in 1967 to work full time in the anti-war movement. Eventually she returned to college after her final lay-off from the coal mine, entering Chatham College (now Chatham University) through its Gateway program for women. Dawson graduated with her degree in teaching in 1994 at the age of 49, and went on to earn a Masters of Library and Information Science from the University of Pittsburgh in 2003. Dawson taught in Pittsburgh Public Schools for 23 years. Dawson lives in Pittsburgh with her wife of over 30 years, Eileen Yacknin. They are the parents of two daughters.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into nine series:
Series I. General Correspondence (1973– 1995)
Series II. Correspondence with Mom, Ginny Hildebrand, & Libby Lindsay, c.1950s -1993
Series III. Writings and Manuscripts (1953- 2021)
Series IV. United Mine Workers of America (UMWA)/Coal Employment Project (CEP)/Mines Materials
Series V. International Travels (1984-1988)
Series VI. Photographs (1980- 1995)
Series VII.Journals, Notebooks, Datebooks, and Poetry, November, 1980 - 1996
Series VIII.Audio (ca. 1960s- 1991)
Series IX. Memorabilia (ca. 1960s- c. 2000s)
Scope and Contents The collection documents the life and activism career of Kipp Dawson beginning with childhood memoribilia and including her current work. Correspondence with her mother, Dawson's early writings which inlcude her poetry, her published writings, and her speeches provide insight into her political evolution. The inlcuded journals, correspondence, datebooks, and other manuscript materials help to document Dawson's organizational work, activitism, and connections to mentors, friends, and other activists. Items such as posters, flyers, and lapel buttons help to document the causes in which she participated.
Photographs and audio content support many of the activities pursued by Dawson. Of particular note is the album Give Your Hands to Struggle: The Evolution of a Freedom Fighter by Bernice Reagan which features a young Dawson on the cover.
Preferred Citation
Kipp Dawson Papers, 1951-2021, AIS.2022.10, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System
Copyright
The University of Pittsburgh holds the property rights to the material in this collection, but the copyright may still be held by the original creator/author. Researchers are therefore advised to follow the regulations set forth in the U.S. Copyright Code when publishing, quoting, or reproducing material from this collection without the consent of the creator/author or that go beyond what is allowed by fair use.
Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
Accruals
Additional material forthcoming.
Subjects Corporate Names United Mine Workers of America -- History Socialist Workers Party -- History Personal Names Dawson, Kipp Gray, Ann Martius Adams Dawson, 1923-1992 Genres Correspondence Manuscripts (Documents) Diaries Photographs Audiocassettes Other Subjects Women political activists Coal miners -- Labor unions -- United States Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century Gay liberation movement -- United States -- History -- 20th century Feminism -- United States -- History -- 20th century Peace movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century Student movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Container List Series I. General Correspondence , 1972-1995 Julie Roberts , October, 1972-1985 Containers box 1 , folder 1 Robbie Scherr & Nancy Brown , 1975-1985 Containers box 1 , folder 2 Carol and 'Ping' (W.H.) Ferry , 1975-1994 Containers box 1 , folder 3 Louisa Calder , 1976-1977 Containers box 1 , folder 4 Kipp as Socialist Worker Party Organizer with Various Individuals , 1977-1979 Containers box 1 , folder 5 Evelyn Reed & George Novack , 1978-1984 Containers box 1 , folder 6 DeAnn Rathbun , 1977-1990 Containers box 1 , folder 7 RE: Ruth Querio , 1978 Containers box 1 , folder 8 Mailgram confirming message to Ruth Querio in hospital , November 3, 1978 Containers box 1 , folder 8 box 1 , folder 8 , item 1 Letter signed by Kipp Dawson about a tribute meeting for Ruth Querio , December 6, 1978 Containers box 1 , folder 8 box 1 , folder 8 , item 2 Letter from San Francisco with cover letter from Louise Armstrong and statement from Sara Gates with envelope , December 6, 1978 Containers box 1 , folder 8 box 1 , folder 8 , item 3 Letter from Farrell Dobbs and Marvel Scholl with envelope , December 6, 1978 Containers box 1 , folder 8 box 1 , folder 8 , item 4 Letter from Regine Shoemaker two pages with envelope , December 6, 1978 Containers box 1 , folder 8 box 1 , folder 8 , item 5 Handwritten 5-page letter from Mildred Gordon with envelope , December 11, 1978 Containers box 1 , folder 8 box 1 , folder 8 , item 6 Letter from Anne Chester with envelope , December 11, 1978 Containers box 1 , folder 8 box 1 , folder 8 , item 7 Contribution card from Mary and Virginia Burke in envelope , December 11, 1978 Containers box 1 , folder 8 box 1 , folder 8 , item 8 Presentation from Frank Lovell presented at celebration of life for Ruth Querio (19 pages) , December 13, 1978 Containers box 1 , folder 8 box 1 , folder 8 , item 9 Statement from Steffi Brooks presented at celebration of life for Ruth Querio , December 13, 1978 Containers box 1 , folder 8 box 1 , folder 8 , item 10 Statement from Paul LeBlanc presented at celebration of life for Ruth Querio (3 pages) , December 13, 1978 Containers box 1 , folder 8 box 1 , folder 8 , item 11 Three thank you letters from Kipp Dawson to contributors , December 22, 1978 Containers box 1 , folder 8 box 1 , folder 8 , item 12 Cover letter and draft of an article for the Militant by Kipp Dawson reporting on Ruth Querio's celebration of life (6 pages plus cover letter) , December 27,1978 Containers box 1 , folder 8 box 1 , folder 8 , item 13 Three thank you letters from Kipp Dawson to contributors , December 27,1978 Containers box 1 , folder 8 box 1 , folder 8 , item 14 Militant contribution envelope with counts of total money collected in memory of Ruth Querio , no date Containers box 1 , folder 8 box 1 , folder 8 , item 15 Frank Lovell & Paul Montauk , 1978-1982 Containers box 1 , folder 9 Socialist Worker Party National Office , 1978-1979 Containers box 1 , folder 10 Dick Roberts , 1978-1984 Containers box 1 , folder 11 RE: United Mine Workers of America , 1979-1981 Containers box 1 , folder 12 Other Correspondence , 1978-1983 Containers box 1 , folder 13 Socialist Worker Party National Office , 1980-1989 Containers box 1 , folder 14 Bay Area Friends , 1981-1990 Containers box 1 , folder 15 Phil Foner , 1981-1985 Containers box 1 , folder 16 Lee Coe , 1982-1991 Containers box 1 , folder 17 Carla Hoag , 1982-1992 Containers box 1 , folder 18 RE: Cuba Trip , 1982 Containers box 1 , folder 19 Susan Elizabeth , 1984-1985 Containers box 1 , folder 20 Joan Levitt , 1984-1985 Containers box 1 , folder 21 Cecelia Moriarty , 1984-1990 Containers box 1 , folder 22 RE: United Mine Workers of America & Women Miners , 1985-1989 Containers box 1 , folder 23 Other Correspondence , 1984-1989 Containers box 1 , folder 24 Mark Zola & Jolee Barnes Zola , 1985-1992 Containers box 1 , folder 25 Ulrike Wagner , 1985-1995 Containers box 1 , folder 26 Barb Collette , 1986-1987 Containers box 1 , folder 27 Mary-Nell Bockman , 1986-2001 Containers box 1 , folder 28 Fred Halstead , 1986 Containers box 1 , folder 29 Navajo UMWA Miner's Wife Lorraine M.T Glenson , 1987 Containers box 1 , folder 30 Bill Keaton , 1990 Containers box 1 , folder 31 General Correspondence RE: Women Miners , c. 1990s Containers box 1 , folder 32 Other Correspondence , c. 1990s Containers box 1 , folder 33 Bernice Johnson Reagon , 1992-1993 Containers box 1 , folder 34 Margaret Randall , 1992-1994 Containers box 1 , folder 35 Robin Mighell Levin and Family , 1993-2003 Containers box 1 , folder 36 Series II. Correspondence with Mom (Ann Martius Adams Dawson Gray), Ginny Hildebrand, & Libby Lindsay , c.1950s -1993 Childhood Outgoing to Mom , c. 1950s - c. 1960s Containers box 2 , folder 1 Outgoing to Mom , 1974-1979 Containers box 2 , folder 2 Outgoing to Mom , 1980-1983 Containers box 2 , folder 3 Outgoing to Mom , 1984-1988 Containers box 2 , folder 4 Outgoing to Mom , 1988-1991 Containers box 2 , folder 5 Incoming from Mom , 1974-1983 Containers box 2 , folder 6 Incoming from Mom , 1984-1987 Containers box 2 , folder 7 Incoming from Mom , 1988-1991 Containers box 2 , folder 8 Outgoing to Ginny Hildebrand , May, 1972 - June 1972 Containers box 2 , folder 9 Outgoing to Ginny Hildebrand , June, 1972 - September 1972 Containers box 2 , folder 10 Outgoing to Ginny Hildebrand , October, 1972 - November, 1972 Containers box 2 , folder 11 Incoming from Ginny Hildebrand , March, 1972 - June, 1972 Containers box 2 , folder 12 Incoming from Ginny Hildebrand , July, 1972 - November, 1972 Containers box 2 , folder 13 Incoming from Ginny Hildebrand , 1973-1982 Containers box 2 , folder 14 Outgoing to Libby Lindsay , 1985 Containers box 2 , folder 15 Outgoing to Libby Lindsay , January, 1986 Containers box 2 , folder 16 Outgoing to Libby Lindsay , Feburary, 1986 Containers box 2 , folder 17 Outgoing to Libby Lindsay , March, 1986 Containers box 2 , folder 18 Outgoing to Libby Lindsay , April, 1986 Containers box 2 , folder 19 Outgoing to Libby Lindsay , May, 1986 Containers box 2 , folder 20 Outgoing to Libby Lindsay , June, 1986 Containers box 2 , folder 21 Outgoing to Libby Lindsay , July, 1986 Containers box 2 , folder 22 Outgoing to Libby Lindsay , August, 1986 Containers box 2 , folder 23 Outgoing to Libby Lindsay , September, 1986 Containers box 2 , folder 24 Outgoing to Libby Lindsay , October, 1986 Containers box 2 , folder 25 Outgoing to Libby Lindsay , November, 1986 - December, 1986 Containers box 2 , folder 26 Outgoing to Libby Lindsay , 1987 Containers box 2 , folder 27 Outgoing to Libby Lindsay , 1988-1989 Containers box 2 , folder 28 Outgoing to Libby Lindsay , 1990 Containers box 2 , folder 29 Outgoing to Libby Lindsay , 1991 Containers box 2 , folder 30 Outgoing to Libby Lindsay , 1992 Containers box 2 , folder 31 Outgoing to Libby Lindsay , 1993 Containers box 2 , folder 32 Series III. Writings and Manuscripts , 1951-2021 High School and Before , 1951-1965 Containers box 3 , folder 1 Creative memoir writing from Kipp Dawson in retrospect covering 1953-1965 (7 pages) , 1965 Containers box 3 , folder 1 box 3 , folder 1 , item 1 Article scan from The Berkeley Review cover with Kipp Dawson pictured , March 2, 1961 Containers box 3 , folder 1 box 3 , folder 1 , item 2 Burbank High School and Berkeley High School notes/story , September 1956 – June 1959 & September 1959 – January 1962 Containers box 3 , folder 1 box 3 , folder 1 , item 3 Photo of Strike Headquarters of Colgate-Palmolive Peet Co. Workers , no date Containers box 3 , folder 1 box 3 , folder 1 , item 4 "American Minorities and the Case of Harry Bridges" , no date Containers box 3 , folder 1 box 3 , folder 1 , item 5 Report for Socialist Worker Party from Montgomery, Alabama , 1964 Containers box 3 , folder 2 Student Mobilization , 1965-1971 Containers box 3 , folder 3 Part of the newsletter "Bring the Troops Home Now" , December 4, 1965 Containers box 3 , folder 3 box 3 , folder 3 , item 1 Introducing the Vietnam Day Committee , October 30, 1965 Containers box 3 , folder 3 box 3 , folder 3 , item 2 Report to Bay Area Young Socialist Alliance (YSA) Conference "The Anti-War Movement: Current Situation and Tasks of the YSA" , December 12, 1965 Containers box 3 , folder 3 box 3 , folder 3 , item 3 Unknown speech to unknown audience after the November Anti War Conference in Cleveland , 1966 Containers box 3 , folder 3 box 3 , folder 3 , item 4 Speech on behalf of national student mobilization committee , 1967 Containers box 3 , folder 3 box 3 , folder 3 , item 5 Speech , 1967 Containers box 3 , folder 3 box 3 , folder 3 , item 6 Boston Student Mobilizer , September, 1967 Containers box 3 , folder 3 box 3 , folder 3 , item 7 "Verdict" pamphlet from the Student Mobilization Committee reporting on International War Crimes Tribunal , 1967 Containers box 3 , folder 3 box 3 , folder 3 , item 8 Poster, "Bring the Troops Home" poster (22 x 17) , 1968 Containers box 3 , folder 3 box 3 , folder 3 , item 9 Student Mobilizer , April 15, 1968 Containers box 3 , folder 3 box 3 , folder 3 , item 10 Student Mobilizer , March 1968 Containers box 3 , folder 3 box 3 , folder 3 , item 11 Communication from the Student Mobilization Committee referencing strike with two "Join the Strike" cards , April 26, 1968 Containers box 3 , folder 3 box 3 , folder 3 , item 12 "Newsletter and Strike Bulletin" issue one (four copies) , February 21, 1967 Containers box 3 , folder 3 box 3 , folder 3 , item 13 "Newsletter and Strike Bulletin" issue six , April 17, 1967 Containers box 3 , folder 3 box 3 , folder 3 , item 14 Speech to socialists (16 pages) , 1968 Containers box 3 , folder 3 box 3 , folder 3 , item 15 Moratorium Speech , October 15, 1969 Containers box 3 , folder 3 box 3 , folder 3 , item 16 "History of Anti-War Movement" speech for a student mobilization conference in Austin, TX (15-page with additional notes on smaller pieces of paper) , December 1969 Containers box 3 , folder 3 box 3 , folder 3 , item 17 National Antiwar Convention flyer , July 2, 1971 - July 4, 1971 Containers box 3 , folder 3 box 3 , folder 3 , item 18 Student Mobilization Posters , April 26, 1968 Containers box 3 , folder 4 "International Student Strike" poster one , April 26, 1968 Containers box 3 , folder 4 box 3 , folder 4 , item 1 "International Student Strike" poster two (two copies) , April 26, 1968 Containers box 3 , folder 4 box 3 , folder 4 , item 2 "International Student Strike" flyer (three copies) , April 26, 1968 Containers box 3 , folder 4 box 3 , folder 4 , item 3 1966 Detroit Shooting , May, 1966 Containers box 3 , folder 5 Militant, Headline "Martyred Socialist Antiwar Fighter" (three copies) , May 23, 1966 Containers box 3 , folder 5 box 3 , folder 5 , item 1 "Memorial Meeting to Protest the Murder of Socialist Youth" flyer (two copies) , no date Containers box 3 , folder 5 box 3 , folder 5 , item 2 Detroit Free Press, "Assassin's Victim Tells of his Moment of Horror" (two copies) , no date Containers box 3 , folder 5 box 3 , folder 5 , item 3 San Francisco Chronicle article – "Fatal Outburst by Communist-Killer" (two copies) , May 17, 1966 Containers box 3 , folder 5 box 3 , folder 5 , item 4 The Federalist Period – History Report , 1966 Containers box 3 , folder 6 The First Smith Act Prosecution , 1966 Containers box 3 , folder 7 Vietnam Anti-War Berkley and San Francisco Various Reports , 1966-1967 Containers box 3 , folder 8 FBI Reports , 1967-1984 Containers box 3 , folder 9 Women's Liberation Speech Antioch College , 1969 Containers box 3 , folder 10 Speech at Antioch College , December 10, 1969 Containers box 3 , folder 10 box 3 , folder 10 , item 1 Loose pages quoting Dr. Spock , 1970 Containers box 3 , folder 10 box 3 , folder 10 , item 2 Women workers paper-clipped notes (2 drafts) , no date Containers box 3 , folder 10 box 3 , folder 10 , item 3 Congressional Record – House – proposal to start head start , February 9, 1970 Containers box 3 , folder 10 box 3 , folder 10 , item 4 Articles, Speeches, etc. , c. 1960s - c. 1970s Containers box 3 , folder 11 Chronology of the American Socialist Communist Movement 1864-1933 , no date Containers box 3 , folder 11 box 3 , folder 11 , item 1 Untitled notes and sources used for chronology , no date Containers box 3 , folder 11 box 3 , folder 11 , item 2 Internal Information Bulletin of the Socialist Workers Party - "The American Youth Movement Today" , December 1967 Containers box 3 , folder 11 box 3 , folder 11 , item 3 Paper by Kipp Dawson titled "The Social Base of Fascism: Its Rise to Power in Germany" with annotations , 1965 Containers box 3 , folder 11 box 3 , folder 11 , item 4 Notes from discussion on unemployed , January, 1976 Containers box 3 , folder 11 box 3 , folder 11 , item 5 Gay Liberation Probe – Christopher Street , 1971 Containers box 3 , folder 12 Report to Socialist Workers Party on membership policy regarding homosexuals , January 6, 1971 Containers box 3 , folder 12 box 3 , folder 12 , item 1 Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee (CSLDC) Bulletin - "To all Eastern Regional Homophile Organizations" , April 3, 1971 Containers box 3 , folder 12 box 3 , folder 12 , item 2 Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee (CSLDC) Bulletin , April 16, 1971 Containers box 3 , folder 12 box 3 , folder 12 , item 3 Funds appeal to businesses offering posters and buttons for sale , 1971 Containers box 3 , folder 12 box 3 , folder 12 , item 4 Report on Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee , June 15, 1971 Containers box 3 , folder 12 box 3 , folder 12 , item 5 Report to socialist workers party on gay liberation printed on back of movie poster , June 16, 1971 Containers box 3 , folder 12 box 3 , folder 12 , item 6 Undated and unsigned note asking if speech is intervention , no date Containers box 3 , folder 12 box 3 , folder 12 , item 7 New York City All-Day Liberation Forum schedule , June 26, 1971 Containers box 3 , folder 12 box 3 , folder 12 , item 8 Gay Liberation Forum flyer rough draft , June 26, 1971 Containers box 3 , folder 12 box 3 , folder 12 , item 9 Graphic Forum flyer with drafts of forum schedule on back , June 26, 1971 Containers box 3 , folder 12 box 3 , folder 12 , item 10 Final Gay Liberation Forum flyer , June 26, 1971 Containers box 3 , folder 12 box 3 , folder 12 , item 11 New York City Pride Week Schedule , June 18, 1971 - June 27, 1971 Containers box 3 , folder 12 box 3 , folder 12 , item 12 Christopher Street Liberation Day 1971 March flyer , June 21, 1971 - June 27, 1971 Containers box 3 , folder 12 box 3 , folder 12 , item 13 Draft of report on Pride March (4 pgaes) , 1971 Containers box 3 , folder 12 box 3 , folder 12 , item 14 Gay Women's Liberation Front, Daughters of Bilitis, and Gay Activists Alliance lesbian bar demands , 1971 Containers box 3 , folder 12 box 3 , folder 12 , item 15 Socialist Worker Party Poem from Sydney Abbot and Barbara Love , 1971 Containers box 3 , folder 13 Young Socialist Alliance, Educational Conference Gay Liberation Speech , 1971 Containers box 3 , folder 14 Women's National Abortion Action Campaign/Coalition (WONAAC) Founding Conference Speech , July, 1971 Containers box 3 , folder 15 Kate Millett's Sexual Politics: A Marxist Appreciation' Pamphlet , 1971 Containers box 3 , folder 16 Socialist Educational Weekend Speech on Wilhelm Reich , 1972 Containers box 3 , folder 17 Solidarity Newspaper , March, 1972 Containers box 3 , folder 18 Gay Liberation: A Socialist Perspective , 1975 Containers box 3 , folder 19 Socialist Workers Party v. Attorney General , 1976 Containers box 3 , folder 20 1977 Women's Liberation Speech , 1977 Containers box 3 , folder 21 1978 Flyer for talk at WVU , 1978 Containers box 3 , folder 21 box 3 , folder 21 , item 1 Speech given in Newark, NJ & WVU , 1977 Containers box 3 , folder 21 box 3 , folder 21 , item 2 Report to Pittsburgh Socialist Worker Party, Tasks and Perspectives Report (29 pages) , January 1978 Containers box 3 , folder 22 National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws (NARAL), Abortion Speaker's and Debater's Notebook , 1978 Containers box 3 , folder 23 Pamphlets on Nuclear Power Around Three Mile Island , 1979 Containers box 3 , folder 24 Pittsburgh Socialist Educational Conference , 1980 Containers box 3 , folder 25 Reagan's War on Women's Right , 1981 Containers box 3 , folder 26 Pittsburgh Lesbian & Gay Prideweek , 1983 Containers box 3 , folder 27 Socialist Educational Conference Presentation on Affirmative Action , 1983 Containers box 3 , folder 28 Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) Newspaper Clippings , 1984-1989 Containers box 3 , folder 29 Charleston Educational Conference Speech , 1985 Containers box 3 , folder 30 Speech from Forum on Cuba and Nicaragua , 1986 Containers box 3 , folder 31 Judge Griesa Decision, Socialist Worker Party vs. Attorney General, FBI, et al , August 25, 1986 Containers box 3 , folder 32 Political Rights Defense Fund, Socialists Worker Party Lawsuit vs. FBI , 1986-1987 Containers box 3 , folder 33 Speech on Fundraising , c. 1980s Containers box 3 , folder 34 Abortion Forum Speech , 1988 Containers box 3 , folder 35 Federation of Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) International Directory , 1988 - 1991 Containers box 3 , folder 36 New York City Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Guides for Parents , 1988 Containers box 3 , folder 37 Broomstick Magazine , 1988-1989 Containers box 3 , folder 38 National Newspapers , April, 1989 Containers box 3 , folder 39 Pittsburgh Abortion Organizing , 1989 Containers box 3 , folder 40 Broomstick Magazine , 1990-1991 Containers box 3 , folder 41 New Executive Board Members Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers Point , August, 2007 Containers box 3 , folder 42 Voices of the Civil Rights , 2017 Containers box 3 , folder 43 Article for Encyclopedia of American Marxism on Evelyn Reed , 2021 Containers box 3 , folder 44 Series IV. United Mine Workers of America (UMWA)/Coal Employment Project (CEP)/Mines Materials , 1963-2019 Bethlehem Steel Police Report on Ellsworth & Marianna Miners , June 30, 1983 Containers box 4 , folder 1 1963 UMWA , 1963 Containers box 4 , folder 2 UMWA , 1976-1977 Containers box 4 , folder 2 box 4 , folder 2 , item 1 Bicentennial issue of United Mine Worker's Journal , 1976-1977 Containers box 4 , folder 2 box 4 , folder 2 , item 2 UMWA brochure titled "Support the Stearns Strikers" , 1976-1977 Containers box 4 , folder 2 box 4 , folder 2 , item 3 "Defend Stearns strikers" flyer , 1976-1977 Containers box 4 , folder 2 box 4 , folder 2 , item 4 SWP report , 1976-1977 Containers box 4 , folder 2 box 4 , folder 2 , item 5 Copy of Militant flyers , 1976-1977 Containers box 4 , folder 2 box 4 , folder 2 , item 6 UMWA Constitution , 1976 Containers box 4 , folder 3 Women in the Mines , 1976-1977 Containers box 4 , folder 4 UMWA , 1978 Containers box 4 , folder 5 Issue of Radical America , 1978 Containers box 4 , folder 5 box 4 , folder 5 , item 1 Newspapers documenting events and flyers , 1978 Containers box 4 , folder 5 box 4 , folder 5 , item 2 Newspaper Clippings Mine Organizing & Accidents , 1978 Containers box 4 , folder 6 Kipp's First Miners Papers , 1979 Containers box 4 , folder 7 Article from Kipp's hiring , 1979 Containers box 4 , folder 7 box 4 , folder 7 , item 1 Lung and Health Report , 1979 Containers box 4 , folder 7 box 4 , folder 7 , item 2 Sleeved Identifying Cards , 1979 Containers box 4 , folder 7 box 4 , folder 7 , item 3 Training Certificates , 1979 Containers box 4 , folder 7 box 4 , folder 7 , item 4 First Women Miner Killed , 1979 Containers box 4 , folder 7 Department of Labor Notice , 1979 Containers box 4 , folder 7 box 4 , folder 7 , item 1 Newspaper Clipping Documenting Death , 1979 Containers box 4 , folder 7 box 4 , folder 7 , item 2 UMWA Conference on Women in Mines , November 10, 1979 Containers box 4 , folder 8 UMWA "Union Women in the Mines" program , November 10, 1979 Containers box 4 , folder 8 box 4 , folder 8 , item 1 Newspaper Articles About Conference , November 10, 1979 Containers box 4 , folder 8 box 4 , folder 8 , item 2 Bethlehem and UMWA , 1979-1980 Containers box 4 , folder 9 Bethlehem Mining Star Newsletter , 1979-1980 Containers box 4 , folder 9 box 4 , folder 9 , item 1 Consolidation Notice of Mines With Timeline , 1979-1980 Containers box 4 , folder 9 box 4 , folder 9 , item 2 Letters and Notices from Bethlehem About Absentees and Performance , 1979-1980 Containers box 4 , folder 9 box 4 , folder 9 , item 3 UMWA , 1979-1980 Containers box 4 , folder 10 Socialist Coverage of UMWA , c. 1980s Containers box 4 , folder 11 Issues, Concerns Related to the Women Mineworkers UMWA District 5 Conference , November 02, 1980 Containers box 4 , folder 12 Steel City National Organization for Women Nuclear Statement , 1980 Containers box 4 , folder 13 Mountain Life and Work , 1980-1981 Containers box 4 , folder 14 UMWA Black Lung Rally , March 9, 1981 Containers box 4 , folder 15 UMWA Three Mile Island and Nuclear Power Response , 1980-1981 Containers box 4 , folder 16 Three Mile Island Newspaper Clippings , 1981 Containers box 4 , folder 17 Newsletters on Three Mile Island , 1981 Containers box 4 , folder 18 Labor Conference for Safe Energy & Full Employment for March 28th, 1981, Three Mile Island Demonstration , March 28, 1981 Containers box 4 , folder 19 Newspapers on UMWA Strikes , April, 1981 Containers box 4 , folder 20 Newspapers on UMWA Strikes , May, 1981 Containers box 4 , folder 21 Newspapers on UMWA Strikes , June, 1981 Containers box 4 , folder 22 Various Newspaper Clippings , 1981 Containers box 4 , folder 23 Materials Related to 1981 UMWA Strikes , 1981 Containers box 4 , folder 24 Internal UMWA District 5 Materials , 1981 Containers box 4 , folder 25 Solidarity Day Press Coverage , 1981 Containers box 4 , folder 26 Winter 1981 Issue 'Southern Exposure' , 1981 Containers box 4 , folder 27 Emery Mining Corp Children Marketing , 1981 Containers box 4 , folder 28 Coal Companies' Publications , 1981-1982 Containers box 4 , folder 29 UMWA 1982 Materials , 1982 Containers box 4 , folder 30 UMWA Constitution & Richard Trumka Speech , 1983 Containers box 4 , folder 31 UMWA 1981-1984 Safety and Fatalities , 1981-1984 Containers box 4 , folder 32 UMWA Local 1197 Picnics , 1983-1984 Containers box 4 , folder 33 UMWA Local Union Organizing Seminar , December 8, 1985 Containers box 4 , folder 34 Resolution of the Navajo Tribal Council – Enacting the Navajo Preference in Employment Act , 1985 Containers box 4 , folder 35 Midtown to Coaltown issue of UMWA Journal , October, 1985 Containers box 4 , folder 36 UMWA News Coverage , 1985 Containers box 4 , folder 37 Bethlehem/BethEnergy Layoff , 1986 Containers box 4 , folder 38 Local 1197 Feb 1986 Newsletter , February, 1986 Containers box 4 , folder 39 Local 1197 1986 Miscellaneous , 1986 Containers box 4 , folder 40 Canterbury Strike Flyers , 1986 Containers box 4 , folder 41 Local 6986 Canterbury Meeting Notes , 1986 Containers box 4 , folder 42 Canterbury Strike Leader Letters , 1986 Containers box 4 , folder 43 Canterbury Strike Newspaper Clippings , 1986-1987 Containers box 4 , folder 44 Canterbury 'Outreach: United We Stand , 1986-1988 Containers box 4 , folder 45 Collective Bargaining Conference , March 27, 1987 Containers box 4 , folder 46 Court Order, National Labor Relations Board vs. United Mine Workers , June 19, 1987 Containers box 4 , folder 47 Newspaper Clippings Around Contract , November 1987 Containers box 4 , folder 48 Coal Employment Project (CEP) Conference Planning and News Coverage , 1988 Containers box 4 , folder 49 Sexual Harassment in the Mines Coal Employment Project Guide , 1988 Containers box 4 , folder 50 Affirmative Action Women in the Mines , 1989-1991 Containers box 4 , folder 51 Australian Women and the Coal Industry , 1989-1991 Containers box 4 , folder 52 Pittston Strike News Coverage , 1989 Containers box 4 , folder 53 Pittston Strike Union Solidarity , 1989 Containers box 4 , folder 54 Camo Carols for Pittston Strike UMWA Camp Solidarity Labor Heritage Foundation , 1989 Containers box 4 , folder 55 Bethlehem Mines/BethEnergy Stickers , c. 1980s Containers box 4 , folder 56 Stickers from Various Mining Companies , c. 1980s Containers box 4 , folder 57 United Mine Workers Districts 2 & 4 PA Stickers , c. 1980s Containers box 4 , folder 58 United Mine Workers District 5 PA Stickers , c. 1980s Containers box 4 , folder 59 United Mine Workers Local 1197 Stickers , c. 1980s Containers box 4 , folder 60 United Mine Workers of America Stickers (National Union) , c. 1980s Containers box 4 , folder 61 Union Solidarity Stickers, P9, Eastern, and more , c. 1980s Containers box 4 , folder 62 Women Miners stickers , c. 1980s Containers box 4 , folder 63 Bumper Stickers United Mine Workers and Women Miners , c. 1980s Containers box 4 , folder 64 1990 Now And Then: The Appalachian Magazine , 1990 Containers box 5 , folder 1 Your Sisters Underground Sojourner Correspondence and Drafts , February, 1990 - May, 1990 Containers box 5 , folder 2 Sojourner with Part One Your Sisters Underground , May, 1990 Containers box 5 , folder 3 Sojourner with Part Two Your Sisters Underground , June, 1990 Containers box 5 , folder 4 John McCoy Murder Charleston Gazette Letter to the Editor , 1990 Containers box 5 , folder 5 Kipp Published Article , 1990 Containers box 5 , folder 5 box 5 , folder 5 , item 1 Hate Mail in Response to John McCoy Article , 1990 Containers box 5 , folder 5 box 5 , folder 5 , item 2 John McCoy News Coverage , 1990 Containers box 5 , folder 6 General UMWA News Coverage , 1990 Containers box 5 , folder 7 Portrait of a Woman Miner Coal Employment Project Newsletter , 1990 Containers box 5 , folder 8 Issue of United Mine Workers Journal , December, 1990 Containers box 5 , folder 9 1991 UMWA Calendar , 1991 Containers box 5 , folder 9 box 5 , folder 9 , item 1 CEP 1990 Manuscript List – Eastern Tennessee State University Archive , 1990 Containers box 5 , folder 10 Bailey Mine Overview Organizing Packet , 1990 Containers box 5 , folder 11 Steering Committee , October, 1990 - November 19, 1991 Containers box 5 , folder 12 UMWA Organizing Contact Records , December 4, 1990 - March 6, 1991 Containers box 5 , folder 13 Bailey Mine Recruitment Materials , October, 1990 - April, 1991 Containers box 5 , folder 14 Bailey Organizing Stickers , no date Containers box 5 , folder 15 Various Bailey Mine Materials , October, 1990 - November, 1991 Containers box 5 , folder 16 Washington, PA Coalfield Anti-War News Coverage , January, 1991 Containers box 5 , folder 17 13th National Conference of Women Miners Coal Employment Project Glenwood Springs, Colorado , June 21, 1991 - June 23, 1991 Containers box 5 , folder 18 Kipp's Union Business Time Off , 1986-1991 Containers box 5 , folder 19 UMWA General Materials , 1991 Containers box 5 , folder 20 Richard Trumka Letter Members , August, 1992 Containers box 5 , folder 21 UMWA 1197 1992 Layoff Materials , 1992 Containers box 5 , folder 22 UMWA New Contract News Coverage & Trumka Letters , 1992-1993 Containers box 5 , folder 23 UMWA District 5 Newsletter , 1993 Containers box 5 , folder 24 1983-1986 CEP, National Uninon Mineworkers (NUM), UMWA Timelines Constructed , 1992 Containers box 5 , folder 25 Surveys to Coal Operators on Affirmative Action Regarding Research Survey , 1991 Containers box 5 , folder 26 Research Bibliography , 1992 Containers box 5 , folder 27 Research Notes for "Women Miners and the UMWA: 1973 – 1983" , 1992 Containers box 5 , folder 28 Pamphlets Collected for Research , 1992 Containers box 5 , folder 29 A Guide to Miner's Rights and Responsibilities under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 , no date Containers box 5 , folder 29 box 5 , folder 29 , item 1 American Industrial Heritage Project , no date Containers box 5 , folder 29 box 5 , folder 29 , item 2 The National Coal Museum , no date Containers box 5 , folder 29 box 5 , folder 29 , item 3 Correspondence around "Women Miners and the UMWA: 1973-1983" , 1992 Containers box 5 , folder 30 Women Miners and the UMWA: 1973-1983 , July, 1992 Containers box 5 , folder 31 UMWA News Coverage , 1993-1995 Containers box 5 , folder 32 CEP Mailing Lists Through Early 1990s , c. 1990s Containers box 5 , folder 33 CEP Newsletters , 1984-1994 Containers box 5 , folder 34 Coal Employment Project (CEP) Pamphlet , c. 1990s Containers box 5 , folder 35 Communication from Bethlehem Steel to Union Employees , 1985-1992 Containers box 5 , folder 36 Kipp's Mine Papers , 1980-1992 Containers box 5 , folder 37 'Keep Hope Alive: Women Miners and the UMWA and the Union Movement of the USA 1984-1986' Chatham College Tutorial , 1994 Containers box 5 , folder 38 Mine Recall Legal Dispute , 1995 Containers box 5 , folder 39 Women's Review of Books, Review of 'The Women in the Mines' , October, 1996 Containers box 5 , folder 40 Women Miners Reunion , August, 2013 Containers box 5 , folder 41 UMWA Journal 2019 Reflection on Pittston Strike , 2019 Containers box 5 , folder 42 Series V. International Travels , 1984-1988 Various International Bumper Stickers , c. 1980s Containers box 6 , folder 1 International Miners Union Stickers , c. 1980s Containers box 6 , folder 2 El Salvador: Solidarity with FENASTRAS and Kipp's Participation in 1985 San Salvador Labor Conference , 1984-1986 Containers box 6 , folder 3 British International Solidarity Pamphlets Miner's Strike , 1984-1985 Containers box 6 , folder 4 Coal Mining Women About US Women Miners in British Publication 'Spare Rib' , 1983 Containers box 6 , folder 5 Clippings from the First Year of National Union Mineworkers Strike, Mailed to Kipp by a Striker , 1984 Containers box 6 , folder 6 Kipp Dawson 1984 Trip to Britain – Itinerary and Interviews , October 18, 1984 - November 6, 1984 Containers box 6 , folder 7 Women Against Pit Closures , 1984 Containers box 6 , folder 8 Correspondence with British Miners and Women Against Pit Closure , 1984-1985 Containers box 6 , folder 9 British Stickers from 1984-1985 Strike National Union of Mineworkers vs. British Coal and Related Struggle , 1984-1985 Containers box 6 , folder 10 Women Against Pit Closures Leaders Signed Strike Poster to Kipp , 1985 Containers box 6 , folder 11 Correspondence with Mick Richmond aka Richo Leader of NUM 's 'Dirty Thirty' , no date Containers box 6 , folder 12 'Union of Democratic Miners' Nottinghamshire Split from National Union of Miners (NUM) , no date Containers box 6 , folder 13 British Coal Miners & Industry Post Strike Sent to Kipp by Dirty 30 Leader Mick Richmond Flyers and Newspapers , no date Containers box 6 , folder 14 P9 Hormel Strikers in Britain News Articles , no date Containers box 6 , folder 15 US Women Miners in London Article in NewsLine , December 10, 1986 Containers box 6 , folder 16 Women Miners Trip to Britain , 1987 Containers box 6 , folder 17 British Press Coverage of/and reaction to EOC Calling for End to Ban of Women Working in Mines , April 13, 1988 - April 14, 1988 Containers box 6 , folder 18 Correspondence with and About 'Dirty 30' Striking Miners, Leicestershire , no date Containers box 6 , folder 19 International Miners Organization Conference Sydney, Australia , November, 1987 Containers box 6 , folder 20 International Miners Organization Conference Plaque , November, 1987 Containers box 6 , folder 21 Discussion on Women Miners, Australia & USA Correspondence and Materials , 1986-1989 Containers box 6 , folder 22 Australian Governmental Publications Supporting Women Workers (from IMO – International Miners Organization Conference) , 1987 Containers box 6 , folder 23 'Land Rights News' Newspaper of Northern Australia Territory Aboriginal Land Councils , January, 1987 Containers box 6 , folder 24 Namibia, South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO) Bulletin. Shared at International Miners Organization Conference in Sydney, Australia , 1987 Containers box 6 , folder 25 South Africa National Union of Mine Workers Material from International Miners Organization Conference , 1987 Containers box 6 , folder 26 Correspondence & Materials Southern District (Australia) Miners Women , 1987-1988 Containers box 6 , folder 27 Series VI. Photographs , 1980-1993 Labor for Equal Rights Amendment Rally Richmond, VA , January 13, 1980 Containers box 7 , folder 1 Solidarity Day Washington DC , September 19, 1981 Containers box 7 , folder 2 USWA & UE at Port Authority Transit Corp. (PATCO) Picket Line Pittsburgh Airport , September, 1981 Containers box 7 , folder 3 UMWA Supporting PATCO at Pittsburgh Airport , September, 1981 Containers box 7 , folder 4 Solidarity with PATCO Labor Picket, Pittsburgh Airport , September, 1981 Containers box 7 , folder 5 UMWA 1197 Picnic Elcoma Park, PA Summer , 1983 Containers box 7 , folder 6 UMWA at Abortion Rights Demonstration Washington DC , April 9, 1989 Containers box 7 , folder 7 Eastern Airlines Solidarity Rally Pittsburgh , April 14, 1989 Containers box 7 , folder 8 Pennsylvania Miners Trip to Pittston Camp Solidarity Virginia , July, 1989 Containers box 7 , folder 9 UMWA Local 1197 Women Miners Join Aloe Miners Picket Line in Neville, PA , c. September 1989 Containers box 7 , folder 10 Abortion Rights March on Washington, DC , November 12, 1989 Containers box 7 , folder 11 Antiwar Demonstration Washington DC , January 26, 1991 Containers box 7 , folder 12 14th Coal Employment Project Conference Pittsburgh , June, 1992 Containers box 7 , folder 13 15th Coal Employment Project Conference Navajo Land 4 Corners , June, 1993 Containers box 7 , folder 14 El Salvador Travel Scrapbook , 1985 Containers box 7 , folder 15 International Travels Photo Album , 1986 Containers box 7 , folder 16 Domestic Travel Photo Album , 1986 Containers box 7 , folder 17 Union Solidarity Photo Album , 1989 Containers box 7 , folder 18 Series VII. Journals, Notebooks, Datebooks, and Poetry , November, 1980 - 1996 Journal , November 17, 1980 – May 25, 1981 Containers box 8 , folder 1 Journal and Notes , May 29, 1981 – December 12, 1981 Containers box 8 , folder 2 Journal and Notes from Cuba , Feburary 1982 Containers box 8 , folder 3 Journal , December 12, 1981 – December 26, 1983 Containers box 8 , folder 4 Journal and Notes RE: Massey & British Trip (partial) , 1984 Containers box 8 , folder 5 Journal & Britain Notes , December 27, 1983 – December 18, 1984 Containers box 8 , folder 6 Journal , December 19, 1984 – December 26, 1986 Containers box 8 , folder 7 Notes , 1986 Containers box 8 , folder 8 Journal , January 1, 1987 – December 27, 1989 Containers box 8 , folder 9 Datebooks , 1980-1982 Containers box 8 , folder 10 Datebooks , 1983-1986 Containers box 8 , folder 11 Datebooks , 1987-1989 Containers box 8 , folder 12 Datebooks , 1990-1992 Containers box 8 , folder 13 Datebooks , 1993-1996 Containers box 8 , folder 14 Address books , c. 1980s Containers box 8 , folder 15 She Wrote Snippets to Keep Herself More-or-Less Sane , c. 1980s - c. 1990s Containers box 8 , folder 16 Series VIII. Audio , c. 1980s - c. 1990s Audiocassettes , c. 1980s - c. 1990s Containers box 9 Cross Currents - Lyrics and Music by Ginny Hildebrand , January 24, 1991 Containers box 9 , cassette 1 Songs of the Spanish Civil War , 1984 Containers box 9 , cassette 2 Daddy, what did you do in the Strike? , no date Containers box 9 , cassette 3 "Femmes Fatales" Mixtape , no date Containers box 9 , cassette 4 Heroes Forum , no date Containers box 9 , cassette 5 "They'll Never Keep Us Down". Women Miners , no date Containers box 9 , cassette 6 "Music for Libby V I & II" Mixtape , no date Containers box 9 , cassette 7 "From Massey Picket Lines Tom Jurawich" & "Focus on Music of Women of Color KPFA Witching Hour" , no date Containers box 9 , cassette 8 "April 3, 1981, Coal Miners Contract What's in it for you?" Speech by Ginny Hildebrand , April 3, 1981 Containers box 9 , cassette 9 "Music for Libby Vol IV Feeling Good" Mixtape , no date Containers box 9 , cassette 10 "Justice in America: For all my Union Friends" All Vocals – Jess Wilcox , no date Containers box 9 , cassette 11 "Les. Gay March Highlights DC 10/87" , October, 1987 Containers box 9 , cassette 12 "Roberta Flack: Blue Lights in the Basement" & "Tom Juravich Rising Again" , no date Containers box 9 , cassette 13 Not Goin Back Cross Current" , no date Containers box 9 , cassette 14 "Muscles and Blood 3" , no date Containers box 9 , cassette 15 Canterbury Rally , August 22, 1987 Containers box 9 , cassette 16 CEP Conference 5/22-24 81 , May 22, 1981 - May 24, 1981 Containers box 9 , cassette 17 Utley and Belair , May 11, 1981 Containers box 9 , cassette 18 "Joe Hill" – Union Mix , undated Containers box 9 , cassette 19 "Rhythm and Blues and Joan Baez" – Mixtape , undated Containers box 9 , cassette 20 Series IX. Memorabilia