By Daniel Linke, University Archivist and Curator of Public Policy Papers, Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton University
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The Mudd Library is pleased to announce that the final two series of the (ACLU) records have been processed, and that the entire colĀlecĀtion has been addressed is now availĀable to the pubĀlic. These mateĀriĀals join ACLU records long held at the Mudd Library: and . As a whole, this colĀlecĀtion docĀuĀments the civil libĀerĀties organizationās work in areas includĀing civil rights, chilĀdren and womenās rights, freeĀdom of speech (and all First AmendĀment quesĀtions), due process, the right to priĀvacy, and church-state sepĀaĀraĀtion issues, and this third subĀgroup covĀers the years between 1975 and 2000 preĀdomĀiĀnantly. The records are of vital hisĀtorĀiĀcal and culĀtural imporĀtance to the nation, and we are grateĀful that the work on these records was .
Founded in 1920, the ACLUās misĀsion is āto defend and preĀserve the indiĀvidĀual rights and libĀerĀties guarĀanĀteed to every perĀson in this counĀtry by the ConĀstiĀtuĀtion and laws of the United States.ā The group has been inteĀgral in myrĀiad landĀmark court cases since its incepĀtion, and the colĀlecĀtion of new mateĀriĀals housed at Mudd conĀsists, notably, of records from the ReproĀducĀtive FreeĀdom Project, the Womenās Rights Project, the Robert Bork Supreme Court nomĀiĀnaĀtion hearĀings, the Iran-Contra affair, and Texas v. JohnĀson (the 1990 flag-burning case). The newly availĀable records also include over 300 boxes from the ACLUās , which hanĀdled many imporĀtant civil rights cases
AdriĀane HanĀson, who manĀaged the proĀcessĀing of the new ACLU mateĀriĀals, began in June 2010, and with the help of sevĀeral PrinceĀton stuĀdents, she invenĀtoĀried and processed 2,500 linĀear, in Mudd Libraryās hisĀtory. Mudd Libraryās entire ACLU colĀlecĀtion, which is its largest and most used, now spans about 4,200 linĀear feet.
For more inforĀmaĀtion, read the PrinceĀton Alumni Weeklyās
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