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NELSON, RICHARD J. (1915 — 1994) FILE PAPERS REGARDING THE ILLINOIS
COMMITTEE FOR FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES, 1959-1966.
1 ln. ft. (1 ,006 items).
PART A:
File Papers
1.
Equal Job Opportunity Committee (EJO Committee)-Correspondence and Related Material, Feb. 1959-Jan. 1960. 19
items.
2.
EJO Committee--Newsletters, Mar.-May 1959. 4 items.
3.
Martin E. Janis & Company (Public Relations Firm)--Program
for 1959 Legislative Campaign (Proposal) Spring 1959?. 1 item.
4.
Interim Correspondence.
5.
Organizing Fair Employment Practices Committee
(FEP
Committee)
and Preparing for 1961 Legislative
Campaign--Correspondence, Aug.-Dec.
1960.
28 items.
6.
Various Committee Membership Listings.
7.
1961 Legislation--Drafts and Related Material.
8.
FEP Committee--Correspondence: Governor and State
Legislators.
Jan.-July 1961.
46 items.
9.
FEP Committee--Correspondence: Business Leaders and Trade
Associations.
May 1953, Feb.-Apr.
1963.
45 items.
10.
FEP Committee--Correspondence:
Feb.-July 1961.
28 items.
11.
FEP Committee--Correspondence:
Jan.-July 1961.
62 items.
12.
FEP Committee--Correspondence: Civic and Political Groups.
Jan.-Apr.
1961.
13 items.
13.
FEP Committee--Correspondence:
Frank McNaughten (Public
Relations Consultant).
Mar.-Apr.
1961.
11
items.
14.
FEP Committee--Correspondence and Report:
Finances.
Feb.
1961-Feb.
1962.
15.
FEP Committee--Correspondence:
65 items.
16.
FEP Committee--Newsletters. Mar. 1961. 3 items.
17.
FEP Committee-produced Literature: Handouts,
Articles, Programs, Reports.
1959-1961.
18.
Related Literature, Not Produced by FEP Committee--Handouts,
Pamphlets, Articles,
Editorials, Newsletters, Talks, Legislative
Testimony.
1959-1961.
30 items.
19.
FEP Committee--Final Report.
Mar.-July 1960.
9
7
items.
items.
25
items.
Labor Leaders and Groups.
Religious Leaders and Groups.
Other.
1961.
Fund Raising and
20 items.
Feb.-July 1961.
1
Pamphlets,
7 items.
item.
20.
Richard J.
Jan.-Apr.
Nelson--Speeches, Articles,
1961.
6 items.
21.
Inland Steel
Company--Interna 1 Correspondence.
1959-Jan.
1966.
26 items.
22.
Inland Steel Company Manual--Compliance with Federal and
State FEP Legislation.
Oct. 1961.
1 item.
23.
Post-1961
24.
Controversies over FEP Commission Appointments-Correspondence and Clippings.
June 1961-Feb.
1962. 46 items.
25.
FEP Commission--Decisions and Other Material. June 1961Nov, 1964.
9 items.
26.
Joseph Minsky,
"FEPC In Illinois:
Four Stormy Years,"
41 Notre Dame Lawyer (Dec.
1965), 152-81.
1 item.
27.
Newspaper Clippings,
1959-1960.
28.
Newspaper Clippings,
Jan.--Mar.
29.
Newspapers Clippings, Apr.
30.
Newspaper Clippings, May 1961--Aug.
Correspondence.
Formal
July 1962-Jan.
1961.
1966.
Statements.
Apr.
10
items.
20 items.
1961.
44 items.
47 items.
1963.
16 items.
PART B: Richard J. Nelson's Scrapbook — Illinois Committee for Equal Job
Opportunity, 1959 Campaign.
108 items.
31.
Items 1-25.
32.
Items 26-60.
33.
Items 61-108.
PART C: Richard J, Nelson's Scrapbook — Illinois Committee for Equal Job
Opportunity, 1961 Campaign.
248 items.
34.
Items 1-25.
35.
Items 26-100.
36.
Items 101-175.
37.
Items 176-248.