Title: American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri Records (WUA00355), 1930-2015
Predominant Dates:1950-2000
ID: WUA/06/wua00355
Creator: American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri (ACLU-EM)
Extent: 123.0 Linear Feet
Arrangement:
This collection is divided into series, further broken down into subseries, as described below:
Series 1: St. Louis Civil Liberties Committee Files, 1935 – 1967
Subseries 1: Office Files, 1953-1959.
Subseries 2: Office Files and Cases, 1947-1957
Subseries 3: General Files of the Chairman, 1960-1961 (circa), and 1963-1965.
Subseries 4: Miscellaneous.
Series 2: ACLU of Eastern Missouri Files, 1953 – 1981
Subseries 1: Office Files, 1953-1980
Subseries 2: Executive Director files
Subseries 3: ACLU/EM Privacy Project, 1976
Subseries 4: News clippings, 1967-1985.
Subseries 5: Membership and recruitment, 1967-1980
Subseries 6: Publications and pamphlets
Series 3: ACLU of Eastern Missouri Files, 1940 – 1991
[not split into subseries] Case files and Subject files, arranged alphabetically.
Series 4: ACLU of Eastern Missouri Files, 1959 – 1995
Subseries 1: Administrative and Subject Files (arranged alphabetically)
Subseries 2: Cases Files and Master Dockets (arranged alphabetically)
Series 5: ACLU of Eastern Missouri Files, 1960 – 2003
Subseries 01: Legal Cases (arranged alphabetically)
Subseries 02: Subject Files (arranged alphabetically)
Subseries 03: Board of Director Files (arranged alphabetically)
Series 6: ACLU of Eastern Missouri Files, 1985 – 2005
Subseries 1: Subject Files (arranged alphabetically)
Subseries 2: Case files (arranged alphabetically)
Series 7: ACLU of Eastern Missouri Files, 1984 – 2008
Subseries 1: Legal Cases (arranged alphabetically)
Subseries 2: Subject Files (arranged alphabetically)
Series 8: ACLU of Eastern Missouri Files, 1994-2012
Subseries 1: Legal Cases (arranged alphabetically)
Series 9: ACLU of Eastern Missouri Files, 2000-2015
Subseries 1: Legal Cases (arranged alphabetically)
Subseries 2: Subject Files (arranged alphabetically)
Subseries 3: Websites (all digital content)
Languages: English [eng]
This collection contains the records of the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri (ACLU-MO). Items in the collection include office files, promotional materials, memos, reports, financial documents, articles, conference materials, and other materials that document the history and operations of the organization, previously known as the St. Louis Civil Liberties Commitee (SLCLC) 1920 - 1968, and American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri (ACLU/EM), 1968 – 2013.
Each series in this collection corresponds to an accession (or transfer) of records. Significant overlap in topics and dates is found in each series.
Accruals: Accruals are filed at the end as additional series.
Access Restrictions:
Series 1, 2, and 3 are open to researchers without restriction.
*Series 4 and beyond have additional restrictions.
*Files are closed to use for 25 years (after their creation), except with written permission of the Executive Director, ACLU of Eastern Missouri. Researchers should contact the Archives staff for further information regarding this process.
Use Restrictions:
Users of the collection must read and agree to abide by the rules and procedures set forth in the Materials Use Policies.
Providing access to materials does not constitute permission to publish or otherwise authorize use. All publication not covered by fair use or other exceptions is restricted to those who have permission of the copyright holder, which may or may not be Washington University.
If you wish to publish or license Special Collections materials, please contact Special Collections to inquire about copyright status at (314) 935-5495 or spec@wumail.wustl.edu. (Publish means quotation in whole or in part in seminar or term papers, theses or dissertations, journal articles, monographs, books, digital forms, photographs, images, dramatic presentations, transcriptions, or any other form prepared for a limited or general public.)
Acquisition Method: This material was donated to the University Archives at various times.
Preferred Citation: [Item description]. From the [collection title, series, box, folder]. University Archives, Washington University in St. Louis.
Processing Information: Processed by Archives Staff; Updated by Miranda Rectenwald in 2007 and 2010. Series 7 processed by Lesley Zavediuk in Spring 2011. Finding aid updated by Meg Tuomala in November 2012. Series 8 processed by ACLU/EM staff in Summer 2013.
Finding Aid Revision History: This finding aid was entered into Archon by Hannah Barg in June 2012. Updated by Miranda Rectenwald in 2017. Updated by Sarah Schnuriger in February 2019.