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Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University Stanford, California Processed by: Jill Golden Date Completed: 2012 Encoded by: Machine-readable finding aid derived from Microsoft Word and MARC record by Jill Golden. 2012 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved. Collection Summary Title: Jean Graham Dates: 1908-1984 Collection Number: 92056 Creator: Alinsky, Jean Graham Collection Size: 6 manuscript boxes(2.4 linear feet) Repository: Hoover Institution Archives Stanford, California 94305-6010 Abstract: Memoirs, correspondence, legal and financial papers, memoranda, press releases and printed matter, relating to the career of Saul Alinsky as a radical and organizer of impoverished communities in the United States. Includes published writings and a few papers of Saul Alinsky. Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives Languages: In English Access Collection is open for research. The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Jean Graham, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives. Acquisition Information Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1992. Accruals Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at http://searchworks.stanford.edu/. Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number of boxes listed in this finding aid. Related Materials Eric Hoffer papers, Hoover Institution Archives Fred Ross papers, Special Collections, Stanford University Industrial Areas Foundation records, Special Collections, University of Illinois, Chicago Saul David Alinsky collection, Trinity College Library 1916 May Born Jean La Verne Graham, New York 17 92056 2
1938 B.A., Vassar College 1942 Married Frederick Schick January 1948 Divorced Frederick Schick Circa 1951 Assistant, Museum of Modern Art, New York 1952 May Married Saul Alinsky in Spartanburg, South Carolina 15 1956 Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis Circa 1964 Moved to Carmel, CA 1967 Honorary Chair, Help the Children Committee 1969 Divorced Saul Alinsky 1999 Died, Monterey, CA Scope and Content of Collection The papers contain Jean Graham Alinsky's memoirs of her marriage to Saul Alinsky. Correspondence, legal papers, memoranda, reports, and printed matter relate to the career of Saul Alinsky as an organizer of impoverished communities in the United States. Organizational records from the Industrial Areas Foundation as well as a few personal papers of Saul Alinsky are also included. In a 1983 letter, Jean Graham Alinsky wrote that she was "determined to write a biography" of her second husband Saul Alinsky (Box 1, Folder 28). The bulk of the Jean Graham Alinsky file consists of Jean's research materials for her Saul Alinsky biography, including extensive clippings, as well as her personal memoirs and biographical writings on Saul Alinsky (Box 2). These writings, compiled from 1980-1984, are in fragments with several sections and pages missing. Except for two letters received from Saul Alinsky, the correspondence file consists mainly of holiday cards, personal letters from unidentified friends, and a few pieces of legal correspondence. The Saul Alinsky file contains a few writings of Saul Alinsky as well as some records from the Industrial Areas Foundation, a Chicago-based organization founded by Alinsky in 1940. Arrangement The collection is arranged into two series: Jean Graham Alinsky file and Saul Alinsky file. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Radicalism--United States. Community organization--united States. Alinsky, Saul David, 1909-1972. Box: 1-5 JEAN GRAHAM ALINSKY FILE 1908-1984 Contains biographical materials, memoirs, essays, correspondence, and printed matter, mainly on the life and career of Saul Alinsky and her own battle with multiple sclerosis. Arrangement Arranged by physical form. Biographical file 1916-1984 Box/Folder: 1 : 1 Birth certificate 1916 Box/Folder: 1 : 2 Vassar College diploma 1938 Box/Folder: 1 : 3 Frederick Schick divorce papers 1948 Box/Folder: 1 : 4 Jean Graham and Saul Alinsky marriage certificate 1952 Certified copy from 1978 Box/Folder: 1 : 5 Kathryn and Lee David Alinsky adoption records 1952 Box/Folder: 1 : 6 Clippings 1953-1954, 1965 92056 3
JEAN GRAHAM ALINSKY FILE 1908-1984 Biographical file 1916-1984 Box/Folder: 1 : 7 YMCA award certificate 1966 Box/Folder: 1 : 8 Saul Alinsky divorce papers 1968-1969 Box/Folder: 1 : 9 Vassar Class of 1938 questionnaire circa 1972 Box/Folder: 1 : 10 Conservatorship papers 1972-1984 Includes copy of Saul Alinsky's death certificate Box/Folder: 1 : 11 Photograph of Jean Graham Alinsky 1980 Box/Folder: 1 : 12 Address book and calendar 1980s, undated Correspondence 1908-1910, 1971-1984 Except for two letters from Saul Alinsky, consists of holiday cards and letters received from friends and a small amount of legal correspondence. Box/Folder: 1 : 13-14 Undated Includes one letter from Saul Alinsky Box/Folder: 1 : 15 1908-1910 Box/Folder: 1 : 16 1960 Includes one letter from Saul Alinsky Box/Folder: 1 : 17 1967 Box/Folder: 1 : 18 1971 Box/Folder: 1 : 19 1972 Box/Folder: 1 : 20 1973 Box/Folder: 1 : 21 1974 Box/Folder: 1 : 22 1975 Box/Folder: 1 : 23 1976 Box/Folder: 1 : 24 1978 Box/Folder: 1 : 25 1979 Box/Folder: 1 : 26 1980 Box/Folder: 1 : 27 1981 Box/Folder: 1 : 28 1982 Box/Folder: 1 : 29 1983 Box/Folder: 1 : 30 1984 Writings 1950s-1984 Box/Folder: 2 : 1 "Embezzlement as a Fine Art" 1950s Box/Folder: 2 : 2-3 Notes 1960s-1980 Box/Folder: 2 : Memoirs of marriage to Saul Alinsky, fragments circa 1980-1984 4-14 Box/Folder: 2 : 15 Untitled essay on New Paltz, New York 1980 Box/Folder: 2 : 16 Untitled essay on Rules for Radicals 1981 Subject file 1944-1984 Alinsky, Saul 1944-1984 Box/Folder: 2 : 17 Undated Box/Folder: 2 : 18 1944 Box/Folder: 2 : 19 1946 Box/Folder: 2 : 20 1961 92056 4
JEAN GRAHAM ALINSKY FILE 1908-1984 Subject file 1944-1984 Box/Folder: 2 : 21 1962 Box/Folder: 2 : 22 1963 Box/Folder: 3 : 1-3 1964 Box/Folder: 3 : 4-6 1965 Box/Folder: 3 : 7-8 1966 Box/Folder: 3 : 1967 9-10 Box/Folder: 3 : 1968 11-12 Box/Folder: 3 : 13 1969 Box/Folder: 3 : 14 1971 Box/Folder: 3 : 1972 15-16 Box/Folder: 3 : 17 1973 Box/Folder: 4 : 1-2 1974 Box/Folder: 4 : 3 1975 Box/Folder: 4 : 4 1978 Box/Folder: 4 : 5 1979 Box/Folder: 4 : 6 1981 Box/Folder: 4 : 7 1983 Box/Folder: 4 : 8 Anthropology 1979-1980 Box/Folder: 4 : 9 Archaeology 1980-1984 Box/Folder: 4 : 10 Architecture 1960s-1980s Box/Folder: 4 : Brussell, Mae 1972-1974, 1982-1984 11-12 Includes copies of Brussel's World Watchers International newsletter Box/Folder: 4 : 13 Chicago (Ill.) 1962-1974 Box/Folder: 4 : 14 Citizens Action Program 1973 Box/Folder: 4 : 15 Environmentalism circa 1980 Box/Folder: 4 : 16 Fort Ord (Calif.) 1969 Relates to mutiny trial Box/Folder: 4 : 17 Judaism 1967, 1980 Box/Folder: 4 : 18 Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore) 1980 Box/Folder: 4 : 19 Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald) 1979 Box/Folder: 4 : 20 King, Martin Luther 1961, 1982 Box/Folder: 4 : 21 Ku Klux Klan 1976-1980 Box/Folder: 4 : Multiple sclerosis 1967-1983 22-23 Box/Folder: 5 : 1 Plath, Sylvia 1965 Box/Folder: 5 : 2 Poetry 1970s Box/Folder: 5 : 3 Reagan, Ronald, 1984 Box/Folder: 5 : 4-8 Miscellaneous clippings 1960s-1984 Box: 5-6 SAUL ALINSKY FILE 1946-1972 Contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, writings, and printed matter. Arrangement Arranged by physical form. Box/Folder: 5 : 9 Correspondence 1952-1967 Includes two poems in honor of Alinsky 92056 5
SAUL ALINSKY FILE 1946-1972 Organizations file 1957-1969 Organizations file 1957-1969 Box/Folder: 5 : 10 Community Service Organization 1960 Industrial Areas Foundation 1957-1969 Box/Folder: 5 : 11 Circulars 1965-1969 Box/Folder: 5 : 12 Letters received 1961-1966 Memoranda 1957-1961 Box/Folder: 5 : 13 Nicholas von Hoffman to Saul Alinsky on the Grand Boulevard Project 1957 Box/Folder: 5 : 14 Saul Alinsky to Robert T. Dunn on the Chelsea Community Council 1960 February 10 Box/Folder: 5 : 15 Saul Alinsky on articles in Christian Century magazine 1960 November 30 Box/Folder: 5 : 16 Saul Alinsky on articles in The Chicago Sun Times 1961 April 12 Box/Folder: 5 : 17 Craig Heverly on meeting with Chicago Housing Committee 1962 Box/Folder: 5 : 18 Publications 1960-1962 Includes Action to Equality of Opportunity Box/Folder: 5 : 19 Reports 1960-1966 Includes annual report from 1960 and position paper on the Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity Speeches and writings 1946-1972 Box/Folder: 5 : 20 Reveille for Radicals, University of Chicago Press 1946 Copy inscribed by Saul to Jean Box/Folder: 6 : 1-3 Notes and outlines 1950s-1960s Box/Folder: 6 : 4 Untitled essay on intellectuals undated Box/Folder: 6 : 5 Untitled essay on welfare workers undated Box/Folder: 6 : 6 "Idea Notes on the Day We Took Christmas" undated Box/Folder: 6 : 7 "Note on the Democratic Process" undated Box/Folder: 6 : 8 "On Public Housing and Urban Renewal" undated Box/Folder: 6 : 9 "The Crime of Crime Prevention," address to the California Democratic Council Convention and Issues Conference 1961 March 4. Box/Folder: 6 : 10 "Citizen Participation and Community Organization in Planning and Urban Renewal," address to the Chicago chapter of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials 1962 January 29 Box/Folder: 6 : 11 "The War on Poverty: Political Pornography," The Journal of Social Issues 1965 January Box/Folder: 6 : 12 "Of Means and Ends," Union Seminary Quarterly Review 1967 January Rules for Radicals file 1968-1972 Box/Folder: 6 : 13 "Note for Chapter on Self-Interest," circa 1968 Box/Folder: 6 : 14 "The Purpose," chapter draft, circa 1970 Box/Folder: 6 : 15 Rules for Radicals, Vintage Books, 1972 Box/Folder: 6 : 16 John L. Lewis: An Unauthorized Biography, Vintage Books 1970 Box/Folder: 6 : 17 The Professional Radical: Conversations with Saul Alinsky, Harper and Row 1970 92056 6