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Title: Melvin King Papers, 1983 Mayoral Campaign
Dates: n.d., 1972 – 1988
Collection Number: SC2

Box        Title                                                                               Date

1

Bumper Sticker

n.d.

 

Campaign Buttons:

 

1

David Scondras for Boston City Council

n.d.

1

Elect John D. O’Bryant Boston School Committee

n.d.

1

I’m Sticking with Mel King

n.d.

1

J.P. For / Por Mel King

n.d.

1

Mel King Says… This is Our City.

n.d.

1

Mel King for Mayor

n.d.

1

Mel King Says… We Can Save Our

 

1

     Neighborhoods

n.d.

1

Stop Klan Terror Justice in Mississippi Affirmative

 

1

     Action Now!

n.d.

1

United Black Appeal

n.d.

1

Wearing Buttons is not enough

n.d.

1

Mel King for Mayor

1983

1

Jackson in 1984

1984

1

Jesse Jackson President

1984

1

Rainbow Coalition Founding Convention Jan.28

1984

1

Vote Gloria Fox March 12

1985

1

Rainbow key chain

n.d.

1

Campaign Schedules

1983 - 1985

 

Correspondence:

 

1

Andrews I, Bruce (Blue Falcon Productions)

n.d.

1

Berger, Mary

n.d.

1

Feignbaum, Norrie

n.d.

1

Gilson, Mary Jane

n.d.

1

Heinze, Laura

n.d.

1

Judy (surname unknown)

n.d.

1

Lui, Meizhu

n.d.

1

Merelice (surname unknown)

n.d.

1

Mils, C.D.

n.d.

1

Monroe, Laura

n.d.

1

Norcross, Theresa

n.d.

1

Scondras, Dot

n.d.

1

Unknown

n.d.

1

Unknown

n.d.

1

Unknown

n.d.

1

W., Mary

n.d.

1

Welch, Mary

n.d.

 

 

 

1

Fine, Keitha Saspin

1979

 

 

1

Muwwakkil, Saleem (Copy of letter to President

 

 

     Ronald Reagan) (Includes photocopy of

 

 

     Signed Thank you note from Ronald Reagan)

1982

 

Muwwakkil, Saleem (Letter to Mrs. Jody E. J.

 

 

     King)

1982

 

 

 

1

Akaji, Martha Rice

1983

1

Arroyo, Felix (In English and Spanish)(Includes

 

 

     “Felix Arroyo: This Time, Nothing Less Than

 

 

     Victory Will Do” The Americas Gazette1983 

 

 

     “Felix Arroyo Estima Hispanos Deben Tener

 

 

     Representacion” La Semana 1983 and

 

 

     fundraising flyer for Arroyo’s Boston School

 

 

     Committee At Large campaign)

1983

1

Axelrad, Rabbi Albert

1983

1

Baker, Jill (Forum, Boston Herald)

1983

1

Barbara and Harry (surname unknown)

1983

1

Bell, Alan (Bell Associates Inc.) (Letter to Martin

1983

 

     Nolan, Editor Boston Globe Oct. 5, 1983)

 

1

Billouin Jr., S.C.

1983

1

Bou-Sliman, Joseph (President, Falcon

1983

 

     Enterprises, LTD.)

 

1

Browne, Ralph (Post Commander, William Carter

1983

 

     Post No. 16)

 

1

Bunte, Doris (State Rep) (Letter to Thomas

1983

 

     Winship, Editor Boston Globe Nov. 8, 1983)

 

1

Burnham, Margaret (National Conference of

1983

 

     Black Lawyers)

 

1

Byrd, Jane

1983

1

Campbell, Barbara (Includes correspondence regarding

 

 

     the case for political asylum for Dennis Brutus)

1983

1

Carol (surname unknown)

1983

1

Craven, James (State Rep)

1983

1

Dion, Arthur (Includes photo of Mel with Chicago Mayor

 

 

     Harold Washington from El Caribe, Santo Domingo)

1983

1

Diotalevi, Emilio

1983

1

Early Jr., Norman (DA, Colorado)

1983

1

Elam, Clarence

1983

1

Feignbaum, Norrie

1983

1

Forti, Lucy (Executive Director, Concerned Citizens for

 

 

     Drug Prevention) (Includes article “Group in Roxbury

 

 

     Boston Globe Sept.11, 1983)

1983

1

Gaudet & Eckel (Media Consultants)

1983

1

Gibbs, S. Kay (Includes October 1983 Boston Observer)

1983

1

Goldsmith, Larry (Includes “The Real Issue in the

 

 

     Boston Mayoral Election” Gay Community

 

 

     News Dec. 3, 1983)

1983

1

Gooding, Cheryl

1983

1

Hector, Frank (Tuskegee Airmen New England Chapter)

1983

1

Hill, Retha (Includes letter to editor, Mel Miller

1983

 

     Bay State Banner Jun. 27, 1983

 

1

Hillman, Gracia and Bob (Mailgram)

1983

1

Issues Committee for the Mel King Campaign

1983

1

Judy (surname unknown)

1983

1

Kenyatta, Muhammad

1983

1

King, Mel (Letter to Mr. Spence)

1983

1

Knight, Muriel

1983

1

LaLiberte, Donald and Lewis Finfer

1983

 

     (Massachusetts Tenants Organization)

 

1

Lana (surname unknown)

1983

1

Lawler, Brian (Mayor, New Bedford, MA)

1983

1

Lee, M. David

1983

1

Lewis, John

1983

1

Lynette (surname unknown)

1983

1

Mass. Unity Alliance

1983

1

McDonald Family (Mailgram)

1983

1

Mel King Campaign Committee

1983

1

Miller, Steven (Includes “The Political Fruits of Busing”)

1983

1

Morris, Frank (Boston Private Industry Council)

1983

1

Murphy, Josephine

1983

1

Muwwakkil, Saleem

1983

1

Nelson Family

1983

1

Nelson, Jill (Jobs with Peace)

1983

1

Neuhauser, John (Dean, School of Management Boston

 

 

     College)

1983

1

Nieto Family (Mailgram)

1983

1

Norkus, Viola, Winnie Rizzuti and Larry Elman

1983

 

     (Orient Heights Local Tenant Policy Council)

 

1

O’Reilly, Margaret (Budd and Wiley)

1983

1

Page, Robert (President, Boston Herald)

1983

1

Palmer, Darlene

1983

1

Perry, Ronald (Assistant Professor, Vermont College

 

 

   of Norwich University) (Includes pamphlet from New

 

 

   England Organization of Human Services Education)

1983

1

Porche, Bernard (Senior VP, DDR)

1983

1

Poston, Paul (Includes Energy Policy Paper)

1983

1

Range, Les (Mailgram)

1983

1

Ranuga, Thom.

1983

1

Roberts, John (Executive Director, Massachusetts

1983

 

     Civil Liberties Union Foundation)

 

1

Rodriguez, Alex

1983

1

Russell, Valerie (Telegram)

1983

1

Ryan, Bill and Phyllis (Boston College)

1983

1

Sadler, Charles (US Department of State)

 

 

     (Includes “Boston Voter’s Win” Washington Post

 

 

     Nov. 17, 1983 and business card)

1983

1

Samantha (surname unknown)

1983

1

Sard, Susan and Peter White (The Citizens Party

1983

 

     Of Massachusetts)

 

1

Short, Sister Kathy

1983

1

Smith, Thomas J. (VP Advertising, Boston Herald)

1983

1

Sullivan, Neil

1983

1

Trudeau, Ted (Former State Rep)

1983

1

Unknown

1983

1

Unknown

1983

1

Unknown

1983

1

Unknown

1983

1

Unknown

1983

1

Waller, Larry and Lorrena Guidera

1983

1

Welch, Mary

1983

1

Zook Family

1983

 

 

 

1

Blankstein, Richard

1984

1

Bosen, Ted

1984

1

Chicano Federation

1984

1

Donelson, James (IRS)

1984

1

Dunfey, Bill (Dunfey Hotels)

1984

1

Feder, Don (Editorial Director, WEEI)

1984

1

Fox, Sheldon (General Manager, Hyatt Regency

 

 

     Cambridge)

1984

1

Gooding, Cheryl (Associate Director, Labor

 

 

     Studies Program UMASS Boston)

1984

1

Grannum, Sandra and Earl MacFarlane

 

 

     (Black Law Students Association, Harvard)

1984

1

Jan and Lloyd (surname unknown)

1984

1

King, Mel (Letter to the Editor Boston Globe Dec.

 

 

     21, 1984)

1984

1

Marable, Manning (Director, Africana and Hispanic

 

 

     Studies Colgate University) (Includes itinerary              

 

 

     for Mel’s lecture at Colgate University)

1984

1

Milner, Thirman (Mayor, Hartford, CT)

1984

1

O’Meally, Robert (Wesleyan University)

1984

1

Relatives for Justice (Belfast, UK) (Mailgram)

1984

1

South End Press (Includes book list)

1984

1

American Graduate School of International

 

 

     Management (Recommendation for Emory West)

1985

1

Aoki, Masato (Center for Popular Economics)

1985

1

Betty (surname unknown)

1985

1

Beyond Relief (newsletter)

1985

1

Boer, Albert (Director, Elizabeth Peabody House)

1985

1

Boston Rainbow Coalition (Steering Committee

 

 

     Minutes Nov. 14, 1985)

1985

1

Brennan, Ed

1985

1

Brookline High School

1985

1

Browning, Grainger (Professor of Sociology,

 

 

     Fitchburg State College)

1985

1

Busby, David and Antoinette (Includes pamphlet

 

 

     “Network Marketing and Multiple Income

 

 

     Business Development Program”)

1985

1

Cleage, Pearl (Huntley and Associates)

1985

1

Coughlin, Jim (Includes “People Who’s Who”

 

 

     Worcester Magazine Jan. 23, 1985)

1985

1

East Boston Rainbow

1985

1

Fleurant, Gerdes (Director, African American

1985

 

     Studies Salem State College)

 

1

Friedman, Ellen David (Rainbow Coalition of

 

 

     Vermont)

1985

1

Fromm, Marc (Tufts Political Action Coalition)

1985

1

Gonzalez, Atanacio (President, Equal Rights

1985

 

     Congress)

 

1

Gopen, Martin

1985

1

Grannum, Sandra and Earl MacFarlane (Includes

 

 

    information about Joyce King’s presentation to the

 

 

    Black Law Students Association, Harvard Law School

 

 

    for Black History Month)

1985

1

Haessly (?), Jackie (Mobilization for Survival)

1985

1

Herman, Ellen

1985

1

Hicks, Calvin (Includes resume)

1985

1

Howell, James (Senior VP, Bank of Boston)

 

 

     (Includes Seminars on Economic

 

 

     Policy and Presidential Politics: 1975 – 1985

 

 

     A Ten Year Retrospective)

1985

1

Israel, Ellen

1985

1

Jacobs, Michael (Union for Radical Political

 

 

     Economics)

1985

1

Kendrick, Dolores (Philips Exeter Academy)

1985

1

King, Mel (Letter to Supporters. Includes

 

 

     questionnaire regarding possible run for

 

 

     Congress, and summary of questionnaire

 

 

     responses)

1985

1

King, Mel (Letter to Boston Business Journal

 

 

     Jun. 7, 1985)

1985

1

King, Mel, Felix Arroyo, David Scondras, Charles

 

 

     Stith, Charles Yancey and Leonard Zakim

 

 

     (Letter to Mayor Flynn Feb. 5, 1985)

1985

1

Maher, Tom (Includes “Concept Paper On

 

 

     A Collaborative Effort Between The Humphrey

 

 

     Occupational Resource Center and The Jobs

 

 

     Organization For Boston, Inc.”)

1985

1

National Peace Institute Foundation

1985

1

O’Neal, Daphne

1985

1

Ortaliz, Roberto (Secretary-General Kilusang

 

 

     Mayo Uno) (Includes separate letter from

 

 

     Josh {surname unreadable} Jan. 1986)

1985

1

Palomba, Tony (Mobilization for Survival)

1985

1

Pearlstein, Steven (Editor, Boston Observer)

 

 

      (Includes Boston Observer Jul. 1985)

1985

1

Peterson, Deborah (Black Law Students

 

 

     Association, Harvard)

1985

1

Pettiway, Katie and Susan Snyder (Tenants

 

 

     United for Public Housing Progress)

1985

1

Quinn, Mary (Coalition for Basic Human Needs)

1985

1

Reinhardt, Charles (Winchester Unitarian Society)

1985

1

Rufo, Ray (Includes clipping of Winnie Mandela)

1985

1

S., Mr. and Mrs. Dwight

1985

1

Sirianni, Carmen (Includes information about

 

 

     Mel’s part in the Northeastern University

 

 

 

     Course, Introduction to Democratic Socialism)

1985

 

1

Smith, Zinneford (Kenneth Allen Gibson Civic

1985

 

 

     Association) (Mailgram)

 

 

1

Taggart, Paulette and Ganson (Winchester Drama

 

 

 

     Workshop) (Includes “Remembering Martin

 

 

 

     Luther King Jr. We must Affirm each other”

 

 

 

      Daily Times Woburn, MA Jan. 22, 1985)

1985

 

1

Teague, Ann (ABCD, GED Teacher)

1985

 

1

Thompson, Warren (Includes “Speaker: Stafford Soft On

 

 

 

     Apartheid” The Times Argus, Barre-Montpelier, VT

 

 

 

     Jul. 12, 1985

1985

 

1

TransAfrica

1985

 

1

Tunnermann, Carlos (Nicaraguan Ambassador)

 

 

 

     (Letter from Carlos Nunez Commander

 

 

 

     Of the Revolution)

1985

 

1

Williams, Dessima (Includes information about

 

 

 

     The Grenada Foundation Inc.)

1985

 

1

Williams, Richard (Assistant to President,

 

 

 

     Roxbury Community College)

1985

 

1

Young, Lee

1985

 

 

 

 

1

AFRAM (Includes letter to Dr. Ronald Walter of Howard

 

 

 

     University from Preston Wilcox, Statement by Carl

 

 

 

     Dix, RCP, USA on the MOVE, Massacre,

 

 

 

     AFRAM Communique, and AFRAMailibrary

 

 

 

     information sheet)

1986

 

1

Aids Action Committee (From All Walks of Life)

1986

 

1

Abt, Clark (Candidate US Congress)

1986

 

1

Allein, Susan and Louise Bruyn (Bay State Center

 

 

 

     For Economic Conversion)

1986

 

1

American for Democratic Action (Includes 3 letters

 

 

 

     And 2 questionnaires)

1986

 

1

Anderson, Eric and Richard Cauchi (CPPAX)

1986

 

 

     (Includes invitation)

 

 

1

Batson, Ruth

1986

 

1

Beach, Barbara (Letter and memo)

1986

 

1

Bly, Bonita (Phone message, includes letter to

 

 

 

     Ms. Bly from Mission Park Housing Development)

1986

 

1

Boer, Albert (Executive Director, Elizabeth

 

 

 

      Peabody House) and Barbara Brownstein

1986

 

1

Bok, John (President, United Community

 

 

 

      Planning Corporation) (Includes insert)

1986

 

1

Booker, Queen (Director, Inner-City Outreach)

1986

 

 

     (Includes letter of support by Mel King for

 

 

 

      Inner-City Outreach in 1984)

1986

 

1

Boreth, Dee (Executive Director, National Dance

 

 

 

     Institute / New England) (Includes ”Just Gotta

 

 

 

     Dance” Boston Herald Oct. 1985 and “Kids 

 

 

 

     Dance – the word is Wow!” Boston Globe May

 

 

 

     24, 1985 and “Hey, Kids, that’s using your

 

 

 

     feet!” Boston Globe May 21, 1985

1986

 

1

Boston Rainbow Coalition (Includes State of the

 

 

 

     Organization Report and retreat reports,

 

 

     Rainbow Ticket Quotas and Rainbow Banquet

 

 

     Expenses, and memos)

1986

1

Burns, Virginia and Howard Prunty (Political

 

 

     Action for Candidate Election)

1986

1

Bracken, Judy (Brighton Board of Trade)

1986

1

Buchanan, Dr. J. Robert (General Director, Mass

 

 

     General Hospital)

1986

1

C., Pat (Economic Opportunity Report) (2 editions)

1986

1

Cagen, Leslie (Letter to Carrie Turnbow)

1986

1

Cagen, Leslie (Letter to Ken Haskins) (Includes

 

 

     Letter from Ken Haskins to Mel King)

1986

1

Camps, Aramis

1986

1

Center for Rural Affairs (Includes insert)

1986

1

Clenott, Peter (Massachusetts Tenants

 

 

     Organization) (Includes directions)

1986

1

Cochrane, Sharlene (Institute for Boston Studies,

 

 

     Boston College)

1986

1

Coelho, Tony (Chairman, Democratic

 

 

     Congressional Campaign Committee)

 

 

     (Includes memo and letter)

1986

1

Committee to Elect Mel King to Congress

 

 

     Press Release

1986

1

CommonSense (Newsletter)

1986

1

Communities Acting Together (Statement to

 

 

   Cambridge City Manager Healy)

1986

1

Community Agencies Impact Adult Literacy

1986

1

Community Alliance (Letter to Editor)

1986

1

Conference on the Third World Debt Crisis and

 

 

     Economic Injustice in the Northeast

1986

1

Crane, Robert (State Treasurer)

1986

1

Cusick, Pat (Memo to Lisa Barry and letter to

 

 

     David Luberoff Editor, The Tab)

1986

1

Cusick, Pat (Includes ”Developing Dramas” TheTab n.d.,

 

 

     “Back Bay groups boycott Development talks”

 

 

     The Tab n.d., “Intown Groups say Flynn forgets them”

 

 

     Boston Globe Apr. 4, 1986, and Letters to the Editor

 

 

     Boston Herald Apr. 4, 1986)

1986

1

Davis, Bill (3 thank you notes)

1986

1

Demas, Elizabeth (Kendall Square Associates)

1986

1

De Prosse, Nancy and Bruce Jonhson (Day Care

 

 

     And Human Service Local of District 65 UAW)

 

 

     (Includes signed statement of support)

1986

1

Dicara, Lawrence (Letter to Stephen Coyle,

 

 

     Director BRA) (2 copies)

1986

1

Dohi, Gregory (Editor, Harvard Salient) (Letter to

 

 

     Carrie Turnbow)

1986

1

Dole Publishing

1986

1

East Boston Chamber of Commerce

1986

1

Ebong, Nkedu (Includes CV and job descriptions)

1986

1

Edwards, Don (Chairman Subcommittee on Civil

 

 

     And Constitutional Rights US House of

 

 

     Representatives) (Letter to The Honorable William

 

 

     Webster, Director FBI) (Includes“ The Return of

 

 

     Cointelpro?” The Nation Jan. 25, 1986 and

 

 

     “Burglars or Snoopers?” LA Times Jan. 30, 1986)

1986

1

Elverrillo, Lolita (Assistant Director of Admissions

 

 

     UMASS Boston) and Zoe Aponte-Gonzalez

 

 

     (Assistant Director of Admissions UMASS Boston)

1986

1

Erbsen, Diana (Executive VP, College Young

 

 

     Democrats of American) and Alicia Glen

 

 

     (Includes business card)

1986

1

Falk, Richard (Permanent Peoples Tribunal)

1986

1

Falkoff, Susan (Watertown Citizens for

 

 

     Environmental Safety)

1986

1

Fitzgerald, Timothy (MTA Consultant)

1986

1

Frese, Richard (Asst. Professor of Government,

 

 

     Bentley College)

1986

2

Friends and Co-workers of John Morgan (Includes

 

 

     Sample letter to Dr. J. Robert Buchanan

 

 

     General Director, Mass. General Hospital)

1986

2

Friends of Joytown (Includes 2 copies of proposal

 

 

     And 2 copies of pamphlet)

1986

2

Fulse, Harvest (Includes business card)

1986

2

Gatling, Geraldine (Letter to James Hosker, Executive

 

 

     Director, Mass State Lottery) (Includes “Megabucks

 

 

     players love obsession”  Patriot Ledger Apr. 1, 1986)

1986

2

Gibson, Hugh (Program Director Black Coalition

 

 

     Of Cedar Rapids) (Includes letter to Dr. Laval

 

 

     Wilson Superintendent of Boston Schools and

 

 

     “An Eye-opening visit” Cedar Rapids Gazette

 

 

     Aug. 5, 1986)

1986

2

Gurwitz, Ellen (Account Coordinator, Agnew,

 

 

     Carter, McCarthy, Inc.)

1986

2

H., L. T. Sr. (“New City Council president – No Smoke,

 

 

     no fire” Boston Business Journal Jan. 20, 1986)

1986

2

Hartnett, Ken (Editor, Boston Magazine)

1986

2

Hayes, Clare and Barbara McLaughlin

 

 

     (League of Women Voter of Boston)

1986

2

Hemisphere Associates

1986

 

Henderson, Wilson (Chairperson, Arlington

 

 

     Fair Housing Advisory Committee

1986

2

International Organization

1986

2

Jamaica Plain NDC (Includes map)

1986

2

Jennings, James (Dean, College of Public and

 

 

     Community Service UMASS Boston) (Includes

 

 

     “A Lousy place for learning” Boston Globe Oct. 19,

 

 

     1985 and “Letter to the Editor” Boston Globe Nov. 21,

 

 

     1985   from Frank Manning, President  Emeritus,

 

 

     Massachusetts Association of Older Americans, Inc.

1986

2

Jordan, Raymond (Chairman, Massachusetts

 

 

     Black Legislative Caucus and State Rep)

1986

2

Kahn, Charlotte (Executive Director, Boston

 

 

     Urban Gardeners)

1986

2

King, Mel (Includes letters to President Ronald

 

 

     Reagan and President Corazon Aquino)

1986

2

King, Mel (Letters to Leslee Shapiro)

1986

2

King, Mel (Memo to Board Members)

1986

2

King, Robert (Director, Office of National

 

 

     Resources, Department of Agriculture)

1986

2

Kornblith, Polly

1986

2

Lanier, Albert, Abdul Jaleel Mahdi, and Tony Irving

 

 

     (Letter to State Rep Gloria Fox) (Includes “Justices

 

 

     reject indictment by panel That excluded blacks

 

 

     Boston Globe Jan. 15, 1986)

1986

2

Leading Edge Products, Inc.

1986

2

Lehman, Ann (National Lawyers Guild)

1986

2

Liazos, Alex

1986

2

Lindsey, Bill (Clean Water Action Project) (2 letters)

1986

2

Logan, Jessie and Jim Wessler (Massachusetts

 

 

     Senior Action Council, Inc.) (Includes “New

 

 

     breed of elderly flexes its political muscle”

 

 

     Boston Globe Jan. 16, 1986)

1986

2

Louie, May (Chair, Boston Rainbow Committee)

 

 

     (Letter to Steve Surname unknown)

1986

2

Lucas, Bradford (Little Brothers Friends of the

 

 

     Elderly) (Includes invitation)

1986

2

Maney, Brian (ACORN) (Includes history of ACORN)

1986

2

Marshall, Bob and Bettie Fordham-Nolan

 

 

     (Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly)

1986

2

Martin, Robert (Principal, McCormack School)

1986

2

Mass, Ellen (Cambridge Soviet Sister City Project)

1986

2

Matheson, Scott (Democratic Policy Commission)

1986

2

McDowell, Richard (Dean, School of Management

 

 

     Suffolk University)

1986

2

McKeown, Cindy (Coalition for Basic Human

 

 

     Needs) (Includes 2 letters and an invitation)

1986

2

Millet, Ricardo (BRA) to Marvin Gilmore (CDC of

 

 

     Boston) (Includes Environmental Notification

 

 

     Form for Project Kingston-Bedford / Essex St.

 

 

     And Environmental Notification

 

 

     Form for Project Parcel 18

1986

2

Morrison, Virginia (Tribute to Minister Don

 

 

     Muhammad)

1986

2

National Lawyers Guild (Includes 2 letters and

 

 

     Invitation)

1986

2

O’Connor, Joseph (VP The Charles Stark Draper

 

 

     Laboratory, Inc.)

1986

2

O’Leary, Carol (LMA/Mission Hill Food Project)

1986

2

Old Cambridge Baptist Church

1986

2

Oliphint, Bonnie and Kevin Neels (Lexington

 

 

     Group of New England)

1986

2

Paladino, Thomas (VP, Atlantic Research Company)

1986

2

Pates, James (Membership Coordinator,

 

 

     Cambridge Forum)

1986

2

Piette, Betsy (National Mobilization Against Racism)

1986

2

Pilot Block Neighborhood Association

1986

2

Potter, Angela (Cambridge Multicultural Center)

1986

2

Ray, Richard

1986

2

Reveliotis, John and Martin O’Brien (Charlestown

 

 

     To Charlestown Committee)

1986

2

Reyes, Lucy (Boston Center for International Visitors)

1986

2

Ros (Surname unknown)

1986

2

Rosenbaum, Solomon (Includes “Letter to the Editor”

 

 

     Boston Herald Apr. 2, 1986, “Letters to Editor” Boston

 

 

     Globe Apr. 14, 1986, and “Letter to the Editor”

 

 

     Worcester Telegram  May 20, 1986

1986

2

Rosenblatt, Garret

1986

2

Ross, Nancy (Rainbow Lobby) (Includes Press

 

 

      Release for H.R. 2320 and “Let’s Make

 

 

      America Really Democratic”)

1986

2

Ruddock, John (Student Senate UMASS Amherst)

1986

2

Rufo, Ray

 

2

Sabo, Martin (US Congressman)

1986

2

Salerno, Rosaria (Letter to the Editor Boston

 

 

     Globe Feb. 3, 1986)

1986

2

San Juan, Joel (Boston Editor, National Alliance)

 

 

     Minister Don Muhammad (Nation of Islam

 

 

     Boston Mosque) and Fred Clark (Editor Boston

 

 

     Greater News)

1986

2

Scanlon, Pat (New England No Nukes No Dumps

 

 

     Committee)

1986

2

Schinmer, B (Includes information regarding the

 

 

     Philippine Elections)

1986

2

Silber, John (President, Boston University)

1986

2

Simpkins, Phyllis (Chair, Democratic City

 

 

     Committee of Cambridge, Mass.)

1986

2

Sky, Ari (Brandeis University Democrats)

1986

2

Smith, James (Director, Cambridge Center for

 

 

     Adult Education)

1986

2

Spiegel, Jim (Candidate for US Congress)

1986

2

Stillerman, Sharona (Raja Yoga Center)

1986

2

Student Action Committee Jamaica Plain High

 

 

     School

1986

2

Sullivan Associates

1986

2

Tate, Rachel (Director, Black Student Center

 

 

     UMASS Boston)

1986

2

Taylor, Tom (College Avenue United Methodist Church)

1986

2

Taymor, Betty (Director, Program for Women in

 

 

     Politics and Government Boston College)

1986

2

Thomas, Dorothy (Cambridge Youth Council)

1986

2

Tighe, Joan (2 copies) (Includes Women for

 

 

     Mel King memo)

1986

2

Turnbow, Carrie (Memo to Fredrick Cohen)

1986

2

Unknown (Signed, illegible)

1986

2

Unknown sender to “Prominent Rainbow Personalities”

1986

2

Unknown sender to Beukah Providence, (Director

 

 

     Urban Community Home Care)

1986

2

Vellucci, Peter (State Rep) 1986  

2

Wade, Juanita 1986  

2

Weeks, Charles (VP Black Political Task Force) 1986  

2

Weiser, Bob 1986  

2

Welch, Deb (Soviet Sister City Project) 1986  

2

Worthy, Bill (Includes “Why the Budget Law is    

 

     ‘Horrendous’” NY Times Dec.12, 1985 and    

 

     ”A Texan’s RX for what ails the Democratic    

 

     Party” Boston Sunday Globe Jan. 5, 1986 1986  

2

Wright, Catherine 1986  

2

Wright, Ernest and Jennifer Spangler (Roxbury    

 

     Youthworks, Inc.) 1986  

2

Zervigon, Andres (Brown Lesbian Gay Student    

 

     Alliance) (Letter to David Scondras, Boston    

 

     City Council) 1986  

 

Events:    

2

Concerned Citizens of Roxbury “Yes, Yes We    

 

     Can” Movement Packard Manse Roxbury, MA Oct. 10, 1982  

2

Eleventh Annual Unity and Awards Ceremony.    

 

     The African-American Institute of Northeastern    

 

     University Boston, MA Jun. 4, 1983  

2

Reception for Chicago Mayor Harold Washington.    

 

     Satch’s Restaurant Boston, MA Aug. 7, 1983  

2

A Special Evening to Benefit the Mel King.    

 

     Campaign. Black Politics and The    

 

     Reconstruction Of the Progressive Coalition.    

 

     First Parish Unitarian Church Cambridge, MA Aug. 13, 1983  

2

Mel King at League of Women Voters Debate. Aug. 17, 1983  

2

Metropolitan Boston Chapter National Caucus    

 

     and Center on the Black Aged 2nd   Annual    

 

     Celebrity Bar-b-cue. Sep.10, 1983  

2

Mel King for Mayor Fundraiser. House Restaurant    

 

     Allston, MA Sep. 13, 1983  

2

Campaign to Elect Mel King Mayor of Boston with    

 

     Mayor Andrew Young Of Atlanta, GA    

 

     Together We Can Make This City Ours.    Sep. 22, 1983  

2

Soulful Celebration! An Evening of music, dance,    

 

     theatre, & poetry with the people of Boston &    

 

     Mel King. Church of the Covenant    

 

     Boston, MA Sep. 23, 1983  

2

Boston Affordable Housing Coalition Interview. Sep. 26 – 27, 1983  

2

Women’s Celebration with Mel King. Women for    

 

     Mel King for Mayor. Emmanuel Church    

 

     Boston, MA Oct. 9, 1983  

2

Uptown Candidate Social. Brooks and Brooks    

 

     Catering Dorchester, MA Oct. 11, 1983  

2

Ford Hall Forum, Harold Washington Blacks in    

 

     American Politics. Northeastern University    

 

     Boston, MA Oct. 16, 1983  

2

Welcome to a Night of Glamour and Glitter. Satch’s    

 

     Restaurant Boston, MA Nov. 3, 1983   

 

     

2

MCLUF Bill of Rights Dinner. Sheraton-Boston    

 

     Hotel Prudential Center Boston, MA Jan. 8, 1984  

2

Three in Concert benefit for Mel King.    

 

     Quincy Community School Boston, MA Nov. 30, 1984  

 

     

2

Massachusetts Chapter, National Association of    

 

     Social Workers Awards 1985  

2

A Tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. Taking the Dream    

 

     into the 21st Century. Cambridge Rindge and    

 

     Latin School Cambridge, MA Jan. 11, 1985  

 

2

Service in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.  

 

 

     The First Parish in Bedford, Unitarian Universalist  

 

 

     Bedford, MA Jan. 13, 1985

 

2

Birthday Celebration Honoring: Dr. Martin Luther  

 

 

     King Jr. Fort Devens, MA Jan. 15, 1985

 

2

The Grafton Job Corps Center Presents A  

 

 

     Commemorative Program Honoring The Late  

 

 

     Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Grafton, MA Jan. 15, 1985

 

2

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration  

 

 

     Lecture Hunger in America. Boston College  

 

 

     Graduate School of Social Work  

 

 

     Boston, MA Jan. 25, 1985

 

2

NAACP New London Branch Fourth Annual Awards  

 

 

     Banquet. Ocean Beach Park New London, CT Feb. 23, 1985

 

2

The William J. Seymour Fellowship of Howard  

 

 

     University 15th Annual Intercollegiate Pentecostal  

 

 

     Washington, DC Feb. 22 – 23, 1985

 

2

Kenneth A. Gibson Civic Association Presents  

 

 

     Their 6th Brotherhood Award Breakfast.  

 

 

     Marriott Hotel Newark, NJ Feb. 24, 1985

 

2

A Social Work Forum Our Role in Today’s World  

 

 

     Now and In the Future. Adam Clayton Powell  

 

 

     Jr. State Office Building New York, NY Mar. 11, 1985

 

2

MTA Local Leadership Development Committee  

 

 

     Statewide Conference The Effects of the Reagan  

 

 

     Presidency on Education and Unions in the 80’s  

 

 

     And Beyond. Holiday Inn Marlboro, MA Mar. 16, 1985

 

2

Annual National Alumni Convention Claflin  

 

 

     College Banquet. Sheraton Fayetteville  

 

 

     Fayetteville, NC Apr. 12, 1985

 

2

Celebration of Reaffirmation of Representative  

 

 

     Gloria L. Fox and the Community. Elma Lewis  

 

 

     Of Fine Arts Roxbury, MA May 11, 1985

 

2

Workshop The Rainbow Coalition – Links in the  

 

 

     Chain of Change. The Washington School  

 

 

     Institute for Policy Studies. Washington, DC May 18, 1985

 

2

Graduation Exercises Adult Education Program  

 

 

     South End Neighborhood Service Center.   

 

 

     Concord Baptist Church Concord, MA Jun. 11, 1985

 

2

Jobs With Peace Campaign National Coordinating  

 

 

     Committee Meeting. National Office Boston, MA Jun. 21 – 23, 1985

 

2

A Call to an Emergency City-Wide Conference.  

 

     New School for Social Research New York, NY

Jun. 22, 1985

2

The ABCD Learning Center Second Annual Awards

 

 

     & Graduation Ceremony. Fanueil Hall

 

2

Somerville Mental Health Association Annual

 

 

     Meeting. Fletcher School Tufts University

 

 

     Medford, MA

Jun. 25, 1985

2

From Hiroshima to Star Wars A Commemoration

 

 

     Of the 40th Anniversary of Hiroshima and

 

 

     Nagasaki. Arlington Street Church Boston, MA

Aug. 7, 1985

2

“How to Get the US Government to Halt Nuclear

 

 

     Weapons Testing” Council For A Nuclear

 

 

     Weapons Freeze. Sloan School of Management

 

 

     MIT Cambridge, MA

Sep. 11, 1985

2

Black Coalition of Cedar Rapids. University of Iowa

 

 

     Cedar Rapids, IA

Sep. 26 – 28, 1985

2

Five-College Anti-Apartheid Rally / Teach-in.

 

 

     Massachusetts

Oct. 10, 1985

2

Northern New England Anti-Apartheid Conference.

 

 

     Dartmouth College Hanover, NH

Oct. 11 – 12, 1985

2

Financial Information

1983

2

Flyers

n.d., 1972 – 1985

2

Miscellaneous Clippings (2 folders)

1979 – 1985

3

Miscellaneous File

n.d., 1983 – 1985

 

Miscellaneous Political Flyers

 

3

     Hayes, Chris

1983

3

     Fox, Gloria

n.d., 1985

3

     Kane. Michael

n.d.

3

     Jackson, Jessie (Includes An Open Letter from the

 

 

     Jesse Jackson Rainbow Coalition; Treasurer’s

 

 

     Report Mass. Jackson for President Committee

 

 

     Activities Update Jul. 16, 1984; Memo to Mel

 

 

    1984; Memo regarding formation of JACKPACs

1984

3

     Mason, C. Vernon (For Manhattan District Attorney)

1985

3

     Matos, Armando Pacheco (Bronx City Council)

1985

3

     Singleton, Larry

n.d.

3

     Yancy, Charles

1983

3

Miscellaneous Schedules

1988

3

MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning

n.d.

3

Newsletters

n.d., 1983 – 1985

3

Pamphlets

1983

3

Photograph

n.d.

 

Posters (Oversized):

 

 

“Big Daddy” King The Rainbow Coalition is not

 

 

     Connected to the Girl Scouts! (hand drawn)

n.d.

 

A Primary Home Companion. Benefit Concert

 

 

     For Mel King Sep. 10

1983

 

Share His Vision for a Better Boston

1983

 

Soulful Celebration Sep. 23

1983

 

We’re All in the Same Boat Now (hand drawn)

1983

 

Mel King West Village Meeting House.

 

 

     West Brattleboro, VT Jul. 11

1984

 

School of Community and Public Affairs,

 

 

     Concordia University. Montreal, Quebec

 

 

     Mar. 21

1985

3

Press Statements

1983

 

Speeches:

 

3

Bay Village Candidates Night. Aug. 16

1983

3

Women’s Alliance for Boston Elections. Oct. 27

1983

3

The Mayor’s Race: The Battle to Reconcile;

 

 

     Consensus and its Casualties by Billy Ruane

1983

3

The Future of Work: Second Annual Conference

 

 

     Toward Constitutional Guaranteed Rights to

 

 

     Employment and Income or Work. Apr. 26

1985

3

Vietnam Tenth Anniversary Celebration. May 5

1985

3

Roxbury Community College Graduation

 

 

     Exercises. May 24

1985

     
   
     

 

T-Shirt “My Father’s Runnin’ For Mayor

 

 

     Catch Him!

n.d.

3

Binder #1 (2 folders)

Nov 1982-May 1983

3

Binder #2 (2 folders)

May 1983-Jun 1983

4

Binder #3 (2 folders)

Jul 1983-Aug 1983

4

Binder #4 (3 folders)

Oct 1983

5

Binder #5 (3 folders)

Nov 1983

5

Binder #6 (1 folder)

Nov 1983-Dec 1983