Mike Price Red Squad files
Scope and Contents
The collection contains copies of the materials from the FBI and the Michigan State Police Red Squad File on Mike Price. It also includes letters and his obituary from Estes-Leadley Funeral Home. There are 45 folders in one box.
Dates
- Creation: 1964-1995
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open and available for research in the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections' reading room.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is retained by the authors of the items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. For photocopy and duplication requests, please contact the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections, Michigan State University Libraries.
Biographical / Historical
Mike Price was born in Lansing, Michigan on November 4, 1942 and passed away on September 26, 2010. Mike graduated from East Lansing High School in 1961 and attended Michigan State University the following year. He took an early interest in theater lighting and sound and worked with the Community Circle Playhouse in Lansing, WJIM Television and later at Michigan State University Wharton Center, Michigan Folk Festival and many other venues. Throughout his life, Mike was a passionate supporter of civil and human rights from early involvement with Mississippi Freedom Relief and marches with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Mike was one of the founding members of S.D.S. (Students for Democratic Society) and led antiwar efforts during the Vietnam War through to opposing the Iraq War in the last decade. - quoted from the funeral home obituary.
Extent
1 Linear Feet (1 box.) ; 27 X 14 x 32 cm.
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Thomas Price, Mike Price's brother in 2012.
Processing Information
Processed by Leslie M. Behm and Jeanne Chung in 2012.
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Mike Price Red Squad files,1964-1995
- Status
- 4 Published And Cataloged
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Leslie M. Behm and Jeanne Chung.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections Repository