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Tracts (Ephemera)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Advocates for Latino Students Advancement in Michigan Education records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 623
Scope and Contents

The Advocates for Latino Students Advancement in Michigan Education records consist of bylaws, meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, promotional materials, and ephemera from both the predecessor organization College Recruitment Association for Hispanics (CRAH) and Advocates for Latino Students Advancement in Michigan Education (ALSAME).

Dates: 1980 - 2006

African social life and religious pamphlets

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 666
Scope and Contents

African social life and religious pamphlets are represented from Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Kenya, Mali, Rwanda, and Sierra Leon. Topics of the pamphlets frequently address Christianity, public health, elections, and education.

Dates: 1948 - 1986

African sport grey literature collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 749
Scope and Contents

The African sport grey literature collection consists of issues of sports magazines, news clippings, photocopies, and fliers relating to soccer (football), boxing, and dancing.

Dates: 1939, 1992-2005

Anti-apartheid collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 665
Scope and Contents

The Anti-Apartheid collection consists of pamphlets, fliers, theatre programs, newsclippings, single issues of periodicals, and reports which summarize human rights violations commited by South African Apartheid and initiatives within the Unites States to condemn and divest from Apartheid.

Dates: 1965 - 1990

Henry Leiberg collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 604
Scope and Contents

The Henry Lieberg papers contain reports, mailings, brochures, meeting notes, and photographs relating to activism against South African exports of coal and Rhodesia exports of chrome.

Dates: 1972 - 1976

HIV/AIDS grey literature collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 652
Scope and Contents

The HIV/AIDS grey literature collection consists of news bulletins, reports, and public health educational materials.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1980 - 2010

Katherine Guins peace and social justice collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 625
Scope and Contents The Katherine Guins’ Peace and Social Justice collection (1941-2010; bulk 1970-1994) contains materials primarily related to peace and social justice organizations and activism in the East Lansing/Lansing, Michigan area. The majority of the records pertain to: the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Ingham County Branch; the Peace Education Center (PEC); Women’s Action for Nuclear Disarmament (WAND); and Urban Options. These records include newsletters, newspapers,...
Dates: 1941 - 2010; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1994

Penny Gardner papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 562 large
Scope and Contents

The Penny Gardner papers contain correspondence, photographs, clippings, pamphlets, t-shirts, and other ephemera relating to Gardner's activism on behalf of the Lesbian/LGBTQ+ community, including records documenting her participation in the 1991 Ride for Reproductive Freedom, her leadership within the Council on Aging, and other organizations.

Dates: 1977 - 2015

Stuart N. Dowty and Janet Goldwasser collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 438 large
Scope and Contents

The Stuart N. Dowty and Janet Goldwasser collection consists of radical materials dating between 1960-2004. The material ranges from the Detroit coalition to end the war in Vietnam, the Black Panthers, local communist union, labor unions, draft resistance, and youth culture. The collection includes pamphlets, newspapers, newsletters, leaflets, magazines, and flyers.

Dates: 1960 - 2000

Students for a Democratic Society collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 265 large
Scope and Contents

The collection contains leaflets, newspapers clippings, pamphlets, and photographs created by Students for a Democratic Society, Weathermen, and Prairie Fire and pertain to the politics and activities of those groups. Topics include Vietnam War protests, women's rights, anti-imperialism, and other topics. A large proportion of the materials relate specifically to the presence of the SDS at Michigan State University and surrounding Michigan universities.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1966 - 1974; 1966 - 2007