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Collection Summary
Collection Title:
Wayne M. Collins Papers, 1918-1974 (bulk 1945-1960)
Collection Number:
BANC MSS 78/177 c
Creator:
Collins, Wayne M.
Extent:
Originals:
Number of containers: 33 boxes, 4 cartons
Linear feet: 18.75
Microfilm: 38 reels
Repository:
The
Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location:
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Abstract:
Consists of selected material remaining from Collins' San Francisco legal practice. Major portion of collection is devoted to his work as legal representative for the Tule Lake Defense Committee from 1945 to 1960. Includes correspondence, litigation documents for mass civil and equity suits filed for renunciants, individual case files, and financial files for the Committee's trust accounts.
Also includes Collins' legal files representing his civil liberties and general law practice, including case files and other materials concerning East Indian deportation, Levering Act/Loyalty Oath controversy, estate files of Astaroth Haskell and Bruce Porter, and the Berkeley Free Speech Movement. Also includes a small amount of personal papers, including family correspondence, genealogical, other biographical materials, and ephemera.
Languages Represented:
English
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