Southern Student Organizing Committee records 6 Cubic Feet
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The Southern Student Organizing Committee records include correspondence regarding the founding of the organization and its constitution and bylaws, correspondence, and memos and reports pertaining to the organization's 1969 dissolution. The records also include publications from the SSOC and its members (such as Thomas Gardner and Steve Wise), including newsletters, brochures, project reports, and journal publications regarding a variety of topics, but particularly around civil rights issues and the Vietnam War, as well as mimeographed reports and publications collected from a variety of other groups related to the SSOC, or share their general mission, such as the Students for a Democratic Society and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Finally, there are meeting minutes and summaries of meetings and conferences held by the SSOC, along with reports regarding SSOC projects.