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TRB E-List 2 E-list #2 - ’21 Political Activist Peace Party Collection, Gay flyers, Women’s Protest flyers…and more. Copyright © 2012 Tomberg Rare Books, All rights reserved. My mailing address is: Tomberg Rare Books 11506 Claymont Circle Windermere, Fl 34786 203-223-5412 [email protected] www.tombergrarebooks.com unsubscribe from this list. Type to enter text 1. Peace Party Collection A huge and substantial collection of political ephemera from the People’s Party, an independent political party, third party founded in 1971 by a group of individuals, state and local political parties, including the Peace and Freedom Party, Commongood People's Party, Country People's Caucus, Human Rights Party, Liberty Union, New American Party, New Party (Arizona), and No Party (Wikipedia). The party fielded Dr. Spock for President in the 1972 campaign and Margaret Wright (with Spock as Vice- President) in the 1976 race. The group’s platform included the withdrawal of all American forces around the work, amnesty for war resisters, legalization of marijuana, an end to discrimination against women and gays, self-determination for oppressed groups, including statehood for the colonized people of Washington, DC (!), free medical care, and a minimum allowance for families. The group largely dissolved following their dismal showing in the 1976 election. The collection includes 8 1⁄2” x 11” flyers primarily issued by the People’s Party of Cook County, located outside of Chicago. The earliest flyer is from The New Party and proposes the formation of a “radical political alternative,” which we assume was an early iteration of the People’s Party. Dr. Benjamin Spock and Gore Vidal are listed as the Honorary Chairmen. The other flyers report on various campaigns and activities undertaken by The People’s Party of Cook County, although the last item is a form letter inviting supporters to attend the group’s 1974 National Convention in Indianapolis, IN, July 4-6. A snapshot of one of many attempts to break the political duopoly in the U.S. The majority of the flyers are two-sided and have faint toning to the edges. Also, many handwritten and typed letters, handwritten notes, pamphlets and other paper ephemera. An almost near fine grouping. The following are examples of the multitude of ephemera in each separate folder: Package #1: Loose Papers -Keeping the Dream Alive: Peace & Freedom & Platform. 8.5 x 11” black text on white paper. Single- sided pictorial flyer. -PF Flyer: a newsletter for the state central committee of the Peace and Freedom Party of California. Autumn 1995, Vol 2, Number 2. 6 pages, both sides. 8.5 x 11” blue papers, stapled in upper left corner. Folded horizontally for mailing; Mailing label: Tom Condit. -Peace and Freedom Party: Electoral Manifesto of the Socialist Slate: For A Socialist America! Newspaper. August 1986 - Working Class Opposition - Pages 9-12. 11.5 x 17.” -Register and Vote For What You Really Want..Peace and Freedom. Oakland, CA: Peace & Freedom Party. 8.5 x 14,” single tan broadside with black print. Front only with an illustration. Small watermark on upper left corner, not affecting text, near fine. -Peace & Freedom Party 1978 Platform. Adopted By the State Convention, San Luis Obispo, CA. Aug, 5-6, 1978. Los Angeles: Peace and Freedom Party, 1978. 8.5 x 14,” single, tan sheet, with black print. Text on both sides. Bottom edge tears and a tiny chip on upper right edge, else very good. -Convention Call! 1974 Peace and Freedom Party: February 16/17 San Francisco School Board Conf. Rm: Candidates, Platform Revision, ‘Hat Kind of Party is P&F?? Will We Lose Our Ballet Status? We Easily Could! Do You Care? State Conventions are Open to all P&F Registrants. 8.5 x 14.” Single yellow sheet, front side only. Folded horizontally in middle. Left edge worn in the middle, small mark on lower left edge. Minor tear at bottom right corner, not affecting text, else very good. New Folder: Originals -Statement of Elsie L. Wilcott - Former Contra Costa County Peace & Freedom Party member. Date of (Feb. ’77) handwritten in pencil in upper left right corner. 8.5 x 11.” Single white sheet, both sides. -To Make A Revolution: Notes on Implementing the Program of the People’s Party. 7/27/76. 4 lose white pages, fronts only. 8.5 x 11.” -Letter to Milton Takei, dated Dec.30, 1976. 2 pages, stapled in upper left corner. 8.5 x 11.” Fronts only. Hand signature in red pen. On the bottom of the 2nd page, in handwritten black ink- “Copies to active members of the SCC. Selected other enclosures on I.W.P.” Stapled in upper left corner, near fine. -Note from Bill Callison (handwritten in pen). For Publication In the California P&P Newsletter, dated Jan. 17, 1977: Comrades of the State Executive Committee. 8.5 x 11.” Single sheet, front only. -The Developing Split in the People’s Party. Dated 1/30/77. 7 pages, single sided, stapled in upper left corner. 8.5 x 11,” else near fine. New Folder: Calif. PFP -What We Are and Where We Are Going. Dated in upper left corner - handwritten in pen - 1975. Single yellow sheet, 8.5 x 14.” Single sided. Few editing marks, else near fine. -Three notecards, dated 1/25/76. “Meeting of 1/24/76 to form a Northern Calif. Regional Party of the People’s Party.” 5 x 3.” Each card is filled on front side in handwritten cursive. All cards stapled together in upper left corner. -Peace & Freedom Party - L.A. Co. PFP Newsletter August 1976. L.A. Co. Peace & Freedom Party. 8.5 x 11.”5 fragile newspaper sheets. Double sided, except last page. Stapled in upper left corner. Some tanning on all pages, all edges. Attached is a 3.5 x 8.5,” single sheet, front only. Lend Equally-No Discrimination. L.E.N.D. Campaign - Sponsored by Coalition Against Redlining. -California Peace and Freedom Party State Newsletter, October 1976. 8.5 x 14,” single sheet, text on both sides. Folded horizontally in the middle, else near fine. -LA Meetings. Pink 8.5 x 4.5” sheet, front only. Wednesday - November 10th - 7:30 p.m. Fine. -State Executive Committee Meeting - November 20, 1976 - Oakland. A 5.5 x 8.5” sheet with a map of the location. tanning throughout, else near fine. -Vote NO on proposition BB - Peace and Freedom Party - for President: Margaret Wright. L.A. Co. Peace and Freedom Party. Two 8.5 x 11,” yellow faded sheets. First sheet, front only; second sheet both sides. Tanning throughout, stapled in upper left corner. Small tear on right middle edge, not affecting text. Stapled on left upper corner. -Fellow Peace & Freedom Party Members - a letter, 8.5.x.11.” Letter about a a future conference, named “Put Politics in Command.” Single sheet, text on front only. A bit of editing by hand, added date and time - “12/23 7:30 pm.” Tanning on upper and lower edges, else very good +. -A letter from Milton Takei, Chairperson of the California Peace and Freedom Party. dated January 17, 1977 to California P & P locals, state officers and County Central Committees. Hand written in pencil on upper right corner: “received in mail 11/21/77.” Single sheet, 8.5 x 11,” text on front only. Tanning on upper and lower edge. Back is blank except for... -Letter to members of the State Central Committee - California Peace and Freedom Party. From Adela Fumino, Secretary, dated September 14, 1976. Two sheets of newsprint, 8.5x 14.” First page has text on both sides. On the back of the second page is a handwritten address to Bill Callison. Stapled in upper left corner, folded horizontally for mailing. -Save Huntington Beach! Your home and Beach are in jeopardy - come fight for your rights on Nov. 18th - 5:00 pm at Huntington High Gymnasium. A blue flyer, 8.5 x 14,” with tanning on most of the upper right corner down to the middle of edge. Horizontally folded in half. The date is in written in pen on the upper right corner “Nov. 76.” Small chips and tears along right edge. The back is filled with handwritten notes in pencil. -Letter from Dave (hand signed) to Mr. Bill Callison. Three 8.5 x 11” papers stapled in upper left corner, front side only. 2nd page is the Press Release, third page is the Background. -WALD for U.S. Senate, dated January 7, 1976. Two 8.5 x 11” pages, front only, stapled in upper left corner. Peace and Freedom Party letterhead - slated For Immediate Release. Announcement that David Wald will seek the Peace & Freedom Party candidacy for the U.S. Senate. Informs that Wald will submit signatures of P & FP registrants in lieu of a filing fee to obtain a place on the ballot in the June primary, near fine. -A letter to Mr. Callison, dated September 10, 1976. Letterhead from the California Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Club. Three 8.5 x 11” pages: The first page is an invite to Bill Callison to attend an “Old Fashioned Town Hall Dinner” sponsored by 13 of the East Bay Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, hand signed by Eleanor Rasar, Chairman. 2nd page is titled: California Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Club Proposed Legislation Platform 1976-1977. Final page: Suggested Rules for Candidates. All near fine. -Two 8.5 x 11” white papers explaining David Wald’s background. Pages are stapled in upper left corner. A minute stain in the upper left corner around the staple, else near fine. -The Senate Campaign, dated in pencil in upper right corner: 10/8/75.
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