C Ellinger, Rory Vincent (1941-2014), Collection, 1951-1973 3555 3.4 linear feet

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INTRODUCTION Papers of a student activist at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 1966-1972, who served as president of the Columbia branch of Students for a Democratic Society and was active in the New Democratic Coalition and numerous other organizations. SDS papers and SDS New Left Notes are included.

DONOR INFORMATION The collection was placed on contract with the University of Missouri by Rory V. Ellinger on 24 July 1975 (Accession No. 3967). An addition was made on 19 August 1977 by Paul E. McAllister (Accession No. 4098). Additional material was donated by Rory V. Ellinger on 22 May 1978 (Accession No. 4167).

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Rory Ellinger grew up in Webster Groves, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. He was the oldest child of Russell V. and Lois E. Ellinger. He had a sister, Kathleen (Kelly), and a brother, James. The family was Catholic. Lois Ellinger was active politics, serving as Republican committeewoman from Gravois Township, 1958-1964. Russell Ellinger died on June 27, 1967, and Lois Ellinger died November 19, 1968. During the 1960s, Rory Ellinger worked in both the Chicago and Boston areas organizing Newman Centers and Young Christian Students organizations. While doing graduate work in history at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 1966-1972, he was involved with the Citizens for Participation Politics, the Columbia City Charter Commission, the Columbia Fellowship of Reconciliation, the Democratic Voters’ League of Gravois Township, the Eighteen-Year-Old Vote Campaign, the New Democratic Coalition, Students for a Democratic Society, the Columbia Vietnam Moratorium Committee, and the UMC History Graduate Students Association. Following graduate school, Ellinger worked for the Missouri Association for Social Welfare before entering law school at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He practiced as an attorney in St. Louis. Ellinger married Linda Locke and they had two children together: Martin and Margaret. In 2010, Ellinger was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives. He died on April 9, 2014, from liver cancer.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE The collection has been arranged into the following twelve series: Personal Correspondence; New Democratic Coalition; Financial Materials; Political; Articles; Speeches; Leaflets, Pamphlets, Articles, and Other Publications; Newspaper Clippings; Students for a Democratic Society; Miscellaneous Material; Newspapers; and F.B.I. Files. More complete series descriptions are located in the folder list. C3555 Ellinger, Rory Vincent (1941-2014), Collection, 1951-1973 Page 2

For information regarding Rory Ellinger’s involvement in Missouri politics, please consult the Politics in Missouri Oral History Project, Records, 1996- (C3929), which contains an oral history interview with Ellinger.

FOLDER LIST

Personal Correspondence Series f. 1-9 Undated f. 10 1951-1962 f. 11 1963 January-August f. 12 1963 September f. 13 1963 October-December f. 14 1964 January-June f. 15 1964 July-December. Primarily family correspondence. f. 16 1965 January-March f. 17 1965 April-September f. 18 1965 October-December f. 19 1966 January-June f. 20 1966 July-December f. 21 1967 January-March f. 22 1967 April-May f. 23 1967 June-September f. 24 1967 October-December f. 25 1968 January-July f. 26 1968 August-December f. 27 1969 January-April f. 28 1969 May-August f. 29 1969 September-October f. 30 1969 November-December f. 31 1970 January-March f. 32 1970 April-May f. 33 1970 June-September f. 34 1970 October-December f. 35 1971 January-April f. 36 1971 May-June f. 37 1971 July-September f. 38 1971 October-December f. 39 1972 January-February f. 40 1972 March-April f. 41 1972 May-July f. 42 1972 August-December f. 43 1973 undated f. 44 1973 January-February f. 45 1973 March-April f. 46 1973 May-June C3555 Ellinger, Rory Vincent (1941-2014), Collection, 1951-1973 Page 3

New Democratic Coalition Series

Material concerns Democratic Party reform. f. 47-51 Miscellaneous, undated f. 52 Missouri NDC, undated f. 53 Boone County NDC and Task Force Reports, undated f. 54-69 NDC; Missouri NDC; Boone County NDC f. 54 1968; 1969 January-April f. 55 1969 May-August f. 56 1969 September-October 15 f. 57 1969 October 16-December f. 58 1970 January f. 59 1970 February f. 60 1970 March-April f. 61 1970 May-June f. 62 1970 July-December f. 63 1971 January-September f. 64 1971 October-December f. 65-66 1972 January f. 67 1972 February f. 68 1972 March-December f. 69 1973

Financial Material Series f. 70-74 Bills, bad checks, receipts, correspondence relating to financial matters. Income tax materials and forms.

Political Series f. 75 Analysis of various State Legislature races in St. Louis and St. Louis County, 1970. f. 76 Citizens for Participation Politics f. 77-78 Columbia City Charter Commission f. 78A Columbia City Charter Study Commission, Wards and Boundaries Subcommittee, Plans. f. 79-80 Columbia Fellowship of Reconciliation f. 80A Columbia Housing, Racial Composition f. 81 Demo Memo f. 82-83 Democratic Voter’s League of Gravois Township f. 84 Eighteen-Year-Old Vote f. 85 Ellinger Campaign for State Legislature, 1972. f. 86 Ellinger, Rory, Draft Status f. 87 Mock Democratic Convention, University of Missouri 1972 C3555 Ellinger, Rory Vincent (1941-2014), Collection, 1951-1973 Page 4 f. 88 SANE’s Evaluation of 1972 Presidential Candidates f. 89 Vietnam Moratorium Committee f. 90-100 University of Missouri-Columbia. History Graduate Students Association. Activities of Rory Ellinger while he was a graduate student, 1966-1972, n.d.

Articles Series

Some were written by Rory Ellinger, but some were written by other people. f. 101-102 Miscellaneous, undated f. 103 Religious, miscellaneous, undated f. 104 Religious, undated. The role of the Christian in society. f. 105 Religious, 1965 f. 106 Religious, 1966 f. 107 Student rights, undated f. 108 Student rights and student unrest, undated f. 109 Vietnam, undated

Speeches Series

Some of the speeches were written by Rory Ellinger, but some were written by and/or for other people. f. 110 Miscellaneous, undated f. 111 1969-1970 f. 112 Religious, undated f. 113 Relates to Vietnam—Christian involvement f. 114 Religious, 1963, n.d. f. 115 Religious, 1964-1965

Leaflets, Pamphlets, Articles, and Other Publications Series f. 116-118 Young Christian Students Bulletin, 1964-1967, n.d. f. 119 Father Daniel Berrigan, S.J., undated f. 120-132 Undated f. 133 “The Political Economy of Youth and Renter’s Guide to Apartment Leases,” undated f. 134 1955, 1961, 1962 f. 135 1963 f. 136 1964 f. 137 1965 January-May f. 138 1965 June-December f. 139 1966 f. 140 1967 January-April f. 141 1967 May-December C3555 Ellinger, Rory Vincent (1941-2014), Collection, 1951-1973 Page 5 f. 142 1968 Undated and January-February 15 f. 143 1968 February 16-December f. 144 1969 Undated f. 145 1969 January-March f. 146 1969 April-May f. 147 1969 June-September f. 148 1969 October-November 3 f. 149 1969 November 4-December f. 150 1970 Undated. Kent State University shootings f. 151 1970 January-February f. 152 1970 March-April 15 f. 153 1970 April 16-May. Wilson campaign for Congress, Kent State University Shootings f. 154 1970 June-July. Wilson Campaign for Congress f. 155 1970 August-October f. 156 1970 November-December. Columbians for Responsible Taxation f. 157 1971 January-March f. 158 1971 April-July f. 159 1971 August-October f. 160 1971 November-December f. 161 1972 undated f. 162 1972 January. “Health Hazards in the Workplace” f. 163 1972 January 15. “The Jackson Papers.” The views of different politicians on Jackson’s chance of winning the 1972 Democratic Presidential campaign. f. 164 1972 January-February f. 165 1972 March-April 10 f. 166 1972 April 11-April 30 f. 167 1972 May-December f. 168 1973