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ACLU of Ohio Repositories

The following archives hold American Civil Liberties Union records of the national, Ohio and local Ohio organizations.  Finding aids posted to these websites can be located by searching on the terms “ACLU” and American Civil Liberties Union.”  It is highly recommended that you perform searches on both terms, since results will sometimes differ.
 
We thank ACLU of Ohio Intern Jina Gonzalez for her assistance in completing this list. Please report updates to Ann Rowlett, deputy director, at arowlett@acluohio.org.
 
National ACLU
Princeton University
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library
65 Olden Street
Princeton, NJ 08544
Email: mudd@princeton.edu
Tel: (609) 258-6345
http://libweb.princeton.edu/libraries/firestone/rbsc/finding_aids/aclu/
Note:  While Princeton is the official repository of the national ACLU, they hold some materials related to the Ohio affiliate and local chapters.
 
ACLU of Ohio
Ohio Historical Society
Ohio Historical Center
Archives-Manuscripts Division
1982 Velma Ave.
Columbus, OH  43211
http://www.ohiohistory.org/occ/menu.htm
Note: Search “All Society Collections”
 
Yale University
Manuscripts and Archives
Yale University Library
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven, CT 06520
http://www.library.yale.edu/. The library record provides a link to the online finding aid, which you can also access directly with the following URL:
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/findaids/stream.php?xmlfile=mssa.ms.1800.xml
Note: Yale holds only ACLU of Ohio materials related to Krause v. Rhodes, the Kent State University shootings litigation.
 
North Central Chapter (Oberlin, Lorain, Elyria)
Oberlin College
Archives
420 Mudd Learning Center
Oberlin, OH  44074
http://www.oberlin.edu/archive/holdings/finding/RG31/
Note:  ACLU is listed under Social Reform or Action Groups
 
Northwest Ohio Chapter (Toledo area)
Bowling Green State University
Center for Archival Collections
Jerome Library, Fifth Floor
Bowling Green, OH  43403
http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/
Note: Search Northwest Ohio Manuscripts
 
University of Toledo
Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections
Carlson Library, Mail Stop #509
University of Toledo
2801 W. Bancroft
Toledo, OH 43606-3390
http://www.utoledo.edu/library/canaday/
Note:  Search the Manuscript Collection under Women for “Naomi Twining,” a leader of the ACLU Northwest Chapter. Also search the library catalog for American Civil Liberties Union.
 
Southwest Ohio Chapter (Cincinnati area)
University of Cincinnati
Archives & Rare Books Library
8th Floor Blegen Library
P.O. Box 210113
Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0113
http://www.libraries.uc.edu/libraries/arb/archives/index.html
Note: View the list of Urban Studies Collection records for American Civil Liberties Union.  Also listed are the papers of local leaders involved with the ACLU, including Alfred Bettman, Marian Spencer, Myron Bush, Charles Judd, and Zane Miller.
 
Cleveland Chapter
Western Reserve Historical Society
Library
10825 East Blvd.
Cleveland, OH  44105
http://ipac.wrhs.org:8080/#focus
Note: Perform a General Keyword search of the collection
 
Akron Chapter
University of Akron
University Libraries
Archival Services
Polsky Building
The University of Akron
Akron, OH  44325
http://www3.uakron.edu/ul/archives/
Note: Click on Regional History Collections, then “A,” to locate American Civil Liberties Union