Repository
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Title Joni Rabinowitz Papers Creator
Rabinowitz, Joni
Collection Number AIS.2010.05 Extent
12.21 Linear Feet
(11 boxes; 1 oversize box)
Date 1957-2008 Abstract This collection contains the papers of Joni Rabinowitz, a Pittsburgh socialist and activist who has been involved in a number of organizations issues, and movements relating to social, political, and economic justice since the 1960s, such as the New American Movement. Included are organizational records, leftist counterculture literature, legal records, personal papers, and materials relating to the many issues, projects and campaigns, in which Rabinowitz has been involved. Language
English
. Author Jennifer Needham. Publisher ULS Archives & Special Collections Address University of Pittsburgh Library Systemhttp://library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections Biography
Joni Rabinowitz was born on July 30, 1941 in Brooklyn, New York. She grew up in New Rochelle, a suburb of New York City. Her father, Victor, a lawyer, represented trade unions and others whose unpopular ideas made finding legal representation difficult. Although her mother, Marcia, had advanced education, she remained a home maker and became a community activist who worked to integrate the public schools in New Rochelle.
In 1959 Rabinowitz graduated from New Rochelle High School and entered Antioch College, a liberal arts college located in Yellow Springs, Ohio, that offered "cooperative education programs where students alternate between on-campus study and off-campus work." Having grown up playing the cello, she entered as a Music major, but by her senior year, she changed her major to Political Science. She was active in various left political causes during her college years, including a period in 1963 when she went to Albany, Georgia, to volunteer for voter registration work with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). This was part of her co-op experience at Antioch. While in Georgia, she was arrested three times on the street for vagrancy (charges later dropped), and fasted in jail once for fifteen days and once for nine days. She was also charged with perjury by a federal grand jury and tried along with eight others as the "Albany Nine." Although she was convicted, the 5th Circuit Court eventually reversed the conviction.
In addition to civil rights, Rabinowitz while at Antioch was also active in Fair Play for Cuba (she helped organize a student trip to Cuba at Christmas time 1960), attended the Helsinki Youth Conference in 1961, and worked for peace, free speech and socialism. In 1964, along with over 100 other protestors, Rabinowitz was arrested for demonstrating against a Yellow Springs barber who would not serve African-American patrons. She completed her Bachelor of Arts degree at Antioch in 1965.
Rabinowitz completed one year of Social Work school at Adelphi University in New York. During this time, together with students from other social work schools in New York, she worked to support civil rights work in the South. In the summer of 1966, she worked with the California Migrant Ministry in the San Joaquin Valley as a community organizer among Mexican-American farm workers. After this experience, she returned to New York to take a job with the New York City Welfare Department, where she remained until 1969. She was also involved with the local Social Service Employees Union (SSEU), welfare rights, and opposition to the U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Her SSEU involvement lead to her being arrested three times during a strike in 1968. The SSEU was independent, but eventually merged with District Council 31 of AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Workers). Rabinowitz was also part of Movement for a Democratic Society (MDS), a local New York "grown up SDS" which had chapters in the welfare department, teachers, city planners and cab drivers.
While providing draft counseling for the union in New York, she met John Haer, who later became her husband. In 1969 they moved to Pittsburgh where his draft board had sent him to do alternative service at Mayview State Hospital, as a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War.
In the early 1970s Rabinowitz helped organize a 24 hour telephone hotline for youth, known as the "Switchboard," and wrote for and distributed an underground newspaper, the Pittsburgh Fair Witness. Also during this period she worked with the Gulf Action Project and other groups around the country in anti-corporate campaigns. In 1974 Rabinowitz earned a Masters of Social Work degree in community organizing from the University of Pittsburgh.
In 1971 she was a founding member of the New American Movement (NAM). This nationwide socialist-feminist organization promoted democratic socialism, feminism, economic democracy, anti-racism, labor unions, gay rights, anti-war actions, international solidarity, women's rights, civil rights, and utility reform. It aimed to create a broad movement for American socialism. It also had an extensive education program, both internal and also for the public. Additionally, NAM sponsored cultural events, such as films and folk-singers and groups. In 1973 the Pittsburgh chapter produced a slide show, "Pittsburgh 1902, a People's History" and also created a People's History of Pittsburgh wall calendar for 1973. In 1982 NAM merged with the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (DSOC) to form the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). Rabinowitz was one of the minority of members, nationally, who opposed the merger.
Rabinowitz was a leader in both the local and Industrial Heartland Region organizations of NAM. Between 1971 and 1982, she was off-and-on again a Steering Committee member in the Pittsburgh Chapter, and also attended every annual national convention during those ten years. Along with her husband and several others in the Pittsburgh chapter, she was on the committee which published the NAM Newsletter , a monthly publication beginning in 1972, which was mailed to several hundred interested people. In 1982, after the merger, the name changed to the Allegheny Socialist and was published for several years after that. She was also involved in the Peoples Power Project, a NAM campaign for utility reform, from 1976-1980. In 1974-1975 she worked through NAM on a City Budget Campaign, organized to get Pittsburgh City council to fund more human services.
Between 1979 and 1982, Rabinowitz managed Wobblie Joe's, a small bar on the South Side of Pittsburgh owned by some friends who hoped to bring together the mill-worker culture with the music of Appalachia. The bar had live music every night -- at least two nationally-known figures got their start there: folk singer Anne Feeney and blues singer Ernie Hawkins. Economic problems were the primary cause of the bar's closing in 1982. Rabinowitz and the co-owners also had disagreements with the staff, which were solved by the staff forming a union.
In 1983 Rabinowitz took a job as a public policy advocate for the Hunger Action Coalition. Two years later the organization split and Rabinowitz helped found Just Harvest, an anti-hunger and anti-poverty advocacy organization. She remained as one of two co-directors at Just Harvest until 2010, when she retired. During her 25 years at Just Harvest, she organized on the national, state and local level for public policies which benefit poor and hungry people. These included food stamp policy, school meals, and welfare policies, among others.
Currently, Rabinowitz lives in Pittsburgh with her husband and two cats, Claudette and Tippy. Since her retirement, her activities include volunteering at a cat shelter, being elected to her neighborhood board, gardening, and organizing against Marcellus Shale drilling.
Arrangement
The collection is divided into six series, five of which have been further arranged into subseries. Folders within subseries are organized alphabetically, excluding the series devoted to campaigns and legal cases, which are organized chronologically. Additional scope and content notes are found at the series and subseries level.
Series I. New American Movement (NAM)
Series II. Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)
Series III. Campaign Involvement
Series IV. Topics and Organizations
Series V. Literature
Series VI. Personal
Copyright
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Preferred Citation
Joni Rabinowitz Papers, 1957-2008, AIS.2010.05, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System
Scope and Content Notes The Joni Rabinowitz Papers, which date from 1957 to 2008, document her personal life and constant involvement and devotion to social, political and economic justice issues. Her papers trace her activism in college and the historic civil rights cases she was involved in, her activism in New York City, and her move to Pittsburgh where she helped found the local chapter of the New American Movement (NAM). A majority of the collection documents her involvement in a number of leftist/socialist organizations like the NAM, Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), Voter REP, and the Rainbow Political Action Committee. Devoted to bringing awareness to social and economic inequality, she was involved in a number of movements and organizations regarding race, class, hunger, and welfare rights. Her papers also demonstrate her political concerns and intellectual interests through literature she collected concerning issues and organizations that existed throughout the 1960s and 1970s.
Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
Related Material
Rabinowitz Social Service Unionism Collection, 1957-1969, AIS.1980.19, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System
New American Movement, Pittsburgh Chapter Records, 1973-1982, AIS.1989.18, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System
Paul J. LeBlanc Papers, 1968-1998, AIS.1974.17, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System
Robert Opie Shepherd Papers Relating to the Democratic Socialists of America, AIS.1990.21, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System
Political and Social Activist Movements Collection, 1968-1975, AIS.1974.17, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System
James Dolsen Political Left Pamphlets Collection, 1918-1996, AIS.1999.11, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System
Lawrence F. Evans Collection, 1978-1988, AIS.1988.17, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Jennifer Needham in spring/summer 2011. Additions performed by Hannah Wilgenbusch in 2019.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Joni Rabinowitz in 2010 and 2011.
Subjects Corporate Names Antioch College New American Movement (Organization) New American Movement (Organization). Pittsburgh Chapter Democratic Socialists of America Democratic Socialists of America. Pittsburgh Chapter Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) National Rainbow Coalition (U.S.) Movement for a Democratic Society Social Service Employees Union Just Harvest (Organization) Personal Names Rabinowitz, Victor Jackson, Jesse Rabinowitz, Joni Other Subjects Political activists -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Political activists -- United States Associations Personal papers Politics Labor movement -- United States Social action Labor movement -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Women Welfare rights movement -- United States Welfare rights movement -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Civil rights -- United States Civil rights -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Feminism -- United States Feminism -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Radicalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century Radicalism -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Social movements -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Container List Series I. New American Movement (NAM) , 1971-1985 Scope and Content Notes This series documents the regional chapter of the New American Movement (NAM) and Rabinowitz's involvement in the organization. The series is divided into six subseries according to the functions, activities, projects, and interests of the organization. Additional materials concerning NAM can be found in the separate collection held by the Archives Service Center: New American Movement, Pittsburgh Chapter Records, 1973-1982, AIS.1989.18.
Originally founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1971 as a result of the anti-war movement, NAM was established in an effort to build a "new left." Shortly after, regional chapters were established throughout the country. At its height, NAM had chapters in about 30 places (many of them being campuses) with about 5,000 members. It was supported by dues, fundraisers and donations. The organization stressed the importance of "political work and mass organizing as a means for transformation" and worked to "develop programs that would unify working people and catalyze a large mass movement for socialism." Classism, sexism, racism, imperialism, and capitalism were many of the issues the organization advocated against. The organization was also concerned with a host of international issues concerning Spain, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and China. As a founding member of the Pittsburgh chapter, part of the steering committee, and primary creator of the chapter newsletter, Rabinowitz was heavily involved and committed to the organization. She also attended all of the national conventions.
In 1971, Rabinowitz helped found the Pittsburgh chapter. The chapter initially committed itself to anti-war activities -- organizing panel discussions, demonstrations, and pickets. In 1973 it helped fight for the impeachment of President Nixon. Due to the labor climate of the time, the organization eventually became heavily involved in workplace organizing, as well as social services and political education. Within the NAM were a number of commissions, such as the Energy Commission, that in 1975 devoted a considerable amount of time to speaking against the energy industry and its impending rate hikes, which included Duquesne Light. The Pennsylvania Alliance for Jobs and Energy (PAJE) is a result of this, an organization Rabinowitz helped start.
Subseries 1. Internal Business , 1972-1982 Scope and Content Notes This subseries, organized alphabetically, documents the organizational structure of NAM and its role within the scope of the national organization. Included are the chapter structure and by-laws, chapter history, internal reports, member lists, correspondence, records of the national interim committee, and instructions for chapter leaders. It also documents the organization's eventual merger in 1983 with the Democratic Socialists of America. The New American Movement, Pittsburgh Chapter Records, 1973-1982, AIS.1989.18, contain additional materials relating to internal business.
Chapter Evaluations , 1980 Containers box 1 , folder 1 Chapter Structure and By-Laws , 1975-1978 Containers box 1 , folder 2 Contacts , 1975-1977 Containers box 1 , folder 3 Correspondence , 1972-1976 Containers box 1 , folder 4 Correspondence , 1976-1981 Containers box 1 , folder 5 Instructions on Leadership , 1977-1978 Containers box 1 , folder 6 Internal Reports , 1973-1979 Containers box 1 , folder 7 Names and Addresses for Local and National Chapters and Members , undated Containers box 1 , folder 8 National and Regional Chapter Reports , 1975-1981 Containers box 1 , folder 9 National Interim Committee Candidacy Statements , undated Containers box 1 , folder 10 National Interim Committee Endorsements , 1975 Containers box 1 , folder 11 National Interim Committee Resolutions , 1981 Containers box 1 , folder 12 Newsletter Plans which Include Personal Notes , 1976-1982 Containers box 1 , folder 13 Personal Correspondence , 1980-1981 Containers box 1 , folder 14 Phone Tree , 1974-1978 Containers box 1 , folder 15 Pittsburgh Chapter History , 1972-1977 Containers box 1 , folder 16 Proposal for New Orientation Program , undated Containers box 1 , folder 17 Recruitment Guidelines , 1981-1982 Containers box 1 , folder 18 Response Against Socialist Worker's Party Endorsements , 1978 Containers box 1 , folder 19 Speakers Bureau and Fundraising Brochures , 1975 Containers box 1 , folder 20 Staff Job Descriptions , 1976-1977 Containers box 1 , folder 21 Steering Committee Notes , 1975-1977 Containers box 1 , folder 22 Strategy Papers , 1977-1978 Containers box 1 , folder 23 What is the NAM , undated Containers box 1 , folder 24 Various Materials , 1980 Containers box 1 , folder 25 Subseries 2. Publications , 1973-1981 Scope and Content Notes This subseries contains the various publications that NAM produced, especially those of the local chapter. Organized alphabetically, the publications include general mailings sent to members of the local chapter which reported on the various happenings of the organization; the chapter newsletter, which Rabinowitz was instrumental in the creation and distribution of; and various leaflets announcing chapter meetings and events. The collection originally included a substantial amount of national NAM materials like instructional guides for organizing and running chapters, the national newsletter Moving On , and national discussion bulletins, but these materials were eliminated due to being already included in the "New American Movement, Pittsburgh Chapter Records" collection.
Chapter General Mailings , 1977-1978 Containers box 1 , folder 26 Chapter General Mailings , 1979-1981 Containers box 1 , folder 27 Chapter Mailings , 1974-1975 Containers box 1 , folder 28 Chapter Mailings , 1975-1976 Containers box 1 , folder 29 Chapter Newsletter , October 1972 Containers box 1 , folder 30 Chapter Newsletter , January-November 1973 Containers box 1 , folder 31 Chapter Newsletter , March and Jul-Oct 1974 Containers box 1 , folder 32 Chapter Newsletter , January-December 1975 Containers box 1 , folder 33 Chapter Newsletter , Feb-Sep 1976 and December 1976 Containers box 1 , folder 34 Chapter Newsletter , February-December 1977 Containers box 1 , folder 35 Chapter Newsletter , January-December 1978 Containers box 1 , folder 36 Chapter Newsletter , January 1979-January 1980 Containers box 1 , folder 37 Chapter Newsletter , February-December 1980 Containers box 1 , folder 38 Chapter Newsletter , January-December 1981 Containers box 1 , folder 39 Chapter Newsletter , January-December 1982 Containers box 1 , folder 40 Literature , 1975 Containers box 1 , folder 41 Leaflets , 1974-1975 Containers box 1 , folder 42 Papers by Frank Ackerman, Leon Blum, Harry C. Boyte, Logan Martinez, and Ed Meek , 1973-1976 Containers box 1 , folder 43 Subseries 3. Events , 1973-1985 Scope and Content Notes This subseries documents the various events the Pittsburgh chapter of NAM conducted or was involved in. Folders are organized alphabetically and include materials that document the local and national conferences and conventions, most of which Rabinowitz attended, as well as the film and dinner series, concerts and various other events held for or by the organization.
Conferences, Conventions, and Events , 1975-1981 Containers box 2 , folder 1 Events , 1976-1985 Containers box 2 , folder 2 Film and Dinner Series , 1972 Containers box 2 , folder 3 Films , 1979-1984 Containers box 2 , folder 4 Fundraising Party Invitation , 1978 Containers box 2 , folder 5 "A Morality Play" for the Pittsburgh Counter-Inaugural Ball , 1980 Containers box 2 , folder 6 National Council Conference , 1974 Containers box 2 , folder 7 National NAM Utilities Conference , 1977 Containers box 2 , folder 8 Robin Tyler Concerts Planning , 1981-1983 Containers box 2 , folder 9 Solidarity Day and Aftermath , 1981 Containers box 2 , folder 10 Vietnam Peace Treaty Celebration , 1973 Containers box 2 , folder 11 Subseries 4. Projects , 1976-1982 Scope and Content Notes This subseries contains materials that document the various NAM projects that Rabinowitz was involved in. Folders are organized alphabetically. The People's History Project and The People's Power Project make up a large portion of this subseries. The People's History Project was created in order to bring awareness to the region's labor history which resulted in the creation of a slideshow and people's history calendar. The People's Power Project was created in reaction to the energy crisis and acted as a form of outreach in order to bring awareness to the issue and inspire greater public involvement. In 1976 the People's Power Project testified at hearings for a Lifeline bill in order to push for energy rate restructuring. Rabinowitz, an experienced fundraiser, was responsible for the creation of the advertising book included in this subseries.
Advertising Book , 1981 Containers box 2 , folder 12 Energy Commission Newsletter , 1979-1981 Containers box 2 , folder 13 Feminism in Chapters , 1976-1982 Containers box 2 , folder 14 Lifeline , 1975-1978 Containers box 2 , folder 15 Lifeline Membership Lists , 1976 Containers box 2 , folder 16 National Materials from NAM Utilities Project , 1974-1979 Containers box 2 , folder 17 Pennsylvania Utility Commission Hearings , 1975-1977 Containers box 2 , folder 18 People's History Calendar Planning , 1974 Containers box 2 , folder 19 People's History Project Correspondence Concerning the "1905 A People's History" Slideshow , 1973-1976 Containers box 2 , folder 20 People's History Slideshow Proposal , 1974-1975 Containers box 2 , folder 21 People's Power Project , 1975-1979 Containers box 2 , folder 22 People's Power Project Newsletters , 1975-1977 Containers box 2 , folder 23 People's Power Project Notes and Minutes , 1975-1980 Containers box 2 , folder 24 People's Power Project Slideshow Scripts , undated Containers box 2 , folder 25 People's Power Project Media Coverage , 1975-1977 Containers box 2 , folder 26 Political Education Committee , 1973-1978 Containers box 2 , folder 27 Socialist School , 1975-1980 Containers box 2 , folder 28 Workplace Organizing Taskforce , 1973-1975 Containers box 2 , folder 29 Subseries 5. Issues , 1973-1983 Scope and Content Notes Organized alphabetically, this subseries documents the local, national, and international issues NAM was involved or interested in. Often times, these subject files were utilized for NAM projects and literature. Topics include abortion, anti-Nixon, gay rights, and women's issues, just to name a few. This is not a complete reflection of the organization's interests and involvement, but rather represents the issues that Rabinowitz kept materials on.
Abortion , 1978-1983 Containers box 2 , folder 30 Anti-Nixon , 1973 Containers box 2 , folder 31 Attica , 1976 Containers box 2 , folder 32 Cuba , 1973-1974 Containers box 2 , folder 33 Gay Rights , 1977-1979 Containers box 2 , folder 34 JP Stevens Boycott , 1976-1979 Containers box 2 , folder 35 Local and National Nuclear Issues , 1975-1979 Containers box 2 , folder 36 National Health Security in Pittsburgh , 1977-1979 Containers box 2 , folder 37 Puerto Rican Solidarity , 1967-1976 Containers box 2 , folder 38 Reproductive Rights , 1978-1979 Containers box 2 , folder 39 University of Pittsburgh Faculty Organizing , 1976 Containers box 2 , folder 40 Vietnam , 1973 Containers box 2 , folder 41 Women , 1973-1981 Containers box 2 , folder 42 Subseries 6. Related Organizations , 1971-1985 Scope and Content Notes NAM helped found and was involved in a number of local organizations. While these organizations fell under the auspices of NAM or were led by NAM members, they did not claim NAM affiliation since people during the time were often reluctant to join socialist organizations. The Pennsylvania Alliance for Jobs and Energy, the Public Power Movement, and the Coalition for Human Needs are examples of this. This subseries includes organizational records and is organized alphabetically.
Anti-Vietnam, National Organizations , 1971-1976 Containers box 3 , folder 1 Big Red Food Club Collective , 1974 Containers box 3 , folder 2 Coalition for Human Needs , 1973-1974 Containers box 3 , folder 3 Coalition for Human Needs City Budget Campaign , 1972-1974 Containers box 3 , folder 4-5 Coalition for Human Needs City Budget Campaign Press Coverage , 1973-1974 Containers box 3 , folder 6 National Committee Against Repressive Legislation and the Criminal Reform Act of 1975 (S1) , 1975-1982 Containers box 3 , folder 7 New Jewish Agenda , 1972-1982 Containers box 3 , folder 8 Pennsylvania Alliance for Jobs and Energy (PAJE) , 1979-1980 Containers box 3 , folder 9 Pennsylvania Alliance for Jobs and Energy (PAJE) , 1977-1979 Containers box 3 , folder 10 PAJE Newsletter , 1982-1983,1986 Containers box 3 , folder 11 PAJE Advertising Handbook, Fundraising and Planning , 1981 Containers box 3 , folder 12 Pittsburgh Against Apartheid , 1982-1983 Containers box 3 , folder 13 Pittsburgh Neighborhood Alliance , 1980-1983 Containers box 3 , folder 14 Public Power Movement , 1976-1980 Containers box 3 , folder 15 South Africa and Pittsburgh , 1985 Containers box 3 , folder 16 Utilities Task Force , 1975-1980 Containers box 3 , folder 17 Series II. Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) , 1982-1992 Scope and Content Notes In 1982 the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee and the New American Movement merged to form the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), a merger opposed by Rabinowitz. Nonetheless, she was active in the DSA as a member of the national executive committee and she served as a Pittsburgh delegate at the 1983 DSA conference in New York City. The series includes organizational records, various publications, events, and committees and projects the organization was involved in. The series is divided into four subseries which are organized alphabetically. For further information on the DSA, please see the Robert Opie Shepherd Papers Relating to the Democratic Socialists of America, AIS.1990.21 held by the Archives Service Center.
Subseries 1. Internal Business , 1982-1992 Scope and Content Notes This subseries documents the organizational structure of the DSA and includes by-laws, correspondence, financial records, and membership lists which are organized alphabetically. Also included are some of Rabinowitz's personal notebooks from chapter meetings which reflect many of her personal views and thoughts about the organization. The statement concerning "New Directions for DSA" provides further insight into the merger.
By-laws , 1983 Containers box 3 , folder 18 Correspondence , 1984 Containers box 3 , folder 19 Finances , 1983 Containers box 3 , folder 20-21 Fundraising , 1984 Containers box 3 , folder 22 History of Organization , 1982 Containers box 3 , folder 23 Membership , 1982 Containers box 3 , folder 24 National Board , 1983 Containers box 3 , folder 25 National Constitution and By-laws , 1982-1983 Containers box 3 , folder 26 National Mailings , 1982-1985 Containers box 3 , folder 27 Personal Notebook , 1982-1983 Containers box 3 , folder 28 Personal Notebooks from Meetings , 1982 Containers box 3 , folder 29 Personal Notebooks from Meetings , 1983 Containers box 3 , folder 30 Phone Bank and Contributions , 1992 Containers box 3 , folder 31 Photographs Used in Newsletters and Leaflets , undated Containers box 3 , folder 32 Statement Concerning New Directions for DSA , 1986 Containers box 3 , folder 33 Subseries 2. Publications , 1982-1986 Scope and Content Notes This subseries contains the various publications created by the Pittsburgh chapter of the DSA and includes newsletters, brochures, chapter mailings (which provide organizational news and announcements), and other various pieces of literature created by the organization. The literature is organized alphabetically. Because the "Robert Opie Shepherd Papers Relating to the Democratic Socialists of America, AIS.1990.21" already contains a significant amount of DSA publications, especially the Allegheny Socialist , only those which were not duplicates were kept in this collection.
Allegheny Socialist , February 1992-January 1994 Containers box 3 , folder 34 Brochures , undated Containers box 3 , folder 36 Chapter Mailings , 1987-1988 Containers box 3 , folder 35 Feminist Perspectives on the Family 1982 Containers box 4 , folder 1 Pittsburgh Chapter News Sheets , 1982-1986 Containers box 4 , folder 2 Subseries 3. Events , 1982-1991 Scope and Content Notes This subseries documents regional and national DSA conventions and conferences, various events the Pittsburgh chapter hosted, and other events chapter members attended. Folders are organized alphabetically.
Basic Political Skills Training Conference , 1982 Containers box 4 , folder 3 "Candidates Nite" , 1983 Containers box 4 , folder 4 "Candidates Nite" , 1987 Containers box 4 , folder 5 "Candidates Nite" for Pittsburgh City Council and School Board , 1985 Containers box 4 , folder 6 Films , 1985-1991 Containers box 4 , folder 7 First DSA Statewide Conference , 1984 Containers box 4 , folder 8 Fred Small Concert Planning , 1982-1983 Containers box 4 , folder 9 Kristin Lems Concert , 1987 Containers box 4 , folder 10 Labor Conference, Detroit , 1985 Containers box 4 , folder 11 Michael Harrington Event , 1982 Containers box 4 , folder 12 Merger Convention , 1982 Containers box 4 , folder 13 National Board Conference, Philadelphia , 1984 Containers box 4 , folder 14 National Convention, New York , 1983 Containers box 4 , folder 15-16 National Convention Resolutions , 1983 Containers box 4 , folder 17 National Convention, Berkeley , 1985 Containers box 4 , folder 18 Second DSA Statewide Meeting , 1984 Containers box 4 , folder 19 Twentieth Anniversary Civil Rights March on Washington , 1983 Containers box 4 , folder 20 Subseries 4. Committees and Projects , 1982-1987 Scope and Content Notes This subseries documents the many committees and projects that DSA members formed based on international, political, and local issues as well as organizational needs. Folders are organized alphabetically.
Anti-Racism Commission and Latino Commission , 1982-1984 Containers box 4 , folder 21 Democratic Socialist Political Action Committee , 1980-1987 Containers box 4 , folder 22 Feminist Commission , 1982-1985 Containers box 4 , folder 23 Institute for Democratic Socialism , 1983 Containers box 4 , folder 24 International Affairs Committee , 1983 Containers box 4 , folder 25 Labor Commission , 1982-1985 Containers box 4 , folder 26 National Advocacy Campaign , 1983 Containers box 4 , folder 27 National Executive Committee , 1982 Containers box 4 , folder 28-30 National Executive Committee , 1983 Containers box 4 , folder 31 National Speaker's Bureau , 1982-1983 Containers box 4 , folder 32 Religion and Socialism Commission , undated Containers box 4 , folder 33 Urban and Community Commission , undated Containers box 4 , folder 34 Series III. Campaign Involvement , 1981-2008 Scope and Content Notes This series documents Rabinowitz's involvement in local, regional, and national political campaigns throughout the 1980s and 1990s as well as local political action organizations like Project Vote and Voter REP, The Rainbow Coalition, and the Rainbow Political Action Committee. The series is divided into four subseries. The folders of each subseries are organized alphabetically, excluding "campaigns" which are organized in chronological order. Some of what is included are campaign materials, campaign volunteer recruitment materials, records concerning voter registration, and internal business records from the organizations Rabinowitz was a member of.
Subseries 1. Campaigns , 1981-2008 Scope and Content Notes Organized chronologically, this subseries documents the many local, regional, and national political campaigns Rabinowitz was involved in as a campaign volunteer, director, and organizer and includes campaign materials, volunteer materials, correspondence and press.
John Zingaro for City Council , 1981 Containers box 4 , folder 35 District Election Campaign , 1981 Containers box 4 , folder 36 Jonathan Robinson for City Council , 1982-1983 Containers box 4 , folder 37 Jim Young for Congress , 1984 Containers box 4 , folder 38 Richard Adams for State Representative , 1984 Containers box 4 , folder 39 Election Day , 1985 Containers box 4 , folder 40 Jim Ferlo for City Council , 1985 Containers box 4 , folder 41 Allen Kukovich for Governer , 1985-1986 Containers box 4 , folder 42 Bob Edgar for Senate , 1986 Containers box 4 , folder 44 Coalition for District Elections , 1985-1987 Containers box 4 , folder 43 Bob Edgar for Senate Phone Bank , 1986 Containers box 4 , folder 45 Bob Edgar for Senate Volunteers , 1986 Containers box 4 , folder 46 Bob Edgar for Senate, Personal Notebook , 1986 Containers box 4 , folder 47 Organizing and Campaigning , 1986 Containers box 4 , folder 50 Election Day Volunteer Assignments , 1986 Containers box 4 , folder 49 Campaign Volunteers List , 1987 Containers box 4 , folder 51 Doris A. Smith Election for Judge of Commonwealth Court , 1987 Containers box 4 , folder 52 Cynthia Baldwin Primary Election for Court of Common Pleas , 1987 Containers box 4 , folder 53 NRC National Convention, Personal Notes , 1987 Containers box 4 , folder 54 Jesse Jackson Campaign Correspondence , 19871988 Containers box 5 , folder 1 Jackson Campaign, Personal Notebooks , 1987-1988 Containers box 5 , folder 2 Election Day , 1986 Containers box 5 , folder 2a Jackson and the Jewish Vote , 1987-1988 Containers box 5 , folder 3 Jackson Presidential Primary Materials , 1987-1988 Containers box 5 , folder 4 Jackson Campaign, Local Delegates , 1988 Containers box 5 , folder 5 Jackson Campaign Phone Bank Volunteers , undated Containers box 5 , folder 6 Labor for Jackson , 1988 Containers box 5 , folder 7 Jackson Post-Election Analysis , 1988 Containers box 5 , folder 8 Primary, Pittsburgh Wards , 1988 Containers box 5 , folder 9 Rick Adams for City Council , 1989 Containers box 5 , folder 10 Terry Chalich for State Legislature , 1990 Containers box 5 , folder 11 Lynn Yaekel for Senate , 1992 Containers box 5 , folder 12 Rick Adams for City Council, 1994 Containers box 5 , folder 13 Allen Kukovich for Senate , 1996 Containers box 5 , folder 14 14th Ward Primary , 1997 Containers box 5 , folder 15 Rabinowitz and Haer for Democratic Committee People , 1998 Containers box 5 , folder 16 Local Primary , 1999 Containers box 5 , folder 17 Local Elections , 1999 Containers box 5 , folder 18 Allen Kukovich for Lt. Governor Phone Bank , 2001-2002 Containers box 5 , folder 19 Allen Kukovich for Governor Primary , 2002 Containers box 5 , folder 20 John Kerry for President , 2004 Containers box 5 , folder 21 May Primary Elections , 2005 Containers box 5 , folder 22 May Primaries and Ward Chair Election , 2006 Containers box 5 , folder 23 Presidential Election , 2007-2008 Containers box 5 , folder 24 Subseries 2. Project Vote and Voter Registration in Pittsburgh (REP) , 1983-1988 Scope and Content Notes Organized alphabetically, this subseries documents Rabinowitz's involvement in the voter registration activities of two related organizations, Project VOTE! and Voter REP (Registration, Education, and Participation). Voter REP was a local affiliate of Project VOTE!, a national organization based in Washington, D.C. Due to the related goals and relationship between the two organizations, many of the materials in this subseries are mixed.
Formed in 1986, Voter REP was a nonprofit charitable and educational organization committed to registering voters and increasing the political participation of blacks, women, low-income areas, youth, and disabled peoples. Rabinowitz worked for Voter REP as a coordinator. The organization was located in the offices of the Hunger Action Coalition and grew out of prior Pittsburgh organizations committed to voter registration like the Alliance for Voter Registration. Materials include records pertaining to internal functions of the organization, volunteer recruitment, voter registration drives, newsletters, workshops, and press. Also included are records pertaining to the organization's fight against welfare and unemployment offices who refused the entry of volunteers in order to register people, a fight which eventually led to court.
Accounting , 1986 Containers box 5 , folder 25 Campaign Analysis , 1983 Containers box 5 , folder 26 Correspondence , 1984 Containers box 5 , folder 27 Freedom Summer Voter Registration Campaign , 1984 Containers box 5 , folder 28 Grant Administration , 1986 Containers box 5 , folder 29 History of Organization , 1988 Containers box 5 , folder 30 Job Descriptions , 1984 Containers box 5 , folder 31 Letter to Thornburgh Regarding Voter Registration , 1986 Containers box 5 , folder 32 Logbook , 1984 Containers box 5 , folder 33 Meetings , 1984 Containers box 5 , folder 34 Monthly Schedules , 1986 Containers box 5 , folder 35 Newsletters , 1986 Containers box 5 , folder 36 Newspaper Clippings , 1984 Containers box 5 , folder 37 Original Proposal for the Organization , 1986 Containers box 5 , folder 38 Phone Banks , 1984-1986 Containers box 5 , folder 39 Political Workshops , 1984-1994 Containers box 5 , folder 40 Pre-District Election Campaign , 1986 Containers box 5 , folder 41 Press , 1986 Containers box 5 , folder 42 Project Vote Instructions , 1986 Containers box 5 , folder 43 Public Service Announcements and Media , 1986 Containers box 5 , folder 44 Suit and Injunction , 1983-1986 Containers box 5 , folder 45-46 Volunteer Recruitment , 1986 Containers box 5 , folder 47 Voter Registration Campaign , 1984 Containers box 5 , folder 48 Voter Registration Activities , 1983 Containers box 5 , folder 49 Voter Registration for Non-Profits , 1983-1984 Containers box 5 , folder 50 Voter Registration Report , 1986 Containers box 5 , folder 51 Voter Registration Statistics , 1986 Containers box 5 , folder 52 Voters with Disabilities , 1984 Containers box 5 , folder 53 Subseries 3. The Rainbow Coalition and The Rainbow Political Action Committee , 1985-1990 Scope and Content Notes This subseries documents The National Rainbow Coalition (NRC), now the Rainbow Push Coalition, and The Rainbow Political Action Committee (Rainbow PAC). Arranged alphabetically, it includes meeting minutes, by-laws, mailing lists, and national NRC materials. The Rainbow Coalition grew out of Jesse Jackson's 1984 presidential campaign. The coalition was and still is a national organization committed to social justice, civil rights and political activism. It was founded in order to help support candidates for public office dedicated to improving the lives of the powerless. Rabinowitz helped run the Rainbow PAC which functioned as a political action committee based on progressive politics and committed to social justice, democracy and solidarity. Although the Rainbow PAC was inspired by the NRC, they remained unconnected to the National Rainbow Coalition and free from the rules of the NRC.
Annual Meeting of Rainbow PAC , 1989 Containers box 5 , folder 54 By-Laws of Rainbow PAC , undated Containers box 5 , folder 55 Candidate Endorsements for Primaries , 1989 Containers box 5 , folder 56 Fundraising Letters and Lists , 1988 Containers box 5 , folder 57 Mailings , 1987-1988 Containers box 5 , folder 58 Mailing List , 1988 Containers box 5 , folder 59 Meeting Attendance , 1988-1989 Containers box 5 , folder 60 Meeting Minutes , 1987-1988 Containers box 5 , folder 61 National Materials , 1987-1990 Containers box 5 , folder 62 Questionnaire Developed for Local Primary , 1989 Containers box 5 , folder 63 The Rainbow Report 1989-1990 Containers box 5 , folder 64 State Convention of the Pennsylvania Rainbow Coalition , 1988 Containers box 5 , folder 65 Subseries 4. 14th Ward Independent Democratic Club , 1985-2008 Scope and Content Notes Documented in this subseries is the 14th Ward Independent Democratic Club, of which Rabinowitz was an active participant and member of the board. Materials are organized alphabetically and include the constitution and by-laws, board business, correspondence, events, newsletters and mailings. The organization was founded in 1980 in order to support progressive politics and the principles of the Democratic Party. The club also held forums and discussions in order to help solve community problems. Additionally, the club also worked to endorse and support candidates committed to the same principles established by the club, distributing voters guides before primaries and elections in order to help inform community members.
Board Business , 2000-2007 Containers box 5 , folder 66 Campaign for Kerry, Edwards, and Hoeffel , 2004 Containers box 5 , folder 67 Constitution and By-Laws , 2006 Containers box 5 , folder 68 Correspondence , 2005-2008 Containers box 5 , folder 69 Events , 1998-2007 Containers box 5 , folder 70 Meetings , 2005 Containers box 5 , folder 71 Member Lists , 2004-2007 Containers box 5 , folder 72 Newsletters and Mailings , 1985-2006 Containers box 5 , folder 73 Series IV. Topics and Organizations , 1963-1982 Scope and Content Notes Rabinowitz collected an array of materials that illustrate the social, political, and economic issues that she experienced throughout the 1960s and 1970s. These materials provide a glimpse into the issues and organizations that emerged during this period. Included are pamphlets, fliers, letters, press, and organizational materials. The series is divided into three subseries divided by topics, local organizations, and national organizations.
Subseries 1. Topics , 1965-1983 Scope and Content Notes This subseries contains an array of materials that Rabinowitz collected throughout the 1960s and 1970s that demonstrate her interests and concerns; it is organized alphabetically. She kept the materials organized in files according to topics which range from international issues, to labor issues, draft resistance, and socialism.
Black Power Movement , 1968-1978 Containers box 6 , folder 1 Chile , 1973-1979 Containers box 6 , folder 2 China , 1965-1976 Containers box 6 , folder 3 Civil Rights and Racism , 1963-1983 Containers box 6 , folder 4 Communes , 1973 Containers box 6 , folder 5 Conscientious Objection , 1967-1969 Containers box 6 , folder 6 Criminal Code Reform Act , 1979 Containers box 6 , folder 7 Draft Resistance , 1966-1970 Containers box 6 , folder 8 Health , undated Containers box 6 , folder 9 GI Movement and Amnesty , 1973-1974 Containers box 6 , folder 10 Indochina , 1974-1975 Containers box 6 , folder 11 Labor Issues, Local and Regional , 1975-1979 Containers box 6 , folder 12 Labor and Unions , 1975-1982 Containers box 6 , folder 13 Labor Related Films , 1970 Containers box 6 , folder 14 Labor, Safe Energy, and Anti-Nuke , 1979-1981 Containers box 6 , folder 15 Labor, United Aircraft and Olin Drug , 1969-1970 Containers box 6 , folder 16 Labor, United Auto Workers , 1964-1979 Containers box 6 , folder 17 Labor and Workplace Health Issues , 1979-1980 Containers box 6 , folder 18 Marxist-Leninist Groups , 1975 Containers box 6 , folder 19 Military Intervention, Disarmament, and Conversion , 1977-1981 Containers box 6 , folder 20 National Student Conference Against Racism, Pittsburgh , 1974-1976 Containers box 6 , folder 21 National Tax Organizing , 1972-1974 Containers box 6 , folder 22 The New Right , 1978-1981 Containers box 6 , folder 23 New York City Issues and Organizations , 1968-1969 Containers box 6 , folder 24 Socialism , undated Containers box 6 , folder 25 Vietnam , 1965-1966 Containers box 6 , folder 26 Worker Ownership , 1982 Containers box 6 , folder 27 Subseries 2. Local Organizations , 1969-1980 Scope and Content Notes This subseries is organized alphabetically and includes material Rabinowitz collected concerning local social justice and activist organizations that emerged in the 1970s and include literature, fliers and brochures.
Anti-Vietnam Organizations , 1972-1976 Containers box 6 , folder 28 Committee of Concerned Unionists , 1978 Containers box 6 , folder 29 Pittsburgh Area Committee on Occupational Safety and Health , 1972-1974 Containers box 6 , folder 30 Pittsburgh Chapter Coalition if Labor Union Women , 1974-1975 Containers box 6 , folder 31 Pittsburgh Committee Against Registration and the Draft Card (CARD) , 1980 Containers box 6 , folder 32 Pittsburgh Neighborhood Alliance , 1974-1975 Containers box 6 , folder 33 Pittsburgh Radical Women's Union , 1973 Containers box 6 , folder 34 Pittsburgh Chapter of Students for a Democratic Society , 1969 Containers box 6 , folder 35 Political Prisoner's Solidarity Committee , 1971-1978 Containers box 6 , folder 36 Professional Air Traffic Controller's Organization , undated Containers box 6 , folder 37 Western Pennsylvania Coalition to Support the United Mine Workers , 1972-1979 Containers box 6 , folder 38 Subseries 3. National Organizations , 1965-1996 Scope and Content Notes Rabinowitz collected the materials of a number of social justice and activist organizations that emerged between 1965 and 1996. This subseries contains literature, fliers and pamphlets produced by these organizations and is organized alphabetically.
Bay Area Revolutionary Union , 1971 Containers box 6 , folder 39 Berkeley Women's Movement , 1972 Containers box 6 , folder 40 Committee of Returned Volunteers , 1969-1970 Containers box 6 , folder 41 Free Speech Movement , 1965-1966 Containers box 6 , folder 42 International Socialists , 1979 Containers box 6 , folder 43 Italian Communist Party , 1976-1978 Containers box 6 , folder 44 Labor Party Advocates , 1991-1996 Containers box 6 , folder 45 National Caucus of Labor Committees (NCLC) , 1966-1969 Containers box 6 , folder 46 New Alliance Party , undated Containers box 6 , folder 47 New York Peace and Freedom Party , 1968-1969 Containers box 6 , folder 48 North American Congress on Latin America , undated Containers box 6 , folder 49 North American Farm Alliance , 1984 Containers box 6 , folder 50 Radical Historian's Organization , 1971-1980 Containers box 7 , folder 1-2 Seattle Liberation Front , 1968-1969 Containers box 7 , folder 3 US Committee for a Democratic Spain , 1972-1976 Containers box 7 , folder 4 The Weather Underground , 1981 Containers box 7 , folder 5 Radical Education Project , 1968-1969 Containers box 7 , folder 6 Series V. Literature , 1966-1990 Scope and Content Notes This series contains an array of leftist, socialist, activist, radical and counterculture literature that Rabinowitz collected throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Materials are organized alphabetically and include newsletters, papers, and journals created both independently and by organizations like the Radical Education Project.
Against the Grain , No. 11976 Containers box 8 , folder 1 The American Labor Movement Today: a collection of facts and analyses 1969 Containers box 8 , folder 2 The American Working Class in Transition By: Kim Moodyundated Containers box 8 , folder 3 Akwesasne Notes , Late Spring1974 Containers box 8 , folder 4 Automation and the Abolition of the Market By: Edward J. Nell1967 Containers box 8 , folder 5 The Bill of Rights Journal , Winter1988 Containers box 8 , folder 6 Black Workers in Revolt By: Robert Dudnick1969 Containers box 8 , folder 7 Bread and Roses , By: Kathy McAfee and Myrna Wood1969 Containers box 8 , folder 8 Breaking The Ice Vol. 1 No. 1, 3, and 61973-1974 Containers box 8 , folder 9 Buffalo Labor: A History of Militant Struggle undated Containers box 8 , folder 10 The Contradiction of Advanced Capitalist Society and Its Resolution By: Martin Nicolausundated Cops are Hired to Enforce the Laws undated Containers box 8 , folder 12 Crisis , Vol. 1 No. 11 and 191971-1972 Containers box 8 , folder 13 Dayton Women Working , Vol. 2 No. 71978 Containers box 8 , folder 14 The Decline of American Radicalism in the Twentieth Century By: Gabriel Kolkoundated Containers box 8 , folder 15 The Demand for Black Labor By: Harold M. Baron1971 Containers box 8 , folder 16 Distribution Newsletter No. 21971 Containers box 8 , folder 17 Eight Months at Essex By: Kim Moody and Elissa Clarkeundated Containers box 8 , folder 18 El Grito Del Norte , Vol. 6 No. 41973 Containers box 8 , folder 19 El Malcriado 1966-1967 Containers box 8 , folder 20 Erie Free Press , Vol. 1 No. 3,9,121974-1975 Containers box 8 , folder 21 Excerpts from a New Songbook undated Containers box 8 , folder 22 Free West Indian , Vol. 1 No. 50 and Vol. 2 No. 2,10,11,141980-1981 Containers box 8 , folder 23 From the Horses Mouth , Vol. 4 No. 51978 Containers box 8 , folder 24 Grass Roots , Vol. 3 No. 21974 Containers box 8 , folder 25 The Green Mountain Quarterly , No. 1 and 31975-1976 Containers box 8 , folder 26 The Grove Street Grapevine , May1974 Containers box 8 , folder 27 Health Rights News , Vol. 8 No. 11975 Containers box 8 , folder 28 How Harvard Rules undated Containers box 8 , folder 29 How to Counterfeit Credit Cards and Get Away with it undated Containers box 8 , folder 30 I am Furious (Female) undated Containers box 8 , folder 31 Just Economics 1973-1975 Containers box 8 , folder 32 Labor and the South By: Robert Analavage1968 Containers box 8 , folder 33 Labor History Calendar , 1976 Containers box 8 , folder 34 Labor Notes , No. 130 and 1321990 Containers box 8 , folder 35 Metropolis and Movement Life By: Evan Starkundated Containers box 8 , folder 36 A New Era of Labor Revolt By: Stanley Weir1968 Containers box 8 , folder 37 New Patriot , Vol.1 No. 11978 Containers box 8 , folder 38 New Unity , Vol. 1 No. 1 and 81972 Containers box 8 , folder 39 New University Conference Crisis Paper 1970 Containers box 8 , folder 40 New York Workers' News and Perspective , No. 11976 Containers box 8 , folder 41 Notes from the First Year: New York Radical Women 1968 Containers box 8 , folder 42 Notes on Left Propaganda/How to Spread the Word undated Containers box 8 , folder 43 On Campus in Amerika 1970 Containers box 8 , folder 44 The Organizer , Vol.4 No. 51978 Containers box 8 , folder 45 Party and Class 1975 Containers box 8 , folder 46 Perspectives for Radicals By: Stanley Aronowitz1968 Containers box 8 , folder 47 The Politics of Housework By: Pat Mainardiundated Containers box 8 , folder 48 Poor White Women By: Roxanne Dunbarundated Containers box 8 , folder 49 Power in American Society By: Jim Jacobsundated Containers box 8 , folder 50 Quantum , September1972 Containers box 8 , folder 51 The Realist Presents: The Last Supplement , March1971 Containers box 8 , folder 52 RECON , Vol. 1 No. 71976 Containers box 8 , folder 53 The Red Papers , No. 2-31969-1970 Containers box 8 , folder 54 Resist , January, April and June1978 Containers box 8 , folder 55 Roadblock to Revolution: A Radical Critique of the Progressive Labor Party , By: Edward Greer and Charles Lengram1969 Containers box 8 , folder 56 Self Reliance , No. 101977 Containers box 8 , folder 57 Sex Roles and Female Oppression By: Dana Densmoreundated Containers box 8 , folder 58 Socialist Feminism: A Strategy for the Women's Movement 1975 Containers box 8 , folder 59 Socialist Platform 1960 Containers box 8 , folder 60 South of the River , Vol. 1 No. 61973 Containers box 8 , folder 61 The Stages of Economic Stagnation By: John H. Coatsworthundated Containers box 8 , folder 62 Studies on the Left , No. 1 Vol. 31960 Containers box 8 , folder 63 The Subversion of Collective Bargaining By: Daniel Bell1960 Containers box 8 , folder 64 To Build a Union By: Harry Anderson1961 Containers box 8 , folder 65 Toward a Female Liberation Movement By: Beverly Jones and Judith Brownundated Containers box 8 , folder 66 Tricontinental No. 161970 Containers box 8 , folder 67 United Labor Action , Vol. 4 No. 41974 Containers box 8 , folder 68 The United Express , Vol. 1 No. 41966 Containers box 8 , folder 69 US Imperialism By: David Gilbert and David Loud1968 Containers box 8 , folder 70 The Utah Coordinator , Vol. 1 No. 3 and Vol. 2 No. 4-51967-1968 Containers box 8 , folder 71 Who Rules Somerville 1973 Containers box 8 , folder 72 Why We Strike undated Containers box 8 , folder 73 The Wisconsin Patriot , Vol. 6 No. 41976 Containers box 8 , folder 74 Women: A Journal of Liberation , Vol. 1 No. 4, Vol 2 No. 3-4 and Vol. 3 No. 11970-1972 Containers box 8 , folder 75 Womankind , Vol. 3 No. 31973 Containers box 8 , folder 76 Women Organizing , No.91982 Containers box 8 , folder 77 Women Workers: Some Basic Statistics By: Lisa Vogel1971 Containers box 8 , folder 78 The Working People's Voice , Vol.1 No. 2B1972 Containers box 8 , folder 79 Working Women's Resource and Buying Guide to Greater Pittsburgh 1982 Containers box 8 , folder 80 Yellow Fever , A Newsletter Written by Pittsburgh Cab Driversundated Containers box 8 , folder 81 Young Minds Die Easy: A Case for Community Control 1969 Containers box 8 , folder 82 Oversize Literature , 1970-1976 Scope and Content Notes This specific section consists of the oversize journals, GROK and the Pittsburgh Fair Witness , as well as the Pittsburgh and Wisconsin People's History Calendars. The materials are organized alphabetically. GROK started publication in the 1970s, publishing nine monthly issues before the title was changed to the Pittsburgh Fair Witness . Rabinowitz wrote for and distributed the Pittsburgh Fair Witness . The following editorial published in 1972 provides the papers statement of purpose:
"The Fair Witness is published by a non-profit collective and is dedicated to the worldwide movement of people to control themselves—the movement to break down the authoritarian systems of government that are denying us our basic freedoms, that are responsible for needless genocidal wars, the perpetration of minority discrimination, the pollution of our environment and our bodies, the high concentration of power among the wealthy classes, exploitation of the individual, etc. The paper is dedicated to the struggle of all peoples to gain back the right to their own lives, the struggle to raise the consciousness of the world as a whole, the struggle to become independently productive through a working knowledge of the tools at our disposal. As a local paper our most important function concerns the movement here in western Pennsylvania."
Rabinowitz helped create the Pittsburgh People's History Calendar which was produced by NAM's People's History Project. Records concerning the creation of the calendar can be found in the NAM series and "projects" subseries.
GROK Vol. 1 No. 3-9 (missing No. 7)1970 Containers oversize 9 , folder 1 The Pittsburgh Fair Witness Vol. 1 No. 10-111970 Containers oversize 9 , folder 2 The Pittsburgh Fair Witness Vol. 2 No. 1-7 (missing No.2)1971 Containers oversize 9 , folder 3 The Pittsburgh Fair Witness Vol. 2 No. 10-141971-1972 Containers oversize 9 , folder 4 The Pittsburgh Fair Witness Vol. 3 No. 2-8 (missing No. 7)1972 Containers oversize 9 , folder 5 The Pittsburgh Fair Witness Vol. 3 No. 11-161972 Containers oversize 9 , folder 6 The Pittsburgh Fair Witness Vol. 3 No. 17-20 and Vol. 4 No. 4-51972-1973 Containers oversize 9 , folder 7 Pittsburgh People's History Calendar , 1975 Containers oversize 9 , folder 8 Wisconsin People's History Calendar , 1976 Containers oversize 9 , folder 9 Series VI. Personal , 1961-2004 Scope and Content Notes This series contains materials that document Rabinowitz's experiences during college and after in New York City, non NAM and DSA affiliated conferences and events, legal cases she was involved in, writings and correspondence, various projects, and involvement in other various organizations. This series is divided into six subseries in which folders are organized alphabetically, excluding "legal cases" which is organized chronologically.
Subseries 1. College and New York City , 1957-1969 Scope and Content Notes This subseries documents some of Rabinowitz's activism while at college and after college when she moved back to New York City. Included are writings, events, scrapbook and other materials which are organized alphabetically.
Antioch College Student Organizations, Actions, and Publications , 1961-1963 Containers box 10 , folder 1 Anti-Poverty Teach In , 1965-1967 Containers box 10 , folder 2 Committee For Independent Political Action , 1966 Containers box 10 , folder 3 Helsinki Youth Festival , 1962 Containers box 10 , folder 4 Movement for a Democratic Society , 1968-1969 Containers box 10 , folder 5 Movement for a Democratic Society, Literature , 1969 Containers box 10 , folder 6 Movement for a Democratic Society, Welfare , 1968-1969 Containers box 10 , folder 7 The National Committee to Abolish the House Un-American Activities Committee , 1961-1966 Containers box 10 , folder 8 Social Welfare Worker's Movement , 1964-1969 Containers box 10 , folder 9 Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) , 1963-1964 Containers box 10 , folder 10 Political Activism and Activities Newsclipping Scrapbook , 1957-1963 Containers box 12 , folder 1-3 Scope and Content Notes This item is a scrapbook of newspaper articles spanning from 1957 to 1963. Most are from 1962 and 1963. The articles included in it relate to political events Rabinowitz was involved with or interested in during her college years. Most of the articles are about civil rights struggles, especially in Georgia, where Rabinowitz worked with the SNCC in 1963. Other topics such as the March on Washington and Cuba and the students who broke the travel ban to visit are included in the clippings. Many of the articles mention Rabinowitz for her involvement in civil rights demonstrations and her arrests. There are also a few articles that she wrote about her experiences. Box 12 also includes a folder of copies of the scrapbook.
Subseries 2. Conferences and Events , 1966-1999 Scope and Content Notes Rabinowitz was not only active in attending various conferences and events through NAM and DSA, but her activism and involvement extended beyond and after these organizations. This subseries documents the various conferences and events she attended and is organized alphabetically.
Alternative State and Local Policies Conference , 1980 Containers box 10 , folder 11 Anti-Communism and the US: An International Conference , 1988 Containers box 10 , folder 12 Campus Organizing Action Conference , 1970 Containers box 10 , folder 13 Citizen's Action Midwest Academy Retreat , 1984 Containers box 10 , folder 14 Counter Bicentennial Demonstration , 1976 Containers box 10 , folder 15 Health Care for All Speaker's Seminar , 1992 Containers box 10 , folder 16 Morningside March , 1987 Containers box 10 , folder 17 Second Festival of the Revolution, Granada , 1981 Containers box 10 , folder 18 Strike City Benefit , 1966 Containers box 10 , folder 19 Women's Health Services 10th Anniversary Celebration , 1983 Containers box 10 , folder 20 Women of Achievement Recognition and Awards , 1999 Containers box 10 , folder 21 Various Conferences and Workshops , 1980-1984 Containers box 10 , folder 22 Subseries 3. Legal Cases , 1964-1997 Scope and Content Notes This subseries documents the legal cases Rabinowitz was involved in and include legal documents, briefs, and newspaper clippings. Materials are organized in chronological order. Of interest are the The Gegner v. McKee and Rabinowitz v. The United States cases. Joni Rabinowitz v. The United States, or "Joni's Case" as it was known, involved she and five other members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) who were indicted for perjury in 1963 when she testified that she was not present at a protest meeting in front of an Albany, Ga., grocery store. Her father, Victor Rabinowitz, defended her and won an appeal the next year. The Gegner v. McKee involved Rabinowitz and over one hundred Antioch College students and other civil rights activists who were arrested in 1964 after protesting against Lewis Gegner, a Yellow Springs barber who refused to serve African American patrons.
Albany By: Howard Zinn , 1962 Containers box 10 , folder 23 The Albany Cases (pamphlet) , 1962 Containers box 10 , folder 24 "Joni's Case" , 1963-1965 Containers box 10 , folder 25-26 Joni Rabinowitz v. The United States, Brief of Amicus Curiae of American Scholars , 1964 Containers box 10 , folder 27 Joni Rabinowitz v. The United States, Legal Briefs , 1964 Containers box 10 , folder 28 Joni Rabinowitz v The United States Legal Briefs , 1966 Containers box 10 , folder 29 Gegner v. McKee Newspaper Clippings , 1964 Containers box 11 , folder 1 Gegner v. McKee Correspondence , 1964-1968 Containers box 11 , folder 2 Gegner v. McKee Legal Documents , 1964-1965 Containers box 11 , folder 3 Defiant Trespass , 1985 Containers box 11 , folder 4 Drug Bust, 1971 Containers box 11 , folder 3 Case Against Rabinowitz for the Distribution of Leaflets at the Monroeville Mall , 1996-1997 Containers box 11 , folder 5 Subseries 4. Writings and Correspondence , 1964-2004 Scope and Content Notes This subseries is organized alphabetically and contains items written by Rabinowitz, which includes correspondence, academic papers, and newspaper editorials and pieces. Also included are items written about Rabinowitz which include newspaper articles, interviews, and academic papers.
Correspondence Regarding Breast Cancer Diagnosis , 1983 Containers box 11 , folder 6 Correspondence with Brother Concerning His Involvement in the Freedom Riders , 1964 Containers box 11 , folder 7 Correspondence with Martin Luther King Jr. , 1964 Containers box 11 , folder 8 Letters to the Editors of Various Newspapers , 1973-1978 Containers box 11 , folder 9 Mastectomy Legislation , 1984 Containers box 11 , folder 10 Papers Written On Joni , 1989-1991 Containers box 11 , folder 11 Personal Correspondence , 1964-1988 Containers box 11 , folder 12 The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Roundtable , 1984 Containers box 11 , folder 13 Press , 1964-2004 Containers box 11 , folder 14 Speeches , 1975-1980 Containers box 11 , folder 15 University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work , 1972-1974 Containers box 11 , folder 16 Subseries 5. Projects , 1973-1996 Scope and Content Notes This subseries contains materials pertaining to projects Rabinowitz was involved in, separate from the organizations she was a member of. Included are the advertising books that she created for different causes, evaluation and analysis of local organizations, an oral history project she became involved in, and papers that document her time at Wobblie Joe's Tavern as a manager. Materials are organized alphabetically.
Advertising Books , 1981-1982 Containers box 11 , folder 17 Celestial Seasonings Tea Distribution , 1973 Containers box 11 , folder 18 Evaluation and Analysis of Community Organizations in Pittsburgh , 1977 Containers box 11 , folder 19 Oral History Project , 1975-1996 Containers box 11 , folder 20 Resistance and Beyond: A Handbook Prepared by The Pittsburgh Resistance and Their Friends 1970 Containers box 11 , folder 21 Wobbie Joe's Tavern, Manager , 1978-1981 Containers box 11 , folder 22 Wobblie Joe's Tavern, Personal Notebook , 1978-1981 Containers box 11 , folder 23 Subseries 6. Personal Involvement in Organizations , 1968-1996 Scope and Content Notes Included in this subseries are materials that document Rabinowitz's involvement in organizations throughout the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, separate from those related to the NAM or DSA. Materials are organized alphabetically.
Ad Hoc Committee to Counter Klan Activity , 1980-1981 Containers box 11 , folder 24 The Citizen's/Consumer Party Materials , 1980 Containers box 11 , folder 25 Committee to Improve Kane Hospital , 1977 Containers box 11 , folder 26 Ejection from Democratic Platform Meeting , 1996 Containers box 11 , folder 27 Fair Budget Coalition , 1982 Containers box 11 , folder 28 The Gulf Action Project , 1970 Containers box 11 , folder 29 Jobs with Peace , 1981-1987 Containers box 11 , folder 30 Just Harvest Presentations and Testimonies , 1992-1996 Containers box 11 , folder 31 Heath Care for All, Post 1995 and Disbandment , 1995 Containers box 11 , folder 32 Health Care for All, Canadian Tour , 1992 Containers box 11 , folder 33 Local 1199 in Pittsburgh , 1968-1970 Containers box 11 , folder 34 Relations with Congress of Afrikan People, Mass Party Organizing Committee , 1975-1976 Containers box 11 , folder 35 Relations with Socialist Worker's Party Campaign , 1973-1976 Containers box 11 , folder 36 Support Our Neighborhood Action Coalition , 1983 Containers box 11 , folder 37 Switchboard Community Telephone Service and Serve the People Coalition , 1970-1972 Containers box 11 , folder 38 