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1 No online items Finding Aid written by Tanya Hollis Funding for processing this collection was provided by The UC Berkeley Library Collections Council The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California, Phone: (510) Fax: (510) URL: The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. BANC MSS 91/213 c 1

2 Collection Number: BANC MSS 91/213 c The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CaliforniaFunding for processing this collection was provided by The UC Berkeley Library Collections Council Finding Aid Written By: Tanya Hollis Date Completed: November The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Collection Summary Collection Title: Eldridge Cleaver papers Date (inclusive): Collection Number: BANC MSS 91/213 c Creators : Cleaver, Eldridge, Extent: Number of containers: 32 cartons, 7 boxes, 1 volume, 1 oversize folder, 2 oversize boxeslinear feet: Circa 42 Repository: The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California, Phone: (510) Fax: (510) bancref@library.berkeley.edu URL: Abstract: The Eldridge Cleaver papers document Cleaver's lifetime as an activist and writer. Dating from , the papers consist of correspondence, writings, including manuscripts for his works Soul on Ice and Soul on Fire, and papers from his affiliation with the Black Panther Party as Minister of Information and as head of the International Section during his exile. Also included are files of the Eldridge Cleaver Crusades, the Eldridge Cleaver Defense Committee, and Cleaver for Congress. The bulk of the collection consists of legal files pertaining to the shootout with the Oakland Police Department on April 6, Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English. Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Access Collection is open for research, with the following exceptions: Letters from Kathleen Cleaver restricted until Some materials require conservation before use. Publication Rights All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, Consent is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner. See: Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Eldridge Cleaver Papers, BANC MSS 91/213 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. BANC MSS 91/213 c 2

3 Alternate Forms Available Copies of letters between Eldridge Cleaver and Beverly Axelrod also available on microfilm with call number BANC FILM 2062:1-2. Related Collections Materials concerning Social Analysis 137X course, , CU-526 The University and the Cleaver Course controversy. A position paper issued by Center for Participant Education and individuals representing the campus community, 308ki.cpe.cc.1968 Separated Material Photographs have been transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC ). Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Cleaver, Eldridge, Black Panther Party Eldridge Cleaver Crusades African American political activists Cleaver, Kathleen Acquisition Information The Eldridge Cleaver Papers were purchased by The Bancroft Library from Eldridge Cleaver in 1990 and Additional items were purchased in Accruals No additions are expected. System of Arranged to the folder level. Processing Information Processed by Tanya Hollis in Biographical Information Leroy Eldridge Cleaver rose to prominence in the late 1960s as a leading African American intellectual and political revolutionary. As minister of information for the Black Panther Party during tumultuous years of social upheaval, Cleaver became a symbol of rebellion, freedom, and eloquence for those seeking political and social change. His 1968 best-selling book of essays, Soul on Ice, served as a guidebook for radicals in the New Left, student, and civil rights movements. Cleaver was born on August 3, 1935, in Wabbaseka, Arkansas. When he was still young, the family moved to Phoenix, and in 1946 the family moved to the Watts section of Los Angeles. During his teenage years in Los Angeles, Cleaver was arrested for bicycle theft and for selling marijuana, and was sent to two different reformatories. In 1954, he was again arrested for dealing marijuana and was sentenced to two-and-a-half years at the California State Prison at Soledad. Released from prison, Cleaver resumed dealing drugs and embarked on a series of rapes, perpetrated, first, on black women, then on white women. In 1958, roughly a year after his release from the Soledad prison, Cleaver was arrested and charged with attempted rape and assault with intent to kill a nurse in a parking lot. He was convicted for assault, and sent to prison. During his subsequent eight-year stay in the San Quentin and Folsom prisons, Cleaver read widely and became a member and minister of the Nation of Islam (often called the Black Muslims). He also became an admirer of Nation of Islam leader Malcolm X. When Malcolm X broke from the Nation in 1963, Cleaver followed his example. With the assistance of Beverly Axelrod, a white San Francisco lawyer, Cleaver was released from prison for the second time in During his incarceration, Axelrod and Cleaver corresponded and had a brief love affair, and Axelrod helped Cleaver get several essays published in Ramparts, an influential left-wing magazine. These essays, in turn, built support for Cleaver's cause among members of the U.S. intellectual community, including writer Norman Mailer. The support of such intellectuals helped persuade the parole board to release Cleaver from prison. After his parole, Cleaver began writing for Ramparts. Two years later, in 1967, while living in the San Francisco Bay area, Cleaver married Kathleen Neal, who had been an activist with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). That same year, he befriended Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, cofounders of the Black Panthers; he soon became the party's Minister of Information. As spokesperson for the Panthers, Cleaver helped articulate the group's Ten Point platform, which included demands for Black self-determination and an immediate end to police brutality and the right to self-defense. BANC MSS 91/213 c 3

4 In February 1968, Cleaver published Soul on Ice, which quickly became a best-seller and was named Book of the Year by The New York Times. The book includes essays on Cleaver's relationship to Malcolm X, Cleaver's rejection of U.S. capitalism, the solidarity between African Americans and citizens of third-world countries, U.S. imperialism, the relationship between sexuality and race in the United States, and Cleaver's admiration of the student movement of the 1960s. The success of Soul on Ice, the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the imprisonment of Black Panther Chairman, Huey P. Newton, helped propel Cleaver to political prominence. In 1968, the Peace and Freedom Party nominated him for the U.S. presidency. Cleaver campaigned for a revolutionary movement that would integrate Black and white radicals; he received 30,000 votes. Cleaver's success as a political leader in the U.S. was short-lived. On April 6, 1968 (two days after Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated), Cleaver and fellow Panther, Bobby Hutton, were involved in a shootout with the Oakland police. Hutton was killed and Cleaver was arrested. He was released on a writ of habeus corpus, and then fled to Cuba after a higher court revoked his release in November, beginning seven years of exile in Cuba, Algiers, and Paris. Cleaver continued his radical activity overseas. In 1969, the Black Panther Party opened its International Section in Algeria under his guidance. He led two Panther delegations to Asia to meet with leaders in North Vietnam, North Korea, and China. However, Cleaver's exile was also accompanied by a decline in his influence at home and marked by rifts with Black Panther Party leadership in the U.S. - rifts that were exploited by the FBI's COINTELPRO Program. In 1971, Cleaver broke with the Panthers and, along with his wife, Kathleen, and other former international members, formed the Revolutionary Peoples' Communication Network (RPCN). Cleaver grew increasingly disillusioned with the Algerian government's lack of support; in January 1973, Cleaver reunited with Kathleen in Paris. Eventually, the French government granted him asylum. While in exile, the couple had two children, Antonio Maceo, and daughter Joju. Eventually, Cleaver could no longer abide life away from the United States, and he negotiated his return, on the F.B.I.'s terms, as a prisoner in Over the years, Cleaver's political views had become conservative, a turn he attributed, in part, to his disillusionment with life in communist countries. In addition, while he was in France, Cleaver claims to have had a mystical vision, in which he saw the face of Christ in the moon. The vision laid the foundation for his conversion experience. Cleaver returned to the States born again, both as a Christian and as a conservative. Shortly after he arrived, he said, "I'd rather be in jail in America than free anywhere else." While in jail in 1976, Cleaver announced that he was a born again Christian and renounced the Marxism-Leninism and atheism of his Black Panther days. After his release on bail he began a short career as leader of a religious revivalist movement, the Eldridge Cleaver Crusades, which he founded in In 1978, Cleaver published a second memoir, Soul on Fire. In 1980, Cleaver created a new church, a synthesis of Christianity and Islam he called Christlam. He also spoke at colleges on behalf of Reverend Sun Myung Moon's campus ministry organization, the Collegiate Association of Research Principles (CARP). A few years later, Cleaver became involved with the Mormon Church. In 1980, the murder charges pending against Cleaver from the 1968 shootout were dropped and Cleaver was placed on probation for assault and sentenced to twelve-hundred hours of community service. Cleaver twice ran unsuccessfully for Congress in the 1980s. In 1984, he lost his race for a House seat to Oakland Congressman Ron Dellums; in 1986, he ran in the Senate primary against incumbent, Alan Cranston, campaigning as a conservative Republican. In the mid-1980s, Cleaver became addicted to crack cocaine. He was arrested several times for cocaine possession and related charges, between 1987 and In 1987, Kathleen Cleaver divorced him. In 1994, after nearly dying in a cocaine-related assault, he kicked his addiction and returned to Christianity. Cleaver was working as a diversity consultant for the University of La Verne, near Los Angeles, when he died in Pomona, California on May 1, Largely taken from entry on Eldridge Cleaver, Answers.com, West's Encyclopedia of American Law, The Gale Group, Inc, accessed July 24, Scope and Content of Collection The Eldridge Cleaver papers document Cleaver's lifetime as an activist and writer. Dating from , the papers consist of correspondence, writings, including manuscripts for his works Soul on Ice and Soul on Fire, and papers from his affiliation with the Black Panther Party as Minister of Information and as head of the International Section during his exile. Also included are files of the Eldridge Cleaver Crusades, the Eldridge Cleaver Defense Committee, and Cleaver for Congress. The bulk of the collection consists of legal files pertaining to the shootout with the Oakland Police Department on April The collection has been divided into nine series: Correspondence; Writings; Black Panther Party; Eldridge Cleaver Defense Committee; Eldridge Cleaver Crusades; Organizations; Cleaver for Congress/ Cleaver for Senate; Legal Documents; and Personal Documents. BANC MSS 91/213 c 4

5 Succinct series descriptions provide a basic outline of the records available. The researcher should consult the container list to determine if the records contain a topic of interest as not all subjects are mentioned in these brief descriptions. Series 1 Correspondence Physical Description: Boxes 1-3 Arranged into two subseries, 1.1 Family Correspondence and 1.2 Personal Correspondence. Consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence. Correspondents include Kathleen Cleaver, Beverly Axelrod, and other personal friends. Subseries 1.1 Family Correspondence Physical Description: Box 1, Box 3, folders 1-3 Arranged hierarchically. Consists of correspondence to and from Cleaver's wife Kathleen Cleaver, written while they were separated during Cleaver's exile, and letters and other miscellaneous items from Cleaver's children, Joju and Maceo, his mother Thelma Cleaver, and other family members. Box 1, Folder 1-3 Cleaver, Kathleen - to Eldridge Cleaver, Restricted , Box 3, Folder 1 Cleaver, Maceo and Joju 1976, 1982, undated Box 3, Folder 2 Cleaver, Thelma (mother) 1968, 1971, 1973, undated Box 3, Folder 3 Cleaver, Leroy (father), James and Willa (siblings) 1970, 1971, 1979 Subseries 1.2 Personal Correspondence Physical Description: Box 2; Box 3, folders 4-20 Arranged alphabetically; outgoing correspondence at end of series. Contains the letters written to Beverly Axelrod from Cleaver while in prison from June 1965 through April 1966; letters from friends and supporters after Cleaver's return from exile; and letters from Frederica Teer and Denise Oliver. Also included is an unsent letter from Cleaver to Bobby Seale, written in 1982, in which he responds to allegations of being an FBI agent by former members of the Black Panther Party. Outgoing correspondence dates from Cleaver's time in prison, , and mainly pertains to legal issues. Box 2, Folder 1-6 Axelrod, Beverly 1965 June-1966 April Box 3, Folder 4 Alexandra Box 3, Folder 5 Breitman, George 1967 Box 3, Folder 6 Dvorak, Jacquelyn 1977, 1979 Box 3, Folder 7 Ericsson, Nonnie Box 3, Folder 8 Kelly, Thomas? (Leo) Box 3, Folder 9 Jones, Orlando 1980, 1982 Box 3, Folder 10 Oliver, Denise [1975?] Box 3, Folder 11 Seale, Bobby (from Cleaver to Seale) 1982 July 14 Box 3, Folder 12 Teer, Frederica Box 3, Folder 13 Van Der Zee, Myriel , 1978 Box 3, Folder 14 Ward, Lorne BANC MSS 91/213 c 5

6 Series 1Correspondence Subseries 1.2Personal Correspondence Box 3, Folder Box 3, Folder General , undated Outgoing , 1982 Series 2 Writings Physical Description: Cartons 1-3; Box 7, folders 1-4 Arranged further into 2.1 Early Prison Writings; 2.2 Autobiographical; 2.3 Political Writings; 2.4 Fiction; 2.5 Poetry and Plays; 2.6 Speeches and Lectures; and 2.7 Administrative Consists of typescripts, manuscripts, notes, and other materials, dating from Cleaver's early work in prison, from 1965 to 1966, through Includes manuscripts and typescripts of Soul on Ice, essays from Post-Prison Prison Writings, and Soul on Fire; articles for Ramparts magazine, Penthouse and others. Also included are lectures and speeches, poems, a play, miscellaneous notes, and fragments of works, including Uptight in Babylon, a biographical work in progress. Subseries 2.1 Early Prison Writings Physical Description: Carton 1, folders 1-5 Arranged chronologically. These writings were created while Cleaver was incarcerated at Soledad prison. Some of the materials are assignments from a creative writing course. 1 Untitled Mss: Fiction, Poetry, Essays Creative Writing circa Creative Writing, Soledad Miscellaneous Notes circa 1965 Subseries 2.2 Autobiographical Works Physical Description: Carton 1, folders 6-59 Arranged hierarchically. Contains manuscripts and typescripts for Cleaver's major biographical works, Soul on Ice and Soul on Fire, along with notes and manuscripts for various other autobiographical essays and book projects, including the memoirs tentatively titled Promises and Uptight in Babylon. Soul on Ice 6 "White Woman, Black Man," Early Outline for Soul on Ice undated 7 "The Christ and His Teachings," Typescript "The White Race and Its Heroes," Typescript undated 9 "Lazarus Come Forth," Typescript undated "Notes on a Native Son," Typescript undated 10 "The Black Man's Stake in Vietnam," Typescript undated 11 "The Allegory of the Black Eunuchs," Typescript undated 12 BANC MSS 91/213 c 6

7 Series 2Writings Subseries 2.2Autobiographical Works Letters to Beverly Axelrod "Prelude to Love: Three Letters," Typescript 1965 "Unlocking The Time of Her Time" (Not Published) undated "Jazz Happenings" (Not Published) undated "On Becoming," Typescript undated "Soul on Ice," Typescript undated "On Watts" undated "Eyes" undated "Soul Food," Typescript undated "A Religious Conversion, More or Less," Typescript undated "The Christ and His Teachings," Typescript undated "Initial Reaction: On the Assassination of Malcolm X," Typescript 1965 "The White Race and Its Heroes," Typescript undated "Rallying Around the Flag," Typescript undated "Convalescence," Typescript undated "To All Black Women From All Black Men," Typescript undated Quotations Used in Soul on Ice undated Publicity 1967 "The Martin Luther King Memorial Prize" 1970 Soul on Fire Table of Contents, Notes, Outline, Typescript undated "Chapter 1: Heading Home" 1977 "Chapter 2: Childhood and Youth" 1977 "Chapter 3: Three Thousand Days Equals Prison" 1977 "Chapter 4: Panthers and Power" 1977 "Chapter 5: Communism - Its Delight and Decay" 1977 "Chapter 6: Neither Red Nor Dead" 1977 "Chapter 7: Algiers" 1977 "Chapter 8: Finding God - Finding Eldridge" 1977 BANC MSS 91/213 c 7

8 Series 2Writings Subseries 2.2Autobiographical Works "Chapter 8: Finding God - Finding Eldridge," Galleys 1978 Edits undated Unpublished Essays, Mr. X, and Statement on Watts by Black Panther Party International Section 1977 Fragments: "Looking Back" on Murder of Denzil Dowell; Conversion Experience undated Reviews and Publicity Publicity Tour 1979 Photo Captions undated [Promises] Typescript with Editorial Comments undated Chapter 4, Early Typescript undated Chapters Edits, Chapter 1 Inserts Chapters Edits, Chapter 7 Inserts Chapter 8-End "Uptight in Babylon," Typescripts 1971 "Uptight in Babylon," Outline, Notes Untitled Typescript, Reminiscences, Los Angeles undated Subseries 2.3 Political Writings Physical Description: Carton 1, folders 60-74; Carton 2, folders 1-46; Oversize box 2, folder 1 Arranged alphabetically by title. Consists of typescripts, manuscripts, and published writings, including works included in Post Prison Writings. Topics include the death of Martin Luther King, Jr., the influence of Malcolm X on black nationalism, class, politics, race relations, religion, education, and drugs "Affidavit #1: I Am 33 Years Old" 1968 April 19 "Affidavit #2: Shootout in Oakland" 1968 April 19 "After Brother Malcolm" 1971 "An Aside to Ronald Reagan," Ramparts 1968 October 26 "August 26, 1971," on San Quentin; Untitled, on Associate Warden of San Quentin undated BANC MSS 91/213 c 8

9 Series 2Writings Subseries 2.3Political Writings "Awakenings of the Black Political Giant" Oversize Box 2, Press coverage 1983 Folder 1 "Christlam is not a new religion..." circa "Crime and Punishment, Prevention and Retribution," Fragments "The Crisis of the Black Bourgeoisie" 1973 January 68 "Dan White, Welcome Here" 1985 January 9 69 "Dear Typewriter" [on Richmond Flowers, Attorney General of Alabama] November 9-10 "The Death of Martin Luther King: Requiem for Nonviolence" 1968 April 6 71 "The Death of Protest: The Birth of Revolution" Essays and Interviews. Message to the Afro-American People from the Peoples' 73 Republic of the Congo, Black Liberation Army 1971 May "The Fire Now," Commonweal 1968 June "Halleluja Babylon!" undated 2 "Introduction to Vol. 1, Ideological Writings" undated 3 Introduction, Kim Il Sung Speeches "Introduction to the Biography of Huey P. Newton" "The Land Question and Black Liberation" 1968 April-May 6 "The Last Time I Saw Paris," New York 1978 July 10 7 "Letter to the Lumpen" "Meditation on the Hippies" undated 9 "My Father and Stokely Carmichael" 1967 April "The New National Black Leadership" "The Nixon Question" and Other Writings on Nixon undated 11 "The Numbers Game" undated 12 "On Lumpen Ideology," The Black Scholar, Vol. 4, No November-December 13 "On the Need for New Organizational Form" undated 14 "On the Private Abuse of Public Power" undated 15 "On Violence in America" and "Revolution, Repression, and Soldiers Home from 16 the War" 1973 "Open Letter to Jesse Jackson" "Open Letter to Kurt Waldheim" "Open Letter to Ronald Reagan" 1968 May "An Open Letter to the Stillwater Inmates" 1973 February "The Prodigal Returns Home" "Question for Catholics: What Is the Common Denominator Between Sancho, the 22 Holy Ghost, and Jody" undated BANC MSS 91/213 c 9

10 Series 2Writings Subseries 2.3Political Writings Review, Black Power, Stokely Carmichael 1967 "Revolution and Education" 1969 March "Robert Kennedy's Prison" 1967 May 10 "Sacred and Secular" undated "Slow Boat to Cuba" undated "Submission or Rebellion" undated "Tears for the Pigs," The Humanist 1969 "Third World Racism at the U.N.," The Boston Herald, and "The United Nations' Repugnant Actions," Notes and Column on Zionism 1976 January 15, undated "Three Notes from Exile by Eldridge Cleaver" 1969 "Towards a People's Army" 1971 Untitled manuscript, Algiers Untitled manuscript on Communism and Democracy July 4 Untitled typescript and fragments on Billy Dean Smith, Soledad Brothers, Geronimo Pratt undated Untitled typescript, Re: Drugs, Muslims, Movement undated Untitled typescript Re: David Hilliard 1971 March "We Have Found It Here in Korea" 1969 "Why I'm Running for President" 1968 Post Prison Writings and Speeches - Reviews Post Prison Writings and Speeches - Cover and Dust Jackets 1969 Fragment on Soledad undated Fragments, Unidentified Writings undated Notes on Officer Darnell's Testimony 1968 Notepad including, "A Talk with Hussain," "On the [Money Changers]," "On Billy Graham," "On Rev. Moon", etc. undated Eldridge Cleaver Manuscripts, Inventories 1968, circa 1970 Subseries 2.4 Fiction and Plays circa 1970, undated Physical Description: Carton 2, folders Arranged alphabetically by title. Consists of various drafts and typescripts for Cleaver's fictional works, including Ahman's Jacket, Bunchy, The Flashlight, and The Stem. BANC MSS 91/213 c 10

11 Series 2Writings Subseries 2.4Fiction and Plays circa 1970, undated "Ahman's Jacket: A Novel," Chapters 1-5, 1st Draft undated "Ahman's Jacket: A Novel," Chapters 6-14, 1st Draft undated "Ahman's Jacket: A Novel," Chapters 8-14 undated "The Black Moochie" 1969 "Bunchy" undated "Bunchy," Partial Typescript, Pages 1-52 undated "Bunchy," Partial Typescript, Pages undated "Bunchy," Inserts undated "The Flashlight" (Short Story), Typescript circa 1970 "The Flashlight," Corrected Typescript circa 1970 "The Stem: A Novel" undated Subseries 2.5 Poetry , undated Physical Description: Carton 2, folders Arranged alphabetically by title. Includes drafts and typescripts of Cleaver's poetry "Chant for Our Times, Los Angeles Free Press 1972 March 10 "The Chattahoochee Widget" and "The Spermicidal Widget of Atlanta" 1981 "The Flames of Watts Were Cooled" undated "For My Mother, the Thelma of Cleaver" 1969 "Hall of Justice"/"The Wolf Man"/"Juvie"/"A Polaroid Snapshot of A Long, Drawn Out Process" undated ["I Remember Bunchy"] undated "Roll Call of the Damned" undated "Solar Man" undated "Spiro" undated "S.S. Revisited" undated "Whore's Breath"/"Anxious"/"For B.A." undated Collection of Poems undated Poetry Journal undated BANC MSS 91/213 c 11

12 Series 2Writings Subseries 2.5Poetry , undated 71 "Rigor Mortis" or "Lazarus in Motion" undated Subseries 2.6 Speeches and Lectures Physical Description: Carton 2, folders Arranged alphabetically by title or place of appearance. Includes typescripts for various public appearances, and transcripts and supporting materials for the Social Analysis 139X series of lectures Cleaver gave at the University of California, Berkeley, in September through November of Buena Park Hotel, Orange County 1981 February 27 "Farewell Address" 1968 November 22 San Francisco Barristers' Club circa 1967 San Jose State University 1981 May 21 Social Analysis 139X, Lecture No. 1, Final Draft 1968 October 8 Social Analysis 139X, Lecture No. 2, Working Drafts - Edited Transcript 1968 October 15 Social Analysis 139X, Lecture No. 3, Working Draft - Edited Transcript 1968 October Social Analysis 139X, Lecture No. 4, Working Draft - Edited Transcript 1968 November 5 Social Analysis 139X, Lecture No. 5, Working Draft - Edited Transcript 1968 November 12 Social Analysis 139X : University of California Correspondence, Flyer, Resolution, Press Release 1968 September Stanford Speech 1968 October 1 Testimony, Valley Christian Center, Dublin, California - Edited Transcript 1979 January Testimony at Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church undated Untitled, on Exile and Return to the United States undated "At RGSP," Partial Typescript undated Subseries 2.7 Administrative Files Physical Description: Carton 3; Box 7, folders 1-4 Arranged hierarchically. Includes files from Cleaver's literary agent, Cyrilly Abels, correspondence and other materials from publishers and editors, and publicity materials. Carton 3, Folder 1-24 Carton 3, Folder 25 Correspondence- Cyrilly Abels , Correspondence- Joan Daves BANC MSS 91/213 c 12

13 Series 2Writings Subseries 2.7Administrative Files Carton 3, Folder Correspondence- Doubleday and Co. (Peter Huyn) Carton 3, Folder Correspondence- Miscellaneous Publishers Carton 3, Folder Contract- Soul on Ice Box 7, Folder 1 Contract- Soul on Ice (Portuguese edition) Carton 3, Folder Contract- Conversation with Eldridge Cleaver Box 7, Folder 2 Contract- Post Prison Writings and Speeches Carton 3, Folder Royalties- Miscellaneous Statements Carton 3, Folder Publicity- Conversation with Eldridge Cleaver Carton 3, Folder Publicity- Miscellaneous 32 Box 7, Folder 3 Reprint Permissions Box 7, Folder 4 Copyright Statements Series 3 Black Panther Party Physical Description: Carton 4; Carton 5, folders 1-60; Volume 1; Oversize box 2, folders 5-6 Further divided into two subseries: 3.1 Black Panther Party, Oakland and 3.2: International Section. Contains correspondence, statements, and notes from Cleaver's tenure as Minister of Information for the Oakland Black Panther Party and office files concerning the political work of the International Section of the Black Panther Party, founded in Algiers while Cleaver was in exile. Materials concern updates regarding the legal status of members of the Panther Party, the rising tensions and ultimate split between Cleaver and the new leadership of the party, and Eldridge and Kathleen Cleaver's founding of the Revolutionary Peoples' Communication Network. The bulk of the correspondence is from revolutionary organizations and others writing in solidarity. Also included are newsletters and other printed matter from leftist organizations, as well as clippings about the Black Panther Party and resource materials pertinent to the black liberation struggle. Subseries 3.1 Black Panther Party, Oakland Physical Description: Carton 4; Volume 1; Oversize box 2, folder 5 Arranged hierarchically. Includes writings, interviews, correspondence and promotional materials produced by the Black Panther Party or Cleaver, in his role as Minister of Information. Also includes mailings from other political groups and writings about the Black Panthers Writings and Addresses Ministry of Information: Black Paper No. 1, Kathleen Cleaver, Communications Secretary 1968 January 31 "Black America - Evolution or Revolution" Conference Pamphlet (Keynote Address) 1968 October 8-10 "Pronunciamento" (Address Given at Berkeley Community Center), in The BlackPanther 1968 December 21 "Open Letter to Stokely Charmichael" 1969 July Address: "Solidarity of the Peoples Until Victory or Death!, Int'l Conference on Tasks of Journalists..." 1969 September 22 BANC MSS 91/213 c 13

14 Series 3Black Panther Party Subseries 3.1Black Panther Party, Oakland Int'l Conference on Tasks of Journalists of the Whole World in Their Fight Against U.S. Imperialist Aggression - Notes 1969 September 7 Statement...EC, "To All Reactionary Journalists and Pressmen of the USA" 1969 November 8 "On the Ideology of the Black Panther Party" 1970 March 9 "Black Information" undated "On the Contradictions Between the Outlaws and the Inlaws, Between the 10 Oldlaws and the Newlaws" undated Miscellaneous Writings undated 11 Interviews Cleaver Interview at Vacaville after May 31, 1968 Shootout 1968 June 3 12 KNEW Radio Interview, Hilly Rose 1968 September 13 KCET Interview 1968 October 4 14 Holmberg, Göran, Vi Magazine, Stockholm, in Algiers [Questions Only] February Correspondence Cleaver, Kathleen , undated 16 Pratt, Geronimo General 1969, 1971, Publicity International Committee to Defend Eldridge Cleaver 1968 November George S. Jackson and the Soledad Brothers , Ruchell Magee Defense Committee circa Geronimo Pratt Defense Committee Song Lyrics, "Ain't Got No Time" undated 23 Transcript of Huey Newton Tape undated 24 Press Releases Flyers circa "Intensify the Struggle" pin undated 27 Invitation to Meet Eldridge and Kathleen Cleaver... at the Home of Mr. and Mrs. 28 Joseph A. Murphy, [Hawaii] 1968 "On Youth Culture" - Proposal to Central Committee 1970 January-February 29 Related Materials Oversize Box 2, Muskegon, Michigan Presidential Ballot- sample 1968 Folder 5 Black Panther Solidarity Committee, Stockholm, Sweden Prison Study Groups in Black Culture and African History 1969, undated 31 Prisons, Miscellaneous 1966, circa 1971, 1972, undated 32 BANC MSS 91/213 c 14

15 Series 3Black Panther Party Subseries 3.1Black Panther Party, Oakland "The Anvil," the Voice of the California Prisoners Union United Prisoners Union , undated 34 Oversize Box 2, Bill of Rights undated Folder 5 Anti-War Poetry from Underground GI Press circa Smith, Private Billy Dean circa Black GIs at Iwakuni Marine Corps Air Station, Japan Committee in Solidarity with Vietnamese Students Police Brutality and Community Relations 1971, 1979, Resurrection City - People's Farm circa News Release, African Liberation Day Coordination Committee 1972 May "Vanguard," Black Liberation Newsweekly SLA- Memorial Service for Nancy Ling Perry (Fahiza) Writings on the Black Panther Party Articles about the Black Panthers and Cleaver , , 1979, 44 n.d. Oversize Box 2, Rolling Stone 1976 Folder 6 "An Analysis of the Panther Split by the Young Lords and a Chronology of 45 Events," Liberation News Service 1971 March 17 Foreman, James, "Manifesto - To the White Christian Churches and the Jewish 46 Synagogues..." 1969 Merkx, Gilbert W., Writings Reed, Adolph, Jr., Articles 1971, Blassingame, John W., Articles Resource Materials , undated Newsletters , Miscellaneous News Clippings 1965, , undated Miscellaneous 1971, undated 60 Volume 1 Scrapbook of clippings about Bobby Hutton 1968 Oversize Box 2, Procession to Jail for Eldridge Cleaver/ Bobby Hutton Memorial poster 1968 Folder 5 BANC MSS 91/213 c 15

16 Series 3Black Panther Party Subseries 3.2International Section Subseries 3.2 International Section Physical Description: Carton 5, folders 1-60; Oversize box 2, folder 6 Arranged hierarchically. Includes materials documenting Cleaver's participation in the Anti-Imperialist Delegation to Korea (1970) and office files, including writings and correspondence, and reports of the International Section of the Black Panther Party, some created by Kathleen Cleaver in her role as Communications Secretary. Also documents tensions within the Black Panther Party and Cleaver's eventual split with the Party and the founding of the Revolutionary Peoples' Communication Network. U.S. Peoples' Anti-Imperialist Delegation 1 Meeting with Vietnamese Women's Union 1970 August 22 2 Speech at the Pyongyang City Mass Rally Held on the Occasion of the "Day of Struggle..." "Revolutionary New Year's Greetings to the 40 Million Heroic Korean People U.S. Peoples' Anti-Imperialist Delegation to Korea, Statement "Statement on Robert Scheer" (in Support of Trip to Korea) Speech, Berkeley, Calif October 7 Radio Program Korea Trip Notebooks 1970 Writings 9 Statement in Support of Palestinians 1970 September 18 "On the Weathermen," with Introduction by Stewart Albert circa Statement of Position of International Section Black Panther Party on 11 Geronimo, Expulsion of New York February 28 Cleaver Discusses History of Black Panther Party 1971 March Proposal to the Executive Committee: "Reform of Nursery and Present Program 13 for Children" 1971 July 23 "Message to Premier Kim Il Sung on the 23rd Anniversary of the Founding of 14 the Democratic Republic of Korea" 1971 September 9 Statement Regarding Hijacking of Delta Flight 841, by Pete O'Neal 1972 August 15 August 18th and Afro-American Liberation Struggles 1972 August Journal Pages, October 29-November 1, 1972; Writing on Kwame Nkrumah Partial Typescript, Call for United Nations Support for Afro-Americans undated 18 Transcript of Tape Recorder Notes 1971 March Cleaver, Kathleen, Writings circa "Mitosis" [K. Cleaver?] - Black Liberation Army undated 21 Transcript of Telephone Conversation, Cleaver with Radio KFRC, San Francisco 22 Re Dr. Timothy Leary 1971 February 2 Interview with [?] Taylor, Edited Transcript circa Timeline of Black Panther Party Split with International Section Film: "Statement from Algiers" Transcript BANC MSS 91/213 c 16

17 Series 3Black Panther Party Subseries 3.2International Section Oversize Box 2, Folder Report from Denise Oliver 1971 Correspondence Cleaver, Kathleen circa Campbell, Major X Jukumu Republic of New Africa (RNA) Rubin, Jerry undated [Schell], Reggie 1974 Van Den Bergh, Lily Correspondence , undated Correspondence- Miscellaneous, not to Eldridge Cleaver Greeting Cards and Invitations General Files Bulletins, Nos Daily Reports, by Kathleen Cleaver, Communications Secretary 1970, 1971 Legal Documents re: Housing Weather Underground (Bernardine Dohrn) 1970 Walter "Toure" Pope Political Cadre of the Black Liberation Army, "Writ #1" and "Writ #2" undated Comite Contre L'Extradition (of Accused Hijackers Melvin McNair, Jean Carol McNair, Joyce Tillerson and George Brown) circa 1972 Revolutionary Peoples Communication Network (RPCN) Formation of the RPCN and Afro-American Liberation Army (AALA) circa 1971 Correspondence , undated "Lumpen Grapevine" circa 1971 Information Bulletins 1971, 1972 Related Materials El Moujahid Newspaper Report on the Munich Olympics 1972 Alioune Sall (Paloma) and Omar Blondin Diop circa Neal, Ernest E., "Hope for the Wretched" 1971 September Ahmad, Muhammad, "The Pan-African Revolution" undated Sostre, Martin 1971, 1972 Miscellaneous , undated Newsclippings BANC MSS 91/213 c 17

18 Series 3Black Panther Party Subseries 3.2International Section Oversize Box 2, Folder 6 "Babylon" Newspaper 1971 Series 4 Eldridge Cleaver Defense Committee circa Physical Description: Carton 5, folders 61-68; Carton 6; Carton 7, folders 1-37 Arranged hierarchically. Consists of records from the Eldridge Cleaver Defense Committee and the Eldridge Cleaver Defense Fund established in 1976 to help defray the costs of Cleaver's legal defense upon his return to the U.S. against charges for the 1968 shootout with the Oakland Police Department. Contains a statement by Cleaver, correspondence, including letters sent with funds by supporters from around the country; memos; press materials, including documents from a press conference with State Assemblyman Willie Brown, Rev. Cecil Williams, and Rev. Jim Jones; minutes; financial documents; and clippings. Correspondence A.J. Holman Co. (Publisher) Amissah, Jean Atherton, John Bartlett, Laile Bonner, Bill Boone, Pat Davis, Charles Carton 6, Folder 1 Dellums, Ron 1976 Carton 6, Folder 2 DeMoss, Arthur (Art) 1976 Carton 6, Folder 3 Guirard, Jim 1976 Carton 6, Folder 4 Hare, Nathan (Nate) Also included: Text of a Speech Delivered in Defense of Eldridge Cleaver's Right to Justice 1976 Carton 6, Folder 5 Hentoff, Nat 1976 Carton 6, Folder 6 Jefferson, Frederick Douglas (Jeff) Carton 6, Folder 7 Langton, York E Correspondence from politicians regarding Cleaver Carton 6, Folder 8 Leary, Timothy 1977 Carton 6, Folder 9 Vorspan, Albert 1976 Carton 6, Folder General Carton 6, Folder Memos Carton 6, Folder Minutes 1976 April-August 13 Carton 6, Folder Notes undated 14 Carton 6, Folder Notes: Movement for a Bicentennial General Amnesty [1975] 15 Publicity Carton 6, Folder Eldridge Cleaver letter to the press regarding return to the United States BANC MSS 91/213 c 18

19 Series 4Eldridge Cleaver Defense Committee circa Carton 6, Folder 17 Carton 6, Folder 18 Carton 6, Folder 19 Carton 6, Folder 20 Carton 6, Folder 21 Carton 6, Folder 22 Carton 6, Folder 23 Carton 6, Folder 24 Carton 6, Folder 25 Carton 6, Folder 26 Carton 6, Folder 27 Carton 6, Folder Meet the Press Interview Transcript 1976 "The Education of Eldridge Cleaver," Readers Digest 1976 Press releases 1976 Kathleen Cleaver Speaking Engagements 1976 Press Conference: Assemblyman Willie Brown, Rev. Cecil Williams, and Rev. Jim Jones 1976 July Questions for Julian Bond public appearance, San Diego State University 1976 Unitarian Ministers Statement of Support 1976 Financial documents 1976 Fundraising Bond, Julian, correspondence and fundraising examples 1975 Form letters, mailings Pamphlet: The FBI OPD and Eldridge Cleaver 1976 Letters of support, with contributions to Legal Defense Fund February Letters of support, with contributions to Legal Defense Fund 1977, undated Hate mail , undated Letter to Ephraim 1976 Articles The Return of Eldridge Cleaver, Peter Ross Range 1975 The Transformation of Eldridge Cleaver, Bayard Rustin 1975 March 20 Black Panther Party press releases, with article Eldridge Cleaver Denounced as F.B.I. Agent, Charged With Murder, The Black Panther 1976 Eldridge Cleaver at Exile's End, Henry Mitchell, Washington Post John P. Roche 1976 Where are the Revolutionaries? Ebony 1976 February Return of a Prodigal Sun: Eldridge Cleaver's Homecoming, Carl Gershman, The New Leader, February 16, February 16 Interview, Radix 1976 November-December Clippings Kathleen Cleaver 1976 Editorials on Cleaver 1976 Trial delay; parole hearing 1976 June-August Trial (Hallinan/Cleaver) strategy; trial date set; gag order 1976 August-October BANC MSS 91/213 c 19

20 Series 4Eldridge Cleaver Defense Committee circa Susan Brownmiller 1976 October Miscellaneous and trivia 1976 April-December Supporters Brown, Jones, Williams, Moynihan 1976 April-August Column items, Caen, Fiset, Rosenbaum 1976 May-November Quentin Kopp's role; free at last, bail posted, release; DeMoss's role in bail; discovery, motion/delays 1976 June-December 1st time voting; Paris trip 1976 November Interviews/reports on Cleaver's new views/panther/huey Newton badmouthing 1976 Media listings/references to appearances/articles; Soul on Ice benefit 1976 General 1976, January 1978 Series 5 Eldridge Cleaver Crusades circa Physical Description: Carton 7, folders 38-44; Cartons 8-12; Carton 13, folders 1-52; Oversize box 2, folder 4; Oversize folder 1 Arranged into the following subseries: 5.1 Correspondence; 5.2 Speaking Engagements; 5.3 Administrative; 5.4 Publicity; and 5.5 Subject Files Consists of the office files of the Eldridge Cleaver Crusades, the organization established to support Cleaver's many speaking engagements to address Christian organizations and churches. Correspondence includes both incoming and outgoing with prominent evangelical Christians, supporters, and his publisher, Word, regarding the publication of Soul on Fire. Speaking Engagements include correspondence pertaining to travel plans, scheduling, publicity for specific events, and contracts. Administrative files include interoffice memos, minutes of staff meetings, miscellaneous notes and writings, and financial documents. Publicity files consist of published interviews, clippings, and various publications. Subject files consist of resource materials and clippings collected by the office staff of the Eldridge Cleaver Crusades. Subseries 5.1 Correspondence Physical Description: Carton 7, folders 38-44; Carton 8 Correspondence with individuals arranged alphabetically; General correspondence arranged chronologically. Consists of mainly incoming correspondence with supporters, friends and others, including Pat Robertson, Charles Colson, representing his nonprofit Prison Fellowship, Art DeMoss, columnist Cal Thomas, Word Books, publisher of Soul on Fire, and Gospel Films, creator of the film The Eldridge Cleaver Story. General correspondence includes letters from audience members and readers of Cleaver's books, and is mainly in support of his conversion. Many correspondents are Fundamentalist Christians, and contain thoughts on the efficacy of Christianity on helping inmates through prison ministries. Other correspondents express concerns about Cleaver's publicized pants design, his associations with Mormonism, and the teachings of the Rev. Sun Yung Moon. 38 Burgess, Tim 1977 BANC MSS 91/213 c 20

21 Series 5Eldridge Cleaver Crusades circa Subseries 5.1Correspondence Campus Crusade for Christ International Christian Broadcasting Network, Inc. (Pat Robertson and Ben Kinchlow) 1978, Colson, Charles (Prison Fellowship) Davis, Charles G DeMoss, Arthur (Art) Doi, Nelson K., Lieutenant Governor, Hawaii Carton 8, Folder 1 Ellingwood, Herb Carton 8, Folder 2 Esse, Loren (Amway) Carton 8, Folder 3 Falwell, Jerry 1977, 1980 Carton 8, Folder 4 Gates, Henry Louis, Jr August 4 Carton 8, Folder 5 Gershman, Carl Carton 8, Folder 6 Gospel Films (Billy Zeoli and Charles Warren) Carton 8, Folder 7 Graham, Billy , 1980 Consists mainly of mailings from his Evangelistic Association Carton 8, Folder 8 Green, Don, Rev Carton 8, Folder 9 Hughes, Harold, Senator Carton 8, Folder James, Patti Carton 8, Folder Justice, Barbara Carton 8, Folder Mann, Richard (Dick) 1977 October Carton 8, Folder Mason, W. Bryant Carton 8, Folder Matrisciana, Pat (Creative Ministries) Carton 8, Folder Matrisciana, Zenobia Carton 8, Folder McKinney, George 1977 July Carton 8, Folder Moja, Jesus Rahisi 1978 March Carton 8, Folder Montandon, Pat Carton 8, Folder Morrison, Glenn L. (Follow Up Ministries Inc.) Carton 8, Folder Otis, George Carton 8, Folder Lois M. Ottaway (Wheaton College News Service) Carton 8, Folder Poling, David Carton 8, Folder President's Commission on White House Fellows Carton 8, Folder Schuller, Robert H Carton 8, Folder Schulson, David Carton 8, Folder Synanon Distribution Network BANC MSS 91/213 c 21

22 Series 5Eldridge Cleaver Crusades circa Subseries 5.1Correspondence Carton 8, Folder 27 Carton 8, Folder 28 Carton 8, Folder 29 Carton 8, Folder 30 Carton 8, Folder 31 Carton 8, Folder Carton 8, Folder 44 Thomas, Cal (International Media Service) Waxer, Eddie Word Books - Soul on Fire promotion 1978 Yoder, J. Wesley (Dharma Artist Agency) Young, Luanna General Miscellaneous outgoing 1977 February-May, 1979 Subseries 5.2 Speaking Engagements Physical Description: Cartons 9-10; Oversize box 2, folder 4; Oversize folder 1 Further divided into two subsubseries: 5.2.1: Past Engagements and 5.2.2: Requests Includes files for Cleaver's many speaking engagements and public appearances at churches, schools, prisons, and other institutions. Files include correspondence, publicity, and memos concerning travel arrangements. Subsubseries Past Engagements Physical Description: Carton 9; Carton 10, folders 1-52; Oversize box 2, folder 4; Oversize folder 1 Arranged alphabetically by institution/ organization. Files for organizations and institutions at which Cleaver spoke. 1 Association of Black Social Workers, Los Angeles, December 17, Auburn University, Alabama Awalt High School, Los Altos, January 20, Barber-Scotia College (North Carolina) January Baseball Chapel, Atlanta Berkeley Community Theatre, April Bethany Lutheran Church and School, Menlo Park, March 3, Bethel A.M.E. Church, Chico, California, July 31, Bibles of the World, Chicago, September Biola College, La Miranda, California, October Cabrillo Assembly of God, Sequel, California, August 6, California State Bar Prayer Breakfast (Herb Ellingwood), San Francisco, September 10, Calgary Temple, Denver Calvary Temple, Concord, California, July 23, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, February 10, CBMC (California), August 8, BANC MSS 91/213 c 22

23 Series 5Eldridge Cleaver Crusades circa Subseries 5.2Speaking Engagements Oversize Box 2, Folder Oversize Box 2, Folder CBMC Oakland, March 14, CBMC San Diego, November 2, College of St. Catherine 1977? Censorship Forum (Florida), January 14, Church of Philadelphia, April 30, COGIC (Newport News), September Dade Correctional Institution (Miami), April 8, Deeper Walk Fellowship (Pennsylvania), EPA Convention (San Bernadino), May 10, Evangel College (Missouri), 1977/ Evangelistic Temple (Oklahoma) 1977 Faithful Youth Challenges Rally, July 28, First Assembly of God (Oshkosh, Wisconsin), First Baptist Church (Modesto), Sunday Evening Service First Church of the Nazarene, Salem, Oregon, October First Church of the Nazarene, Upland, California, July 2, First United Presbyterian Church (New Mexico) July 1977 Florida Founders Week, Bethel Theological Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota, January 28, Friends Church, Eugene, Oregon 1978 Fresno YFC, November 22, Poster Full Gospel Businessmen (Sacramento), March 26, Garden Grove Community Church (California), April Glendale Baptist Church, April 9, God Squad Banquet, Hayward, September 24, God Squad Banquet, San Luis Obispo, April 22, Good News Mission, October 28, Good News Mission Banquet, Rochester, New York, April BANC MSS 91/213 c 23

24 Series 5Eldridge Cleaver Crusades circa Subseries 5.2Speaking Engagements Gospel Film Trips, December Grambling University (Louisiana), March Gunn High School Student, February 9, Harbor Church (Lomita, California), February Hawaii, Dr. Simmer, February 13-20, Here's Life Utah, March Holy Convocation, Church of God in Christ 1977 Hope Center Covenant Church, Pleasant Hill, September 10, Hope Lutheran Church (Kathleen Cleaver), February House of Refuge (Aurora, Illinois) 1977 Marilyn Hickey Teaching Ministries, Denver 1977 Hope College, October 19, Humboldt State University (California), January 13, Interfaith Ministries (Milwaukee), September Iona College (New Rochelle, New York) 1977 IRS Prayer Group (Los Angeles) Jesus ' Loyola University (New Orleans) 1977 Major League Baseball All-Stars Game, San Diego, July 11, Malone College, November 10, Medallion Series, Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 10, Melodyland (California), August Memphis State University (Tennessee) 1977 Mission Possible Texas, April Monterey Christian Women, Spring Mount Hermon Christian Conference Center 1977 National Prayer Breakfast, Washington, D.C., February 2, National Religious Broadcaster Breakfast, Washington, D.C., January 25, National Religious Broadcasters Annual Convention, Washington, D.C., January BANC MSS 91/213 c 24