JOSEPH FELMET PAPERS, #4513, 1941-1989
Correspondence and files relating to the activities of Felmet, a pacifist and civil rights
advocate. Letters relate to Felmet's application to take the bar exam in North Carolina,
which was denied by the Board of Law Examiners who believed Felmet would not uphold the law
where his moral convictions conflicted with state and federal legislation. The collection
also contains files that reflect Felmet's activism, with an emphasis on his civil rights work
with the American Student Union and Workers Defense League, and files relating to Felmet's
arrests for protesting the draft, segregation in interstate travel, and the mistreatment of
migrant workers. These files, obtained by Felmet under the Freedom of Information Act, were
heavily edited by the FBI prior to their release. Photocopies and carbon copies only.
