Records of SANE, DG 058, Series N: Records of SANE Canvass, Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Swarthmore College Peace Collection, 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081
SANE, Inc. (DG 58)

SERIES N: RECORDS OF SANE CANVASS, 1983-1987

(Acc. no. 86A-68, 91A-4, 91A-7 and 93A-39) [13 boxes]


Arrangement

Most of the records in Series N came to the Peace Collection in two 1991 accessions. Additional material on SANE Canvass found in other accessions (especially 86A-68 and 93A-39) has been added.
A great deal of the material in this Series was found unfiled, and many items were undated. To a greater extent than is true of other series in DG 58, the arrangement of the material has been imposed by the SCPC processor. Folders which contain material found loose in the files are marked by an * in the checklist.
Similar kinds of material have been grouped together. When files could be identified as having been kept by a particular staff member, they are identified as such and are grouped accordingly. Within these categories, the arrangement is basically chronological, one exception being files on Local Canvass Offices, which are in alphabetical order. The material in Box 13 from the 1993 accession came to SCPC after the rest of the Series had been processed. Rather than reorganizing the earlier material, it was decided to simply add this material at the end of the Series.
All folders marked * contain material that was found loose in the files. Material was organized by SCPC processor. Some items may be duplicated in other folders.
Additional Canvass memos (Dec. 1982-Jan. 1985), training materials (1979-1987), reports of local Canvass offices, and information on the Women's Caucus are available in Box 13. Boxes 2-5 and 7-8 are primarily files of Peter Deccy, National Canvass Co-Director
Canvass abbreviations: NCD = National Canvass Director NSA = Network Support and Administration NST = Network Support Team RCD = Regional Canvass Director NFO = National Field Organizer CMG = Canvass Monitoring Group CD = Canvass Director FM = Field Manager OM = Office Manager

Box Listing
Box 1
*Canvass policies, 1984-1987 (structure, personnel, vehicle & driver policies) *Training material, 1984-1987 *Canvass meetings, 1985-1987 (agendas, minutes, reports, etc.) *Canvass reports, 1984-1987 *Budget for 1987 *Calendars, 1987 *Staff lists, job descriptions, 1984-1987 *Memos to Canvass Directors, 1984-1987 *Memos from Peter Deccy (National Co-Director), 1985-1987 *Memos to Peter Deccy, 1984-1987 *Memos from Jenny Daughtry (National Co-Director), 1986-1987 *Memos to Jenny Daughtry, 1985-1987 *Memos from Peter Deccy & Jenny Daughtry, 1987 *Memos from Stu Elliott, 1985-1986 *Memos from Kevin O'Connell, 1986 *Memos from Earl Sissell (NSA Special Projects), 1987 *Memos from Sue Udry (NSA Administrative Coordinator), 1987 *Memos from Canvass Organizers and others, 1984-1987 *Memos from Susana Cepeda and Francisco Guzman, 1983 *Memos from Duane Shank, SANE Admin. Director, 1985 *Phone Canvass, 1985-1987 *Women's Caucus, 1987 *SANE PAC, 1984 -1986 *SANE Inner World (newsletter), 1985-1987 *Unidentified items relating to Canvass, 1983-1986
Box 2
"A Door Knockers Guide to Canvassing" by Mike Silver, 1981 *"Learning to Organize: Getting Equipped to Do Justice" by Mac Legerton, n.d. Corres. to/from cities; Turf-clearing, ca. 1983 lst Canvass Reports, March - Sept. 1983 Information on Congressional Districts, 1983 *Disarmament Organizer's meeting, Feb. 1984 Canvass flyer information, ca. 1984-1985 D.C. Memos, 1984-1985 Peace Empowerment Plan, 1984-1985 Bread for the World, 1984-1986 (Consulting arrangement between SANE Canvass and BFW) Armed Forces Education Project, 1984 Military Canvass, 1985 Memos re job openings, 1985 Structure standardization, 1985-1987 NSA meetings, 1986-1987 (files of Sue Udry?) Ideas on structure, 1986-1987 (files of Sue Udry?) The Collective, 1986-1987 *Legal appeal in New Jersey concerning canvassing, 1986 *Notebook of public response to canvass, [ca. 1987]
Box 3
Memoranda; Packets sent *Memos re Canvass, 1984 Important NCD Policy Memos, 1984-1987 Important NCD Policy Memos, n.d. Memos from CD's to NCD's, 1984 Memos/reactions from Canvass offices, 1984-1986 Canvass Monitoring Group, 1984-1986 Canvass budget work forms, 1984 Memos from Finance, 1983-1986 Canvass to Canvass memos, 1984 Office calendars/Turf plans, 1985 Packet 1: sent 9/25/85 Packet 2: sent 10/2/85 Packet 3: sent 10/9/85 Packet 4: sent 10/12/85 Packet 5: sent 10/15/85 Packet 6: sent 10/31/85 Packet 7: sent 11/12/85 Packet 8: sent 11/14/85 Packet 9: sent 11/?/85 Packet 10: sent 11/25/85 Packet 11: sent 12/3/85 Packet 12: sent 1/28/86
Box 4
Local Canvass Staff Canvas Directors' meeting, Sept. 13, 1984 Material from CD meeting, Sept. 13, 1984 Notes from meeting with Canvass reps., Oct 9, 1984 CD meeting, Nov. 1984 CD meeting, Jan. 1985 CD meeting, Jan 1986 CD meeting, June 1986 CD meeting, Pittsburgh Retreat, Aug. 1986 FM's, 1984 (statistics, evaluations) OM sessions, 1985
Box 5
Local Canvass Offices [Folders as found] Hawaii (Rick), 1986-1987 Milwaukee: Summer Recruitment, 1984 [files of Annie Voegele] Philadelphia evaluations, 1984-1986 Portland evaluations, 1984-1986 Portland (Dan), 1986-1987 Puget Sound, 1984-1985 Quad Cities Canvass. 1984 Wirth Canvass, 1986 (Consulting arrangement between SANE Canvass and Tim Wirth Senate campaign)
Local Canvass Offices [material found loose] *Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1985-1987 *Baltimore, Maryland (part of Washington Canvass), 1984-1986 *Boston, 1984-1987 *Cape Cod, 1987 *Colorado, 1987 *Connecticut, 1987 *Hawaii, 1987 *Los Angeles, 1986-1987 *Madison, Wisconsin, [1987?] *New York, 1983-1986 *Philadelphia, 1983-1987 *Pittsburgh, 1986 *Portland, Oregon, 1984-1987 *Puget Sound, 1985 *San Francisco, 1986-1987 *Santa Barbara, 1984 *Washington, DC, 1984-1987
Box 6
Pittsburgh Organizing Project, 1986 (Bob Edgar Senate Campaign) [Primarily files of Jaem Heath, Project Coordinator] Memoranda, reports, and related material, 1982-1986 Kevin Martin's report, Nov. [1986] Mailings, 1986 Targeting data, 1982-1986 Block statistics for targetted Pittsburgh turf Phone bank, office work, [1986] Volunteer canvass: Voter ID/Vis/GOTV, [1986] Copy masters, graphics, [1986] Pennsylvania: outside Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, n.d.
Box 7
Canvass Work Plans Guidelines for CD work plans NST (Network Support Team) Work Plans, 1985-1986 Work Plans, Jan. - March 1986 Work Plans, April 1986 Work Plans, May 1986 Work Plans, June 1986 Work Plans, July 1986 Work Plans, Aug. - Nov., 1986 Work Plans, Dec. 1986 - Jan. 1987 Work Plans, Feb. - March 1987 Calendars, 1987 Work Plans, 1987
Box 8
Chapter Policy; Expansion; Planning; Merger with Freeze Chapter Policy, 1983-1986 Expansion of Canvass, 1984-1985 Planning, 1985 Planning, 1986-1987 Freeze merger, 1986-1987 SANE/FREEZE merger/transition, 1987 SANE/FREEZE Board, 1987 Canvass/Field merger/structure, 1987 Canvass/chapter relations; membership growth, 1986-1987 Local/national affiliation, 1987

Box 9
Files of Jenny Daughtry, National Canvass Co-Director Files re Canvass Canvass structure, [1987?] Decentralization, 1986-1987 Memos from Peter, 1987 National SANE Canvass Retreat, Aug. 1987 Memos to Canvass Office Managers, 1987 Canvass proposals to National, [1987?] Ann Arbor, 1987 Chicago, 1987 Hawaii, 1987 Northern California Canvass, 1987 Portland, 1987 Northern Virginia Freeze, 1986-1987 Columbia, MD, SANE Chapter, 1987 New Jersey SANE/FREEZE 1988 Field Program: Proposed Statewide Model, [1987?] Files re SANE/FREEZE Merger Freeze National Conference, Dec. 1986 S/F Field/Canvass Planning, 1987 S/F Transition Team: Field and Membership Task Force, 1987 S/F Program/Planning: Minutes, 1987 S/F Management/Policy: Minutes, 1987 S/F Strategy Papers, 1987 S/F Staff structure, 1987 S/F Third World Task Force, 1987
Box 10
Files of Mike Mawby, Canvass Monitoring Group Canvass Monitoring Group, 1984-Jan. 1985 Canvass Training Manual/Personnel Policies (proposed), 1984 Senior FM Conference: Training workshops, March 1985 Canvass memos and reports, 1984-1985 Canvass monthly budgets, 1984 Canvass reports, Jan. 1985 Canvass reports, Feb. 1985 Canvass reports, Mar. 1985 Canvass workshop: list of names, [1985?]
Box 11
Finance Department Files re Canvass [primarily files of Jim Ford and Jean Beyler] Canvass Monitoring Group, 1984-1985 Canvass: Legal matters, 1984-1986 NCD (National Canvass Directors): Reports and proposals, 1983-1987 NSA (Network Support and Administration): Memos and meetings, 1986-1987 Canvass Directors: Memos and meetings, 1984-1987 Field Managers: Training material, 1984 Field Managers: Memos and meetings, 1985 Office Managers: Memos and meetings, 1985-1987 Office Manager training session, March 1986 Office Manager training session, Jan. 1987 Canvass memos, 1987 Vehicle/Driver policies, 1987

Box 12
Petitions; Master Forms Petitions from around the Country Master forms Masters Military petitions: master forms *Petitions: Signed *Petitions: Blank *Blank forms

Box 13
Canvass files from Acc. no. 93A-39 Canvass and SANE clippings, 1983-1984 Memos to SANE staff from Canvass, Dec. 1982-Jan. 1985 Training, Organizing and Issues ("Oldies"), ca. 1979-1985 Training materials, 1985-1987 Canvass Directors' meeting, Pittsburgh, Aug. 1986 Decentralization, 1985-1987 (from files of Duane Shank) Decentralization, 1986-1987 (from files of Peter Deccy) Ann Arbor evaluations, 1984-1987 Cape Cod, 1986 Chicago evaluations, 1984-1985 Minnesota, 1984?-l986 Missouri Freeze Voter, 1986 Montgomery County, Maryland, 1986-1987 Nuclear Freeze Campaign of Northern Virginia, 1986 Women's Caucus, 1986-1987 (from files of Peter Deccy)
Files of Susan Manning (??), National Women's Caucus Representative Women's Caucus: Mailings and reports, 1986-1987 Women's Caucus: Women's recruitment, 1986 Women's Caucus: Turf safety/Self defense, ca. 1986 Women's Caucus: Training packets, ca. 1987 Women's Caucus: Videotapes and briefings, ca. 1987 Women's Caucus: Information from other offices, 1987 Women's Caucus: Policy recommendations, 1987-1988?

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