Conditions Governing Access

This collection is minimally processed and open for research.

Preferred Citation

MSS 16615, Thurman Wenzl papers, Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was a gift from Thurman Wenzl to the Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia on December 10, 2021.

Content Description

This collection contains papers, correspondence, newspapers and clippings, publications, leaflets, and records on events, activities, and professional connections related to Thurman Wenzl's study as a graduate student at the University of Virginia (1963-1969). These materials document his efforts in the Civil Rights Movement and for worker's rights. The items include 1994 reunion materials of the Southern Student Organizing Committee (SSOC), information on the Radical Student Union of UVA, subject files on Charlottesville including clippings on police brutality, abortion, the Civil Rights Movement, early activism in Charlottesville, and several copies of The Virginia Weekly among other materials.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Civil rights -- Virginia
• Student activism
• Student life
• University of Virginia -- Alumni