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mums396 Randy Kehler Papers, 1978-1997 Finding Aid Dominique Tremblay Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, MA

2005

Finding aid encoded in NoteTab Pro. Encoded by Danielle Kovacs. 2005-10-31 Finding aid written in English Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst Randy Kehler Papers, 1978-1997 Finding Aid MS 396 Dominique Tremblay September 2005

Collection Overview Kehler, Randy Randy Kehler Papers 1978-1997 MS 396 17 boxes (7.75 linear ft.) English Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst A veteran of the peace movement and founder of the Traprock Peace Center (1979), Randy Kehler was active in the National Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign, the Peace Development Fund, and the Working Group on Electoral Democracy. Beginning in 1977, he and his wife became war tax resisters, withholding federal income tax to protest U.S. military expenditures, donating it instead to charity. As a consequence, their home was seized by the IRS in 1989, setting up a protracted legal struggle that resulted in Kehler's arrest and imprisonment and the sale of the house. They remain tax resisters. The Kehler Papers document the five year struggle (1989-1994) against the seizure and sale of the Kehlers' home by the IRS. The collection includes meeting minutes, notes, correspondence, newspaper clippings; letters to the editor, essays, articles, plans and strategy documents for the vigil set outside the Kehler home; support committee information and actions; correspondence with government officials, the IRS, and the Justice Department; letters of support; documents from the legal proceedings; and political literature addressing the Kehlers' situation. Biographical Note

A pacifist, war-tax resister, and advocate for social justice, Randy Kehler was born in Bronxville, New York, on July 16, 1944 and raised in Scarsdale. From Philips Exeter Academy, Kehler went on to Harvard University, graduating cum laude in 1967 with a degree in government. It was at Harvard that Kehler first became politically active, working with the Harlem chapter of CORE to organize support for the 1963 March on Washington and directing programs for inner city children at a Boston settlement house. He credits Martin Luther King's "I have a dream speech" during the March on Washington with changing his life, moving him toward an increasingly radical stance.

In 1964, Kehler went to Africa to teach in Tanzania. There he met Congolese refugees who had been forced out of their villages when unmarked U.S. planes had dropped napalm bombs. At one point he was mobbed because his backpack said "U.S. Army." This experience had a profound effect on Kehler. Upon returning to Harvard, he heard that the United States was dropping napalm bombs on the Vietnamese and he began organizing against the Vietnam War. In 1965, Kehler started "Letters for Peace," a letter writing campaign to Washington. A short time later, Kehler signed a petition entitled, "We Won't Go" and acknowledged to himself that he was willing to be imprisoned for anti-war beliefs. Although he moved on to Stanford in 1967 to pursue graduate work in education, he left after only three weeks to work full time in the movement against the Vietnam War.

Taking a job with the War Resisters League in San Francisco in 1967, Kehler joined a small number of protestors by refusing to pay his telephone taxes as a protest against military expenditures, and he returned his draft card to the Selective Service. As a result of his non-compliance with the draft, he was arrested in 1969. He represented himself at trial and argued that the law itself was unjust. He refused to argue his case as a conscientious objector because he felt that was simply a form of cooperation with the government's actions in Vietnam. Kehler was found guilty and served twenty-two months of a two year sentence for his act of resistance.

By 1973, Kehler was participating in local community organizing and economic development work in Western Massachusetts. He co-founded the Traprock Peace Center in 1979, served as National Coordinator for the National Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign from 1981 to 1984. From 1986-1988, he worked on staff of the Peace Development Fund's Exchange Program, offering strategic advice for grassroots justice and peace groups across the country. In 1989, Kehler was also one of the founders of the Working Group on Electoral Democracy to encourage political reform and create a pro-democracy movement in the United States. Kehler married Betsy Corner in 1976, and they had their first child, a daughter, in the following year.

In 1977, the first year that they had a taxable income, Kehler and Corner decided to withhold their federal income tax as a protest against United States military expenditures and involvement in global human rights violations. The couple continued to pay state and local taxes and donated their federal tax money to various charities. Although the IRS response was slow, in 1989 they moved to foreclose on Kehler and Corner's Colrain home to recover back taxes. After finding no bidders when the house was put up for auction, the IRS bought the house themselves and began eviction proceedings. They arrested Kehler and Corner for trespassing on federal property in 1990, and when they returned to the house following their release in 1991, they were arrested yet again. After agreeing not to return to the house, Corner was released, but Kehler's refusal to cooperate earned him an additional six months in jail in Northampton for contempt of court. After another IRS auction resulted in a buyer for his Colrain home in February 1992, a group of friends and supporters of Kehler occupied the house for several weeks until they were forced out by the new owners, Danny and Terry Franklin, on April 15, 1992.

Despite being removed the house, the Kehlers continued to fight. A vigil was set up on the property that was sustained for over eighteen months by various affinity groups and supporters. Although the Franklins owned the house, the property surrounding it was owned by the Valley Community Land Trust (VCLT) and the water system was shared by the surrounding neighbors. As soon as the Franklins moved in, the VCLT took legal actions to have them removed based on several stipulations in the Kehlers' lease, including one that made the lease on the land non-transferable. During the eighteen months of sustained vigil outside the Colrain home, the protestors brought the Franklins water in hopes of reaching of amicable settlement. Ultimately, in 1994, after an undisclosed negotiated settlement, the Franklins vacated the house. However, the Kehlers declined to move back into the Colrain house, insisting that their actions were intended to protest the government's use of their tax dollars, not to regain their property. The Kehlers currently live in a house owned by Betsy's mother on another lot in the Valley Community Land Trust. They continue to withhold their federal income taxes and have said they will never own anything again.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Randy Kehler Papers document the five year struggle (1989-1994) of war tax resisters Randy Kehler and his wife Betsy Corner to fight the Internal Revenue Service's seizure and sale of their home while raising awareness of government military expenditures and practices. The collection includes meeting minutes, notes, correspondence, scrapbooks and newspaper clippings; letters to the editor, essays, articles, plans and strategy for the vigil set outside the Kehler home, support committee information and actions, correspondence with government officials, IRS, and the Justice Department; hundreds of letters of support from all the country, court documents from the legal proceedings and political literature addressing the Kehlers' situation.

Organization of the Collection

This collection is organized into five series:

Series 1: Colrain Action, 1989-1994 Series 2: Correspondence, 1978-1997 Series 3: Legal, 1984-1993 Series 4: Media, 1979-1995 Series 5: Scrapbooks, 1987-1993

The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

Randy Kehler Papers (MS 396). Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Acquired from Randy Kehler.

Processed by Dominique Tremblay, September 2005.

Search Terms Argo, Ed Corner, Betsy Kehler, Randy Link, Mary Mosely, Don Nelson, Juanita Valley Community Land Trust. Pacifists--Massachusetts Peace movements--Massachusetts Political activists--Massachusetts--Colrain Tax collection--Massachusetts--Colrain Tax evasion--Massachusetts--Colrain Tax-sales--Massachusetts--Colrain Taxation--Law and Legislation War tax resitance--Massachusetts--Colrain Withholding tax--Law and legislation Withholding tax--Massachusetts--Colrain Colrain (Mass.) Activists--Massachusetts Court records Letters (Correspondence) Legal documents Diaries Clippings Series 1: Colrain Action 1989-1994

The organized effort to protest the seizure of the Kehlers' Colrain home became known as the "Colrain Action." The Colrain Action was highly organized political protest that involved two main groups, the Support Committee and the Occupation Subcommittee (OSC). The Support Committee was responsible for fundraising, maintaining media relations, writing newsletters, coordinating public support and the overall direction of the campaign. The collection includes newsletters, meeting notes, press releases, a phone log, mailing lists, financial information, and various other materials that document their work.

Series 2: Correspondence 1978-1997

The bulk of the correspondence in this series is from various supporters of the Colrain Action. Although some are well-known figures, such as Joan Baez, Dave Dellinger, and Barbara Bush, most of the letters are from normal people across the country who were inspired by the Kehlers and wrote letters of support. Kehler supporters sent many letters to politicians such as Edward Kennedy, John Kerry, Silvio Conte, and Paul Wellstone; many sent copies of these letters to the Kehlers, which are include here. The remainder of the series consists of correspondence between the Kehlers and people who were directly involved in the Colrain Action such as Juanita Nelson, Ed Argo, Mary Link and Don Mosley. Also included in this series is correspondence between the Kehlers, the Franklins, and their attorney, John Stobierski.

Series 3: Legal 1984-1993

The legal series includes court documents from the four major cases that arose from the Colrain Action. United States v. Kehler/Corner is the case brought by the federal government against the Kehlers' for failing to pay their income taxes. In Commonwealth v. Kehler/Corner, the Kehlers faced trespassing charges for refusing to leave their property after the Internal Revenue Service seized their house. The charges against Betsy Corner were ultimately dropped in this case when she agreed not to return to the property, but Randy Kehler was jailed for his refusal to agree not to return to the property. Danny Franklin, in Franklin v. War Tax Resisters, ultimately brought suit against the Kehler supporters who maintained a vigil on the property of the Colrain home for over eighteen months. The Valley Community Land Trust v. Franklin is a suit brought by the owners of the land on which the Kehler home sits against Danny and Terry Franklin. The lease that the VCLT signed with the Kehlers was non-transferable; if the Franklins wanted to live on property in the VCLT they had to apply and be approved by the VCLT board. The Franklins failed to do this and the VCLT sought to have then legally removed.

This series contains correspondence with various lawyers and judges, a court schedule, forms and receipts from Hampshire County Jail, records of arrests, trespassing summons, policy reports and information on the mediation sessions between the Kehlers, the Franklins and the Valley Community Land Trust. Additionally, correspondence with the IRS, the IRS assessment of the Kehlers tax situation, the rules and regulations for seizing property, various articles on legal issues, and correspondence with the Justice Department as well as Valley Community Land Trust by-laws, legal positions, general correspondence and the Kehlers' lease.

Series 4: Media 1979-1995

The Colrain Action generated a lot of media attention and not just in the local papers. Articles about the Kehlers ran in national magazines and newspapers. Many political organizations used the Kehlers' story as part of their literature and often ran updates on the Colrain situation in their newsletters. The series brings all that coverage together and arranges most of the articles by the name of the organization or magazine that published the article except the articles that were written by Randy Kehler, which are filed under his name. This series includes newspaper articles about the Kehlers and letters to the editor arranged by year as well as various political literature collected by the Kehlers.

Series 5: Scrapbooks 1987-1993

This series is comprised of three scrapbooks that were put together by an unknown person. They contain newspaper clippings, newsletters, letters to the editor, photographs and flyers documenting the Colrain Action, and provide a good timeline of the events surrounding the seizure of the Kehlers' home and the subsequent protest.

Series 1: Colrain Action 1989-1994 1 1 Affinity Group: Ain't Got No Time 1992 1 2 Affinity Group: Companeros 1991-1992 1 3 Affinity Group: Iron Bridge 1992 1 4 Affinity Group: IRS Punks undated 1 5 Affinity Group: Newsletters 1990-1993 1 6 Affinity Group: Seventh Generation 1990 1 7 Affinity Group: Statements 1992 1 8 Affinity Group: Survey undated 1 9 Bady, Bob 1989-1990, undated

War tax resister, resides on Valley Community Land Trust.

1 10 Benefit Walk 1990 1 11 Chain of Prayer 1991-1992 1 12 Colrain Gathering 1994 1 13 Colrain House Eviction 1991 1 14 Colrain House Eviction: Moving Notes 1992 1 15 Colrain House Seizure: Sequence of Events 1989-1992 1 16 Colrain Occupation: Emergency Phone Numbers undated 1 17 Colrain Occupation: Guidelines 1992, undated 1 18 Colrain Occupation: Harassment Chronology 1992 1 19 Colrain Occupation: Plans and Strategy 1991 1 20 Colrain Occupation: Schedule undated 1 21 Colrain Occupation: Vigil Logbook 1992, undated 1 22 Colrain Occupation: Vigil Sign-Up Sheets undated 1 23 Colrain Occupation Subcommittee: Letter from Randy Kehler 1992 1 24 Colrain Occupation Subcommittee: Meeting Notes 1989-1993 1 25 Community Meeting 1992 1 26 "Continuing Witness in Colrain" 1992 1 27 Corner, Betsy: Article for Newsletter undated 1 28 Corner, Betsy: Notes 1992 1 29 Dellinger, David 1992, undated 1 30 Deters, Bill 1992

Essay on occupation of Kehler/Corner home.

1 31 Fred Small Benefit Concert 1991 1 32 Fundraising Proposal 1993 1 33 Green, Patricia: Diary of Arrest 1992 1 34 Internal Revenue Service Auction: Armbands 1989 1 35 Internal Revenue Service Auction: Flyers 1989 OS Internal Revenue Service: In-Kind Bids 1989 1 36 Internal Revenue Service Auction: In-Kind Bids, Community Service 1989 1 37 Internal Revenue Service Auction: In-Kind Bids, Grocery Receipts 1989 2 1 Internal Revenue Service Auction: Instructions for Vigil 1989 2 2 Internal Revenue Service Auction: Publicity 1989 2 3 Kehler, Randy and Betsy Corner: Background Information 1989 2 4 Kehler, Randy and Betsy Corner: Newsletters 1989-1993 2 5 Kehler, Randy: "Nonviolence" 1993 2 6 Kehler, Randy: Notes 1993, undated 2 7 Kehler, Randy: "Thoughts and Proposals" 1992 2 8 Kehler, Randy: Timeline 1992 2 9 Kehler, Randy: "What I Would Have Said to Judge Freedman" undated 2 10 Leeman, Linda: Radio Proposal 1992 2 11 Maps: Springfield Courthouse undated 2 12 Mass at Kehler/Corner Home 1992 2 13 Morning After Team (MAT) 1990 2 14 Nonviolent Training 1989-1990, undated 2 15 Notes 1990, 1992, undated 2 16 Notes for Rally 1992 2 17 Organizer's Packet undated 2 18 Perkins, James: "Why I Like Randy Kehler" 1991 2 19 Petition of Support: Corvallis, Oregon 1991 2 20 Phil Donahue Show: Transcript 1990 OS Photographs undated 2 21 Postcard Order Form 1993 2 22 Press Conference: Randy's Release from Jail 1992 2 23 Program Transcript: "A Colrain Story: A Matter of Conscious" 1994 2 24 Public Meeting 1989 2 25 Rapid Response Network undated 2 26 Sermon: "Building the Beloved Community" 1991 2 27 Spademan, William: "From the Counter-Occupation in Colrain" undated 2 28 Support Committee: Evaluation of Progress undated 2 29 Support Committee: Financial 1989-1990, undated 2 30 Support Committee: Guidelines for Writing to the Franklins 1992 2 31 Support Committee: Mailing List undated 2 32 Support Committee: Meeting Notes 1989-1992, undated 3 1 Support Committee: Newsletters 1989-1991 3 2 Support Committee: Newsletters 1992-1994 3 3 Support Committee: Office Information undated 3 4 Support Committee: Phone Log 1991-1993 3 5 Support Committee: Press Releases 1989-1993, undated 3 6 Support Committee: Reflections 1994 3 7 Support Committee: Returned Newsletters 1991-1992 3 8 Support Committee: Support Actions undated 3 9 Surprenant, Alan: "The Vigil: Community and Compromises" undated 3 10 Tax 5L Meeting Notes 1989 3 11 Town Meeting Warrant Article 1990 3 12 Turning Swords Into Plowshares 1992 3 13 Unknown Author: Diary of an Arrest undated 3 14 Valley Community Land Trust undated 3 15 "War Tax Chat" undated Series 2: Correspondence 1978-1997 4 1 Argo, Ed 1989-1992 4 2 Ayvuzian Family 1991-1993, undated 4 3 Ayvuzian, Gloria 1991-1992, undated 4 4 Baez, Joan 1990 4 5 Baker, Andrew 1990 4 6 Beauvais, Dave 1992 4 7 Bell, Elizabeth 1992 4 8 Berube, Robert 1992 4 9 Bush, Barbara 1988, 1990 4 10 Carmody, Mary Elizabeth 1992 4 11 Conte, Silvio 1989 4 12 Corner, Betsy 1991-1992 4 13 Crow, Frances 1991 4 14 Cutler, R.B. 1990 4 15 Dunham, Katherine 1992 4 16 Elwill, Bill 1992 4 17 Fabel, Aaron 1993 4 18 Franklin, Danny and Terry 1992 4 19 Freshmen American Studies Class 1989

Marblehead High School, Mass.

4 20 Goder, Frank 1991 4 21 Gottlieb, Robert 1988 4 22 Grenon, Dennis 1992 4 23 Johnson, Sandy 1991, 1992 4 24 Kehler, Ms. 1991, undated

Randy Kehler's mother

4 25 Kehler, Lillian 1991-1992 4 26 Kehler, Randy 1978, 1989-1992, 1997 4 27 Kehler, Randy: Letters from Jail 1991-1992 4 28 Kehler, Randy: "Letting go of the House" 1992 4 29 Kehler, Randy: Mail from Political Organizations 1992-1993 4 30 Kehler, Randy: Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize 1992 4 31 Kellogg, Thomas 1992 4 32 Kennedy, Edward 1989, 1991 4 33 Kerry, John 1989 4 34 Link, Mary 1992 4 35 Lobenstine, Margaret undated 4 36 Mastello, Larry 1992 4 37 McCarthy, David 1992 4 38 Morten, Bruce 1992 4 39 Mosely, Don 1989-1991 4 40 Nelson, Juanita 1991, 1992, undated 4 41 Nipponzon Myohoji Buddhist Religious Society 1992 4 42 O'Brien, Mrs. 1993 4 43 Ogden, Don undated 4 44 Olver, John W. 1992 4 45 Palmer, David 1992 5 1 Peace Act Fund 1989-1992 5 2 Peace Taxpayers 1989 5 3 Political Organizations 1989-1991 5 4 Public Officials 1989-1992 5 5 Preston, Katherine 1989 5 6 Quindlen, Anna 1992 5 7 River, Barbara 1992 5 8 Rothschild, Andrew and Cynthia 1989, 1991 5 9 Statements of Support 1991-1992 5 10 Support Committee 1989-1992 5 11 Support Letters: A 1989-1992, undated 5 12 Support Letters: B 1989-1992, undated 5 13 Support Letters: C 1989-1992, undated 5 14 Support Letters: D 1989-1992, undated 5 15 Support Letters: E 1991-1992, undated 5 16 Support Letters: F 1991-1992, undated 5 17 Support Letters: G 1989-1992, undated 5 18 Support Letters: H 1989-1992, undated 5 19 Support Letters: I 1991, undated 5 20 Support Letters: J 1981, 1989-1992, undated 5 21 Support Letters: K 1989-1992, undated 5 22 Support Letters: L 1989-1992, undated 6 1 Support Letters: M 1990-1992 6 2 Support Letters: N 1991-1992, undated 6 3 Support Letters: O 1989-1991, undated 6 4 Support Letters: P 1989-1992, undated 6 5 Support Letters: R 1989-1992, undated 6 6 Support Letters: S 1989-1992, undated 6 7 Support Letters: T 1989-1992, undated 6 8 Support Letters: U 1989, 1992 6 9 Support Letters: V 1991-1992 6 10 Support Letters: W 1989-1992, undated 6 11 Support Letters: Y, Z 1989-1992, undated 6 12 Support Letters: Unidentified 1989-1992, undated 6 13 Support Letters: Unidentified 1989-1992, undated 6 14 Stobierski, John 1992

Attorney for Danny and Terry Franklin.

6 15 Ted 1990 6 16 True, Michael 1992

Professor at Assumption College in Worcester, Mass.

6 17 Valley Community Land Trust 1992 6 18 Vonda, Sasa 1992

Assistant to President of Czech Republic.

6 19 Wellstone, Paul David undated

United States Senator from Minnesota.

6 20 Wierzbowski, Ed 1989 6 21 Wilson, Doug 1991, 1992, undated 6 22 Wood, George 1993 Series 3: Legal 1984-1993 7 1 Articles: International Law 1990-1991, undated 7 2 Articles: Legal Issues undated 7 3 Articles: Schack, Paul E., "Evictions" 1989 7 4 Attorney List 1990, 1993 7 5 Bady, Bob and Pat Morse: Legal Situation 1989 7 6 Blixt, Wesley: Description of Events at Kehler House 1992 7 7 Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Corner, Betsy 1992 7 8 Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Dime Savings Bank undated 7 9 Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Kehler/Corner 1991-1992 7 10 Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Kehler/Corner 1993, undated 7 11 Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Kehler/Corner: Transcript 1992 7 12 Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Kehler, Randy 1992-1994 7 13 Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Williams, Betsy 1993 7 14 Correspondence: Attorneys for Affinity Groups 1990 7 15 Correspondence: Burbank, Harold 1987-1992 7 16 Correspondence: Corner, Betsy undated 7 17 Correspondence: Farrell, Nunzio 1992 7 18 Correspondence: Financial 1991, undated 7 19 Correspondence: Franklin, Danny 1992 7 20 Correspondence: Freedman, Frank 1991-1992 7 21 Correspondence: Kehler, Randy 1989-1993 7 22 Correspondence: Vann Gordon, Cheryl 1992 7 23 Court Schedule 1992-1993 7 24 Franklin v. War Tax Resisters 1993 8 1 Franklin v. War Tax Resisters 1993 8 2 Franklin v. War Tax Resisters: Appeal 1993 8 3 Franklin v. War Tax Resisters: Preliminary Injunction 1993 8 4 Frongillo, Mary 1992

Letter addressing trespassing charges.

8 5 Hampshire County Jail: Media Access Forms 1991-1992 8 6 Hampshire County Jail: Property Receipts 1991 8 7 House Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight 1992 8 8 Internal Revenue Service: Certificate of Sale to Danny Franklin 1992 8 9 Internal Revenue Service: Correspondence 1989-1992 8 10 Internal Revenue Service: Gorczyca, William 1989 8 11 Internal Revenue Service: Property Seizure Rules and Regulations undated 8 12 Internal Revenue Service: Property Seizure Rules and Regulations undated 8 13 Internal Revenue Service: Public Record of Kehler Auction 1989-1992 8 14 Internal Revenue Service: Tax Information on Randy Kehler and Betsy Corner 1989-1992 8 15 Kehler, Randy: Legal Notes various dates 8 16 Kehler, Randy: Legal Notes various dates 8 17 Legal Caucus: Meeting Notes 1990 8 18 Legal Precedents various dates 9 1 Massachusetts State Police v. Kehler/Corner 1992 9 2 Mediation: Contuzzi, Peter 1992 9 3 Mediation: Kehlers/Franklins/VCLT 1992 9 4 Northeast Utilities: Kehler/Corner Account 1991 9 5 Record of Arrests undated 9 6 Rotunda, Ronald D., "Treatise on Constitutional Law: Substance and Procedure", v. 2, Sec.11.1 to 17.10 1992 9 7 Trespassing Summons 1992-1993 9 8 U.S. Department of Justice 1990-1991 9 9 U.S. Tax Court: Nooney v. Internal Revenue Service 1990 9 10 U.S. v. Kehler/Corner 1990 9 11 U.S. v. Kehler/Corner 1990 9 12 U.S. v. Kehler/Corner 1991, undated 9 13 U.S. v. Kehler/Corner: Opinion by Judge Frank Freedman 1991 9 14 Valley Community Land Trust: By-Laws undated 9 15 Valley Community Land Trust: Correspondence with Danny Franklin and his attorney 1990-1992 9 16 Valley Community Land Trust: Correspondence with Michael Pill 1992 9 17 Valley Community Land Trust: Correspondence Regarding Trespassing Charges 1992 9 18 Valley Community Land Trust: Lease Agreement with Randy Kehler and Betsy Corner 1984 10 1 Valley Community Land Trust: Legal Situation 1990 10 2 Valley Community Land Trust v. Franklin 1993 10 3 "War Tax Manual for Counselors and Lawyers" 1985 10 4 Witnesses: Resumes 1993 10 5 Witnesses: Suggestion for Court undated Series 4: Media1979-1995 11 1 Advertising 1990 11 2 Alternative Revenue Service 1989-1990 11 3 American Friends Service Committee 1991-1992 11 4 Apple Valley Productions 1991, 1992 11 5 Aquarian Research Foundation 1989 11 6 Article: "Armageddon When?" in The Watchtower 1990 OS Artwork undated 11 7 Asbury, Judy 1989 OS Audiotape: Interview with Betsy Corner 1993 11 8 Berkshire SANE/FREEZE 1991-1992 11 9 Burrows, Robert J. 1991 11 10 Caron, Mike: "Ted Sampley: Mad Dog and Undercover Manipulator?" undated 11 11 Cataneo, Jack: "Radio New York" 1989 11 12 Catholic Radical 1992 11 13 Catholic Worker: Kehler, Randy and Betsy Corner, "Why We Became War Tax Resisters" 1990 11 14 Charlie King Benefit Concert undated 11 15 Cohen, Andrew: "Taxes and Protest" undated 11 16 Conscious Canada Newsletters no. 37, 45 1989 11 17 Conscious and Military Tax Campaign 1992-1994 11 18 Correspondence: Television Stations 1992 11 19 Daniel Shays Non-Violent Bio-Regional Liberation Front undated 11 20 Defense Monitor 1992, 1993 11 21 Drinking Gourd, v. 11, no. 3 1993 11 22 Earthline, v. 3, no. 9 1992 11 23 E.D.E.N: "Food for Thought" undated 11 24 Education Support Analysis Update, v. 10, no. 4 1988 11 25 Fellowship 1989 11 26 Flyers various dates 11 27 Flyers various dates 11 28 Franklin County Chamber of Commerce undated 11 29 Franklin County Progressive Newsletter 1991 11 30 Friends Journal 1994 11 31 Giraffe Project 1989

Group that awards peace activists.

11 32 Ground Zero, v. 11, no. 1 1992 11 33 Haitian Communications Project 1992 11 34 History of War Tax Resistance undated 11 35 Kehler, Randy: Article for "Sojourners" 1994 11 36 Kehler, Randy: Interview from Jail 1991 11 37 Kehler, Randy: "Linking Tax Resistance to a Nuclear Weapons Freeze" 1985 11 38 Kehler, Randy: "What I Wanted to Say in Court" in Friends Journal 1992 11 39 Lathrop, Donald: "Some Taxing Reflections" 1989

Narrative of a tax resister.

11 40 Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy 1993 11 41 Letters to the Editor 1989 12 1 Letters to the Editor 1990 12 2 Letters to the Editor 1991-1992 12 3 Letters to the Editor 1993-1994, undated 12 4 Letters to the Editor: Kehler, Randy and Betsy Corner 1979, 1987, 1989-1994 12 5 Leong, Apollo: "It Will Be a Long Time" in RSVP magazine 1992 12 6 Lotus, v. 2, no. 2 1992 12 7 Media Strategies 1991 12 8 Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute 1993 12 9 Melechinsky, Andrew J. 1989 12 10 Molly Scott Benefit Concert 1993 12 11 Monsky, Paul 1980

War tax resister.

12 12 Mosely, Don: "Hold a Child in Your Arms While Deciding" in Fellowship undated 12 13 Mosely, Don: "Why I Should Not be Compelled to Obey the IRS Summons" 1988 12 14 National War Tax Coordinating Committee 1989-1994 12 15 New England Gathering of War Tax Resisters 1992 12 16 New England Pilgrim 1992 12 17 New England War Tax Resistance 1981-1984, 1989-1994 12 18 New Priorities 1994 12 19 Newspaper Clippings 1982, 1983, 1988-1989 12 20 Newspaper Clippings 1989 12 21 Newspaper Clippings 1990 13 1 Newspaper Clippings 1991 13 2 Newspaper Clippings 1991 13 3 Newspaper Clippings 1992 13 4 Newspaper Clippings 1992 13 5 Newspaper Clippings 1992 13 6 Newspaper Clippings 1992 13 7 Newspaper Clippings 1993 OS Newspaper Clippings 1989-1993 13 8 Newspaper Clippings 1994-1995, undated 13 9 Nooney, Greg 1989

War tax resister.

13 10 Northern California Tax Resistance 1991 13 11 Nuclear Deception 1993 13 12 Nuclear Resister, no. 81 1991 13 13 Palestine Human Rights Information Center 1990 13 14 Peace Action Education Fund 1993 13 15 Peace and Justice Coalition 1992 13 16 Peace Media Services 1993 13 17 Peacenet 1991 13 18 Peacework 1992-1994 14 1 Pioneer Valley Forum 1994 14 2 Pioneer Valley War Tax Resisters 1979, 1983, 1989, undated 14 3 Poetry 1981, 1992, 1993, undated 14 4 Political Literature various dates OS Posters undated 14 5 Procession of Conscious 1989 14 6 Rocky Mountain Peace Center undated 14 7 Rogers, Arthur Arnold: "Reflections One Year Later" 1991 14 8 Rosenberg Fund for Children 1992 14 9 Rural Southern Voice for Peace 1992 14 10 Self Directed Income Tax undated 14 11 Signature Advertisement 1989 14 12 Sojourners 1992 14 13 St. Louis Covenant Community of War Tax Resisters 1992 14 14 Taxing Times, v. 3, no. 1 1994 14 15 Traprock Peace Action Report 1989-1993 OS Videotape: News footage and interviews of Kehlers 1989 OS Videotape: Footage of IRS auction and Springfield rally 1989, 1992 OS Videotape: Colrain Arrests 1992 OS Videotape: Colrain Tax Resisters as shown on Monitor TV 1991 14 16 Voice for Peace, v. 11, no. 9 1992 14 17 Walk in Peace 1987 14 18 Washington Area War Tax Resistance 1991 Series 5: Scrapbooks 1987-1993 15 1 Pamphlets undated

From the sleeve of the 1987-1991 binder.

15 2 Scrapbook 1987 15 3 Scrapbook 1989 Jan-Mar 15 4 Scrapbook 1989 Apr-June 15 5 Scrapbook 1989 July 15 6 Scrapbook, 1989 Aug-Dec 15 7 Scrapbook 1990 15 8 Scrapbook 1991 Jan, Nov 15 9 Scrapbook 1991 Dec 15 10 Scrapbook 1991 Dec 15 11 Scrapbook 1991 Dec 15 12 Scrapbook, 1992 Jan 15 13 Scrapbook 1992 Feb 15 14 Scrapbook 1992 Mar 15 15 Scrapbook, 1992 Apr 15 16 Scrapbook 1992 May 15 17 Scrapbook 1992 June 15 18 Scrapbook 1992 July 15 19 Scrapbook 1992 Aug 15 20 Scrapbook 1992 Sept 15 21 Scrapbook 1992 Oct 15 22 Scrapbook 1992 Nov 15 23 Scrapbook 1992 Dec 15 24 Scrapbook 1993 Jan 16 1 Scrapbook 1993 Feb 16 2 Scrapbook 1993 Mar 16 3 Scrapbook 1993 Apr 16 4 Scrapbook 1993 May 16 5 Scrapbook 1993 June 16 6 Scrapbook 1993 July 16 7 Scrapbook 1993 Aug 16 8 Scrapbook 1993 Sept 16 9 Scrapbook 1993 Oct 16 10 Scrapbook 1993 Nov 16 11 Scrapbook 1993 Dec