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Carl M. Levin papers, 1938-2015 (majority within 1964-2015)

1116.5 linear feet (in 1122 boxes) — 1.2 TB (online) — 2 archived websites (online)

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Democratic senator from Michigan, the longest-serving U.S. senator (served between 1979 and 2015). The collection documents Carl M. Levin's 36-year career in the U.S. Senate including his service on the Senate Armed Service Committee, Government and Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Great Lakes Task Force, among other leadership positions. Papers include correspondence, speeches, writings, newspaper clippings, legislative and committee files, campaign materials, photographs, audiovisual materials, and other records documenting his personal life and political career.

The collection documents the personal life and political career of Carl M. Levin including his 36-year career as U.S. Senator from Michigan (1979-2015). The papers include school activities, personal correspondence, materials from Levin's work on the Michigan Civil Rights Commission and Detroit City Council, and campaign materials such as speeches, interviews, platform and planning documents, constituent research, candidate research, financial documents, correspondence, photographs, and audiovisual materials.

The bulk of papers document Levin's tenure in the U.S. Senate including legislative and committee files, correspondence, memoranda, briefing books, background information, schedules, bills, printed materials, press clippings, speeches, writings, photographs, Levin's archived website, social media, and audiovisual materials.

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Pre-Congressional Career, 1938-1985

The Pre-Congressional Career series is organized into nine subseries: Personal, Correspondence, Education, Saul R. Levin Foundation, Photographs, Michigan Civil Rights Commission, Attorney, Lecturer, and Detroit City Council (DCC).

Records include early school, college, and law school notes and writings; materials relating to Levin's activities with Students for Democratic Action (SDA); correspondence from his trip abroad in the 1950s; photographs from childhood and early adult years; teaching materials; legal files from the Michigan Civil Rights Commission; correspondence, reports, press clippings, and investigative files from Levin's eight years of service on the Detroit City Council, including as president (1974-1977).