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Sandra Silberstein was a student at the University of Michigan and the first president of the Graduate Employees Organization (GEO) in the year that it became the bargaining unit for graduate students. The collection contains newspaper coverage, membership handbooks, and Silberstein's handwritten notes documenting her involvement in the GEO.

The Sandra Silberstein papers contains records from her time as the president of the Graduate Employees Organization (GEO) during the 1970s. These document Silberstein’s involvements in the organization, including some of her handwritten notes from meetings. A large portion of the collection consists of the organizations handbooks and printed materials, but also, written histories of the organization. There are articles documenting the strike in 1975 and the surrounding communities support and critiques. This material can be found in the collections box as well as the oversize folder.