Eldridge Cleaver, a founding member of the Black Panther Party, was also an author, Black power activist, who in his later life became a patriot and Mormon.

The Eldridge Cleaver Archives contains over 1000 individual items of his writings and letters from his prison stints from 1959 to 1966 after he published his seminal work, “Soul on Ice;” BPP writings, his exile in Cuba, Algiers, Paris and other writings; newspapers and other publications. The collection contains rare and unique items from founding members and insider within one of the most notorious and progressive organizations this country has ever witnessed.

There is extensive correspondence from his wife Kathleen that includes correspondence written by and to her, writings to and correspondence from journalists, activists, and from friends.

This series contains 8 folders in box 1.

S1-1-01: Legal Correspondence (1959; 1964)

S1-1-02: Letters from Soledad Prison (1966)

S1-1-03: Letters to Soledad Prison (1966)

S1-1-04: Letters to Soledad Prison, Last Days (1966)

S1-1-05: Malcolm X Collection: Damaged Papers

S1-1-06: Malcolm X Collection: Writings about Malcolm X

S1-1-07: Malcolm X Collection: Assassination and Trial

S1-1-08: Malcolm X Collection: Miscellaneous Papers

This series contains 4 folders in box 1.

S2-1-09: Published Writings (1967-1971)

S2-1-10: Roundtable Interview with Earl Anthony (1968)

S2-1-11: Brochures (1967-1968)

S2-1-12: Unpublished Writings (1968)

This series contains 1 folder in box 1.

S3-1-13: Writings from Vacaville Prison (1968)

This series contains 1 folder in box 1.

S4-1-14: Interview and Brochure (1968)

This series contains 3 folders in box 1.

S5-1-15: Writings in Cuba (1968-1969)

S5-1-16: Letters to Cuba (1969-1970)

S5-1-17: Articles about Cuba (1964-1974)

This series contains 2 folders in box 1.

S6-1-20: Revolutionary People’s Communications Network (RPCN) Materials (1970-1971)

S6-1-21: Miscellaneous: Handwritten Notes, Brochures, etc. (1966)

This series contains 9 folders in box 1, and 3 folders in box 2.

S7-1-22: Letters – Eldridge (1969-1972)

S7-1-23: Letters – Kathleen (1971-1972)

S7-1-24: Letters – Soul on Ice (1969-1972)

S7-1-25: Letters - France and Canada (1971-1972)

S7-1-26: Letters – New York and California (1971-1972)

S7-1-27: Film and Books Interview Requests (1969-1971)

S7-1-28: Writings (1970-1972)

S7-1-29: Articles (1972)

S7-1-30: Black Panthers Party/RPCN (1972)

S7-2-01: Ramparts (1969-1971)

S7-2-02:Receipts (1969; 1971)

S7-2-03: Miscellaneous (1969; 1972)

This series contains 4 folders in box 2.

S8-2-04: Letters (1974-1975)

S8-2-05: Legal and Publishing (1973-1975)

S8-2-06: Interviews (1970-1973)

S8-2-07: Newspaper Clippings (1974)

This series contains 9 folders in box 1.

S9-2-08: Letters (1975-1976)

S9-2-09: International Defense (1975-1976)

S9-2-10: Letters: Governor (1976-1977)

S9-2-11: Interviews: Published (1975-1976)

S9-2-12: Correspondence – TV (1975-1977)

S9-2-13: Correspondence – Newspapers (1975-1976)

S9-2-14: Correspondence – Magazines (1976)

S9-2-15: Phone Messages (1977)

S9-2-16: Advertisements

This series contains 2 folders in box 2.

S10-2-17: Letters (1977)

S10-2-18: Published Magazine Article (1977)

This series contains 2 folders in box 2.

S11-2-19: Cloth Labels

S11-2-20: Pant Design Paintings

This series contains 5 folders in box 2.

S12-2-21: Soul on Ice (1969)

S12-2-22: Lee Lockwood’s Conversations with Eldridge Cleaver (1969)

S12-2-23: Post Prison Writings and Speeches (1969)

S12-2-24: Foreign (1969)

S12-2-25: Legal Materials (1968; 1971)

This series contains 6 folders in box 2.

S13-2-26: Book of Lives: Original

S13-2-27: Book of Lives: Carbon Copy (Chap 1-7)

S13-2-28: Book of Lives: Carbon Copy (Chap 8-15)

S13-2-29: Book of Lives: Duplicate Copies

S13-2-30: Book of Lives: Blue Onion Copy

S13-2-31: Short Stories

This series contains 9 folders in box 2.

S14-2-32: Billy Dean Smith – Writings (1971-1972)

S14-2-33: Billy Dean Smith Defense Committee (1971-1972?)

S14-2-34: Billy Dean Smith – Legal Papers (1971-1972)

S14-2-35: Billy Dean Smith – Newspapers (1971-1972)

S14-2-36: Defense Committee Official Papers (1972?)

S14-2-37: Various Defense Groups (1971-1972)

S14-2-38: Bunchy Carter (1967; 1969 -1971)

S14-2-39: Writings about BPP (1971)

S14-2-40: Newspapers/Ads (1971; 1981)

This series contains 1 folder in box 2.

S15-2-41: Eldridge Cleaver

This series contains 4 folders in box 2 and 10 items in box 3.

S16-2-42: Newspapers (1977+)

S16-2-43

• Yale Correspondence (1975)
• Panel Discussion Transcripts

S16-2-44: Lists

S16-2-45: Miscellaneous

16-3-1: The Stanford Daily, Vol. 175: no. 57

16-3-2: The Long March, Vol. 1: No. 1

16-3-3: World Student Times, Vol. 6: No. 15; May 1980

16-3-4: Madness Network News, Vol.2: No. 5; December 1974

16-3-5: The New African; October 10, 1971

16-3-6: Right On, Vol. 1: No. 9

16-3-7: Radix; January - February, 1981

16-3-8: Law for the People: An Alternative for Law Students; January, 1974

16-3-9: The Stanford Daily, Vol. 175: No. 7; March 7, 1979

16-3-10: The Radical Therapist, Vol 2: No. 2, 5, 6, 7, 8; Vol 3: No. 2, 4, 5, 6, 7