File consists of material related to a court case involving Carl Braden, a trade unionist, social justice activist and civil rights activist. Braden, along with his wife Anne, were involved in efforts to challenge segregation in the South. Both the Bradens and five other individuals were charged with sedition in October 1954.

File consists of material related to a court case involving Carl Braden, a trade unionist, social justice and civil rights activist. Braden, along with his wife Anne, were involved in efforts to challenge segregation in the South. Both the Bradens and five other individuals were charged with sedition in October 1954.

Fonds consists of Professor Lorch's professorial and personal papers as a mathematician, academic, civil rights activist and humanitarian. Records document his life in all these spheres and include the following: correspondence from family, friends, academic colleagues and fellow activists; records of his legal battles at various colleges and universities in the defence of civil rights and academic freedom including challenges from the House Committee on Un-American Activities; records that document his and his wife's activism in landmark American events such as the integration of schools in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1954, and the fight for equal rights for blacks in housing in US cities; professorial records and his work as a respected mathematician and scholar; and related books, journals and pamphlets accumulated by him during his decades of work in these areas. Records have been arranged by the archivist into the following series.

File consists of various issues of The Southern Patriot, a newspaper edited by Carl and Anne Braden, civil-rights activists working with the Southern Conference Educational Fund, a civil-rights organization based out of New Orleans.