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Kit Bakke papers, 1968-2017
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Bakke, Kit
- Title
- Kit Bakke papers
- Dates
- 1968-2017 (inclusive)19682017
- Quantity
- 2.01 cubic feet (3 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 5600
- Summary
- Collection related to political activist Kit Bakke
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Open to all users.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Christopher Lynn "Kit" Bakke (1946-). Activist.
Kit Bakke was born and raised near Seattle, Washington and graduated from Bryn Mawr College with a political science degree in 1968. While at Bryn Mawr, she founded a Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) chapter. After graduating she went on to work in the print shop of the SDS national office. After participating in a trip to Cuba in 1969 to meet with North and South Vietnamese, Bakke and her trip comrades decided to escalate tactics and strategies beyond mass demonstrations. At a quarterly SDS meeting in Flint, Michigan, she and her comrades split from the organization to form the Revolutionary Youth Movement, which later became known as the Weather Underground Organization (WUO). Bakke participated in WUO's antiwar, antiracist, and anti-capitalist efforts from its inception in 1969 and went underground until 1973. She also has two bachelor's degrees in nursing from the University of Rochester and two master's degrees in nursing and public health from the University of Washington. For thirteen years, Bakke worked as an oncology nurse at Children's Regional Hospital in Seattle. In her retirement, she writes and volunteers in local philanthropic organizations including charities that tackle drug abuse and homelessness.
Source: The Seattle Times
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection includes materials related to Kit Bakke's research and writing of her book Protest on Trial: The Seattle 7 Conspiracy including interview transcripts, manuscript drafts, notes, correspondence, and clippings. As well as Redacted copy of FBI surveillance file on Kit Bakke (circa 500 sheets) and 2 sheets of notes made by Bakke on her file.
Photocopies in the file were made by Special Collections when we redacted the donor's Social Security Number.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections. Restrictions on reproduction and quotation exist for interviews without release forms.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Organized into 2 accessions.
- Accession No. 5600-001, Kit Bakke FBI surveillance file, 1969-1973
- Accession No. 5600-002, Kit Bakke papers, 1968-2017
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Accession No. 5600-001: Kit Bakke FBI surveillance file, 1969-1973Return to Top
Scope and Content: Redacted copy of FBI surveillance file on Kit Bakke (circa 500 sheets) and 2 sheets of notes made by Bakke on her file. Photocopies in file were made by Special Collections when we redacted donor's Social Security Number.
Restrictions on Access: Open to all users
Restrictions on Use: Public Records (Use unrestricted when access is granted)
Acquisition Info: Bibliographic Source: Christopher Lynn "Kit" Bakke
Accession No. 5600-002: Kit Bakke papers, 1968-2017Return to Top
Scope and Content: This collection includes materials related to Kit Bakke's research and writing of her book Protest on Trial: The Seattle 7 Conspiracy including interview transcripts, manuscript drafts, notes, correspondence, and clippings. The book, published in 2018, follows the Seattle 7 federal conspiracy trial of antiwar leaders in 1970. In January 1970, Michael Lerner, one of the Seattle 7 and then-UW visiting philosophy professor, founded the Seattle Liberation Front (SLF) with members who joined after the recent disbanding of SDS and other radical organizations. Months after a February 17, 1970 protest at Seattle’s downtown federal building turned violent, a Federal Grand Jury in Seattle indicted eight people for conspiracy to cause damage to federal property and intent to riot: Susan Stern, Roger Lippman, Joe Kelly, Jeff Dowd, Michael Lerner, Chip Marshall, Mike Abeles, and Michael Justesen. Justesen, however, went underground in early 1970 before the trial began. The remaining seven people came to be known as the Seattle 7. The book follows the defendants to prison, their fight to be released, and how they have lived their lives over the almost fifty years since then. Protest then and now is explored in the Epilogue. Protest on Trial is based on interviews with defendants, attorneys, FBI agents, police, supporters, eyewitnesses, and more.
Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections. Restrictions on reproduction and quotation exist for interviews without release forms.
Acquisition Info: Donated by Kit Bakke on February 7, 2019.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Series 1: Protest on Trial book materials |
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Seattle 7 |
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Box/Folder | Accession | ||
1/1 | 5600-002 | Abeles, Michael |
2011-2014 |
1/2 | 5600-002 | Dowd, Jeff
Restrictions on Access:
no release form
|
2011-2017 |
1/3 | 5600-002 | Kelly, Joe |
2011-2014 |
1/4 | 5600-002 | Lerner, Michael
Restrictions on Access:
no release form
|
1970-2013 |
1/5 | 5600-002 | Lippman, Roger |
2011-2017 |
1/6 | 5600-002 | Marshall, Charles "Chip" |
1980-2017 |
1/7 | 5600-002 | Stern, Susan |
2014-2015 |
Other individuals |
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Box/Folder | Accession | ||
1/8 | 5600-002 | Justesen, Michael
Scope and Content:
Michael Justesen was also indicted for the February 1970
protest. He went underground before the trial started and the remaining
activists who were indicted became known as the Seattle 7.
|
1977-1999 |
1/9 | 5600-002 | Parker, Horace
Scope and Content:
Horace Parker was a witness during the Seattle 7 trial. He
played an important role in instigating the violence at the February 17 protest
and was a paid FBI informer. This folder contains materials from others on
Parker.
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2011-2014 |
Interviews |
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Box/Folder | Accession | ||
1/10 | 5600-002 | Bateman, Py |
2011 |
1/11 | 5600-002 | Boorman, John |
2012 |
1/12 | 5600-002 | Castle, Kevin |
2011 |
1/13 | 5600-002 | Dunphy, Stephen |
2011 |
1/14 | 5600-002 | Holley, Lee
Restrictions on Access:
no release form
|
2014 |
1/15 | 5600-002 | Kochis, Bruce
Restrictions on Access:
no release form
|
2013 |
1/16 | 5600-002 | McNee, Dean |
2012 |
1/17 | 5600-002 | Robinson, Charles
Restrictions on Access:
no release form
|
2014 |
1/18 | 5600-002 | Steinborn, Jeffrey |
2011 |
1/19 | 5600-002 | Stern, Robert |
2011 |
1/20 | 5600-002 | Tigar, Michael
Restrictions on Access:
no release form
|
2014 |
1/21 | 5600-002 | Waldorf, Audrey |
2012 |
1/22 | 5600-002 | Wick, Paul |
2011 |
1/23 | 5600-002 | Wilma, David
Restrictions on Access:
no release form
|
2014 |
1/24 | 5600-002 | Country Doctor Clinic |
2011-2012 |
2/1 | 5600-002 | Additional untaped interviews and
contacts |
2011-2015 |
Series 2: Writings and research |
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Box/Folder | Accession | ||
2/2 | 5600-002 | Newspapers |
1970 |
2/3 | 5600-002 | Conspiracy Law |
1971-2014 |
2/4 | 5600-002 | Investigation research |
1971 |
2/5 | 5600-002 | COINTELPRO |
1969-2014 |
2/6-2/7 | 5600-002 | 9th Circuit Appeals; release from jail; 2nd conspiracy
indictments |
1970-2015 |
2/8 | 5600-002 | Seattle background research |
1996-2017 |
2/9 | 5600-002 | FOIA [Freedon of Information Act] requests |
1973-2015 |
2/10 | 5600-002 | Chicago trial and convention |
1968-2016 |
2/11 | 5600-002 | Attorneys and Boldt |
2011-2014 |
2/12 | 5600-002 | Draft Resistance and pre- and early Seattle Liberation
Front |
1967-2017 |
2/13 | 5600-002 | Contacts |
2011-2014 |
2/14 | 5600-002 | Initial correspondence with interviewees, research
setup and book preparation |
2011-2015 |
2/15-2/16 | 5600-002 | Chapters 3 and 4 drafts, background on Seattle and
UW |
1969-2014 |
2/17 | 5600-002 | Chapter 1 notes and Seattle history |
2013-2015 |
2/18 | 5600-002 | Seattle Liberation Front founding |
1967-2015 |
2/19 | 5600-002 | Summer 1970 |
1970-2015 |
2/20 | 5600-002 | Timelines |
2002-2014 |
2/21-2/22 | 5600-002 | Contemporary protests |
1999-2017 |
2/23-2/24 | 5600-002 | Miscellaneous writings and research including
introduction/epilogue |
1970-2017 |
2/25 | 5600-002 | Chapter 4: Actions & Reactions draft |
2015 |
2/26 | 5600-002 | Chapter 5: Spring Into Summer drafts |
2015 |
2/27 | 5600-002 | Chapter 6: Gearing Up For Trial draft |
2015 |
2/28 | 5600-002 | Jury selection drafts and research |
1970-2014 |
2/29 | 5600-002 | TDA [The Day After] chapter research and
notes |
1970-2015 |
2/30 | 5600-002 | "New Chapter 1" draft |
2015 |
2/31 | 5600-002 | "Contempt Day" drafts and articles |
1970-c. 2015 |
2/32 | 5600-002 | Trial and mistrial research |
1970-2015 |
2/33 | 5600-002 | Chapter 2 drafts |
2015 |
2/34 | 5600-002 | Chapter 3: TDA [The Day After]: Stop the Courts!
Draft |
2015 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Bakke, Kit--Archives
Corporate Names
- Seattle Seven--History--Sources
- Students For a Democratic Society (U.S.)
- Weather Underground Organization