As part of his practice to document and share organizing histories, Dan Leahy compiled, indexed, and established multiple archives based on the hundreds of well-maintained binders in his basement. He created detailed indexes and sent hundreds of pages to various universities and institutions. His Peace Corps letters from Turkey are housed at American University. His work at the Human Affairs Program (HAP) is housed at Cornell University. The Citizens’ Party documents are archived at the Library of Congress. The “Dan Leahy Papers” that document his incredible statewide work with Progress Under Democracy in the early 1980s is housed at the University of Washington. And the work of the Labor Education and Research Center is archived at The Evergreen State College.
Peace Corps Letters archived at American University, Washington DC
A young Dan Leahy writes reflections to his mother and family about his experience working in Comakli, a small Islamic village in Turkey (1965-1967).
Human Affairs Program (HAP) documents archived at Cornell University, Ithaca NY
Dan served as Director from 1973-1976 of an interdisciplinary and interdepartmental program at Cornell that provided theoretical and practical instruction in human and social problems across multiple “sections” including: Property, Taxation and Wealth; Unemployment and Wealth; Public Utilities and Energy, Labor and Corporations, Corporate Research, Criminal Justice, Independent Legal Research, and the Women’s Section.
Citizens’ Party documents archived at the United States Library of Congress
Records of building the Citizens’ Party, a national effort in which Dan Leahy served as executive director, national secretary, and executive committee member from 1979 to 1981.
The Dan Leahy Papers archived at Special Collections University of Washington, Seattle WA
Archive of Washington state organizing with Progress Under Democracy (PUD) and the successful Ratepayers’ Rebellion from 1980-1983 that shut down four nuclear power plants.
Labor Education and Research Center documents archived at The Evergreen State College
The Labor Center was established in 1985 to provide opportunities for Washington state’s rank and file union members to learn movement and labor history, participate in organizing trainings, and increase their capacity for collective bargaining.
