Sources
Works and records cited in this dossier. Numbered references in the account lead to entries here.
- Herbert Marcuse papers Universitatsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg. File span 1965-1973.
- Donald McKelvey request for Marcuse support Donald McKelvey.
Complete existing research record
Identity and aliases
Donald McKelvey, named in Marcuse Nachlass Na 3, 875 as requesting support for the Radical Education Project. Aliases or naming cautions: No additional alias established in this pass.
Dated role and investigative relevance
Within file range 1965-1973; exact request date pending. Named requester in a bounded archival relation to Marcuse and REP.
Geography
No location more precise than the cited record is asserted here.
Assessment and confidence
High for the existence and broad subject of a request. Use requested support from, not received support from or worked with.
What this record does not establish
The inventory does not establish Marcuse's response, actual support, membership, money, or direction.
Correspondence-file role
REP support-request correspondent. Public evidence is limited to the Na 3, 875 inventory unless another source is named.
Boundary
No response, agreement, advice, endorsement, membership, or operational coordination is inferred. Research Memo: Marcuse, SDS, and Radical Education Project Correspondence
Role in this research
Named in Na 3, 875 as requesting Marcuse's support.
Evidence basis
Research Memo: Marcuse's American Transition and New Left Bridge.
Specific evidence
The official finding aid explicitly inventories a request from Donald McKelvey for support for REP.
- Herbert Marcuse Nachlass Na 3, 875
Follow-up gaps
Inspect the request and any reply or enclosure; identify McKelvey's exact REP role.
Research provenance
Research Memo: Marcuse's American Transition and New Left Bridge.