Cases / The American Landing / Mike Davis (SDS correspondent)
The American Landing · dossier
A person named Mike Davis in the Marcuse archive finding aid, described as corresponding about disputes and goals within SDS; identity unresolved.
Identity
Name, aliases, dates, locations.
Role in this research
Named in Marcuse Nachlass Na 3, 875 as a correspondent about SDS disputes and goals. Do not merge with another Mike Davis without item-level identity evidence.
Evidence basis
Research Memo: Marcuse's American Transition and New Left Bridge.
Identity and aliases
A person named Mike Davis in the Marcuse archive finding aid, described as corresponding about disputes and goals within SDS; identity unresolved. Aliases or naming cautions: Mike Davis.
Dated role and investigative relevance
Within Na 3, 875 file range, 1965-1973; exact item date not supplied by finding aid. This record exists to preserve a named archival correspondent without merging him with any better-known person of the same name.
Specific evidence
The Na 3, 875 finding aid says the file contains correspondence with Mike Davis concerning disputes and goals of SDS.
- Herbert Marcuse Nachlass Na 3, 875
Geography
No location more precise than the cited record is asserted here.
Assessment and confidence
High for the name and finding-aid description; unresolved for identity and item meaning. The supported edge is named correspondent concerning SDS at finding-aid level.
What this record does not establish
No identity, SDS office, agreement, influence, response, or operational relationship is established.
Follow-up gaps
Inspect the digitized letter header, signature, date, address, and content before identity resolution.
Research provenance
Research Memo: Marcuse's American Transition and New Left Bridge. MarxPro results used here are from the marx primary lane; external university, archive, and movement sources are identified separately above.
Correspondence-file role
Identity unresolved SDS 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
The archive holds two authored connections for this record inside The American Landing. Each row below states the claim, its tier, its confidence, and the dates the record gives. Open a row for the full account, or open it on the case canvas to see the connection drawn.
REL-000421Relationship wording unavailable 1965-1973 Account not writtenMike Davis (SDS correspondent) · Relationship wording unavailable · Herbert Marcuse Nachlass Na 3, 875.
documented confidence · high this record is the subject
This connection is recorded. Its account has not been written. Herbert Marcuse Nachlass Na 3, 875 →
REL-000422Relationship wording unavailable 1965-1973 Account not writtenMike Davis (SDS correspondent) · Relationship wording unavailable · Na 3, 875 inventory unit: Mike Davis correspondence on SDS disputes and goals.
documented confidence · high this record is the subject
This connection is recorded. Its account has not been written. Na 3, 875 inventory unit: Mike Davis correspondence on SDS disputes and goals →