Connections was an organization dedicated to helping prisoners inside of San Quentin and supporting their families and loved ones. They offered information exchange, transportation, legal aid, job/housing aid and implementing changes.

Size: Five Folders

Folder 1: Founding Documents (By-Laws, member list, Goals, General Request Proposal)

Folder 2: Newsletters (Incomplete- May 26, 1970 to May 1973)

Folder 3: Correspondence 

(the folders below contain correspondence with a specific organization at a specific institution. Occasionally there are other documents connected to that organization: news clippings, programs, pamphlets.

-- Folder 3A: Afro-American Community Awareness Group, Soledad , CA

-- Folder 3B: Afro-American History Culture Group, Crystal Creek, CA

-- Folder 3C: Afro-American Culture Group "Now", Cazadero, CA

-- Folder 3D: Afro-American History Culture Group, Susanville, CA

-- Folder 3E: Black Culture Association, Vacaville, CA

-- Folder 3F; Afro Unity Association,  San Luis Obispo, CA

-- Folder 3G: Self Advancement Through Education, San Quentin, CA

-- Folder 3H: La Raza Unida, Susanville, CA

-- Folder 3I: Chicano Culture Group, Crystal Creek C.C., Calif. Conservation Camp. Whiskeytown CA

-- Folder 3J: 7th Step Foundation, Vacaville CA

-- Folder 3J: 7th Step Foundation, Sierra Conservation Center, Jamestown, CA

Folder 4: Assorted: Press Releases, Flyers, Newspaper Clippings, Statements, Pamphlets

Folder 5: Convict Report (San Quentin Prison, 1969, Long and detailed examination of the situation at San Quentin. Including case reports and parole board transcripts)