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Students for a Democratic Society, Washington State University Papers, 1967-1973

Overview of the Collection

Title
Students for a Democratic Society, Washington State University Papers
Dates
1967-1973 (inclusive)
Quantity
4 containers, (3 linear feet)
Collection Number
Cage 704
Summary
This collection is comprised mainly of radical newspapers, pamphlets, and other printed material associated with Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and other similar organizations. Some materials are related directly to the activities of SDS on the campus of Washington State University.
Repository
Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Historical Note

Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), a radical political association, was founded in 1959. The SDS was particularly active in the protest movement against the Vietnam War and in the civil rights movement during the 1960s.

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Content Description

This collection is comprised mainly of radical newspapers, pamphlets, and other printed material associated with Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and other similar organizations. Some materials are related directly to the activities of the SDS on the campus of Washington State University.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in a single series.

Acquisition Information

Materials related to Students for a Democratic Society were gathered by Siegfried Vogt and Jerry Calvert from the 1960s through the 1990s. Dr. Vogt donated the collection to Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections in 1999.

Processing Note

The papers were processed in 2006 by Cheryl Gunselman, Manuscripts Librarian.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Pullman SDS

    • Description: Pamphlets
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 1, Folder 1
    • Description: Spark newsletter
      Dates: 1969-1970
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2-3
    • Description: "New Left Notes Fire! SDS" news clippings and notes
      Dates: circa 1969-1971
      Container: Box 1, Folder 4
    • Description: Seattle Worker (newsletter of the Seattle Workers Movement, affiliated with the American Communist Workers Movement)
      Dates: 1973-1974
      Container: Box 1, Folder 5
    • Description: Social-Revolutionary Anarchist Federation newsletters
      Dates: circa 1974
      Container: Box 1, Folder 6
    • Description: Pamphlets
      Dates: 1967-1973
      Container: Box 1, Folder 7-8
    • Description: WSU Guerilla Theater play script
      Dates: 1970
      Container: Box 1, Folder 9
    • Description: Arson charges (Ralph Adkins, Mike Williams)
      Dates: circa 1971
      Container: Box 1, Folder 10
    • Description: American Federation of Anarchists
      Dates: 1973
      Container: Box 1, Folder 11
    • Description: Anarchism, pamphlets and other printed material
      Dates: 1922-1972
      Container: Box 1, Folder 12-13
    • Description: Anarchism, pamphlets and other printed material
      Dates: 1922-1972
      Container: Box 2, Folder 14
    • Description: Communist Party (U.S.A.), news clippings and notes
      Dates: circa 1970-1975
      Container: Box 2, Folder 15
    • Description: "Guerilla warfare," printed material
      Dates: 1970-1971
      Container: Box 2, Folder 16
    • Description: Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), primarily printed material
      Dates: 1969, undated
      Container: Box 2, Folder 17
    • Description: New American Movement newspapers
      Dates: 1972-1973
      Container: Box 2, Folder 18
    • Description: "New Left," printed material
      Dates: 1918, 1968-1972
      Container: Box 2, Folder 19-21
    • Description: People's Party
      Dates: 1973
      Container: Box 2, Folder 22
    • Description: "Third Parties," printed material and notes
      Dates: 1970-1978
      Container: Box 2, Folder 22
    • Description: Miscellaneous or unidentified
      Dates: 1968, undated
      Container: Box 2, Folder 22
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Subject Terms

  • Radicalism -- United States.
  • Students -- United States -- Political activity.
  • Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.) -- Washington (State)
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