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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)19671973
- 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
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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.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
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.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
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.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
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.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Pullman SDS Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Pamphlets |
undated |
| 1 | 2-3 |
Spark newsletter |
1969-1970 |
| 1 | 4 | "New Left Notes Fire! SDS" news clippings and notes |
circa 1969-1971 |
| 1 | 5 |
Seattle Worker (newsletter of the Seattle Workers Movement, affiliated with the American Communist Workers Movement) |
1973-1974 |
| 1 | 6 | Social-Revolutionary Anarchist Federation newsletters |
circa 1974 |
| 1 | 7-8 | Pamphlets |
1967-1973 |
| 1 | 9 | WSU Guerilla Theater play script |
1970 |
| 1 | 10 | Arson charges (Ralph Adkins, Mike Williams) |
circa 1971 |
| 1 | 11 | American Federation of Anarchists |
1973 |
| 1 | 12-13 | Anarchism, pamphlets and other printed material |
1922-1972 |
| 2 | 14 | Anarchism, pamphlets and other printed material |
1922-1972 |
| 2 | 15 | Communist Party (U.S.A.), news clippings and notes |
circa 1970-1975 |
| 2 | 16 | "Guerilla warfare," printed material |
1970-1971 |
| 2 | 17 | Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), primarily printed material |
1969, undated |
| 2 | 18 | New American Movement newspapers |
1972-1973 |
| 2 | 19-21 | "New Left," printed material |
1918, 1968-1972 |
| 2 | 22 | People's Party |
1973 |
| 2 | 22 | "Third Parties," printed material and notes |
1970-1978 |
| 2 | 22 | Miscellaneous or unidentified |
1968, undated |
Oversize Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
Pullman publications (newspapers) |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 3 | 23 |
Three Forks Press
|
1970 |
| 3 | 23 |
Scorn
|
undated |
| 3 | 24 |
Burgerville Blues (published in Moscow, ID) |
1970 |
| 3 | 25 | American Communist Workers Movement, newspapers and broadsides |
circa 1965-1974 |
| 3 | 26 |
Borrowed Times (Montana newspaper) |
1975, 1977 |
Grass Roots (People's Party newspaper) |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 3 | 27 | 1973 | |
| 3 | 28 | 1974 | |
The Match, "An Anarchist Journal"
|
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 3 | 29 | 1971-1972 | |
| 3 | 30 | 1973 | |
| 4 | 31 | 1974 | |
| 4 | 32 | 1975-1976 | |
| Box | Folder | ||
| 4 | 33-34 |
New Left Notes (national SDS newspaper) |
1969-1971 |
| 4 | 33-34 | Pamphlets |
1972, 1986 |
| 4 | 36 | Revolutionary Youth Movement II newspapers |
1969-1970 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Radicalism -- United States.
- Students -- United States -- Political activity.
- Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.) -- Washington (State)
Finding aid prepared by Cheryl Gunselman
2012
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