European 1968 Protest and Activism collection, 1967-1969

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Series I: French materials



Box 1 Folder 1-3 Printed ephemera, circa 1968

Several hundred pieces of paper ephemera from assorted events leading up to and related to May 1968, including: flyers for film screenings, dance performances, soirees, and lectures; notices of meetings or demonstrations by various groups including Jeunesse Communiste Revolutionnaire, Le Cercle de Culture Arabe, Comité Central du Parti Communiste Français, Mouvement Federaliste Europeen, Le Comité Solidarité Viet-Nam d'Aix, Union des Etudiants Communistes de France, La Jeunesse Avec le Vietnam, Le MRAP (Mouvement Contre le Racisme, l'Antisémitisme et pour la Paix), les Jeunesses Socialistes S.F.I.O., and others; newsletters and journals; informational packets put out by various groups; bulletins; and other ephemera.


Box 1 Folder 4 Paris photographs, May 1968

28 original black and white photographic prints related to the May 1968 riots in Paris, including police in riot gear, barricades, burning cars, bloodied and beaten protestors, tear gas, and several more peaceful demonstrations featuring intellectuals including New Wave filmmakers François Truffaut and Claude Chabrol.



Mapcase 15-L-1 Oversize newspapers and ephemera, May 1968

Révoltes - Pour la Construction de l'Organisation Revolutionnaire de la Jeunesse, No. 18 (May 1968); Le Point (May 1968); Adresse a tour les travailluers (May 30, 1968); Amnistie des Yeus Creves (poster).