University Protest and Activism Collection, 1958-2018, bulk 1968-1972

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Series XVIII: Personal Collections of 1968 Materials, 1968-1978

This series contains files of printed matter, handouts, pamphlets, press releases, articles and clippings collected by individuals primarily during the spring of 1968. Materials found in these files will likely duplicate much of the material found in other parts of this collection, but have been kept together as collected. The files are organized alphabetically by last name of the individual collector and then alphabetically by folder title.


Ken Dubuque (SEAS 1970)



Box 88 Folder 1 "Abolish S.D.S." Pin, 1968-1969


Box 88 Folder 2 Clippings, 1968-1969


Robert M. Johnson (GSAS 1970)



Box 93 Folder 1 Buttons and Armbands, 1967-1968

One white Columbia "Strike!" arm band. Buttons and yellow armband all anti-Vietnam related. Donated by Elizabeth Johnson, February 2023.


Box 93 Folder 2 Collected Columbia Strike Materials, 1968

Includes liberation class and counter commencement materials as well as statements from Physicians and Surgeons community and a June 1-14 issue of RAT. "Why We Strike" pamphlet and SPECTATOR issues from May 3, 6, and 9 were removed during processing.


Box 93 Folder 3 Vietnam Summer Materials, 1967

Flyers, statements and other printed matter related to anti-Vietnam War activities. Includes materials related to Eugene McCarthy.


Paul Lehner (CC 1970)



Box 88 Folder 3 Cartoons and Images, 1968-1970


Box 88 Folder 4 Correspondence from Columbia, 1968


Box 88 Folder 5-8 Handouts, 1968-1970, 4 folders


Box 88 Folder 9 Newspaper Clippings, 1968


Box 88 Folder 11 "Six Weeks that Shook Morningside" COLUMBIA COLLEGE TODAY issue, with Robert Friedman editorial, 1968


Chauncey Olinger (MA 1971)


Box 88 Folder 12 Alumni Recommendations for the Future Government and Operation of Columbia University, Fifth Draft, 1968 August 5


Box 88 Folder 13 CC Dean and CU President Statements and Announcements to Faculty and Students, 1968


Box 88 Folder 14 Columbia Student Council Statements, 1968


Box 88 Folder 15 Columbia University Press Releases, 1968


Box 88 Folder 16 Commencement and Counter-commencement, 1968


Box 88 Folder 17 Discipline Information, 1968



Box 89 Folder 1 Faculty Groups - Statements and Handouts, 1968


Box 89 Folder 2 Graduate Students - Meeting Minutes, Statements and Notices, 1968


Box 89 Folder 3 Handouts and Statements by Various Groups, 1968


Box 89 Folder 4 Liberation Classes, 1968


Box 89 Folder 5 Magazine Articles, 1968


Box 89 Folder 6 Majority Coalition, 1968


Box 89 Folder 7 Non-Columbia and Community Handouts, 1968


Box 89 Folder 8 Petitions, 1968


Box 89 Folder 9 Questionnaires and Surveys, 1968


Box 89 Folder 10 Strike Coordinating Committee Handouts and Statements, 1968


Box 89 Folder 11 Student Statements and Handouts, 1968


Box 89 Folder 12 Students for Columbia University Handouts, 1968

(Also includes some Students for a Reconstructed University [SRU] materials)


Box 89 Folder 13 Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) Handouts and Statements, 1968



Box 90 Folder 1-2 Jeffrey Sheehan (CC 1970) - Collected Materials, 1968, 2 folders

(materials are arranged in reverse chronological order. Issues of SPECTATOR from April and May 1968 were removed during processing)


Box 90 Folder 3 Charles Wall (CC 1970) - Collected Materials, 1968