Call Number:

SCRC 175

Repository:

Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center

Extent:

21.05 linear feet (21 boxes)

Language:

English and French

Preferred Citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Youth Liberation Press Records, SCRC 175, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Date:

1967-2002 (inclusive)

Creator:

Youth Liberation of Ann Arbor (Organization), Hefner, Keith, and Youth Liberation Press

Form:

Administrative records, Correspondence, Printed ephemera, Financial records, Mailing lists, Manuscripts, Newsletters, Pamphlets, Periodicals, and Publications (documents)

Abstract:

The Cooperative High School Independent Press Syndicate (CHIPS) was founded in 1969 as the Chicago Area High School Independent Press Service. As it grew, the syndicate provided articles and graphics for its member publications (generally underground high school publications), and members could exchange copies of their papers. Although the great majority of participants were from across the United States, there were several members in Canada and New Zealand. CHIPS members published FPS: A Magazine of Young People's Liberation, which consisted mainly of news articles written by staff members and available for reprint by any member. CHIPS merged with Youth Liberation of Ann Arbor in 1972 and became the Youth Liberation Press (YLP). Youth Liberation Press was founded by Keith Hefner in 1970, and existed until 1979. The Youth Liberation Press published books and pamphlets, including Student and Youth Organizing, Young People and the Law, High School Women Liberation and Growing Up Gay.

This collection contains materials by and related to the Youth Liberation Press and the Cooperative High School Independent Press Syndicate (CHIPS). CHIPS materials include copies of independent high school newspapers from around the United States, Canada, and New Zealand, as well as correspondence, financial records, article manuscripts, membership lists, questionnaires, and reprints. The focus of the materials is on the issues of draft resistance, racism, women's rights, gay rights, and secondary education. Some materials document the organization's relationship with the Amerikan Press Syndicate and Youth Liberation of Ann Arbor, and with Keith Hefner, the editor of FPS: A Magazine of Young People's Liberation. Youth Liberation Press materials contain correspondence, administrative records, financial records, manuscripts for publication, and issues of FPS: A Magazine of Young People's Liberation.