Organization: Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.) - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Extent:: .3 linear foot (2 boxes), 1 oversize removal, 1 vhs tape, and 5 dvd-r
Abstract:: The George Wolkind papers document the involvement of native Delaware activist George Wolkind (born 1945) in the Newark and Wilmington, Delaware, counterculture and music scenes in the 1960s and 1970s.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: 13.7 gigabyte (10 interviews (mp4) 3 interviews (wav) 1 interview (mp3)) and 1.61 megabyte (11 time logs (pdf) 3 transcripts (pdf))
Abstract:: Voices of 1968 is an oral history collection focused on Delawareans to capture local stories of that pivotal year in American history. Interviews were conducted by Library staff, partners in the Wilmington Archive Project, and other project volunteers. The topics covered in the interviews include campus politics and student activism in Delaware (particularly through the Students for Democratic Society chapter at the University of Delaware campus), reactions to Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination, the National Guard occupation of Wilmington, and political and social actions related to civil rights, the 1968 presidential campaign, resistance to America's involvement in Vietnam, and other aspects of life in Delaware.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Extent:: 4.16 linear ft. (10 boxes)
Abstract:: The National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam was a conference of groups opposed to the United States' involvement in Vietnam. This groups in1966 and its first major undertaking at that time was to organize a mass rally on April 15, 1967, both in New York City and in San Francisco. The Mobe's chief aim was to mobilize public opinion against the Vietnamese War and against such other injustices of society as black inequality. It sought to weld a coalition of existing peace groups and to spark the formation of new action groups across the country.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Extent:: .75 linear feet (2 boxes) and 1 digital file (.44 gb)
Abstract:: Consists of various literature, ephemera, correspondence of, and a video interview with, Princeton alumni and anti-war activist David Schankler '71 concerning the antiwar movement of the period 1967-1971 broadly as well as related events and activities at Princeton University while he was a student.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Extent:: 109 boxes and 62.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of over 3000 miscellaneous items of primarily American literary, historical, and political figures, including business and personal letters, manuscripts, drawings, photographs, and official documents.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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