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UW Student Activism, Vietnam Era

Documents and ephemera from the SDS and YSA chapters at UW and Seattle Central, as well as from the Women's Liberation Committee of SDS and the GI-Civilian Alliance for Peace. Including papers from the April 1968 Northwest Regional SDS-Draft Resistance conference, the GI-Civilian Alliance for Peace activities, the SDS UFW boycott in 1969, SDS and YSA chapter correspondence, papers and flyers from the Women's Liberation Committee of SDS, and pamphlets on the draft from Draft Resistance-Seattle. This gallery is part of the Pacific Northwest Antiwar and Radical History Project, which features a page on student activism at UW during the Vietnam War. Documents digitized with permission from the personal collection of Steve Ludwig; the personal collection of Joe Felsenstein; and courtesy of the Special Collections Library at the University of Washington.

Date: 08/22/2008
Size: 56 items
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Agenda for SDS meeting, October 10, 1967

Agenda for SDS meeting, October 10, 1967

SDS and IWW correspondence, Dec. 7, 1967

SDS and IWW correspondence, Dec. 7, 1967

Goerge Arthur writes to the IWW asking for songbooks

"SDS at the University of Washington," c. 1968

SDS leader George Arthur writing about SDS' activities on campus

Correspondence on SDS with the Christian Science Monitor, Jan. 1968

Correspondence on SDS with the Christian Science Monitor, Jan. 1968

Letter from SDS leader George Arthur describing SDS' activities at UW and at other schools in the Northwest.

Vietnam Committee Newsletter, January 1968

Vietnam Committee Newsletter, January 1968

Calls for a vote for the antiwar candidates running in the student body elections

"Talking to McCarthyites about McCarthy," early 1968

Proposal for how to relate to Gene McCarthy's presidential bid

"Proposed Platform for SDS Election Campaign," c. 1968

Two clippings on SDS from March/April 1968

Two clippings on SDS from March/April 1968

"SDS Begins at Ballard," from the Ballard Talisman, March 6, 1968; and "'April Days' Drawing Big Crowds" from the UW Daily, April 24, 1968

Antiwar Basic Training Days, April 5-6, 1968

Antiwar Basic Training Days, April 5-6, 1968

A two-day conference hosted by students and soldiers from the GI-Civilian Alliance for Peace

Ticket for the April Days of Resistance Conference, April 19-21, 1968

Ticket for the April Days of Resistance Conference, April 19-21, 1968

"The Political Responsibility of the Regional Conference," by Roger Lippman, April 1968

Written for the Northwest Regional SDS/Draft Resistance Conference, April 19-21, 1968

"Women and Draft Resistance: Revolution in the Revolution," by Jill Severn, April 1968

Written for the Northwest Regional SDS/Draft Resistance Conference, April 19-21, 1968

"The American Political System: Panacea or Placebo?" by Vic Svacek, April 1968

Written for the Northwest Regional SDS/Draft Resistance Conference, April 19-21, 1968

Schedule for April Days of Protest, April 22-27, 1968

Schedule for April Days of Protest, April 22-27, 1968

Flyer listing planned events for the week, sponsored by SDS and the UW Vietnam Committee

SDS internal meeting agenda, c. 1969

SDS internal meeting agenda, c. 1969

Statement on UW complicity with the war

Statement on UW complicity with the war

"Rank and Filer" newsletter, Feb. 12, 1969

Second page contains a call for the February 16 GI demonstration in Seattle

"Are you content with being second class citizens?"

A Draft Resistance/SDS pamphlet and list of upcoming actions, 1968

"Draft Boards" pamphlet

"Draft Boards: A Study of the Selective Service System, How it Works, and the People Involved--Seattle"

"GE Turns Off" Revolutionary Youth Movement flyer, c. late 1969

"Why we carry the NLF flag!"

Revolutionary Youth Movement flyer from Los Angeles

Call for the

Call for the "Days of Rage" protestts in Chicago, October 8-11, 1969

Organized by the Weather Underground

"Support Black Construction Workers," SDS pamphlet Nov. 5, 1969

Press Release on the Pacific Northwest New Mobilization Committee, July 1970

Press Release on the Pacific Northwest New Mobilization Committee, July 1970

Cartoon flyer  for the Weather Underground, date unknown

Cartoon flyer for the Weather Underground, date unknown

"The Revolutionary Youth and the Road to the Proletariat"

Pamphlet by the Revolutionary Youth Movement faction

Flyer for the Pacific Northwest Antiwar Conference, July 18, 1970

Flyer for the Pacific Northwest Antiwar Conference, July 18, 1970

Support the Abortion Bill

Support the Abortion Bill

Flyer from the Women's Liberation Committee of SDS-PFP; the Women's Majority Union; and the Young Socialist Alliance.

Revolutionary Arts Festival at UW sponsored by the Young Socialist Alliance

Revolutionary Arts Festival at UW sponsored by the Young Socialist Alliance

UFW Boycott Bulletin #1, January 30, 1969, by SDS

UFW Boycott Bulletin #1, January 30, 1969, by SDS

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