Summary Information
Peace and Freedom Center of Pittsburgh Records
AIS.1969.06
Peace and Freedom Center (Pittsburgh, Pa.).
1967-1969
2.5 linear feet
Language: English
Abstract: The Peace and Freedom Center was a Pittsburgh based anti-war group in the 1960s and 1970s. It was originally located in the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh, until its offices moved to the Bloomfield neighborhood. The collection contains meeting minutes, correspondence, posters, results from opinion polls and information concerning different events associated with the group.
ULS Archives Service Center
University of Pittsburgh Library System
7500 Thomas Boulevard
Pittsburgh, PA, 15260
412-648-3232
archives-ref@mail.pitt.edu
October 4, 2004
Finding aid prepared by Jaime Hamel
History
The Peace and Freedom Center of Pittsburgh was an educational and social action organization dedicated to the elimination of war, poverty, exploitation and the inhumanity of man. It promoted the active participation of people through the formation of a movement to build a society in which people have meaningful control over the political, social and economic institutions, which shape their lives.
The center was originally located in the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh, 1968-1969. It moved to the Bloomfield section of Pittsburgh in 1969. As of the last records, 1970, that is where the Center remained.
The Center took an active roll in the community, hosting events, taking opinion polls and participating in rallies and protests. The Center was aligned with similar groups around the nation. The Peace and Freedom Center also published a newsletter four times a year from 1966 through 1970.
Collection Scope and Content Notes
This collection reflects the activities of the Peace and Freedom Center of Pittsburgh as well as the activities of other groups who were associated with their cause. The collection consists of six boxes containing meeting minutes, posters, polling information, newsletters and correspondence with other groups in the United States, as well as information on events in which the Center participated.
The collection has been divided into the following series. Series I contains administrative records, personnel files, news releases, correspondence as well as publications from the Peace and Freedom Center. Series II holds opinion polls produced by the center. Series III has information on meetings and conferences. Series IV has information on various organizations connected with the Peace and Freedom Center. Series V contains information, in the form of speeches, publications and correspondence, generated by various people. Series VI contains information on draft and anti-draft movements, the Vietnam War, human rights and poverty. Series VII contains newsletters published by various organizations that were in accordance with issues that the Peace and Freedom Center valued.
Subject Terms
- Economic assistance, Domestic -- United States -- Societies, etc.
- Human rights advocacy -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Societies, etc.
- Human rights workers -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
- Peace movements -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Societies, etc.
- Social advocacy -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Societies, etc.
- Peace and Freedom Center (Pittsburgh, Pa.).
- Correspondence
- Minutes
- Newsletters
- Posters
- Public opinion polls
- Associations
- Social action
Access and Use
No restrictions.
Gift of Walter Tillow on April 24, 1969.
Peace and Freedom Center of Pittsburgh Records, 1967-1969, AIS.1969.06, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh
This collection was processed by Jaime Hamel on October 4, 2004.
No copyright restrictions.
Collection Inventory
Series I. Administration Records, Publications, and Personnel
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Scope and Content Notes: This series contains administrative records, lease information, news releases, publications produced by the organization, and information about the field secretary and office manager.
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Box 1
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Organization, undated
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Memorandum, undated
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Lease and lease notices, undated
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News releases, undated
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Pittsburgh Peace and Freedom News Vol. 1 #1 - Vol. 4 #2, July 1966 - March 1970
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Correspondence, 1967-1969
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Field secretary Tillow, Walter. Correspondence, 1967-1968
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Office manager Jones, Ruth M. Correspondence and memoranda, 1967-1969
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Series II. Opinion Polls
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Scope and Content Notes: This series includes information collected as the result of opinion polls from 1967.
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Vietnam War, East Liberty, individual interviews, Summer 1967
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Assignment sheets, 1967
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Vietnam War, poll information, Summer 1967
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Vietnam War, Garfield, individual interviews, Summer 1967
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Vietnam War, Hazelwood, individual interviews, Summer 1967
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Hazelwood, data by street, 1967
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Hazelwood, data by street, 1967
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Vietnam War, Hazelwood, summary of poll, Summer 1967
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Series III. Meetings, Conferences
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Scope and Content Notes: The information in this series deals with meetings and conferences the Center either had interest in or was a participant.
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Box 2
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Crisis of Conscience Conference, Pittsburgh, Pa., October 11-13, 1968
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Democratic Party National Convention, Coalition protest at Chicago convention, 1968 ()
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Operation Freedom Board minutes, September 9, 1967
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Workshop - independent political groups, 1968
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Resolutions, memorials in regards to Vietnam War, undated
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Series IV. Organizations
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Scope and Content Notes: This series contains information on organizations which were either involved with or were of interest to the Peace and Freedom Center. The files are arranged alphabetically.
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Americans for Democratic Action, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Chicago Area Draft Resisters (Cadre)
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Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam
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Committee for the Presidio 27
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Committee to Free Morton Sobell
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Communist Party U.S.A.
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Detroit Women for Peace
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Dow Action Committee
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Episcopal Peace Fellowship, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Fort Hood Three Defense Committee
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Independent Student Unions, Erie Chapter
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International Union of Students
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Labor Leadership Assembly for Peace
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Lawyers Committee on American policy towards Vietnam
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Montreal Council to aid War Resisters
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National Committee to Abolish the House Committee on un-American Activities
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National Conference for New Politics
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National Mobilization committee to End the War in Vietnam (CEWV)
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Negotiation Now! Philadelphia, Pa.
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New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam (CEWV)
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New University Conference, Chicago
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New University Conference, Pittsburgh
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Philadelphia Resistance
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Pittsburgh Ad Hoc committee on Vietnam
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Pittsburgh Area Students for Peace
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Pittsburgh Black Draft Counseling Center
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Pittsburgh Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy
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Pittsburgh Committee on Southern Africa
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Pittsburgh Committee to End the War in Vietnam (EWV)
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Pittsburgh Resistance
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Pittsburgh Veterans for Peace, 1971
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Resist, Cambridge, Massachusetts, correspondence, 1971
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The Resistance, N.Y., correspondence, from April 1968
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Box 3
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLS), April 1969
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Southern Conference Educational Fund (SCEF)
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Spring Mobilization Committee, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Student Mobilization Committee, New York, N.Y.
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
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Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
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SDS, University of Pittsburgh
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Tieng Noi Cua Phat Tu Viet Nam Hai Ngoai - Voice of the Vietnam Buddhists Students for Peace, University of Pittsburgh
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Union of Vietnamese Students in France, April 1967
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United Farm Workers, 1969
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United Oakland Ministry, Pittsburgh, Pa. (posters)
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Vietnam Moratorium Committee
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W.E.B. DuBoi Clubs, N.Y.
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W.E.B. DuBois Clubs, Pittsburgh
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Western Pennsylvania Academic Council on Problems of War and Peace
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Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
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Women Strike for Peace, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Youth International Movements (YIPPIE)
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Mailing List of Organizations Opposing the War in Vietnam
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Series V. People
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Scope and Content Notes: The files in this series contain information, in the form of speeches, publications and correspondence, generated by the people listed below.
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Box 4
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Newton, Henry P.
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Spock, Dr. Benjamin, October 22, 1967
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Series VI. Literature, Sources and Posters
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Scope and Content Notes: In this series there is information on draft and anti-draft movements, the Vietnam War, human rights and poverty.
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Literature. Draft/Anti-Draft, 1967-1970
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Literature. Vietnam War, negro
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Literature. Vietnam War, religious groups
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Literature. Vietnam War, detailed "Hawk"
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Literature. Brochures and Literature on the Draft and Vietnam War (Pittsburgh groups)
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Literature. Vietnam War, general
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Literature. Resistance
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Literature. Resistance
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Literature. Resistance support
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Literature. Human rights, poverty, free university, politics, etc.
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Box 5
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Sources for material (anti-war/anti-draft)
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Series VII. Publications
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Scope and Content Notes: This series contains newsletters published by various organizations that were in accordance with issues that the Peace and Freedom Center valued.
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Miscellaneous publications Vietnam ROTC, undated
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AIM the Bulletin of the American Independence Movement (published by IPAC), August-December 1967
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American Exile in Britain, undated
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American Exile in Canada, undated
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Amnesty Action, undated
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Another Mother for Peace, undated
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Chicago Action Community, undated
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CIPA newsletter (Citizens for Independent Action), undated
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Catholic Radical, February 1968
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Conscience Guide Newsletter, April 1969
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Detroit Women for Peace, January 1968
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The Free You, Free University, April 1969
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Freedom and Peace Free Press, March 1969
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Houston Committee to End the War in Vietnam News (HCEWV), March 1968
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Insurgent W.E.B DuBois Clubs of America, Summer 1968
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Iowa Peace Bulletin, February-July 1968
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Labor News and Views, December 1967
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Left Out News (Citizens for Independent Political Action), July 1967-August 1967
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Libert (Citizens Committee for Constitutional Liberties), June 1963-Fall 1968
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Long Island United for Peace Reporter, August 1967
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MDS Newsletter (New Orleans Movement for a Democratic Society), December 1967-January 1968
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Massachusetts PAX News (Political Action for Peace), October -December 1967
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Milwaukee 14 Newsletter, January-March 1969
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Milwaukee Organizer, July 1967, October 1967
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Minnesota Vietnam News, September 1967, October 1967
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The Minority of One, January 1966-September 1967
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Mississippi Newsletter, October 1967-November 1968
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Mobilizer to End the War in Vietnam, September 1967, August 1968
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The Movement, San Francisco, February 1968-February 1969
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National Convention for New Politics News, September 1967, August 1968
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Box 6
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National Mobilization Direct Action Project Direct Action News, September 1967
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Negotiation Now: Bulletin, August 1967
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The New England Free Press, undated
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New Mobilizer, September 5, 1969
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New Patriot (Ithaca, N.Y.), December 1967-July 1968
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Ohio Peace Action News, January 1968
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Paper Tiger, Boston, Mass., undated
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Paris Digest, April 1968
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The Partisan, Fall 1967
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PAX Chicago Peace Council News Bulleting, December 1967
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Peace Center Newsletter, Harrisburg Area Peace Center, October 1967-June 1968
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Pennsylvania Activist, February 1966, June 1968
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People for Human Rights Newsletter, undated
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Philadelphia Anti-Draft Union Newsletter, January 1968
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Radicals in the Professions, November 1967-May 1968
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Raritan Peace News, October 1967-February 1968
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Resist! December 1967, April 1969
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The Resister, February 22, 1968
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Reveille, June 1968
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Rochester Peace Newsletter, September 1967-October 1968
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SCEF News (Southern Conference Education Fund), June 1968
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SDRU Newsletter (Swarthmore Draft Resistance Union), August 1967
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SSRS Newsletter (Society for Social Responsibility in Science), October -November 1967
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South Vietnam In Struggle, March 1, 1969
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The Southern Patriot, August 1967-March 1969
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Spur Newsletter W.E.B. DuBois Clubs of America, inventory sheet, November 1967
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Student Mobilizer, July 1967-January 1968
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Student Mobilization committee (SMC), National Action Bulletin, October 1968
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Socialist Worker Campaigner, January 1968
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Talk Out. (Mantua-Powelton Vietnam Project), June 1967
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Tri-Continental Information Center Bulletin, November 1967-January 1968
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UT Peaceletter (University of Texas Committee to End the War in Vietnam), undated
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Vietnam Commencement Newsletter, March 1968
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Vietnam Petitioner (Newsletter of the Boston, Cambridge, Harvard, Radcliff and MIT Committees to End the War in Vietnam), April 1967
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Vietnam Summer, Indianapolis Project News, July 1967
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Vietnam Summer News, June-August 1967
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Vietnam War, What For?, January-February 1968
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Vocations for Social Change, March, April 1969
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Voice of the Women's Liberation Movement, February 1969
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We Won't Go (Newsletter of the Philadelphia Anti-Draft Union), November 1967
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Women Strike for Peace, memo, August 1967-February 1969
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Women Strike for Peace, newsletter, June 1968
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Wyoming Valley Committee of Concern for Vietnam, April 1969
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