This guide describes materials available in the University of Iowa Archives, Department of Special Collections, that pertain to student protest movements during the 1960s, 1970s and other periods. RG numbers refer to the described collection's record group number. |
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Vertical Files:
Subject: Miscellaneous: Student Protest, 1965 to present (8 folders of clippings and other material). RG 01.15.
Organizations and Clubs: Students for a Democratic Society (2 folders). RG 01.15.
Buildings and Grounds: Old Armory. RG 01.15.
Buildings and Grounds: Old Armory Annex ("Big Pink"). RG 01.15.
Buildings and Grounds: Temporary. RG 01.15.
Collections:
FBI files on Iowa Colleges and Universities Obtained Under the Freedom of Information Act, late 1960s and early 1970s. 3.0 linear feet. Six boxes. RG 02.06.
Center for Draft Information and Counseling. 1.5 linear feet. RG 02.02.
Editorial Comments of Iowa Television Stations Collection, 1965-1985. 3.75 linear feet. MsC 158.
New University Conference (a left-of-center faculty and student organization). 7.0 linear feet. RG03.09.
New Wave Party Records, 1980-1992. 10.0 linear feet. RG 02.06.03.
Presidential Correspondence collections: Papers of Howard Bowen and Papers of Willard Boyd, 1964-1976. RG 05 series.
Records of the Iowa State Board of Regents. RG 04 series.
Records of the Department of Mathematics. Includes one folder on draft deferments for faculty during World War II, correspondence series, 1941-1946. RG 06.22.
Records of the Iowa Memorial Union. Includes scrapbooks of clippings pertaining to Soapbox Soundoff, a free speech forum founded in 1964, and a draft card burning incident at that venue the following year. RG 24.04.
University News Service, "Editorial Review; Recent Editorials Relating to the State Board of Regents and/or the Institutions, 1963 1976." Editorials from Iowa newspapers, including letters to the editor. 0.5 linear feet. RG 23.05.
University News Service Subject Files. RG 23.05.
Papers of D.C. Spriestersbach, 1952-2000. RG 99.0255.
Papers of Frederick Wezeman, 1947-1973. Includes Iowa City peace vigil, 1966-1973. RG 99.0123.
Books:
Bourjaily, Vance. Now Playing at Canterbury (1976). Special Collections Iowa Authors; Main.
Felsen, Milt. The Anti-Warrior: A Memoir. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1989.
Luck, David J. Student Protest at Iowa (1969). A photographic essay. University Archives.
Musselman, Gearhart. History of the Iowa Memorial Union (1969). Refers to "Soapbox Soundoff," a free speech forum established by the IMU in 1964; also the site of an early draft-card burning demonstration, October 1965. University Archives.
Shields, David. Heroes: A Novel (1984). Main.
Videocassette:
"On a Confrontation in Iowa City," a documentary recorded by Robert Coover examining the December 5, 1967, demonstration against Dow Chemical's recruitment on the University of Iowa campus. Media Services: Video record
Newspapers:
The Daily Iowan, 1901 - present; bound volumes in Archives (RG 02.11). Also microfilm in Media Services. Note: Some of the Archives' volumes are closed for research due to their fragile condition.
Publications:
Some University-produced publications include references to student protest activity. Titles of over 200 such publications may be searched in the University Serials and Journals Collection (RG 01.09.02).
Underground Newspapers:
Ain't I a Woman, 1970-1974; Media Services Film
Free Flowing, 1973-1978; Special Collections
Iowa City Oppressed Citizen, 1970-1971; Special Collections
The Iowa Defender, 1959-1969; Media Services Film
Middle Earth, 1967; Special Collections
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