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Guide to the Radical Ephemera and Underground Publications Collection
MS-0013
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Collection Title: Radical Ephemera and Underground Publications Collection
Dates: 1966-1983
Bulk Dates: 1968-1972
Identification: MS-0013
Physical Description: 6.19 linear ft
Language of Materials:
English
Chinese
Spanish;Castilian
Repository:
Special Collections & University Archives
5500 Campanile Dr. MC 8050
San Diego, CA, 92182-8050
URL: http://library.sdsu.edu/scua
Email: scref@rohan.sdsu.edu
Phone: 619-594-6791
Numerous monographs were removed from this collection for cataloging in 2008. These items were all gifts of Joyce and Leon
Nower, and they can be located by searching "Joyce and Leon Nower" in the library catalog and limiting location to Special
Collections.
The copyright interests in these materials have not been transferred to San Diego State University. Copyright resides with
the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. The nature of historical archival and manuscript collections
is such that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine. Requests for permission to publish must be
submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. When granted, permission
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission
of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are made available
for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including
but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.
This collection is open for research.
Identification of item, folder title, box number, Radical Ephemera and Underground Publications Collection, Special Collections
and University Archives, Library and Information Access, San Diego State University.
Peter Bohmer Collection, 1964-1979
University Archives Topical File
University Archives Photograph Collection
NOW Collection, Series 3, Sub-series 26: Periodicals
Center for Women's Studies and Services, Series 4: Periodicals
University Non-Current Periodicals (unprocessed)
I. Radical Ephemera
1. San Diego State University
2. San Diego County
3. National
II. Underground Publications
1. San Diego State University
2. San Diego County
3. National
This collection covers social issues of the late 1960s to mid 1970s in the United States, especially as manifested on the
San Diego State University (College) campus and in San Diego County. These issues include women's rights, civil rights, Marxism,
Socialism, Vietnam war protests and other issues related to military conflicts, prisoners' rights, and counter-culture or
alternative lifestyles.
The bulk of the
Radical Ephemera series relates to activities and controversies on the San Diego State campus, including the Peter Bohmer controversy, protests
against Dow Chemical and ROTC presence on campus, protests against faculty firings, and various student strikes. Groups represented
in the San Diego County miscellany folder include: San Diego Committee for the Defense of the Bill of Rights, San Diego Women
Against the War, League of Housewives, San Diego Abortion Coalition, Indochina Peace Campaign, Committee to Free Political
Prisoners, and the Assassination Inquiry Committee. National activities are represented especially by a folder of ephemera
relating to radical/subversive student movements at the University of Texas. Ephemera is defined here as flyers, handbills,
broadsides, brochures, newspaper clippings, posters, manifestos, and advertisements.
The
Underground Publications series consists mostly of newspapers with nation-wide circulation covering national events, though several journals and newsletters
are also represented.
Items are arranged alphabetically by originating body, group, or club, whether at San Diego State, in San Diego County, or
at a national level.