Collection Summary
Information for Researchers
Administrative Information
Chronology of the Berkeley Movement, 1960-1971
Scope and Content Note
Collection Summary
Collection Title: Social protest collection
Date (inclusive): 1943-1982
Date (bulk): 1960-1975
Collection Number: BANC MSS 86/157 c
Extent:
Number of containers: 27 cartons, 2 oversize boxes, 1 card file box
Linear feet: 33.87
Microfilm copies: 101 reels : positive and negative (BNEG 3106) ; 35 mm
10 digital objects (11 images)
Repository: The Bancroft Library.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Abstract: Contains leaflets, flyers, posters, publications and ephemera. Gathered by the Social Protest Project primarily on Sproul
Plaza for the UC undergraduate library between 1969-1982, the material primarly relates to the Vietnam War and Civil Rights
demonstrations although there is significant material on Black Power, political issues, the Women's movement, lesbian and
gay rights, Third World issues, the Left and Right, campus labor disputes, and the movement against nuclear power and nuclear
weapons.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Information for Researchers
Access
RESTRICTED ORIGINALS. Use microfilm copy with call number BANC FILM 2757. Collection is open for research except for the unprocessed
serials. Inquiries concerning these should be directed to the Head of Public Services of The Bancroft Library.
Publication Rights
Materials in this collection may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction
of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions,
privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond
that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See:
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html .
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Social protest collection, BANC MSS 86/157 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Alternate Forms Available
This collection is available on microfilm: BANC FILM 2757.
Digital reproductions of selected items are available.
Archival Sources at Other Institutions
The Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin.
A primary national depository for 1960's protest movements. Civil Rights papers include: the archives of the Congress of Racial
Equality; the personal papers of George Wiley, Congress of Racial Equality leader and founder of the National Welfare Rights
Organization; the archives of the Highlander Folk School; and papers of Kentucky civil rights activists Carl and Anne Braden
and their organization, the Southern Conference Educational Fund. Anti-Vietnam War movement collections include: Student Peace
Union, Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, Fifth Avenue Peace Parade Committee, National Peace Action
Coalition and Students for a Democratic Society. The Society also houses the archives of the Socialist Labor Party and the
Trotskyist Socialists Workers Party.
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center, Atlanta, Georgia.
The Center has a substantial Archives on the southern civil rights movement including: the Southern Christian Leadership Conference,
Dr. King's personal papers, and the records of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
Swarthmore Peace Collection, Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania.
Collections include American Friends Service Committee; National Committee for a SANE Nuclear Policy, Inc.; War Resisters
League; and Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.
Tamiment Collection, New York University.
Papers of socialist organizations and individuals are the major strength of the Tamiment Collection. This archive's origins
are deeply rooted in the Socialist Party of Eugene Debs and in the New York labor movement of the early part of the twentieth
century.
Material Cataloged Separately
- Serial titles have been transferred to the Bancroft serial collection.
- Northern California Alliance records have been removed and cataloged as BANC MSS 87/236 c
- Workers' Party records have been removed and cataloged as BANC MSS 87/237 c
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog
Black Panther Party
University of California, Berkeley--Students--Political activity
Civil rights movements--California
Counterculture--California
Feminism--California
Gay rights--California
Peace movements--California
Student movements--California--Berkeley
Students--California--Berkeley--Political activity
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Protest movements--California--Berkeley
Pamphlets
Social protest collection
Social Protest Project
Socialist Party of California
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The Social Protest Collection was originally known as the Social Protest Project until 1986. The collection was gathered under
the auspices of the University of California Berkeley Undergraduate Library and later transferred to the custody of the Collection
Development Office. The Bancroft Library acquired the collection in 1972.
Chronology of the Berkeley Movement, 1960-1971
The following chronology, compiled by Professor William Rorabaugh of the University of Washington, provides an overview of
key protest dates in the Bay Area.
Mid-May 1960 |
Protest against House Un-American Activities Committee at San Francisco City Hall |
Mar-Apr 1963 |
Berkeley City Election; open housing referendum |
March 1964 |
Sheraton Palace Hotel (San Francisco) civil rights sit-in |
Sep-Dec 1964 |
Free Speech Movement |
March 1965 |
Filthy Speech Movement |
Mid-May 1965 |
Vietnam Day Committee teach-in |
August 1965 |
Berkeley troop train protests |
Oct 15 1965 |
Vietnam Day Committee Oakland march |
Nov 15 1965 |
Second Vietnam Day Committee Oakland march |
Apr-Jun 1966 |
Robert Scheer Campaign for Congress |
Mar-Apr 1967 |
Jerry Rubin Campaign for Mayor of Berkeley |
Oct-Dec 1967 |
Anti-draft campaign, Oakland Induction Center |
May-Jun 1968 |
Democratic Presidential Primary |
Jun 28-Jul 4, 1968 |
Berkeley Telegraph Avenue riots 1968 |
Sep-Nov 1968 |
Eldridge Cleaver controversy |
Jan-Apr 1969 |
Third World Liberation Front campus strike |
May-Jun 1969 |
People's Park protest |
Oct 15 1969 |
"The Mobe" Against the War |
April 1970 |
Cambodian Invasion/Kent State Protests/Reconstitution of the University Crisis, Berkeley |
April 1971 |
Radicals win three seats on Berkeley City Council |
Scope and Content Note
The Social Protest Collection, 1943-1982, contains leaflets, flyers, posters, publications, and miscellaneous ephemera. Gathered
by the Social Protest Project on Sproul Plaza for the University of California Berkeley undergraduate library during the years
1969-1982, the material primarily relates to the Vietnam War and Civil Rights demonstrations although there is significant
material on Black Power, the Women's movement, lesbian and gay rights, Third World issues, the Left and Right, campus labor
disputes, and the movement against nuclear power and nuclear weapons.