Descriptive Summary
Important Information for Researchers
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Collection Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Vietnam War protest ephemera
Date: 1966-1979,
Date (bulk): bulk 1971-1973
Collection Number: MS-M034
Extent:
0.4 linear feet
(1 box)
Languages: The collection is in English.
Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library. Special Collections and Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557
Abstract: The collection contains fliers, leaflets, booklets, pamphlets, form letters, articles, newsletters, newspapers, clippings,
and a petition from the Vietnam War protest movement, largely in California. Contains anti-war organizing literature issued
by organizations including Air War Vote (California), American Committee in Solidarity with the Vietnamese People (San Francisco,
Calif.), American Friends Service Committee (Philadelphia, Penn.), the Indochina Peace Campaign (Santa Monica, Calif.), Medical
Aid for Indochina (Cambridge, Mass.), People's Coalition for Peace and Justice (New York, N.Y.), the San Diego Convention
Coalition (San Diego, Calif.), and several other groups. Also included are newspaper clippings of articles covering the anti-war
movement.
Important Information for Researchers
Access
The collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Preferred Citation
Vietnam War protest ephemera. MS-M034. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date
accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this
collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Acquisition Information
Acquired, 2008.
Custodial History
Collection was acquired in two installments from Bolerium Books, San Francisco, California.
Processing History
Processed by Dawn Schmitz, 2009.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
The collection consists of fliers, leaflets, booklets, pamphlets, form letters, articles, newsletters, newspapers, clippings,
and a petition from the Vietnam War protest movement, largely in California. It contains anti-war organizing literature issued
by organizations including Air War Vote (California), American Committee in Solidarity with the Vietnamese People (San Francisco,
Calif.), American Friends Service Committee (Philadelphia, Penn.), the Indochina Peace Campaign (Santa Monica, Calif.), Medical
Aid for Indochina (Cambridge, Mass.), People's Coalition for Peace and Justice (New York, N.Y.), the San Diego Convention
Coalition (San Diego, Calif.), and several other groups. Also included are newspaper clippings of articles covering the anti-war
movement.
Collection Arrangement
This collection is arranged in alphabetical order by name of the issuing organization, followed by four folders of newspaper
clippings.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Air War Vote (Organization)
American Committee for Solidarity With the Vietnamese People
American Friends Service Committee
Indochina Peace Campaign (Organization : U.S.)
Medical Aid for Indochina (Organization)
People's Coalition for Peace and Justice
San Diego Convention Coalition
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States
Peace movements -- United States
Genres and Formats of Materials
Protest literature -- United States -- 20th century
Ephemera -- 20th century
