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Guide to the Free Speech Movement Participants Papers, 1959-1997 (bulk 1964-1972)
BANC MSS 99/162 c  
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  • Collection Summary

    Collection Title: Free Speech Movement Participants Papers,
    Date (inclusive): 1959-1997
    Date (bulk): (bulk 1964-1972)
    Collection Number: BANC MSS 99/162 c
    Extent: Number of containers: 16 boxes, 5 cartons, 2 oversize boxes Linear feet: 13.45
    Repository: The Bancroft Library.
    Berkeley, California 94720-6000
    Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
    Abstract: Consists of small collections and single items donated by participants in the Free Speech Movement (FSM) to the FSM Digital Project over a three year period, 1998-2001. Includes letters, writings, pamphlets, leaflets, programs, songbooks, and ephemera.
    Languages Represented: English

    Information for Researchers

    Access

    Collection is open for research.

    Publication Rights

    Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Free Speech Movement participants papers, BANC MSS 99/162 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

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    Material Cataloged Separately

    • Some printed materials have been transferred to the book collection of The Bancroft Library.
    • Sound recordings have been transferred to the Microforms Collection of The Bancroft Library.

    Administrative Information

    Acquisition Information

    The Free Speech Movement Participants Papers were given to The Bancroft Library beginning in 1998 by individuals who participated in or observed the Free Speech Movement on the Berkeley campus in 1964. Additions of Charles Sellers files and FBI files made by Robby Cohen and Reginald Zelnik in 2003. Additions are ongoing.

    Funding

    Funding for processing provided by a gift from Stephen M. Silberstein.

    Scope and Content

    The Free Speech Movement Participants Papers, 1959-1997 (bulk 1964-1972) consists of small collections and single items assembled by the Free Speech Movement Digital Archive and Oral History Project over a three year period, 1998-2001. Material was donated to the project by various persons who participated in or were otherwise involved with the Free Speech Movement. Collection consists of writings, correspondence, and miscellaneous printed matter including pamphlets, leaflets, programs, songbooks, and other ephemera.
    The collection is divided into series by donor name in order of arrival at the project. These series are followed by a Miscellaneous Gifts series which consists primarily of single item gifts, usually articles, unpublished papers or publications. Currently the collection holds 9 individual series for Hunter Golay, Pamela Edwards-Kammer, Ken Sanderson, Stephen J. De Canio, Jefferson F. Poland, Laura X, Charles Artman, Gerald Westheimer, and the University of California, Berkeley, Department of Rhetoric.