Collection Summary
Information for Researchers
Administrative Information
Scope and Content
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.
Related Collections
Title: Sexual Freedom League Records, 1962-1983,
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 83/181 c
Title: Jefferson F. Poland Papers, 1965-1973,
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 99/157 c
Title: Free Speech Movement Records, 1936-1969,
Identifier/Call Number: CU-309,
University Archives, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeleyx
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.