Finding Aid to the Marjorie Colvin San Francisco Bay Area Antiwar Papers, 1965-1971
Finding aid prepared by Wendy Kramer
San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA, 94102
(415) 557-4567
info@sfpl.org
2010
Title: Marjorie Colvin San Francisco Bay Area Antiwar Papers
Date (inclusive): 1965-1971
Collection Identifier: SFH 47
Creator:
Colvin, Marjorie
Physical Description:
1.0 box
(0.25 cubic ft.)
Contributing Institution:
San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 557-4567
info@sfpl.org
Physical Location: Collection is stored onsite.
Language of Materials: Collection materials are in
English.
Abstract: Newsletters, fliers, magazines, correspondence, ephemera, and snapshot photographs documenting the anti-Vietnam War movement
in the San Francisco Bay Area. The papers appear to be those of Marjorie Colvin, an antiwar activist who edited the Vietnam
Day Committee's magazine
Did You Vote for War? (1965) and was involved in the Bay Area Peace Action Council, which among other activities, worked to get a referendum on
the ballot in San Francisco calling for the immediate withdrawal of troops from Vietnam.
Access
The collection is open for research. Please call the San Francisco History Center for hours and information at 415-557-4567.
Photographs are interspersed in the collection; researchers are asked to wear gloves when handling.
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the City Archivist.
Note
One letter from 1965 is addressed to Marjorie "Colwell." It is unclear whether that is her maiden name or whether it is a
misnomer of Colvin.
Provenance
Gift from donor who purchased it from Bolerium Books; donated July 21, 1996.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Marjorie Colvin San Francisco Bay Area Antiwar Papers (SFH 47), San Francisco History Center, San
Francisco Public Library.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged by type of material.
Scope and Content
Newsletters, fliers, magazines, correspondence, ephemera, and snapshot photographs documenting the anti-Vietnam War movement
in the San Francisco Bay Area. The papers appear to be those of Marjorie Colvin, an antiwar activist who edited the Vietnam
Day Committee's magazine
Did You Vote for War? (1965) and was involved in the Bay Area Peace Action Council, which among other activities, worked to get a referendum on
the ballot in San Francisco calling for the immediate withdrawal of troops from Vietnam. The collection includes letters and
permits for protest rallies in San Francisco by the New Mobilization Committee West, organized by Paul Colvin, as well as
a small amount of ephemera on redevelopment of the A-2 area of the Western Addition, police brutality, and other issues. There
are also a few single issues of publications and ephemera of organizations based outside of the Bay Area. Publications include
the
Berkeley Barb, Berkeley Gazette, Vietnam Day Committee News, Task Force, and GI Press Service.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Colvin, Marjorie -- Archives
Colvin, Paul
Anti-war demonstrations--California--San Francisco Bay Area--Photographs
Ephemera.
Peace movements--California--San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)--Social conditions
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest Movements
Folder 1
Did you Vote for War? Bay Area Vietnam Day Committee,
1965
Folder 2
Vietnam Day Committee News, Viet Dialog,
1965-1966
Folder 3
Berkeley Gazette, Berkeley Barb,
1965-1966
Folder 5
Periodicals and published essays on Vietnam War, national,
ca. 1966-1971
Folder 6
Antiwar ephemera, national,
ca. 1966-1971
Folder 7
Antiwar ephemera, Bay Area,
ca. 1966-1971
Folder 8
Flyer advertising Socialist Education Weekend produced by SWP and YSA,
1967
Folder 9
Ephemera on racial discrimination and poverty in San Francisco,
ca. 1967
Folder 10
Antiwar flyers from Bay Area Spartacist League,
1967
Folder 11
Mobilization Committee letters and permits for protest rallies,
1968-1969
Folder 12
GI Press Service newsletter no. 2 and no. 7,
1969
Folder 13
Task Force newsletter no. 2-4,
1969
Folder 14
Antiwar flyers from various Bay Area leftist groups,
late 1960s
Folder 15
Documents and correspondence of Bay Area Peace Action Council,
1969-1970
Folder 16
Antiwar ad clipping from a
San Francisco Chronicle, March 11,
1970
Folder 17
Monitor signs for Nov. 15 Moratorium March,
[no date]
Folder 18
Antiwar stickers,
[no date]
Folder 19
Photographs of antiwar marches and rallies,
ca 1966-1971
