Joseph Fischer collection of Vietnam War era political protest posters, approximately 1968-1972

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Summary

Creators:
Fischer, Joseph
Abstract:
San Francisco Bay Area political protest posters from the Vietnam War era, most of them denouncing war, criticizing U.S. foreign policy of the Lyndon B Johnson and Richard M. Nixon administrations, demanding support for the peoples of Vietnam and Cambodia, and/or promoting peace.
Extent:
90 prints in 3 folders
Language:
English and Some material in Spanish.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Joseph Fischer collection of Vietnam War era political protest posters, BANC PIC 2016.118, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Background

Scope and content:

San Francisco Bay Area political protest posters from the Vietnam War era, most of them denouncing war, criticizing U.S. foreign policy of the Lyndon B Johnson and Richard M. Nixon administrations, demanding support for the peoples of Vietnam and Cambodia, and/or promoting peace. Other topics include the Kent State University shootings, support for the United Farm Workers union, People's Park, and criticism of the police. Many posters feature silk-screened designs created by University of California, Berkeley students in the College of Environmental Design, Wurster Hall, perhaps for a program named Gorilla Graphics, as suggested by one poster in the collection (no. 85).

Biographical / historical:

Joseph Fischer: born 1926; received M.A. from University of California, Berkeley; Southeast Asian scholar; long-time Berkeley resident.

Acquisition information:
The Joseph Fischer collection of Vietnam War era political protest posters was given to The Bancroft Library by Joseph Fischer in 2016.
Physical location:
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Physical facet:
: chiefly color serigraphs and lithographs
Dimensions:
; various sizes
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Joseph Fischer collection of Vietnam War era political protest posters, BANC PIC 2016.118, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
Contact:
510-642-6481
bancref-library@berkeley.edu
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