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BANC PIC 2016.118
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Joseph Fischer collection of Vietnam War era political protest posters
Creator:
Fischer, Joseph
Identifier/Call Number: BANC PIC 2016.118
Physical Description:
90 prints
in 3 folders
: chiefly color serigraphs and lithographs
; various sizes
Date (inclusive): approximately 1968-1972
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.
Language of Material: Some material in Spanish.
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Collection is open for research.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Joseph Fischer collection of Vietnam War era political protest posters was given to The Bancroft Library by Joseph Fischer
in 2016.
Joseph Fischer: born 1926; received M.A. from University of California, Berkeley; Southeast Asian scholar; long-time Berkeley
resident.
[Identification of item], Joseph Fischer collection of Vietnam War era political protest posters, BANC PIC 2016.118, The Bancroft
Library, University of California, Berkeley.
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).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Pictorial works
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Political aspects -- Posters
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Protest movements -- California -- San Francisco -- Posters
Fischer, Joseph