Finding Aid to the Joseph Fischer Collection of Vietnam War Era Political Protest Posters

Bancroft Library Staff

The Bancroft Library

2018

The Bancroft Library

University of California

Berkeley, CA 94720-6000

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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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Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

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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.

Biographical / Historical

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

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.

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).

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

oversize-folder B 1, item 1

Peace Now