Inventory of the Symbionese Liberation Army collection

Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff

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Title: Symbionese Liberation Army collection

Date (inclusive): 1973-1977

Collection Number: 2019C23

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 1 oversize box (1.0 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Pamphlets, flyers, leaflets, and miscellany, relating to the Symbionese Liberation Army.

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Use

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Acquisition Information

Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2018.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Symbionese Liberation Army collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Symbionese Liberation Army

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Printed ephemera and manuscripts 1974-1976

Scope and Contents note

Numbers in the numbered list do not represent the order of the documents within the container.

1. Songs of Rage: Poems for the S.L.A. (Berkeley: Orphans of Amerika, 1974.

2. Bosque, Gloria. "Camilla / Mizmoon: Three Poems." Winters, CA: Konocti. Books, 1974. First Edition.

3. Giverns, Cornbread. "Open Letter to the SLA - Field Marshall Cinque." N.p.: Poor Peoples Development Foundation, [1974].

4. "Symbionese Liberation Army: Support/Criticize/Love Them." N.p.: S.i., [1974].

5. "Don't Be Conned By Ruling Class Lies!!!" [Berkeley: Bay Area Research Collective, 1974].

6. [Broadside] "Support Our Guerrilla Forces." [Berkeley: Bay Area Research Collective, 1974].

7. [Broadside] "New Solidarity." News Bulletin #75. "Press Must Help Labor Committee Attempt to Save Ms. Hearst's Life." New York: [Larouche Group, 1974].

8. "'Black Liberation Army': Genesis of CIA Terrorists." [San Francisco: New Solidarity, 1974].

9. [Broadside] "Wanted by the FBI. Bank Robbery, Interstate Flight, Possession of Homemade Bomb, Robbery, Receiving Stolen Property, Assault With Force. Donald David De Freeze" (Wanted Flyer 473). Washington, DC: Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1974 (April 17).

10. [Broadside] "Wanted by the FBI. National Firearms Act; Material Witness. William Taylor Harris, Emily Montague Harris, Patricia Campbell Hearst" (Wanted Flyer). Washington, DC: Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1974 (May 20).

11. [Broadside] "National Firearms Act. Wanted by FBI: Emily Montague Harris [together with] National Firearms Act; Bank Robbery. Wanted by FBI: Patricia Campbell Hearst" (Identification Orders). Washington, DC: Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1974 (September 24).

12. [Broadside] "Wanted by the FBI. National Firearms Act. William Taylor Harris, Emily Montague Harris, Patricia Campbell Hearst" (Wanted Flyer). Washington, DC: Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1974 (September 25).

13. [Circular] Sostre, Martin. "Martin Sostre - Statement on the S.L.A." [New York: Martin Sostre, 1974].

14. The Symbionese Liberation Army: A Study Prepared for the Use of the Committee on Internal Security, House of Representatives Ninety-Third Congress, Second Session . Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1974.

15. [Variant] The Symbionese Liberation Army: A Study Prepared for the Use of the Committee on Internal Security, House of Representatives Ninety-Third Congress, Second Session . Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1974.

16. [Broadside] "Who Are The Real Savages." [Berkeley]: Orphans of Amerika, [1975].

17. "n.w.l.f. Plans War on Oil Barons." Berkeley: New Dawn Party, [1975].

18. History Will Absolve Us: A Statement From the Underground. (Cover title: Free the SLA. Free All Political Prisoners. History Will Absolve Us). [San Francisco: Dragon, 1976]. First Edition.

20. Long, Steve. "Alleged Zapata guerrillas". [Berkeley: New Dawn, 1976]. Article originally appearing in The San Francisco Bay Guardian, March 26, 1976.

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Items related to the death and memorial of Dr. Marcus A. Foster 1973

Scope and Contents note

Numbers in the numbered list do not represent the order of the documents in the container.

1. [Funeral Program] "In Remembrance of Dr. Marcus A. Foster." Monday, November 12, 1973 at 11am.

2. [Memorial Bulletin] "In Memoriam. March 31, 1923 - November 6, 1973."

3. Superintendent's Bulletin, Nov.-Dec., 1973. "Dr. Marcus A. Foster. Superintendent of Schools." July 1, 1970-November 6, 1973. Oakland: Oakland Unified School District, 1973.

4. [Broadside] "Marcus Foster Memorial." (1973), produced by Friends of Angela Atwood.

5. [Circular] News Release. Press-TV-Radio. November 7, 1973. "Oakland Unified School District. Press release regarding the shooting of Superintendent Foster and Deputy Superintendent Robert W. Blackburn."

6. [Circular] Oakland Public Schools. Office of the Acting Superintendent. November 7, 1973. "TO: The Administrative Staff of the Oakland Public Schools. Official address to OPS administrative staff from Acting Superintendent Alden W. Badal."

7. [Broadside] "Dr. Marcus Foster was killed Nov.6th 1973: He was our school superintendent. We are very sad. Because of this, we should study hard. We should love everybody. Kenneth. Gr.1."

8. [Songsheet] "Tribute to Dr. Foster" (To the Tune of Battle Hymn of Republic), Words by Dolores Frazier, Principal, Highland School.

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Poster

Scope and Contents note

Anonymously-produced memorial for the six SLA members killed in a shoot-out with Los Angeles police on May 16th, 1974. Includes portraits of the six victims - "Fahizah" (Nancy Ling Perry); "Genina" (Angela Atwood); "Cin" (aka. Cinque) (Donald David DeFreeze); "Mizmoon" (Patricia Soltysik); "Camilla" (Camilla Hall); and "Teko" (Willie Wolfe). The SLA's seven-headed cobra emblem appears at center.

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The Patricia Hearst Coloring Book 1977

Scope and Contents note

San Francisco: Drapiewski and Shapiro, 1977. First Edition. Part of the Patricia Hearst exhibit at Southern Exposure Gallery in San Francisco, curated by Daniel Drapiewski and Myra Shapiro. Drawings lead the reader through Hearst's life, beginning at her birth and ending with her arrest and incarceration in 1975. There are also pages of games.