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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: April 3rd Movement records
Identifier/Call Number: SC0841
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear Feet
(2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1969
Date (bulk): 1969
Summary: Collection includes
flyers, statements by the April 3rd Movement as well as university officials, information
sheets (including one for those planning to be arrested), a booklet on SRI produced by the
movement, a booklet titled "The Goods on AEL Declassified by the April 3rd Movement", the
newsletter "Declassified" produced during the occupation of the Applied Electronics
Laboratory, copies of articles, press releases, and issues of the CAMPUS REPORT and the
STANFORD DAILY. Also includes website files from two sites dedicated to documenting the
April 3rd Movement.
Language of Material:
English .
This collection is open for research.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must
be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special
Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright
owner, heir(s) or assigns. See:
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of
digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
April 3rd Movement Records (SC0841). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives,
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
The April 3rd Movement was a student group at Stanford University protesting the
university's connection with military and counter-insurgency research, specifically the
Stanford Research Institute and the Applied Electronics Laboratory. They led a 9-day
occupation of AEL and a sit-in at Encina Hall (the university's administrative offices).
Collection includes flyers, statements by the April 3rd Movement as well as university
officials, information sheets (including one for those planning to be arrested), a booklet
on SRI produced by the movement, a booklet titled "The Goods on AEL Declassified by the
April 3rd Movement", the newsletter "Declassified" produced during the occupation of the
Applied Electronics Laboratory, copies of articles, press releases, and issues of the CAMPUS
REPORT and the STANFORD DAILY. Also includes website files from two sites dedicated to
documenting the April 3rd Movement.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
College students -- Political activity.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements
Student movements -- California -- Stanford.