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Title: Raymond R. White collection
Date (inclusive): 1966-1985
Collection Number: 2011C10
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
3 manuscript boxes, 6 oversize boxes
(9.5 Linear Feet)
Abstract: The Raymond R. White collection consists of documents relating to the Stanford antiwar movement and to the wider radical political
and countercultural scene in the Palo Alto area in the late 1960s and early 1970s. White was a member of a conservative group,
the Stanford branch of the Young Americans for Freedom (YAF), that actively opposed campus radicals during this period. Along
with other YAF members, White systematically collected materials published by and pertaining to Stanford radicals and the
demonstrations that they organized. He also collected leaflets, pamphlets, and serial issues published by a variety of New
Left organizations and counter-cultural groups in the greater Palo Alto area. The White collection includes some posters and
a considerable number of fugitive and ephemeral materials not found in other collections pertaining to radical political movements
at Stanford and in its vicinity during this period.
source:
White, Raymond R.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Boxes 1-2 closed. Box 8 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of 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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2011.
[Identification of item], Raymond R. White collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1950 | Born, New Rochelle, New York |
| 1967-1976 | Studies at Stanford University, where he is active in conservative student groups |
| 1973 | Awarded doctorate in biology, Stanford University |
| 1982-present | Teaches biology at City College of San Francisco |
Scope and Content of Collection
The Raymond R. White collection consists of documents relating to the Stanford antiwar movement and to the wider radical political
and countercultural scene in the Palo Alto area in the late 1960s and early 1970s. White was a member of a conservative group,
the Stanford branch of the Young Americans for Freedom (YAF), that actively opposed campus radicals during this period. Along
with other YAF members, White systematically collected materials published by and pertaining to Stanford radicals and the
demonstrations that they organized. He also collected leaflets, pamphlets, and serial issues published by a variety of New
Left organizations and counter-cultural groups in the greater Palo Alto area. The White collection includes some posters and
a considerable number of fugitive and ephemeral materials not found in other collections pertaining to radical political movements
in the Peninsula during this period.
While much of the White collection centers on the antiwar movement, it also has materials relating to the case of Stanford
University professor and Venceremos leader H. Bruce Franklin, whose teaching career at Stanford ended in 1972, after prolonged
proceedings initiated by the Stanford administration. Franklin's dismissal was controversial at the time, as were his political
views. In addition to being a tenured English professor, Franklin was the leader of Venceremos, a Maoist organization that
openly advocated armed struggle as part of its revolutionary program. The result of a split within the Revolutionary Union
(which later became the Revolutionary Communist Party), Venceremos aligned itself with the Black Panther Party and other militant
organizations active in the San Francisco Bay Area at the time.
The White collection comprises the largest set of documents in the archives specifically relating to Stanford and its environs
during the turbulent era of the Vietnam War and the mass protests that arose in opposition to it. Although its creation and
order were determined by the conservative political agenda of White and his collaborators, the collection will provide researchers
with a detailed view of the groups that were most active in the radical movement at Stanford and in the Palo Alto area at
the time. It will also show that Stanford had its own radical milieu, and although it was much smaller than the Berkeley movement
of the same era, it was one that had a significant impact on campus life.
New Left collection, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Stanford Draft Counseling Office collection, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Radicalism -- United States
Student movements -- United States
Stanford University
White, Raymond R.