Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
History
Scope and Content
Organization and Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Related Material
Descriptive Summary
Title: Student Protests, Paris 1968
Date (inclusive): 1967-1969
Collection number: 1204
Extent:
6 boxes (3 linear ft.)
3 oversize boxes.
Abstract: In 1968, student dissatisfaction with university conditions in France resulted in riots. The unrest spread throughout Paris
and to other parts of France. In June 1968, a graduate student in History at the Sorbonne was contacted by the UCLA Western
bibliographer to collect material relating to the events leading to the protests of May and subsequent events in France. Materials
consist of monographs, serials, newspapers, posters, flyers, political tracts, songs, and phonograph records collected in
Paris during the period 1967-1969. Some items relate to student/worker partnerships, especially in regard to strikes taking
place at French factories during the period. Many of the political tracts and flyers are unattributed and undated (although
some have handwritten dates in the upper right-hand corner).
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of
the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC
Regents do not hold the copyright.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Student Protests, Paris 1968 (Collection 1204). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
History
By May 1968, student dissatisfaction with university conditions in France had reached its peak and resulted in riots. As other
groups with similar grievances become involved, the unrest spread throughout Paris and to other parts of France. In June 1968,
a graduate student in History at the Sorbonne was contacted by the UCLA Western bibliographer to collect material relating
to the events leading to the protests of May and subsequent events in France. The collection contains the materials sent by
the student over the next year and a half.
Scope and Content
Materials consist of monographs, serials, newspapers, posters, flyers, political tracts, songs, and phonograph records collected
in Paris during the period 1967-1969. Most of the material deals with the period immediately before, during, and after the
student protests in May-June 1968. Some items relate to student/worker partnerships, especially in regard to strikes taking
place at French factories during the period. Many of the political tracts and flyers are unattributed and undated (although
some have handwritten dates in the upper right-hand corner).
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Monographs (box 1)
- Serials (boxes 2-4)
- Information on various student groups (boxes 4-5)
- Information on the restructuring of teaching (box 6)
- Oversized material (boxes 7-9).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
College students--France--Political activity--Archival resources.
Riots--France--Paris.
France--Politics and government--1958-
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