Guide to the University of California, Santa Barbara, Students for Free Political Action Collection
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Guide to the University of California, Santa Barbara, Students for Free Political Action Collection, 1964-1965
Collection number: UArch 103
Department of Special CollectionsDavidson Library
University of California, Santa Barbara
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© 2009 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Title: University of California, Santa Barbara, Students for Free Political Action Collection
Dates: 1964-1965
Collection number: UArch 103
Creator:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Students for Free Political Action
Collection Size:
0.2 linear feet
(1 half-size document box)
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Dept. of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Abstract: The Students for Free Political Action (SFPA) were formed during a period at UCSB and campuses across the country when students
increasingly became politically active. SFPA was particularly interested in assuring the means for political free speech on
campus, including students' rights to distribute literature, invite speakers, etc., and to encourage student participation
in their university government. The collection contains some correspondence, event flyers, meeting minutes, constitution drafts,
and other documents.
Physical location: Del Sur, University Archives.
Languages:
English
None.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
University of California, Santa Barbara, Students for Free Political Action Collection. UArch 103. Department of Special Collections,
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Scope and Content of Collection
From the Constitution of the Students for Free Political Action, folder 3:
"The Purpose of the Students for Free Political Action is to broaden the representation and widen the interest in student
government, toward the goal of asserting the 'decisive voice in the determination and the administration of broad areas of
University policy' which rightfully belongs to the students."
The Students for Free Political Action (SFPA) were formed during a period at UCSB and campuses across the country when students
increasingly became politically active. SFPA was particularly interested in assuring the means for political free speech on
campus, including students' rights to distribute literature, invite speakers, etc., and to encourage student participation
in their university government.
The collection contains some correspondence, event flyers, meeting minutes, constitution drafts, and other documents.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
University of California, Santa Barbara. Students for Free Political Action
Student movements -- California -- Political activity -- History.
Materials on similar student groups and contemporary issues can be found in the UCSB Student Organizations collection, UArch
101.
Files on student elections in Associated Students subject files, UArch 21; Associated Students records, UArch 19; and Office
of Public Information subject files, UArch 12.
Monographs on similar student organizations and movements, particularly the Free Speech Movement, at UC Berkeley can be searched
on the online catalog, Pegasus.
Box 1: 1
Correspondence, 1964-1965
Box 1: 2
Flyers, handouts (incl. some notes on purpose of flyers), 1964-1965
Box 1: 3
Organization documents, 1964-1965
Box 1: 4
University Bulletin, with notes, Nov. 16, 1964