Scope and Contents
Arrangement Note
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
Source of Acquisition
Related Materials
Separated Materials
Preferred Citation
Other Descriptive Information
Processing Information
Accruals
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & University Archives
Title: Radical Ephemera and Underground Publications Collection
Identifier/Call Number: MS-0013
Physical Description:
9.60 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1966-2013
Date (bulk): 1968-1978
Language of Material:
English
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Scope and Contents
This collection covers social issues of the late 1960s to mid 1970s in the United States, especially as manifested on the
San Diego State University (College) campus and in San Diego County. These issues include women's rights, civil rights, Marxism,
Socialism, Vietnam war protests and other issues related to military conflicts, prisoners' rights, and counter-culture or
alternative lifestyles.
The bulk of the
Radical Ephemera series relates to activities and controversies on the San Diego State campus, including the Peter Bohmer controversy, protests
against Dow Chemical and ROTC presence on campus, protests against faculty firings, and various student strikes. National
activities are represented especially by a folder of ephemera relating to radical/subversive student movements at the University
of Texas. Ephemera is defined here as flyers, handbills, broadsides, brochures, newspaper clippings, posters, manifestos,
and advertisements. The series is arranged alphabetically by originating body, group, or club. There are also topical files
alphabetically arranged at the end of each of the three sub-series.
The
Underground Publications series, arranged alphabetically, consists mostly of newspapers with nation-wide circulation covering national events, though
several journals and newsletters are also represented. The series is particularly strong in Chicano rights, labor reform,
and Communist newspapers.
Arrangement Note
I. Radical Ephemera
1. San Diego State University
2. San Diego County
3. National
II. Underground Publications
1. San Diego State University
2. San Diego County
3. National
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The copyright interests in these materials have not been transferred to San Diego State University. Copyright resides with
the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. The nature of historical archival and manuscript collections
is such that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine. Requests for permission to publish must be
submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. When granted, permission
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission
of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are made available
for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including
but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.
Source of Acquisition
Joyce and Leon Nower, Gracia Molina de Pick Papers, Rene Nuñez Memorial Collection and other sources
Related Materials
Peter Bohmer Collection, 1964-1979
University Archives Topical File
University Archives Photograph Collection
NOW Collection, Series 3, Sub-series 26: Periodicals
Center for Women's Studies and Services, Series 4: Periodicals
Separated Materials
Numerous monographs were removed from this collection for cataloging in 2008. These items were all gifts of Joyce and Leon
Nower, and they can be located by searching "Joyce and Leon Nower" in the library catalog and limiting location to Special
Collections.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, folder title, box number, Radical Ephemera and Underground Publications Collection, Special Collections
and University Archives, San Diego State University Library.
Other Descriptive Information
Some ephemera and newspapers from the
Radical Ephemera and Underground Publications Collection originated from the following collections: Gracia Molina de Pick Papers, Rene Nuñez Memorial Collection
Processing Information
Materials are continually added to the collection as they come in.
Accruals
2006-067, 2013-039