James Zarichny Students for a Democratic Society Papers
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Abstract
The collection contains some twenty position papers and convention bulletins, most relating to a Students for a Democratic Society, June, 1963 conference in Nyack, New York.
Historical/Biographical Note
Students for a Democratic Society, aka SDS, was founded in 1960 and became the most influential student organization of the 1960s "New Left," until its fracturing into various competing sects in 1969. It opposed the Vietham War, supported the African American civil rights movement, academic freedom, and an end to college and university supervision and policing of the private lives and social mores of students.
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The collection contains some twenty position papers and convention bulletins, most relating to a Students for a Democratic Society, June, 1963 conference in Nyack, New York. Most were written by the emerging leaders of SDS. There are also two 1962 typescripts, written in proparation for that year's SDS convention, including one by Tom Hayden, that was in part a precursor of the famous Port Huron Statement.
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Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright (and related rights to publicity and privacy) to materials in this collection, created by James Zarichny, was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by James Zarichny in 2009.
