Christopher Dols Collection on the Campus Antiwar Network
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Abstract
The Campus Antiwar Network (CAN) is a network of students that was initially founded to protest the Iraqi War and military recruitment on college and university campuses across the United States. The anti-war and counter-recruitment materials of the Christopher Dols Collection on the Campus Antiwar Network date between 2002 and 2007 and include pamphlets, flyers, CAN recruitment materials, letters, photographs, student-run newspaper issues and clippings, contact lists, receipts, a t-shirt, a poster, and other types of ephemera.
Biographical / Historical
Christopher Dols was a former member and campaign organizer for the Campus Antiwar Network (CAN) while he was studying civil and environmental engineering at the University of Wisconsin in the early 2000s. CAN is a college- and university-based antiwar network in the United States, initially founded during the onset of the Iraq War in late 2002 and early 2003. During the war, the student activists of CAN demanded the withdrawal of troops from Iraq, reparations to the Iraqi people, and an end to the United Nation sanctions they believed were harming the country. Other issues of focus included the occupation of Afghanistan and conflict in the West Bank, as well as broader social issues such as racial scapegoating, attacks on civil liberties, and government funding of the military over education, jobs, and healthcare. As of 2016, CAN members continue to protest military recruitment on college campuses by organizing speaking events with antiwar veterans, distributing pamphlets, and picketing military recruiters in schools.
Arrangement
Materials are in rough groupings by content and material type following the order in which they were received from the donor.
Content Description
The Christopher Dols Collection on the Campus Antiwar Network consist of materials documenting the organization's efforts to protest the Iraq War, with an emphasis on activist efforts in Madison, Wisconsin. Materials date between 2002 and 2007 and include pamphlets, flyers, recruitment materials, correspondence, photographs, contact lists, receipts, a t-shirt, a poster, and other types of ephemera. Also included in the collection are newspaper issues and clippings from The Capital Times, the Wisconsin State Journal, The Washington Post, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison's two student-run papers The Daily Cardinal and The Badger Herald.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restriction.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection, created by Christopher Dols or the Campus Antiwar Network, was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Christopher Dols Collection on the Campus Antiwar Network; TAM 701; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Christopher Dols in 2016. The accession number associated with this gift is 2016.048.
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Processing Information
At the time of accessioning materials were placed in acid-free folders and boxes, and described on the collection-level. No other arrangement or physical interventions have taken place.
