Free Speech Movement of Berkeley, California Collection
-
No requestable containers
Scope and Contents
The Free Speech Movement Collection is arranged in three categories of materials in a total of 40 folders: (1) Serials; (2) Records, Tapes, and Photographs; and (3) Reports, Letters, Bulletins etc.
Serials can be found in folders 1 through 4. Folder 5 contains records and photographs; tapes are numbered and are located to the right of folders in Box #1. The other materials are found in folders 6 through 40. Each folder in this category has a title which corresponds to a specific subject connected with the Free Speech Movement.
Those not acquainted with the history of the Free Speech Movement may wish to read one of the chronologies contained in folder #17, as an aid in determining the folder in which more specific information may be found.
Dates
- approximately 1964
Creator
- Free Speech Movement (Berkeley, Calif.) (Organization)
Extent
2.00 Boxes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Free Speech Movement (FSM) of Berkeley, California was a series of large and student-led protests on the University of California Berkeley campus during late 1964 and early 1965. At issue were the students’ rights to engage in on-campus political activities, and for the University to recognize more general rights to free speech and academic freedom. The collection is arranged in three categories in a total of 40 folders: (1) Serials; (2) Records, Tapes, and Photographs; and (3) Reports, Letters, Bulletins etc.
Arrangement
The Free Speech Movement collection is organized into: serials (arranged alphabetically by title); records, tapes, and photographs; and reports, letters, bulletins etc. (in alphabetical order).
Processing Information
Collection arranged and finding aid prepared by Elliott Horch; August 1985.
- Title
- Guide to the Free Speech Movement of Berkeley, California Collection
- Author
- Elliott Horch
- Date
- 01/08/1985
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Library Details
Part of the Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections Repository
Deering Library, Level 3
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300 US
847-491-3635
specialcollections@northwestern.edu