College students--Political activity

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This collection includes 49 images from a student-led protest of the Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) recruitment on campus on November 14, 1988. Multiple student organizations vehemently opposed the CIA’s presence on campus and started calling for action and/or protests. This collection also includes a small selection of articles from the Daily Northwestern describing the incident.

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The Anti-Vietnam War Strike Materials Collection comprises a diverse assortment of documents and other materials relating to the University-wide strike that took place over a seven day period in May of 1970. The collection of newspaper clippings, press releases, flyers, and memos records the events of the strike and its aftermath through the summer and fall of 1970.

Abstract During the spring quarter of 1970, students at Northwestern voted to go on strike to demonstrate their opposition to the Vietnam War. The Sandy Doyle Anti-Vietnam War Strike Collection contains materials collected by Northwestern freshman Sandy Doyle during the strike, including issues of The Daily Northwestern, the armband worn by student protestors, photographs of the strike, and memos circulated amongst students. The collection also includes other...

Abstract The Irwin "Trip" Rothschild III Papers includes materials related to Rothschild's time as an undergraduate student at Northwestern University from 1968 to 1972. While a student at Northwestern, Rothschild was a member of Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity and created the Student Organized Seminar program. Items of note in the collection include around 96 letters from Rothschild to his family from September 1968 to June 1972. These letters focus on Rothschild’s life at Northwestern and describe the...