Activism Ephemera collection, 1948-1976 | Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Title: Activism Ephemera collection, 1948-1976

Predominant Dates:1965-1976

ID: 01/01/MSS00094

Extent: 0.75 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: Collection is arranged into two series: (1) Paper Ephemera and (2) Audiovisual Materials.

Date Acquired: 00/00/2000

Subjects: Activism

Languages: English

Activism

Repository: Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Access Restrictions: The collection is open for research.

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Acquisition Source: Skyline Books

Preferred Citation: Activism Ephemera collection, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Finding Aid Revision History: Revised January 9, 2025.

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Paper Ephemera

Box 1

Folder 1: American Indian Movement

Item 1: “Revolutionary Activities Within the United States: The American Indian Movement” pamphlet, 1976

Folder 2: Angela Davis

Item 1: “Angela Davis Speaks from Prison” flyer, 1970

Item 2: Spoof postcard, 1971

Item 3: “Henry Winston Meets Angela Davis” pamphlet (Published by Communist Party), 1970

Item 4: “The Angela Davis Case” flyer (Published by American Federation of Teachers), 1970

Item 5: “N.Y. All-League Conference on the Fight to Free Angela Davis and all Political Prisoners” flyer (Published by Young Workers Liberation League), 1971

Item 6: Newsletter of the Eastern Regional Committee to Free Angela Davis, 1971

Folder 3: Angela Davis (Published by the National United Committee to Free Angela Davis)

Item 1: “Angela Speaks” flyer, 1970

Item 2: National United Committee to Free Angela Davis press release, 1970

Item 3: Los Angeles Area Bulletin National United Committee to Free Angela Davis, 1970

Item 4: The Newsletter of the United Committee to Free Angela Davis, 1970

Item 5: The Newsletter of the National United Committee to Free Angela Davis, 1971

Folder 4: Angela Davis

Item 1: Newsletter of the San Francisco Committee to Free Angela Davis and the National United Committee to Free Angela Davis, 1971

Folder 5: Angela Davis (Published by the New York Committee to Free Angela Davis)

Item 1: “A Statement on George Jackson” flyer, 1971

Item 2: “Exclusive: Angela Answers 13 Questions” pamphlet, 1971

Item 3: “We’re Here and We’re Stronger Than Ever Free All Political Prisoners” flyer, 1971

Item 4: “Calendar of a Frame-Up” flyer, 1971

Folder 6: Attica Prison

Item 1: Petition to Governor Nelson Rockefeller and Attorney-General Louis Lefkowitz of New York State, 1972

Folder 7: Christian Revolutionary Medical Committees

Item 1: People’s Medical Handbook pamphlet, 1969

Folder 8: Diggers (Published by The Communication Company)

Item 1: “Hippies, Infiltrate the FBI” flyer, undated

Item 2: “100 Cases of Lettuce Free in the Panhandle” flyer, undated

Item 3: “Haight-Ashbury Girl Digger Meating” flyer, undated

Item 4: “Let’s Not Pay for Love...Circuses are for free” flyer, undated

Folder 9: Diggers (Published by The Communication Company)

Item 1: Free City News (collection of 8 broadsides), 1967

Folder 10: Diggers (Published by The Communication Company)

Item 1: Free City News “The Moon is in Its Third Quarter...” poster, undated

Item 2: Free City News “Life Without Sight or Sound” poster, undated

Item 3: Free City News “It’s Being Unusually Dark the Other Morning...” poster, undated

Item 4: Free City News “The Moon, in its First Quarter…” poster, undated

Item 5: Free City News “Vote for Me” poster, undated

Folder 11: Free Speech Defense Fund

Item 1: Free Speech Defense Fund Christmas postcard, 1965

Folder 12: Abbie Hoffman

Item 1: Fuck the System by Abbie Hoffman pamphlet, 1967

Folder 13: Abbie Hoffman

Item 1: Playboy magazine featuring Abbie Hoffman interview, 1976

Folder 14: Independent Faculty-Student Legal Fund

Item 1: Independent Faculty-Student Legal Fund form letter, undated

Folder 15: Los Angeles Riots, 1965

Item 1: Anarchy magazine, 1965

Folder 16: Paris Riots, 1968

Item 1: Journal for the Protection of All Beings, 1968

Folder 17: People’s Park

Item 1: “SOD, Brothers” flyer, 1969

Item 2: “Townspeople…” flyer, 1969

Item 3: Instant News Service pamphlet, 1969

Item 4: “Power, Parks, & People” flyer, undated

Item 5: “Vote Yes on the Park” flyer, undated

Folder 18: The Provos (Published in the Netherlands)

Item 1: “Provo is uit!” broadside, 1965

Folder 19: Rainbow People’s Party

Item 1: Rainbow People’s Party Legal Defense Fund stationary, undated

Folder 20: Rainbow People’s Party - John Sinclair

Item 1: Marijuana Revolution by John Sinclair pamphlet, 1971

Item 2: The State of Michigan vs. John Sinclair, 1970

Folder 21: Jerry Rubin

Item 1: The Program: Jerry Rubin for Mayor of Berkeley pamphlet, 1948

Folder 22: Jerry Rubin

Item 1: Berkeley Barb newspaper featuring Jerry Rubin article, 1948

(Also includes articles about Black Panther Party, Regis Debray, and the Vietnam War)

Folder 23: Students for a Democratic Society

Item 1: A White America in a Non-White World by Noel Day speech transcript, 1862

Folder 24: Students for a Democratic Society

Item 1: Trapped in a System by Carl Oglesby pamphlet, 1965

Folder 25: Students for a Democratic Society

Item 1: SDS Work-In 1968: Towards a Worker-Student Alliance pamphlet, 1968

Folder 26: Situationist International - Stan Branage

Item 1: Sigma Portfolio newsletter, 1964

Folder 27: Situationist International - Roger Gregoire and Fredy Perlman

Item 1: Worker-Student Action Committees: France May ‘68 by Roger Gregoire and Fredy Perlman pamphlet, 1973

Folder 28: Situationist International - Fredy Perlman

Item 1: Birth of a Revolutionary Movement in Yugoslavia by Fredy Perlman pamphlet, 1969

Item 2: Revolt in Socialist Yugoslavia June 1968 pamphlet, 1973

Folder 29: Situationist International

Item 1: The Right to Be Greedy pamphlet, 1974

Folder 30: Situationist International

Item 1: The Counter-Revolution in Ireland by Serge Van der Straeten and Philippe Daufouy pamphlet, 1974

Folder 31: Situationist International

Item 1: Generation of Revolutionaries by Michael Velli pamphlet, 1974

Folder 32: Student Activism

Item 1: Armageddon Handbook: A Manual for Revolutionary Leaders pamphlet, undated

Folder 33: Student Activism

Item 1: Information for Novice Street Fighters pamphlet, 1969

Folder 34: Student Activism - Betty Chmaj

Item 1: The Protest Papers edited by Betty Chmaj, 1966

Folder 35: Student Activism - Herbert R. Kohl

Item 1: A University for Our Time by Herbert R. Kohl pamphlet, 1969

Folder 36: Student Activism - Irish Republican Army

Item 1: Notes on Guerilla Warfare: Handbook for Volunteers of the Irish Republican Army pamphlet, 1969

Folder 37: Symbionese Liberation Army

Item 1: Camilla/Mízmoon by Gloría Bosquè, 1974

Folder 38: Youth International Party (Yippies) - Chicago

Item 1: “Yippie! Chicago Aug 25-30” flyer, 1968

Item 2: “People, Get Ready” flyer, 1968

Folder 39: Youth International Party (Yippies) - New York City

Item 1: Brooklyn Yippie! Newsletter, 1975

Series 2: Audiovisual Materials

Box 2

Folder 1: Free Speech Movement

Item 1: Sentencing of the FSM Defendants reel-to-reel tape, 1967

Folder 2: Free Speech Movement

Item 1: Joy to UC: Free Speech Carols 45 rpm record, 1964

Folder 3: Free Speech Movement

Item 1: FSM’s Sounds and Songs of the Demonstration LP record, 1965

Folder 4: Free Speech Movement

Item 1: Is Freedom Academic? LP record, 1964