Student Activism Reference collection, 1934-2024

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Summary

Creator:
Duke University. University Archives
Abstract:
The Student Activism Reference Collection was compiled from a variety of sources by the University Archives for use in reference and research. Collection contains materials pertaining to student movements and protests at Duke University in Durham, N.C. Contents are chiefly printed materials and include flyers, clippings, publications, petitions, print outs of chants and slogans, and other items. Major topics include: civil rights; human rights; campus labor issues; corporate divestiture in South Africa; anti-Semitism and racism on campus; and global events such as the Vietnam War. Materials in the collection date from 1934 and are added to the collection on a continuing basis.
Extent:
1.5 Linear Feet
Language:
Material in English
Collection ID:
UA.01.11.0061
University Archives Record Group:
01 -- General Information and University History
01 -- General Information and University History > 11 -- Reference Collections

Background

Scope and content:

The Student Activism Reference Collection was collected and compiled from a variety of sources by University Archives staff for use in reference and research about student movements and protests. Materials document student activism chiefly at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina from 1934 to present times, with the bulk of materials dating from the later 20th century.

Contents are chiefly in the form of printed materials and include flyers, clippings, publications, petitions, print outs of chants and slogans, and other items. Major topics include: civil rights; human rights; campus labor issues; corporate divestiture in South Africa; anti-Semitism and racism on campus; and global events such as the Vietnam War, the Tiananmen Square massacre, 1989 and the Ukrainian invasion, 2022. Some materials refer to student movements elsewhere.

Materials in the collection date from 1934 and are added to the collection on a continuing basis.

Acquisition information:
The Student Activism Reference Collection was compiled by University Archives staff from a variety of sources.
Processing information:

Processed by Archives Staff, April 2008.

Encoded by Sherrie Bowser, April 2008.

Updated by Kimberly Sims, August 2010.

Updated by Molly Bragg, July 2011.

Two folders added in 2023, inventory updated by Paula Jeannet.

Two folders added and inventory updated in 2024 by April Blevins.

Ongoing accessions are merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.

Arrangement:

Collection is arranged in chronological order

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Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Student Activism Reference Collection, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.