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Vietnam War era ephemera collection

Leaflets and newspapers that were distributed on the University of Washington campus during the decades of the 1960s and 1970s that reflect the social environment and political activities of the youth movement in Seattle during that period.

More About This Collection

Contributor to Resource
University of Washington. Libraries. Digital Initiatives, University of Washington. Libraries

Date of Original
1960/1979

Subject
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--Washington (State)-- Seattle
Civil rights--Washington (State)--Seattle
Student movements--Washington (State)--Seattle
Civil disobedience--Washington (State)--Seattle
Gay liberation movement--Washington (State)--Seattle
Feminism--Washington (State)--Seattle
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Posters

Location
United States, Washington, King County, Seattle, 47.60621, -122.33207

Medium
pamphlets
posters

Type
StillImage, Text

Description
"The text are selections from Vietnam War era ephemera collection of printed ephemera including pamphlets, posters, manifestos, newsletters, booklets, and open letters created by the various Seattle-area and University of Washington manifestations of American civil rights and protest movements of the late 1960's and 1970's. The material centers mainly around the Vietnam War, but includes much about feminism, racism, socialism, labor unions and the rights of farm workers, gay rights, environmental and economic boycotts of large corporations and agro-industry, prisoners' rights, and the Iranian revolution of 1979."

Metadata URL
http://content.lib.washington.edu/protestsweb/

Contributing Institution
University of Washington. Libraries. Special Collections Division

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