Oakland University Archives and Special Collections
OU.HISTORY.STUDENTPROTEST
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Oakland University Archives and Special Collections
- Title
- Student Protest Movements collection
- ID
- OU.HISTORY.STUDENTPROTEST
- Date
- 1960s-early 1970s
- Extent
- 0.25 Linear feet
- Language
- English
- Text [Box]
- 1
Preferred Citation
Item, folder title, box no.,Student Protest Movements collection, Oakland University Archives
History
In the late 1960s and early 1970s some OU students, like their peers at other institutions, became more politically active and joined social protest and counterculture movements.
Scope and Contents note
This collection contains texts and ephemera that document students' political activities on the OU campus. It was assembled artificially from scattered materials found in the archives.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Oakland University Archives and Special Collections
Kresge Library100 Library Drive
Rochester, MI, 48309
Access and Use
The Student Protest Movements collection is open for research.
Copyright
Copyright restrictions may apply.
Processing
Processed by Shirley Paquette and Dominique Daniel, September 2018.
Collection Inventory
Correspondence 1964-1967 |
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Event - Chancellor Varner resignation & replacement 1970 |
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Flyers & Student Writings 1964-1970's 2 folders. |
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Senior Colloquium - "Proposal for Change at OU" 1969 |
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Student Coalition - meeting minutes, flyers 1968-1969 HistoryThe Student Coalition was a student organization that operated in the 1968-1969 academic year to further political and social change in the United States. They circulated a petition demanding the right for students to regulate their own lives on campus outside of academics (“Home Rule Demanded,” Oakland Observer, Sept. 20, 1968), supported women’s rights, and organized debates on campus. |
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