Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140
RS 0/12/1
Iowa State University
Vietnam War Political Demonstrations Collection, 1950-1998, undated
Descriptive summary
creator: |
Iowa State University |
title: |
Vietnam War Political Demonstrations Collection |
dates: |
1950-1998, undated |
extent: |
1.47 linear feet (3 document boxes and 1 half-document box) |
collection number: |
RS 0/12/1 |
repository: |
University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University. |
Administrative information
access: |
Open for research |
publication rights: |
Consult Head, Special Collections Department |
preferred citation: |
Iowa State University Vietnam War Political Demonstrations Collection, RS 0/12/1, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library. |
Collection description
The collection (1950-1998, undated) contains news clippings, resolutions, statements, reports, and other information regarding the protests against the Vietnam War on the Iowa State University campus. The materials also include transcripts and reel-to-reel tapes of oral history interviews done by the Special Collections Department with key individuals from the protests including students, administrators, and citizens of Ames, Iowa. In addition, the collection contains Michael Swan's thesis (From Vietnam to Don Smith and Beyond: The Iowa State Daily and its Portrayal of a Radical Decade, 1965-1975) and six interviews. |
Organization
The collection is divided into three series:
|
Description of series
| Series 1 | Subject Files | 1950-1973, undated |
| extent: | 0.42 linear feet | |
| description: | This series contains news clippings, resolutions, statements, reports, and other information regarding the protests to the Vietnam War. | |
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
1 |
1 |
Bibliography |
undated |
1 |
2 |
Profile booklet |
undated |
1 |
3 |
McCarran Internal Security Act – Emergency Detention Act |
1950 |
1 |
4 |
Story County Grand Jury Special Report |
1968 |
1 |
5 |
Moratorium Committee |
1969 |
1 |
6 |
American Association of University Professors (AAUP) – Iowa State Chapter, statement |
1970 |
1 |
7 |
Board of Regents, State of Iowa, statement |
1970 |
1 |
8 |
Brief Candle |
1970 |
1 |
9 |
Chronology |
1970 |
1 |
10 |
Community Communication Project |
1970 |
1 |
11 |
Draft Board – Ames, Iowa |
1970 |
1 |
12 |
Faculty Committee for Peace and Democracy |
1970 |
1 |
13 |
Government of the Student Body Resolution # 17 – Student Strike |
1970 |
1 |
14 |
Government of the Student Body Resolution # 18 |
1970 |
1 |
15 |
Grinnell College |
1970 |
1 |
16 |
Guide – Political Information |
1970 |
1 |
17 |
Iowa State Daily |
1970 |
1 |
18 |
March – Ames, Iowa |
1970 |
1 |
19 |
March – Des Moines, Iowa |
1970 |
1 |
20 |
News clippings |
1968-1973 |
1 |
21 |
News clippings – May 1970 |
1970 |
1 |
22 |
President Parks – statements |
1970 |
1 |
23 |
Senate Amendment to End the War S609 |
1970 |
1 |
24 |
Telephone contact lists |
1970 |
1 |
25 |
Trial transcript of State of Iowa vs. Norman Burrell, Steve Ewoldt, James Platt, and Norris Yates |
1970 |
1 |
26 |
Workshop – ISU-National Crisis |
1970 |
1 |
27 |
Free Flowing |
1974 |
VAULT |
|
Film of student protests showing a person being taken to the Ames, Iowa city hall for fingerprinting |
1970 |
Description of series
| Series 2 | Oral History Interviews | 1970-1972 |
| extent: | 0.63 linear feet | |
| description: | This series includes 35 interviews done by staff in the Special Collections Department to document the war protests in May 1970. Interviewees include members of the Iowa State University administration, faculty, student government, student activists, and local attorneys. | |
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
2 |
1 |
Interviews participant lists |
1970 |
2 |
2 |
Interviews correspondence |
1970-1972 |
2 |
3 |
Interviews data sheet and purpose statement |
1970 |
2 |
4 |
Administration, Selective Service Building – Pyle, Robert interview transcript |
1970 |
2 |
5 |
Iowa State University Administration and Faculty – Bell, William G. |
1970 |
2 |
6 |
Iowa State University Administration and Faculty – Govdale, Thomas G. |
1970 |
2 |
7 |
Iowa State University Administration and Faculty – Hutchins, Edwin |
1970 |
2 |
8 |
Iowa State University Administration and Faculty – Johnson, Claudia E. |
1970 |
2 |
9 |
Iowa State University Administration and Faculty – Lawrence, Roger L. |
1970 |
2 |
10 |
Iowa State University Administration and Faculty – Lawrence, Stuart |
1970 |
2 |
11 |
Iowa State University Administration and Faculty – Layton, Wilbur |
1970 |
2 |
12 |
Iowa State University Administration and Faculty – Lindt, David L. |
1970 |
2 |
13 |
Iowa State University Administration and Faculty – Metzler, David E. |
1970 |
2 |
14 |
Iowa State University Administration and Faculty – Sandeen, Art |
1970 |
2 |
15 |
Iowa State University Administration and Faculty – Sharlin, Harold I. |
1970 |
2 |
16 |
Attorneys – Bishop, James F. |
1972 |
2 |
17 |
Attorneys – Jesse, Norman |
1972 |
2 |
18 |
Attorneys – Johnston, Dan |
1972 |
2 |
19 |
Students – Bennett, Sally |
1970 |
2 |
20 |
Students – Bjornseth, R. L. and Bill Agustine |
1970 |
2 |
21 |
Students – Brown, Clyde |
1970 |
2 |
22 |
Students – Cott, Stewart |
1970 |
2 |
23 |
Students – Ewoldt, Steve |
1970 |
2 |
24 |
Students – Gross, Ralph |
1970 |
2 |
25 |
Hannah, James V. |
1970 |
2 |
26 |
Klomp, Jess |
1970 |
2 |
27 |
Kundrat, Mary Ann |
1970 |
2 |
28 |
Marks, Douglas |
1970 |
2 |
29 |
Nelson, Robert |
1970 |
2 |
30 |
Parkin, Jerry D. |
1970 |
2 |
31 |
Patton, Kenneth R. and Julia A. |
1970 |
3 |
1 |
Potts, Craig |
1970 |
3 |
2 |
Rundle, John and Nancy Davis |
1970 |
3 |
3 |
Schnoor, Gerald L. |
1970 |
3 |
4 |
Shelton, Margery |
1970 |
3 |
5 |
Stebbins, John C. |
1970 |
3 |
6 |
Trembly, Robert |
1970 |
3 |
7 |
Wagstaff, John F. |
1970 |
VAULT |
|
Reel-to-reel audio tapes of the interviews |
1970, 1972 |
Description of series
| Series 3 | Manuscripts | 1998 |
| extent: | 0.21 linear feet | |
| description: | This series contains Michael Swan's thesis (From Vietnam to Don Smith and Beyond: The Iowa State Daily and its Portrayal of a Radical Decade, 1965-1975) and six interviews he conducted. | |
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
4 |
1 |
From Vietnam to Don Smith and Beyond: The Iowa State Daily and its Portrayal of a Radical Decade, 1965-1975 by Michael Swan |
1998 |
4 |
2 |
Oral History Interviews conducted by Michael Swan: |
1998 |