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Papers, 1969.

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Papers concerning anti-Vietnam War activities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, most dealing with an SACC Activities Day held there on March 4, 1969 to discuss and criticize interaction between MIT researchers and the Defense Dept. Speakers featured on that day include Senator George McGovern and linguist Noam Chomsky. File includes flyers, pamphlets, and clippings from these and other student organizations and faculty (including the Students for a Democratic Society and the Union of Concerned Scientists), most of which expose specific instances of academic complicity with the military or criticize the interaction between governments and large corporations in the U.S., Vietnam, Guatemala, and elsewhere.

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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The Department of General Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) did not officially exist until 1882. Courses in general studies were offered as early as 1865, when the MIT Catalog offered a curriculum option called the Course in Science and Literature. At that time, all regular MIT students were required to take “general studies” classes from the Course in Science and Literature, in addition to English, history, and modern languages. In 1882 the Course in Scienc...

Science Action Coordinating Committee.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

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