National Coordinating Committee to End the War in Vietnam records, 1964-1967.

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National Coordinating Committee to End the War in Vietnam records, 1964-1967.

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Records of the Madison, Wisconsin based organization which first coordinated the national opposition to the war in Vietnam. The files of several conferences and staff meetings include summarized minutes, correspondence, planning material, and some lists of participants. Publications include press releases, pamphlets, and rough drafts of articles for Peace and Freedom News. (Printed copies of Peace and Freedom News are available in the Historical Society Library.) On microfilm are clippings chiefly relating to NCC participation in the International Days of Protest. Prominent correspondents include Bettina Aptheker, Irving Beinin, Paul Booth, Carl Braden, Harry R. Bridges, David Dellinger, Sanford Gottlieb, Felix Greene, Ernest Gruening, Robert Kastenmeier, Arthur Kinoy, William Kunstler, Sidney Lens, Staughton Lynd, Floyd B. McKissick, Wayne Morse, A.J. Muste, Sidney Peck, Jerry Rubin, Benjamin M. Spock, and I.F. Stone. The processed portion is summarized above and is described in the register. Additional photographic accessions are described below.

5.8 c.f. (14 archives boxes) and.1 reel of microfilm (35 mm.); plus.additions of 374 photographs.495 negatives, and.0.2 c.f. of posters.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6923062

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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