Records of the War and Political Information Center, 1970.

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Records of the War and Political Information Center, 1970.

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Records include a history of the Center, meeting minutes, memoranda, correspondence, library periodicals with mentions of the Center, buttons designed by the Center to raise money reading "Harvard librarians for peace," financial records, photographs, and notes.

0.17 cubic feet (1 half-document box)

Harvard University Archives.

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Harvard University Archives.

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Harvard university library

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The University Library consists of all the collections of books in the possession of the University. It originated in 1638 with books left to the college by John Harvard. The library system currently consists of over 100 separate facilities, ranging from very small specialized collections to Widener Library, with its 5 million volumes. Each of the faculties within the University maintains one or more libraries serving its special constituency. The largest unit is the Harvard College Library (inc...

War and Political Information Center (Harvard University)

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After the shooting of college students at Kent State University in May 1970 and the subsequent student protests at Harvard and other colleges and universities, concerned employees of the Harvard University Library formed the War and Political Information Center. Volunteers staffed a desk in Widener Library to collect and disseminate infor on the Vietnam War for the benefit of the community. The Center was disbanded in August 1970. From the description of Records of the War and Politi...