116-4., 1968.

File — Box: 3, Folder: 2

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Contains correspondence, clippings, announcements, publications, and other material re all aspects of campus life, including student events, elections, organizations, protests, and activism. Reference is made to civil rights activity, as well as to protests against the Vietnam War. Material relating to the National Student Strike of 1970 and the May Day demonstrations of 1971 is included.

Arranged chronologically.

Dates

1968.

Conditions Governing Access

Box 1 folder 5 and Box 2 folder 1 contain closed material which will be removed before access is granted.

Extent

From the Collection: 1.5 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Container Summary

Includes: material re Free University; press release re increased scholarship aid to African American students from Washington, December 6, 1968; letter from Academic Vice President Brain A. McGrath, S.J. to Student Affairs Committee Chair Keith Fort re Student Bill of Rights, November 18, 1968; Georgetown to Georgetown Reports sponsored by Georgetown to Georgetown Student Committee, November 19, 1968, designed to familiarize students with difficulties they might encounter with the law; flyer re rally on issue of layman as Georgetown president, November 14, 1968; flyer re candidacy of Alan Silva for Class President; flyer re student strike supported by Georgetown Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)S and Black Student Alliance, October 1968; flyer re candidacy of Alan DiSciullo for Treasurer; SDS flyer, “Welcome to the Georgetown ‘Community’”, September 15, 1968; press release re move to strengthen due process in student disciplinary cases, September 18,1968; drug policy, June 5, 1968; policy on unlawful student protest, May 28, 1968; flyer re Peace Day, April 26, 1968; notice from President Gerard J. Campbell, S.J., April 5, re assassination of Martin Luther King, requesting all students “to remain on the campus or [their] own homes during this trying period”; Georgetown Record article “University Responds to Needs of Strife-Torn City”, April 1968, re aid by Georgetown students during the D.C. riots; flyer re visit by Executive Vice President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference Andrew Young, March 5, 1968; flyers re Student Power Party; flyer re candidacy of Michael D. Schattman for Treasurer; and letter from the High School Recruiting Committee to faculty, January 2, 1968, discussing its history and purpose.