Vivian Segall papers on the May 1970 strike
Summary
This collection contains materials pertaining to the 1970 college-wide strike protesting the Vietnam War, held from May 5-10 at Connecticut College. It includes proposals and resolutions, the newsletter Strike Connecticut College, fact sheets for community canvassers, schedule and related documents from Parents Weekend (which took place during the strike), information on the Black Panthers, and two armbands. The items were collected by Vivian Segall, class of 1973, at the end of her freshman year.
Dates
- May 1970
Creator
- Segall, Vivian (Person)
Access
This collection is open for research.
Extent
0.0625 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Acquisition Information
The collection was donated by Vivian Segall, class of 1973, in July 2021.
Condition Description
Good; some documents are stained
Processing Information
Processed by Deborah Kloiber, College Archivist, July 2021.
Creator
- Segall, Vivian (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Vivian Segall papers on the May 1970 strike
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Deborah Kloiber, College Archivist
- Date
- July 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Linda Lear Center for Special Collections and Archives Repository
Connecticut College
270 Mohegan Ave
New London CT 06320 United States
860-439-2686
learcenter@conncoll.edu