Box 1

Contains material on the surrounding of a U.S. Navy recruiter’s car on October 26, 1967, the sit-in at Peters Hall the next day, the ensuing all-day campus “think-in,” President Robert Carr’s letters on the issues involved, and Carr’s letter on the Selective Service’s attempt to draft John Dove, an Oberlin protester.

Contains the report of a joint committee of 5 students and 5 faculty members on the question of protest at Oberlin, as well as two flyers on the subsequent referendum for students on the report’s recommendations.

Contains 6 different copies of a short-lived Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) newsletter, The Cocktail Hour. According to Joe, it was named so for two reasons: it was delivered to the dining halls just before dinner, and its name was a pun on the Molotov cocktail bomb. The red SDS button was a popular adornment of the times.

The second part of a two-part history of student protest at Oberlin from 1960-1966. Among its editors was Jon Eisen, who later edited and anthologized the popular Vintage Books series titled The Age of Rock.

A copy of the short-lived national magazine called Cheetah (after the then- popular discotheque in New York City), which has an article naming Oberlin one of the United States’ hippest colleges.

An Oberlin Review supplement compiling student senate candidate platforms. Joe notes that it was already "as rare as hen’s teeth" a week after publication.

A leaflet distributed on campus in the wake of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination.

Is a leaflet announcing transportation to Washington, D.C. for a demonstration later made famous by Norman Mailer in his book, The Armies of the Night. At the bottom, there is a note made about the imminent Navy recruiter visit which resulted in the demonstration covered in Folder 1.

A leaflet about working for the Southern Christian Leadership Council’s Poor People Campaign that was distributed on campus in May 1968.

An unsigned leaflet promoting the Black Power at Oberlin.