Box 1

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Contains two copies of Omega, a newspaper published frequently by the Oberlin Resistance, a student organization whose membership topped out at 400 in the middle of the 1968-69 year.

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Contains reprints of articles distributed by the Resistance including “Recruiters and Red Herrings,” written by Steve Norris, a popular philosophy professor during his brief stay at Oberlin.

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Contains announcements of Resistance-sponsored activities, including the regular Wednesday noon silent vigil at Tappan Square, which was well-attended, even in the cold winter months.

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Leaflet distributed on campus by the Oberlin Draft Information Center in April 1969.

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SDS leaflet distributed in about early 1969.

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Is an interview with Bill Hedges, prominent campus radical. He led the hunger strike of 1968, turned in his draft card at the same time, led the sit-in of February, 1969, refused to leave the Administration Building during a student takeover in April 1969, left Oberlin to start a commune and radical newspaper in Lorain a few weeks later, was arrested on charges of draft evasion in April 1970, and left the country for Toronto soon afterwards. He is still in Canada.

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Contains a button reprinted by the Resistance promoting then Oberlin College President Robert Carr’s firing or resignation. The original button was created by the SDS in 1966.

Scope and Contents Contains material on a hunger strike of 5-6 days duration in November 1968. The tag “Hunger for Peace” or something similar was worn by all strikers, who numbered in total 125-150, but not all at one time. The list of names included is a particular accounting of who was a striker. Someone gave the people at the Health Clinic a complete list of hunger strikers and a notation was made in each person’s health file. President Carr’s letter refers to a march led by hunger strikers and their...

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Copy of The College and the War report, its sponsoring committee’s introductory letter, and an announcement of a symposium of its recommendations.

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Collection of newspaper clippings on the anti-recruiter sit-in at Peters Hall in February 1969.