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Columbia University Senate Records, 1968-2008
79.5 linear feetUniversity Protest and Activism Collection, 1958-2018, bulk 1968-1972
42.60 linear feetStudents for a Free Campus, 1968-1969 Box 14, Folder 8
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- Students for a Free Campus, 1968-1969
Students for a Free Campus, 1968-1969, Undated, 1968-1969 Box 39, Folder 4
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- Students for a Free Campus, 1968-1969, Undated, 1968-1969
Series VIII: Students: Groups, 1966-1975
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- opponents are also evident. The Majority Coalition, Students for Columbia University, Students for a Free
Campus, and the Committee for the Defense of Property Rights criticized the actions of the SCC, SDS, SRU - Abstract Or Scope
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The student strikes that occurred at Columbia between 1968 and 1972 figure prominently in the material found in this series. This series contains extensive holdings on three campus organizations in particular; the Strike Coordinating/Steering Committee (SCC), the Columbia chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), and Students for a Restructured University (SRU). The SCC, formed by the Columbia chapter of SDS, was composed of representatives from the various units of the University and from other student organizations and quickly assumed the mantle of strike leadership from the Columbia University Student Council (CUSC) and the Coalition of Student Leaders (CSC), whose early activities are also recorded here. The Columbia chapter of SDS had taken an early activist lead on a cluster of issues that prompted student unrest and ultimately the strike. Among them were the proposed gymnasium and other instances of campus expansion, the University's relationship with the Institute for Defense Analysis (IDA) and the School of International Affairs, ROTC and military research recruiting, and conditions for campus workers. SRU sponsored numerous strike activities and these materials reveal their role in the administration's efforts to address student concerns about the governing structure of Columbia, including the group's co-sponsorship of hearings on University restructuring.