Student protesters -- Colorado -- Denver

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Contains news articles and ephemera relating to the Woodstock West protests at the University of Denver. Articles are drawn from the University Park News, Denver Clarion, and Denver Post.

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This box contains several pins created for the student encampment for Palestine in May of 2024. The pins depict a variety of slogans and graphics. While the vast majority of the pins are in good condition, one is slightly damaged.

Abstract Soviet Jews who wanted to emigrate from the Soviet Union were known as "Refuseniks." American Jewish students formed the Struggle for Soviet Jewry (SSSJ) in 1964 and the American Jewish Committee on Soviet Jewry (AJCSI) was also organized that year. Rabbi Samuel Adelman, rabbi of the BMH synagogue, spoke at Temple Emanuel and urged the liberal congregation to help Soviet Jews. Rabbi Raymond Zwerin, Sheldon Steinhauser, and Lillian Hoffman formed what became the Colorado Committee of Concern...

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A stapled sheaf of papers, including typewritten and handwritten letters and telegrams, of negative messages to Chancellor Mitchell regarding his response to the Woodstock West protests, primarily reacting negatively to the decision to bring in the National Guard.

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Handwritten letter to Chancellor Mitchell expressing Thorn's support for his response to the Woodstock West protests. Thorn, a DU parent, discusses his belief that protesting students were being indoctrinated and compares them to a Nazi plant at DU before WWII. He also advocates for throwing protesting students out of the university.

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Stapled sheaf of telegrams from DU parents with positive messages to Chancellor Mitchell regarding the Woodstock West protests, supporting Mitchell and his response to the protests.

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Students Protest Tuition Raise – Proposed Tuition Hike Incites Festivities Among DU Students. Students Demonstrate Anger at Proposed $100 Tuition Hike. Dr. Clark Chosen for Clinic Program.

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John Wesley Rice, Assistant Vice Chancelor of the University of Denver (DU) and Assistant Dean to The college of Liberal Arts, speaks at a podium on a stage . as part of a multi-day Vietnam War protest nicknamed "Woodstock West" that took place both on the DU campus and downtown Denver, Colorado. Protesters mourn the killings of four students on the Kent State University campus days earlier.

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University of Denver (DU) Chancellor Speaks at a podium in an auditorium as part of a multi-day Vietnam War protest nicknamed "Woodstock West" that took place both on the DU campus and downtown Denver, Colorado. Protesters mourn the killings of four students on the Kent State University campus days earlier.

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University of Denver (DU) chancellor Mitchell speaks at a podium in an auditorium in front of DU seal as part of a multi-day Vietnam War protest nicknamed "Woodstock West" that took place both on the DU campus and downtown Denver, Colorado. Protesters mourn the killings of four students on the Kent State University campus days earlier.