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U.S. Mss 153AF
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Part 1 (U.S. Mss 153AF): Original Collection, 1949-197623.0 cubic feet (12 archives boxes and 19 records center cartons) The records of the Pacifica Foundation document the activities of its first four FM radio stations. Though not extensive, this documentation is best for station programming. Except for the minutes of recent national meetings, there is little that pertains to Pacifica policy-making. The collection is divided into four series: general, broadcasting controversies and complaints, station operations and programming, and KPFA daily news scripts. The GENERAL series contains background information, correspondence and memos, personnel lists, financial and fund-raising data, policy guidelines (1965 and 1966), newsletters, minutes of national meetings (which often contain station reports), promotional material, and a copy of The Exacting Ear: The Story of Listener-Sponsored Radio and an Anthology of Programs of KPFA, KPFK, and WBAI (1966), edited by Eleanor McKinney. Also included here are catalogs, promotional literature, and related material concerning Pacifica's affiliate membership program and tape sales. The BROADCASTING CONTROVERSIES AND COMPLAINTS series contains records of the investigations of Pacifica by the United States Senate and the Federal Communications Commission, 1963-1964. Included are the proceedings of the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, Pacifica's reply to the FCC charges against KPFK programming, news articles, and a draft study (circa 1967) about both investigations. The series also contains copies of complaints about Pacifica stations, 1969-1970, and material concerning opposition to the establishment of WPFW by the periodical Barron's, April 1970. The STATION OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMMING series is divided by station; most of the material consists of program guides issued to subscribers. The guides are fairly comprehensive for KPFA, KPFK, and WBAI. In addition to schedules of programs, the more recent issues of these guides frequently contain such items as reports of station financial status, data on community support, letters from subscribers, and feature stories on issues and events of local significance. Although there are some news releases about the KPFT bombings and miscellaneous material concerning WBAI (minutes of a local board meeting, 1975, news articles, and promotional material), documentation of station activity, exclusive of program guides, is adequate only for KPFA and KPFK. The KPFA portion of the series includes a pamphlet by Lewis Hill, Voluntary Listener-Sponsorship: Report to Educational Broadcasters on the Experiment of KPFA, 1958; news articles and related material on KPFA employee strikes, 1964 and 1974; promotional material; and transcripts of programs and special news reports, 1955-1970. KPFK has a station prospectus, 1959; an employee contract, 1964; a pamphlet containing transcripts of KPFK programs, 1963-1964; a copy of a book, Dallas in Wonderland, by Paul V. Dallas, General Manager and Director of Programming of KPFK, 1966-1967; and KPFK promotional material. The KPFA DAILY NEWS SCRIPTS series consists of nineteen cartons of partially processed news scripts, 1963-1973. Most of these scripts fall within the period 1968 to 1972. Twelve cartons contain scripts in chronological order; the balance are divided by subject, then by country or region, and include indexes prepared by the KPFA staff. Coverage and indexing of news scripts for the Vietnam War, 1967-1969, is especially noteworthy.
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Series: General
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Box
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Folder
1
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Background information
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Box
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Folder
2
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Correspondence and memos
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Box
1
Folder
3
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Personnel lists
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Box
1
Folder
4
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Pamphlet, Outline of Budget and Fund Raising Procedures, 1955
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Box
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Folder
5
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Miscellaneous financial data
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Box
1
Folder
6
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Program policy guidelines, 1966 April
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Box
1
Folder
7
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Policy and procedures, 1966 February
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Box
1
Folder
8
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Book, The Exacting Ear: The Story of Listener-Sponsored Radio and an Anthology of Programs from KPFA, KPFK, and WBAI, 1966, edited by Eleanor McKinney
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Box
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Folder
9
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Newsletter, 1975 October-1976 September
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Meetings
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Box
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Folder
10
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Executive Committee, 1969 June-1970 March
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Administrative Council and National Board of Directors
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Box
1
Folder
11-14
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1975
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Box
2
Folder
1-5
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1976
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Affiliate Membership Program
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Box
2
Folder
6
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General
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Box
2
Folder
7-8
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Offer sheet bulletins, 1969-1971
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Tape Library
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Box
2
Folder
9
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General
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Box
2
Folder
10
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Promotional material, 1969-1971
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Box
2
Folder
11-12
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Catalogs, 1969-1971
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Box
2
Folder
13
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Promotional Material
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Series: Broadcasting Controversies and Complaints
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Box
2
Folder
14
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Proceedings of the U.S. Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, 1963 January
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Box
2
Folder
15
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Pacifica's reply to the Federal Communications Commission regarding programming irregularities at KPFK, by Trevor Thomas, President, 1963 March
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Box
2
Folder
16
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Draft of a study of the U.S. Senate and FCC investigations of Pacifica, 1963, by Robert Schutze, circa 1967
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Box
2
Folder
17
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News releases and articles regarding U.S. Senate and FCC investigation, 1963
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Box
3
Folder
1
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Opposition to the establishment of WPFW, Washington, D.C., Barron's, 1970 April
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Box
3
Folder
2
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Miscellaneous complaints against Pacifica stations, 1969-1970
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Series: Station Operations and Programming
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Box
3
Folder
3
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General
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KPFA, Berkeley, California
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Box
3
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4
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Pamphlet, Voluntary Listener-Sponsorship: A Report to Educational Broadcasters on the Experiment at KPFA, 1958, by Lewis Hill
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Box
3
Folder
5
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Strikes by KPFA employees, 1964, 1974
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Box
3
Folder
6
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Promotional material, circa 1951-1970
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Box
3
Folder
7
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Miscellany
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Program guides
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Box
3
Folder
8-16
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1949-1958 August
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Box
4
Folder
1-12
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1959 February-1965 June
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Box
5
Folder
1-9
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1965-1969 July
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Box
6
Folder
1-6
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1970-1976
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Transcripts of programs
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Box
6
Folder
7-9
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Undated
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Box
6
Folder
10
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1955-1959
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Box
7
Folder
1-7
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1960-1965
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Box
7
Folder
8
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“Commentator,” 1960
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Box
7
Folder
9
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Book reviews by John Leonard, 1961, 1962
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Scripts of special news reports
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Box
7
Folder
10-12
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1960-1967
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Box
8
Folder
1-2
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1968-1970
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KPFK, Los Angeles, California
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Box
8
Folder
3
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Pamphlet, A Prospectus for KPFK (FM) in Los Angeles, California, 1959 January
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Box
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Folder
4
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Employee Contract, 1964
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Box
8
Folder
5
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Pamphlet, Annual, 1965 : Includes transcripts of KPFK programs, 1963-1964.
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Box
8
Folder
6
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Book, Dallas in Wonderland, 1967, by Paul V. Dallas, General Manager and Program Director of KPFK, 1966-1967
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Box
8
Folder
7
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Promotional material
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Program guides
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Box
8
Folder
8-14
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1959 July-1963 January 6
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Box
9
Folder
1-11
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1963 January-1968 June
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Box
10
Folder
1-8
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1968 July-1976 May
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WBAI, New York City
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Box
10
Folder
9
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General (includes minutes of a local board meeting, 1975, promotional material, undated programs, and news articles about WBAI)
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Program guides
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Box
10
Folder
10-12
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1960 January-1961 July 9
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Box
11
Folder
1-13
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1961-1968 July 10
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Box
12
Folder
1-4
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1969 February-1975 October
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KPFT, Houston, Texas
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Box
12
Folder
5
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Publicity regarding bombings, 1970
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Box
12
Folder
6
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Program guides, 1970, 1971
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Series: KPFA Daily News Scripts
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By date, 1964-1973
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Box
13
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1964 April 13-1968 April
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Box
14
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1968 May-1969 February 15
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Box
15
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1969 February 16-1970 February 15
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Box
16
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1970 February 16-June 15
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Box
17
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1970 June 16-November 15
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Box
18
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1970 November 16-1971 March 25
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Box
19
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1971 March 26-August 10
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Box
20
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1971 August 11-November 23
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Box
21
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1971 November 24-1972 March 5
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Box
22
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1972 March 6-June 20
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Box
23
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1972 June 23-October 10
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Box
24
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1972 October 11-1973 March 4
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By subject, 1963-1969
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Box
25
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General Index
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Box
25
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California
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Box
25
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Central Intelligence Agency
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Box
25
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Disarmament
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Box
25
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Labor
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Box
25
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Lyndon Baines Johnson
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Box
25
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Poverty
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Race Relations and Civil Rights
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Box
25
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1966
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Box
26
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1967
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Vietnam War (see indexes which precede each month, 1967-1969)
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Box
26
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1967-1968 January
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Box
27
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1968 February-1969 April
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Box
27
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United Nations
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By country, 1963-1969
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Box
27
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Africa
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Box
28
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Asia (China, Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia)
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Box
28
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Eastern Europe and Russia
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Box
28
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Britain and Canada
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Box
28
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Western Europe
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Box
29
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Greece and Turkey
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Box
29
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India and Pakistan
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Box
29
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Latin America and the Caribbean
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Box
30
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Middle East
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Box
30
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Miscellaneous
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Box
31
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Fragmentary
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