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Title:
Vietnam Veterans Against the War Records, 1967-2006 (bulk 1967-1975)
Creator: Vietnam Veterans Against the War Quantity: 27.4 c.f. (23 record center cartons, 8 archives boxes, 2 flat boxes, 1 card box, and 1 oversize folder), 0.4 c.f. of photographs and drawings (1 archives box), 48 negatives on 10 strips (3 folders), 18 transparencies, 2 discs, 33 tape recordings, and 3 videorecordings; plus additions of 0.2 c.f. and 22 videorecordings
Call Number: Mss 370; PH 4580; Disc 154A; Audio 898A; VHA 642; VBC 108-109; M93-167; M2012-012
Abstract: Records, mainly 1967-1975, of Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW), a national organization formed in 1967 by Vietnam veterans who favored military withdrawal from Vietnam. After the war, VVAW worked for improved services and benefits for Vietnam veterans. Included are records of the national office, which was located in New York City and then Chicago, documenting national programs and activities, especially participation in anti-war demonstrations and the Winter Soldier war crimes investigation, as well as support for the rights of active-duty G.I.s around the world and political prisoners such as the Gainesville Eight, Gary Lawton, Ashby Leach, and the Leavenworth Brothers. Of special note is correspondence with various incarcerated prisoners. In addition to records from the national office there are records created by three local chapters: Brooklyn-Northern New Jersey (later Clarence Fitch), Madison, and Milwaukee, all focusing on the post-Vietnam War period and primarily documenting Agent Orange work and involvement in the peace movement during the 1980s and 1990s.
Summary Information
• ...ooklyn-Northern New Jersey (later Clarence Fitch), Madison, and Milwaukee, all focusing on the post-Vietnam War period and primarily documenting Agent Orange work and involvement in the peace movement ...
Biography/History
• ...nces. Despite a much-reduced membership, VVAW was able to survive the end of the Vietnam War by continuing to focus on veterans' benefits and, after 1987, on the Agent Orange health ...
Contents List
Part 1 (Mss 370, PH 4580, Disc 154A, Audio 898A, VHA 642, VBC 108-109): Original Collection, 1967-2006
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Appendix: Film List for Original Collection
• ...rsey, Madison, and Milwaukee) are part of the collection. The records from all three cover the post-Vietnam War period. As a consequence, they provide the best documentation in the collection on VVAW' ... • ...med in honor of Clarence Fitch. As stated above, these chapter records primarily date from the post-Vietnam War era and few true organizational records are included. The records of the Fitch chapter c ...
• ...hadows , a film by Jody Eisemann, 1979, about the use and effects of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War ...
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