David Schankler Papers on the Vietnam Antiwar Movement, 1967-2013 (mostly 1967-1971)

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Creator:

Schankler, David

Title:

David Schankler Papers on the Vietnam Antiwar Movement

Repository:

Manuscripts Division

Permanent URL:

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcgh93h877c

Dates:

1967-2013 (mostly 1967-1971)

Size:

.75 linear feet, 2 boxes, 1 digital file, and .44 GB

Storage Note:

Firestone Library (scamss): Boxes B-001815 to B-001816

Language:

English

Abstract: Consists of various literature, ephemera, correspondence of, and a video interview with, Princeton alumni and anti-war activist David Schankler '71 concerning the antiwar movement of the period 1967-1971 broadly as well as related events and activities at Princeton University while he was a student.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of various literature, ephemera, correspondence of Princeton alumni and antiwar activist David Schankler '71 concerning the anti-war movement of the period 1967-1971 broadly as well as related events and activities at Princeton University while he was a student.

More than half of the collection includes pamphlets, newsletters, articles and essays, clippings, zines, calls for protests, petitions, position papers, and other writings and ephemera of a national scope. The remaining part of the collection includes similar materials documenting student activism on Princeton's campus as well as a couple of confiscated files relating to IDA (Institute for Defense Analysis) and the JASON Defense Advisory Group and correspondence concerning Schankler's involvement in two specific demonstrations. Also included in the collection is a video interview with former Maryland State Representative Jimmy Tarlau and Schankler conducted by filmmaker Brad Mays' for his independent documentary "I Grew Up in Princeton."

Most of this information was provided by the donor.

Arrangement

Materials were primarily maintained in the order in which they were received by the Library.

Collection Creator Biography:

Schankler

David Schankler was an undergraduate at Princeton University from 1967 to 1971, and a member of SDS (Students for a Democratic Society). He participated in the 1967 March on Washington (Confront the Warmakers) and the following week was arrested at an antiwar, IDA demonstration in Princeton. Over the course of the next three years, Schankler was an active member of SDS attending national conventions in Ann Arbor, Austin, and Chicago. He also participated in numerous left-wing demonstrations on the east coast including New York City (Panther 21), Newark (Draft Resistance), Mahwah (Wildcat Strike of Ford autoworkers), Fort Dix (supporting the coffee house, the trial of the antiwar soldiers, and the march on Ft. Dix) and Washington DC (the Moratorium of 1969) as well as numerous demonstrations on the Princeton campus. He was also a member of the 1970 strike committee. The following fall (1970) Princeton SDS fractured along the lines that first developed at the Chicago SDS convention in 1969. Schankler became the titular head of the RYM faction (Revolutionary Youth Movement), known as the May Day Movement at Princeton, but spent most of his junior year running the Axe coffeehouse. During his time at Princeton, Schankler was also a member of the UGA (Undergraduate Assembly), the University Council and the Commission on the Future of the College. Information provided by David Schankler.

Collection History

Acquisition:: Gift of David Schankler '71 in 2021 (AM 2022-078).
Appraisal: No materials were removed from the collection during 2022 processing beyond routine appraisal practices.
Processing Information: This collection was processed by Faith Charlton in 2022. The born-digital materials in this collection have been processed according to Princeton University Library's Born-Digital Processing Workflows. For more information on the workflow, please read our full Born-Digital Processing Information Note.

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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

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Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

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