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| Title: | Citizens Forum. Records |
|---|---|
| Dates: | 1967 |
| Accession Number: | 2022-039 |
| Size: | .25 linear feet (1 box) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | Citizens Forum was a student organization at the University of Chicago established in 1967. The group produced radio segments that protested the Vietnam War. This collection consists of letters from radio listeners, radio transcripts, meeting notices, flyers, newsletters, and their pamphlet on Vietnam. |
This collection is open for research.
When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Citizens Forum. Records, Acc #, Box #, Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
Citizens Forum was a student organization at the University of Chicago. It was established by in 1967 by Stefan Krieger, Jim Unger, Alan Gold, Ben Lowinsky, Alan Rudnick (class of 1969), and Howard Ramseur (class of 1968). The group produced five-minute radio segments against the Vietnam War. Each episode told a different story about the war and urged listeners to write to obtain a pamphlet that the organization composed called, “Facts on Viet Nam.” Members of the group wrote scripts for the programs, fundraised, and acted out different roles in the radio episodes. They produced the programs at the student-run radio station WUCB (now WHPK) and at WTAQ in La Grange, IL during 1967-1968. The organization’s approach to anti-war advocacy through storytelling set Citizens Forum apart from other advocacy groups on campus.
This collection consists of letters from radio listeners, radio transcripts, meeting notices, flyers, newsletters, and their pamphlet on Vietnam.
| Box 1 | Letter from Brad Daley, December 1, 1967 |
| Box 1 | Postcard from Eugenio Villarreal, n.d. |
| Box 1 | “Challenge,” flyer for first meeting of Citizens’ Forum, January 20, 1967 |
| Box 1 | Citizens’ Forum meeting flyer, February 27, 1967 |
| Box 1 | Citizens’ Forum meeting flyer, April 3, 1967 |
| Box 1 | Peace in Vietnam meeting flyer, February 6, 1967 |
| Box 1 | “Newsletter to the Membership of Citizens’ Forum,” April 11, 1967 |
| Box 1 | Partial letter, February 18, 1967 |
| Box 1 | Letter to ACLU, February 12, 1967 |
| Box 1 | “Facts on Viet Nam” packet, n.d. |
| Box 1 | Four broadcast transcripts, November 16-December 25, 1967 |