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University of Chicago Library

Preliminary Inventory to the William Green Photographic Collection 1970

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Descriptive Summary

Title:

Green, William. Photographic Collection

Dates:

1970

Accession Number:

2021-034

Size:

.25 linear feet (1 box)

Repository:

Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center
University of Chicago Library
1100 East 57th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.

Abstract:

William Green is a graduate of the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. During his senior year, Green photographed the anti-war demonstrations on campus during May 4-7, 1970. Additionally, he photographed the rally that took place on May 9, 1970 in Grant Park in which many University students participated.

Information on Use

Access

This collection is open for research.

Citation

When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Green, William. Photographic Collection, Acc #, Box #, Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library

INVENTORY

Box 1   Folder Roll 1, May 4, 1970

  • 1-2 Crowd and Channel 2 TV crew outside Robie House
  • 1-3 SDS banner and crowd outside and on Robie House
  • 1-4 Crowd and Channel 2 TV crew outside Robie House
  • 1-5 Crowd across Woodlawn Ave. from the Robie House
  • 1-6 Door and broken glass at Robie House
  • 1-7 Broken glass inside Robie House
  • 1-8 Broken glass inside Robie House
  • 1-9 Door frame with broken glass at Robie House
  • 1-10 Channel 2 TV news crew and crowds outside Robie House on both sides of Woodlawn Ave.
  • 1-11 SDS banner and crowds outside Robie House on both sides of Woodlawn Ave.
  • 1-12 TV news crew and crowds outside Robie House on both sides of Woodlawn Ave.
  • 1-13 Door frame with broken glass at Robie House
  • 1-14 Broken glass on steps of Robie House
  • 1-15 SDS banner and crowds outside Robie House on both sides of Woodlawn Ave.
  • 1-16 Robie House wall and leaded-glass windows
  • 1-17 SDS banner and crowd outside Robie House; young person using bullhorn
  • 1-18 Crowd outside Robie House; young person using bullhorn; SDS banner folded up
  • 1-19 Crowds outside Robie House on both sides of Woodlawn Ave.
  • 1-20 Channel 2 TV news crew in Robie house
  • 1-21 Dog outside Robie House
  • 1-22 Glass cleaned up at Robie House
Box 1   Folder Roll 2, May 6, 1970

  • 2-2 - 2-4 Mandel Hall; panel on U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia; panelists on stage: Hans Morgenthau, Roger Hilsman, Harold Hinton, Morton Kaplan, C. Ranlet Lincoln (chair)
  • 2-5 Mandel Hall; panel on U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia; audience and banner in balcony
  • 2-6 Door on U of C campus with posters and notices
  • 2-7 - 2-8 Quad; crowd standing and discussing
  • 2-9 Quad; seated discussion group with crowd and banner in background
  • 2-10 - 2-11 Quad; blackboard with updates from other campuses
  • 2-12 Quad; flagpole with American flag at half-staff
  • 2-13 SVNA “Ellsworth Bunker” at 58th and Woodlawn, proposed site of Pahlavi Building (view to east)
  • 2-14 SVNA “Ellsworth Bunker”; trench and brick wall
  • 2-15 SVNA “Ellsworth Bunker”; trench and diggers (view to east)
  • 2-16 SVNA “Ellsworth Bunker”; “Kent State 7 Memorial Park” sign
  • 2-17 Quad; flagpole with Kent State students memorial (view to west)
  • 2-18 Quad; flagpole with Kent State students memorial, flowers (view to west)
Box 1   Folder Roll 2, May 6 or 7, 1970

  • 2-19 Bulletin board with news and notices
  • 2-20 Crowd entering a building through triple doors
  • 2-21 SVNA “Ellsworth Bunker”; “Kent 4 Park” (view to north)
  • 2-22 - 2-23 Making sign for “Kent 4 Park”
  • 2-24 SVNA “Ellsworth Bunker” at Kent 4 Park
  • 2-25 Kent 4 Park sign (view to southwest)
  • 2-26 Quad; flagpole with handmade banner atop American flag
  • 2-27 Crowd on Quad; Festival of the Arts banner overlain by Strike banner
Box 1   Folder Roll 2, May 7, 1970

  • 2-28 Lunchtime rally at south entrance of U-High (view to northwest)
  • 2-29 Lunchtime rally at south entrance of U-High (view to southeast)
  • 2-30 Flagpole in Lab School quad; flag at half-staff
  • 2-31 Lunchtime rally at south entrance of U-High; U of C biology professor Richard Levins (parent of Lab School students) speaking (view to north)
Box 1   Folder Roll 2, May 7 or 8, 1970

  • 2-32 Person digging a trench at “Ellsworth Bunker”
  • 2-33 Crowd and musicians at Kent 4 Park (view to southeast)
  • 2-34 Divinity School and flag
  • 2-35 Crowd and musicians at Kent 4 Park (view to south)
  • 2-36 Musicians at Kent 4 Park (view to southeast)
  • 2-37 Musicians and crowd at Kent 4 Park (view to northeast)
  • 2-38 Musicians and crowd at Kent 4 Park (view to southwest)
Box 1   Folder Roll 3, May 9, 1970, Anti-war rally at Logan statue (General John Logan Memorial) in Grant Park

  • 3A-20 Crowd assembling; view from Illinois Central 12th Street Station (view to west
  • 3A-22 Crowd arriving from Federal Building, assembling on Michigan Ave. (view to southeast)
  • 3A-23 Strike banner in windows of Roosevelt University across Michigan Ave. (view to west)
  • 3-1 Crowd on north side of Logan statue (view to south)
  • 3-2 Crowd south of Logan statue (view to south)
  • 3-3 People atop Logan statue with flags, poster, and Stop sign
  • 3-4 Crowd south of Logan statue (view to southwest)
  • 3-5 Crowd south of Logan statue (view to south)
  • 3-6 Crowd near Logan statue (view to east)
  • 3-7 - 3-9 Crowd near Logan statue (view to southeast)
  • 3-10 Crowd south of Logan statue (view to south)
  • 3-11 Crowd near Logan statue; speaker at microphone (view to southeast)
  • 3-12 - 3-13 Crowd near Logan statue (view to southeast)
  • 3-14 Crowd south of Logan statue (view to south)
  • 3-15 Crowd near Logan statue; speaker at microphone (view to southeast)
  • 3-16 Crowd near Logan statue (view to southeast)
  • 3-17 - 3-18 Crowd near Logan statue and south of statue
  • 3-19 Crowd dispersing from Logan statue area (view to southwest)
  • 3-20 Small crowd remaining at end of rally (view to north)
  • 3-21 People waiting on 12th Street Station platform for southbound trains (view to northeast)
  • 3-22 People leaving train at 53rd Street Station (view to north)