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Universities and colleges -- Faculty -- Societies, etc.

 Subject
Subject Source: Lc Locally Created
Scope Note: Previous term: University of Iowa Faculty and Staff Organizations

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

New University Conference Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG03.0009.001
Scope and Contents The collection documents the activities and history of the University of Iowa chapter of the New University Conference (September 1968-June 1972) and the National Organization Office (22-24 March1968-10 June 1972) which was located on the campus of the University of Chicago.The NUC was founded in 1968 at a Chicago conference called by Noam Chomsky and Tom Hayden; approximately 350 were in attendance from some 85 campuses across the country. An excerpt for from the NUC Constitution Preamble (June 1969): “The NUC is a national organization of radicals who work in, around, and in spite of institutions of higher education. Formed in a time of imperialist war and domestic repression, the NUC is part of the struggle for the liberation of all peoples. It must therefore oppose imperialism, racism, economic exploitation, and male supremacy.We believe that institutions derive legitimacy and have the right to exist only to the extent that they serve the...
Dates: 1968-1972