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     MANUSCRIPTS and ARCHIVAL MATERIAL

Box 85

 Container

Contains 26 Results:

"Just call it an old man's whim!", 1969-08-31

 Item — Box: 85, Folder: 1
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United States Selective Services Director Lieutenant General Lewis B. Hershey sits at hid desk, manipulating a group of draftees on strings. His inbox is completely fully of "appealed draft status" documents.

Dates: 1969-08-31

Ho Chi Minh, 1969-09-04

 Item — Box: 85, Folder: 2
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President of North Vietnam Hồ Chí Minh lies on his deathbed. Several men stand around him with tears on their faces. Several glance at each other and some have their fingers crossed. Hồ Chí Minh died on September 2, 1969.

Dates: 1969-09-04

"But, on second thought…", 1969-09-05

 Item — Box: 85, Folder: 3
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United States President Richard Nixon stands in a small boat. He tosses a life preserver labeled "tax relief" toward a man standing in shallow water, representing corporations. On the other side of the boat a man representing earners has disappeared below the water, with only his arms remaining visible.

Dates: 1969-09-05

"Where shall I file this…?", 1969-09-08

 Item — Box: 85, Folder: 4
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United States President Richard Nixon walks out of the "Bureau of Filing and Obfuscation." Two men remain in the office, one holding a document that reads "Forward Together! Overhaul of Washington Under the New Federalism - Richard Nixon: 'A Strategy for the 70s'."

Dates: 1969-09-08

"Sorry about that…", 1969-09-08

 Item — Box: 85, Folder: 5
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A large tank labeled "Defense Budget" drives across wet cement labeled "Domestic Federal Construction Spending," leaving a track behind it.

Dates: 1969-09-08

"…Of which the greater portion shall go to the Vietnamese people", 1969-09-10

 Item — Box: 85, Folder: 6
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A man reads from the last will and testiment of former President of North Vietnam Hồ Chí Minh, as a group of people listens. Nearby is a trunk labeled "Continued War, Destruction, and Suffering."

Dates: 1969-09-10

"Hello there cowardly Americans! Here I am, back from bravely engaging the enemy while you observed the cease-fire! Hello there…Americans..?", 1969-09-11

 Item — Box: 85, Folder: 7
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President of South Vietnam Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, in a soldier's uniform and carrying a gun, approaches a tent. The tent is empty and has a note on the front that reads "Dear Mr. Thieu, Today you are become a man - Farewell."

Dates: 1969-09-11

[Catholic and Protestant], 1969-09-16

 Item — Box: 85, Folder: 8
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A priest from the Catholic Church of Northern Ireland and a minister from the Protestant Church of Northern Ireland cheer on two men hitting and clubbing each other.

Dates: 1969-09-16

"Go on! What did Mr. Trudeau say when you told him to do that with his 9 million tons of wheat?", 1969-09-17

 Item — Box: 85, Folder: 9
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General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Leonid Brezhnev and a group of other Soviet officials laugh in his office. In a trashcan nearby is a document labeled "Canada-Russia 3-Year Wheat Agreement."

Dates: 1969-09-17

"All set this end, Pops!", 1969-09-22

 Item — Box: 85, Folder: 10
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The United States House of Representatives is represented as a race car driver standing in a car labeled "Popular Vote Electoral System." The United States Senate stands at the back of the car surrounded by engine parts.

Dates: 1969-09-22

Peking Taxidermy, 1969-09-23

 Item — Box: 85, Folder: 11
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Two men carry a stuffed Chairman of the Communist Party of China, Mao Zedong, out of a shop named "Peking Taxidermy."

Dates: 1969-09-23

Supersonic Jets Get Go-ahead, 1969-09-24

 Item — Box: 85, Folder: 12
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A man sits in air traffic control with flames coming out of his head, while behind him several men rush in holding a straight jacket. Nearby is a newspaper with the headline "Supersonic Jets Get Go-Ahead."

Dates: 1969-09-24

"Fool the enemy!", 1969-09-29

 Item — Box: 85, Folder: 13
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A group of Vietnamese men stand on one side of a table, while a group of men from the United States stand on the other. One of the men from the United States holds up a document for his grinning compatriots to read that states "Fool the Enemy! Support Hugh Scott's moratorium on the criticism of the Vietnam War. Show Unity Now!"

Dates: 1969-09-29

"Please! We've got to stop winning things!", 1969-10-02

 Item — Box: 85, Folder: 14
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A United States Army officer sits on a chair below a banner that reads "U.S. Army Hall of Fame." He is surrounded by trophies that say things like, "Gas Warfare Obfuscation Award," "ABM Insistence Award," and "Nerve Gas Testing Award." Another officer hands him a trophy labeled "Service Clubs Embezzlement Scandal Award."

Dates: 1969-10-02

Well, yes, I suppose we could cause you to become extinct - but, heck, eventually we'll do that to everything!, 1969-10-06

 Item — Box: 85, Folder: 15
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A representive of the Atomic Energy Commission discusses extinction with the wildlife of Amchitka Island. Behind him, two of his colleagues carry a bomb, signaling impending damage to the environment.

Dates: 1969-10-06

"Do you take group enlistments?", 1969-10-07

 Item — Box: 85, Folder: 16
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A group of men that appear to be part of the mafia enter a United States Army recruiting office. The soldier at the front desk holds a newspaper that tells of a retired Major General admitting profit from gun sales.

Dates: 1969-10-07

"Anyone want to discuss the plans for the 1970 attack?", 1969-10-10

 Item — Box: 85, Folder: 17
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A large group of Students for a Democratic Society members are put in a jail cell. One holds a sign that reads "SDS Chicago National Action."

Dates: 1969-10-10

College Athletics Programs, 1969-10-13

 Item — Box: 85, Folder: 18
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A group of college students pull a huge football on wheels. The football features a dollar sign and is labeled "College Athletics Programs." A group of men in suits stand on top of the football, one of whom is brandishing a whip.

Dates: 1969-10-13

"How about a nice slogan - like, 'We came in peace for all mankind'…?", 1969-10-15

 Item — Box: 85, Folder: 19
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Astronauts from the Soviet Union install a large billboard in outer space.

Dates: 1969-10-15