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Title A name given to the resource Against the Current: Alice Embree and Student Dissent at UT Austin, 1963-1967 Subject The topic of the resource Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--United States; Civil rights movements--United States; Race discrimination--United States; Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.); Student activism--United States--1960s; Salvador Allende, Democracy, and Imperialism in Chile; International educational exchange programs--Texas--Chile Description An account of the resource This collection documents the student protests at the University of Texas at Austin during the 1960s, specifically focusing on protest activities centered on Alice Embree and the political dynamics at the university during that period. It comprises primary source material such as organizational papers, publications, and reports that reflect the emergence of the political activism of the students during a time when there was much unrest in the country. The collection reflects the activities of the students at the university who protested about civil rights, freedom of expression, and the Vietnam War, among other issues. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jennifer Ferrell Brantley Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Alice Embree Papers, 1933–2023, Box # 4x219c, Bert Gerding Papers, 1959-1980, 1994, Box # 4zf351, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Hidden Histories: UT Austin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1963-1967 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Alice Embree; Students for a Democratic Society (SDS); Student Interracial Committee (SIC); The Rag; The Daily Texan; Bert Gerding; University of Texas Police Department; Austin Police Department; University of Texas at Austin; Jennifer Ferrell Brantley Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Materials reproduced with permission of the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin. Items are made available for educational and research use. Further publication, reproduction, or commercial use may require additional permission from the repository and/or rights holders. Relation A related resource Alice Embree Papers Finding Aid: https://txarchives.org/utcah/finding_aids/03570.xml; Pamphlets, Newsletters, and Zines on anti-Vietnam War Activism: https://hiddenhistoriesut.org/collections/show/28; Legacies of Imperialism: An Examination of U.S. Destablization Efforts in Chile: https://hiddenhistoriesut.org/collections/show/39; UT-Austin Student Activism Surveillance: https://hiddenhistoriesut.org/collections/show/4 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Textual records; printed documents; police reports; newspapers; newsletters; photographs Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Collection Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Against the Current. Alice Embree. Hidden Histories: UT Austin. Spring 2026. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Austin, Texas; 1963-1967 Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mailed Document Addressed to Lt. Gerding of Austin Police Department, UT Committee to End the War in Vietnam (CEWV) Subject The topic of the resource Student activism--Texas--Austin; Police surveillance--United States; Vietnam War protests--Texas--Austin; University of Texas at Austin--Students; Student protest movements--1960s; Political surveillance Description An account of the resource This document, addressed to Austin Police Department Lieutenant Bert Gerding, appears within the Student Mobilization Committee (SMC) files and reflects not only the monitoring of student activists during the Vietnam War era but also students’ awareness of that surveillance. Gerding, an Austin Police Department officer who worked in coordination with the University of Texas Police Department, was involved in tracking campus political activity. The presence of this addressed correspondence suggests that student activists understood they were being observed by law enforcement and, in some cases, engaged directly with or responded to that surveillance. As part of the broader anti–Vietnam War movement, UT students organized protests against U.S. involvement in Vietnam, placing UT Austin students within national networks of dissent. This item demonstrates that surveillance was visible enough to shape how student activists operated, showing the relationship between protest and policing in the 1960s. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Unknown; University CEWV Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Bert Gerding Papers, 1959-1980, 1994. Box # 4zf351, UT Committee to End the War in Vietnam (UEWV) Student Mobilization Committee (SMC), 1969, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Hidden Histories: UT Austin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1969 (approximate; exact date pending archival verification) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Bert Gerding; Austin Police Department; University CEWV; University of Texas at Austin; Jennifer Ferrell Brantley Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Materials reproduced with permission of the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin. Items are made available for educational and research use. Further publication, reproduction, or commercial use may require additional permission from the repository and/or rights holders. Relation A related resource Bert Gerding Papers Finding Aid: https://txarchives.org/utcah/finding_aids/03430.xml Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Printed item Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant ||||osm Austin, Texas; 1969 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context bert_gerding_cewv_hidden_histories_ut_austin_spring_2026 1960s 1960s student movements Activism Anti-war Austin Austin Police Department Bert Gerding Bert Gerding files Campus activism Campus policing Campus politics Campus protests Police surveillance smc student activism student dissent student mobilization committee Student Movements Surveillance Texas the university of texas at austin uewv university committee to end the war in vietnam university of texas at austin university of texas police department UT Austin Vietnam War vietnam war protests