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A list of spies for local police agencies that collected photographs and information about student activist groups by going to their events.

Oxford Dons to Their Students
A newspaper article excerpt featuring an anecdote in which Oxford professors pushed back against demands for student power by threatening their students with open confrontation and mentioning their own military expertise.

Memorandum to Dr. Harry Ransom, Subject: Report on SDS Speaking at Noon Today
A memorandum reporting on attendance figures of a Students for a Democratic Society meeting and providing background on Dwight Macdonald, a visiting professor in the School of Communications suspected by the FBI of Communist ties.

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Photograph of a member of Students for a Democratic Society protesting the use of war machines like the one he is on.

Memorandum to Dr. LeMaistre, Subject: Administrative Responsibility and Dissemination of Information
A memorandum describing the administration's unsatisfactory responses to demands for the release of administrative information and reminding the UT System Chancellor, Dr. Charles LeMaistre, that the university's administration is responsible only to…

Freedom Platform
A political platform advocating for administrative reform at the University of Texas. The platform calls for taking the power of governance away from administrators and entrusting it to the students and the faculty. It also calls for less emphasis on…

Memorandum for Information, Re: SDS, January 8, 1969
A memorandum detailing alleged plans by SDS activists to disrupt certain University of Texas classes after examinations. The memorandum lists the classes that are most likely to be targeted and the names of the disruptions' leaders.

Memorandum for Information, Re: SDS, March 21, 1969
A memorandum relaying the decision on the part of the University of New Mexico and the city administration of Albuquerque to allow the meeting of the SDS National Council on their land. According to the memorandum, the meeting is likely to move to…

Memorandum for Information, Re: SDS
A memorandum detailing alleged plans by a group of students to register for the same class section, deviate from the planned class topic, and use class time to discuss issues of interest to the group

Memorandum to Dr. Charles A. LeMaistre. Subject: U.T. Austin: Church-supported student "rehabilitation" centers
A memorandum to Dr. Charles A. LeMaistre from Jack Holland, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. Holland informs LeMaistre of the existence of church-run rehabilitation centers that supposedly enable…
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