Thomas R. Adams collection of Harvard student strike memorabilia

Collection of 1969 student strike memorabilia compiled by Harvard Law School student Thomas R. Adams during his time as a student representative to a faculty committee dealing with the strike. Includes documents and ephemera from the duration of the strike through the spring and summer of 1969, including detailed descriptions of protest events, from the perspectives of the administration, alumni, and student organizers. Documents from the administration include a medical report describing physical traumas experienced by student protesters who were brutalized by the police, a response from the Board of Overseers, a statement by the Harvard Corporation, and a number of letters written by committees formed of Faculty of Arts and Sciences Faculty, including the Fainsod Committee, the Committee of Fifteen, and the Council of the Harvard Graduate Society for Advanced Study and Research. Materials from student and alumni led organizations include publications, such “How Harvard Rules,” the Old Mole, the Harvard Crimson, a compilation of essays and official documents from the Harvard administration, and issues of the alumni-created publication “Rap-Up,” which details the events of the University Hall occupation and the strike that followed. The collection also contains student-made flyers, as well as statements and essays released by student organizations involved in the strike, including Students for a Democratic Society, the Harvard-Radcliffe Young Peoples Socialist League, and the Harvard Law School.