Vietnam War, 1961-1975

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Papers and documents of New York Times correspondent, Craig R. Whitney.

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Correspondence, oral history transcripts, audiovisual material, photographs, and scrapbooks of Frances Humphrey Howard, sociologist, civil servant, and United States Foreign Service Officer.

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Correspondence, minutes, reports, etc., of the peace group, Voice of Women--New England, and Cynthia Rich, teacher, writer, and peace activist.

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Photographs, correspondence, articles, etc., of Dorothy Dunbar Bromley, journalist and writer.

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Congressional papers of Elizabeth Holtzman, who represented New York's 16th Congressional district from 1973 to 1980.

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Correspondence, speeches, articles, etc., of Mary Pillsbury Lord, civic worker.

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Correspondence of Patricia Frazer Lamb, teacher and writer.

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58 color and black and white prints plus three diffusion transfer prints (Polaroids) taken by unknown photographer(s) of soldiers on base in Vietnam or at home before or after deployment, playing football, relaxing in the barracks or in their vehicles, cooking, or listening to music; there are also views of the landscape. A few photographs are inscribed on the verso.

Overview: Consisting of 385 educational films produced for classroom use between the 1930s and 1980s, the Somerville High School Collection provides a representative sample of the subjects and genres of educational media used in classrooms during this period. Though collected by Somerville High School, the films are aimed at students from primary grades through high school and cover a variety of subjects including art, math, music, science, health, and social studies. A highlight of the collection is...