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The University of Illinois in the Cold War Era 1945-1975: Publication of “Walrus”

Front and Back Cover of the Walrus Newspaper, circa 1960s

Front and back cover of Walrus newspaper, front cover features drawing of former President Nixon with a large nose and fish hanging from it. There is also a quote on the page from Nixon about his administration respecting Vietnam War protests but that they will not be affected by it. The quote is from September 26, 1969.

Front and Back Cover of Walrus Newspaper, circa 1960s.

The Walrus highlighted protests against free-speech restrictions and the war in VietnamFull PDF of vol. 3, no. 4.

 

Publication of “Walrus”

The Walrus was an underground newspaper published by U of I students in the late-1960s.  Alternative publications flourished as students protested against mainstream American institutions. 



U of I Sources:

Walrus, 1968- (RS 41/66/869)

Student Affairs Dean’s Office Subject File, 1966-97 (RS 41/1/6)

Student and Faculty Organizations Constitutions and Registration Cards, 1909-  (RS 41/2/41): Box 26

Bibliography:

Michael S. Foley, Confronting the War Machine: Draft Resistance During the Vietnam War (Chapel Hill: 2003).

William A. Gordon, The Fourth of May: Killings and Coverups at Kent State (Buffalo: 1990).

Kenneth J. Heineman, Campus Wars: the Peace Movement at American State Universities in the Vietnam Era (New York: 1993).

Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, Peace Now!: American Society and the Ending of the Vietnam War (New Haven, 1999).

Patrick D. Kennedy, “Reactions Against the Vietnam War and Military-Related Targets on Campus: The University of Illinois as a Case Study, 1965-72,” Illinois Historical Journal 84:2 (1991): 101-118.

James Miller, “Democracy is in the Streets”: From Port Huron to the Siege of Chicago (New York: 1987).

Michael Parenti, “Repression in Academia: A Report From the Field,” Politics and Society 1:4 (1971), 527-538.

Joel P. Rhodes, The Voice of Violence: Performative Violence as Protest in the Vietnam Era (Westport, CT: 2001).

Nancy Zaroulis and Gerald Sullivan, Who Spoke Up?: American Protest Against the War in Vietnam, 1963-1975 (Garden City, N.Y.: 1984).