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Preferred Citation

"Trapped in a System" pamphlet by Carl Oglesby of Students for a Democratic Society, C0403, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Purchased by Lynn Eaton in April 2019.

Processing Information

Processing completed by Amanda Brent in January 2022. EAD markup completed by Amanda Brent in January 2022.

Biographical and Historical Information

Carl Oglesby was an American antiwar activist, particularly involved in anti-Vietnam War rhetoric and demonstration. Oglesby became the president for Students for a Democratic Society in 1965, serving through 1966. He was eventually expelled from the group. Oglesby was involved in politics, writing, and education for most of his life. Born in 1935, Oglesby passed away in 2011.

Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) was founded in 1959 as a branch of the League for Industrial Democracy. The SDS grew in popularity in the 1960s and was mostly known for its anti-Vietnam War stance, staging a national march in Washington, D.C. in 1965. By 1969 the SDS had split into numerous factions, and by the 1970s was no longer active.

Arrangement

This is a single item collection.

Related Material

The Special Collections Research Center also holds materials to the Vietnam War and Vietnam War protest, such as the Edwin W. Lynch Vietnam War protest collection, and the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Team 58 photograph collection.

The Robert S. Cox Special Collections & University Archives Research Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst holds the Carl Oglesby Papers.

The Wisconsin Historical Society holds the Students for a Democratic Society Records.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Protest movements
• Vietnam War, 1961-1975
• Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States