Protester distributing literature during the occupation of the University Placement Office, Boston University, opposing on-campus recruiting by Dow Chemical Co.

Item Information

Title:
Protester distributing literature during the occupation of the University Placement Office, Boston University, opposing on-campus recruiting by Dow Chemical Co.
Description:
From a series of photographs labeled "ABF #1. Conference in Charlottesville, Va.," though apparently in error: all appear to be taken at the student protest against on-campus recruiting by Dow Chemical Co., manufacturer of napalm, at the University Placement Office (195 Bay State Road), lead by the Boston University Anti-Draft Union and the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS).
Photographer:
Simon, Peter, 1947-
Date:
November 16, 1967
Format:
Photographs
Manuscripts
Genre:
Black-and-white negatives
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 001 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
The American Revolution Documentary Collection
Peter Simon Collection
Subjects:
Anti-war demonstrations--Massachusetts--Boston--Photographs
Student protesters--Massachusetts--Boston--Photographs
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--Massachusetts--Boston--Photographs
Dow Chemical Company
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 photograph ; 35 mm.
Link to Item:
https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/muph009-v06-sl001-i013
Terms of Use:
Copyright is held by Peter Simon. Requests to publish, redistribute, or replicate this material should be addressed to Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries.
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Place of origin:
Boston (Mass.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
muph009-v06-sl001-i013