Guide to the Records of SLATE

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Descriptive Summary

Title:

Records of SLATE, UC Berkeley, 1957-1984, (bulk 1957-1960, 1984)

Collection Number:

1

Creator:

Mike Miller

Extent:

1 linear foot (1 box)

Repository:

SLATE Archives Committee

Abstract:

The collection contains documents relating to the formation of TASC, a 1957 forerunner to SLATE, a late 1950s and early 1960s student political organizations on the UC Berkeley campus and one of the first student groups of the emerging New Left. The collection contains official organizational publications and documents, including documents from TASC, a 1957 forerunner of SLATE. The collection also contains the minuets of the founding SLATE conference, as well as correspondence and essays by early SLATE member, Mike Miller. A second series includes, correspondence, newsletters and membership information pertaining to the 1984 reunion of SLATE members, during which former members evaluated the significance and impact of SLATE and other 1960s student movements.