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Symbionese Liberation Army Collection http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8dz0fzt No online items Inventory of the Symbionese Liberation Army collection Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Archives Staff Hoover Institution Archives 434 Galvez Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA, 94305-6003 (650) 723-3563 [email protected] © 2018 Inventory of the Symbionese 2019C23 1 Liberation Army collection Title: Symbionese Liberation Army collection Date (inclusive): 1973-1977 Collection Number: 2019C23 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Archives Language of Material: English Physical Description: 1 oversize box(1.0 linear foot) Abstract: Pamphlets, flyers, leaflets, and miscellany, relating to the Symbionese Liberation Army. Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives Access The collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least two business days in advance of intended use. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Symbionese Liberation Army collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Archives Acquisition Information Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 2018. Accruals Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the catalog is larger than the number of boxes listed in this finding aid. Subjects and Indexing Terms Symbionese Liberation Army. Inventory of the Symbionese 2019C23 2 Liberation Army collection Box 1 Printed ephemera and manuscripts 1974-1976 Scope and Contents note Numbers in the numbered list do not represent the order of the documents within the container. 1. Songs of Rage: Poems for the S.L.A. (Berkeley: Orphans of Amerika, 1974. 2. Bosque, Gloria. "Camilla / Mizmoon: Three Poems." Winters, CA: Konocti. Books, 1974. First Edition. 3. Giverns, Cornbread. "Open Letter to the SLA - Field Marshall Cinque." N.p.: Poor Peoples Development Foundation, [1974]. 4. "Symbionese Liberation Army: Support/Criticize/Love Them." N.p.: S.i., [1974]. 5. "Don’t Be Conned By Ruling Class Lies!!!" [Berkeley: Bay Area Research Collective, 1974]. 6. [Broadside] "Support Our Guerrilla Forces." [Berkeley: Bay Area Research Collective, 1974]. 7. [Broadside] "New Solidarity." News Bulletin #75. "Press Must Help Labor Committee Attempt to Save Ms. Hearst’s Life." New York: [Larouche Group, 1974]. 8. "'Black Liberation Army’: Genesis of CIA Terrorists." [San Francisco: New Solidarity, 1974]. 9. [Broadside] "Wanted by the FBI. Bank Robbery, Interstate Flight, Possession of Homemade Bomb, Robbery, Receiving Stolen Property, Assault With Force. Donald David De Freeze" (Wanted Flyer 473). Washington, DC: Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1974 (April 17). 10. [Broadside] "Wanted by the FBI. National Firearms Act; Material Witness. William Taylor Harris, Emily Montague Harris, Patricia Campbell Hearst" (Wanted Flyer). Washington, DC: Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1974 (May 20). 11. [Broadside] "National Firearms Act. Wanted by FBI: Emily Montague Harris [together with] National Firearms Act; Bank Robbery. Wanted by FBI: Patricia Campbell Hearst" (Identification Orders). Washington, DC: Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1974 (September 24). 12. [Broadside] "Wanted by the FBI. National Firearms Act. William Taylor Harris, Emily Montague Harris, Patricia Campbell Hearst" (Wanted Flyer). Washington, DC: Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1974 (September 25). 13. [Circular] Sostre, Martin. "Martin Sostre - Statement on the S.L.A." [New York: Martin Sostre, 1974]. 14. The Symbionese Liberation Army: A Study Prepared for the Use of the Committee on Internal Security, House of Representatives Ninety-Third Congress, Second Session . Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1974. 15. [Variant] The Symbionese Liberation Army: A Study Prepared for the Use of the Committee on Internal Security, House of Representatives Ninety-Third Congress, Second Session . Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1974. 16. [Broadside] "Who Are The Real Savages." [Berkeley]: Orphans of Amerika, [1975]. 17. "n.w.l.f. Plans War on Oil Barons." Berkeley: New Dawn Party, [1975]. 18. History Will Absolve Us: A Statement From the Underground. (Cover title: Free the SLA. Free All Political Prisoners. History Will Absolve Us). [San Francisco: Dragon, 1976]. First Edition. 20. Long, Steve. “Alleged Zapata guerrillas”. [Berkeley: New Dawn, 1976]. Article originally appearing in The San Francisco Bay Guardian, March 26, 1976. Inventory of the Symbionese 2019C23 3 Liberation Army collection Box 1 Items related to the death and memorial of Dr. Marcus A. Foster 1973 Scope and Contents note Numbers in the numbered list do not represent the order of the documents in the container. 1. [Funeral Program] "In Remembrance of Dr. Marcus A. Foster." Monday, November 12, 1973 at 11am. 2. [Memorial Bulletin] "In Memoriam. March 31, 1923 - November 6, 1973." 3. Superintendent’s Bulletin, Nov.-Dec., 1973. "Dr. Marcus A. Foster. Superintendent of Schools." July 1, 1970-November 6, 1973. Oakland: Oakland Unified School District, 1973. 4. [Broadside] "Marcus Foster Memorial." (1973), produced by Friends of Angela Atwood. 5. [Circular] News Release. Press-TV-Radio. November 7, 1973. "Oakland Unified School District. Press release regarding the shooting of Superintendent Foster and Deputy Superintendent Robert W. Blackburn." 6. [Circular] Oakland Public Schools. Office of the Acting Superintendent. November 7, 1973. "TO: The Administrative Staff of the Oakland Public Schools. Official address to OPS administrative staff from Acting Superintendent Alden W. Badal." 7. [Broadside] "Dr. Marcus Foster was killed Nov.6th 1973: He was our school superintendent. We are very sad. Because of this, we should study hard. We should love everybody. Kenneth. Gr.1." 8. [Songsheet] "Tribute to Dr. Foster" (To the Tune of Battle Hymn of Republic), Words by Dolores Frazier, Principal, Highland School. Box 1 Poster Scope and Contents note Anonymously-produced memorial for the six SLA members killed in a shoot-out with Los Angeles police on May 16th, 1974. Includes portraits of the six victims - “Fahizah” (Nancy Ling Perry); “Genina” (Angela Atwood); “Cin” (aka. Cinque) (Donald David DeFreeze); “Mizmoon” (Patricia Soltysik); “Camilla” (Camilla Hall); and “Teko” (Willie Wolfe). The SLA’s seven-headed cobra emblem appears at center. Box 1 The Patricia Hearst Coloring Book 1977 Scope and Contents note San Francisco: Drapiewski and Shapiro, 1977. First Edition. Part of the Patricia Hearst exhibit at Southern Exposure Gallery in San Francisco, curated by Daniel Drapiewski and Myra Shapiro. Drawings lead the reader through Hearst’s life, beginning at her birth and ending with her arrest and incarceration in 1975. There are also pages of games. Inventory of the Symbionese 2019C23 4 Liberation Army collection.
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