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This folder contains a schedule for a critical appraisal of the University of Connecticut conducted by University faculty, as well as an academic paper written about stuent activism in the 1960's pertaining to the Vietnam war.

This folder contains four pieces of anti-war material. The first is a statement condemning the US Navy for coming to the university for recruitment, the second is a call to protest the university's compliance with the military draft, and the third and fourth are statements of demonstration against the company Dow Chemical.

This folder contains a myriad of documents related to the student and faculty protests against members of the Dow Chemical company holding recruitment interviews at the University of Connecticut, as well as then-president Homer D. Babbidge jr's reactions to those protests.

This folder contains documents pertaining to the Dow Chemical incident, the Gulley Hall Sit-In, and other student protests and movements motivated by the greater anti-war and pro-civil war movements that were becoming popular across the country at the time, as well as the reactions of the University of Connecticut administration led by then-president Homer Babbidge.

This folder contains documents that pertain to the fallout from the Dow Chemical Incident and other student protests, especially regarding the way that those events impacted the University students and faculty members who were involved on the side of the protestors.

This folder contains documents related to the turmoil that was present at the University of Connecticut during the late 1960's, with particular focus on the perspective of the university's faculty members who were a part of the student-organized demonstrations.

This folder contains material that communicate anti-war and anti-racism messages, as well as a variety of other political statements and documentation created by members of the University of Connecticut administration, faculty, and student body.

This folder contains photocopied newspaper clippings from articles and editorials that discuss and describe student activism at the University of Connecticut that occurred between 1968 and 1969.

This folder contains several documents relating to the anti-war sentiment that led students and faculty at the University of Connecticut to protest the presence of military-related activity on campus, demand the removal of the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC), and protest against recruitment interviews held by companies with military contracts.

This folder contains documents that discuss the committee created by the University of Connecticut administration to serve as judge and jury on those students and faculty who were involved in anti-war protests and activities, as well as documents pertaining to the general anti-war sentiment that was prevalent among students and faculty at this time.