Collection Title: Student Underground Newspapers
Series Number: 009-10-17
Department: Student Organizations
Processed and Cataloged by: Joe Suiter
Date Listed: May 20, 2010
Date Span: 1969-1977
Size of Collection: 2 linear feet
Number of Boxes: 2 oversized boxes
Type of Material: Newspapers
Condition of Material: Good
Arrangement: Chronological arrangement
Historical Information: During the late 1960s and early 1970s underground newspapers were published irregularly by students at Murray State University. Most were focused on anti-establishment movements on campus and against the war in Vietnam.
Scope and Content: Collection contains various underground newspapers published by students of Murray State University from 1969 to 1977. The publications question and criticize institutional policies, university administrators and broader political issues of the era.
Subject Headings / Descriptors:
Murray (Ky.) – Newspapers.
Murray State University – Newspapers.
Underground press publications – Murray State University – Newspapers.
