Finding Aid for the Anti-War Publications Collection, 1967-1974

MS 41

University Archives
State University of New York at Buffalo

2006

Contact Information

University Archives, State University of New York at Buffalo

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Email: lib-archives@buffalo.edu

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Collection Overview

Collection Title:	Anti-War Publications Collection, 1967-1974
Collection Number:	MS 41
Creator:	Novitsky, Anthony W. (Anthony William), 1945-
Extent:	1 carton, 2 manuscript boxes (1.9 linear feet)
Repository:	University Archives, State University of New York at Buffalo
Abstract:	Papers either produced or collected by Anthony Novitsky that document opposition to the Vietnamese Conflict. A number of organizations are represented. Also included is an oral history interview taped by Christopher Densmore, University Archives, July 25, 1978 that covers Novitsky's activities in the Catholic peace movement, the anti-war movement in Buffalo, and his recollections of various individuals and organizations in Buffalo during the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Processing Information

Encoded by: Sheryl Saxby, February 2006

Processed by: This collection was processed by Archives staff in the 1980s. The finding aid was revised by Sheryl Saxby in 2006

Terms of Access and Use

Anti-War Publications, 1967-1974 are open for research.

Copyright

Copyright of papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the University Archives before publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless otherwise specified.

Preferred Citation

[Item information and date], Box/Folder #, MS 41, Anti-War Publications Collection, 1967-1974, University Archives, State University of New York at Buffalo.

See the Archives' preferred citations instructions for additional information.

Acquisition Information

The material in this collection was originally produced or collected by Anthony W. Novitsky, who donated it to the Archives on July 25, 1978.

Biographical Note

Anthony W. Navitsky was born in Bayonne, New Jersey in 1945. He attended Seton Hall Preparatory School and Seton Hall University. Anthony W. Navitsky was already involved with the National Catholic Peace Fellowship when he came to the University at Buffalo in 1967 for graduate studies. He helped organize local activities of the Catholic Peace Fellowship with Ken Sherman, Stephanie Christopher, and Paul Maryniak.

For two consecutive summers (1968, 1969), Anthony Navitsky worked at a Catholic Worker Movement farm in Tivoli, New York. He was active in the Buffalo New Mobilization to the End the War in Vietnam and the Buffalo Peace Council with Ken Sherman, Miriam Becker, Don Brown and Rennie Ferber.

Scope and Content Note

The papers in the Anti-War Publications Collection document opposition to the war in Vietnam as expressed in marches, fasts, boycotts, draft resistance and other activities. Also included are papers related to efforts to provide legal defense for conscientious objectors, and to aid political prisoners. The collection includes printed and mimeographed newsletters, leaflets, posters, circulars and bumper stickers; minutes and agendas of meetings; handwritten or typed notes and correspondence; newspaper clippings and other items.

A number of organizations are represented, including the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR), Clergy and Laity Concerned About Vietnam (CALCAV), the New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, the Buffalo Peace Council, Buffalo Defense Committee for Phil Berrigan, Buffalo Nine Defense Committee, People's Coalition for Peace and Justice, Vietnam Veteran's Against the War, and the Institute for the Study of Nonviolence in Buffalo.

The collection includes an oral history interview with Anthony W. Novisky covering his activities in the Catholic peace movement, the anti-war movement in Buffalo, and his recollections of various individuals and organizations in Buffalo during the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Arrangement

The folders on various anti-war organizations in this collection contain not only materials concerning that organization, but also materials which were distributed at their meetings or with their mailings. Therefore, a folder for a particular organization may contain materials from, or concerning, several other organizations. Folders are arranged alphabetically by organization name with clippings and additional materials following.

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Related Resources

MS 73 -- Alternative press collection, 1969-1992
     Finding aid available online.

MS 76 -- Anthony W. Novitsky and Christopher Densmore, collection of Alternative Presses, 1963-2000, 1963-1989
     Finding aid available online.

Interview with Anthony W. Novitsky, 1978; tape summary available at University Archives [tape reel is housed with the collection in box 2]