Date
2-1970
Length
1 hour 17 minutes
Notes
Louis Kampf was a professor at MIT and a member and director of the organization RESIST, which formed in 1967 in support of draft resistance to the Vietnam War. This lecture addresses the role played by American universities in perpetuating the established order by performing research and other tasks for the industrial and military sectors.
Transferred and preserved by Portland State University Library’s Special Collections with the generous support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the Oregon State Library.
Subjects
United States -- Military, Vietnam War -- 1961-1975, Universities and colleges
Original Format
Reel to reel, 3.75 ips, 1/4 track, mono
Rights
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Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/11397
Recommended Citation
Kampf, Louis, ""The University in American Power"" (1970). Special Collections: Oregon Public Speakers. 140.
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/11397
Description
Transcript added August 6, 2020.
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