Vietnam War Protests on College Campuses

About the Collection

Description: With an everchanging political climate dominating so much of people’s lives, it has always been important to document the history of societal reaction to political happenings. In this collection, we portray the important connection between students and protest movements in response to government action in the United States. As an often overlooked group, we felt it was important to document the role that students and young people have played in protest movements, and understand what this often manifests itself as. This collection includes images of protests, rallys, public speakers, buttons, and posters that come from political protests on West Coast United States university campuses. We chose the time period containing the Vietnam war because its recency allowed us to find a variety of resources, while still providing a lot of content from a time of extreme political turmoil in the United States. We hope that this collection can provide insight into what actions younger people and students took during this controvertial time, and what a protest might look like during this time.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Ashna Rajbhandari: Project Manager: As Project Manager, Ashna oversaw all project activities and ensured clear communication within the team and with the course instructor. She led the development of major deliverables,including the progress report, data management plan, documentation, and final presentation, and coordinated quality reviews. Ashna was also responsible for organizing the shared workspace, submitting assignments, and ensuring that meeting notes were properly documented and stored.

Adaleah Carman: Collection Development Manager: As Collection Development Manager, Adaleah approved the 20–30 objects that made up the digital collection. She led research on the topic and defined the scope while ensuring all copyright and licensing information was accurately recorded. She also collaborated with the preservation team to confirm that selected files met format and quality standards.

Daniel Johnson: Object Preservation Manager: As Object Preservation Manager, Danny oversaw the organization of the project’s files and ensured that digital objects were stored, named, and formatted according to preservation best practices. He managed the Google Drive folder structure, coordinated how objects were added, and ensured that backups existed for all materials. Danny also set file requirements for the collection and decided which objects met the technical standards needed for CollectionBuilder.

Ava Nepple: Metadata Manager: As Metadata Manager, Ava led the cataloging of all objects and ensured that metadata followed Dublin Core, CollectionBuilder, and any group-specific standards. She maintained the master metadata spreadsheet and standardized data entry for consistency and accuracy across the collection. Ava also performed metadata quality reviews and made final decisions about how each object was described.

DSCI/Lib 350M: Humanities Research Data Management, Fall Term 2025

Instructor: Kate Thornhill

GLAMS Used:

• Oregon Digital
• University of British Columbia Digital Libraries
• San Jose State University, Special Collections and Archives
• UCLA Library Digital Collections

Acknowledgements: We would like to give a huge thank you to professor Kate Thornhill for all of the help, knowledge, and patience you’ve provided for this project. We would also like to thank the librarians associated with all of the digital collections we have used for this project for their excellence in curating useful and interesting collections for us to pull from. We would especially like to thank the librarian department at the University of British Columbia for their timely and cooperative communication when messaging with us about copyright information.

Ownership: We do not own anything in this collection, all objects in copyright are owned by their respective copyright holders.