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Collection Overview

Administrative Information

Biographical Note

Scope and Contents of the Collection

Search Terms

CIA on trial, CIA protest movements 1985-1991

Colrain War Tax Resistance Campaign 1989-1994

Council Fire Events 1992

Demonstrations: News Clippings 1981-1987

Gulf War Protest: Gregory Levy Suicide 1991

Holy Liable: Unpublished Manuscript 1972-1982

None of the Above 1990

Ohio 7 on Trial: Sedition Conspiracy 1988-1989

Political Cartoons ca.1970s

Stop Herbicide Spray Campaign 1998

Yankee Rowe Anti-Nuclear Plant Campaign 1990-2000

Don Ogden Collection, 1972-2000

Finding Aid

Kimberly Wells

2005

Collection Overview

Creator: Ogden, Don.
Title: Don Ogden Collection
Dates: 1972-2000
Abstract: Don Ogden is a poet, writer and activist who lives in Leverett, Massachusetts. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, pamphlets, an unpublished book, and letters that document primarily anti-war protests in Amherst dating from 1972-2000.
Extent: 1 box(0.5 linear ft.)
Language: English
Identification: MS 440

Administrative Information

Acquired from Don Ogden, September 2005.

Related Material

For materials related to peace movements and activists in the Special Collections and University Archives, see:Randy Kehler Papers, MS 396Traprock Peace Center Records, MS 80Valley Peace Center Records, MS 301

Processed by Kimberly Wells, October 2005.

Preferred Citation

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

Don Ogden Collection (MS 440). Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst.

The collection is open for research.

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Biographical Note

Don Ogden is a poet, writer, roofer, and activist from western Massachusetts. He writes mainly on ecology and social concerns.

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Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Don Ogden Collection consists of newspaper clippings, pamphlets, an unpublished book, and letters that document primarily anti-war protests in Amherst dating from 1972-2000. Articles in the Union News and The Greenfield Recorder detail the IRS seizure and eventual auction of Randy Kehler and Betsy Corner's home resulting from their refusal to pay taxes as a form of war protest. The Massachusetts Daily Collegian and the Hampshire Gazette cover the arrest of activists protesting against the CIA's foreign policy. The Gazette also documents Gregory Levy's suicide in protest of the Gulf War.

In addition to anti-war protests, Ogden's collection includes materials concerning "None of the Above," a Pioneer Valley Pro-Democracy Campaign, which would allow voters to reject all candidates in office. As a member, Randy Kehler wrote an article on this topic and submitted it to the Boston Globe. The Insurgent, a Newsletter of the Committee to Fight Repression, and The Valley Advocate each discuss the events of the Ohio 7 who were put on trial for Seditious Conspiracy. The Daily Hampshire Gazette follows the story of the Yankee Rowe Anti-Nuclear Plant Campaign from the plant's plan to renew its license, to the increase in awareness of the dangers of the plant, to the Board of Directors' decision to permanently shut the plant down.

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CIA on trial, CIA protest movements 1985-1991

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Colrain War Tax Resistance Campaign 1989-1994

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Council Fire Events 1992

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Demonstrations: News Clippings 1981-1987

Box

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Gulf War Protest: Gregory Levy Suicide 1991

Box

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Holy Liable: Unpublished Manuscript 1972-1982

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None of the Above 1990

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Ohio 7 on Trial: Sedition Conspiracy 1988-1989

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Political Cartoons ca.1970s
Film negatives of cartoons.

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Stop Herbicide Spray Campaign 1998

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Yankee Rowe Anti-Nuclear Plant Campaign 1990-2000