Bloom Papers
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Scope and Contents of the Collection
The Marshall Bloom Papers consist of correspondence, diaries, unpublished writings, news clippings, publications, financial records, photographs and other materials that chiefly document Bloom's childhood, education, personal life and work as the founder of Liberation News Service and its larger role in the radical counterculture of the 1960s. In particular, the Papers document Bloom's chairmanship of The Amherst Student in 1965 and his other Amherst College activities. The Papers contain his thesis on Jews in Selma, Alabama, and information about the 1966 Commencement protest against the College's awarding of an honorary degree to Robert McNamara. The Papers document Bloom's controversial role in student protests at the London School of Economics in early 1967. Also included are correspondence and other records of the United States Student Press Association, ca. 1967; and records of Liberation News Service, chiefly 1967-1969, including correspondence, editorial subject files, financial records and issues of LNS mailings to subscribers. There is also a small amount of material relating to the Montague, Massachusetts communal farm that Bloom and others started in 1968. Correspondents include Ray Mungo and James Aronson. This collection is organized into fourteen series:
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