UCSD and Vietnam Speech and Clippings 1970

The Harry M. Bracken papers include correspondence, Leftist periodicals (including scarce publications), speeches, research notes on scholarly and protest-related projects, memorabilia, and a collection of miscellaneous artifacts that illustrate the complex networking involved in peaceful protesting.

Series I: Activism contains correspondence, news articles, and other materials documenting Bracken's involvement with various social causes, including the anti-Vietnam war movement; the attempted establishment of SDS at ASU; and the Canadian resettlement of American draft objectors.

Series II: Subjects houses materials documenting Bracken's interest in such topics as three soldiers who refused to deploy to Vietnam in 1966 and became known as the Fort Hood Three; the homogenization of American universities referred to as Harvardization; and radical activist and leader Angela Davis.

Series III: Periodicals includes underground and Leftist periodicals and clippings with an emphasis on the anti-war activism of the Sixties and Seventies. Titles include the SDS Bulletin, the NUC Newsletter, and RESIST, as well as several locally-produced materials.

Series IV: Correspondence houses correspondence exchanged between Bracken and his colleagues, peers, and personal friends, including Noam Chomsky, Richard Popkin, and Richard A. Watson. Bracken's correspondence includes materials such as clippings from various periodicals, photographs, publication drafts, and administrative documents; topics include updates on personal life, political commentary, scholarly collaboration (for campus talks, publications, referrals of graduate students, and so on), and event planning.

Series V: Teaching and Research contains Bracken's research and scholarship on philosophy syntax, linguistics and scholars such as Chomsky, Popkins, and Berkeley, as well as classic philosophers like Descartes. It also includes materials related to his book Freedom of Speech: Words are not Deeds, published in 1994 by Praeger. Additionally, there are various notes on his teaching topics, in particular his philosophy courses.