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Free University

This guide highlights primary and secondary sources available in the Georgetown University Archives for research into the Georgetown Free University

Archival Resources

The archival materials listed here are available for use in the Booth Family Center for Special Collections on the 5th floor of Lauinger Library; use the Aeon request system to request materials and to schedule a research appointment to examine them.

  • Old Archives: Students GTA000099

Box 3, folder 1. 1967: Includes a flyer, The Free University is not in competition with the regular university but rather compliments it . . .,  and a catalog of classes

Box 3, folder 2. 1968: Includes Free University Mideast Lecture Series schedule and catalog of classes

Box 3, folder 3. 1969: Contains materials relating to the Free University including clippings, Free University Bulletin, February 28, 1969, and spring 1969 catalog

Box 3, folder 4. 1970: Includes catalog of Free University classes, fall 1970 and the text of “The New University: An Address by Dr. Raymond Reno

Box 3, folder 5. 1971: Includes catalog of Free University classes, spring 1971

 

  • Vertical Files Vertical Files GTA000621 

Box 7:  Free University file: Includes catalog of Free University classes, summer and fall 1969, fall 1970, spring and fall, 1971, spring 1973, spring 1974 and undated; and outline for Children and Society class "offered by the Du Bois School of Marxist Studies at the Georgetown Free University." 

Box 7 also includes a file on the Washington Area Free University which includes a catalog from April 1970

 

  • Serial Publications: Miscellaneous GTA000791

Box 4: Contains class catalogs, 1969-1974

 

  • University Photographer’s Files GTA.GAMMS305

Box 12, Folder 42: Free University, 1968-1969 and Undated. Contains negatives and contact sheets showing images of Free University classes including filmmaking, psychedelics, classical music appreciation, and wine and cheese appreciation

 

  • Georgetown University Forum Recordings GTA000616

Box 27. #1158 Student Initiative: The Free University , 01/21/1969. Audio recording of panel discussion by: W. Patrick Dolan, Dean of Freshmen and Assistant Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and a Professor in the Georgetown Free University; Reese Fullerton, College Senior from Arizona and Co-founder of the Georgetown Free University; Scott Reardon, College Junior from South Dakota and Chairman of the Georgetown Free University; James Hethcox, College Junior from Alabama and a participant in Free University courses

 

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