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The Hoover Institution Library & Archives digital collections contain more than a million digital objects, including posters, photographs, texts, sound recordings, and moving images, with new items frequently added. This section lists resources from our Digital Collections related to student movements. 

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The Governor and the Students: Mark Keppel School: Students from three government classes at Mark Keppel High School in Alhambra ask Governor Ronald Reagan questions in press conference format. This program was taped in Los Angeles. Part of a televised series of question-and-answer sessions with high school students conducted by Ronald Reagan as governor of California, relating to California state political issues.

Howard Palfrey Jones papers - Writings, correspondence, reports, research files, studies, and printed matter, relating to public finance and postwar reconstruction in Germany, 1945-1951, and to American relations with Indonesia and other areas of East Asia. Jones was Director, Berlin Element for United States High Commissioner for Germany, 1950-1951; chief of mission, United States Economic Aid Mission to Indonesia, 1954-1955; deputy assistant secretary of state for the Far East, 1955-1958; ambassador to Indonesia, 1958-1965.

World Federation for Democratic Youth - posters from an international youth organization historically categorized as anti-imperialist.

International Union of Students - posters from an international non-partisan union of students.

Organizacion Continental Latinoamericana de Estudiantes - posters from OCLAE.

HISTORIES: The 1956 Hungarian Revolution: Discover collection materials which document the 12 day Hungarian revolution of 1956 and its resulting humanitarian crisis and international response. 

HISTORIES: Hoover @ 100: Fighting for Freedom: Discover the resistance to tyranny across four countries and how it has led to more freedom for some and ongoing struggle for others. 

See the section on China for information about the 1989 student-led protests in Tiananmen Square.

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To view all resources related to student movements, please visit our Digital Collections websites: Digital Collections 1 and Digital Collections 2