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Student Press Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: M129

Abstract

College Press Service (CPS), was an independent student-run news organization, existed from the early 1960s until the late 1970s, beginning in Washington, DC, and ending in Denver Colorado

Dates

  • Other: 1959-1978

Biographical / Historical

College Press Service began as the news agency of the United States Student Press Association (USSPA), a national organization of campus newspapers and editors active in the 1960s.. When USSPA suffered financial setbacks in the early 1970s, CPS was spun off and became a progressive alternative news collective in Denver, Colorado. It, too, later folded, selling its name to the commercial enterprise, and distributing the funds to progressive groups in Denver. In the mid 1970s, radical staff members of CPS split off from the United States Student Press Association and established Liberation News Service (LNS).

Extent

24 Linear Feet (24 record boxes)

Scope and Contents

The Student Press Association Records contain financial records and information on censorship.

Arrangement

This collection is unarranged.

Accruals

No further accruals are expected.

Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

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