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New York SDS announces a Marcuse conference

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Sources

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  1. New Left Notes 2.23: Conference on Marcuse announcement Students for a Democratic Society, New York Region. June 12, 1967.
  2. Herbert Marcuse papers Universitatsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg. File span 1965-1973.
  3. David Gilbert writing on proposed SDS Marcuse conference David Gilbert.
  4. New Left Notes, 12 June 1967 Students for a Democratic Society.
Complete existing research record

What happened

New Left Notes announced a fall conference to test Marcuse's theory and organizing relevance. Whether it occurred remains unresolved.

Location

41 Union Square West, Manhattan, New York City.

Evidence

Research Memo: Marcuse's American Transition and New Left Bridge.

Identity and aliases

Published conference-planning event by New York regional SDS, not a confirmed completed conference. Aliases or naming cautions: No additional alias established in this pass.

Dated role and investigative relevance

Announcement 12 June 1967; proposed for early fall 1967. The notice proposed critical study of Marcuse's thought and its relevance to organizing and requested paper proposals by 1 August.

Geography

41 Union Square West, Manhattan, New York City

Assessment and confidence

High for announcement; unresolved for occurrence. The event record is deliberately titled as an announcement, not as a conference that happened.

What this record does not establish

No program, attendance record, delivered paper, Marcuse response, or later report has yet been located.

Event status

Announced and planned; occurrence not established. New York SDS announced a conference for early fall 1967, solicited papers, and hoped Marcuse would attend. No exact date, venue, program, attendance, speech, occurrence report, cancellation, postponement, or renamed successor was located.

Geographic limit

41 Union Square West, Manhattan, New York City was the planning and correspondence address. It is not a proven event venue. City-level context: New York City, New York, United States.

Research

Research Memo: The Announced 1967 New York SDS Marcuse Conference

Specific evidence

New Left Notes vol. 2, no. 23 prints the notice and the 41 Union Square West contact address. The Marcuse archive separately inventories a David Gilbert letter about an SDS Marcuse conference.

  • New Left Notes, 12 June 1967
  • Herbert Marcuse Nachlass Na 3, 875
Follow-up gaps

Trace later issues and inspect Gilbert's letter and Marcuse's response.

Research provenance

Research Memo: Marcuse's American Transition and New Left Bridge.