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David Gilbert

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Chronology

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Sources

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  1. Herbert Marcuse papers Universitatsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg. File span 1965-1973.
  2. David Gilbert writing on proposed SDS Marcuse conference David Gilbert.
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Identity and aliases

David Gilbert, named in Marcuse Nachlass Na 3, 875 in connection with an SDS conference about Marcuse. Aliases or naming cautions: No additional alias established in this pass.

Dated role and investigative relevance

Within file range 1965-1973; likely connected to 1967 planning but exact item date pending. Named conference correspondent whose record connects an individual, SDS, a proposed event, and the archive at finding-aid level.

Geography

41 Union Square West, Manhattan, New York City

Assessment and confidence

High for the inventoried letter; medium for linking it to the exact published proposal until the item is inspected. Keep letter, announcement, and event occurrence as separate claims.

What this record does not establish

The finding aid does not prove Gilbert organized the published conference, that it occurred, or that Marcuse attended.

Correspondence-file role

SDS correspondent concerning a proposed Marcuse conference. Public evidence is limited to the Na 3, 875 inventory unless another source is named.

Boundary

No response, agreement, advice, endorsement, membership, or operational coordination is inferred. Research Memo: Marcuse, SDS, and Radical Education Project Correspondence

Documented reception role

Co-author of the 1967 Praxis article and member of the NAC-approved Praxis editorial board.

Evidence boundary

This record supports the named document-level act. Publication, co-authorship, editorial-board service, membership, and organizational adoption remain separate.

Research Memo: Gramsci in Specific American New Left Organizations and Publications

1967 proposed-conference role

Named in the public Na 3, 875 inventory as associated with a writing concerning an SDS Marcuse conference; the restricted item was not inspected.

Research Memo: The Announced 1967 New York SDS Marcuse Conference

Role in this research

Named in Na 3, 875 in connection with an SDS Marcuse conference.

Evidence basis

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

Specific evidence

The official finding aid lists a letter from David Gilbert concerning a Marcuse conference of SDS. New Left Notes separately announced a proposed conference in June 1967.

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

Inspect the letter, compare its address and dates to the notice, and trace later New Left Notes issues.

Research provenance

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