This collection contains materials pertaining the 1968-1969 San Francisco State College student strike and the simultaneous and supportive faculty strike. The materials were collected by librarian Helene Whitson during and after the strike events.

The collection contains a large number of student-generated documents that chronicle the strike and its underlying motivations. Topics include the value of "relevant education," questioning the status-quo, student organizing, the empowerment of BIPOC students, and racial tensions on campus and in society.

Materials include position statements, flyers, correspondence, official documents, memos, reports, publications and clippings. Materials also include those generated by the relevant student organizations, the Black Student Union (BSU), the Third World Liberation Front (TWLF) and its member student organizations, the Philippine-American Collegiate Endeavor (PACE), the Latin American Student Organization (LASO), the Mexican-American Student Confederation (MASC), the Intercollegiate Chinese for Social Action (ICSA), the Asian American Political Alliance (AAPA), the Native American Student Organization (NASO), and many other student groups, movements and social committees. The collection also includes student newspapers published during the strike, and books and publications published after the strike.

Other materials include correspondence, memos, publications, leaflets, reports, election information, committees and executive committee minutes and agendas of faculty organizations and groups, including the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the Association of California State College Professors. Other materials document the response to the strike by the College Administration and chancellor's office, including campus presidents, trustees, legislature and Governor Reagan, with correspondence, memos, communications, reports, studies and orders revealing their opposition to the strike and efforts to end it.