The Vietnamese Conflict Protest Collection donated to George Mason University by Edwin Lynch provides information on the discontent and disillusionment which came to exist among some segments of the American people as a result of U.S. military intervention in Southeast Asia. The Collection covers the period of time ranging from 1965-1975, with the bulk of the material from the years 1967-1971.

    The Collection consists of a variety of materials relating to the Vietnamese Conflict including: pamphlets, booklets, correspondence, posters, reprint articles, newspaper clippings, various anti-war publications, and the minutes of meetings of several anti-war groups. These items are arranged by subject heading in alphabetical order, and the material within the individual files is arranged in chronological order. Much of the information contained in the Collection relates to the activities of various groups that were formed to protest the U.S involvement in Vietnam, groups representing such disparate segments of the population as the clergy and business executives. While this information manages to give us a good view of the anti-war movement in the United States as both a local and a national phenomenon, the collection is particularly valuable for the information it provides on the work of local groups: i.e., those based in and concerned with the Washington D.C. area, including Northern Virginia.