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Below is larger selections of photographs from the Project Survival teach-out. Scroll farther for the seven-part film of the speakers and Tom Paxton’s performance.

Project Survival Teach-Out photos

The crowd looking toward the auditorium stage. One woman looks into the camera and smiles. Another holds a poster reading

The crowd in Tech auditorium

Photo by Nickerson

An easel and poster on stage

Photo by Bob Hinshaw

People sit on the floor in a hallway watching a television. Others stand farther back in the hallway.

Watching on closed-circuit TV in Tech hallways

Photo by Nickerson

A long hallway full of people mostly sitting on the floor, watching a television on a tall stand.

Photo by Northwestern Department of University Relations

People watch a television in a hallway. Along the wall is a display for the Commonwealth Edison Company.

Photo by Nickerson

People watch a television in a long hallway. Some sit at desks and some on the floor.

Photo by Nickerson

Four audience members of different ages watch the stage. One man holds up a microphone.

A member of a high school group and members of the press

Photo by Bob Hinshaw

James Reisa speaking onstage at the podium.

James Reisa introduced the program

Photo by Bob Hinshaw

Men sit at tables on stage watching a speaker. The speaker addresses a large auditorium with a balcony and spotlights.

Photo by Nickerson

Dean Robert Strotz speaking onstage at the podium.

Dean Robert Strotz addressed the auditorium

Photo by Bob Hinshaw

Barry Commoner stands at the podium with his back to the camera, while the audience listens.

Barry Commoner during his remarks

Photo by Bob Hinshaw

A view of the auditorium crowd, many of them laughing. Bright spotlights shine from the balcony.

Photo by Bob Hinshaw

Native American Committee members on stage. Two hold signs reading

Photo by Bob Hinshaw

Mike Chosa speaks at a podium on stage, flanked by members of the Native American Committee.

Mike Chosa speaking for the Native American Committee of Chicago

Photo by Bob Hinshaw

A Native American man wears a headdress and holds a sign reading

Photo by Bob Hinshaw

Four cameras are set up on auditorium seats, among crew and audience members. A man operates one camera.

TV crews in the auditorium

Photo by Nickerson

Vinton Bacon stands, smiling, in the audience to receive an ovation, with several people applauding.

Vinton Bacon, who had been ousted from the Metropolitan Sanitary District two days prior, received an ovation

Photo by Nickerson

Paul Simon, Adlai Stevenson III, and William J. Scott

Photo by Bob Hinshaw

Backstage in the auditorium

Photo by Bob Hinshaw

Paul Ehrlich sits in a chair facing a room full of press and students, who are seated at tables or standing.

Dr. Ehrlich with the press room

Photo by Northwestern Department of University Relations

A large segment of the auditorium crowd. A poster on the wall protests Commonwealth Edison.

Photo by Nickerson

Audience members sit on stage, with a woman holding up a microphone. Photographers stand behind them.

Members of the crowd and press during Tom Paxton's performance

Photo by Bob Hinshaw

Audience members gather at the edge of the stage. Photographers sit on the stage, one of whom looks toward the audience.

Members of the crowd and press during Tom Paxton's performance

Photo by Bob Hinshaw

The edge of the stage with audio cables plugged into outlets. A sticker on the front of the stage reads

Photo by Bob Hinshaw

People stand in the auditorium, some applauding or talking to each other. A man holds up a poster about Commonwealth Edison.

Photo by Bob Hinshaw

Musicians E. Kitch Childs and Michael Mark in front of microphones on stage, facing each other, with Mark holding a guitar.

E. Kitch Childs and Michael S. Mark

Photo by Bob Hinshaw

Tables and posters for environmental groups in the empty front hall of Tech Institute, with coffee cups and other litter on the tables and floor.

Morning in Tech

Photo by Bob Hinshaw

Project Survival Teach-Out films

SEE MORE ABOUT THE FILMS AND RELATED COLLECTIONS

Parts 1, 6, and 7

Part 1: speakers James Reisa, Dr. Allison L. Burnett, Dean Robert Strotz, Dr. Donald DeFord, Dr. Lawrence I. Gilbert, Dr. Lamont C. Cole
Part 6: speaker Victor Yannacone, performers Tom Paxton and David Horowitz
Part 7: performers Tom Paxton and David Horowitz

Films by Northwestern Students for a Better Environment. Courtesy of McCormick Library of Special Collections and University Archives.

Parts 2, 3, 4, and 5

Part 2: speakers Charles Sigwart, Dr. Lawrence Slobodkin, Mike Chosa and the Native American Committee of Chicago, Dr. Peter Bretsky, Dr. Peter Flawn
Part 3: speakers Dr. James Lippincott, Dr. Barry Commoner, Dean B. J. Chandler, Dr. Paul Ehrlich
Part 4: speakers Warren Muir, William Scott, James Robin, Adlai Stevenson III, Casey Jason, Paul Simon
Part 5: speakers Dr. Anthony D’Amato, Victor Yannacone