Series[UMA-SR-000001764] Negatives for photographs by John EllisAccession[1999.0081] Photographic negatives and proof sheets taken by John EllisIdentifierUMA-IT-000054868Extent1 film negativeScope and ContentDescription from John Ellis:
Vietnam vets (see neg. 118c), frames 1-7, p24
Lincoln Memorial, frame 8, p24
Capitol Building, frames 10-11, pp24-25
Foreign Relations committee room -- I couldn't help but think of the dirty deals that had been committed behind this door in the name of "freedom," frame 12, p25
some idea of the political clout the MIA organisers have is seen here with a flag beside Ulysses S. Grant in the Capitol Building, frame 13, p25
Martin Luther King, Jr, frame 14, p25
Massachusetts Ave, frame 15, p25
two guard dogs, frame 16, p25
great flugel horn busker, frame 17, p26
drummers busking at Union Station, frame 18, p26
typesetting section at the Smithsonian Institute -- John at "the case," frame 19, p26
Linotypes arriving at Melbourne, frame 20, p26
typesetting machines, frames 21-22, p26
Dizzy Gillespie's trumpet, frame 23, p27
chart showing the evolution of African-American music, frame 24, p27.
This lone anti-nuclear activist had been camping outside the White House 24-hours a day for about 10 years, winter and summer. In more recent times she was ordered away from the White House but went across Pennsylvania Ave and set up camp there. The city authorities had exhausted their attempts to move her. She had withstood physical attacks and abuse and wore a crash helmet. Her position on the edge of Lafayette Square gave her the advantage of speaking to thousands of people who came to look at the White House. She relied on donations of food and her only income was from the sale of small rocks with a peace design painted on them, frames 25-34, pp27-28.
Only a short distance away another vigil was in progress -- Proposal One, this time an organised group who rostered the vigil. Also anti-nuclear, they successfully petitioned Congress to debate the abolition of nuclear weapons, frames 30, 33, p28.
Although homeless and living in cartons opposite the White House in Lafayette Square, these people still flew the U.S. flag, frames 35-36, p29.Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest unitUnit1999.0081 Unit 0007
Ellis, John B., Overseas [America] [JE119c] (1993), [UMA-IT-000054868]. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 21/03/2026, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/522671
