Radical History Review Records
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Abstract
The Radical History Review is the publication of the Mid-Atlantic Radical Historians Organization (MARHO). MARHO was formed during a conference at Fordham University in January 1973, attended mostly by professors at colleges and universities in the metropolitan New York area. The members of the conference who formed MARHO sought to foster communication among radical historians through the creation of a membership directory, the sponsorship of additional conferences, and the establishment of a newsletter containing "discussions of subjects of mutual concern and announcements of activities in the region.The collection is mainly comprised of the records of the Radical History Review Editorial Collective/Editorial Steering Committee (including meeting minutes and editorial guidelines) and MARHO's general minutes and by-laws.
Historical Note
The Mid-Atlantic Radical Historians Organization (MARHO) was formed during a conference at Fordham University in January 1973, attended mostly by professors at colleges and universities in the metropolitan New York area. The members of the conference who formed MARHO sought to foster communication among radical historians through the creation of a membership directory, the sponsorship of additional conferences, and the establishment of a newsletter containing "discussions of subjects of mutual concern and announcements of activities in the region." MARHO's quarterly newsletter was the beginning of the Radical History Review, which is currently published by Duke University Press. The journal seeks to "address issues of gender, race, sexuality, imperialism, and class" and stretch "the boundaries of historical analysis to explore Western and non-Western histories." In addition to articles on the theme of any given issue, the journal is often comprised of sections dedicated to teaching and public history, as well as reviews of television, books, museum exhibitions, and other media.
Source: Robert A. Bell, "The Changing Voice of Left History: New Left Journals and Radical American History," University of Waterloo, 1999 (Box 25)
Arrangement
This collection has not been arranged by an archivist.
Scope and Contents
The first 24 boxes of the collection are undescribed.
The collection is mainly comprised of the records of the Radical History Review Editorial Collective/Editorial Steering Committee (including meeting minutes and editorial guidelines) and MARHO's general minutes and by-laws. The collection also documents MARHO's involvement with the New York City Public History Project and the Radical History Review's relationship with Duke University and other past distributors. Box 32 contains the records from individual issues of RHR from the late 1970s to the 2000s. Boxes 33-35 contain issues and articles on microfilm and floppy disks.
Box 37 was added to the collection in 2016 and contains certificates and awards granted to the Radical History Review by the Council of Editors of Learned Journals between 2003 and 2013.
The 2019 accretion in Boxes 38-39 consists of MARHO meeting minutes, reports, correspondence, memos, administrative materials, printed ephemera, and audiovisual material from 1976-1984. Minutes and reports make up the majority of the materials. There are three audiocassette tapes documenting E. P. Thompson's 1/30/1981 talk on Tom McGrath at a MARHO Forum at John Jay College.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions with the exception of Box 31, which is closed to researchers.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright (and related rights to publicity and privacy) to materials in this collection created by Radical History Review was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Radical History Review Records; TAM 211; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
To cite the archived website in this collection: Identification of item, date; Radical History Review Records; TAM 211; Wayback URL; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials were donated by the Radical History Review in 1990; additional materials were donated in 2010, 2012, 2016, and 2019. The numbers associated with these accessions are 1990.020, 2009.043, 2012.074, 2016.072, and 2019.148.
http://www.radicalhistoryreview.org/ was initially selected by curators and captured through the use of The California Digital Library's Web Archiving Service in 2014 as part of the Alternative Mass Media / News Web Sites Web Archive. In November 2015, this website was migrated to Archive-It. Archive-It uses web crawling technology to capture websites at a scheduled time and displays only an archived copy, from the resulting WARC file, of the website. In November 2023, https://abusablepast.org/ was added. The accession number associated with this website is 2023.108.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Due to technical or privacy issues, archived websites may not be exact copies of the original website at the time of the web crawl. Certain file types will not be captured dependent on how they are embedded in the site. Other parts of websites that the crawler has difficulty capturing includes Javascript, streaming content, database-driven content, and highly interactive content. Full-Text searches of archived websites are available at https://archive-it.org/organizations/567.
Audiovisual Access Policies and Procedures
Audiovisual materials have not been preserved and may not be available to researchers. Materials not yet digitized will need to have access copies made before they can be used. To request an access copy, or if you are unsure if an item has been digitized, please contact [repository name, special.collections@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596] with the collection name, collection number, and a description of the item(s) requested. A staff member will respond to you with further information.
Appraisal
As the Tamiment Library has the complete run of the Radical History Review, most working manuscripts and correspondence regarding edits to articles were removed from the collection. Routine financial information, including most tax forms and requests for reimbursement, were also removed, though important summary documents like budgets were retained.
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About this Guide
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed. There is no documentation regarding processing decisions made before 2016.
In 2014, the archived website was added to the finding aid. Additional website was added to the resource record in 2023.
In 2016 one box of awards was added to the collection as box 37.
During accessioning of an accretion in 2019, materials were placed in new acid-free folders and boxes. Where folders were replaced, original labels were retained. Loose audiocassette tapes were housed in new cases.
