Tamiment Library Scrapbook Collections
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Abstract
The collection consists of scrapbooks of newspaper clippings and other materials documenting the U.S. labor and socialist movements, and the life and activity of labor organizer, Socialist Party leader and presidential candidate, Eugene V. Debs (1855-1926).
Historical/Biographical Note
The Tamiment Library Clippings Scrapbooks were compiled by the staff of the Meyer London Memorial Library of the Rand School of Social Science (1906-1956), the New York City workers education institution associated with the Socialist Party of the United States of America. The Eugene V. Debs scrapbooks were compiled by Debs and his brother Theodore, who served as his brother's secretary and office manage. Eugene V. Debs (1855-1926) was a railroad labor organizer and later a leader of the Socialist Party, and was its candidate for U.S. president (1900-1912 and 1920), the last time while imprisoned for his opposition to U.S. entry into World War I.
Arrangement
Organized into two series:
Arranged numerically within each series.
Organized into two series:
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- I, Tamiment Library Clippings Scrapbooks
- II, Eugene V. Debs Scrapbooks.
Scope and Content Note
The Tamiment Clippings Scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings on a wide variety of individuals and topics. (There is a card index to the scrapbooks in the Tamiment Library Reading Room). The Eugene V. Debs scrapbooks contain clippings, magazine articles, leaflets, a large collection of obituaries, and miscellaneous materials collected by Eugene and Theodore Debs for reference purposes. (For a more detailed description, see: The Papers of Eugene V. Debs, 1834-1945: A Guide to the Microfilm Edition (MCA, 1983), which accompanies Tamiment microfilm series R7107.) Both scrapbook series document the labor and socialist movements in the United States and in New York City, related civil liberties and civil rights issues, and opposition to World War I.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Materials in this collection, which were created in circa 1880-circa 1930, are in the public domain. Permission to publish or reproduce is not required.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Tamiment Library Scrapbook Collection; TAM 262; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
Existence and Location of Originals
Series II: Eugene V. Debs Scrapbooks, has been microfilmed as Series III of The Papers of Eugene V. Debs, 1934-1945 (MCA, 1983); patrons must use microfilm (R7107).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transfered from the Transferred from from Rand School of Social Science Meyer London Memorial Library in 1963. The accession number associated with this gift is 1950.117.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Microfilmed copies of Series II must be used.
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Repository
Series I: Tamiment Library Clippings Scrapbooks.
Scrapbooks 3-4
Scrapbook 6
Scrapbooks 7-10
Scrapbooks 11-12; 14-17
Scrapbooks 18-25
Scrapbooks 26-31
Scrapbooks 32-41
Scrapbooks 42-48
Scrapbook 48
Scrapbooks 49-50
Scrapbooks 51-52
Scrapbooks 53-54
Scrapbooks 55-56
Scrapbooks 57-58
Scrapbooks 59-60
Scrapbooks 61
Scrapbooks 62-63, 65, 67 (Note: Scrapbook 66 is in Box 31)
Scrapbooks 68-69
Scrapbook 70
Scrapbooks 71 (Eugene V. Debs, Clippings, 1919-1920), 72 (Eugene V. Debs Clippings, oversize)
Scrapbook 73 (Upton Sinclair, "Little Steel," serialized in Daily Worker, 1937-1938)
Scrapbook 66
Processing Information
Conservators disbound this scrapbook due to brittle pages and generally poor condition. Secondary support pages have been removed from pages in box 31.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Researchers must use gloves when handling box 32.
