Richard Moser Collection on the GI Anti-Vietnam War Movement and Lordstown (Ohio) Automobile Workers
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Richard Moser was an associate professor of American history at Middle Tennessee State University until 1998, and the author of The New Winter Soldiers: GI and Veteran Dissent during the Vietnam Era (1996). The Richard Moser Collection on the GI Anti-Vietnam War Movement and Lordstown (Ohio) Automobile Workers consists of oral history recordings with summaries and transcripts, as well as academic materials from Moser's students.
Biographical Note
Richard Moser earned his PhD from Rutgers University in 1992. Until 1998, he was an associate professor of American history at Middle Tennessee State University. He is the author of The New Winter Soldiers: GI and Veteran Dissent during the Vietnam Era (1996) and, with Van Gosse, is co-editor of The World the Sixties Made: Politics and Culture in Recent America (2003). He has also served as the National Organizer of the American Association of University Professors.
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This collection has not been arranged by an archivist.
Scope and Contents
The Richard Moser Collection on the GI Anti-Vietnam War Movement and Lordstown (Ohio) Automobile Workers consists of oral history audio recordings, along with their summaries and transcripts. The recordings pertain to the GI anti-Vietnam War movement, as well as rank and file labor movement activity during the 1970s at the Lordstown, Ohio General Motors plant, whose workers were represented by the United Automobile Workers Local 112. Some interviews were conducted contemporaneously, others subsequently. The collection also includes research notes, some correspondence, printed ephemera, and papers written by Moser's students.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Any rights (including copyright and related rights to publicity and privacy) held by Richard Moser were transferred to New York University in 2010 by Richard Moser. Permission to publish or reproduce materials in this collection must be secured from the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archive. Please contact NYU Special Collections, special.collections@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Richard Moser Collection on the GI Anti-Vietnam War Movement and Lordstown (Ohio) Automobile Workers; TAM 544; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Richard Moser in 2010. The accession number associated with this gift is 2010.054.
Audiovisual Access Policies and Procedures
Access to some audiovisual materials in this collection is available through digitized access copies. Researchers may view an item's original container, but the media themselves are not available for playback because of preservation concerns. Materials that have already been digitized are noted in the collection's finding aid and can be requested in our reading room.
Audiovisual materials that have not been preserved 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 NYU Special Collections (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
In September 2025, 3 audiocassettes with duplicative content were deaccessioned. In December 2025, 2 audiocassettes with duplicative content were deaccessioned.
Separated Materials
One box of GI anti-Vietnam War serials were separated to the Library's print collection, as was one box of books and pamphlets.
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Processing Information
Decisions regarding arrangement, description, and physical interventions for this collection prior to 2025 are unknown.
