Steve and Barbara Zeluck Papers
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Steve Zeluck (1922-1985) and Barbara Zeluck (1923-2010) were Trotskyist, labor union, and occupational health activists. Steve Zeluck was active in the rank and file caucus Chalk Dust, in the United Federation of Teachers (UFT), and also was active in the White Lung Association, a group that advocated for those made ill by their exposure to asbestosis (Zeluck died of mesothelioma). This unprocessed collection contains personal papers, including correspondence and writings, organizational records, printed ephemera, periodicals (some annotated), relating to the Zeluck's activism in the Trotskyist movement, including within the Socialist Workers Party, International Socialists, Workers Power, and Solidarity, and within the UFT, and the White Lung Association and other asbestos-related activity. The papers also document Barbara Zeluck's socialist feminist and women's health care activism. Most periodical titles have been transferred to the Library's print collection.
Biographical Note
Steve Zeluck (1922-1985) and Barbara Zeluck (1923-2010) were Trotskyists, and labor union, and occupational health activists. Steve Zeluck was active in the rank and file caucus Chalk Dust, in the United Federation of Teachers (UFT), and also was active in the White Lung Association, a group that advocated for those made ill by their exposure to asbestosis (Zeluck died of mesothelioma). Barbara Zeluck was also involved in socialist feminist actcivity, and in women's health care issues through the Coalition for Abortion Rights and Against Sterilization Abuse (CARASA). Former members of the Socialist Workers Party, they were also involved in the "Regroupment" efforts of the late 1970s-early 1980s to bring together several Trotskyist organizations. They left the SWP, and were successively involved in the Trotskyist groups International Socialists, Workers Power, and Solidarity.
Additional biographical information can be found in the following articles:
"In Memory of Steve Zeluck," by Lew Friedman (Against the Current, number 65, November-December 1996)
http://www.solidarity-us.org/node/2316
"Barbara Zeluck, 1923-2010." Against the Current, number 147, July-August 2010
Arrangement
This unprocessed collection is arranged topically.
Scope and Contents
This unprocessed collection contains correspondence and writings; organizational records, printed reports, position papers, circulars, printed ephemera, periodicals (some annotated), relating to the Zelucks' activism in the Trotskyist movement, including within the Socialist Workers Party, International Socialists, Workers Power, and Solidarity, and within the United Federation of Teachers, and the White Lung Association and other asbestos-related activity. The papers also document Barbara Zeluck's socialist feminist and women's health care activism. Most periodical titles have been separated and transferred to the Library's print collection.
NOTE: In addition to the box-level descriptions provided below, there is available at the Library, a more detailed contents listing that accompanied the donation. However, this listing does not conform to the current organization of the material.
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Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Any rights (including copyright and related rights to publicity and privacy) held by Steve and Barbara Zeluck were transferred to New York University in 2010 by Merry Tucker and Paul Tucker. Permission to publish or reproduce materials in this collection must be secured from the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archive. Please contact tamiment.wagner@nyu.edu.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Steve and Barbara Zeluck Papers; TAM 549; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Merry Tucker and Paul Tucker in 2010. The accession numbers associated with this gift are 2010.066 and 2018.114.
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Separated Materials
Numerous serials titles, including internal bulletins of the various socialist and Trotskyist groups in which the Zelucks were involved, have been transferred to the Library's serials holdings.
