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Occupy Wall Street Archives Working Group Records

Call Number

TAM.630

Date

2011-2013, inclusive

Creator

Roberts, Amy (Role: Donor)
Occupy Wall Street. Archives Working Group. (Role: Donor)

Extent

145.5 Linear Feet
in 33 oversize flat boxes, 15 flat file folders, 19 custom boxes, 4 record cartons, 2 manuscript boxes, 2 media boxes, and 1 oversize tube box

Extent

51 Megabytes
in 47 graphics

Extent

1 CD

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Abstract

The Occupy Wall Street Archives Working Group was created in October 2011 by Amy Roberts and Jeremy Bold to collect and preserve material related to the Occupy Wall Street protest in the fall of 2011 in Manhattan, New York. The Archives Working Group (AWG) continued to collect materials related to other Occupy protests in 2012 and 2013, as well as climate change and racial justice protests. The Occupy Wall Street Archives Working Group Records document protests by the Occupy movement between 2011 and 2013, and the work of the AWG to collect materials from these protests. The collection also documents the beginning of the AWG through mission statements, draft budget proposals, meeting agenda, and minutes. The bulk of the collection documents the first Occupy Wall Street protest in the fall of 2011 in Zuccotti Park in Manhattan through posters, artwork, fliers, clippings from print and online news sources, letters of support, diaries, born-digital photographs, buttons, textiles, organizational documents, and the movement's newsletter, The Occupied Wall Street Journal.

Historical Note

The Occupy Wall Street Archives Working Group was created in October 2011 by Amy Roberts and Jeremy Bold to collect and preserve material related to the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protest in the fall of 2011 in Manhattan, New York. The Archives Working Group (AWG) was created to enable the movement to document itself and ensure that materials from the movement would be made available to the public. The AWG collected records of the movement in all formats, and documented the decisions of the OWS General Assembly, Spokes Council, and other working groups. The AWG continued to collect materials related to other Occupy protests in 2012 and 2013, as well as climate change and racial justice protests held in New York City during those years.

Arrangement

Materials are arranged by type of document. The container list is arranged in alphabetical order.

Posters collected on specific dates are listed in chronological order by collection date, with descriptive information about each sign included in the inventory. Posters without a documented date of collection are not arranged, but are housed according to size and material type.

Discussion documents are arranged in alphabetical order by discussion topic. The remaining organizational documents are not arranged, but are housed according to size.

Scope and Contents

The Occupy Wall Street Archives Working Group Records document protests by the Occupy movement between 2011 and 2013, and the work of the Archives Working Group (AWG) to collect materials from these protests. The bulk of the collection documents the first Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protest in the fall of 2011 in Zuccotti Park in Manhattan, New York. Other documented events include climate change and racial justice protests in New York, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania. Materials include posters, ephemera, artwork, correspondence, clippings, periodicals, diaries, a map, a compact disc, digital photographs, notebooks, organizational documents, and periodicals.

The bulk of the collection consists of material collected by members of the AWG in order to document the New York City Occupy protest in 2011. The majority of this material consists of posters and ephemera created by members of the movement in Zuccotti Park in 2011. In addition to the posters and ephemera, the AWG also collected letters of support, artwork, clippings, periodicals, diaries, notebooks, digital photographs, a map, and a compact disc. The posters and ephemera document the main issues of the movement, in particular income inequality, wealth distribution, and the influence of corporations on the government. The ephemera includes fliers, pamphlets, clippings, textiles, buttons, and stickers. The letters of support were sent by friends and family of the protestors, supporters from across the country, and one seventh grade social studies class in New Jersey. The clippings include articles from print and online news sources about the protest. The periodicals include the movement's publication, The Occupied Wall Street Journal and Occupy!, which includes articles written by members of the movement and other activists and was published by the n + 1 foundation. The artwork includes small and large-scale plywood, masonite, drywall, metal, and fabric paintings, sculptures, and props created by members of the protest. These items include messages similar to the posters and ephemera. The diaries contain personal entries and meeting notes created by unidentified members of the Occupy movement. The notebooks were found in Zuccotti Park after a raid on the protesters by the New York Police Department in November 2011 and collected by members of the AWG. The map is of a route the protestors may have used in lower Manhattan, in the area surrounding Zucotti Park. The digital photographs depict protesters and police officers, and the compact disc contains the song "People's Park".

Material documenting the AWG is physically housed with the organizational documents and includes mission statements, draft budget proposals, meeting agenda, minutes, and notes. The bulk of the AWG records consist of notes taken by Amy Roberts at AWG meetings, with other material consisting of budget proposals presented to the OWS General Assembly and notes on collecting oral histories and archives best practices.

Material documenting the work of the General Assembly and other working groups are also physically housed with the organizational documents. These include a draft vision statements, a "Declaration of the Occupation of New York City", meeting agenda and notes, discussion documents, informational signs, and notes taken by Roberts at working group meetings. In addition to the AWG, the Music Working Group and other unspecified working groups are documented in the collection. The discussion documents consist of large, rolled sheets of paper with a general topic of discussion and related topics written on the paper.

Conditions Governing Access

Open to users without restriction, with the exception of textiles, select artwork, and signs larger than 24" x 36".

Conditions Governing Use

Any rights (including copyright and related rights to publicity and privacy) held by the Occupy Wall Street Archives Working Group, the creator of this collection, were relinquished and transferred to the public domain in 2013 by Amy Roberts. These materials are governed by a Creative Commons CC0 license, which permits publication and reproduction of materials accompanied by full attribution. See, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/

Preferred Citation

Identification of item, date; Occupy Wall Street Archives Working Group Records; TAM 630; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.

Location of Materials

Some materials are stored offsite and advance notice is required for use. Please request materials at least two business days prior to your research visit to coordinate access.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Amy Roberts of the Occupy Wall Street Archives Working Group, 2013, 2017, and 2019. The accession numbers associated with these gifts are 2013.010, 2013.022, 2017.048, 2017.077, and 2019.079. Materials associated with the collection were found in repository in April 2014. The accession number associated with this material is 2014.096.

Custodial History

Materials were collected by Amy Roberts of the Occupy Wall Street Archives Working Group in 2011 and transferred to the Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives in 2013 and 2017. Materials associated with collection were found in the repository in April 2014 and were accessioned at that time.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Textiles, select artwork, and signs larger than 24" x 36" require conservation treatment before they can be made available to researchers.

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 tamiment.wagner@nyu.edu with the collection name, collection number, and a description of the item(s) requested. A staff member will respond to you with further information.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Advance notice is required for the use of computer records. An access terminal for born-digital materials in the collection is available by appointment for reading room viewing and listening only. Researchers may view an item's original container and/or carrier, but the physical carriers themselves are not available for use because of preservation concerns.

Appraisal

In 2017, duplicate fliers and periodicals were deaccessioned.

In May 2018, the following materials were deaccessioned from the collection: foam letters, clothing, drums and drumsticks, candles, markers, heat blankets, and zip-tie handcuffs. Also removed were posters with duplicative, general, or personal messages; abstract artwork; blank cardboard; and extremely dirty or damaged posters.

Collection processed by

Megan O'Shea

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-02-06 14:04:10 -0500.
Using Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language: Finding aid written in English

Processing Information

In August 2017, 17 items were prepared to be moved to offsite art storage in September 2017.

In September 2017, the ephemera, letters of support, diary, organizational documents, periodicals, and some posters were housed in archival folders and boxes. Materials were kept in the broad categories in which they were arranged when received from the donor.

In December 2017, the placards, signs, drums, and textiles were surveyed. In May 2018, this material was cleaned by staff from the Barbara Goldsmith Preservation & Conservation Department. In July 2018, materials were kept intellectually in the broad categories in which they were arranged when received from the donor and incorporated into the existing arrangement. Materials were housed in archival folders and boxes, and housed together according to material type and size.

In January 2018, additional ephemera, letters of support, diaries, organizational documents, periodicals, and posters were housed in archival folders and boxes. Materials were kept in the broad categories in which they were arranged when received from the donor and incorporated into the existing arrangement.

One CD-R was forensically imaged and mounted to local storage. A directory was created for one collection of graphics files.

New York University Libraries follow professional standards and best practices when imaging, ingesting, and processing born-digital material in order to maintain the integrity and authenticity of the content.

In August 2021, item-level description of 54 items was added to the finding aid.

Revisions to this Guide

August 2017: Updated by Megan O'Shea to incorporate artwork being sent to offsite art storage in September 2017
September 2017: Updated by Megan O'Shea to incorporate collection description and processed materials
July 2018: Updated by Megan O'Shea to reflect housing of posters
March 2019: Updated by Megan O'Shea to reflect incorporation of posters found in repository
July 2019: Updated by Rachel Searcy to reflect January 2019 accretion
August 2021: Edited by Amy C. Vo to include item-level description of materials

Repository

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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Artwork

Artwork -- Abraham Lincoln with phrases, 2011

Item: TAM.630.cuid902 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Extent

1 item

Physical Facet

one painting

Subjects

Artwork -- Apes diptych, 2011

Item: TAM.630.cuid901 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Extent

2 items

Physical Facet

two signs

Subjects

Genres

Artwork -- Banker stencil, 2011

Item: TAM.630.cuid903 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Extent

1 item

Physical Facet

one sign

Subjects

Genres

Artwork -- The Cover Up, 2011

Item: TAM.630.cuid897 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Extent

1 item

Physical Facet

one painting

Subjects

Artwork -- The Cover Up, 2011

Item: TAM.630.cuid898 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Extent

1 item

Physical Facet

one painting

Subjects

Artwork -- The Cover Up, 2011

Item: TAM.630.cuid899 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Extent

1 item

Physical Facet

one painting

Subjects

Artwork -- The Cover Up, 2011

Item: TAM.630.cuid900 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Extent

1 item

Physical Facet

one painting

Subjects

Artwork -- Crisis Chaos Change, 2011

Item: TAM.630.cuid895 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Extent

1 item

Physical Facet

one painting

Subjects

Genres

Artwork -- Donation box (The Peoples Bank of Change), 2011

Item: TAM.630.cuid1626 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Extent

1 item

Physical Facet

one sculpture

Scope and Contents

Artist: Albert Wilking

Subjects

Artwork -- Kitchen, 2011

Item: TAM.630.cuid890 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Extent

1 item

Physical Facet

one sign

Subjects

Artwork -- Krishna, 2011

Item: TAM.630.cuid905 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Extent

1 item

Physical Facet

one painting

Subjects

Artwork -- The Land of the Free..., 2011

Item: TAM.630.cuid892 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Extent

1 item

Physical Facet

one sign

Subjects

Genres

Artwork -- More Like A Fail Out!, 2011

Item: TAM.630.cuid889 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Extent

1 item

Physical Facet

one sign

Subjects

Genres

Artwork -- 99%ER, 2011

Item: TAM.630.cuid893 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Extent

1 item

Physical Facet

one sign

Subjects

Genres

Artwork -- 1,000,000,000,000, 2011

Item: TAM.630.cuid904 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Extent

1 item

Physical Facet

one sign

Subjects

Genres

Artwork -- Rise Sir Lapdog Revolt..., 2011

Item: TAM.630.cuid896 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Extent

1 item

Physical Facet

one painting

Subjects

Genres

Artwork -- Small donation box, 2011

Box: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Artwork -- Statue of Liberty with cut out at face, 2011

Item: TAM.630.cuid1094 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Extent

1 item

Physical Facet

one poster with cut out at face

Subjects

Genres

Artwork -- Tentacles, 2011

Item: TAM.630.cuid13389 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Extent

1 item

Physical Facet

tentacles with rods and strings to move tentacles

Subjects

Artwork -- Top hat with flowers, 2011

Item: TAM.630.cuid13388 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Extent

1 item

Physical Facet

one hat

Subjects

Artwork -- Umbrella with painted flowers, 2011

Item: TAM.630.cuid13390 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Extent

1 item

Physical Facet

one umbrella

Subjects

Artwork -- When The Well's Dry..., 2011

Item: TAM.630.cuid891 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Extent

1 item

Physical Facet

one sign

Subjects

Genres

Artwork -- Why I Embrace Change..., 2011

Item: TAM.630.cuid894 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Extent

1 item

Physical Facet

one painting

Subjects

Genres

Artwork, buttons, patches, 2011-2013, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 4, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Annotated map of Lower Manhattan, undated

Flat-File-Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Clippings, 2011-2012, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 2-3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Compact disc, 2011

Box: 4, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Audio)

Diaries and notebooks, 2011

Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 4, Folder: 16-18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Digital photographs, 2011

Box: Electronic records, object: TW_TAM_630_ER_1 (Material Type: electronic records)

Extent

51 Megabytes 47 graphics

Flag, 2011

Flat-File-Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fliers, stickers, and postcards, 2011-2013, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 5-13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 2, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 4, Folder: 1-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 4, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 36, Folder: 13-21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters of support, 2011

Box: 1, Folder: 14-23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 4, Folder: 5-8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Map of lower Manhattan, 2011

Flat-File-Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Object -- Tax Dodgers 1% Foam Finger, 2011

Box: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Organizational documents, 2011-2013, inclusive

Box: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 35, Folder: 7-8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 36, Folder: 10-12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Flat-File-Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Flat-File-Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Flat-File-Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Flat-File-Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Flat-File-Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Flat-File-Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 2, Folder: 1-17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 4, Folder: 11-14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 18, Folder: 1-3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 19, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Pamphlets, 2011-2013, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 18-19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 4, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 36, Folder: 22-24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Periodical -- The Occupied Wall Street Journal, 2011-11

Box: 3, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Periodicals, 2011-2013, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 20-22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 3, Folder: 1-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 19, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 34, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster collected on October 24 -- New survey shows majority of NY'ers support Occupy Wall Street..., 2011

Box: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

11" x 17" White paper with black and red ink, taped to cardboard.

Poster collected on October 24 -- Show me the $, 2011

Box: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

18.5" x 26.75" Brown cardboard with gold paint.

Poster collected on October 24 -- Day 1er leaving today to organize other occupations need $$ for smartphone, 2011

Box: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

20" x 23.75" Brown cardboard with black and green marker.

Poster collected on October 24 -- Occupy Wall Street spends $4,000 a week on photocopies but still cannot buy a coffee machine that keeps the protesters warm, happy and ready to protest, 2011

Box: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

15.25" x 19.5" Brown cardboard with black marker.

Poster collected on October 24 -- Image of Lloyd Blankfein as vampire drinking the blood of the Statue of Liberty, reads "Enough prosecute Goldman Sachs personhood", 2011

Box: 34, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

14.25" x 22" White poster paper with black marker, and white paper with black ink taped to poster, and silver shoelace. Verso reads: Enough of the vampire squids wrapped around the face of humanity...

Poster collected on October 24 -- The top 1% controls 40% of wealth, 2011

Box: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

20" x 30" White foamcore with blue, red, green, and black marker. Verso reads: The bottom 40% controls 1% of wealth

Poster collected on October 24 -- Health care for the 99%, 2011

Scope and Contents

25.75" x 26.25" Brown cardboard with black and red marker. Verso reads: Health care not wealth care

Poster collected on November 4 -- Child safe zone, 2011

Box: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

7.5" x 18" Brown cardboard with black ink and red duct tape.

Poster collected on November 4 -- A corporation is like a dyslexic Robin Hood, 2011

Box: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

10" x 18" Brown cardboard with red ink.

Poster collected on November 4 -- Life, liberty, and the pursuit of humanity! 99%, 2011

Box: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

14" x 18" Brown cardboard with black ink.

Poster collected on November 4 -- Corporate power is big government!, 2011

Box: 19, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

9" x 15.75" White cardboard with black marker.

Poster collected on November 4 -- Occupy UES Do it now!, 2011

Box: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

9.5" x 18.5" Brown cardboard with red marker.

Poster collected on November 4 -- Hey! At least North Dakota's hiring!, 2011

Box: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

9.5" x 18.5" Brown cardboard with blue marker.

Poster collected on November 4 -- There were ninty and nine that safely lay in the shelter of the fold but one was off on hills away buying up all the gold, 2011

Box: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

14" x 20" White paper with black marker on brown cardboard.

Poster collected on November 4 -- Restore American Airlines flight attendants' wages, 2011

Box: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

17" x 19" Brown cardboard with red, green, and blue marker.

Poster collected on November 4 -- When I play, I draw [Monopoly Commmunity Chest card] When you play, you draw [Monopoly Commmunity Chest card] Why does it feel like we are drawing from different decks?, 2011

Box: 17, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

22" x 28" Orange poster board with black marker and yellow paper with black ink. Verso reads "Corporation: an engenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility - Ambrose Bierce"

Poster collected on November 4 -- Give donations to official working groups only, 2011

Box: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

23" x 25.5" Brown cardboard with black marker.

Poster collected on November 4 -- No left, no right, only 99%, 2011

Box: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Diameter = 13.5" Blue painted wooden circle with black marker. Verso reads "I don't wanna get locked up but if that's my only choice then so be it!"

Poster collected on November 4 -- 99% stealing is wrong Cadogan Scimecca 5 years old, 2011

Box: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Diameter = 13" Blue painted wooden circle with black marker. Verso reads "Do you love yourself or others best?"

Poster collected on November 4 -- One good way to control greed is to > wages, 2011

Box: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Diameter = 13.25" Blue painted wooden circle with black marker.

Poster collected on November 4 -- Instead of asking for debt forgiveness, 2011

Box: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Diameter = 13.25" Blue painted wooden circle with black marker. Verso reads "Stop paying your bills!"

Poster collected on November 4 -- Sick of big banksters greed + arrogance? Then leave em'! Go with small/local banks + credit unions, 2011

Box: 19, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

11" x 14" Yellow poster paper with black marker.

Poster collected on November 4 -- What do Americans want? Fair pay for hard work, 2011

Box: 19, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

11" x 17" White poster paper with red marker. Verso reads "What do banksters want? Freedom to loot

Poster collected on November 4 -- Eat trees Please pardon our appearance. We are making the world! Feet!, 2011

Box: 19, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

11" x 17" White paper with black ink and green marker.

Poster collected on November 4 -- We are the other 99%, 2011

Box: 19, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

12" x 18" Blue poster paper with white and red ink.

Poster collected on November 4 -- Hungry?, 2011

Box: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

13.25" x 15.5" Black styrofoam with white paint. Verso reads "Eat the rich!"

Poster collected on November 4 -- You have a gambling problem..., 2011

Box: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

13.5" x 16.5" Black foamcore with white paint. Verso reads "...We're here to help!"

Poster collected on November 4 -- Justice is blind, 2011

Box: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

13" x 16.5" Black foamcore with white paint. Verso reads "... Not stupid!"

Poster collected on November 4 -- Forget where the money went..., 2011

Box: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

13.5" x 15.5" Black foamcore with white paint. Verso reads "...Where did it come from??"

Poster collected on November 4 -- Bail me out! Only $25,000, 2011

Box: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

13.5" x 15.5" Black foamcore with white paint.

Poster collected on November 6 -- Health care is a human right, 2011

Box: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

18.5" x 21" Brown cardboard with red and blue marker.

Poster collected on November 6 -- Wall Street you're fired, 2011

Box: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

18" x 19" Brown cardboard with white paper, black ink, blue and red paint, and blue tape.

Poster collected on November 6 -- Give 2 the people! The G.A. is an evil super power!, 2011

Box: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

7.5" x 30.5" Brown cardboard with white, red, and yellow paint.

Poster collected on November 6 -- Image of black and white American flag with person lifting one of the stripes, 2011

Box: 17, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

20" x 30" White poster board with black ink.

Poster collected on November 6 -- Image of person climbing street sign, which reads "Worth fighting for", 2011

Box: 17, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

20" x 30" White poster board with red ink.

Poster collected on November 6 -- Image of pig, which reads "That's some pig!", 2011

Box: 17, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

20" x 30" White poster board with black ink.

Poster collected on November 6 -- 99% how many more do we need?, 2011

Box: 17, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

22" x 28" White poster board with brown, red, black, and green paint.

Poster collected on November 7 -- The Fed-Treasury evil axis rips us all off!, 2011

Box: 36, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

8.5" x 11" White paper with black ink.

Poster collected on November 7 -- We are in a drastic need of ending the exchange of us bonds..., 2011

Box: 36, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

8.5" x 11" White paper with black ink.

Poster collected on November 7 -- Racism is strictly forbidden here!!, 2011

Box: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

17" x 19" Brown cardboard with purple marker.

Poster collected on November 7 -- Shrewd Uncle Sam..., 2011

Box: 36, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

8.5" x 11" White paper with black ink.

Poster collected on November 7 -- Wanted Kathleen Ann Corbet, 2011

Box: 36, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

8.5" x 11" White paper with black ink. Verso reads "Wanted Lewis S. Ranieri"

Poster collected on November 7 -- Image of girl lying on street in front of protesters with "Occupy for innocence", 2011

Box: 19, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

13" x 19" White poster board with black ink.

Poster collected on November 7 -- Turn off the news + read!, 2011

Box: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

13" x 18.25" Brown cardboard with black marker.

Poster collected on November 7 -- Elmo hates Wall Street, 2011

Box: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

20" x 29" Brown cardboard with black, brown, and yellow marker.

Poster collected on November 7 -- First in the nation caucus occupation..., 2011

Box: 19, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

11" x 17" White poster board with black ink and silver duct tape.

Poster collected on November 7 -- Wanted Stanley O'Neal, 2011

Box: 36, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

8.5" x 11" White paper with black ink.

Poster collected on November 7 -- Wanted Sanford "Sandy" I. Weill, 2011

Box: 36, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

8.5" x 11" White paper with black ink.

Poster collected on November 7 -- Capitalism Capitalism Capitalism..., 2011

Box: 36, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

8.5" x 11" White paper with black ink.

Poster collected on November 7 -- Image of a bull surrounded by protesters and bankers, reads "The brazen, brazen bull", 2011

Box: 34, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

14" x 22" Tan paper with black ink.

Poster collected on November 7 -- Image of worker confronting evil Uncle Sam, reads "Occupy for freedom peace truth love life", 2011

Box: 18, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

19" x 24.75" White poster board with red and blue paint.

Poster collected on November 7 -- We, Tamils support Occupy Wall St., 2011

Box: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

12" x 22.5" Brown cardboard with blue marker and twine.

Poster collected on November 7 -- Image of worker confronting evil Uncle Sam, reads "Occupy for freedom peace truth love life", 2011

Box: 17, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

19" x 24.75" White poster paper with blue paint.

Poster collected on November 7 -- Give us back Manhattan, 2011

Box: 34, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

12.5" x 20" Green paper with black ink and blue duct tape.

Poster collected on November 7 -- Money money money no longer funny in a rich mans world, 2011

Box: 19, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

12.5" x 20" Green paper with black ink.

Poster collected on November 7 -- Int'l. Action Center Occupy Wall Street, 2011

Box: 19, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

11" x 17" Yellow paper with black ink.

Poster collected on November 7 -- Image of one-eyed Uncle Sam, reads "Stop! These changes are only mandated for your safety, convenience and security!", 2011

Box: 34, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

18" x 24" Grey paper with red paint.

Poster collected on November 7 -- Image of two hands, reads "Place your hand here. Have stranger place hand here. Remove hands when no longer strangers.", 2011

Box: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

18" x 24" White particleboard with black ink.

Poster collected on November 9 -- OWS Screen Print Guild..., 2011

Box: 19, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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12" x 18" White paper with black ink, laminated.

Poster collected on November 9 -- This system has no future for the youth the revolution does! Revcom.us, 2011

Box: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

22" x 29" White foamcore with red and black marker.

Poster collected on November 9 -- This is just practice, 2011

Box: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

14" x 18" Brown particleboard with black marker.

Poster collected on November 9 -- Welcome to the United States, Inc, 2011

Box: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

17.5" x 32.5" Brown cardboard with black and white paint.

Poster collected on November 9 -- #Occupy Life, 2011

Box: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

17.5" x 32.25" Brown cardboard with red paint and black marker.

Poster collected on November 9 -- The television will not be revolutionized. Let's occupy!!!, 2011

Scope and Contents

22.25" x 40.25" Brown cardboard with green paint.

Poster collected on November 12 -- Save free markets from the Oligarchs and Kleptocrats, 2011

Box: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

20" x 30" Green foamcore with black marker.

Poster collected on November 12 -- Image of man reading sign, which reads "Occupy Occupy Occupy...", 2011

Box: 34, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

16.75" x 21.5" Paper with black ink.

Poster collected on November 12 -- Bankers and toffs get stuffed!, 2011

Box: 18, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

20" x 25" Green paper with black ink.

Poster collected on November 12 -- Image of man eating pie filled with money, titled "American Pie", 2011

Box: 31, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

18" x 23.75" White paper with multi-colored ink. Artist: Michael D'Antuono

Poster collected on November 12 -- Image of man in suit being comforted by another man, titled "Down & Outsourced", 2011

Box: 31, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

18" x 24" White paper with multi-colored ink. Artist: Michael D'Antuono

Poster collected on November 12 -- Image of man putting model of United States Capitol building in his pocket, titled "Small Government", 2011

Box: 31, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

18" x 23.75" White paper with multi-colored ink. Artist: Michael D'Antuono

Poster collected on November 12 -- Ten years ago we've got Steve Jobs, Bob Hope & Johnny Cash. Now, we've got no jobs, no hope, & no cash, 2011

Scope and Contents

26" x 34" Brown cardboard with green, blue, and red crayon

Poster collected on November 14 -- Image of Michael Bloomberg, police officer, and snowstorm over Zuccotti Park, reads "We have to clear that park before the holidays. Turn the H.A.A.R.P. on full blast!! Let's see them occupy the snow.", 2011

Box: 18, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

22" x 28" White poster paper with pink, purple, and black marker, with clear tape over paper.

Poster collected on November 14 -- Image of Barack Obama shining a flashlight into a turkey, reads "Hey ho B.O. Where did all our jobs go? Happy thanksgiving everyone, 2011

Box: 31, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

22" x 27.25" White poster paper with black marker.

Poster collected on November 14 -- Map of United States divided into three sections with numbers in each, reads "Wealth WTF", 2011

Box: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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15.5" x 20.75" White cardboard with black marker.

Poster collected on November 14 -- Smash the two-party system, 2011

Box: 19, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

12" x 18" White poster paper with black marker. Verso reads: We are the 99%

Poster collected on November 14 -- For the benefit of the whole..., 2011

Box: 18, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

22" x 28" Yellow poster paper with black and red marker.

Poster collected on November 14 -- Inequality makes my patients sick! PNHP Physicians for a National Health Program New York Metro Chapter, 2011

Box: 18, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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22" x 28" White poster paper with black marker, and white paper with green and black ink taped onto poster. Verso reads: "American exceptionalism." Except for: the poor, minorities, students, workers, immigrants, Native-Americans, et al and you!

Poster collected on November 14 -- I'm a doctor for the 99% PNHP Physicians for a National Health Program New York Metro Chapter, 2011

Box: 31, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

22" x 28" White poster paper with black marker, and white paper with green and black ink taped onto poster. Verso reads: Thomas Jefferson said: "When I reflect that God is just, I tremble for my country." America: You will not be absolved of your crimes -against- humanity.

Poster collected on November 14 -- #OccupierAdvocacy, address greivances, answer questions, navigate bureaucracy. How can we help?, 2011

Scope and Contents

23" x 35" Peach poster paper with black marker.

Poster collected on November 14 -- I'm the 99% fighting for my rights, 2011

Box: 31, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

22" x 28" White poster paper with black and red marker.

Poster collected on November 14 -- We want butter not guns! Listen to us*, 2011

Box: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

12.25" x 24" Brown cardboard with blue marker. Verso reads: Obama lied: No change, transparency, offshore accounts, savings, social security, run away inflation, endless wars

Poster collected on November 14 -- I want to burn the Turkish flag. Belongs to 1% ruling class, 2011

Box: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

23" x 24" Brown cardboard with black marker.

Poster -- Organizing through a Racial Justice Framework, #OWS People's Free Library, 2011

Box: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- People of Color Working Group!, 2011

Box: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- Wisconsin: Workers, Educators, Students, & Artists, We Thank You!, 2011

Box: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- Wall Street May Have Money & Influence BUT... The People Got the Power! LiUNA! Laborers Local 108, 2011

Box: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- The NYPD stops and frisks hundreds of thousands of innocent people each year, 2011

Box: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- Frack Makes 99% Sick, 1% Rich, 2011

Box: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- I am Not a Tourist Attraction, Y'all Join the Occupation, 2011

Box: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- Occupy Wall Street $pends $4,000 a week on photocopies but still cannot buy a coffee machine that keeps the protesters warm, happy and ready to protest, 2011

Box: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- Restore American Airlines Flight Attendants' Wages, 2011

Box: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- Trickle Down Economics = Let Them Eat [Urinal] Cake!, 2011

Box: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- Eat the Rich! They're Very Tender Cause They Don't Work!!!, 2011

Box: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- Can't Stop, Won't Stop, 2011

Box: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- Gay Squat 2011-2012, "Come In and Come Out", 2011

Box: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- Got a Mortgage? A Lease? A Reliable Shelter?... If Not, Join the Houseless Caucus, 2011

Box: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- Bank of America, Foreclosed, 2012-03-15

Box: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- Arrest Financial Terrorists!! End the Evil Empire (Troops Home from Europe/Asia), 2011

Box: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- No Keystone XL Pipeline, 2011

Box: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- Want to Be a Billionaire, Too? Work 139,860,139.86 Hours at Min. Wage *Before Taxes, 2011

Box: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- Paul Robeson High School Unite!, 2011

Box: 17, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- OWS Info, Judge ordered park reopened and belongings returned, 2011

Box: 18, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- Stop Stop + Frisk Tuesday, Nov 1 @ 4pm Brownsville, Brooklyn, nov1action.org, 2011

Box: 18, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- OWS!, 2011

Box: 18, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- The Occupied Office Colletive [sic] Agreements, 2011

Box: 18, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- Turmoil Over Oil, 2011

Box: 18, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- Follow the Money... All Roads Lead to Wall Street!, 2011

Box: 19, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- Fight Back World Wide, Capitalism is the Crisis, Decolonize Globally, the 99% Have No Borders, 2011

Box: 19, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- The 13% Mayor, 2011

Box: 19, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- Safer Spaces: Rapists Fuck Off, Get Hurt!, 2011

Box: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- Surveillance Van, "Smile!", 2011

Box: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- When a piece of crap takes a crap, and that crap throws up, then the throw up takes a crap, that's a 401K, 2011

Box: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- Bring Our Troops Home So They Can Join Us, 2011

Box: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- We Clean, We are Non-Violent, We are Employed, We are Un-Employed..., 2011

Box: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- Healthcare for the 99%, 2011

Box: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- Kim, Jinsuk (= 300 Days) 'Let's Fight Together!' Solidarity from 99% of Korea, 2011

Box: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- The Harder I Work the More I Fall Behind, 2011

Box: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- Unite the World, Democracy for All Not Just the 1%, Get Money Out of Politics!, 2011

Box: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- Racism is Strictly Forbidden Here!!, 2011

Box: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- People Before Profit, 2011

Box: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- Arab Spring American Fall, 2011

Box: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- It is time to protect the people!, 2011

Box: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- OWS Thursday Schedule (9am to 9:30pm), 2011

Box: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- Street Medic Training, 2011

Box: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- Enjoy Your Capitalism, But We'll Never Let You Forget What It's Doing to Us, 2011

Box: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- Claw Back Wall $t Bonuses, 2011

Box: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- The World vs. The 1%, 2011

Box: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- Greed Kills, 2011

Box: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- "You Show Me a Capitalist and I'll Show You a Bloodsucker!" - Malcolm X, 2011

Box: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- I'm a Union Ironworker, I Vote, I Work, I Pay Taxes, I'm Pissed, So I'm Here. All the way from L.A., 2011

Box: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- Restructure mortgages. Keep Americans in their homes, 2011

Box: 31, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- Living Exercises, Stranger/Unstranger, 2011

Box: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- Trayvon Martin. Still, Still No Justice. Take it to the Streets. It's Up to Us!, 2011

Box: 34, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster -- Mic Check, 2011

Box: 35, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Posters, 2011-2012, inclusive

Box: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 17, Folder: 1-6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 18, Folder: 4-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 19, Folder: 3-13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 3, Folder: 5-6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 31, Folder: 1-8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 34, Folder: 1-10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 35, Folder: 1-6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 36, Folder: 8-9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Flat-File-Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Flat-File-Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Flat-File-Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Flat-File-Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Flat-File-Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Flat-File-Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Flat-File-Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10012