Series I: Brecht Forum Records, 1960s-2023, inclusive; 1960s-2017, bulk
Scope and Contents
This series contains records of Brecht Forum (dated 1960s-2014). It includes organizational correspondence, public programming files, course catalogues, fundraising files, meeting minutes, financial records, and newsletters. The series also contains numerous audio recording of conferences, public events, and lectures.
Cassette Tapes, 1970s-1990s, inclusive
Cassette Tapes, 1980s-2000s, inclusive
Cassette Tapes, 1970s-2000s, inclusive
Betacam Tapes (some labeled "Manifestivity," referring to Brecht Forum's 150th anniversary celebration of the Communist Manifesto), circa 1998, inclusive
Cassette Tapes (original box labeled "BAC 99"), 1990s-2000s, inclusive
Correspondence - A through C, 1980s-2010s, inclusive
Correspondence - C through H, 1980s-2010s, inclusive
Correspondence - H through M, 1980s-2010s, inclusive
Correspondence - M through R, 1980s-2010s, inclusive
Correspondence - R through T, 1980s-2010s, inclusive
Correspondence - U through Z, and Annette Rubenstein Papers and Photographs, 1960s-2010s, inclusive
Cassette Tapes, 1990s-2000s, inclusive
Publicity/Program Calendars and Programming Files re: July Intensive School, 1970s-2010s, inclusive
Programming Files re: July Intensive School and Marxist Education Conferences, 1970s-1990s, inclusive
Programming and Subject Files, 1970s-1990s, inclusive
Programming Files re: Faculty Meetings, Arts Programming, Brecht Forum History, etc., 1980s-1990s, inclusive
Programming and Subject Files, circa 1980-1999, inclusive
Programming and Subject Files, circa 1990s-2000s, inclusive
Programming Files, 1990s-2000s, inclusive
Programming and Fundraising Files, 1990s-2000s, inclusive
Fundraising Files, 1990s-2000s, inclusive
Programming and Fundraising Files, 1970s-1990s, inclusive
Cassette Tapes, 1970s-2000s, inclusive
Cassette Tapes, 1980s, inclusive
Cassette Tapes, 1980s-2000s
Cassette Tapes, 1970s-1990s
New Marxist School - Catalogs, Reports etc., NY Committee on Marxist Education Minutes, Marxist Education Collective- Minutes, Reports etc., 1975-1999, inclusive
Marxist Education Collective - Minutes, Reports etc., NY Marxist School - Minutes Notebook, School Info. etc., Brecht Forum event fliers, 1970-1985, inclusive
School of Marxist Education Course Materials and Event Fliers, 1970s-1992, inclusive
Brecht Forum Newspapers, 1999-2004, inclusive
Financial and Programming Files, 1980s-2014, inclusive
Fundraising and Programming Files, 1980s-2014, inclusive
Financial and Subject Files, 1980s-2014, inclusive
Hard Drives, undated
Archived Website
Extent
Scope and Content Note
The Brecht Forum, originally located at 451 West Street in Manhattan, now at 388 Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, is a Marxist cultural and educational center. The Brecht Forum was founded in 1975 as The New York Marxist School. In 1984, the founding collective incorporated as The Brecht Forum with The New York Marxist School as the Forum's core project. In addition to the New York Marxist School, it also offers other programs, language classes, and arts and cultural events. The website contains information on their curriculum and classes, programming from 2007-2014, as well as economic news analysis. Over the years, the Brecht Forum supported different types of programming, including the Neues Kabarett, the Right to City podcast series, the Manifestoon, the Institute for Popular Education, the Theater of the Oppressed Laboratory, the Harvey Goldberg Classroom Benefits from 2006-2009, Strategic Visions discussion series, and other events and programs. In 2014, after the Brecht Forum closed, the website remained active as a video gallery until 2017. The YouTube channel was focused on the years 2007-2014, the majority of which were uploaded to be part of the video gallery on the main website after the Brecht Forum's closing.
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.
Externally hosted content
https://wayback.archive-it.org/4562/*/https://brechtforum.org/
Externally hosted content
https://wayback.archive-it.org/4562/*/https://www.youtube.com/@brechtforum/videos/
