Dan La Botz Papers
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Dan La Botz (1945-) is a labor and civil rights activist, academic, and author. He was the Socialist Party of Ohio's 2010 candidate for the U.S. Senate. He is also a co-founder of the socialist organization Solidarity, and has taught History and Latin American Studies at Miami University, the Univeristy of Cincinnati, and Northern Kentucky University. This collection contains material relating to La Botz's activism, organizing, writing, and teaching from the 1980s until 2014. The materials include correspondence, a campaign diary, handwritten notes, campaign literature, photographs documenting protests, and published and unpublished poetry and academic manuscripts.
Historical/Biographical Note
Dan La Botz (1945-) is an activist, organizer, and author. He was the Socialist Party of Ohio's 2010 candidate for the U.S. Senate. In his work as an activist, La Botz has been involved in organizing and writing for the Teamsters for a Democratic Union and was a co-founder of the socialist organization Solidarity. He has authored numerous books, pamhplets, and articles, and has taught as an Assistant Professor of History and Latin American Studies at Miami University, the Univeristy of Cincinnati, and Northern Kentucky University. He also edits the journal Mexican Labor News and Analysis.
Arrangement
This collection has not been arranged by an archivist. The materials are arranged in the order in which they were received from the donor.
Scope and Contents Note
This collection contains material relating to La Botz's activism, writing, teaching, and organizing activities from the 1980s through 2014, as well as his 2010 Socialist Party campaign for Ohio U.S. Senate. The materials include photographs; a campaign diary; handwritten notes; campaign literature; published and unpublished academic manuscripts; flyers and leaflets advertising lectures given by La Botz; notes and drafts of lectures; an interview on one audiocassette tape; and correspondence with voters, government bodies, mass media, and progressive organizations. Some of the topics most prominent in the collection include a railroad workers' strike in Mexico; a protest of Duro Bag company in 2001; efforts at Cook County Hospital; involvement with March for Justice, part of the Cincinnati Civil Rights protests of 2001-2002; and involvement in immigrant rights activism with the Coalition For The Dignity And Rights Of Immigrants (CODEDI). The collection also includes unpublished poetry and creative writing, as well as materials related to La Botz family history, including passports and a naturalization certificate from the early 20th century.
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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 Dan La Botz, the creator of this collection, were relinquished and transferred to the public domain in 2015 by Dan La Botz. 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; Dan La Botz Papers; TAM.678; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Daniel La Botz in 2015; additional materials were donated in 2016. The accession numbers associated with these gifts are 2015.050 and 2016.011.
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At the time of accessioning, materials were placed into new acid-free folders and record boxes due to the presence of pests, and a collection-level record was created. Original folder titles were retained and transcribed. A related collection documenting exclusively La Botz's 2010 campaign for US Senate [TAM.565] was donated by La Botz in two gifts in 2011 and 2013. This collection is governed by a different agreement and provides a broader scope of materials related to La Botz's life and activities, and is therefore a separate collection.
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