Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Collection of Local and Underground Press Serials
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The Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Collection of Local and Underground Press Serials contains roughly 600 titles published by local and underground presses in the United States, Europe, South America, Australia, and Canada. The collection dates between 1871 and 2005, with the bulk of the material dating from the 1960s through 1980s. The collection consists of serials published by local, independent presses, encompassing activist networks, local media companies, clubs, individuals, independent artist collectives and cooperatives, student groups, and local non-profits. Topics in the collection include local news, regional history, rural and urban community networks, community development, wages and employment, anarchism, socialism, communal and sustainable living, environmentalism, feminism, student activism, and local arts and media in the communities in which the serials were published.
Arrangement
Serials in this collection are arranged alphabetically by title.
Scope and Contents
The Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Collection of Local and Underground Press Serials contains roughly 600 titles published by local and underground presses in the United States (US), Canada, Europe, South America, and Australia. The collection dates between 1871 and 2005, with the bulk of the material dating from the 1960s through 1980s. The majority of the collection consists of incomplete runs of newspapers, magazines, newsletters, zines, comics, and bulletins published by local, independent presses in the US, encompassing activist networks, local media companies, clubs, individuals, independent artist collectives and cooperatives, student groups, and local non-profits. A significant quantity of the collection dates from the 1960s and 1980s, and documents feminism, environmentalism, peace activism, minority rights movements, and student organizing and the ways in which these movements affected discussions on the local level. Local presses from the Bay Area in California; Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois; and New York, New York are well documented in this collection.
Among the topics addressed in the serials are local news, regional history, rural and urban community networks, community development, wages and employment, anarchism, socialism, communal and sustainable living, environmentalism, feminism, student activism, and local arts and media. They also include critiques of US foreign policy and mainstream media, and contain educational resources about international independence movements and solidarity. The vast majority of the collection originates in and documents the US, and include publications from regional political networks. A small amount of international publications are present in the collection and primarily consist of publications from Europe and Canada, with some publications from South America and Australia. No complete runs of publications are contained herein, and generally only a handful of issues of each publication are held.
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Conditions Governing Access
Open to users without restriction.
Conditions Governing Use
Because of the assembled nature of this collection, copyright status varies across the collection. Copyright is assumed to be held by the original creator of individual items in the collection; these items are expected to pass into the public domain 120 years after their creation. Repository is not authorized to grant permission to publish or reproduce materials from this collection.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Collection of Local and Underground Press Serials; TAM 758; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection combines serials relating to Local and Underground Press drawn from two discrete groups of material held by the Tamiment Library. The first was a partially inventoried backlog of serials, received by the library through donations, subscriptions, and in archival collections. The second group consisted of around 1,700 serials, newspapers, and magazines, organized by title as an artificial collection, referred to as Periodicals.001 or Boxed Newspapers. This material was combined, inventoried, and arranged and described in subject-based categories in 2017. The accession number related to this collection is 2017.049.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Due to the fragile nature of certain original materials, researchers may be required to consult microfilm copies, preservation photocopies, or digital images of material in this collection.
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Processing Information
The material in this collection was assembled from various backlogs of uncataloged material held by the Tamiment Library. This material was inventoried, separated according to its subject matter, and arranged in a series of subject-based artificial collections. Accumulations of material relating to Local and Underground Press were identified and brought together physically. Materials were housed in archival folders and boxes according to size. The inventory is arranged alphabetically by title of publication, with publishing organization and place of publication listed when known.
