Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Collection of Law Serials
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Abstract
The Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Collection of Law Serials contains over 180 titles on legal issues in the United States, Europe, and Central America between 1935 and 2013. The bulk of the collection consists of American serials published between the 1960s and the 1980s. Topics include the legal system in the United States, human rights issues, and prison reform.
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Serials in this collection are arranged alphabetically by title.
Scope and Contents
The Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Collection of Law Serials contains over 180 titles on legal issues in the United States (US), Europe, and Central America between 1935 and 2013. The bulk of the collection consists of American serials published between the 1960s and the 1980s. A large number of the serials consist of publications of the National Lawyers Guild, both the national organization and state chapters, and Amnesty International. Topics include the work of lawyers and judges, reform of the American legal system, and legal rights of American citizens. The collection contains serials published by organizations focused on specific issues, including welfare, prison reform, legal defense for specific individuals, consumer rights, and hate crimes. Large runs of titles include Amnesty International's Matchbox and Amnesty Action, the Bay Area regional office of the National Lawyers Guild's Conspiracy, and the New York office of the National Lawyers Guild's Blind Justice.
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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. Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives 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 Law Serials; TAM 778; 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 the law 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.
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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 the law 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.
