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Robin Kelley Hammer and Hoe Oral History Collection

Call Number

OH.040

Date

1986-1989, inclusive

Creator

Kelley, Robin D. G.

Extent

1 Linear Feet in 1 shared cassette box and one compact disk box.

Language of Materials

Materials are in English

Abstract

The collection's interviews were conducted by Robin Kelley as research for his book Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists During the Great Depression. The book, which was published by the University of North Carolina Press in 1990, documents the activities of the Alabama Communist Party in the 1930s and the impact of race and other cultural identities on the movement. The collection contains twelve oral history interviews taken by Kelley and one recorded radio program.

Historical/Biographical Note

The collection's interviews were conducted by Robin Kelley as research for his book Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists During the Great Depression. The book, which was published by the University of North Carolina Press in 1990, documents the activities of the Alabama Communist Party in the 1930s and the impact of race and other cultural identities on the movement.

Arrangement

Materials are arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

The collection contains twelve oral history interviews taken by Kelley and one recorded radio program. The collection documents the experiences of individuals involved with the Alabama Communist Party during the Great Depression.

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are open without restrictions.

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; Robin Kelley Hammer and Hoe Oral History Collection; OH 040; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Robin Kelley in 1997. The accession number associated with this gift is 1997.077.

Audiovisual Access Policies and Procedures

Access to audiovisual materials in this collection is available through digitized access copies. Researchers may view an item's original container, but the media themselves are not available for playback because of preservation concerns. Materials that have already been digitized are noted in the collection's finding aid and can be requested in our reading room.

Collection processed by

David A. Olson

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-20 16:45:44 -0400.
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Language: Finding aid is in English

Processing Information

The master cassettes were arranged chronologically and numbered at some point after acquisition. This arrangement was maintained when collection was fully digitized and finding aid was written in 2013.

Repository

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10012