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Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Labor and Radicalism Photograph Collection

Call Number

PHOTOS.001

Dates

1860-1985, inclusive
; 1940-1965, bulk

Creator

Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Tamiment Library
McLaughlin, Brian M. (Role: Donor)
Pollet, Miriam (Role: Donor)
Smith, Jessica, 1895-1983 (Role: Donor)
Vladeck, Stephen C. (Role: Donor)

Extent

10.5 Linear Feet
in 12 manuscript boxes, 4 oversize flat boxes, 14 folders in three flat-file drawers.

Language of Materials

English .

Abstract

The Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Labor and Radicalism Photograph Collection is an assemblage of photographs collected by or separated from manuscript collections or organizational records in the library's holdings. Materials include original photographs, reproductions from books, pamphlets, periodicals, and photoreproductions of engravings, drawings, and cartoons concerning radicalism and the trade union movement in Europe and the United States.

Historical/Biographical Note

This is an expanding artificial collection originally known as the Tamiment Library / Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives General Photograph Collection. Apart from the material transferred to the Library's vertical files, the collection holds photographic images that complement, but are not part of or do not fit into the scope of the Library's other holdings.

Arrangement

Folders are arranged alphabetically by subject in the finding aid; within the collection they are arranged numerically.

Scope and Content Note

The materials in this collection include original photographs, reproductions from books, pamphlets, periodicals, and photoreproductions of engravings, drawings, and cartoons concerning radicalism and the trade union movement in Europe and the United States. The vast majority of the images are portraits of individuals including Eugene Debs, Morris Hillquit, Rose Schneiderman, Karl Kautsky, Algernon Lee, James Hudson Maurer, Rose Pastor Stokes and Norman Thomas. The remainder of the collection includes a wide (if sometimes idiosyncratic) variety of images, including strikes, demonstrations, Socialist Party, and other radical left organizations' events and celebrations, workers' summer resorts, women and minority workers, and sweatshops.

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. The Tamiment Library and 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 Radicalism Photograph Collection; PHOTOS 001; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was created by Tamiment Library through several donations over the years including Brian M. McLaughlin in 1997, Miriam Pollet in 2008, Jessica Smith in 1997, and Stephen C. Vladeck in 1978; additonal materials were found in the repository. The accession numbers associated with this collection are NPA.2005.009, 2018.062, 2018.063, 2019.023, NAP.1993.018, 2018.064, NPA.2004.001, NPA.2003.035, NPA.2003.034, NPA.2003.020, NPA.2000.279, NPA.2000.313, NPA.2000.315, NPA.2000.324, NPA.2000.251, NPA.2000.252, 1950.197, 2013.021, 2014.111, 1963.014, 2011.068, NPA.2005.011, NPA.2004.066, NPA.2004.065, and NPA.2004.071.

Custodial History note

Unlike other Tamiment/Wagner photograph collections, these images do not come from just one individual or organizational donor, but from myriad different sources, and have been merged to form an artificial collection. It was created (and is still being added to) to serve as a "home" for useful images that do not fit into the scope of Tamiment's regular archival collections. Other images are drawn from many different sources. These include photograph, book illustrations, and other published materials that have been separated from Tamiment/Wagner papers and manuscript collections because they are not related to the specific subjects of the collections, but are nonetheless relevant to Tamiment/Wagner subject areas.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements Note

Due to the fragile nature of the original materials, researchers must use photocopies of the Triangle Fire photographs (Folder 487).

Accurals Note

Images continue to be added to the collection from various sources, including the Library's archival and manuscript collections.

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Finding aid prepared by Tamiment Staff

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-02-06 13:56:46 -0500.
Using Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language: Description is in English.

Processing Information note

The Rand School of Social Science Photograph Collection (PHOTOS 196) was incorporated into the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Labor and Radicalism Photograph Collection in 2014.

Edition of this Guide

This version was derived from NP 1 Guide General Photo Collection.doc

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