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Guide to the Daily Worker and the Daily World Negatives Collection PHOTOS.223.001
Descriptive Summary
| Creator:
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Communist Party of the United States of America |
| Source
- dnr:
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Andrews, Bill, 1937- |
| Source:
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Communist Party of the United States of America |
| Title: |
The Daily Worker and the Daily World Negatives Collection
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| Dates [inclusive]: |
1930-2001 |
| Dates [bulk]: |
1968-1990 |
| Abstract: |
The Daily Worker was established as the Communist Party USA's daily newspaper in 1924. As the official
organ of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA), the Daily Worker's editorial positions reflected the policies of the party while also attempting to
speak to the broad left-wing community in the United States that included labor, civil
rights, and peace activists. The newspaper has had a succession of names and has
been published in varying frequencies between daily to weekly over the course of its
existence. In 2010 it ceased print publication and became an online weekly publication
titled the People's World. The Daily Worker and the Daily World Negatives Collection contains printed photographic images produced through a variety
of processes, created and collected by the photography editors of the Daily Worker and its successor newspapers as a means of maintaining an organized collection of
images for use in publication. The collection dates from 1930 to 2006, with the bulk
of the material dating from 1930 to 1948 and from 1968 to 1990. The images depict
people, groups, and events associated with the CPUSA. The collection contains approximately
670,000 photographic negatives in various formats; contact sheets and log sheets related
to 35 millimeter negatives; and several hundred slides.
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| Quantity: |
36 Linear Feet |
| Location: |
The collection is housed off-site and advanced notice is required for use. To request
use of the collection, contact the repository at tamiment.wagner@nyu.edu.
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| Language: |
Materials are in English. |
| Call Phrase: |
PHOTOS.223.001 |
| Sponsor: |
Detailed processing for this collection was made possible by a grant from the National
Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC)
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