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Progressive Librarians Council Correspondence

Call Number

TAM.064

Dates

1930-1944, inclusive
; 1939-1944, bulk

Creator

Progressive Librarians Council

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

English .

Abstract

The Progressive Librarians Council (1939-1944) was a Communist-led professional association. The collection contains correspondence and a few other items.

Historical/Biographical Note

The Progressive Librarians Council (1939-1944) was a professional association that followed the political leadership of the Communist Party.

Arrangement

The folders are arranged alphabetically and chronologically.

The files are grouped into1 series:

Missing Title

  1. Inventory

Scope and Content Note

The correspondence, much of it routine, is almost entirely with librarians (PLC members and others), and relates to the publication of the P.L.C. Bulletin, and to the promotion of open, efficient libraries, as well as progressive legislation, civil rights and links with organized labor. A few letters contain discussion of issues relating to the American Library Association. Principal correspondents are Theodore E. Norton (chairman), Edwin Castagna (vice-chairman) and Bertha Schulman (secretary-treasurer). There is also correspondence with Homero Seris and Juan Viceris, two Spanish librarians living in exile in Mexico, who received financial assistance from the PLC. The collection also contains constitutions, speeches and statements by Norton, and a few items relating to the British Columbia Library Association.

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are open without restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Tamiment Library has no information about copyright ownership for this collection and is not authorized to grant permission to publish or reproduce materials from it. Materials in this collection, which were created in 1930-1944, are expected to enter the public domain in 2065.

Preferred Citation

Published citations should take the following form:

Identification of item, date; Collection name; Collection number; box number; folder number;
Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012, New York University Libraries.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transferred from the Rand School Archives, 1962. The accession number associated with this collection is 1962.012.

Collection processed by

Tamiment staff

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-20 16:49:05 -0400.
Language: Description is in English.

Edition of this Guide

This version was derived from Progressive Librarians template.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