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Tamiment Library Scrapbook Collections

Call Number

TAM.262

Date

1880s-1930s, inclusive

Creator

Tamiment Library
Meyer London Memorial Library (New York, N.Y.) (Role: Donor)

Extent

18 Linear Feet (30 boxes: 97 scrapbooks and clippings files and film reels)

Language of Materials

Materials are principally in English.

Abstract

The collection consists of scrapbooks of newspaper clippings and other materials documenting the U.S. labor and socialist movements, and the life and activity of labor organizer, Socialist Party leader and presidential candidate, Eugene V. Debs (1855-1926).

Historical/Biographical Note

The Tamiment Library Clippings Scrapbooks were compiled by the staff of the Meyer London Memorial Library of the Rand School of Social Science (1906-1956), the New York City workers education institution associated with the Socialist Party of the United States of America. The Eugene V. Debs scrapbooks were compiled by Debs and his brother Theodore, who served as his brother's secretary and office manage. Eugene V. Debs (1855-1926) was a railroad labor organizer and later a leader of the Socialist Party, and was its candidate for U.S. president (1900-1912 and 1920), the last time while imprisoned for his opposition to U.S. entry into World War I.

Arrangement

Organized into two series:

Arranged numerically within each series.

Organized into two series:

Missing Title

  1. I, Tamiment Library Clippings Scrapbooks
  2. II, Eugene V. Debs Scrapbooks.

Scope and Content Note

The Tamiment Clippings Scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings on a wide variety of individuals and topics. (There is a card index to the scrapbooks in the Tamiment Library Reading Room). The Eugene V. Debs scrapbooks contain clippings, magazine articles, leaflets, a large collection of obituaries, and miscellaneous materials collected by Eugene and Theodore Debs for reference purposes. (For a more detailed description, see: The Papers of Eugene V. Debs, 1834-1945: A Guide to the Microfilm Edition (MCA, 1983), which accompanies Tamiment microfilm series R7107.) Both scrapbook series document the labor and socialist movements in the United States and in New York City, related civil liberties and civil rights issues, and opposition to World War I.

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are open without restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Materials in this collection, which were created in circa 1880-circa 1930, are in the public domain. Permission to publish or reproduce is not required.

Preferred Citation

Identification of item, date; Tamiment Library Scrapbook Collection; TAM 262; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.

Existence and Location of Originals

Series II: Eugene V. Debs Scrapbooks, has been microfilmed as Series III of The Papers of Eugene V. Debs, 1934-1945 (MCA, 1983); patrons must use microfilm (R7107).

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transfered from the Transferred from from Rand School of Social Science Meyer London Memorial Library in 1963. The accession number associated with this gift is 1950.117.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Microfilmed copies of Series II must be used.

Collection processed by

Tamiment staff

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-20 16:26:56 -0400.
Using Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language: Description is in English

Revisions to this Guide

November 2020: Record updated by Weatherly Stephan to reflect rehousing of Scrapbook 66

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