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Occupy Wall Street Audio Collection

Call Number

TAM.598

Date

2011-2012, inclusive

Creator

Occupy Wall Street (Movement)
Goodfriend, Rachel

Extent

40.23 Gigabytes in 102 computer files

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Abstract

The Occupy Wall Street Audio Collection consists of digital audio recordings collected by members of the Occupy Wall Street Think Tank and other Occupy Wall Street (OWS) groups in late 2011 and early 2012, oral histories of OWS members conducted by Rachel Goodfriend in 2011, as well as a spreadsheet documenting different metadata about video recordings of OWS actions. The audio recordings consist of Think Tank sessions and oral histories of OWS members. The Think Tank was an open discussion group that met daily at Zuccotti Park and other locations in New York City from noon to 6:00pm daily to discuss topics related to the OWS movement from November 2011 to early 2012. Think Tank topics include justice, political and economic systems, reorganization of OWS small groups, police activity in Zuccotti Park, and the future of the OWS movement. The oral histories provide detailed information about the lives of OWS members before the movement, their reasons for joining the movement, and their experiences at Zuccotti Park.

Historical note

The Occupy Wall Street Think Tank was an open discussion group that met daily at Zuccotti Park and other locations in New York City from noon to 6:00pm daily to discuss topics related to the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement from late 2011 to early 2012. The discussion groups were open to all and were facilitated by members of the Think Tank. Anyone could suggest a topic for discussion. Topics included justice, political and economic systems, reorganization of OWS small groups, police activity in Zuccotti Park, and the future of the OWS movement.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in two series, Series I. Think Tank Recordings and Files, and Series II. Oral Histories. Series I. is arranged in alphabetical order by type of material and in chronological order within the recordings. Series II. is arranged in alphabetical order by the last name of the narrator.

Scope and Contents

The Occupy Wall Street Audio Collection consists of digital audio recordings collected by members of the Occupy Wall Street Think Tank and other Occupy Wall Street (OWS) groups in late 2011 and early 2012, oral histories of OWS members conducted by Rachel Goodfriend in 2011, as well as a spreadsheet documenting different metadata about video recordings of OWS actions. The audio recordings consist of Think Tank sessions and oral histories of OWS members. Think Tank topics include justice, political and economic systems, reorganization of OWS small groups, police activity in Zuccotti Park, and the future of the OWS movement. The oral histories provide detailed information about the lives of OWS members before the movement, their reasons for joining the movement, and their experiences at Zuccotti Park.

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are open without restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

The Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives 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 2011-2012, are expected to enter the public domain in 2131.

Preferred Citation

Identification of item, date; Occupy Wall Street Audio Collection; TAM.598; item identifier; Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

No information was recorded about the acquisition of this material. The accession number associated with this collection is 2012.006.

Custodial History

The audio recordings of the oral histories were stored by Tamiment staff on Soundcloud. These recordings were downloaded by Archival Collections Management staff in 2020 and transferred to Research Workspace.

The audio recordings of the Think Tank discussions were collected with the cooperation of the Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, who provided digital recorders to OWS members. The oral histories were conducted by Rachel Goodfriend, a Tamiment Library student worker.

Born-Digital Access Policies and Procedures

Advance notice is required for the use of computer records. Original physical digital media is restricted. An access terminal for born-digital materials in the collection is available by appointment for reading room viewing and listening only. Researchers may view an item's original container and/or carrier, but the physical carriers themselves are not available for use because of preservation concerns.

Collection processed by

Megan O'Shea

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-20 16:38:34 -0400.
Using Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language: Finding aid written in English

Processing Information

One hard drive was forensically imaged and mounted to the Research Workspace (RWS) and four thumb drives were forensically imaged, analyzed, and arranged in Forensic Toolkit (FTK). In RWS, directories were created for each oral history narrator and audio recordings associated with each narrator were moved to the correct directory. In FTK, files were arranged by date of recording and bookmarks were created for each date. Archival objects were created in ArchivesSpace for each bookmark in FTK and each directory in RWS. Digital objects were created to represent the files in the bookmarks and directories and were attached to the correct archival object in ArchivesSpace.

New York University Libraries follow professional standards and best practices when imaging, ingesting, and processing born-digital material in order to maintain the integrity and authenticity of the content.

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