Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Collection of Civil Rights Serials
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Abstract
The Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Collection of Civil Rights Serials contains over 240 titles on civil rights and civil liberties in the United States (US) and Europe in the 20th century. The collection dates between 1923 and 2010, with the bulk of the material dating from the 1960s through the 1970s. Topics include the civil rights movement in the US in the 1960s, issues surrounding civil liberties for racial and religious minorities in the US and Europe in the mid to late 20th century, and the work of the American Civil Liberties Union in these areas.
Arrangement
Serials in this collection are arranged alphabetically by title.
Scope and Contents
The Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Collection of Civil Rights Serials contains over 240 titles on civil rights and civil liberties mainly in the United States (US) in the 20th century. The collection dates between 1923 and 2010, with the bulk of the material dating from the 1960s through the 1970s. The bulk of the collection consists of serials published in the US, with some titles published in Canada, France, the United Kingdom, Poland, Germany, and China. Large runs of publications include Black Panther Community News and the American Civil Liberties Union's Civil Liberties. Topics include the civil rights movement in the US in the 1960s, issues surrounding civil liberties for racial and religious minorities in the US and Europe in the mid to late 20th century, and the work of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in these areas. The majority of serials in this collection focus on civil rights for African Americans in the US with serials from the ACLU, the Black Panthers, and the Southern Poverty Law Center on this issue. Other topics include issues surrounding censorship and civil rights for Jewish people in the Soviet Union.
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Conditions Governing Access
Open to users without restriction.
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. Repository 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 Collection of Civil Rights Serials; TAM 771; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection combines serials relating to civil rights drawn from two discrete groups of material held by the Tamiment Library. The first was a partially inventoried backlog of serials, received by the library through donations, subscriptions, and in archival collections. The second group consisted of around 1,700 serials, newspapers, and magazines, organized by title as an artificial collection, referred to as Periodicals.001 or Boxed Newspapers. This material was combined, inventoried, and arranged and described in subject-based categories in 2017. The accession number related to this collection is 2017.049.
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Processing Information
The material in this collection was assembled from various backlogs of uncataloged material held by the Tamiment Library. This material was inventoried, separated according to its subject matter, and arranged in a series of subject-based artificial collections. Accumulations of material relating to civil rights were identified and brought together physically. Materials were housed in archival folders and boxes according to size. The inventory is arranged alphabetically by title of publication, with publishing organization and place of publication listed when known.
