Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Collection of Arts and Media Serials
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Abstract
The Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Collection of Arts and Media Serials contains over 200 titles on arts and media in the United States, Europe, and other countries in the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection dates between 1893 and 2013, with the bulk of the material dating from the 1960s through the 1980s. Topics include literature, broadcast media, journalism, theater, and literature and communication studies in colleges and universities.
Arrangement
Serials in this collection are arranged alphabetically by title.
Scope and Contents
The Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Collection of Arts and Media Serials contains over 200 titles on arts and media in the United States (US), Europe, and other countries in the 20th century. The collection dates between 1912 and 2013, with the bulk of the material dating from the 1960s through the 1980s. Topics include the study of American, European, Asian, and African literature and theater, as well as criticism written on these topics, mainly in the US, France, and Canada in the 20th century. Other topics include issues surrounding broadcast media, journalism, communication studies in colleges and universities, community access television, and public radio in New York, California, and other US states in the 20th century. Large runs of titles include The Staff and Zamlungen.
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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. Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives 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 Arts and Media Serials; TAM 772; 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 arts and media 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 arts and media 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.