Holt Labor Library Periodical Collection
Scope and Contents
The Holt Labor Library Periodical Collection (1913-2024; undated) contains 699 boxes of magazines, newsletters, peridoicals, bulletins, newspapers, and other publications related to Socialism, Communism, Trotskyism, Marxist theory, Civil Rights and Labor Movements, and other topics. Included in this collection are issues of The Militant; People's World; Labor Action; The Progressive; Barricada; Bulletin: Weekly Organ of the Central Committee of the Workers League; New Left Review, American Socialist; Labor Action and others. This collection is arranged alphabetically by title.
Dates
- 1913-2024; undated
- Majority of material found within 1970-1990
Conditions Governing Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Biographical / Historical
The Holt Labor Library was a library in San Francisco from 1992 to 2019 that collected and made accessible primary and secondary source material related to labor history and the history of the radical left, with an emphasis on the activities of American Trotskyist political organizations. The Library also collected materials related to various anti-war movements, the women's movement, gay liberation, the African American Civil Rights Movement, among other social justice causes.
Extent
699 boxes
Language of Materials
English
Spanish; Castilian
French
Italian
Polish
Existence and Location of Copies
Some of these publications have been digitized and are located at: https://www.marxists.org/glossary/periodicals/archive/index.htm
- Title
- Inventory of the Holt Labor Library Periodical Collection
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Allison Ransom; Jennifer Hill; Shawne West, and Karen Clemons; container list assistance from John Geldbach
- Date
- 2024; 2025
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Holt Labor Library at CSU Dominguez Hills Repository
University Library South - 5039 (Fifth Floor)
1000
Carson California 90747
310-243-3895
archives@csudh.edu