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Holt Labor Library Periodical Collection

 Collection
Identifier: HLL-2019-038

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

Contact:
University Library South - 5039 (Fifth Floor)
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Carson California 90747
310-243-3895