Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Syracuse University Special Collections Research Center
- Abstract:
- Miscellaneous ephemera relating to various radical social movements in the U.S. including pro-labor movements, reproductive rights, anti-war activism, Communist and Socialist political organizations, and efforts to address systemic racism.
- Extent:
- 1.0 linear ft.
- Language:
- Most in English , a few items in Japanese .
- Preferred citation:
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
American Radicalism Ephemera Collection, &su_name;
Background
- Scope and Content:
The American Radicalism Ephemera Collection comprises a variety of ephemera -- cartoons, newsletters, fliers, book catalogs, buttons, patches, brochures, posters, pamphlets, and more -- relating to radical movements of 20th century America. Movements reflected include AIDS activism, anti-capitalism/pro-labor, and peace/anti-war. The collection also contains items related to systemic racism and Black Power movements in the United States, including police brutality, police shootings, and the Black Panther Party.
Cartoons include a 1938 postcard drawn by A. Redfield (cartoonist Syd Hoff) advocating a boycott of German, Japanese and Italian goods; a political cartoon "Ten Free Citizens" by Americans for the Corporate Enterprise System. The John Reed Club material relates to the First National Congress, May 30, 1932, and includes lists of national executive board members and clubs participating in the conference in Chicago, with delegates and membership numbers for each club. Also included are several "International Books" catalogs from International Publishers and some material relating to Dr. Benjamin Spock's peace activism.
Of particular interest are items by Emory Douglas, American graphic artist and Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party. The collection contains two prints and a cartoon by Douglas.
- Biographical / Historical:
American radicalism encompasses the political, cultural and intellectual history of radical social movements in the U.S. including AIDS activism, pro-labor movements, reproductive rights, anti-war activism, Communist and Socialist political organizations, and efforts to address systemic racism.
- Acquisition information:
- Some items purchase, Blackman Fund. Other items acquired through donation and via transfer from other collections and University Archives.
- Arrangement:
Alphabetical by format.
- Accruals:
The collection is added to regularly via purchases.
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Activism and social reform
Radicalism
Black Arts movement.
Black power.
Chicago Seven Trial, Chicago, Ill., 1969-1970.
Congress of Racial Equality.
Feminism -- United States.
Police brutality -- United States.
Prison violence -- United States.
Prisoners -- United States.
Prisons -- New York (State)
Prison riots.
Racism -- United States.
AIDS activists.
AIDS (Disease) -- Patients.
Indigenous women--Education.
Black Panthers Trial, New York, N.Y., 1970-1971.
Black people -- Study and teaching.
African American jazz musicians.
AIDS (Disease) and art.
Reiki (Healing system)
Abortion.
Reproductive rights.
Abortion -- Canada.
Abortion -- United States.
Drug abuse.
Drug control.
Radicalism -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Radicalism -- United States.
Radicals -- United States.
Right to housing.
Siete de la Raza Trial, San Francisco, Calif., 1970.
Transgender people -- United States.
Transgender artists.
Buttons (information artifacts)
Cartoons (humorous images)
Catalogs (documents)
Fliers (printed matter)
Newsletters.
Political cartoons.
Postcards.
Posters.
Pamphlets. - Names:
- All-African People's Revolutionary Party.
Americans for the Corporate Enterprise System.
Attica Correctional Facility.
Attica Defense Committee.
Attica Legal Defense Fund.
B.C. Hagglund (publisher)
Black Panther Party.
Chicago Women's Liberation Union.
Dow Chemical.
Farmworkers Boycott Committee.
International Publishers.
John Reed Clubs of the United States.
National Alliance Against Racism and Political Repression.
Peace and Freedom Party (U.S.)
Theatre Union.
White Panther Party.
Silence = Death Project.
ACT UP New York (Organization)
American Indian AIDS Institute.
Merritt College (Oakland, Calif.)
Albert Ayler Quintet.
Ornette Coleman Quartet.
St. Peter's Lutheran Church (New York, N.Y.)
American Veterans Committee.
National Lawyers Guild.
Young Communist League of the U.S.
National United Committee to Free Angela Davis.
National Organization for Women.
National Abortion Rights Action League.
Committee for Abortion Rights and Against Sterilization Abuse (New York, N.Y.)
Women's National Abortion Action Coalition.
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990.
Ahmad, Muhammad, 1941-
Aquash, Anna Mae, 1945-1976.
Averill, Peg.
Bond, Julian, 1940-2015.
Brandt, Ralph.
Cleaver, Eldridge, 1935-1998.
Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-
Dellinger, David T., 1915-2004.
Douglas, Emory.
Ellis, Fred, 1885-1965.
Gold, Michael, 1894-1967.
Hampton, Fred, 1948-1969.
Hoff, Syd, 1912-2004.
MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982.
Newton, Huey P.
Rizzo, Frank, 1920-1991.
Seale, Bobby, 1936-
Sir Lady Java.
Spock, Benjamin, 1903-1998.
Terry, Peggy.
Yosano, Akiko, 1878-1942.
Reagan, Ronald.
Finkelstein, Avram, 1952-
Bush, George, 1924-2018.
Massey, Cal, 1927-1972.
Coltrane, John, 1926-1967.
Thiele, Bob.
Jackson, George, 1941-1971.
McKay, Claude, 1890-1948.
Magee, Ruchell.
Shakur, Assata.
Agron, Salvador.
Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979.
Lefkowitz, Louis J.
Tabor, Michael, 1946-2010. - Places:
- Chicago (Ill.)
New York (State)
Syracuse (N.Y.)
United States -- History.
Maine (State)
San Francisco (CA)
Canada -- History.
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
American Radicalism Ephemera Collection, &su_name;
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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Special Collections Research CenterSyracuse University LibrariesBird Library, Room 600Syracuse, NY 13244, United States
- CONTACT:
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315.443.2697scrc@syr.edu