Guide to the Sidney Lens Photograph Collection
Special Collections & Archives
University Library
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8326
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Sidney Lens Photograph Collection
Creator:
Lens, Sidney,
1912-1986
Identifier/Call Number: SC.SLP
Physical Description:
2 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1960-1970
Abstract: Sidney Lens was born in 1912 in New
Jersey to Charles and Sophie Okun, Russian Jewish immigrants who came to the United States
in 1907. His birth name was Sidney Okun. Lens married Shirley Ruben, a Chicago public school
teacher, in 1946. Lens was an American labor leader, political activist, and author. The
collection consists of photographs, some mounted, by Sidney Lens. Lens is depicted in some
of the photographs.
Language of Material:
English.
Biographical / Historical
Sidney Lens was born in 1912 in New Jersey to Charles and Sophie Okun, Russian Jewish
immigrants who came to the United States in 1907. His birth name was Sidney Okun. Lens
married Shirley Ruben, a Chicago public school teacher, in 1946. Lens was an American labor
leader, political activist, and author.
Scope and Contents
The
Sidney Lens Photograph Collection consists of photographs,
some mounted, by Sidney Lens. Lens is depicted in some of the photographs.
Related Materials
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.
Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires
the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Sidney Lens.
Preferred Citation:
For information about citing items in this collection consult the appropriate style manual,
or see the
Citing Archival Materials
guide.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Photographs
Box 1, Folder 1
Chicago Daily News Front Page,
1959 November 9
Box 1, Folder 2
Dome of the Mount, Jerusalem,
undated
Box 1, Folder 3
Group Photograph with Ba Swe,
ca. 1956-1957
Box 1, Folder 4
Group Photograph in the MIddle East,
ca. 1960
Box 1, Folder 5
Group Photograph with Sukarno and Shirley Lens,
undated
Box 1, Folder 6
March on the Pentagon,
1967
Box 1, Folder 7
Photograph from Asia,
undated
Box 1, Folder 8
Photograph from Asia,
undated
Box 1, Folder 9
Photograph from Asia,
undated
Box 1, Folder 10
Photograph from Asia,
undated
Box 1, Folder 11
Photograph from Asia,
undated
Box 1, Folder 12
Photograph from Asia,
undated
Box 1, Folder 13
Photograph from India,
undated
Box 1, Folder 14
Photograph from India,
undated
Box 1, Folder 15
Photograph from India,
undated
Box 1, Folder 16
Photograph from India,
undated
Box 1, Folder 17
Photograph from India,
undated
Box 2, Folder 1
Portrait, Shirley and Sidney Lens, Photographer Stefan Merken,
undated
Box 1, Folder 19
Shirley and Sidney Lens,
1963
