Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Holt Labor Library
- Extent:
- 14 folders 4 drawers.
- Language:
- Collection material is in English.
- Preferred citation:
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For information about citing archival material, see the Citations for Archival Material guide, or consult the appropriate style manual.
Background
- Scope and content:
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277 posters in 14 folders, in 4 drawers.
- Biographical / historical:
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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.
- Custodial history:
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The Holt Labor Library Poster Collection was collected by the Holt Labor Library in San Francisco, California between 1992 and 2019, and was acquired by the Gerth Archives and Special Collections at California State University, Dominguez Hills, in 2019.
- Processing information:
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Allison Ransom processed the collection and wrote the finding aid in April 2022.
- Arrangement:
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The collection is numerically arranged in one series, by identifier.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Labor unions
Socialism
Civil rights
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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There are no access restrictions on this collection.
- Terms of access:
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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.
- Preferred citation:
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For information about citing archival material, see the Citations for Archival Material guide, or consult the appropriate style manual.
- Location of this collection:
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University Library, 5th Flr (5039)1000 E. Victoria StreetCarson, CA 90747, US
- Contact:
- (310) 243-3895