Preferred Citation
Custodial History
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
Processing Information
Arrangement
Biographical / Historical
Contributing Institution:
Holt Labor Library at CSU Dominguez Hills
Title: Holt Labor Library audiovisual recordings collection
Creator:
Holt Labor Library
Identifier/Call Number: HLL.2019.009
Physical Description:
1,246 items
295 audiocassettes, 90 audio reels, and 375 computer discs, 10 film reels, 52 video discs, and 424 videocassettes.
Date (inclusive): 1935-2009, undated
Date (bulk): 1960-2009
Language of Material:
English
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Preferred Citation
Custodial History
The Holt Labor Library audiovisual recordings 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.
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.
Processing Information
Allison Ransom processed the collection and wrote the finding aid in April 2022.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in two series: Series I. Audio Recordings; Series II. Video Recordings.
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Communism
Socialism
Marxism -- United States
Trotskyism -- 20th century
Labor unions
Protest movements