Rod Holt subject file collection, 1959-1997, undated, bulk 1987-1997, undated HLL.2019.018

Allison Ransom

Holt Labor Library at CSU Dominguez Hills

December 2020

Contributing Institution: Holt Labor Library at CSU Dominguez Hills

Title: Rod Holt subject file collection

Creator: Holt, Frederick Rodney

Identifier/Call Number: HLL.2019.018

Physical Description: 4.33 Linear Feet 5 boxes

Physical Description: 5 boxes 4 cartons, 1 box

Date (inclusive): 1959-1997, undated

Date (inclusive): 1987-1997, undated

Abstract: The Rod Holt subject file collection, 1959-1997, bulk 1987-1998, contains files on various political and scientific subjects that were created and maintained by Rod Holt, who was Apple employee #5 as well as a socialist, political activist, and the founder of the Holt Labor Library in San Francisco, California. It contains newspaper clippings and photocopies, correspondence, notes, flyers, leaflets, notices, one audiocassette, one floppy disk, and other materials.

Language of Material: Materials are in English and Russian.

Content Description

The Rod Holt subject file collection, 1959-1997, bulk 1987-1998, comprises files regarding political and scientific subjects that include newspaper clippings and photocopies, correspondence, notes, flyers, leaflets, notices, one audiocassette, one floppy disk, and other materials. Files regarding environmental subjects such as acid rain, agriculture, carbon dioxide, global warming, ocean atmosphere, pollution, and solar energy are present, as are other files on topics regarding environmental impacts on society, such as radiation and farmworkers. Files related to atomic and nuclear power are present, as are files related to various diseases including AIDS, cancer, the bubonic plague, flu, lead poison, and malaria. Files concerning technology and society are present, such as one file about video display terminals (VDT), as are files that reflect the history of political events in various countries such as Yugoslavia, Bosnia, Serbia, East Germany, Ukraine, Romania, and South Africa.

Files that document the activities and statuses of various political organizations, such as the Bay Area Coalition for our Reproductive Rights (BACORR), Committees of Correspondence (CoC), the Center for Constitutional Rights, the Fourth Internationalist Tendency, the Hayward Peace Action Council, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the Jewish Peace Union Project, the Union of Concerned Scientists, and the Political Rights Defense Fund (PRDF) are included. Files containing correspondence with and materials about David Wald, Don Paul, Mike Alowitz, Milton and Thelma Genecin, Norman Solomon, Shirley Pasholk, and other individuals are present, as are files regarding political publications and publishers such as the Bulletin in Defense of Marxism (BIDOM) and Pathfinder Press. Subject files concerning labor organizations such as Labor Party Advocates, the Trotskyist League, and the World Socialist Party are present as well.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically in one series.

Processing Information

Allison Ransom processed the collection and wrote the finding aid in ArchivesSpace in December 2020.

Custodial History

The Rod Holt subject file collection was donated to 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 except for Folder 36 in Box 4 which is restricted due to the presence of medical records.

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.

Preferred Citation

For information about citing archival material, see the Citations for Archival Material guide, or consult the appropriate style manual.

Biographical / Historical

Frederick Rodney Holt was born in 1934 in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended Ohio State University, where he majored in mathematics. While a graduate student at Ohio State University in 1958, he became involved with the free speech movement and was an editor of the Free Speech Press. In 1959, he joined the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) which he was a member of until he left to join Socialist Action with other dissenting members of the SWP in 1983. In 1992, Holt founded the Holt Labor Library in San Francisco, California, and in 2001 he joined the Socialist Workers Organization, which was formed by expelled members of Socialist Action in 1999.

Holt worked as an electronics engineer with the Hickok Electrical Instrument company after graduate school, until he moved to California where he worked as an analog engineer at Atari. In 1976 he was recruited by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak to develop the switching power supply for the Apple II, one of the first successful microcomputers in the world. After the creation of the Apple II in 1977, Holt became Apple employee #5, and was the Chief Engineer and Vice President of Engineering at Apple Computer until 1983.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Trotskyism -- United States

Environmental issues

Socialism

box 1, folder 1

Accounting, Environmental Assets, Depreciation 1992

box 1, folder 2

Acid Rain 1991

box 1, folder 3

Agriculture 1990-1995

box 1, folder 4

AIDS 1990-1995

box 1, folder 5

Alcohol 1991-1992

box 1, folder 6

Alex Chis and Publishing Project 1990-1992

box 1, folder 7

Ancient Forest International 1990-1991

box 1, folder 8

Art, Dave Weiss 1990-1991

box 1, folder 9

Asbestos 1990-1992

box 1, folder 10

Atomic Plants 1990-1992

box 1, folder 11

BACORR [Bay Area Coalition for our Reproductive Rights, formerly Bay Area Coalition Against Operation "Rescue"] 1991

box 1, folder 12

Baltic 1990

box 1, folder 13

Barry Sheppard and Co., Independent Politics 1985, 1993-1995

box 1, folder 14

Benjamin Linder, Center for Constitutional Rights 1987-1993, undated

box 1, folder 15

Bonapartism undated

box 1, folder 16

Bubonic Plague 1995

box 1, folder 17

Cancer 1990-1993

box 1, folder 18

Carcinogens 1990-1992

box 1, folder 19

Causes of Greenhouse [Effect] 1990-1992

box 1, folder 19

Center for the Study of Conflict 1982-1989, undated

box 1, folder 20

CFC/CHFC [Chlorofluorocarbons and hydrochlorofluorocarbons] 1991-1992

box 1, folder 21

CH4 [methane] 1992

box 1, folder 22

Chaos, Gaia 1993-1995

box 1, folder 23

Cholera 1991-1992

box 1, folder 24

Christic Institute 1987-1992

box 1, folder 25

Clay Info undated

box 1, folder 26

Clouds 1991

box 1, folder 27

CO2 [carbon dioxide] 1991

box 1, folder 28

Coal 1991-1992

box 1, folder 29

Coal Mining 1992

box 1, folder 30

Cold Fusion 1989, undated

box 1, folder 31-32

Committees of Correspondence (COC) 1990-1996

box 1, folder 33

Congo, The 1993-1995

box 1, folder 34

Conventional 1991-1992

box 1, folder 35

Cuba 1990 1992-1994

box 1, folder 36

Data Center 1990

box 1, folder 37

Dave Wald 1990-1992

box 1, folder 38

Deforestation 1990-1992

box 1, folder 39

Desertification 1991-1992

box 1, folder 40

Dioxin 1990-1991

box 1, folder 41

Don Paul 1989, undated

box 5, item Tape 1

Don Paul, "'Crack' Dub of Dance single, 4 mixes" undated

Scope and Contents

1 audiocassette : analog, 1 7/8 ips, mono ; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.

box 1, folder 42

"Donetsk, in Russian" 1989-1990

Language of Material: Materials are in Russian.

box 1, folder 43

Earth Island, Judi Bari Case 1991

box 1, folder 44

Eastern European National Question 1955, 1957, 1979, 1989

Language of Material: Materials are in Russian.

box 1, folder 45

East Germany 1990, undated

box 1, folder 46

Economics, 9404 1959-1963

box 1, folder 47

Effects of Greenhouse Gasses 1990-1992

box 2, folder 1

Electric Cars 1990-1995

box 2, folder 2

EM [Electromagnetic] Fields 1991, 1994

box 2, folder 3

Energy 1991-1992

box 2, folder 4

Environmental Activism 1990-1992

box 2, folder 5

Environment, Linda Thompson, 9-90 1990-1992

box 2, folder 6

Environmental, Scientific 1990-1991

box 2, folder 7

Epidemics 1990-1995

box 2, folder 8

"Evolution 93, Holt vs. Engels" 1992-1993

box 2, folder 9

Farmworkers 1991-1992

box 2, folder 10

FIT [Fourth Internationalist Tendency] 1992-1994

box 2, folder 11

Flora/Fauna 1990

box 2, folder 12

Flu 1991-1992

box 2, folder 13

Forestry 1990-1995

box 2, folder 14

Frank Lovell and BIDOM [Bulletin in Defense of Marxism] 1985-1992

box 2, folder 15

Freedom of Information, Fund for Open Information and Accountability (FOIA) 1982-1988

box 2, folder 16

Frie University 1984, undated

box 2, folder 17

Froben Lozada 1985

box 2, folder 18

Fuel Cells 1991

box 2, folder 19

"Galileo" [spacecraft] 1988-1992

box 2, folder 20

Geothermal 1990-1991

box 2, folder 21

Gerry Foley [Socialist Action], "from Barnes to Kerry" 1959, 1977, 1990

box 2, folder 22

Glacial Melting [empty] undated

box 2, folder 23

Global Warming 1990-1992

box 2, folder 24

Government Policy 1990-1992

box 2, folder 25

Grazing 1991-1992

box 2, folder 26

Green Party, The 1991, 1994

box 2, folder 27

Hayward Peace Action Council 1991-1994

box 2, folder 28

Hepatitis 1992

box 2, folder 29

Hungary 1968, 1990

box 2, folder 30

Injury/ Illness 1990-1992

box 2, folder 31

Jane Hunter, Anti-Defamation League (ADL) 1993-1995

box 2, folder 32

Jerry Gordon, Bonnie 1983-1984, 1992

box 2, folder 33

Jewish Peace Union Project 1987-1991

box 2, folder 34

Job, Workplace 1990-1992

box 2, folder 35

Kurds, The 1992

box 2, folder 36

Labor Party Advocates 1991-1995

box 2, folder 37

Lead Poison 1990-1992

box 2, folder 38

Libel Law 1987

box 2, folder 39

Maine Nuclear Referendum 1990-1995

box 2, folder 40

Malaria 1991

box 2, folder 41

Mark Curtis [Defense Committee] 1989-1994, undated

box 2, folder 42

"McCann, Gregdrich, etc." 1983-1988

box 2, folder 43

"Medical, misc. 1995" 1995

box 2, folder 44

Michael Lange 1993-1994

box 2, folder 45

"Middle East Teach-In, etc." 1988-1990, undated

box 2, folder 46

Mike Alowitz 1990-1993

box 2, folder 47

Military and Technology 1984-1991

box 2, folder 48

"Milt and Tybie" [Milton and Thelma Genecin] 1983-1989, undated

box 2, folder 49

"Misc. Correspondence 1990-1991" 1990-1991

box 2, folder 50

"Misc. Green" 1990-1993

box 2, folder 51

Models 1991-1992

box 3, folder 1

NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) 1992-1993, undated

box 3, folder 2

Networks, General 1993

box 3, folder 3

New Unity Movement, APDUSA [African Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa] 1985, undated

box 3, folder 4

"Nicaragua, Misc. Materials" 1981-1994

box 3, folder 5

Norman Solomon, Radio 1993-1994

box 3, folder 6

Nuclear Accidents 1990-1992

box 3, folder 7

Nuclear Fuel Processing 1979, 1990-1992

box 3, folder 8

Nuclear Power 1990-1994

box 3, folder 9

Nuclear Waste 1990-1992

box 3, folder 10

Nuclear Winter 1991-1992

box 3, folder 11

Ocean Atmosphere 1990-1992

box 3, folder 12

Ocean Currents 1990-1992

box 3, folder 13

Ocean Food Chain 1990-1992

box 3, folder 14

Ocean Level 1990-1992

box 3, folder 15

Oil 1990-1992

box 3, folder 16

Optics 1986-1990

box 3, folder 17

Other Diseases- Tropical 1985, 1995

box 3, folder 18

"Others in South Africa, ca. 1994" 1993-1995, undated

box 3, folder 19

Ozone 1991-1992

box 3, folder 20

Palestine Organizations 1992-1994

box 3, folder 21-22

Palestine Rights, PHRIC (Palestinian Human Rights Information Center) 1987-1993

box 3, folder 23

Panama 1992

box 3, folder 24

Past Climates 1990-1992

box 3, folder 25

Pastors for Peace 1988-1993

box 3, folder 26

Peacemaker's International, Fred Moore 1990

box 3, folder 27

Peace Navy 1987-1992

box 3, folder 28

Peace-Net 1992, undated

box 3, folder 29

Peninsula Peace, Peaceworks 1993-1995

box 3, folder 30

Pesticides 1990-1992

box 3, folder 31

"Pete Camejo, NSN" [Peter Camejo, North Star Network] 1983-1984, 1992

box 3, folder 32

Philosophy 1985-1988, 1992

box 3, folder 33

Pollution 1991-1992

box 3, folder 34

PRDF [Political Rights Defence Fund] 1984-1994

box 3, folder 35

Protest, IEEE [Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.] 1991

box 3, folder 36

Quixote Center, The 1991

box 3, folder 37

Rabies Virus 1992-1995

box 3, folder 38

Radiation 1990-1993

box 3, folder 39

Railroads 1991

box 3, folder 40

Redwood Cultural Work 1991

box 3, folder 41

Research Tools 1992-1995

box 3, folder 42

Rick Mitts and Debate 1990-1991, undated

box 3, folder 43

Risk, Biotechnology 1992-1993

box 3, folder 44

"Romania Clips" 1990, undated

box 3, folder 45

Science and Technology 1992-1994

box 4, folder 1

Sewage 1991-1992

box 4, folder 2

Shirley P. [Pasholk] 1983-1992

box 4, folder 3

Shultz/Reagan and Central America 1985-1990

box 4, folder 4

"Sierra Club, etc." 1993-1994

box 4, folder 5

SLP [Socialist Labor Party] 1992

box 4, folder 6

Socio-Political 1989-1992

box 4, folder 7

Solar Energy 1991

box 4, folder 8

Soot 1991

box 4, folder 9

South Africa 1991-1995

box 4, folder 10

Spills 1990-1997

box 4, folder 11

"Standards/ Stats" 1990-1992

box 4, folder 12

"Stefan Correspondence" 1990-1991

box 4, folder 13

"SWP, Pathfinder, etc." [Socialist Workers Party, Pathfinder] 1982, 1987, undated

box 4, folder 14

TB [Tuberculosis] 1991-1995

box 4, folder 15

Technological Interest 1985-1993

box 4, folder 16

Technology and Trade 1986-1992

box 4, folder 17

Theoretical Physics 1991-1994

box 4, folder 18

Third World Viewpoint, Council for a Liveble World 1991-1994

box 4, folder 19

Tom Tomasko, Nicaragua 1984, 1990

box 4, folder 20

Toxic Waste 1990-1995

Scope and Contents

Contains 1 computer disc (floppy disk) : 3 1/2 in.

box 4, folder 21

Troposphere Pollution 1990-1992

box 4, folder 22

Trotskyist League 1992-1995

box 4, folder 23

"Ukraine Clippings, etc." 1989, undated

Scope and Contents

Contains the contents of "Ukraine Trip, 1990"

box 4, folder 24

Ultraviolet 1991-1992

box 4, folder 25

Unconventional 1993

box 4, folder 26

Union of Concerned Scientists 1990-1994

box 4, folder 27

United Palestinian Appeal 1989-1993

box 4, folder 28

Uses 1990-1992

box 4, folder 29

"US-Soviet Worker's Information, FIT [Fourth Internationalist Tendency], etc." 1992, undated

box 4, folder 30

USSR 1989-1990, undated

box 4, folder 31

Vanguard Public Foundation 1991-1993

box 4, folder 32

VDT [Video Display Terminals] 1990-1993

box 4, folder 33

Volcanos 1985-1992

box 4, folder 34

Vortex Ozone 1990-1991

box 4, folder 35

VPAT [Veterans Peace Action Teams], Lee Thorn 1968, 1988-1992

box 4, folder 36

Walnut Publishing Co., Inc. 1987-1993, undated

Conditions Governing Use

Restricted due to the presence of medical records.

box 4, folder 37

Waste Disposal 1991-1992

box 4, folder 38

Water 1991-1992

box 4, folder 39

Water Pollution 1990-1992

box 4, folder 40

Wildlife 1990-1992

box 4, folder 41

Wind 1991

box 4, folder 42

"Worker, The" 1995

box 4, folder 43

World Economics 1990-1992

box 4, folder 44

"World Socialist Party" [1988]

box 4, folder 45

"WOSA vs. AZAPO" [Workers' Organization for Socialist Action vs. Azanian People's Organization] 1994-1995

box 4, folder 46

Yugoslavia, Bosnia, Serbs 1993, undated