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Scope and Content of Collection
Title:
The
Militant
photographic collection
Date (inclusive): circa 1900-2000
Collection Number: 2004C51
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
48 manuscript boxes
(19.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Photographs, drawings, and printed reproductions of illustrations depicting activities of anti-war, civil rights, labor, racial
justice, women's rights, and other protest movements in the United States and other countries, mainly from the 1960s through
the 1990s. Includes many photographs from Cuba and Nicaragua. Also includes photographs depicting activities of the Socialist
Workers Party in the United States and of related organizations in the United States and abroad. Collected by the New York
newspaper
The
Militant
for use in illustrating its issues.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2004.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item],
The
Militant
photographic collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Historical Note
Scope and Content of Collection
Domestic subjects that are especially well represented include the anti-war movement from the Vietnam War on, labor strikes
and union organization efforts, the civil rights movement and efforts to secure racial justice and equality, and the women's
rights movement, including abortion rights advocacy. Photographs of mass demonstrations and other protests are especially
notable. Other domestic photographs portray leaders and activities of the Socialist Workers Party and its youth group and
of the affiliated Pathfinder Press and
The
Militant
.
The international series includes photographs from almost every country in the world. They depict world leaders, political
and military events, mass demonstrations, and social and economic conditions. Particularly voluminous and notable are photographs
resulting from
The
Militant
reporting trips to Cuba, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Grenada, post-1990 South Africa, and post-1975 Vietnam.
Users of
The
Militant
photographic collection should be aware of the closely related Pathfinder Press photographic collection also in the Hoover
Institution Library & Archives.
The
Militant
photographic collection includes only a small number of negatives, but, in many cases, negatives corresponding to photographic
prints in it may be found in the Pathfinder Press photographic collection. The Pathfinder Press photographic collection includes
a large series of negatives arranged in numerical order. Negatives corresponding to prints in both collections are interfiled
in this series and may be located by consulting negative numbers written on the backs of prints.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Pictorial works
Civil rights -- United States
Labor movement -- United States
United States -- Race relations
Women's rights -- United States
Cuba -- Pictorial works
Protest movements -- Pictorial works
Peace movements -- Pictorial works
Civil rights -- Pictorial works
Labor movement -- Pictorial works
Race relations -- Pictorial works
Women's rights -- Pictorial works
Protest movements -- United States
Peace movements -- United States
Socialism -- Pictorial works
Communism -- Pictorial works
Nicaragua -- Pictorial works
Fourth International
Socialist Workers Party