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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Administrative Information
  • Biography
  • Scope and Content
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Extremist Book Collection,
    Date (inclusive):
    Collection number: 552
    Extent: 4 boxes (2.0 linear ft.)
    Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
    Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
    Abstract: This collection contains a variety of extremist literature predominantly from the 1930s to the 1960s. The collection consists of books espousing political viewpoints of the extreme left and right, extremist periodicals, and bookdealer catalogs.
    Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
    Language: English.

    Administrative Information

    Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

    Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

    Restrictions on Access

    COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.

    Additional Physical Form Available

    A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
    • Public Services Division
    • UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
    • Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
    • Box 951575
    • Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
    • Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
    • Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Extremist Book Collection (Collection 552). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

    UCLA Catalog Record ID

    UCLA Catalog Record ID: 4232998 

    Biography

    This collection contains a variety of extremist literature predominantly from the 1930s to the 1960s including writings by Che Guevara, Karl Marx, V.M. Molotov, and Joseph Stalin.

    Scope and Content

    Collection consists of books espousing political viewpoints of the extreme left and right, extremist periodicals, and bookdealer catalogs. Includes the periodicals The communist, Dialectics, and Political affairs. Left wing books include writings by Che Guevara, Karl Marx, V.M. Molotov, and Joseph Stalin. Right wing books include Marilyn R. Allen's Alien Minorities and Mongrelization, Elizabeth Dilling's The Roosevelt Red Record and its Background, and Phyllis Schlafly's The Gravediggers.

    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
    Alternative publications.
    Literature of prejudice.
    Propaganda.