Register of the Frontline Photograph Collection, 1979-1990
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Register of the Frontline Photograph Collection, 1979-1990
Collection number: PH 002
Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research
Los Angeles, California
Contact Information:
- Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research
- 6120 S. Vermont Avenue
- Los Angeles, California 90044
- Phone: (323) 759-6063
- Fax: (323) 759-2252
- Email: archives@socallib.org
- URL: http://www.socallib.org
- Processed by:
- Michael Packard
- Date completed:
- Oct. 1998
© 2000 Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Frontline Photograph Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1979-1990
Collection number: PH 002
Creator:
Frontline
Extent: 3 document cases
1 cubic feet
Repository:
Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
The collection is available for research only at the Library's facility in Los Angeles.
The Library is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. Researchers are encouraged
to call or email the Library indicating the nature of their research query prior to making a visit.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Southern California Library for
Social Studies and Research. Researchers may make single copies of any
portion of the collection, but publication from the collection will be
allowed only with the express written permission of the Library's
director. It is not necessary to obtain written permission to quote from
a collection. When the Southern California Library for Social Studies
and Research gives permission for publication, it is as the owner of the
physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission of the
copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Frontline Photograph Collection, Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research, Los
Angeles.
Scope and Content
Frontline, a bi-monthly newspaper, began in April 1983. Its mission was to represent the interests and causes of the working class under
its masthead slogan On the Frontline in the Struggle Against War and Racism. The political perspective underlying
Frontline was developed in the theoretical journal
Line of March, and it was through the editorial board of the journal that the resources to launch
Frontline were concentrated. Published in Oakland, California,
Frontline was financed through subscription and donation, refusing to run commercial advertising of any kind. In an attempt to create
a more united left, in early 1990 the staffs of
Frontline and the leftist magazine
North Star Review joined together with other progressive minded individuals to start
Crossroads. A monthly magazine,
Crossroads ran from June 1990 until its demise in August 1996. A few of the photographs in the collection were used in
Crossroads, but the vast majority are from
Frontline.
Approximately 95 percent of the photograph collection covers the period from 1980-1990 and is divided into three categories:
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subjects; documentary photographs of places, events, groups, and activities used to illustrate the issues and concerns of the editorial
staff.
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individuals; arranged alphabetically by last name.
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oversize prints; consisting of six 11 × 14 photos
While the individuals category includes many political leaders and activists of the 1980s, the subjects category features
an assortment of fascinating and compelling images from that decade including the Contra war, nuclear disarmament and gay
rights marches, Jesse Jackson's presidential campaigns, and revolutionary events around the world. There are also many photos
illustrating the history of the labor movement in the 1980s, and a unique collection of activist singers and musical groups.
Box 1, Folder 2
Agriculture/Industry 1958-1979
Box 1, Folder 3
Cape Verde Decolonization 1975
Box 1, Folder 7
Casualties/War Damage 1979-1987
Box 1, Folder 8
Eugene Hasenfus Incident 1986
Box 1, Folder 9
Sandinista Forces 1979-1987
Box 1, Folder 10
Abortion Rights 1984-1989
Box 1, Folder 11
African Intervention 1984-1986
Box 1, Folder 13
Aquino Assassination/Philippines 1983-1986
Box 1, Folder 14
Bakke/Affirmative Action 1977-1979
Box 1, Folder 18
Latin America Intervention 1983-1988
Box 1, Folder 19
Nicaragua/Contra War 1984-1986
Box 1, Folder 20
Nuclear Disarmament/Peace Issues 1982-1987
Box 1, Folder 29
40th Anniversary Dinner 1989
Box 2, Folder 3
Guatemalan Refugees 1982-1984
Box 2, Folder 4
Kampuchea (Cambodia) 1980-1984
Box 2, Folder 8
1984 Presidential Campaign
Box 2, Folder 9
1988 Presidential Campaign
Box 2, Folder 11
AFL-CIO Conventions 1984-1989
Box 2, Folder 12
AFSCME Convention, S.F. 6/19/84
Box 2, Folder 13
Hormel Workers Strike 1986
Box 2, Folder 14
Kaiser Nurses Strike 1986
Box 2, Folder 15
Labor Day Marches, N.Y.C. 1983-1984
Box 2, Folder 16
Labor March, S.F. 7/15/84
Box 2, Folder 17
Las Vegas Hotel Workers Strike 1984
Box 2, Folder 20
Agriculture/Industry 1979-1985
Box 2, Folder 23
Leaders/Politicians 1979-1989
Box 3, Folder 3
Government Forces 1986-1987
Box 3, Folder 6
Activist Singers/Musical Groups 1984-1986
Box 3, Folder 7
African-American Issues 1983-1989
Box 3, Folder 8
Conferences/Events 1983-1989
Box 3, Folder 9
Democratic National Convention 1984
Box 3, Folder 10
Democratic National Convention 1988
Box 3, Folder 11
Environmental Issues 1988-1989
Box 3, Folder 14
Rainbow Coalition 1984-1988
Box 3, Folder 15
Washington, Harold 1884-1987
Box 3, Folder 16
Women's Issues/NOW 1983-1987
Box 3, Folder 18
Cambodian/China Wars 1977-1979
Box 3, Folder 24
Santa Cruz protest,April 1994
Physical Description: (5 prints)
Box 3, Folder 24
Community meeting, Kiskamahock
Physical Description: (1 print)
