Documenting the Struggle: Three Radical NYC Archives
Posted November 11, 2008 by jmacphee in Events
This just in!
Tonight!
Tues. Nov. 11, 7pm
Free Workshop - Documenting the Struggle: Three Radical NYC Archives
Brecht Forum
451 West St (between Bank & Bethune Sts)
NYC
$5-$15 suggested donation to support Radical Reference
free food/cash bar
Join Radical Reference for a look at some of the ways libraries and
other institutions are preserving the people's history!
Archivists and activists from ABC No Rio, OutHistory.org and the
Tamiment Library will present parts of their collections and discuss
how their work keeps the struggle alive.
Presented as part of the NYC Grassroots Media Coalition "make this netWORK" series,
seeking to strengthen the fight for media justice by connecting local
activists and media makers.
Presenting organizations:
**In recent years there has been increased attention to the period of
contemporary art history of which ABC No Rio is a part. No Rio
Director Steven Englander was part of the Art Spaces Archives
Project's panel "Activist Arts Organizations of the 1970s and 1980s"
at the College Art Association's 2006 conference.
Records in ABC No Rio's archive includes documents related to the Real
Estate Show and other "founding" documents; meeting minutes and
planning/production notes; publicity and promotional materials; artist
files; grant requests; correspondence; financial and legal documents;
and documentation of events and activity.
**Developed by the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS) with the
generous support of the Arcus Foundation, OutHistory.org is an
innovative experiment in community history-making. The site consists
of several layers: curated exhibits by scholars in various historical
fields, contributions by the public, discussion boards, and an
ever-growing archive of primary documents and secondary sources.
OutHistory.org is open to any registered user who wants to share
research, documents, citations, essays, memoirs, images and even sound
files.
**Jonathan Ned Katz, the initiator and director of the project, is an
independent scholar and the author of four books on the history of
sexuality and intimacy.
**Lauren Gutterman, the Project Coordinator for OutHistory.org, is a
Ph.D. candidate in NYU's History Department where she is focusing on
gender and sexuality in the 20th century US.
**Donna Davey and Peter Filardo will be representing the Tamiment
Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives at New York University.
Founded in 1906, the library and archives form a unique,
internationally known center for the study of labor history and
progressive politics.
Archives, manuscript collections, photographs, books, and pamphlets
document the history of labor, socialism, communism, anarchism, and
utopian experiments. The collections also include important materials
relating to the women's movement, the cultural left, the history of
labor law, and the struggles for civil rights, academic freedom, and
civil liberties.
**The Brecht Forum's own Annette T. Rubinstein Reading Room will also
be introduced.
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