This post is from Gwen Gethner, a graduate student in NYU’s World History program. This is Gwen’s second semester as a graduate assistant at Tamiment Library. The Tamiment Library recently acquired the papers of David Sullivan (19??:-2006), an activist involved in the American Maoist movement
This post comes from Hester Goodwin, graduate student in NYU’s Archives and Public History program. For the past year, Hester has been aiding in processing the CPUSA records at Tamiment Library. Processing a huge and complex collection like the CPUSA Records is a project which
This post comes from Daniel Reisner, a graduate student at the Palmer School of Library and Information Science. Daniel interned at the Taminent Library this past spring semester, dividing his time between helping me process the CPUSA records and helping Hillel process the Daily Worker
I’d like to point you to the website created by Roxanne Shirazi, a graduate student in Pratt Institute’s Library and Information Science program. To fulfill the requirements of her practicum course, Roxanne interned at Tamiment Library during the Fall 2010 semester under the supervision of
If you’ve paid any attention to US politics, media, culture, etc., during the last century or so, you’re probably aware that Americans are not fond of communists. Of course, not every American feels this way, but I think it’s safe to say that hatred of
Today’s post comes from Brendan Dolan, Project Archivist for the Archives of Irish America at the Tamiment Library. Brendan holds an MA in Irish Studies from NYU and has been working on the Mick Moloney Irish-American Music and Popular Culture Collection since January 2009. If
The Council on Library and Information Resources, the organization which funds my project, recently convened a symposium in Washington, D.C. for its 2008 and 2009 grant recipients. It was an extremely exciting and invigorating conference, but one of the presentations that I found most engaging
Processing at the Tamiment Library’s Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives offers a significant contrast to what I’ve focused on for much of my academic career. I often feel like I can’t bring the same subject expertise to my work as some other employees might offer,
I’m relatively new to the scene at the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives. I was hired just under a year ago as the processing archivist for the Communist Party, USA records, a collection that comprises over 400 linear feet of manuscript material,
The start of a new year always seems like a particularly appropriate time to begin new ventures. With that sentiment in mind, I’d like to welcome you to The Back Table, a blog which will highlight special collections at the libraries of New York University.