This post is written by Curator for Tamiment-Wagner Collections Shannon O’Neill and Michael Nash Research Scholar/Archivist Michael Koncewicz. For nearly 20 years, Beyond the Pale was the only Jewish radio program that focused on providing a left perspective on local, national, and international news. Hosted
Are you interested in the intersection of activism, art, and feminism? Do you want to contribute to a growing community that is invested in expanding diversity in Wikipedia content and creation? Join us at Bobst Library, in Rooms 743 and 745 (7th floor), on March
In spring 1993, riot grrrl bands Bikini Kill and Huggy Bear, accompanied by the filmmaker Lucy Thane, embarked on a tour of the United Kingdom. Bikini Kill vocalist Kathleen Hanna set the tone when she opened a show at the University of Sheffield by asking:
Today’s entry is written by Maggie Schreiner, adjunct archivist at the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives. The Tamiment Library recently acquired a newspaper and pamphlet collection, consisting of over 350 individual titles. The materials were collected by the Freedom Socialist Party and
There is a box in the Tamiment stacks bearing an ominous mark: “Lucifer.” The box itself is dirty, and at first glance looks like it could have been burned. In general, the presence of fire is frowned upon in the archives, let alone the lakes
Lá Fhéile Pádraig Shona Daoibh! In case you don’t speak Irish, that means “Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!” from the Archives of Irish America at Tamiment Library. While not a legal holiday in the United States, St. Patrick’s Day has been widely celebrated since the late
On June 10, 1963 President John F. Kennedy signed into law the Equal Pay Act, an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act intended to end wage disparities and discrimination based on gender. Unfortunately, we are not celebrating 50 years of economic equality today. Admittedly,
Last week I was fortunate to be able to attend the conference Women in the Archives: Organizing Knowledge, cosponsored by Brown’s Women Writers Project and the Pembroke Center’s Feminist Theory Archives. This is my favorite kind of archives conference: one that brings together archivists with