Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Extremist Book Collection,
- 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.
- Extent:
- 4 boxes (2.0 linear ft.)
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Extremist Book Collection (Collection 552). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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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.
- Biographical / historical:
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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.
- 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.
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2002
- Date Encoded:
- Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, March 2000 . Frontmatter gathered from MARC record. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Caroline Cubé.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
- Terms of access:
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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.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Extremist Book Collection (Collection 552). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988