Records, 1968-1981.

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Records, 1968-1981.

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This archives of a 1960s-1970s alternative news organization includes corporate bylaws and financial records, correspondence, press releases, audio tapes, photographs, pamphlets, news articles, microfilm, mailing lists, and clippings. This collection documents a wide range of subjects of interest to the cooperative media group such a Third World politics and the American social and political protest movement associated with issues such as civil rights, energy policy, public health, sexism, senior citizens, the Vietnam War, women's rights, racism, prisoners' rights, peace and nuclear energy. audio tapes are from two alternative news radio programs, The Rest of the News and Radio Free People, emanating from Cornell University. The collection contains numerous examples of the news packets distributed to over 500 subscribers nationwide including stories, photographs, and graphics.

96.6 c.f. (144 archives boxes; 39 Paige boxes).

Temple University Libraries, Paley Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6789434

Temple University Libraries, Paley Library

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