[Marxism] Fwd from Max Elbaum: Update: Revolution in the Air Archives

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

This seems relevant to the query about the Los Angeles left.


> Friends,
>
> I have donated the extensive archives used in researching and writing
> "Revolution
> in the Air" to the Southern California Library for Social Studies and
> Research.
> The donated material consists of 40 boxes of books, journals, newspapers,
> pamphlets
> and internal documents from the late-1960s revolutionary upsurge and then
> the 1970s-80s
> "new communist movement."
>
> This archive will be added to the Library's existing "Mike Conan Collection"
> of new communist movement materials. Mike was a dear comrade and friend
> -  you can
> read an appreciation of his life and activism at
> http://freedomroad.org/content/view/22/64/
> Before Mike died of cancer in 1994 he arranged for his large archive to be
> made
> available to researchers and activists in this way. Now, with these new
> documents
> added, the Library has perhaps the country's most comprehensive collection
> of materials
> on this section of the U.S. left.
>
> The Library, located in Los Angeles, offers unique and accessible
> collections and
> community programs, and is devoted to engaging people across generations
> in using
> history to advance social justice. For full information go to
> http://www.socallib.org/
>
> So, if you are engaged in a research project, or are just interested in
> looking
> at primary source materials from the late '60s radical movements and one
> strand
> of the left that grew out of them, check out the Mike Conan Collection. I
> also urge
> your support for the Southern California Library and similar institutions,
> which
> are so important for preserving records of radical movements and providing
> continuity
> from one generation of activists and scholars to the next.
>
> Last, if you haven't checked out http://www.revolutionintheair.com in
> awhile, consider
> taking a look. There's at least one new review of the book posted in 2006,
> plus
> an extensive bibliography, a chronology of events 1954-1992 and other items.
>
> Peace,
>
> Max


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