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42-405: The Tamiment Library has a non-circulating collection of about 50,000 books, focusing on politics, political theory, labor, and radical literature and art movements. There are approximately 15,000 non-current periodical titles , including proceedings of labor union conventions, underground newspapers , internal bulletins of radical organizations, and scholarly journals . In addition, the library has

84-555: A collection of about one million pamphlets and ephemera , including broadsides , leaflets, manifestos , reports, and other documents. The Tamiment Library and Wagner Archives together hold archival collections on organizations and individuals in the labor movement and left history, with special strengths in the New York City region. The Tamiment Library was founded in 1906 as a part of the Rand School of Social Science ,

126-452: A new edition on a regular schedule. The most familiar example is a newspaper , but a magazine or a journal are also examples of periodicals. These publications cover a wide variety of topics, from academic, technical, trade, and general interest to leisure and entertainment . Articles within a periodical are usually organized around a single main subject or theme and include a title, date of publication, author(s), and brief summary of

168-482: A predetermined number of editions. By contrast, a novel might be published in monthly parts, a method revived after the success of The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens . This approach is called part-publication , particularly when each part is from a whole work, or a serial , for example in comic books . It flourished during the nineteenth century, for example with Abraham John Valpy 's Delphin Classics , and

210-775: A reputation as leading progressive reformers working on behalf of the working class. In the process, they changed Tammany's reputation from mere corruption to progressive endeavors to help workers. Wagner was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Conventions of 1915 and 1938 and a justice of the New York Supreme Court from 1919 to 1926. Wagner was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1926 and re-elected in 1932 , 1938 , and 1944 . He resigned on June 28, 1949, due to ill health. He

252-442: A single archive to preserve the records of New York City's vibrant trade union movement was first advanced in the early 1970s by Stephen Charney Vladeck, son of Socialist trade union activist Baruch Charney Vladeck . Vladeck, a prominent labor lawyer, was concerned about inadequate scholarship and teaching about the history of the labor movement and saw the need for establishment of a central repository for historical documents. Vladeck

294-686: A worker-education school sponsored by the American Socialist Society and modeled after the workers’ school at Ruskin College, Oxford, England. The Library was named the Meyer London Library after the long-time Socialist who represented the Lower East Side of Manhattan, and only acquired its current name in the late 1970s. From its first days, Camp Tamiment , a theater summer camp established in 1921 in

336-417: Is also a book, and might be called a serial publication if it is published in many different editions over time. Periodicals are typically published and referenced by volume and issue (also known as issue number or number). Volume typically refers to the number of years the publication has been circulated, and issue refers to how many times that periodical has been published during that year. For example,

378-570: The Journal of Social Work . Trade magazines are also examples of periodicals. They are written for an audience of professionals in the world. As of the early 1990s, there were over 6,000 academic, business, scientific, technical, and trade publications in the United States alone. These examples are related to the idea of an indefinitely continuing cycle of production and publication: magazines plan to continue publishing, not to stop after

420-668: The Daily Worker . The library also holds a copy of the microfilmed archive of Communist Party documents from Russian State Archives of Social and Political History held by the Library of Congress . Also notable was the acquisition of the papers of former Central Intelligence Agency officer Philip Agee , a defector to Cuba , as well as the papers of black civil rights activists Esther and James Jackson , Nation magazine editor Victor Navasky , and papers of radical lawyer William Kunstler and historian Howard Zinn . As of 2013,

462-964: The National Industrial Recovery Act in 1933 and the Wagner–Steagall Housing Act of 1937. After the Supreme Court ruled the National Industrial Recovery Act and the National Recovery Administration unconstitutional, Wagner helped pass the National Labor Relations Act (also known as the Wagner Act) in 1935, a similar but much more expansive bill. The National Labor Relations Act, perhaps Wagner's greatest achievement,

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504-764: The Poconos by people associated with the School, began to support the New York institution. Between 1937 and 1956, the Camp paid from 50 to 75 percent of the School's expenses. In 1956, Camp Tamiment purchased the School, then closed it and attempted to integrate its educational and cultural programs into the Tamiment Institute. The Library remained open and was renamed the Ben Josephson Library, after

546-499: The Wagner–Rogers Bill to admit 20,000 Jewish refugees under the age of 14 to the United States from Nazi Germany , but the bill never passed. Wagner and Edward P. Costigan sponsored a federal anti-lynching law in 1934. They tried to persuade President Roosevelt to support the bill but Roosevelt refused for fear of alienating Southern Democrats and losing their support for New Deal programs. There were 18 lynchings of blacks in

588-572: The April 2011 publication of a monthly magazine first published in 2002 would be listed as, "volume 10, issue 4". Roman numerals are sometimes used in reference to the volume number. When citing a work in a periodical, there are standardized formats such as The Chicago Manual of Style . In the latest edition of this style, a work with volume number 17 and issue number 3 may be written as follows: Sometimes, periodicals are numbered in absolute numbers instead of volume-relative numbers, typically since

630-698: The Camp's managing director. In 1963, the Tamiment Library was donated to New York University (NYU) following the revocation of tax-exempt status of Camp Tamiment by the Internal Revenue Service . NYU saw the addition of the Tamiment collection as a means to expand its scope as a research library. Through the early 1970s the collection was housed in a brick building owned by the Machinists' Union on Manhattan's West 15th Street. By

672-526: The Humanities to help launch the project. Succeeding Cary at the helm of the Labor Archive was labor historian Debra Bernhardt, who later took over for Dorothy Swanson as head of the combined Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Archives. Bernhardt died in 2001 at the age of 47 and was in turn succeeded, following an extensive search, by labor historian and archivist Michael H. Nash in 2002. Nash

714-561: The New York City Board of Education in the 80s and 90s. On September 14, 2004, a portrait of Wagner, along with one of Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg , was unveiled in the Senate Reception Room. The new portraits joined a group of distinguished former senators, including Henry Clay , Daniel Webster , John C. Calhoun , Robert M. La Follette , and Robert A. Taft . Portraits of this group of senators, known as

756-657: The Socialist Party and New York University was not perceived as friendly to the interests of organized labor – a pair of potential stumbling blocks which were neatly alleviated by the alternative name and official support of the CLC. The Wagner Labor Archive hired its first employee, Larry Cary, in 1978 and made use of grant money from the Rockefeller Foundation and the National Endowment for

798-703: The South in 1935, but after the threat of federal legislation, the number fell to eight in 1936 and to two in 1939. On June 28, 1949, Wagner resigned from the Senate because of ill health; John Foster Dulles was appointed by Governor Thomas E. Dewey on July 7, 1949, to fill the vacancy temporarily. Wagner was raised as a Lutheran , but he became a Methodist in his college years and taught Sunday school; he converted to Roman Catholicism in 1946. In 1908, Wagner married Margaret Marie McTague. She died in 1919. They had one son, Robert F. Wagner Jr. In 1927, he received

840-438: The article. A periodical typically contains an editorial section that comments on subjects of interest to its readers. Other common features are reviews of recently published books and films, columns that express the authors' opinions about various topics, and advertisements. A periodical is a serial publication. A book series is also a serial publication, but is not typically called a periodical. An encyclopedia or dictionary

882-506: The basic right to organize trade unions. The Central Labor Council's support was especially critical to the success of the Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives as was the use of the Wagner name, as it gave mainstream legitimacy to the effort and helped to motivate several fairly conservative unions to provide document accessions to the collection. The "Tamiment" name had been closely associated with

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924-407: The benefit of their core constituency, the working class . They built a coalition for these reforms that embraced unions, social workers, some businessmen, and numerous middle-class activists and civic reform organizations across the state. Wagner left the state senate in 1918, and served as a justice of the New York Supreme Court until his election to the U.S. Senate in 1926. As a Senator, Wagner

966-406: The collection of the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Archives included more than 100,000 pamphlets , as well as other radical ephemera. 40°43′46″N 73°59′50″W  /  40.7295°N 73.9973°W  / 40.7295; -73.9973 Periodical A periodical literature (also called a periodical publication or simply a periodical ) is a published work that appears in

1008-502: The first honorary citizenship of Nastaetten, his town of birth. In the 1930s, Wagner dated the communist journalist Marguerite Young . He died on May 4, 1953, in New York City, and was interred in Calvary Cemetery, Queens . His son Robert F. Wagner Jr. was Mayor of New York City from 1954 to 1965. His grandson, Robert (Bobby) Ferdinand Wagner III, was a Deputy Mayor, Director Urban Planning Commission and President of

1050-822: The future President when they were in the New York state legislature together, was a member of Franklin Roosevelt 's Brain Trust . He was very involved in labor issues, fought for legal protection and rights for workers, and was a leader in crafting the New Deal . In April 1943, a confidential analysis by British scholar Isaiah Berlin of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for the British Foreign Office stated of Wagner: His most important legislative achievements include

1092-546: The governorship. In 1914, while Wagner remained President pro tempore, John F. Murtaugh was chosen Majority Leader of the State Senate. That was the only time before 2009 that the two offices were not held by the same person. After the Democrats lost their Senate majority, Wagner was Senate Minority Leader from January 1915 until he retired in 1918. In the aftermath of the horrible Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire , he

1134-482: The late 1970s the location of the collection had moved to the 10th Floor of the Elmer Holmes Bobst Library of NYU. The first professional librarian to be associated with the Tamiment collection was Louise Heinze, who would be succeeded by Dorothy Swanson late in the 1960s. Swanson would remain in this position for 27 years, expanding the collection greatly by actively seeking out and obtaining

1176-681: The microfilmed records of the International Brigades that were taken to the Soviet Union after the Spanish Civil War. In March 2007, the archives of the Communist Party USA were donated to the library. The massive donation came in over 2,000 cartons, and included 20,000 books and pamphlets – some of which dated from the founding of the party – as well as thousands of photographs from the archives of

1218-716: The papers of political activists and organizations of both the historic as well as the emerging New Left . Staff hiring was broadly ecumenical, including collection assistants Ethel Lobman, a longtime member of the Trotskyist Socialist Workers Party and Peter Filardo, formerly an employee of the Communist Party -associated American Institute for Marxist Studies , founded by historian Herbert Aptheker . These two archivists were instrumental in obtaining major additions to NYU's collection from these seminal "Old Left" organizations. The idea for

1260-698: The predecessor to the Javits–Wagner–O'Day Act . Wagner was instrumental in writing the Social Security Act , and originally introduced it in the United States Senate. The Wagner–Hatfield amendment to the Communications Act of 1934 , aimed at turning over twenty-five percent of all radio channels to non-profit radio broadcasters , did not pass. In 1939 he co-sponsored with Representative Edith Nourse Rogers (R–MA)

1302-971: The start of the publication. In rare cases, periodicals even provide both: a relative issue number and an absolute number. There is no universal standard for indicating absolute numbers, but often a '#' is used. The first issue of a periodical is sometimes also called a premiere issue or charter issue. The first issue may be preceded by dummy or zero issues. A last issue is sometimes called the final issue. Periodicals are often characterized by their period (or frequency ) of publication. This information often helps librarians make decisions about whether or not to include certain periodicals in their collection. It also helps scholars decide which journal to submit their paper to. Periodicals are often classified as either popular or scholarly. Popular periodicals are usually magazines (e.g., Ebony and Esquire ). Scholarly journals are most commonly found in libraries and databases. Examples are The Journal of Psychology and

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1344-670: Was mayor of New York City from 1954 through 1965. Robert Ferdinand Wagner was born on June 8, 1877, in Nastätten , Hesse-Nassau , Kingdom of Prussia , German Empire (now in Rhein-Lahn-Kreis , Rhineland-Palatinate , Federal Republic of Germany ). The family immigrated to the United States in 1885 and settled in New York City 's Yorkville neighborhood, where Wagner attended the public schools. His father

1386-647: Was Chairman of the State Factory Investigating Committee (1911–1915). His Vice Chairman was fellow Tammany Hall politician, Al Smith . They held a series of widely publicized investigations around the state, interviewing 222 witnesses and taking 3500 pages of testimony. They started with the issue of fire safety and moved on to broader issues of the risks of injury in the factory environment. Their findings led to 38 new laws regulating labor in New York State and gave each of them

1428-653: Was a janitor. He graduated from the College of the City of New York (now named City College of New York ) in 1898, where he was a brother of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity and from New York Law School in 1900. He was admitted to the bar in 1900. As a young lawyer he became part of the Tammany Hall Democratic machine in Manhattan. He was elected to New York State Assembly in 1905 (New York Co., 30th D.), 1907 and 1908 (both New York Co., 22nd D.). He

1470-594: Was a leader of the New Deal Coalition , putting special emphasis on supporting the labor movement. He was a close associate and strong supporter of President Franklin D. Roosevelt . He sponsored three major laws: the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (also known as the Wagner Act), the Social Security Act of 1935, and the Housing Act of 1937 . Wagner resigned from the Senate in 1949 due to ill health, and died in 1953. His son, Robert F. Wagner Jr. ,

1512-602: Was a member of the New York State Senate (16th D.) from 1909 to 1918, sitting in the 132nd , 133rd , 134th , 135th , 136th , 137th , 138th , 139th , 140th and 141st New York State Legislatures . He was President pro tempore of the New York State Senate from 1911 to 1914. Wagner became Acting Lieutenant Governor of New York after the impeachment of Governor William Sulzer , and the succession of Lieutenant Governor Martin H. Glynn to

1554-609: Was a seminal event in the history of organized labor in the United States. It created the National Labor Relations Board , which mediated disputes between unions and corporations, and greatly expanded the rights of workers by banning many "unfair labor practices" and guaranteeing all workers the right to form a union. He also introduced the Railway Pension Law and cosponsored the Wagner–O'Day Act,

1596-562: Was able to make use of personal connections to convince the New York Central Labor Council (CLC) and the Tamiment Institute, still headed by Ben Josephson, to co-sponsor the creation of the new labor archive. In 1977, New York University was brought on board and together the three entities established the new labor archive, named after Senator Robert F. Wagner Sr. of New York, sponsor of the National Labor Relations Act of 1935, legislation which guaranteed workers

1638-714: Was an American attorney and Democratic Party politician who represented the state of New York in the United States Senate from 1927 to 1949. Born in Prussia , Wagner immigrated to the United States with his family in 1885. After graduating from New York Law School , Wagner won election to the New York State Legislature , eventually becoming the Democratic leader of the New York State Senate . Working closely with fellow New York City Democrat Al Smith , Wagner and Smith embraced reform, especially to

1680-685: Was not restricted to fiction . The International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) is to serial publications (and by extension, periodicals) what the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is to books: a standardized reference number. Postal services often carry periodicals at a preferential rate; for example, Second Class Mail in the United States only applies to publications issued at least quarterly. Robert F. Wagner Active Defunct Journals TV channels Websites Other Robert Ferdinand Wagner I (June 8, 1877 – May 4, 1953)

1722-493: Was responsible for acquiring the archives of the Communist Party USA for preservation. The Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA) collection, formerly located at Brandeis University, was acquired by the Tamiment Library in 2001. The collection is the largest and most important resource for the study of the participation of American volunteers in the Spanish Civil War. It includes the papers of more than 200 volunteers, oral histories, films, photographs, posters, and selections of

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1764-752: Was unable to attend any sessions of the 80th or 81st Congress from 1947 to 1949 because of a heart ailment. Wagner was the Chairman of the Committee on Patents in the 73rd Congress , of the Committee on Public Lands and Surveys in the 73rd and 74th Congresses, and of the Committee on Banking and Currency in the 75th through 79th Congresses. He was a delegate to the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire , in 1944. Wagner, who had known

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