New York: Committee of Returned Volunteers, Publisher, 1970. Wraps. Single stapled newsletter, 8 ½ by 11 inches. 24 pp., including covers. The Committee of Returned Volunteers was founded in 1966, consisting of people who had formerly worked in a volunteer capacity in various service programs in Asia, Africa, Latin America..... More
Rhode Island: WCTU Rhode Island, Publisher, 1887. Unbound. Cream colored silk ribbon with purple printing and fringed ends. With a sewn fold over flap at the top. About 6 ½ by 2 1/8 inches. A ribbon issued by the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) of Rhode Island, reading "W.C.T.U. of..... More
Oakland: ). Black Panther Party, Publisher. Unbound. Oakland, no date, presumed circa 1970s, maybe early 1980s, based on provenance. Single sheet, 17 by 11 inches, folded in half to make two 8 ½ by 11 inch pages. Printed on single sides only. Black Panther logo at the upper left of..... More
Dorchester, MA: Families and Friends of Prisoners, Inc, 1980. Tabloid. Side folding tabloid newspaper format. 16 pp. A few photos/illustrations present. A newspaper issued by the Families and Friends of Prisoners, Inc., a nonprofit organization advocating for prisoners' rights. This issue discusses the recent decision to keep Walpole Prison open..... More
Malaga, NJ: American Vegan Society, Publisher, 1975. Tabloid. Small tabloid newspaper format. 4 pages. A journal published by the American Vegan Society, devoted to "dynamic harmlessness, reverence for life, natural living, personal ecology." The American Vegan Society was founded in 1960 and continues to this day, focusing on healthy living..... More
No Place: No publisher. Unbound. No publisher, place or date. Presumed mid to late 1960s. Measures 1 ¼ inches in diameter. Dark yellow background with reddish brown printing. A pinback promoting Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) and his work. Ture was a civil rights leader and Black power activist, chairing the..... More
Los Angeles: Open City, Publisher, 1968. Tabloid. Tabloid newspaper format. 20 pp. Single issue of this newspaper devoted to the counterculture and radical movements locally, nationally and internationally. This issue with a letter from activist H. Rap Brown written while in prison; an article on the band Blood, Sweat and..... More
Cambridge/Somerville, MA: The Old Mole, Publisher, 1969. Tabloid. no date, 1969. Newspaper tabloid format. 20 pp. Black and white illustrations and photos throughout. Single issue of this underground newspaper from Boston, Massachusetts, devoted primarily to politics and left-wing struggles. Issued by sympathizers and associates of the SDS, and primarily focusing..... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1959. First Edition. Cloth. First edition, so stated. Red cloth with black cloth spine. In unclipped dust jacket. 209 pp. A memoir of the former Superintendent of Schools in Little Rock, Arkansas. Blossom served as superintendent from 1953 to 1958, overseeing the implementation of the..... More
Chicago: Students for a Democratic Society, 1967. Tabloid. Tabloid newspaper format. 4 pp. Black and white photos throughout. A single issue of this newspaper issued by the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) offering a blend of news and opinion on local and national events. This issue includes brief news..... More
Berkeley, CA: La Pena Cultural Center, presumed Publisher, 1977. Unbound. Single sheet, 8 ½ by 11 inches. Yellow paper stock. Illustration of a large capitalist standing on the backs of others at the center right of the paper. An event flier for a lecture/discussion of capitalism and its associated ills..... More
No Place: Young Socialist Alliance, Publisher. Unbound. No place or date. Presumed San Francisco, circa 1977. Single sheet, 8 ½ by 11 inches. Pink paper stock. A flier advertising a talk on feminism and socialism given by Valerie Libbey, a founding member of Berkeley Female Liberation. With a graphic on..... More
Hillsdale, NY: The Radical Therapist, Publisher, 1971. Tabloid. Side folding tabloid newspaper. 32 pp., including covers. Single issue of this journal devoted to radical psychiatry and its practice, with this number written by members of the Berkeley Radical Psychiatry Group. Essays include the Radical Psychiatry Manifesto by Claude Steiner; principles..... More
No Place: No publisher, 1976. Wraps. No publisher, place or date. Presumed Conference on Violence Against Women, San Francisco, 1976. 28 pages, including covers. A few illustrations throughout. A guide to the programs and events offered at a 1976 Conference on Violence Against Women in San Francisco, an event sponsored..... More