A guide to some collections of materials of interest to those who believe that a better world is possible, prepared for the 4th Annual NYC Anarchist Book Fair. A series of starting points and inspirations - what will your work leave behind, and where will be?

University Collections

NYU Archives: http://library.nyu.edu/collections/archives.html

• Fales Library: http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/fales/
• Downtown Collection: http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/fales/findingaidsdtwn.html
• Riot Grrl: http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/fales/riotgrrrl.html
• Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives: http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/tam/
• Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting: http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/tamwag/fair.html
• Anarchist Collections: http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/tam/anarchism_guide.html
• Online Exhibitions: http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/tam/exhibits.html
• Times Up: (forthcoming): see coverage in NYT and Gothamist

Ohio State Univ. Cartoon Art Library: http://cartoons.osu.edu/

Marquette University, Catholic Worker Archives: http://www.marquette.edu/library/collections/archives/day.html

University of Connecticut, Alternative Press Collection: http://doddcenter.uconn.edu/collections/apc/brochure.htm

University of North Texas, Digital Collections from Government Information Connection http://www.library.unt.edu/govinfo/digital-collections

George Washington Univ (host) National Security Archive: http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/

Independent Projects

Utne Reader’s Street Librarian Chris Dodge's Guide to Alternative Library Collections: http://reocities.com/SoHo/cafe/7423/collections.html

Reanimation Library: http://www.reanimationlibrary.org/pages/about.htm

International Institute for Social History: http://www.iisg.nl/inst.php

• Archives: http://www.iisg.nl/archives/en/all.php

Journal of Aesthetics and Protest: http://www.journalofaestheticsandprotest.org/

• Slide Library: click through from main page, above

Zine Libraries

Barnard: http://www.barnard.edu/library/zines/index.htm

Salt Lake City: http://altpress.slcpl.org/

ABC No Rio: http://www.abcnorio.org/facilities/zine_library.html

MoMA’s John Held Jr. Bibliography: http://research.moma.org/mailart/

Others: http://www.barnard.edu/library/zines/zinelibraries.htm

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Unexpected Treasures in Libraries

Princeton: http://diglib.princeton.edu/ead/subjects

Harvard: http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/home?_collection=oasis

• They recently got Polaroid’s archives: http://hul.harvard.edu/publications/hul_notes_1334/polaroid.html

NYPL collections: http://www.nypl.org/collections/nypl-collections/archival-materials

• Yadoo archive: http://www.nypl.org/archives/2087