Women Printers In New York City

Where would be some good published and archival sources to research women printers of the 19th and early 20th centuries in the New York City area? I am particularly interested in the labor history of

Question: Community Building

I'm mailing you from beirut, lebanon. I'm looking for books on community building and organizing (in squats, neighborhoods, workplace, unemployed, syndicates and unions,...)

Question: Where can I find out more about Open City, the radical newspaper from the 1960s?

I am doing a class project on radical newspapers of the 60's and am having trouble locating information on a paper called Open City. It was published in the 60's in San Francisco. I'm looking specifically for information regarding the paper's founders, dates of publication, circulation, mission statements, etc. Any info would be great. P.S. You guys rock. Librarians unite!!!

QUESTION: Where can I obtain statistics about illegal immigrants from Cuba?

How many Cubans were deported as illegal immigrants last year? As you may know, the government distinguishes between Cubans who land in the U.S. (who are given immediate preferential immigration status) and those intercepted in international waters (who are sent back to Cuba as "illegals").

Question: First Use of the Name Al Qaeda?

A documentary I watched (Power of Nightmares) claimed that the name "Al-Qaeda" did not exist/was not applied to terrorist activities before September 11th. How can I verify this?

Question: Where Can I Find Information About What Bush is Doing Every Day?

Hi, I am making a Bush Countdown calendar where I write something bad that the Bush administration did on every day of the year. For example, in the March 5 box, I might write, "today in 2002, Bush did X." However, I am having a really hard time finding efficient resources for making the calendar.

Question: What Does Each Letter of EEUU Stand For?

I am independently studying Spanish. And I understand that EE.UU. indicates Estados Unidos(Unites States). But what does each individual letter stand for in EE.UU.?

Question: Audio on Social Movements

Do you know some places where one can find free downloadable audio clips/files of people (and especially activists or movement historians) talking about either:

  1. May Day
  2. labor movements

Question: The Human Radiation Experiments Database is Down, Why?

I was looking for the website of the Human Radiation Experments Database and found that it has been taken down because the information is re-classified as secret. Is this permanent and is it possible

Question: What Killed Jacob Marley (From Dicken's A Christmas Carol)?

There are plenty of sites out there that mention possible diseases that Tiny Tim (of A Christmas Carol) has, but I can't find anything about what killed Jacob Marley (not "his sins"). The treatment seemed to be wrapping a cloth around the head.

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