Scope and Contents
The collection consists of many types of printed material including pamphlets, broadsides, articles from newspapers, magazines, and other publications.
Topics include labor and unions, religion, socialism, the Townsend Plan, economics, communist party, cooperatives, revolution, anarchism, science, mysticism, and technocracy.
Articles, essays, speeches, and other literature are organized alphabetically by title of article or title of publication. The paper finding aid includes a full title listing that includes publisher and date information.
Dates
- 1899-1962
Creator
- Adams, George O. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Biographical / Historical
George O. Adams was a carpenter who lived at various times in Pomeroy, Washington and Eugene, Oregon. He gathered radical literature including pamphlets, broadsides, articles from newspapers, magazines, and other publications.
Extent
1.5 linear feet (1 container) : 1 record storage box
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
George O. Adams was a carpenter interested in the political issues of the day, and he gathered together the radical literature that makes up this collection. The collection (1899-1962) consists of many types of printed material including pamphlets, broadsides, articles from newspapers, magazines, and other publications about labor and unions, religion, socialism, economics, and anarchism, among other topics.
Arrangement
Collection is organized alphabetically by title.
Material within this collection is minimally arranged. Any arrangement is either derived from the records' creators or custodians or from staff at the time of initial processing. It may be necessary to look in multiple places for the same types of materials.
Other Finding Aids
Paper finding aid with additional information is available in Special Collections & University Archives.
Processing Information
Collection processed by staff, 1970s; and Tanya Parlet, 2013.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
This collection received a basic level of processing including minimal organization and rehousing.
Description information is drawn in part from information supplied with the collection and initial surveys of the contents.
- Anarchism -- United States -- History -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Articles Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Broadsides Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Communism -- United States -- History -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Essays Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Labor Unions Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Labor movement -- United States -- History -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Labor unions -- United States -- History -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Pamphlets Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Printed ephemera Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Radical economics Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Radicalism -- United States -- History -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Religion Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Religion and politics -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Revolutionary literature Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Socialism Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Socialism -- United States -- History -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the George O. Adams radical literature collection
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Tanya Parlet.
- Date
- 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
