Contents
Collection Overview
Biographical Note
Scope and Contents of the Collection
Organization of the Collection
Search Terms
Series 1: Background Articles
1969-1973
Series 2: Interview Tapes and Transcripts
1974-1977
Series 3: Notes and Other Background Material
1972-1975
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David Kerr Research Materials on Liberation News Service and the Alternative Press
Finding Aid
Finding aid prepared by Peter A. Nelson.
© 2007
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Creator:
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Kerr, David |
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Title:
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David Kerr Research Materials on Liberation News Service and the Alternative Press
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Dates:
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1968-1977 |
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Abstract:
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Background articles, interview tapes and transcripts, and other materials for David Kerr's research on the alternative press in the United States, with particular focus on Liberation News Service, an alternative press service started by Marshall Bloom and Ray Mungo in 1967.
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Extent:
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1 archives box and 1 cassette storage box(1 linear ft.) |
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Language:
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English |
David Kerr was associate professor of mass communications at Hampshire College from 1972 to 2003. He has a BA from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and MAs from Vanderbilt University and Indiana University. He worked as a reporter and editor and taught courses in journalism and the history of the American press. His educational interests include the role of the press in the debate over imperialism, travel and safari writings, issues in popular culture, and cultural studies. He retired from Hampshire in 2003. (Source: Hampshire College Catalog and Course Guide, 2002-2003)
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Background articles, interview tapes and transcripts, and other materials for David Kerr's research on the alternative press in the United States, with particular focus on Liberation News Service, an alternative press service started by Marshall Bloom and Ray Mungo in 1967.
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This collection is organized into three series:
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Series 1: Background Articles
1969-1973
Photocopies of published articles on the alternative press.
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Deaver Collins, paper on LNS
1973
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Marshall Bloom (retro)
1973
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Related New Journalism
1971 Jun
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High school unrest
1969 Feb
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LNS as communes - Melville article
1972
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LNS - Hentoff article
1972
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Movement - UGP bibliography
1969 Mar
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LNS Operation
1968-1969
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Reviews; LNS - UGP books
1970-1972
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General Crit - UGP
1969-1973
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Series 2: Interview Tapes and Transcripts
1974-1977
This series includes eleven audiocassettes and two reel tapes of Kerr's interviews with people formerly associated with Liberation News Service.
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Jessica and Harvey - LNS (audiotape reel 1 of 2)
n.d.
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Jessica and Harvey - LNS (audiotape reel 2 of 2)
n.d.
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Harvey Wasserman interview
1975 Jan 23
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Elliot Isenberg interview
1977 Feb 4
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Mark Feinstein Interview
1977 Feb 16
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Audiocassette tape: Women and Theatre - side 1 / Jeanne Fortin - side 2
1974 Apr 23
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Audiocassette tape: Harvey Wasserman, LNS
1975 Jan 23
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Audiocassette tape: Harvey Wasserman, LNS
1975 Jan 23
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Audiocassette tape: Allen Young, North Orange, Mass., partial
1977 May 4
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Audiocassette tape: Allen Young; in N. Orange, Mass. at Octagon House
1977 May 5
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Audiocassette tape: Andrew Marx, Howard Epstein; LNS
1977 Feb 28
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Audiocassette tape: Marx; Reel #2
1977 Feb 28
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Audiocassette tape: Elliot Isenberg; Bloom's roommate and LSE
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Audiocassette tape: Elliot Isenberg; Bloom's roommate
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Audiocassette tape: Feinstein interview #2
1977 Feb 16
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Audiocassette tape: Feinstein interview #3 & #4
1977 Feb 16
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Series 3: Notes and Other Background Material
1972-1975
This series includes a lengthy 1972 document entitled "Liberation News Service: Bourgeois or Revolutionary Journalism?" which is an internal critique written by two former LNS staff members; also a small amount of other notes, printed matter and correspondence.
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LNS Internal Critique by Rosa Borenstein and Alan Howard
1972 Jan 10
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Note (Unknown person) with 2 issues of Great Speckled Bird
1975 Jan-Mar
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Notes - History of LNS
n.d.
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Microfilm Index - Alternative press publications
n.d.
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Congressional report (hearings on the Internal Security Act)
1974 July
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