USF St. Petersburg underground newspaper collection, 1965-1978

Summary

Abstract:

Collection of underground newspaper and alternative press publications from various places within and outside the United States.

Extent:

36 boxes

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

USF St. Petersburg underground newspaper collection, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL.

Background

Scope and content:

Collections consists of underground newspapers and alternative press publications from the University of Missouri, Columbia from 1965 to 1978. There are 2,712 issues with over 70 titles around the United States.

Biographical / historical:

Numerous papers such as the SDS New Left Notes and The Movement document the New Left and student radicalism from a national perspective. Local and regional papers, including The Drummer, The Great Speckled Bird, and The DC Gazette, allow researchers to understand movements in various cities and communities, while Vancouver's Georgia Straight and London's Peace Notes provide a view of the political Left from outside of the United States. The Black Liberator, The Black Panther, and Muhammad Speaks record the evolution of Afro-American nationalism and the growing chasm between white and black student leaders. The Ally and The Bond bring the anti-war movement to military personnel. Incredible visual and graphic images appear in many titles and on many covers including The Seed.

Acquisition information:

In the fall of 1992, Mary E. Allcorn-Grigsby, Director of the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, negotiated a gift of underground newspapers and alternative press publications from the University of Missouri, Columbia.

Related

Related material:

Any researcher interested in the underground press should also examine the issues preserved on microfilm by the Bell and Howell Micro Photo Division. The Tampa Campus Library maintains a copy of the 423-reel Underground Newspaper Microfilm Collection (Film N 16; guide: Z 6951. US) on the second floor. As part of the Yazell's Pinellas ACLU Collection, the Special Collections Department of the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library has retained archival copies of Come Unity, a local alternative publication based in St. Petersburg. Bibliographies and directories include: Alternative Press Index (Northfield, MN: Radical Research Center), William D. Lutz's compilation of the Underground Press Directory and an earlier index known as the Underground Press Guide, and a resource printed by the American Library Association's Social Responsibilities Round Table with the title Alternatives in Print: An International Catalog of Books, Pamphlets, Periodicals, and Audiovisual Materials. In addition, consult a collaborative effort by James P. Danky and Elliott Shore entitled Alternative Materials in Libraries (Metuchen: Scarecrow, 1982), which built upon Danky's earlier Undergrounds: A Union List of Alternative Periodicals in Libraries of the United States and Canada (Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1974). Other libraries have created finding aids to assist patrons using their unique collections. For examples of these directories, see: the Undergound Newspaper Collection, UM Libraries guide designed by Mary Allcorn-Grigsby and Alan Kimbel (Columbia: University of Missouri, 1989), and Alternatives: A Guide to the Newspapers, Magazines, and Newsletters in the Alternative Press Collection in the Special Collections Department of the University of Connecticut Library (2d ed., University of Connecticut, 1976).

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Underground newspapers
Underground press publications
Student publications
Peace movements

Terms of access:

None. The contents of the collection may be subject to copyright. Visit the United States Copyright Office's website at http://www.copyright.gov/ for more information.

Preferred citation:

USF St. Petersburg underground newspaper collection, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL.

Location of this collection:

USF Libraries - St. Petersburg Special Collections & University Archives

140 7th Avenue South

St. Petersburg

FL

33701

USA

Contact:

https://lib.usf.edu/special-collections/st-petersburg-special-collections-university-archives/