New Society Publishers Records
Scope and Contents
The collection contains business records of New Society Publishers, including financial records, personnel records, and marketing records; records of the collective business process; editorial files; and various versions of book manuscripts.
Dates
- Creation: 1990-1996
Creator
- New Society Publishers. Philadelphia Office (Organization)
- Movement for a New Society (Organization)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Limitations on Accessing the Collection
The collection is open for research use.
Physical Access Note
All or part of this collection is stored off-site. Contact Swarthmore College Peace Collection staff at peacecollection@swarthmore.edu at least two weeks in advance of visit to request boxes.
Copyright and Rights Information
None.
Historical Note
New Society Publishers was a cooperative business based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded by members of Movement for a New Society in the late 1980s. New Society Publishers produced books on peace, social justice, and ecological topics. The Philadelphia office closed in December 1996 and a smaller for of the New Society Publishers business moved to British Columbia, Canada.
Extent
56 Linear Feet (32 Boxes)
Overview
New Society Publishers was a cooperative business based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded by members of Movement for a New Society in the late 1980s. New Society Publishers produced books on peace, social justice, and ecological topics. The Philadelphia office closed in December 1996 and a smaller for of the New Society Publishers business moved to British Columbia, Canada.
Arrangement
This collection is unprocessed and remains in the order in which it was donated to the SCPC.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of New Society Publishers, 1996s [Acc. 96A-059]
Separated Materials
- Photographs
- Memorabilia: book engraved plates [off-site SCPC-1235; off-site SCPC-1235b]
- Audio visual recordings
- Book mechanicals [off-site SCPC-1225 - SCPC-1234; off-site SCPC-1236 - SCPC-1240]
Legal Status
Copyright to the New Society Publisher [of Philadelphia] records created by the organization has been transferred to the Swarthmore College Peace Collection. Copyright to all other materials is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Processing Information
Processed by SCPC staff; this finding aid was created by Wendy E. Chmielewski in August 2008.
Subject
- Hirshkowitz, Barbara (Person)
- New Society Publishers. Philadelphia Office (Organization)
- Movement for a New Society (Organization)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2018: The file list was standardized in Summer 2017 by Min Cheng in preparation for importing into ArchivesSpace. Elisabeth Miller added the notes in Fall 2017.
- Memorabilia-book engraved plates
- Book mechanicals
Find It at the Library
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