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EDRS PRICE MF-$0.83 HC-$1.67 Plus Postage.s- DESCRIPTORS CoMparative Analysis.; *Evalua'ticn Criteria; Indexing; Library Collections; *Micofilm; *Microform.s; Preservation; *Publishing Industry; lieference 1 Materials; *Research Reviews '(Publications) IDENTIFIERS *Alternativ-1Public ati ns; Radical Press,,"

A-BSTR-ACT Pt sented.is an analysis of what has been done reg*arding the pre efvation of alterretive publicationSin microfilm. '` The alterna.tive`pfesswaS defined, for the 'purposes of this study, as 'nonstandard, nonestalishment publicatiOns. TWO projects undertaken

. to microfilm such publications, one by the Microphoto'Division of Bell and Howell and the other by Ha'rvester Press-, were contrasted, with respect to completeness, quality of,. microfilm, and ease of

access. The Harveste collection,' which focusesonBritish . publications, is see to be the more n early complete of the two, and it provides more s isfactory external, finding aids. However, a subject index to the contents of the publ'ia'ations is not available or. either -collection, and neither cffers iDdividual titles for p rch,ase.A related study found that only 44%' of the publications indexed by Alternative- Press Centre were microfilmed leading to the conclusion that libraries may be doing tgheir patrons ,a disservice if they do,not subscribe to all the' publications available. Their value or historidal research; risk of loss through fire; airoheft, rdeterioration); and the limited number of libraries maintaining such collections are the major reasons cited for the publications to be 'reproduced and preserved on film. A brief commentary on 'other micropthblishers engaged In filming radical publications and recommendations for future action are Included.'P. bibliography and titles available from Bell and Howell and Alternative Press Centre in microfilm are Appended. (Author/JR,F)

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CONTENTS

- , INTRODUCTION 1 3. THE ALTERNATIVE,PRESS 2 THE CASE'FOR MICROREPRODUCING THE ALTERNATIVE PRESS 3 PROGRESS TODATEt\ X CRITICAL ANALYSIS 7

. RECOMMENDATIONS FdR

FUTURE ACTION . 13 APPENDIX A: THE KEWSPAPERS OF IUNDER=, GROUND PRESS COLLE ION* '-o,* ...... ,..,, APPENDIXB: --, 04,, tp, .4,e TITLES,INDEXED BY '' ( -I PRESS CENTRE.AVAI IN MICROFORM' ) 17

BIBLIOGRAPHY , 20

I INTRODUCTI

In this paper I will attempt: to-presst a 'critical, analysis

of wh:has been, done regardingthe preseation of alternative

publications in microform,and offer my o suggestions for

what should be done to reproducethese publications on film.

. The paper should alsoserve as a useful research guide for _ - others seeking a selected listof alternative publications in

microform. The compilltion containstitles of\publications

currently indexed by the Alternative'Press Cent\ r which ,are 'available in microform.

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THE ALTERNATIVE PRESS

What constitutes the "alternative press" is a matter of

dispute,. Various compilers have defined the alternative press'

in different ways. Robert H. guller subtitled his classic

2-Volume study From Radical Left to Extreme Right (1970)

as follows: "a bibliography of current periodicals of protest,

controversy, advocacy, or dis6ent ..." The Alternative Press

Index made- it appearance in 1970 subtitled: "an index to the

publications which amplify the cry for social change and social ,

justice." Danky in )his introductioneto Undergrounds: A Union List

.; (1974) noted that "run two definitions are likeley to

be the same."What seems clear is that the term, as contemporaries

clefide it, apply to the publications generated. -by the social and

'spolitical upheavals of ,the 1960's; .Spiers (1974) argues that

before 1965, the underground press just did not exist. It may

have 9f course, but not in the way we understand it .today.

I'myself am content wit]; the broad definition adopted by ,Danl;y

and Fox in their occasional column on the alternative media

which,ap ears 'in the-Wilson Library Bulletin: "Non-standard,

non - establishment publications."

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ti THE CASE FOR MICROREPRODUCNG THE ALTERNATIVEPRESS

Why-Should we 'attempt topreserve the alternative press

in microform.? Very' igimply it is because film, underarchival

t . conditipns,°liets much longerthan newspaper. BUt.l.hatanswer, - .

. of course, is inadequate. Is the alternativea:essworth. preserving?'

T Xerox University Microfilms, it isunderstood, felt that

some sthe underground press materialwas"inpoor taste". and

. reportedly Stopped:. microfilming it, accordingto Mr. StevensRice (April1977)1 Irtdeed_s_Muller has noted (1970, v. 1, xacii-xxiii) that:

A great obstacle is, the trait -ional,concernof librarians about quality.--"The mainpurpose of, bookselection, inprofessional rhetoric, is 'to dhooSe the good,screen out the shoddy, and build up a "choice" collection that will"educate

and elevate the publicbY.offering.. them the . "best ". Yet, considerations 'of "quality." may be inappropriate when it: comes' to choosing'polemic tracts,How important, after all, is the style , in which, an opitiOn is expressed?What if a :; Viewpointbe printed on poor ,paper, withsbad .ypbgralphy's many..errors in spelling,inelegant langUatel=and much profanity? What ift, the reason- ing be ilogical?The drawings lacking in artistry? ,What if-this,viewpoint so shoddily tricked out is, ..'"-"furthermore, read eagerly by only a' few hundredor. thousand 'people? A tract; though half-literate, - 4.s still a document. If it puts for ward;- or -lies,liith intent to deceive,shonld it% be excluded? 'On such 'groundsMany.librarians reject astrology, numerology,` palmistry, descriptionsof 'dubious medical ',4-rcure'ietc..,:..4..is hardtoknow where todrewtile: line. What"..a, librarian`'should avoid is excludingapoint of ,view,b,ecause,2he is 'offended bythe way in which it is -presented. ,:

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\, Itisincumbent onlibrarians tOday not tO act as censors of

i what future) generations inay wantI to read. What, is good'or poor taste? after all, is ayariablieacross time and among,people. a Taste should not be thecrite4ionto base a decision on whether or not one-should preserye the l*aIternatiVepress. Who are* we to

. V prevent fdture historians from studying the protest movements of the 1960s,'.anditsassociated ephemera, just because we /- happen to be hung- up avei qflality?'...Our role as librarians

-5 is to provide serviCe'-..... in.tfacademic libraries to serious researchers.

- Our role is definitely note to act as guardians of morality or of establishment views.

Some two dozen libkaries already maintain special colXectlbns

. . I. '..... of. alternative. publicatiCns (Akeroyd and benedict,,l973), and

, -. graduate students and faculty are beginning to use the resources'

/ ) for serious study (Palmer? l97). The fact that a limited number, of academic libr4es maintain such collections underscores 'the need for easyiacces's to the material: Ease of access can be facilitated if these materials are microfilmed.

Judith F. King, Cf.the ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom,- has been quoted (in 'a Bell add Howell advertisement) as folloVs:

"In the long run, the newspapers' will havegreat.histpilcal and research value. Unfortuneateli,,the stockon which they are printed is mot of the-best quality, and immediateattempts to preserve them .must be made. If this is not done; the whole.

period of turmoil th," we are currently (late 1960's . experiencing 4 12- o will be,'lost to history." In the .same brochure, ,Herbert... Finch,

; Curator and ,Archivist at Cprnell University, was quoted as saying: f Kt ..

e "I think that-a.compiIation- of-these newspapers, easily

available on microfilm, 'should beccime an outstanding souice-of

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-- --, _information for scholars 'Who wish to study inc. this era of

student unrest and rebellionArDich 'has been sO-iniiuential'-On

. - contemporary-histdry. Since these papers, even_at-thetime,,--,

....- of.publicati apvery difficult.to_Acipire.thrOugh ordinalT , do, . -k - - channels,,I think that it is, most important that you try to',

make your filmed set as, comprehensive'as possible4"

The fact that many institutions of higher education, have ti deemed it important to collect andpres.rve such "ephempra" attests

to the necessity of preserving such material on film,as well

as facilitating access (through sale and loan.of film) to the

material.

Beyond preserVation and ease ofaccessl 1 can mention several

more reasons why the alternative' press should be microfilmed.

In those libraries which currentlr subscribe to.such publications,

space can be a problem, which would be partly resolved by keeping

. the material on film. A more important factor would be'that

wear and tear may cause the material to deteriorate. MiThe special

collections, after-all, would.4not be likely to weed outorOinal

*periodicals infavor o microform copied.'Another major consideration

is therisk of lOss) through -fire, damage, or theft. A microfilm

master of A periodical, stored safely, will thus ensure that the

pekicidical is' not lost forever.

Finally it is of,en suggedted that maintaining microfilmed copies 0 of a run of-periodicals will'be leas costly than hard copies {Reed, 1976),

especially taking into consideration the cost of binding the latter.

However, in relation to the alternatiVe press, it is not clear" to

r5ewhether,thecost of microfilming the periodicals will ini-fact be 1

low, given the admittedly low demand for suchmaterial, and the "V reluctance of profit-making micropublishersto engage in risky * . enterprises (as thiS.must certainly be). The 'trend, at, beast for

collections of underground and alternative publi'cations,is toward

higher and higher costs, where individual titlesare not available for purchase, presumably because of the overwhelmingcostof providing title by, title service. In the next chapter we shall take a look at what has been accomplished thus)fai

in the microreproduction of alternative pdhlications.

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6 PRO4aSS TO 'DATE .CRITICAL ANALYSIS

What has been done in the, ic oreproduction on film

.of ,the alternative press? In this chapter I ghill focus ".

on two contrasting projects, as well acomment briefly on

other attempts to film such publications. Finally I present 41/4 resultsof an empirical study of titles indexed by the Alternative A .,. .' ,

V- Press Centiee \ , . r . . v BELL AND HOWELL COLLECTJOjNI iti ..-_ # The first, ina6ed magsiye attempt to microfilm the

alternative press was undertaken in tile late /960's

(and presdmably still going on today') theMicrophotOilyisice ,Isli .! of Bell and Howell. Alta Undergro Od Fewspapers Microfilm Collection _ ,.

, ) . . was heralded as an."unbiased view of ,the '60s and70s" in its

'promotional literaturf, and ,ultimately comprised

some 600 titles. Howeyer, reviewers to a person panned t w( # . collection.

The basic:criticism was over the lack of a system. Ed Web

curator, of the University of Michigan's Labadie C011ection,

toldme that the firm apparently filmed only what they could get

, theiir hands on. He had spent two days/examiningsome roals,from

the ,Collection, borrowed from the Center for Research Libraries.

The votes he took at that time, preserved in the Labadie Collection,

give ample proof to the charge that the Collection was haphazardly

complled.' A number of titles ifere thrown together in a roll,

and.soice-titles only were indicated by one issue: Ihdeed, the

Circulation Librarian for"the Center forkeseArch Libraries felt-.

impelldt to issue a memo (dated 8 February 1971) Atating

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"A few words of explanation might save you from the utter lo.,, 4 O f a .a . confusion (of) the microfilm of the Underground N wspaper Collection.

The holdings for each title are very incompletean appear on. different roles (sic)."4. . . Despite the firm's claim that it "an ekhaustive effortwas made

° . . , by both the BqlS. Howell and the office of the UndeigroUndPress

, I Syndicate inan attempt to find any and all missing issuesand ...... , . t k titles," it was clear'that the firm merely filmed whatthe

. Syndicate happened to haveavailable (Marshall, l914,-, P,2Y): Ed Weber found that the Labadie Ccillection hadmore colVete

, _ , runs Of some ofle-titlesin the B&H Collection.

It was also found that in spite of a claim of,maintaining

"the highest possible quality of readability",one reviewer

_. , . 'had to constantly refocus the microfilm reader (Marshalli.1074, p.22)A

Mr Weber found the first page of the Baltimore Free Preis (roll 5)

" veryblack, no volume or number distinguishable."

i)ages apOepred to be missing, andit was unclear if this vat

due to an error in filming, or ifthepages Were actually missing , from the original. Obviously the absence'of explanatory targets

(e.g., PAGES LACKING)comigiounded the problem.

Further the Table oftConeents Provided with 0

. . did not proNtidesufficient;ease of access. Subseqdently attempts

were made to index ] collection. (Some titles had alteady been 4he indexed in the Alternative. FressIndex.) \ In 1970' Mai' had made-an effort to provide subject access

to the Collection through the indexing efforts of the,vo t eers

who publish the Alternative Press Index. Thd bid did not succed0;

asMary McKenney of the Index staff subsequentlyreported3 . . the problem'wis that'the public-atipnsthey microfilmed weren't necessarily-the ones we indexed.- So they hadanotherT_____--- bright idea:we could supplY'them with copiesof all publicatibni we indexed,4 they could microfilm them,and-then 'give'away the Index with the package. When ye asked whatwe were to get out of the deal,

they said, we'dget notonly all that good (?) publicityfor

being connected withthem,but also afreecopy of the film; This was Supposed to make up for all the extraexpense of printing enoughcopies of the Index to accommodate them . . and we knew no ohe wouldbenefit from the deal . - except BS.,H " (Marron,

1974, p.23). 4

Subsequently,_the ALA's'SocialResponsibilities Round_TaMe- . Task FOrce came to some sort'of-agreelhent'with B&Hto produce a subject index to the Collection. Nothing seems to have

culminated, however( (Marshall,.1974;p.24). While the number of titles microfilmed is impressive(see Appendix A), the fact thatindividual titlesarenot available for purchase-(in ddition to the flaws alieady-odescribed),reduces the usefulness,of the project. Although the collection

was filmed using ilver film, libraries havebeen reructant to purchage the Collection.

HARVESTER tRBSS OLLECTIONS , From Snglan comes a very differentmicrofilmingenterprise, 'the filming of crrent and retrospective Ans!ofBritain's . 4 under#rdund and lternative ,press-They pro, . is everything :- .ts 6' ', (almost) that the B&B' Ai project is not. Every attempthas been made to :locate the Materials, and.separatefiches'or roll filmsare used for ,separate titles. Explanatory targets are utilized,and

12 an external finding aid (including :location designations,. anda

'bibliographic essay) is urovided. The, collections are mostly e on silver halide standard microfiche, with some parts

on 35mm siverhalide4roll film, where meritedby reduction size.

The relevant collections fbrour purposes include,:

The Underground and Alternative' Prees inBritain Since 1961. . ------' . nt-,- the 1973 -Update; The Left in Britain _ . (55-partsh and Se);5a1', ., - , , *r Politics in Britain (p4licationsof the women's and g ayo liberation'movemehts).

- Reviewers have consistently praisedthe collection. 4 - "Harvester Press mhat'pltformed the Herculean,task dfcollecting'

.. and assembling &c.-comprehensive set of "underground"newspapers,

which it has made available ina well- packaged microform editgh. i . . J . , . ..t % . s An exemplary bibliographical guide, includingan illuminatihg .3 introductorTessay by John-Spiers, testifiesto the

hness and diver64,tyof the assoFtment," wroteKoss' in ,

, Microform Review aily".,1975). K f

'Marein (1977) Apraided HaryesterPress for 'tithe coMprehensiveness 7 . (and) meticulouS lonr, it. evident in the productionof this

microform collection of British underground end aiierhativenefispapers.

.44 460 Congratulations, Harvester Press, fora job well done!" :

Indeed, the HarvesteF Press collectionsappear to be many ,/ times superior to the:B&H collection, wittritsusefUlness enhanced

by the bibliographic.guidecompiled'by Spiers 0.974). Unfortunately, individual titles_fiom thecollections are not available, nor is there

a subjadt iadei,to the contentsof the'44blications. 11

, OTHER PROJECTS . . . ilic- $ . . j A brief comment is appropriatehere about...other projects. ,4' , . , There ar= a hulaber of ) micropublighers0 , engaged infilming>radical % dating I publicationsiAfrom even before the 1960sbtUrmoil,and "under ,round

press" materials are often included . in their collections. Furthermore it, '.. there may be pWects filming"special collections at libraried (dabhasClearwater 4 Publishing Co. 's AmericanIndian Project of . , 6 4 . a . ,' 1 Stanford University' , . periodipafs collection). Finalli,_inclAvidual contracts'have been made withindividual alternative .- . press publishers to microp blish their .titles. i 1 / i I might mention the followingcollections,: 0 Political Literatu of Northern Ireland,phas e 1 1968 -72;_ ph4seiII 1973-74 !!rish MicroformLimited, Dublin);Radical

Periodicals Series 1815-1975and continuation (WorldMicrofilm

) ti 4P 4 Publications, london)4 and Greenwood Press' RadicalPeriodicals

. . 'series (pre-1960's). 2useful source is the Micropublisher's .Trade List Annual (ell)) published on microfiche,for detail . . of titles included. v it . . .

EMPIRICAL FINDINGS (see `also Appendix B) .

...... _ t.a*.In an'attet4tOmipile data'on the extent 'of micropublishing of altern4ive publicatiOns,'Icompared publicans indexed , t . by the Alternative Press . 1 Centre in 1976 -77. (leavirigout,earlieirr?

.,6 , ''' titles,, but including titledlisted in its Index , .. for 1975 'which' Chas just aPpeared),with titles reported -; . . as Wing available for

LOarchagmiCroferm, Mingthe standard sources. Of the -442.11,titles being indexed"brthe"Cen4e (not listed here inthis . paper) I found that only % 66 areavailable individually inmicroform: (Titles .1in the % B&H'Collection, for instance, . were : ',- . . . , . not counted.) This 44X. availability rateof Alternative Press . . 14 1 4 p

Index titles means that most-pubilcations they index mad not

be accessible to library users.( Itseems clear that lib raries

suScribing-to..the Alternatjit Press Index maybe doing their patrons a disservice if they do not subscribe to all the , . e . . . publications avalable. Since very few obviously do, they may not even be able to get, microfilmed copies of those they

do not own in. hard copy. _

Interestingly enough, the findings indicate that:most 4

publications are' being microfilmed by Xerox UniversityMicrofilms,

despite its abhorrence of "bad taste ":* Another significant

micropubliSher in thisarea is AMS Press.

It should be noted that the 4494 reportedf e May be understating the progresk Made so far in 'microfilming alternative

o publications if earlier titled4binde3ted Tby. theCentreand not

`considered in the computat.on- -were in fact microfilmed,and

if titles in specific microfilm collection'sare include l.

Tit4es reported as being available' for purchse in serials intlkicroform in Appendix Bare, of course:sold by Xerox 1:Wxwersity Microfilms,.

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RECOMMENDATIONSFO s.: RE ACTION

In the Ann Arbor-Detroitareawe e .se=e his past year the demise of a number 6f alternative: blicatiOns: ax Liberator, = The Sun, and Her-self.The first mentioned periodical is

contained in B&H's collection,although it is ,unclear what issues,

are included. In any cane there isno way to purchase, the

title individually. Fortunately the 'bun' has been microfilmed

by Xerox University Microfilms,but no one appeArs to haVe

mirrofilmed Her-self. All' the defunct titleshvebeen indexed

in-the AlternAtive Press Index. Thesk must be. very few places

that have complete run ofihese andothertitlesindexed in

the API, 'and every attempt should'be.madeto microfilm titles

that have been indexed by APIbefore they vanish.Xerox University Microfilms can be comberided for filmingthe bulk of the titles

indexed by;APIwhich are available for individual,purchase. MOst -o 7, notewthy isits notation in Serials inMicroform indicating

a title is indexed in the API. Incidentally, many of the

titles listed in AppendixB do not show'tha, they'are indexed bY API in Serials kMicroform, probably due to normaltime 37ag in reporting. It would make sense to attemptto microfilm

material that is already indtfed,giving that materiala priority --..-__ ober and above cither'Alternative publications. . ,;. e . . , ,-, ll.k t. In addition attempts should be madeto increasethe4 S.1 . .-,..t44., -sharing*of such publications.,4-- e Already a number of unionlitts 4 have been published (Danky, 1974; lkeroyd;1976) but none specifically

on microform collections off, such material. After all, it' is .1 q . Unlikely that libraries' wouldlend 'their hard copies of the slack.

Panther to other libraries, buta microform copy. would probably ti

avor likely to circulate., i

Currently the best "place toborrow microforms of the altibiative press isthe Center -for Research Libraries.

Currently it owns (and willloan to member libraries):

Underground and AlternativePress in Britain, basic collection as well as 1 73 update (Center Handbook127§, and Newsletter' * 158., ATA1=Ocitber 1976.;p.17); Underground Newspaper Microfilm Collction

(B&H) (Center Handbook 1976);'and MiscellaneousUnderground Newspapers (ABS Press)Center:Handbook,1220.

. The Center has ordered Political iitgratureof'Ndrthern Iceland 1968-74, as wellas parts I to III of the Left 'in Britain

(Newsletter #157, Jan-March1976). Sexual Politics inBritain

has been approved fa. purchaselater in the fiscalyear,

wording t,s.:a.,..imeritoon puithase proposals dated January17, 1977 sent to member libraries. It has not yet decidedon whether to 4 putchase the American Indian Periodicals, collection 'f m Clearwater, and has voted down a proposalto purchase the Advocate (Newsletter , 4 #158, April - October 1976),a,paper indexed in API. 1. In reference to the national foreign,newspaper microfilming

program, Cole has written (1975): "themost efficient means of making

a greater ntiMber of titles available'isto concert rate resources 0 onthemicrofilming of titlesnever before filmed; rather

thin'on producing duplicatepositive copies fora number

_ . ofirrstitilVi-One." In the case of such ephemeral'publications

as the alternative press, lhis advice iseven more relevant. Because there are a number of collections ofsuch'publisations

"--`" in libraries, it, would makesense if the libraries beganto . ti les. ole thinks that "'librariansprefer ./ A4',"-- / to ehOurage microkiling by ary or a research institution" 1 7 15

rdther.than a commercial p6blisher. I will, I.think, depend on

which publia*erds involved. A library may not,have the

technical expeitise tofilJm,but a publisher may not haVe the

s.ne'concern for bibliographic control asa librarian. Most of

the Labadie Coll'ection's aterials have not been microfilmed

becauseof shortage of stff,_according to its curator,even

though" 1.1e University of 4chigan runs a small microfilming

operation. Mr Weber indiated, however) his absolute willingness

to let University Microfilms borrow Materials_ to film, as he , . ; has done in the past, in return for a,microform copy.

To avoid dulAica'tion libraries owning masters should report

them to t,he National: Register of Microform Masters. Titles , available for sale should be announced' in Microforms in Print.

Activists are rarely archivists1 and much of what/they- .) put out will be lost to their ccntemporaries and tosuture

generatiCns,'unless a systematic attempt is made to preserve

the titles and other ephemera of the alternative preps.1

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rr 18 z, APPENDIX A: :The Newspapers of the Underground Press C011eion:

AAPA NEWSPAPER r Thi CHEVRON G0008YE TO ALL THAT A DEMOCRATIC AWIN NEWSLETTER OUTLAW SECOND COMING The CHICAGO SEiD, GOTHIC BLIMP WORKWORKS SOCIETY) NEWSLETTER oz AWOL CHOGO-1EALEIOOSCOPE GRAFITI New York New York SEVENTYNINE CENT PAC0LIES SPREAD ABAS CHINOOK : MAOISON . 4 GRAMMA PACK RAT The SHORT TIMES ABOUT FACE . q.,...71c.(4CHRONIC KALEIMSCOPE GRANOPA PANDORA SMALL CHANGE ACTUEL ' MARIJUANA REVIEW The GRAPE The AOMININEWS. The MARIJUANA REVIEW PAPER L/ SOMETHING DE TED ARTLSTS GRASS ROOTS FORUM The APER AIM , , N. SOMETHING ELSE EJ1965 , GREAT SPEC KLEO BIRO The MATCH AIN T I A'WOMAN',`""- MAX PAP HIGHWAY The SON OF 4,..W,IstVICE GREECE TOOAV PARTISAN JABBERWOCK AKWESASNE NOTES, MC K E E S OCKR $ ''\ , GREEN FUSE PAX The SOUTH ENO Maim South,,Qako' PRESS MEDIA MIDDLWAYTH P GWEN REVOLUTION PEACE & FREEDOM NEWS SOUTHERN FREE PRESS AKwesAsNoottS, ' MERIP REPORTS (1,1;i '+i . The"GREEN REVOLUTION ReoseyelloWnNeal The METRO PEACE BALLOON ThrsouTHERit PATRIOT GREENFEEL SPACE CITY The ALBANY LaigpAt MIAMI FREE PRESS PEACE NEWS GRINDING STONE The PEDESTAL SPACE CITY NEWS ALCHEMIST I / ? MIOOLE EARTH ALICE A( -i"-"rs' EL GRITO DEL NORTE PENINSUCA OBSERVER SPEAK EASY (,Ci? Li GUAROIA MIDDLE EARTH FREE ALL YOU'CAN,EATf , PRESS PEOPLES WORLD SPECTATOR .,. NE EONS I) GUAROIAN THE MI \s,..' '' The' MIOPENINSULA PHAQUE GUERRILLA A \,C0i1TRACtiittok \ OBSERVER PHILADELPHIA FREE SPOKANEPOANE NATURAL ALTER VE \CORPuS'isTheatAiN \,GHIJALIGFliCTOAAsSTH8FulSRNi CHEER MILE HIGH PRESS The STRAIGHT CREEK BODY) ,, : s UNDERGROUND The PHOENIX MAVERICK ALTER QOUNTERPOINT\ The MILITANT PITTSBURGH AIR STRAWBERRY FIELDS 'L:---- 'Mtn o -txf , CRUM `. 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TITLES INDEXED BY ALTERNATIVE PRESS CENTRE AVAILABLE\IN MICROFORM'

ADVOCATE D C GAZETTE** ISSUES IN RADICAL

San Mateo . DC THERAPY+ ocOl-64-1c10(55/0 0011-7153 Oakland AKWESANE NOritS#+ Rooseveltown, NY DIRECT FROM CUBA#+LABOR TODAY* 0002-3949 Paris Chicago 0046-0038 0023-6640 ALTERNATIVE SOURCES- 'OF ENERGY DISSENT** THE LAST POST**' Milaca, MN NY Toronto 0012-3846 0023-8651

ALTERNATIVES* EECENTRIC+ LIBERATION** PetersboroughON Eugene OR. NY 0024-189x

AMEX-CANADA#* FIFTH ESTATE#+ MERIRREPORTS+ Toronto DC Detroit a 0003-1674 0015-0080 0047-7265

AMP0*/ GREAT SPECKLED BIRD*1 THEMILITANT*

Tokyo Atlanta GA , NY 0003 -2026 0017-369x -v#?6-r3885,

. BLACK PANTHER+ GREEN 'REVOLUTION#ANEW POLITICS** 0006,4211 Freeland,MD NY 0017-3983,- 0028-6494 BLACK SCHOLAR** Sausalito CA GUARDIAN** NEW SCHOOLSEXCHANGE 0006-4246 NY NEWSLETTER#* 0017-5021 'St. Paris? BODY POLITIC+ ..4 0028-6656

Toronto -A HEALTH RIGHTSNEWS#* 0315-3606 Chicago NEW TIMES** 0017-9094 Tempe ARIZONA BULLETIN OF 4047-9942 CONCERNED ASIAN SCHOLAR INDIGENA# 0007-4810 Berkeley NEW YORK REVIEF BOOKS* Farmingdale NY CATHOLIC WORKER#* (_ New York INDUSTR/A4A WORKER** 0008-8463 Chicago NEWS AND LETTERS** Detroit 0019-8870 ; COLLEGE PRESSSERVICE** 0028-8969 Vemvei INSURGENT SOCIOLOGIST+ 0010-1125 Eugene OR OUR GENERATION* 0047-0384 Montreal COMMUNITIES** 0030-686x Louisa, VA INTERCONTINENT PRESS* PACIFIC RESEARCH & NY WORLD EMPIRE TELEGRAM* COUNTER-SPY+ 0020-L5303 E Palo Alto DC 0030-8854. /1 20 (NEXT PAGE) .r 7

/ APPENDIX it continued:

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PEOPLE, WORLD#* SOCIAL POLICYi* WOMEN: A JOURNAL Berkeley %NY OF LIBERATION* 0031-5044 003777783 Baltimoie 0043-743 THE PROGRESSIVE** SOCIALISTREVOL- adison WI UTION# WOMENS PRESS** 033-0736, San EranCiAco ,EugeheOK L 0049 -186X :,

RADICAL AMERICA** . , SOUTHERN AFRICA*' L-11* N Cambridgp-MA ,NY WORKERS POWER* 0033-7617 0038-3775. Highland Pk,- MI'

00,19-0535 4 RAMPARTS** SOUTHERN EXPOSURE#+ Berkeley ,e Chapel Hill yoRims-WoRLD**- 0034-916e .4. NY 0043-809x REVIEWOF RADICAL: - SOUTHERN PATRI0T**. POLITICAL ECONOMICS#41 ,KY WORKING PAPERS NY 0038-4402 FOR A NEW BOCIETW+H'' 0486=6134 3 Cambric:1g, MA , ,

. RISINGUP ANGRY** THE.-$UN+ Chicago Detroit 00488-313, hi

SOCIETY** TEL0A St. Louis MO 0 0040-2842 .

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t 2MicroformReview (Jan. 1977), p.10.

' *GuidetoMicroforms4,Orint- 19761 *Serials in Mibroform 5; 4 +Serials in- Microform 416 SdPplement. 2.1 /77- >, 1 ti

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Akeroyd, Joanne V., Alternatives,A guide.t6the,newspapers in the Alternative Press Collection inthe Special Collections Department of the-U5WeEsTETZT7-alinetfiElitcLibrary. 2nd. ed. _ Stoirs-:,-CT:ThrifTersityof Connecticut Library,,,1976e' 7, Aketoyd, Richard and * Rdssell Benedict.(eds.Y "rectoryof ephemeral collections ina national underground 4fietwOrk," . , ,Wilson Library Bulletin.(NoveMber. _...... 1973 and January1974; 383-4 . -., %. Alternative Press . - , Centre. "Lis-(ofsome publicatiods of the . . alternative press." .976. Mime6. ... 3 n7 , Alte ;native Press d Vol.,7 No. 1.-'January4March1975. e-Baltimore,HD- lternative Press- Centre,e: 1977. - The-Center` for Research Iwibraries. Handbook 976;1_ Chicago, the Center. _ . --1-- . -Newslettir. No. 157 and '15.8. 1,, -,

1 . . - . .Danky,,James-P. (comp.). Undergrounds: A Unioif list21 alternative periodicals in librariesof the U.S. and Canada. -.., STate HistoET.f5771ErgY , Madison: of7Wisconsin,,A7T7 ' : . Guide to Microforms inPrint 1976. Washington 'DC: Books, 1976. Mickocard'Editionb

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, - ,. Newspapers in microfofm. UniteeStates 1848-1972°. 1974, 19737--WarrigtaWiabrary .Supplements 1973, of Congress, ,073,,1975,1976...... Reichmann, Felix and Josephine , M. Tharpe., '"ii'microfdrmbibliography.." In Bibliographir Contr61of Microforms. Press, 1971. Westport, -CT: Greenwood .

, . . Serials in .Microform . 1975., 1976 Supplement. ,AidiArbors Microftlms, 1915,,,-.19746, University.

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