Special Collection

The special collection of the Duraland Alternatives Library includes archives of publications of the Center for Transformative Action(CTA)-- formerly CRESP-- project partners, local Ithaca, NY, publications that are no longer in print, non-local publications no longer in print and miscellaneous ephemera received through individual submissions or donations. The collection includes publications from the 1960s to the present. Publications in the special collection are non-circulating but are available for research at the library. Special arrangments for material content can be made by contacting the library. Please feel free to call or email library staff with any questions pertaining to the materials in this collection.

Some organizations are no longer in existence and cannot be contacted through the addresses below.

  • African News - The Newspaper of African Affairs
    - 720 Ninth St. Durham, NC
    - Vol.27 No.4- Vol. 35 No.12 (1986-1992), Vol.36 No.1 - Vol.38 No.6(1992-1993)
    - Missing Vol.28 No.3, No.9-12; Vol.29 No.4; Vol.31 No.1-4, 6-12; Vol.33 No.6; Vol.34 No.3

  • The Cobbler
    - 316 Anabel Taylor Hall, Ithaca, New York 14853
    - 2000(Missing 05/2000); 03-05, 08-11/2001, 2-3/2002

  • CovertAction Quarterly
    - Covert Action Publication. Inc., 1500 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Wahington, D.C. 20005
    - No.1- No.66 (July 1978 -Winter 1999), Missing No.20, 26, 28-30, 32,33, 35, 37, 49, 52, 67

  • CUSLAR Newsletter
    - Anabel Taylor Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
    - 02-03/1977; 11/1982; 03, 05-10/1983; 01,03, 08, 11/1984; 02, 08, 09, 10, 12/1985; 02-06, 09-11/1986; 01-03/1987; 03, 09, 10,12/1988; 02,03,04,07,10,12/1989; 03,07,08/1990; Spring, 1991; Spring 1992; Spring, Fall, 1993; Spring, Summer, Winter, 1994; Winter 1995; Spring, Fall, 1996; Spring, Fall, Winter 1997, Spring, Winter 1998; Winter, Spring, Summer 1999; Winter, Spring 2000; Summer, Fall 2001; Fall, Spring, Winter 2002; Spring, Fall, Winter 2003; Spring, Fall, Winter 2004; Spring, Fall 2005; Fall 2006; Spring 2007; Summer 2008
  • Community Ink - Cultivating community solutions
    - P.O. Box 6551, Ithaca, NY 14851
    - Summer, Oct, Nov, Dec, 1990; Apr, Summer, Dec, 1991;
    Feb, Mar, Apr, Summer, Sep, Dec, 1992; Fall, 1993

  • Connexions - An International Women's Quarterly
    - Peoples Translation Service, Connexions, P.O. Box 14431, Berkeley, CA 94712
    - No.1--No.47, 1981-1995

  • EcoJustice Quarterly - Exploring Critical Issues of Ecology & Justice
    - Anabel Taylor Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. 14853
    - Vol.1, No. 3-4 (1981); Vol.2, No. 3-4 (1982); Vol. 3, No. 3-4 (1983);
    Vol.4 -- Vol.14 (1985-1994) (Missing Vol.11, No.4); Vol.15, No.1
  • Hour Town
    - PO Box6731, Ithaca NY 14851
    - #41- #50 (Jun 1998 - Dec 1999), Missing #41, 43-46, 49, 50

  • Ground Score - Environmental and Political News
    - Ground Score, Inc. P.O. Box 191, Retsof, NY 14539
    - Vol.3 No.1-4 (Fall 2000- Summer 2001)

  • Lies of Our Times - A Magzine to Correct the Record
    - 145 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10012
    - Jan. 1990- Dec. 1994
    - Missing Jan, Jul. 1992; Jan, Dec. 1993; Jul, Sep-Nov. 1994

  • Midnight Star
    - Jan 1993; Vol.1, No2, 1993

  • On the Issues - The Progressive Woman's Quarterly
    - Vol. XXV Winter 1992, Vol. XXVI Spring 1993, Summer 1993, Spring 1994- Winter 1998 (Missing 1996 Winter), Winter 1999

  • Outrage
    - 108 Schuyler Pl., Ithaca, NY 14850
    - #2-5,7, 8, 10-19, 21, 23, 25 (1985-1990)

  • Radical American
    - Alternative Education Project, Inc at 237 A Holland St. Somerville MA 02144.
    - Vol.12, No.6 1978 - Vol.22, No.11 1992
    - Missing Vol.22 No.2-5; Vol. 19 No.4; Vol.15 No.4; Vol. 14 No.3; Vol. 13 No.1; Vol. 12 No.1-5

  • Revision - The journal of consciousness and change
    - Vol.1, No. 3/4, 1978 - Vol.13, No2, 1990 (Missing: Vol.2-5)

  • Sechaba -Official Organ of the African National Congress South Africa
    - P.O. Box 38, 28 Penton Street, London N1 9PR, United Kingdom
    - Jan. 1983 - Dec. 1990
    Missing Feb-May, Oct. 1983; Jan. 1984; Apr-Oct. 1986; May, Aug- Dec 1988; All 1989

  • SPARK
    - The Progressive Press, 217 West Avenue, Ithaca, New York 14850
    - No.1 April 1985; No.2 May 1985

  • SPROUTS - A monthly cultivating community solutions
    - P.O. Box 6551, Ithaca, NY 14851-6551
    - 1983-1986 (Missing 03,04,10/1983; 03,04,11,12/1985; 04,11/1986)
    - 02,08/1987; 02,07,12/1988; 02,03/1989

  • TIOHERO
    - Glad Day Press, 308 Stewart Avenue, Ithaca, New York 14850
    Vol. 1, No.1-6, Vol.2, Nov, Dec, 1971

  • Third Force - Biomonthly publication of the Center for Third World Organizing
    - 1218 East 21st Street, Oakland, CA 94606
    - 03-04, 07-12/1993; 01-12/1994; 01-06, 10-12/1995; 01-12/1996; 01-12/1997; 01-04/1998

  • The Magnificat
    -The Catholic Worker Community of Ithaca, NY
    - Summer 2003 Newsletter

  • The Ithacan
    - Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
    - Feb, Apr, May, 1972

  • The Ithaca Uproar - A Tompkins Country Network for Peace& Justice Publication
    - Vol.1, No2, Vol.1, No.4, 2002

  • The Ithaca Socialist
    - Ithaca DSA, 206 Eddy St, Ithaca, NY 14850
    - 10-12/1983; 01-05, 07, 09, 10-12/ 1984; 02-12/1985; 01,02,04, 09, 12/1986; 04-05, 07-12/1987; 01, 05, 07, 08, 10, 12/ 1988; 02-04, 06, 08-12/1989; 02-05, 08, 10/1990; 03-04, 06, 09, 11/1991; 01, 03, 06-08, 11/1992; 02-03, 06, 08, 10/1993; 01, 05-08/1994; 01, 03/1995

  • Ithaca Money
    - Ithaca Money Box 6578, Ithaca, NY. 14851
    - No. 2-26(1991-1996) Missing No. 3-5, 14, 21, 23, 24
  • Ithaca Power by the Tompkins County Almanac
    - Circa 1992

  • Things in Common
    - The Newsletter of Common Place Land Trust and Community, Truxton, New York
    - Vol.1, Issue 1 Winter 1998; Vol.1 Issue 3 Summer 1999; Vol.1 Issue 4 Winter 1999; Vol.1 Issue 5, Summer 2000

  • Wheat Street Independent
    - Wheat Street Independent 501 W. Green St. Ithaca, NY 14850
    - Vol.1, No.1 Jul 1990; Vol.1, No.2 Sep 1990; Vol.1, No.3 1990; Vol. 2, No.1 Jan 1991; Vol.2, No.2 Mar 1991; Vol.2, No.3 Sep 1991

  • Woman's Roots: The history of woman in Tompkins County by Elaine Lindy
    - Box 385, Ithaca, NY
    - 1976

  • Woman's Peace Encampment
    - Seneca Army Depot, Romulus NY
    Seneca Army Depot: Fact sheet
    Why a woman's peace camp?: Brochure
    Six minutes to midnight: Poems by Gena S. Glicklich
    A call to action: Seneca Army Depot Summer 1984 Program list
    Woman Resist Euromissiles: Women's Encampment for a Future of Peace and Justice:
    Article of WIN-- Peace and freedom through nonviolent action, October 1983
    Woman's peace camps: Article of WIN March, 1983
    Woman's encampment for a future of peace and justice: Pamphlet
    Have you ever seen this train?: Pamphlet
    Women against nuclear weapons: Article of The Times Monitor September 14, 1983
    Avoiding the "Probable" War: Article of Promoting Enduring Peace No.445
    U.S/U.S.S.R. Equivalence: Article of the International Day
    Medical Effects of Nuclear War: Article from International Day
    Seneca Peace Camp News: Article from Peace and Freedom Vol 43, No.5 June-July 1983