Come!Unity Press publications, 1973-1980
Collection Number: 8699

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Come!Unity Press publications, 1973-1980
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
8699
Abstract:
A collection of 30 flyers, broadsides, periodicals, and other publications printed at the Come!Unity Press printshop. Topics include advocacy for black women, gay and lesbian rights, labor and worker's rights, and newsletters about indigenous, Spanish, and Filipino resistance.
Creator:
Quanitities:
.3 cubic feet.

Content Description

A collection of 30 flyers, broadsides, periodicals, and other publications printed at the Come!Unity Press printshop. Topics include advocacy for black women, gay and lesbian rights, labor and worker's rights, and newsletters about indigenous, Spanish, and Filipino resistance.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Preferred Citation

Come!Unity Press publications, #8699. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Places:
United States -- Politics and government.
Subjects:
African American women
African American women -- Political activity
African American women -- Social conditions
African Americans -- Civil rights.
Anarchism.
Anarchists.
Community power
Culture.
Feminism.
Gay community
Gay liberation movement.
Gay rights
Gender identity
Hispanic Americans.
Human rights.
Indians of North America -- Civil rights
Lesbians--Political Activity.
Press and politics.
Printing.
Protest movements.
Race relations.
Social history.
Women, Black
Women's rights

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1 Folder 1
Celebrate Lesbian Motherhood with Dykes & Tykes on Mother's Day
Undated
Scope and Contents
4 page single-sheet folded pamphlet advertising rally and demonstration celebrating lesbian mothers and their children on Mother's Day. Printed at Come! Unity Press by Dykes and Tykes, this pamphlet also contains demands, information on lesbians losing their children in court, and list of endorsing organizations. Demonstration to be held at Manhattan Family Court with rally the day before at PS 41, over Mother's Day weekend.
Box 1 Folder 2
Survival by Sharing: Anarcho-Feminist Network Notes #2
1975
Scope and Contents
8 sheets of different paper stock folded together, unbound pamphlet. Directory of anarcho-feminists created for networking and nurturing community, grown out of connections made at the New York Anarchist Conference. This is the second pamphlet published. Includes center spread with information on Come! Unity Press and their intentional community in New York as well as information from anarcho-feminists from across the country.
Box 1 Folder 3
Women in the Spanish Revolution
1975
Creator: Willis, Liz
Scope and Contents
First printing by Solidarity London, second printing by The Lower Depths. Saddle stapled in illustrated wraps. Colophon reads "typesetting stolen." Very good condition, yellowing along spine with minor edgewear and creasing. Writings with archival photographs and illustrations on the contributions women made to the Spanish Revolution of 1936 and how women's lives changed afterward and the role they continue to play in the political struggle of the nation. Printed with archival images sourced by Federico Arcos and writings provided by Freedom Press.
Box 1 Folder 4-5
Bakunin on Violence: Letter to S. Nechayev
Undated
Scope and Contents
2 copies, first printing and second printing. Saddle staple bound in quarter-cloth wraps, one copy with black tape along spine. Both in very good condition with some slight yellowing to wraps and chips to the edges.Reflections on violence in a letter to Sergey Nechayev from the great anarchist Mikhail Bakunin. "For myself," Bakunin states, "I cannot tolerate either brigandage or thieving,nor any other anti-human violence."
Box 1 Folder 6
Some IWW Cartoons
Undated
Scope and Contents
Saddle staple bound in illustrated wraps. 16 pp. In very good condition, with ink dedication on the wraps "For Charlie, from Elizabeth." Reprinted comics of the International Workers of the World on the subjects of labor, police brutality, class, and capitalism.
Box 1 Folder 7
Equal Rights for Gay People
1976
Scope and Contents
4 page single-sheet folded pamphlet seeking to raise awareness that anti-discrimination laws in 1976 didn't extend to homosexuals, and to encourage its readers to lend their support to a civil rights law which would close that gap. Includes information, upcoming actions, and list of LGBT organizations supporting a gay rights bill.
Box 1 Folder 8
Bronx Women's Survival Manual
1975
Scope and Contents
Saddle stapled in illustrated wraps. Produced by women of the organization White Lighting for the Bronx People's Fair July 19, 1975. This booklet includes educational information written by women for women of the Bronx and beyond on issues ranging from rape survivor resources to healthcare for low income families to how to change a tire.
Box 1 Folder 9
The Anarchs of New York Newsletter
1974-03
Scope and Contents
10 pp. Unbound leaves. Includes tipped in schedule of events for Live and Let Live Anarchist Conference April 19-21 at Hunter College. Newsletter for New York anarchists disseminating information on the upcoming conference and smaller events surrounding the conference. Includes words from various anarchist groups attending the conference, proposals and questions for discussion, schedules, and more. The centerfold of this newsletter is a flyer for the conference.
Box 1 Folder 10
Philippines Information Bulletin, Volume 1, Number 2
1973
Scope and Contents
35 pp. staplebound in illustrated wraps. Deals with the declaration of martial law by Ferdinand Marcos during 1972, after which he cracked down on the media and political dissidents and perpetrated human rights abuses, before he was finally removed from power until 1986.
Box 1 Folder 11
Gay Anarchist Printing Collective looking for others…
1973
Scope and Contents
Flyer seeking likeminded individuals looking for access to print shop.
Box 1 Folder 12
Come! to a Party Held for the Benefit of Come!Unity Press
1974
Scope and Contents
Flyer for a fundraising party at Come!Unity Press held on May 30 to benefit the press and its mission to provide equal access to everyone. Printed on verso is a flyer in opposition to Gerald Ford printed by Come!Unity in association with Youth International Party.
Box 1 Folder 13
Come!Unity Press Still Needs $150
1973
Scope and Contents
Printed on recto and verso, both of which ask for donations and help to keep the print shop running after the printing of Phillipines Info Bulletin no. 2. Come!Unity was a completely pay-what-you-can organization, and therefore sometimes costs exceeded what the artist could pay, and fundraising efforts such as this were in constant effect.
Box 1 Folder 14
Come!Unity Press is a cooperative printing community…
1973
Scope and Contents
Handbill printed recto and verso discussing the print shop's ethos and services, including a list of anarchist organizations that either support or work with them. Includes information on printing but also on living cooperatively and the maintenance work involved, calling for other gay women and men to join their living and working collective. Includes breakdown of expenses and specific needs.
Box 1 Folder 15-16
Vietnam on to the North
1973
Scope and Contents
2 copies. 4 page single-sheet folded pamphlet.
Box 1 Folder 17
Esther Dolgoff Will Speak on...
1974
Box 1 Folder 18
Gay Anarchist Survival Project
Undated
Box 1 Folder 19-20
collection of various pamphlets related to activism, anarchy
Undated
Scope and Contents
2 copies
Box 1 Folder 21
A Gay Science Fiction Magazine
1976
Scope and Contents
Announcement of a forthcoming science fiction magazine soliciting contributions from lesbians and gay men, provides meeting time to discuss the first issue. Organized by the Gay Science Fiction Collective.
Box 1 Folder 22
Impeach Nixon
1972
Scope and Contents
Poster with text "Impeach Nixon" on recto, "break de chains" on verso, with text about the court case of Joanne Chesimard
Box 1 Folder 23
Impeach Nixon proof
1972
Scope and Contents
Printed on a sheet of a booklet regarding environmental issues and sewage, titled "Environmental Bond Issue". Test printing for Nixon poster.
Box 1 Folder 24
When Freedom is Outlawed Only Outlaws Will Be Free
1976
Scope and Contents
Printed on recto and verso. Information on concert, march, and rally leading up to Democratic National Convention. Verso states: "Stop 1984 in 1976! Stop Cointelpro! Stop S-1!" Verso with information about the 1972 Miami Convention.
Box 1 Folder 25
Beware Good Pay or Bum Work IWW
Undated
Scope and Contents
International Workers of the World poster with cat graphic, "One Big Union: We Never Forget".
Box 1 Folder 26
Impeach the Presidency and the System – Not Just the Chief / Nobody for President – We Don't Need a King!
1976
Scope and Contents
Broadside poster advocating the abolition of the presidency and full anarchism following Nixon's term, text by The Anarchs of New York.
Box 1 Folder 27
10th Anniversary Easter Be-In (On Behalf of Letting People Be)
1978
Scope and Contents
Poster for Be-In in held in Central Park, Easter weekend April 10. Music provided by Bethesda Fountain Band and Friends and presented by Yippies.
Box 1 Folder 28-29
Reallocating $ as a Resource / If we won't do it, it won't get done
1972
Scope and Contents
2 copies, one copy on pink paper and one on blue. Double sided poster features Come!Unity Press' ideas on self-funding and reallocation of funds. Verso features a decorative list of alternative press, radical groups, and underground publishing outfits around New York in the early 1970s including the United Farmworkers Union, the Gay Revolution Network, and the IWW.
Box 1 Folder 30-31
The American Indian Revelation
1973
Scope and Contents
With Pacifica "Free radio under fire" poster printed on verso. Includes information about the history of American Indian human rights struggles throughout American history.
Box 1 Folder 32
Pacifica WBAI 99.5fm Free Radio Under Fire
1971
Scope and Contents
Broadside exploring the attack on free press by the Nixon administration, specifically its attempt to strip radio licenses from four FM stations operated by the Pacifica Foundation.