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Occupy Philadelphia Records
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Held at: Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center [Contact Us]
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
Overview and metadata sections
Occupy Philadelphia is an ongoing movement located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, part of the international Occupy movement that in 2011 sprang from the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York City to call attention to economic and income inequality, corporate greed, and other social problems. Best known for its elaborate camp at Dilworth Plaza, adjacent to Philadelphia's City Hall, the movement was largely composed of nonviolent protests, organized marches, and demonstrations. In November 2011, Philadelphia city officials informed Occupy protesters of the impending renovations scheduled to begin at Dilworth Plaza later that the month and asked Occupy Philadelphia to relocate. They refused, and Philadelphia Police evicted them on November 30, 2011.
The Occupy Philadelphia collection consists of materials related to the development and operation of Occupy Philadelphia. The bulk of the collection consists of organizational records, fliers and ephemera, journals and newspapers, clippings, and digital materials including photographs and videos, documenting the Occupy Philadelphia movement as well as other Occupy and protest movements. This collection includes preserved versions of the organization's website, available through Archive-It.
The collection is arranged into 6 series as follows:
- Series 1: Administrative records (PORTIONS RESTRICTED), 2011-2012
- Series 2: Fliers and ephemera, 2011-2012
- Series 3: Publications and clippings, 2011-2012
- Series 4: Objects, 2006-2012
- Series 5: Digital materials (PORTIONS RESTRICTED), 2011-2012
- Subseries 5.1: Occupy Philly Audio: Dissection Capitalism Education & Training, 2012
- Subseries 5.2: Occupy Philly Pdfs, 2012
- Subseries 5.3: Occupy Philly Photographs, 2011-2012
- Subseries 5.4: Occupy Philly Scans (PORTIONS RESTRICTED), 2012
- Subseries 5.5: Occupy Philly Video, 2011-2012
- Series 6: Website versions in Archive-It, 2011-2014
Additions to this collection are expected. Websites are captured using Archive-It periodically, and the latest additions may not yet be included in this finding aid. For information on material–physical and digital, including captured websites–that may have been added since the last finding aid update, please contact the Special Collections Research Center.
Donated by Occupy Philadelphia, August 15, 2012.
Certain digital files may also be inaccessible. Please contact the Special Collections Research Center for more information.
Collection pre-processed in Fall 2012 by Ben Thompson, Archives Intern. Reprocessed in March 2014 by Katy Rawdon, Coordinator of Technical Services. Finding aid updated with captured website information in November 2015.
Organization
Subject
- Income distribution--United States
- Occupy movement
- Occupy Movement--New York (State)--New York
- Occupy Movement--Philadelphia--Pennsylvania
- Protest movements--United States
Place
- Publisher
- Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
- Finding Aid Author
- Machine-readable finding aid created by: Rajkumar Natarajan, Sky Global Services India (P) Ltd.
- Finding Aid Date
- July 2024
- Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research. Correspondence in Series 1 and contact lists in Series 5 are restricted for 10 years.
- Use Restrictions
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The Occupy Philadelphia Records are the physical property of the Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries. Temple University holds intellectual property rights only for material donated to the university with such rights specifically assigned. For all other material, IP rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. Researchers are responsible for determining the identity of rights holders and obtaining their permission for publication and for other purposes where stated.
Collection Inventory
Series 1 includes Occupy Philadelphia mission descriptions, statements, and guidelines, correspondence (RESTRICTED), agendas, records related to the working groups, speeches, records related to Occupy Wall Street, copies of chants and song lyrics, and other records. Additional administrative records, held only in digital format and including organizational records, contact lists, correspondence, statements, and guidelines, can be found in Series 5.
Series 2 includes fliers for events and gatherings organized by Occupy Philadelphia, other Occupy groups, and for other events not organized by Occupy. Also included are posters, fliers, notices, and other ephemera by Occupy and other related groups. Digital versions of additional fliers and ephemera can be found in Series 5.
Series 3 contains Occupy-published newsletters and newspapers, individual copies of other activist publications, and newspapers clippings about Occupy Philadelphia, other Occupy groups, and issues of interest to Occupy. Digital versions of many of these publications, as well as similar materials, can be found in Series 4.
Series 4 contains objects related to or used by Occupy Philadelphia.
Series 5 contains born-digital or scanned materials collected or created by Occupy Philadelphia.
Subseries 5.1 includes audio in mp3 format related to Occupy Philadelphia's Education and Training Working Group's Dissecting Capitalism series.
Subseries 5.2 contains Occupy-published newsletters and newspapers (print copies can be found in Series 3).
Subseries 5.3 contains digital photographs in jpg format, primarily of the 8th and Market camp.
Subseries 5.4 includes scanned copies in tiff and pdf format of organizational records, fliers, chants and song lyrics (print copies of other organizational records can be found in Series 2), letters, informational materials, contact lists (RESTRICTED), eviction notices, and other materials. Additional administrative records in print format can be found in Series 1.
Subseries 5.5, Occupy Philly Video, contains news footage, interviews, and videos of Occupy events in Apple media, Flash video, mpeg4, .mp4, and Final Cut (.fcp) format. Also included is a video of the Working Group's Dissecting Capitalism series, and videos of arrests at the 8th and Market Occupy camp. Note: Subseries 5.5 also contains metadata files from editing videos in Final Cut software, which may or may not relate to the Occupy videos in this collection. Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information on accessing these files.
Series 6 contains preserved versions of the Occupy Philadelphia website. To access these sites, see the Temple University Special Collections Urban Archives Archive-It web page.