Finding Aid for James P. Danky Papers, 1965-2012 | The American Library Association Archives

Title: James P. Danky Papers, 1965-2012

ID: 97/1/44

Primary Creator: Danky, James Philip (1947-)

Extent: 64.0 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by subject title and chronologically by date thereunder

Date Acquired: 12/08/1997. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Afro-American Studies, Alternative Library Literature, Berman, Sanford, Native Americans, Newspaper Libraries, Periodicals, Serials, Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT), Wisconsin State Historical Society, Womens Studies

Languages: English

Papers of James P. Danky, Newspapers and Periodicals Librarian at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin (1976-2007), member of the Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT) and recipient of the 1987 Bowker-Ulrich Serials Librarian of the Year award, including correspondence, publications, photographs, clippings, cassette recordings, bibliographies, coursework, and conference materials. Subjects covered include alternative publications, newspaper collections, women's, black, Asian and Native American publications, comics, African-American Newspaper Project, 'Alternative Library Materials,' 'Alternative Library Literature,' Black Press Guide, and 'Collectors Network News.' Correspondents include Sanford Berman. Also contains information pertaining to professional organizations, including the Centre for Industrial Relations Librarians (CIRL).

James Philip Danky graduated from Ripon College in 1970, and received his MLS in 1973 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Danky served as the Newspapers and Periodicals Librarian at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin 1976-2007. While in this position, Danky built a nationally recognized collection in American History, with strengths in African American and other minority or marginalized publications and alternative or underground publishing. In 1992, Danky co-founded the Center for the History of Print Culture in Modern America (later renamed Center for the History of Print and Digital Culture). In 1990 Danky joined the faculty at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and has also worked in the School of Library and Information Studies and the Department of Afro-American Studies.

Repository: The American Library Association Archives

Accruals: 7/23/1998, 9/11/2003, 1/2022, 5/2022

Finding Aid Revision History: 9/14/2022 - added boxes 46-67; 12/2/2022 - edited formatting and updated folder titles; 01/31/2023 - updated Abaijan folder as Digitized in Box 1;

Other Note: 50 Pages

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/alasfa/9701044a.pdf

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