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Correspondence and notes regarding the publication of "A beginner's guide to the struggle in Ireland" which was printed at the Dumont Press and published by the Community Media Project of Kitchener-Waterloo in conjunction with the Chevron newspaper of the University of Waterloo. The publication outlines the key points of Irish history and of the The Troubles, and was a response to the Bloody Sunday in Derry, Northern Ireland. Much of the correspondence in the file is requests for copies of the publication, by other left wing newspapers, as well as by social groups. Some correspondence is critical of the publication and its sympathetic look at Irish Independence. Also includes one copy of the publication that has been annotated by a critic.

Accounts receivable and payable for Dumont Press for the beginning of 1984. Clients include Amnesty International, Conestoga College, Federation of Students, GLOW, Hysteria Magazine, Imprint, Panned Parenthood, and more. The list of clients provides a snapshot of activists groups in Kitchener-Waterloo and Ontario in the 1980s.

Invitations and one item of correspondence from the sixth, seventh, and tenth Dumont Press anniversary parties.

Letters of incorporation for Dumont Press Graphix Limited and the Kitchener- Waterloo Community Media Project. Also includes materials relating to questions about the tax exempt status of the Kitchener-Waterloo Community Media Project.

One canvas tote bag from Between the Lines Books of Toronto.

Advice on bookkeeping and billing practices as well as balance sheets and a tariff schedule.

Correspondence and notes between members of the Dumont Press, the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist–Leninist) (CPC M-L), and the Anti Imperial Alliance (AIA) of the University of Waterloo. The correspondence outlines a political disagreement between the left wing politics of those who worked at the press and the CPC M-L and AIA. The Dumont Press had been allowing the CPC M-L and the AIA to use the press to print their materials, but indicated that they had become uncomfortable with the division between the groups. Part of this disagreement was also what was happening with the Chevron, the student newspaper of the University of Waterloo, at the time. The Dumont Press printed the Chevron and indicated that they were finding it difficult to do their work under the political perspective of the AIA, which was the dominant voice of the Chevron at the time. Also present is one item of correspondence from Dr. Henry Crapo, professor in the Faculty of Mathematics, at the University of Waterloo. Dr. Crapo was requesting back the money that he had loaned the Dumont Press due to the press' political disagreements with the CPC M-L, the AIA and the Canada-China Friendship Society.

Stickers and membership cards from The Worker's Union of Dumont Press Graphix (Confederation of National Trade Unions).

Materials relating to the creation and operation of Dumont Press Graphix Limited.

Materials relating to equipment owned and purchased by Dumont Press. Includes purchase orders, inventories of supplies and cabinets, layouts of the office, a price list for Dumont Press, and a document listing jobs needing to be done and who does them.

Materials relating to the establishment of Dumont Press Graphix. Includes a report on the desire to start a typesetting shop, and early incorporation and financial documents.

Includes a written document outlining the expectations for staff at Dumont Press which is signed "for the revolution, Gabe", as well as a series of job applications, and interview notes.

Materials relating to the history and experience of Dumont Press, as well as to progress advocacy that members were involved in. Includes correspondence, write-ups and recollections, ephemera and more. Other topics of interest include non-commercial work, the Dare Foods strike, funding of People in Legal Difficulty advocacy group, the Waterloo Region Rape Distress Centre and others.

Correspondence and evidence related to legal issues, particularly around libel.

Meeting minutes from 1979 and accompanying materials. Includes correspondence from prison activist Carl Harp, correspondence regarding censorship of "The Body Politic", financial information, and information on purchasing computer programs for editing.

Meeting minutes and accompanying materials such as correspondence and financial records from 1971-1974.

Meeting minutes and accompanying materials such as correspondence and financial records from 1975-1976.

Meeting minutes and accompanying materials such as correspondence and financial records from 1977-1978.

Meeting minutes from 1986. These minutes discuss the closing of Dumont Press and what to do with assets and money owing.

Materials related to the People's Food Commission, including meeting minutes and correspondence, a well as research materials on food security in Canada.

Personal correspondence and related materials sent to Dumont Press and its members. Includes letters from friends, other printers, and more. Also includes information on the 1971 Ontario general election and communist candidate John Koop, and a photograph of two people seated outside playing guitar.

Materials relating to political events and issues that were of interest to members of the Dumont Press. Topics include: the Declaration of Interdependence (from the Directly Democratic Revolutionary Union Movement), the story of the little red hen (a fable on the free enterprise system), bibliographies of working class history in Canada, disagreement between Fifth Estate Magazine and Black Rose Books on radical publishing, New Foundations newspaper, the Ad-Hoc Committee on Business Collectives (Toronto), the commune movement, the role of popular education in promoting health, the Clarion newspaper, the Development Education Centre, International Women's Day, and the firing of Judy Flanigan by Weman Ltd. in Guelph for refusing to participate in the printing of pornography in the form of Enginews.

Various typesetting and printing examples from Dumont Press.

Meeting minutes and accompanying documentation from the Dumont Press publishing committee. Topics include publishing partnerships and decisions around incorporating a new publishing company.

Materials from a Dumont Press retreat to discuss the history of Dumont Press.

Invitations, guest lists, correspondence, photographs and more relating to the Dumont Press reunions. The reunions brought together former staff and friends, and their families.

Materials relating to issues of work at Dumont press, including quality and quantity of work, alienation, money, and others. Includes correspondence, musings, reports, and more.

Materials relating to proposals to wind down the operations of Dumont Press. Includes reports, thoughts, and action plans.