Administrative files, staffing, and correspondence

Series 2, Village Voice, contains materials created during Durbin’s time at The Village Voice as Staff Writer, Senior Editor, Arts Editor, and Editor-in-Chief, spanning 1975-2002. The years that Durbin served as editor-in-chief for the newspaper (1994-1996) are well documented not only through the preserved press coverage and correspondence regarding Durbin’s work, but also through meeting notes, budgets, and staffing files. Major moments in the history of The Voice documented in the collection include staff unionization (1977), Leonard Stern’s purchase of The Voice (1987), and Free Village Voice (1996)–the newspaper's switch from a paid weekly to a free, alternative weekly. Many of the records in the series are produced by or include Village Voice contributors or executives, such as David Schneiderman, Ellen Willis, Karen Cook, Stan Mack, Nat Hentoff, Clay Felker, Leonard Stern, and Lee Smith.