I am deeply saddened to tell you that that Mike Nash, the Head of the Tamiment Library, passed away Tuesday evening (July 24). This comes at the end of long and difficult illness, at a time when he seemed to be near fully recovered. Many of us spoke with him only yesterday and found him optimistic, full of plans, and counting the days until he could get back to the Tamiment Library and his colleagues. This is tragic news; we lose a friend and colleague whose contributions to the libraries, the university, and to scholarship are too numerous to count. His leadership of Tamiment will have an impact on the study of left politics for generations to come. He helped make New York University an internationally renowned center of of scholarship on labor and the left, and he has played a critical role in shaping the archival world.
We will be sending out information regarding a memorial and expressions of sympathy when it is available.
With sadness,
Carol A. Mandel
Dean of Libraries at New York University