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Socialist Party of America Papers, 1897-1963.

Location: McKeldin Library
Call Number: Microfiche JK2391.S6S6
142 Reels


Description

The Socialist Party of America Papers document, through correspondence, minutes of committee meetings, proceedings, financial records, court records, speeches, press releases, pamphlets, leaflets, broadsides, books, serials and photographs, the activities of American Socialists in the twentieth century.

The papers consist of five series:

1. National Office Papers 1897-1962.
2. Youth and Young People's Socialist League Papers, 1915-1963.
3. State and Local Files, 1897-1962.
4. Related Organization Files, 1913-1962.
5. Printed Material, 1897-1964.

Included in the Related Organization Files are the papers of the International Solidarity Committee, the Social Democratic Federation, the Labor Research Front, the League for Industrial Democracy, the Post War World Council, the Southern Tenant Farmers Union, the Workers' Defense League and Communist and Trotskyist organizations. Correspondence in the National Office Files comprises over half of the collection.

Published material is listed by format in the guide.


Index/Guide

The following source provides more detailed information about the contents of each microfilm reel in the collection:
MCK REF JK2391.S6S61 FOLIO
Murphrey, Elizabeth H.
Socialist Party of America Papers: A Guide to the Microfilm Edition, 1897-1964.

 

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