Leon Kramer Papers, 1874-1964

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Series: 2. Political Files, 1874-1960
Scope and Content Note: The Political Files chiefly contains material from 1870 to 1960. This series documents Kramer's political interests and contains miscellaneous political ephemera from the following political parties and organizations: the Communist Party of the United States of America, the Communist Youth International, the International Communist League, the International Socialist Party, the National Council for the Prevention of War, the Socialist Party of United States, the War Resister's League, and the Workers Party. The series also includes: certificates of affiliations, correspondences, educational materials, essays on strikes, Stalinism and Communist factionalisms, photographs of Norman Thomas and other Socialist Party leaders, political cartoons, postcards, reports, and resolutions.

The educational materials in this series is comprised of annual reports, newspaper clippings, reading material, syllabi, and teaching material from the Brookwood School, the Communist Party United States of America, the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, the Jefferson School of Social Science, and the Workers School.
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Anonymous, "Defense of the USSR in the Present War," undated
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Anonymous, Taxation Essays, undated
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Blackwell, Russell Negrete, Correspondence, 1938
Brookwood School
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Annual Report, 1933-1934
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News Releases, Reports, Statements, 1933, 1935, undated
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Syllabi, Teaching Materials, 1929-1932
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Teaching Materials, 1925-1934, undated
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Carter, Joseph, "Stalinist Russia: A Bureaucratic Collectivist Society," undated
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China's Children Fund, 1947
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Communist Party, Photographs, undated
Communist Party United States of America
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"The Drive Towards War and Fascism,"undated
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Educational Materials, 1938-1950
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Letters and Reports, 1933-1960
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Communist Youth International, Reports and Statements, 1928, undated
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Field, B. J., et al, "Lessons of the New York Hotel Strike," undated
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Granges, Circulars, Washington D.C. and Iowa, 1874, undated
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Herworth, Frieda von, "The German Woman," 1938
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International Communist League, Resolution, undated
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
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Course Materials, 1936-1940, undated
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Study Outlines and Syllabi, 1935-1936
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International Socialist Party, Resolutions, undated
Jefferson School of Social Science
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Annual Reports, 1945-1947
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Syllabi, 1952, undated
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Lanzitt, Mortimer, "Employers Problems in Operating a Collective Bargaining Agreement," 1937
Liberal Party, United States
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Amendment, Program, Platform, 1944, 1946
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Resolution, Rules, 1944
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MacDonald, Dwight, "Shamefaced Defensism," undated
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National Council for Prevention of War, Publications, 1933-1934, undated
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Pell, Orlie, "Annotated List of Pamphlet Material for Workers' Classes," Labor Education Services, 1940
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Political Ephemera, undated
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Republican National Committee Research Division, Miscellaneous Reports, 1938
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Sedition Trial, Minneapolis, Miscellaneous Printed Materials, 1941
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Socialist Party, Songs, Lyrics, Miscellaneous, undated
Socialist Party, United States
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Certificate of Affiliation, Illinois, undated
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Flyer, 1945
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Miscellaneous Printed Materials, 1912-1919
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Miscellaneous Printed Materials, 1921-1923
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Photographs, Events, undated
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United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, Intellectual Workers of America, 1938-1939, undated
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War Resisters League, Promotional Materials, undated
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Workers Alliance, Party Announcement, undated
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Workers Party, United States, Report and Statements, 1935
Workers School
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Reading Materials, Lenin, Vladimir, undated
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Reading Materials, Marxism-Leninism I, undated
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Reading Materials, Trade Union Strategy and Tactics, 1935, undated
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Student Notebook, undated
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Syllabi, 1936, undated
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"Thesis Adopted by Fifth Congress of Red International Labor Union," undated
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Workers Schools, Newspaper Clippings, 1924-1925
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Workers Unions, Miscellaneous, 1933-1934, 1942, undated