Title: Frank Girard Collected Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1916-1996 (bulk 1932-1972)

Creator:

• Girard, Frank

Call Number: M2004-125; Audio 1816A

Quantity: 2.8 cubic feet (2 records center cartons and 2 archives boxes) and 39 tape recordings

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers, mainly 1932-1972, related to the socialist movement in America, the bulk of which consists of correspondence between members of various organizations regarding common problems and materials related to Benson Perry and Frank Girard’s 1991 book The Socialist Labor Party: A Short History. Much of the material was accumulated by Perry through his involvement with socialist groups, especially in the Philadelphia area. The collection traces the evolution of an offshoot of Section Philadelphia of the Socialist Labor Party (SLP) as it and other splinter groups organized the Socialist Committee of Correspondence, eventually renamed Socialist Reconstruction, a loose federation of the various dissenting SLP sections. Also documented is the breakdown of Socialist Reconstruction and the development of the Philadelphia branch into an organization known as Philadelphia Solidarity.

Language: English

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Acquisition Information

Presented by Frank Girard, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Accession Number: M2004-125

M2004-125	Series: Socialist Labor Party (SLP)
Box   1 Folder   1-2	Agitation materials, 1932-1940, undated
Box   1 Folder   3	Campaign , 1964
Box   1 Folder   4	Campaign , 1966
Box   1 Folder   5-8	Disruptions, expulsions and resignations, 1945-1947, 1949, 1970, undated
Box   1 Folder   9	Esperanto correspondence (Perry), 1934, 1950-1957, 1960-1967, undated
Box   1 Folder   10	Esperanto Publications, 1948, 1963, undated
Box   1 Folder   11	Keehn, Harriet - correspondence, 1968-1970, 1972-1973, undated
Box   1 Folder   12	Michigan State Committee - correspondence, 1948 September-1949 March
Box   1 Folder   13	Muskegon Committee, 1951-1952
Box   1 Folder   14	National Convention, 1984
Box   1 Folder   15	Perry, Benson - correspondence with National Office, 1949-1953, 1956, 1966
Box   1 Folder   16	Section New York, 1943
	Section Philadelphia
Box   1 Folder   17	Correspondence, 1969 January-May
Box   1 Folder   18-22	Miscellaneous documents and correspondence, 1934, 1943-1946, 1948, 1950-1951, 1953-1954, 1956-1957, 1959, 1961-1969, undated
Box   1 Folder   23	Oslick, Alan, correspondence secretary, 1968
Box   1 Folder   24	Taylor, George S., organizer, 1948-1951
Box   1 Folder   25-28	The Split, 1967-1970
Box   1 Folder   29	Weekly People problems, 1943-1945, undated
Box   1 Folder   30	Weekly People staff report drafts, 1977-1978, undated
Box   1 Folder   31	World War I leaflets (copies), 1916-1919
	Series: Socialist Committee of Correspondence	⇧
Box   1 Folder   32	Miscellaneous documents, undated
Box   1 Folder   33	North East Regional Conference, 1969-1970
	Philadelphia
Box   1 Folder   34-36	Correspondence, 1969 May-1970 February
Box   2 Folder   1-3	Correspondence, 1970 March-1970 July
Box   2 Folder   4	Election, 1970
Box   2 Folder   5	Oslick, Alan, writings and drafts, 1969, undated
Box   2 Folder   6	Miscellaneous documents, 1969-1970, undated
Box   2 Folder   7	“Taxes and the Colored,” pamphlet notes, undated
Box   2 Folder   8	Report on National Organization, 1969-1970
	Series: Socialist Reconstruction	⇧
Box   2 Folder   9	Convention, 1970
Box   2 Folder   10	Miscellaneous documents, 1971, undated
Box   2 Folder   11-12	Philadelphia Branch - correspondence, 1970 August-1971 January
	Philadelphia Solidarity Branch
Box   2 Folder   13-20	Correspondence, 1971 February-1972 July
Box   2 Folder   21	Miscellaneous, 1973-1974
Box   3 Folder   1	Socialist Reconstruction newsletter - Irwin, Frank correspondence, 1970 September-1971 July
	Series: Philadelphia Solidarity	⇧
Box   3 Folder   2-3	Philadelphia Solidarity - miscellaneous, 1976-1977, undated
	Series: Socialist Forum	⇧
Box   3 Folder   4-6	Correspondence, notes, minutes, etc., 1969-1977, undated
	Series: Research Subject Files	⇧
Box   4 Folder   1	Branson, Sam, 1971-1972, 1983-1985, 1989-1993, undated
Box   4 Folder   2	Burak, Marvin - murder, 1982
Box   4 Folder   3	Girard, Frank - correspondence and papers, 1991-1993, 1995-1996, undated
Box   4 Folder   4	Hass, Eric, 1960, 1962-1964, 1968-1971, 1976, 1980, 1987-1989, 1994
Box   4 Folder   5	Johnson, Olive M. - Weekly People, 1937, undated
Box   4 Folder   6	Karp, Nathan, 1965, 1971
Box   4 Folder   7	Miscellaneous papers, 1970-1972, undated
	Perry, Benson
Box   4 Folder   8	Clippings, 1960, 1962-1964, 1966, 1968
Box   4 Folder   9	Letters to the press, 1950-1952, 1971, 1983, undated
Box   4 Folder   10	Post-De Leon project, 1984-1985, 1988, 1990
Box   4 Folder   11	Peterson, Arnold, 1984, undated
Box   4 Folder   12	Research - Socialist Labor Party, 1985-1987, 1993
Box   4 Folder   13	Reynolds, Vernon L., 1934, 1957, undated
Box   4 Folder   14	SLP book corrections and reply to Nathan Karp, 1992-1993
Box   4 Folder   15	Whitney incident, 1993
Audio 1816A	Series: Audio Recordings	⇧
	Interviews
1816A/1-2	Begovich, Margaret, interviewed by Frank Girard about Michigan SLP, also includes short talk with Frank Troka, 1985 June
1816A/3-6	Brandon, Sam, former SLP member, former general secretary Industrial Union Party, interviewed by Frank Girard, 1984 August 1
1816A/7-9	DeLeon, Solon, son of Daniel DeLeon, interviewed by T. Lowy and M. Kauffman, undated
1816A/10-11	Elliott, Gerry, interviewed by Frank Girard about radical movements in Grand Rapids, Michigan after World War I, 1993 October 5
1816A/12	Girard, Frank, interview with Ben Perry about the SLP, 1993 June 7
1816A/13-15	Johnson, Olive M., early SLP member, interviewed by H. and R. Long and V. O'Gara, 1949 July 9 and 1951 January 19
1816A/16-17	Mijanovich, Rado, interviewed by Frank Girard about the 1947 SLP “disruptions,” 1984 or 1985 February 16 and 17
1816A/18-19	Muncy, Lydia, widow of former Michigan SLP leader Ralph Muncy, interviewed by Frank Girard, 1992 May 14
1816A/20	Pressman, Nathan, former SLP member interviewed by Martin Pressman, 1993 August 29
1816A/21-24	Tait, Willie, leader of the Revolutionary Socialist Party of Scotland, interviewed by Hugh Hucheson, 1991 August 14 and 1992 August 27
	Debates, speeches, and conferences
	Coleman, Steven
1816A/25-27	Debates with Prof. John Bornhofen, 1993 October and undated
1816A/28-29	Discussion of socialism in England and Ireland with Richard Montague, Fountain St. meeting, Grand Rapids, Michigan, undated
1816A/30	Discussion of the history of the Socialist Party of Great Britain and a question and answer session, undated
1816A/31	Interview on WGRD radio, Grand Rapids, [Michigan], 1993 October
	Girard, Frank
1816A/32	Class presentation of Evidence of the Continuity of the Socialist Movement in Grand Rapids, Michigan from 1875-1986, undated
1816A/33	Statement read at debate between candidates running for vacated congressional seat, 1974 February
1816A/34	Hass, Eric, tape of message to Robert Long, 1969 and Reynolds, Verne L., tape of study class discussion, , undated
1816A/35	Panel discussion on elections in El Salvador, 1994 April 16
1816A/36	Socialist Labor Party National Convention, opening speech and reading of platform by Arnold Peterson and Edward Teichert, 1948
1816A/37-39	Socialist Labor Party National Convention, proceedings, committees and sessions, 1977 May 29-30