Marxist-Leninist Party, USA Records, 1972-1995


Summary Information
Title: Marxist-Leninist Party, USA Records
Inclusive Dates: 1972-1995

Creator:
  • Marxist-Leninist Party, USA
Call Number: M95-102; M2002-077

Quantity: 1.8 c.f.

Repository:
Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Records of the Marxist-Leninist Party, USA and its predecessor organizations, the American Communist Workers Movement (Marxist-Leninist) and the Central Organization of U.S. Marxist-Leninists, describing itself as “a militant voluntary communist organization.”

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-m95102
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Arrangement of the Materials

This collection was received in multiple parts from the donor(s) and is organized into 2 major parts. These materials have not been physically interfiled and researchers might need to consult more than one part to locate similar materials.

Related Material

Various publications of the Marxist-Leninist Party are available in the Library of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.

Administrative/Restriction Information
Acquisition Information

Original Collection presented by the Marxist-Leninist Party, USA via Joseph Green, Highland Park, Michigan. Accession Number: M95-102, M2002-077


Contents List
M95-102
Part 1 (M95-102): Original Collection, 1972-1993
Physical Description: 1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes) 
Scope and Content Note: The Original Collection is organized into two main sections: Information/Internal Bulletins, which include news of this and allied organizations around the world, speeches, reports, copies of resolutions, and articles on a variety of topics; and Minutes, including agenda and summaries of meetings of the Central Committee. Also included are the general rules formulated in 1980 and revised in 1983, and a few leaflets from the San Francisco Bay Area COUSML, circa 1979. Correspondence from donor contact Joseph Green provides an excellent index to the collection and explains various terms and organizational structures.
Box   1
Folder   1
Joseph Green correspondence
Note: Includes index, definitions, etc.
Minutes and associated documents
Box   1
Folder   2
American Communist Workers Movement (Marxist-Leninist), 1972
Box   1
Folder   3-4
Central Organization of U.S. Marxist-Leninists (COUSML), 1974-1979
Box   1
Folder   5-8
Marxist-Leninist Party, USA, 1980-1993
Box   2
Folder   1
General rules, 1980, 1983
Information bulletins of the COUSML
Box   2
Folder   2
1974-1975
Box   2
Folder   3-4
Responses to information bulletins of May and October 1975
Box   2
Folder   5-6
1977-1979
Box   2
Folder   7
San Francisco Bay Area COUSML - leaflets, 1979, undated
Box   2
Folder   8-10
1980-1984
Box   3
Folder   1-8
1985-1993
M2002-077
Part 2 (M2002-077): Additions, 1990-1995
Physical Description: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes) 
Scope and Content Note: Additions, 1990-1995, consisting of computer print-outs of messages, reports, a few bulletins, and writings and notes.
Marxist-Leninist Party, USA
Box   1
Folder   1-8
1990-1994
Box   2
Folder   1-3
1995
Box   2
Folder   4
Notebook, undated