Title: James P. Cannon Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1919-1975

Creator:

• Cannon, James Patrick, 1890-1974

Call Number: Mss 839; Micro 2033

Quantity: 24.2 c.f. (61 archives boxes) and 65 reels of microfilm (35mm)

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 of James P. Cannon, a writer, historian, founder of the Socialist Workers Party, and leader of the world Trotskyist movement. Included is biographical material primarily related to his early experiences in the Industrial Workers of the World and the Communist Party; correspondence; bibliographies and draft versions of speeches and writings; minutes, leaflets, position statements, and other collected documents of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) and its forerunners such as the Communist League of America; and papers of his wife Rose Karsner who was also active in the party. The correspondence includes personal and family letters, some of which were written during his imprisonment for violations of the Smith Act, and many exchanges with Farrell Dobbs and other leaders of the SWP and leaders of other American leftist parties such as A.J. Muste of the American Workers Party, Max Shachtman and James Burnham of the Workers Party, and Norman Thomas and Eugene V. Debs of the Socialist Party. Extensive records concern the Fourth International; the activities of Trotskyist organizations in England, France, and other countries; relations with Leon Trotsky and Natalia Sedova during their residence in Mexico; the factional doctrines of Michel Pablo, Hugo Oehler, and Bert Cochran; and disputes within the radical movement over the coming of World War II. The entire collection is also available on microfilm.

Note:

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Language: English

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Published versions of many of Cannon's writings are available in the State Historical Society of Wisconsin Library and recorded versions of many speeches are available as part of the SWP tape collection, also held by the Historical Society Archives.

James Patrick Cannon, the leading American Trotskyist of his generation and a founder and national chairman of the Socialist Workers Party, was born in Rosedale, Kansas, on February 11, 1890. Cannon adopted the socialist views of his Irish, working-class father and joined the Socialist Party in 1908. In 1911 he joined the Industrial Workers of the World, working as a strike organizer and journalist. After the Russian Revolution Cannon joined the Communist Party and was elected to its Central Commission in 1920 and during the party's first decade Cannon served in other leadership positions. From 1925 to 1928 he headed the International Labor Defense in behalf of Sacco and Vanzetti, Bill Haywood, Tom Mooney, and others.

At the Sixth World Congress of the Comintern in 1928 Cannon was won over to the Stalinist opposition of Leon Trotsky and, as a result, was expelled from the Communist Party. In 1929 Cannon was a founding leader of the Communist League of America (CLA), the first American Trotskyist organization, and editor of its newspaper, The Militant.

Because of his pragmatism, experience within the American labor movement, and willingness to join with other segments of the non-Communist Party left, Cannon successfully built the American Trotskyist movement during the early 1930s. Leadership during the Minneapolis Teamsters' strike brought Cannon and the CLA a recognition and respect within the radical movement that no other group experienced. In 1938 Cannon was a founder of the Socialist Workers Party and, with Trotsky, a founder of the Fourth International. During 1944-1945 Cannon was among the SWP and Minneapolis Teamster leaders jailed for violation of the Smith Act.

Cannon served as national secretary of the party from 1938 until his semi-retirement in 1953. Thereafter he continued to be a force within the party (while also serving as national chairman from 1953 to 1963), although during this period he largely devoted himself to his writings such as America's Road to Socialism (1953). Cannon died on August 21, 1974.

Cannon's wife Rose Greenberg Karsner Cannon was born in Rumania in 1890 and emigrated to the United States as a child. At the age of 18, she joined the Socialist Party in New York where she met, among others, George R. Kirkpatrick, Eugene V. Debs, and David Karsner, a journalist and biographer whom she married in 1911.

Following the Russian Revolution of 1917 Karsner's political ideology became more radical and, in 1920, she joined the Communist Party. At the Unity Convention of 1921, she met James P. Cannon, then a member of the central party leadership. During that same year, her marriage to David Karsner ended in divorce, and she began a professional and personal relationship with Cannon. In 1925 she and Cannon helped organize the International Labor Defense, an organization that provided legal defense for various political cases of the 1920s, the most notable being Sacco and Vanzetti. After the death of Lenin and the emergence of Stalin in 1923, Karsner, like Cannon, became increasingly dissatisfied with the direction of the Communist Party in the United States, and she assisted in the formation of the Communist League of America in 1928. Karsner was also involved in the formation of the Socialist Workers Party and served as business manager for The Militant. After World War II she was secretary of the American Committee for European Workers Relief. In 1953 Karsner and Cannon moved to Los Angeles. Karsner died of cancer in 1969 following a series of illnesses.

The James Cannon Papers are an important collection for the study of twentieth century radicalism in the United States. The collection is far from complete, however, and researchers are advised to consult several related collections presented to the State Historical Society of Wisconsin by the Socialist Workers Party for additional material. The Cannon Papers are arranged into the following series: BIOGRAPHICAL AND BACKGROUND MATERIAL, CORRESPONDENCE, INTERNATIONAL FILES, SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, PARTY HISTORY files, REFERENCE FILES, and the ROSE KARSNER CANNON PAPERS.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND BACKGROUND MATERIAL

The BIOGRAPHICAL AND BACKGROUND MATERIAL consists of brief biographical information about Cannon, together with information collected to facilitate use of the papers. Included are bibliographies of Cannon's speeches and writings, inventories of his library and correspondence, obituaries, sympathy letters, and memorabilia. Especially useful is the inventory of the Cannon correspondence prepared by the SWP which lists correspondent names, together with a brief description of the subject of each letter. Researchers need to be aware, however, that not all Cannon correspondence has been included in the inventory. Also arranged here are several interviews with Cannon. Most notable is the fully transcribed conversation with Harry Ring that took place during 1973 and 1974.

CORRESPONDENCE

The CORRESPONDENCE is divided into six subseries: letters to and from Cannon (herein referred to as the JPC correspondence file), letters to and from Trotsky, correspondence of Cannon's personal secretaries, general correspondence including letters to and from others to which Cannon was not a party, correspondence of the SWP Secretariat, and Cannon's autobiographical correspondence with historian Theodore Draper. Each of these files is chronologically arranged.

The JPC correspondence was apparently collected by the SWP from a variety of sources. In addition to letters originally in Cannon's possession, some of the correspondence appears to have come from the files of other party members (e.g. Vincent Dunne, Farrell Dobbs, Albert Glotzer, and Rose Karsner), as some original letters from Cannon to these individuals are present. (For the sake of research convenience letters from Cannon to Rose are filed in the JPC files rather than her portion of the collection which is described below. For the same reason all correspondence between Cannon and Trotsky has been filed in the Trotsky subseries described below.) Other letters in the collection appear to have been copied by the SWP from the holdings of the Tamiment Library and Harvard University Archives. Unfortunately, some material of this type consists of reader-printer copies which were virtually illegible at the time the papers were microfilmed at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.

The bulk of the JPC correspondence covers the period 1929 to 1959 and includes material of the following types: political correspondence with national party leaders such as Vincent Dunne, Farrell Dobbs, and Arne Swabeck; correspondence with local party organizations (especially the San Francisco and Minneapolis branches); readers of The Militant; and personal correspondence with Rose Karsner, his father, his brother Joseph, Rose's daughter Walta, his daughter Ruth and his son Carl, his grandchildren (Lista, or “Lissie,” and Susie), and personal friends (including party members). Most of the correspondence covers Cannon's years with the Socialist and Socialist Workers parties. Only a few scattered letters cover Cannon's early years in the Communist Party and Communist League of America, although there is some material relating to his tenure as secretary of the party's national Labor Defense Fund (including some exchanges with Eugene V. Debs, 1925-1926). The absence of early letters is attributed to the theft of this material in 1928 allegedly by the Stalinist leadership of the CP.

Cannon's political correspondence is both official (e.g. letters written as secretary of the International Labor Defense Fund and national secretary of the Socialist Workers' Party to local organizations) and more informal exchanges with party leaders. Also included are lengthy discussions of the political and philosophical issues and factional disputes that confronted the Socialist and Socialist Workers parties. Within the overall chronological arrangement there are two distinct special categories: the Russian Discussion, a 1939-1940 dispute over the proper party stance toward Russia in the context of World War II, and the Cochran Discussion, a 1953 dispute over the party's view of Stalinism. Both provide insight into the internal politics of the party and the political philosophies of Cannon and other party members.

The JPC file also contains observations about the direction of the party and life in general. For example, Cannon's letters from prison (as well as the letters he received from Rose) are full of philosophical reflections on the nature of man and society. (A slightly altered version of this correspondence appeared in Letters from Prison and is filed with the writings.) Another theme is Cannon's past life and the history of radical politics in the United States. These accounts begin to appear during the 1950s, and they range from family anecdotes told to Carl Cannon to moments in radical political history recounted to young comrades, interested students, old comrades, and former Wobblies.

Personal letters comprise a relatively small amount of the JPC file. Most deal with family matters -- his children's stay at camp, Carl's career, Rose and Jim's loneliness during absences, the latest accomplishments of the grandchildren, that great box of cigars received for Christmas, etc. Some of the personal exchanges take place with friends: compliments on his egg nog, the sharing of a cartoon clipped from a magazine, observations on the weather, disappointment in the younger generation of comrades, etc. From the 1950s on, the personal correspondence frequently contains brief glimpses of Cannon's youth.

A good deal of Cannon's later correspondence was not actually written by him but instead consists of responses prepared by a secretary. Whenever the Cannon home address, 1902 Hyperion Avenue in Los Angeles, appears as the return address, it has been assumed that the letter was from Cannon regardless of who actually signed the document.

Topics of the later JPC correspondence fall into three categories: party business, correspondence with friends and family, and research inquiries. These distinctions are not precise, and the writings of friends often concerned party business and party business was often conducted in correspondence with friends. Over time a growing proportion of the social letters are to and from former party activists and aging friends. A sense of optimism fills many of the letters written by Cannon and his friends as the Socialist Workers Party grew during the ferment of the 1960s. Letters from the older activists written during this period indicate their satisfaction over the protest movements of the 1960s. At the same time many younger activists contacted Cannon to express their admiration for his career and writings. The correspondence of this period provides a record of Cannon's continued involvement with the SWP leadership. Frequent letters between Farrell Dobbs and Cannon cover many of the important issues the party faced during the period. Yet, it is clear that as Cannon grew older his participation in policy discussions became secondary to his historical work and writing, and many letters detail the creation of works such as Letters from Prison, The First Ten Years of American Communism, and Speeches for Socialism. Inquiries from scholars, researchers, and students increased in quantity as Cannon became one of the few surviving individuals who recalled the Wobblies and the early days of the Communist Party. Requests for information, interviews, and confirmation of facts appear often, especially as interest renewed in the Sacco and Vanzetti Case arose in 1963. Research requests increased dramatically in the very last years of Cannon's life, with the letter writers often seeking the most obscure types of information. By the 1970s, Cannon answered very few of these because his efforts were primarily focused on his own work.

A unique and intimate glimpse of James Cannon emerges from the ongoing correspondence that took place with Carl Cannon. Carl's two daughters, Lista and Susi, also wrote frequently to their grandfather as they attended school, entered the world of work, and eventually established independent lives. Cannon's deteriorating health is also a recurring theme in the later correspondence.

The Trotsky-Mexican correspondence dates from 1929 to 1950, but it primarily covers the late 1930s and 1940s. Except for a file on David Siqueros, the Mexican painter, who planned and participated in the first assassination attempt on Trotsky's life in May 1940, and a translation of a 1932 Trotsky speech that has not been filmed because of possible restrictions imposed by Harvard, the file consists entirely of chronologically-arranged correspondence. It begins with several drafts of a bibliography of the Cannon-Trotsky correspondence compiled by SWP secretaries Peggy Brundy, Judy White, and Reba Hansen (1969-1971) as part of a proposed publishing project. (It is this project which probably explains the presence of numerous typed letters, the originals of which are thought to be held by other institutions.) This correspondence consists of two distinct sections: letters exchanged between Cannon and Trotsky, together with, after Trotsky's death in 1940, correspondence with his widow Natalia Sedova, and general correspondence about the party's support of her household.

The letters between Trotsky and Cannon in the 1930s are of particular interest because they involve important discussions of politics and party building and examples of Trotsky's support of the SWP. While the correspondence provides enlightening information about Trotsky's influence within the SWP, the collection is sketchy about his life in Mexico and the Soviet Union, his relationship with Stalin, or his involvement in the Mexican workers movement. This correspondence also highlights the esteem and affection felt by Cannon and others in the SWP towards Trotsky, whom they termed “the Old Man.”

While this correspondence includes a great deal of direct, personal interactions between the two men, after Trotsky's death the majority of the correspondence involves other SWP members such as Dobbs and Morris Stein, who travelled to Mexico, and various guards who lived in Natalia's household. Many letters, however, are to and from Natalia, who maintained ties with Rose Karsner, Grace Carlson, and others in the party.

The Secretarial correspondence dates from 1952 to 1962 and from 1965 to 1975. Overall, this file consists of letters to and from personal secretaries who worked with Cannon after he and Karsner moved to Los Angeles. These secretaries included Jeanne Morgan, Julia Houdek, Della Rossa, Angela Davis, Bea Hansen, Peggy Brundy, Jessica Star, and Suzanne Weiss. Sometimes the secretaries prepared letters for Cannon's signature; such letters have been filed above in the JPC file. This file, however, consists of correspondence that the secretaries carried out in their own names.

The secretarial files contain three types of letters. The first deals with the day-to-day aspects of the household, such as balancing the petty cash fund with the National Office in New York, renewing magazine subscriptions, and work on Cannon's personal library. Secondly, much of the correspondence addresses Cannon's writing projects. This portion consists of letters to and from editors and publishers at Merit, Pioneer Press, and Pathfinder Press, particularly George Weissman and Jack Barnes. Although Cannon engaged in little original writing during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, he was actively involved in the publication of his collected letters and speeches in such works as Notebook of an Agitator, The First Ten Years of American Communism, and Letters From Prison. Finally, several items in the correspondence consist of personal letters from the secretaries to Cannon's friends and family about his health, the progress of his work, and his daily activities. This section of the correspondence, in particular, reveals much about Cannon's household and the role his secretaries assumed as organizers and caretakers of his daily life. Overall, the secretarial correspondence provides an interesting glimpse into Cannon's life and work in Los Angeles. The researcher should take note that the secretarial files from 1963 and 1964 are missing.

The fourth subseries of correspondence in the Cannon Papers, the general correspondence , consists of letters for which Cannon was neither sender nor recipient. This section was apparently collected from several sources. Some of the letters are clearly reference copies of correspondence written by James Burnham, Farrell Dobbs, Vincent R. Dunne, Tom Kerry, Arne Swabeck, and other party leaders that were circulated to Cannon for his information. Other letters contain references to Cannon, and it is thought that they may have been interfiled in the Cannon Papers by the SWP as part of a biographical publishing project. The extensive correspondence between Max Shachtman, Arne Swabeck, and Albert Glotzer seems in particular to have been collected for such a project. (The Glotzer letters, which were apparently copied, 1977-1978, can be identified by the “Received” stamp on the back of each item. It is likely they are from a collection of Glotzer papers at Stanford University.)

Because of its artificial, collected provenance the content of this section is diverse, although the coverage roughly parallels the events and intellectual currents prominent in Cannon's life. Prior to 1929 the documentation is fragmentary. Beginning in that year the content is dominated by exchanges between Shachtman, Glotzer, and Swabeck. The letters dating from the period that Cannon was in prison consist primarily of the correspondence of Morris Stein and Vincent R. Dunne, both of whom acted in leadership positions during Cannon's absence. Also dating from this period are original letters written in prison by Dunne, Grace Carlson, and Max Goldman. Stein's correspondence with branch leaders dominates the 1945-1946 letters, which is also notable for its many references to the Goldman-Morrow dispute over reunification with the Workers Party. There is no coverage of the years between 1947 and 1950. Correspondence dating from the period after Cannon moved to California consists largely of convenience copies of letters to and from Farrell Dobbs.

Even more obscure in provenance than the general correspondence is the Secretariat correspondence , which dates from 1938 to 1971. While a substantial portion is made up of letters signed for the Secretariat by William F. Warde (George Novack), Morris Stein, Farrell Dobbs, Murry Weiss, and other party leaders there are also many items which more properly fell within the purview of the Political Committee, of which the Secretariat was a subcommittee. Other material here (including frequent letters to and from Cannon) possesses no obvious connection to either the PC or the Secretariat. This section can best be understood, as a result, as a file that was identified and defined by the SWP itself. Cannon's career is prominently represented, although his connection to its custodianship is unclear. It has been placed as a part of the Cannon Papers rather than as part of the SWP records because the SWP so arranged it.

Although the Secretariat was essentially responsible for routine day-to-day management of party affairs there is much material here that is of great value. Throughout the file there is information concerning planning for conventions and meetings, as well as reports on factional disputes and other news of the branches. The 1944 correspondence contains many typed transcripts or excerpts from the SWP prisoners. The file for the post-war period is dominated by exchanges between Cannon and Max Shachtman concerning the proposed reunification with the Workers Party. The year 1953 is extensively represented, and Cannon is present in the documentation about the Morrow-Goldman dispute which took place during that period. Unfortunately, correspondence dating from the following two years is missing. Correspondence from the late 1960s contains useful information on the branches and their relationship with the Young Socialists.

The final correspondence section, the Draper correspondence , consists of exchanges (1954-1963) between Cannon and historian Theodore Draper, that were used as the basis for the book The First Ten Years of American Communism (1962). This correspondence is not an exact manuscript of the 1962 book, as the file includes not only Cannon's extended, highly autobiographical letters which appeared in the book, but also several unpublished Cannon letters and Draper's equally lengthy half of the correspondence. Also filed here for research convenience is a folder of background material Cannon used during the course of the exchange and a few printed reviews. (There are no other files on this volume in the SPEECHES AND WRITINGS portion of the Cannon Papers.)

INTERNATIONAL FILES

The INTERNATIONAL FILES contain correspondence, clippings, and original documents such as resolutions, mimeographed circular letters, minutes, and articles in English, French, German, Spanish, and Russian. The files reflect the discussions and activities of international Trotskyist organizations and their foreign affiliates. In particular, the files demonstrate the relationship between the SWP and the international organizations and their affiliates. For instance, in the late 1930s the SWP received regular reports on the situation in the International Secretariat in Paris and French Trotskyist parties from Sherry Magnan (Phelan), an American magazine editor/critic who had been introduced to the IS by Cannon.

The files are divided into two subseries. First is a general section dealing with the activities and discussions within and about the Third International, the Fourth International, and the foreign affiliates of the Third and Fourth internationals, and the activities of the Communist League, the Workers' Party, and the Socialist Workers Party abroad. The second section consists of materials related to the Pablo Discussion.

The first subseries of the International Files, the General file , is further subdivided into three parts: 1) a chronological arrangement of correspondence concerning matters not specific to any single country, including routine business between the SWP and the International Secretariat of the Fourth International, reports of events and Trotskyist activities in a number of countries, and discussions concerning the general policies and activities of the Fourth International; 2) a chronological file of documents related to the Fourth International and the International Left Opposition including minutes, statutes, resolutions, and open letters; and 3) an alphabetically-arranged file of documents and correspondence dealing with the national affiliates of the Fourth International.

From 1930 to 1933 the general material relates to the Communist League of America and the International Left Opposition. In August, 1933 the Fourth International was founded and thus the subsequent material in this series concerns the Fourth International and its affiliates. During the 1930s, the IS of the Fourth International was based in Paris, and, as a result, many of its documents and letters are in French although some items include English translations.

This correspondence includes exchanges between SWP officials and the International Secretariat of the Fourth International concerning routine business such as financial donations and the publication of articles and political activities such as meetings problems or controversies involving individual foreign sections, and debates within the movement. There is also correspondence from foreign sections or SWP agents abroad to SWP officials in the United States reporting on the debates and activities of the IS and its affiliated sections and parties. In addition, the documents include minutes of the International Secretariat, internal bulletins, resolutions, and mimeographed communications. The national files are similar to the materials described above, except that they relate to Trotskyist organizations and activities in particular countries. The bulk concern France and England.

The second major subseries, the Pablo Discussion files , document a philosophical split within the Socialist Workers Party and the Fourth International that began in 1953. At this time Michel Pablo asserted that the decline of Stalinism in the USSR was inevitable. In a continuation of the earlier Cochran Discussion, Pablo argued that as the Soviet Union freed itself from Stalinism, the Trotskyite movement should adjust its official antagonism. As Pablo's argument advanced through the International Secretariat of the Fourth International, Cannon and his majority followers alleged that Pablo was attempting to sell out the Trotskyist movement.

The Pablo Discussion records are divided into two parts: 1) general correspondence and documents related to the Pablo split within the Fourth International (including Cannon's handwritten notes, resolutions of the IS, the International Committee and Fourth International, and articles by Michel Pablo) and 2) an alphabetical file of correspondence and documents detailing the Pablo split in specific countries. All of the material in this section except for one folder of later writings by Pablo date from the period 1953 to 1955.

The general Pablo material reflects the discussion and debate among the leadership of the Fourth International and the majority of the material here consists of mimeographed form letters, articles, and resolutions of individuals and bodies within the Fourth International. For instance, the “Rise and Decline of Stalinism” is an interpretation of Soviet history approved by the IS, which supported Pablo. Led by Cannon, the majority group produced a number of critiques of this document.

The second part of the Pablo files contains correspondence and documents which reflect the issue within particular countries. These files are alphabetically arranged.

SPEECHES AND WRITINGS

Speeches , which were originally (and somewhat more accurately) described by the SWP as “Speech Notes,” includes notes, transcripts, and fragments of speeches made by Cannon at party conventions, membership meetings, retreats, and public mass meetings, as well as a few scattered clippings in which Cannon is quoted. Several speeches dating from 1942 to 1966 are also available in recorded form as part of the tape library in the collection of SWP records, also held by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.

Some of the material consists of lectures about the early history of the Communist, Trotskyist, and Socialist movements in the United States. For instance, a series of annual lectures delivered at the West Coast Workers' Vacation School and Camp in Los Angeles during the 1950s and early 1960s include such titles as “Lectures on I.W.W. History,” “American Radicalism: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow,” “Main Achievements of the Early Communist Party,” and “The Pre-Communist Revolutionary Movement in the United States.” Many of the speeches deal with party unity and include debates over ideology and the direction of the party organization. Finally, there are speeches about strikes, trials, and the coming of World War II.

The chronologically-arranged speech files are most complete for the years 1931 to 1959, with only scattered documentation representing Cannon's earlier career. There are also only a few speeches for 1943, and none for 1944--the period when Cannon was in prison. After 1959 this type of documentation is also limited, with only a small amount of material for the years between 1960 and 1967 and one folder for 1974.

Prior to 1940 the files contain only rough outlines or notes on the main points to be addressed. After 1940, the files tend to contain a combination of notes, variant drafts, and transcripts. Dating from the early 1950s the files generally contain multiple drafts and transcripts. Throughout the speeches there are scattered fragments and groupings of notes lacking both title and precise date. Generally, these materials have been arranged by the year or time period provided by SWP staff. Although bracketed page numbers have been added to the fragments in preparing the documents for filming, this numbering should not be understood to indicate that a coherent order was discovered, but rather to indicate the order in which the pages were found. It is possible that some of the undated fragments included here were not directly related to any speeches; instead they may be merely random thoughts, reminders for topics of future articles, etc.

Access to the speeches is facilitated by the bibliography prepared by SWP that is filed with the BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL. This list of Cannon speeches seems to be virtually complete. With the exception of the pre-1930 materials (for which only three speeches are listed), every item on the list appears in the files. However, the collection includes a few scattered speeches which are not included in the bibliography. The bibliography does not include fragments.

The Writings are a smaller assemblage of manuscripts, variant drafts of published books, and typescripts of articles Cannon wrote for early labor periodicals. This section of the collection is by no means a complete representation of Cannon's writing career, as it contains only draft writings that differ from published sources or writings that appeared in obscure publications. There are draft materials for only one book, Letters from Prison. However, virtually all of Cannon's books, pamphlets, newspaper writings, and collected speeches are available in the SHSW Library.

Researchers will no doubt be disappointed by the scantiness of original manuscripts in the writing file, and scholars interested in original manuscripts may do well to examine the Speeches in the collection, as many of Cannon's writings originated as speeches or lectures. Researchers are also advised to consult the bibliography “James P. Cannon Published Articles and Speeches, 1912-1957” at the beginning of the collection which contains a chronological listing of all Cannon's writings.

With one exception, none of the materials on Cannon's early articles for magazines such as the Labor Defender, The Toiler, and Communist were original manuscripts, but instead transcripts made from the final printed text. It is thought that the staff of the SWP or Cannon's publisher surveyed the party's periodicals and then prepared transcripts as a first step in compiling a collection of Cannon writings. The only transcribed articles of this type which have been retained here are those in which the periodicals themselves are not easily obtainable. The sole original draft in the entire section is a single article from a 1940 edition of the Socialist Appeal.

The largest item in the writings file is a typescript draft of Letters From Prison, which was published in 1968. While the typed text is an exact transcription of the letters Cannon wrote from Sandstone Prison in 1944 and 1945, the manuscript indicates numerous pencilled clarifications and embellishment made before publication. The most notable example can be found at the end of letter #148, December 15, 1944, in which a new conclusion was added. Also present is an unpublished draft introduction to the letters thought to have been written by Joseph Hanson while Cannon was still in prison.

A particularly interesting portion of the writings may be found in the section “Reply to Munis and manuscripts, 1942,” also titled by Cannon “A Defense of Marxism.” In this section, Cannon defended his testimony during the Smith Act trial on ideological grounds, elaborating on the role of the Marxist within a democratic state, especially during wartime.

Researchers should be aware that several works without page numbers could not be precisely ordered; they have been left in the order in which they were received or arranged only to the section level.

PARTY HISTORY

The PARTY HISTORY files contain documents collected and organized by Cannon for use in his writing on the American Trotskyist movement. The files document the Socialist Workers Party and its Trotskyist predecessors, beginning with the Communist Party in 1919 and ending with the Socialist Workers Party in 1974, and they include information on a wide variety of causes with which the various party organizations were associated or whose activities Cannon followed. The files do not document the complete history of the SWP and American Trotskyism; rather they cover selected topics, presumably those of interest to Cannon.

In general, the Party History files provide very good documentation of internal party business, especially the plenums, conventions, elections, and National Committee meetings. At a minimum, these files contain minutes, as well as the most important resolutions considered. Financial statements, membership recruitment information, and correspondence are present in some files.

The Party History files are especially thorough in documenting factional disputes, internal debates, and unity discussions with other organizations. The most extensive files in the entire series concern such events as the Oehlerite dispute over continued participation in the Second International; the discussions proceeding the unification of the Workers Party and the SP in 1936; the establishment of the Trotskyist Socialist Appeal minority faction within the SP; the Russian Discussion following the Soviet invasion of Poland; the Goldman-Morrow dispute over reunification with the Workers Party following World War II; the Cochran Fight over the future of the SWP; and the split within the International over Pabloism. Because of the preponderance of material on factional fights and relations with other Leftist organizations, these files may be most beneficial to researchers interested in the politics of the Left. However, the prominence of political documents should in no way diminish the fact that the files contain documents on a wide variety of topics useful for understanding the inner workings and public activities of the SWP in the period from 1925 to 1961.

Among the files may be found, for example, documents on the civil rights movement, the unemployed leagues of the 1930s, labor defense cases, union activism, socialism in China and Cuba, and much more. The quality and quantity of the files varies. Researchers should note that while the files contain some information on events as early as 1919 and as late as 1974, the collection is richest for the period from the mid-1920s through the early 1960s.

The files are arranged largely as they were by Cannon into chronological periods. Before 1937, each section is also subdivided by organizational name. The earliest file deals solely with the Communist Party, 1919-1928. It is followed by documents of the Trotskyist offshoot of the CP, the Communist League of America, 1929-1933. The third section begins with the commencement of unity discussions between the CLA and Workers' Party in 1934. The Oehler dispute has its own section, which is followed by the commencement of unity discussions between the WP and Socialist Party. The two years in which the Trotskyists were in the SP also has its own separate file.

After 1937 all sections pertain to the SWP, and, with several exceptions described below, all are in chronological order. Within the documentation about the Cochran Fight there are two subfiles covering similar time periods. This apparent anomaly is explained by the fact that the Cannon papers included a file of documents about the incident which had been photocopied from an unidentified source. Because of their uncertain provenance, these documents were not combined with the other Cochran records in the collection.

Following the 1954-1959 section, there are three subject headings which do not strictly maintain the chronology: “YSL, 1957-1959,” “Plenums and Conventions, 1954-1961,” and “Twin Cities Branch, 1958-1962.” These three files are followed by the remainder of the Party History documents for the years 1959 to 1972. While the content of the “Youth” and “Plenum and Convention” files is self-explanatory, the Twin Cities materials needs a brief description. These files are comprised of the correspondence, reports, and minutes of a SWP branch which experienced internal conflicts during the late 1950s and early 1960s.

The earliest files contain materials on the Communist Party, several state Farm-Labor parties, and the National Farm Labor Party. The material on the Communist Party is rather sparse, consisting of a few broadsides, handbills, and letters and these chiefly concern the CP's Workers Education League. The Farm-Labor Party materials are more complete, although still limited, including committee reports, resolutions, and convention reports. After 1925 the materials on the Communist Party are more substantial. Of particular interest is a 1925 document, “Comintern American Commission, Moscow, Stenographic Proceedings.” This rare document discussed the future of the American Communist Party from the perspective of the Third International. The rest of the files are predominantly resolutions, speeches, and strategy documents dealing with such topics as the nature of Communism in America, the question of whether to “Bolshevize” the American worker movement by imposing centralized authority over ethnic federations, the relation of the CP to the trade unions, the association with Russian Communists and the Comintern, and the campaign to form an American Labor Party.

Files for the years 1929 to 1936 are rich and especially so with regard to union activity. In addition the documentation of the famous Minneapolis truck drivers strike, there are useful documents on the needleworker, coal, auto, food worker and maritime worker unions. Particularly valuable is the material on the efforts to organize the unemployed during the period 1933 to 1935. In addition to drafts of bills, correspondence, and resolutions, this period is represented by proceedings of the Second and Third National Unemployed Convention and several works of fiction derived from the unemployed movement, including Humpty Dumpty, a complete play. Also here are materials on attempts by the Communist League of America and the Worker's Party to organize American youth.

The files of the late thirties are dominated by discussions on the Soviet Union, Europe, and the position the party should take in the event of war. A common topic is the rise of European fascism and the failure of the German and Italian Left to stop it. Another discussion of great importance followed the invasion of Poland by the Soviet Union in 1939. This heated debate, known as the “Russian Discussion,” questioned whether American Marxists should support the Soviet Union. The Socialist Workers Party majority followed Trotsky's position which argued for the continued defense of the Soviet Union because of its planned economy and nationalized industry. A minority of the SWP felt that the invasion of Poland confirmed the end of the Soviet Union as a true worker state.

In the period after World War II, large portions of the records are devoted to three factional fights: the Goldman-Morrow dispute, the Cochran Fight, and the International split. The Goldman-Morrow dispute was a split over whether to reunite with the Workers Party. Albert Goldman and Felix Morrow led the minority fight for reunification, while the majority held out for independent action. During the Cochran Fight a minority faction maintained that the SWP should cease electoral activity and focus on propaganda directed toward unions and other socialists and Stalinists. The Cannon majority, on the other hand, insisted on maintaining an independent party, and they ultimately expelled the Cochran group.

For researchers interested in the youth movement of the 1950s and 1960s, the Party History files document the rise of the Young Socialists League, an effort by numerous socialist organizations to bring young people into a unified Socialist youth movement. Included here are documents focusing on the creation of the Young Socialist Forum and the Young Socialist Alliance, as well as records from the newspaper edited by Tim Wolforth, The Young Socialist.

Several less well documented subjects also merit discussion. A few notable examples are the 1947 “Case of Comrade S.” which concerned reports of an FBI agent within the Socialist Workers Party headquarters, the “Kiss Case” and Monroe Freedom Riders Case which illustrate the involvement of the SWP with the civil rights movement, and the Wendell Phillips Civil Liberties Case. Likewise, the discussion on Chinese communes from the late 1950s and early 1960s provides an interesting forum for examining applied Marxism. The Twin Cities records offer a brief account of a local SWP branch experiencing internal conflict. Here, regular reports and letter from Carl Feingold, the SWP organizer working in Minneapolis, to Dobbs and Cannon provide useful details about branch work. There are also internal documents from the Twin Cities branch and minutes of membership and executive committee meetings.

REFERENCE FILES

The REFERENCE FILES contain a wide variety of documents saved by Cannon for his writing or for other purposes. Several of the files contain clippings and fragmentary notes in Cannon's handwriting. These notations usually criticize the position stated in the clipping or cite the clippings as sources. The files are arranged alphabetically by name or subject, and they cover numerous subjects and time periods, although the majority date from 1930 to 1955. There is no single theme unifying the subjects represented in the reference files and most contain only a small number of documents. The term “reference” seem to have been used as a catch-all for documents which could not be filed elsewhere.

The following reference files appear linked to Cannon's writings either as sources or as inspiration: Boxing, Catholic Church, Whitaker Chambers-Alger Hiss, Isaac Deutscher, Free enterprise, Graft and corruption, Jack London, Maritime Union, Moon Gaffney, Press, Schools/Colleges, Social Democrats and Teamsters. Several of the files clearly provided the basis for published articles. For example, “Murder in the Garden” and “A Dead Man's Decision” are two articles printed in The Militant in September 1951 which were based on the articles in the “Boxing” file. Additional Militant articles on the Catholic Church, Whitaker Chambers, and the Teamsters probably also found their source in the material in the Reference Files.

The Sacco and Vanzetti scrapbook is a large assemblage of newspaper clippings which concern the court case and legal defense of the two Italian anarchists accused of robbery and murder who were tried for their radical political beliefs. The collection of clippings, which probably was compiled by Cannon as part of his work for the International Labor Defense, is quite interesting, although there is little in the scrapbook which could not be found by surveying newspapers and magazines from the 1920s. Unfortunately, the scrapbook does little to document the role James Cannon played in organizing popular support for the two men, nor does it contain documents which might provide a unique perspective on the events surrounding the celebrated case.

ROSE KARSNER CANNON PAPERS

Rose Karsner's papers include some brief biographical information, correspondence, a few speeches and speech notes, as well as research notes and an accumulation of newspaper clippings. While not as extensive as the papers of her husband or other SWP leaders held by SHSW, these papers provide clues about her personality and background, and indicate her distinct interests as a feminist and Marxist.

The biographical information includes an obituary, several memorial letters, and a transcript of an oral history interview conducted by The Militant. Aside from a few early items, such as two personal letters to Eugene V. Debs written in 1921 (and one to Theodore Debs after his brother's death in 1926), two handwritten letters from Theodore Dreiser (1928), and several letters documenting her support of Grace Carlson during the latter's imprisonment in 1944, the majority of the correspondence dates from the 1950s and 60s, the period after the Cannons moved to California. Much of this correspondence is incoming and personal and includes notes and letters from the wives of other SWP leaders: Reba Hansen, Evelyn Novak, Marvel Dobbs, and Connie Weissman. The letters that she exchanged with Cannon, however, have been filed in his portion of the collection. Few letters written by Rose are actually included here, the largest concentration of these having been filed under the heading “not mailed.” Neither are there any papers dealing with her marriage to David Karsner (although her 1921 letters to Debs allude to him), her early years in the United States, or her work in the International Defense Fund.

Her correspondence deals with a wide variety of topics, such as the Camp Spring School, which was a country retreat where party members discussed politics and Marxist ideological issues, SWP conventions held annually in New York and the constant efforts made by Reba Hansen and others to get Rose to attend, and opposition to the Vietnam War. While most of the letters are social, several discuss politics, Marxism, and feminism. Of particular interest is a series of letters from Hansen and Novak dating from 1953 to 1962 which provide insight into the day-to-day operations of the SWP office in New York and the activities of George Hansen, Farrell Dobbs, and other party leaders. A constant theme in the later correspondence is illness and old age and this theme was articulated more and more as party members and friends such as Carl Skoglund, Cannon and Rose herself required medical care. Cannon is often mentioned, at least in passing, and many letters deal with his medical condition. Some letters refer to his party activities and political writing. The general content of most of these letters, however, is much more social than political.

Rose Karsner's notes and newspaper clippings date from approximately 1949 to 1968, and they relate to various issues that she considered interesting and important to the feminist and socialist cause. In general, Karsner focused on women's issues and economic questions and the notes and clippings in this section are much more political than is her correspondence. The researcher should be aware that these papers were received in a disorganized condition, and it was difficult to accurately identify and arrange individual items. Since few items were dated, an effort has been made to order the notes topically and to gather sections that concerned a specific subject such as marriage and family, John Maynard Keynes, Marxist ideology, and cybernation.

Use Restrictions

Copyright to this collection is retained by the Socialist Workers Party.

Acquisition Information

Presented by the Socialist Workers Party, 1992. Accession Number: M92-175

Processing Information

Processed and prepared for microfilming by Lee Grady, Steven Burg, and Eric Morser, 1993-1994.

Mss 839/Micro 2033	Series: Biographical and Background Material
Box/Folder   1/1 Reel/Frame   1/1	“Cannon Archive,” SWP inventories, undated
	Bibliography
Box/Folder   1/2 Reel/Frame   1/104	Speeches, 1954, 1956, 1933 additions
Box/Folder   1/3-4 Reel/Frame   1/192	Writings, 1940, 1959
Box/Folder   1/5 Reel/Frame   1/330	Biographical miscellany, 1972, undated
Box/Folder   1/6-7 Reel/Frame   1/345	Correspondence , (1924-1970) inventory
Box/Folder   1/8 Reel/Frame   1/462	Death certificate
Box/Folder   1/9 Reel/Frame   1/463	Health miscellany
	Interviews
Box/Folder   1/10 Reel/Frame   1/468	, 1956 (Joe Hanson)
Box/Folder   1/11 Reel/Frame   1/509	, 1962 (with Wobblie William Chance)
Box/Folder   1/12 Reel/Frame   1/611	1970 (Amunt, regarding IWW)
Box/Folder   1/13 Reel/Frame   1/633	, 1972 (Lars Jensen)
Box/Folder   1/13a Reel/Frame   1/682a	, 1973 (Dick Roberts)
Box/Folder   1/14-15 Reel/Frame   1/683	, 1973-1974 (Harry Ring)
Box/Folder   2/1-2 Reel/Frame   2/1	1973-1974 (Harry Ring), continued Note: February-March appear after April 19 on the microfilm.
Box/Folder   2/3 Reel/Frame   2/350	, 1974 (Finkel)
Box/Folder   2/4 Reel/Frame   2/379	, 1974 (Ashbaugh regarding Lucy Parsons)
Box/Folder   2/5 Reel/Frame   2/400	, 1974 (Dixon and Omari regarding Blacks)
Box/Folder   2/6 Reel/Frame   2/425	, 1974 (Lens)
Box/Folder   2/7 Reel/Frame   2/460	, 1974 (Emiliano)
Box/Folder   2/8 Reel/Frame   2/473	Undated (Translation of Guerin)
Box/Folder   2/9 Reel/Frame   2/481	Library inventory
	Memorabilia
Box/Folder   2/10 Reel/Frame   2/578	General, 1923-1939
Box/Folder   12/1 Reel/Frame   2/598	Prison, 1944
Box/Folder   2/12 Reel/Frame   2/658	Obituaries (includes James P. Cannon: A Political Tribute, 1974)
Box/Folder   2/13 Reel/Frame   2/699	“Office projects”
Box/Folder   2/14 Reel/Frame   2/718	Reminiscences of Cannon
Box/Folder   2/15 Reel/Frame   2/831	Sympathy letters, 1974
	Series: Correspondence	⇧
	Subseries: To and from Cannon
Box/Folder   3/1-7 Reel/Frame   3/1	1922-1935
	1936
Box/Folder   3/8 Reel/Frame   3/778	January-February
Box/Folder   3/9 Reel/Frame   4/1	March-October
Box/Folder   4/1 Reel/Frame   4/101	November-December
Box/Folder   4/2-7 Reel/Frame   4/230	1937-1939
	, 1940 “Russian Discussion”
Box/Folder   4/8-10 Reel/Frame   5/1	January-February
Box/Folder   5/1-3 Reel/Frame   5/374	March-December
Box/Folder   5/4-5 Reel/Frame   5/558	1941-1943
Box/Folder   5/6-9 Reel/Frame   6/1	1944, “Letters from Prison”
Box/Folder   6/1 Reel/Frame   6/656	1945
Box/Folder   6/2 Reel/Frame   7/1	1946 April-December
Box/Folder   6/3-8 Reel/Frame   7/91	1947-1952
	1953
	General
Box/Folder   6/9 Reel/Frame   8/1	January-March
Box/Folder   7/1-2 Reel/Frame   8/61	April-December
Box/Folder   7/3-6 Reel/Frame   8/231	“Cochran Discussion”
	1954
Box/Folder   7/7-8 Reel/Frame   8/738	January-March
Box/Folder   7/9 Reel/Frame   9/1	April-May
Box/Folder   8/1-2 Reel/Frame   9/106	June-December
Box/Folder   8/3-4 Reel/Frame   9/327	1955
Box/Folder   8/5-6 Reel/Frame   10/1	1956
Box/Folder   8/7-8 Reel/Frame   10/221	1957
Box/Folder   9/1-3 Reel/Frame   10/484	1958-1959
Box/Folder   9/4-5 Reel/Frame   11/1	1960
	1961
Box/Folder   9/6 Reel/Frame   11/490	January-April
Box/Folder   10/1-2 Reel/Frame   12/1	May-December
Box/Folder   10/3-6 Reel/Frame   12/300	1962-1965
Box/Folder   10/7 Reel/Frame   13/1	1966
Box/Folder   11/1-4 Reel/Frame   13/237	1967-1969
Box/Folder   11/5 Reel/Frame   14/1	1970
	1971
Box/Folder   11/6 Reel/Frame   14/113	January-June
Box/Folder   12/1 Reel/Frame   14/176	July-December
Box/Folder   12/2-4 Reel/Frame   14/286	1972-1974
Box/Folder   12/5 Reel/Frame   14/630	Undated correspondence
	Subseries: Trotsky-Mexican correspondence	⇧
Box/Folder   12/6 Reel/Frame   15/1	David Siqueros investigation microfilm
Box/Folder   12/7	, 1932 Copenhagen speech (not filmed)
Box/Folder   12/7 Reel/Frame   15/6	Trotsky-Cannon bibliography
	Correspondence
Box/Folder   12/7 Reel/Frame   15/25	1929, 1933-1939
Box/Folder   12/8-10 Reel/Frame   15/336	1940-1941
Box/Folder   13/1-7 Reel/Frame   16/1	1942-1950
	Subseries: Secretarial correspondence	⇧
Box/Folder   13/8 Reel/Frame   17/1	Office records and organization, 1956, 1957
Box/Folder   13/9 Reel/Frame   17/35	1952-1953
Box/Folder   14/1-4 Reel/Frame   17/100	1954-1962
Box/Folder   14/5-7 Reel/Frame   18/1	1965-1970
Box/Folder   15/1 Reel/Frame   18/467	1971
Box/Folder   15/2-5 Reel/Frame   19/1	1972-1975
	Subseries: General correspondence	⇧
Box/Folder   15/6-8 Reel/Frame   20/1	1923-1936
Box/Folder   16/1-3 Reel/Frame   20/345	1937-1941
Box/Folder   16/4-10 Reel/Frame   21/1	1942-1956
Box/Folder   17/1-2 Reel/Frame   21/637	1957-1958
Box/Folder   17/3-7 Reel/Frame   22/1	1959-1963
Box/Folder   17/8-9 Reel/Frame   23/1	1964-1965
Box/Folder   18/1-2 Reel/Frame   23/255	1966-1974, undated
Box/Folder   18/3-9 Reel/Frame   24/1	Subseries: Secretariat correspondence	⇧
	1939-1953
Box/Folder   19/1-5 Reel/Frame   25/1	1956-1971
	Subseries: Draper correspondence regarding First Ten Years of American Communism	⇧
Box/Folder   19/6-10 Reel/Frame   25/455	Correspondence, 1954-1963
Box/Folder   19/11 Reel/Frame   25/850	Background material
Box/Folder   19/12 Reel/Frame   25/933	Outline for introduction
Box/Folder   19/13 Reel/Frame   25/947	Reviews
	Series: International Files	⇧
	Subseries: General
Box/Folder   20/1-9 Reel/Frame   26/1	Correspondence, 1931-1963
	Documents
Box/Folder   20/10 Reel/Frame   27/1	Minutes of the International Secretariat, 1931-1933
Box/Folder   20/11 Reel/Frame   27/149	Preliminary International Conference of the Left Opposition, February 1933
Box/Folder   20/12 Reel/Frame   27/175	Criticism of the Theses of the European Conference of February, 1944
Box/Folder   20/13 Reel/Frame   27/180	International Executive Committee Plenum material, 1946, 1948, 1953
Box/Folder   21/1 Reel/Frame   27/224	Translations of foreign documents, 1946-1947
Box/Folder   21/2 Reel/Frame   27/348	International Secretariat documents, 1946-1947
Box/Folder   21/3 Reel/Frame   27/435	Munis document, 1947
Box/Folder   21/4 Reel/Frame   27/448	Statutes of the International, 1948
Box/Folder   21/5 Reel/Frame   27/492	1957, General
Box/Folder   21/6 Reel/Frame   27/557	International Committee documents, 1958
Box/Folder   21/7 Reel/Frame   27/574	Socialist Labour League (SLL) internal documents, 1959
Box/Folder   21/8 Reel/Frame   27/607	1961, General
Box/Folder   21/9-11 Reel/Frame   27/652	Minutes of United Secretariat, 1963-1965
	Statutes of the Fourth International
Box/Folder   21/12 Reel/Frame   27/947	Proposed drafted, 1967
Box/Folder   21/13 Reel/Frame   27/987	2nd World Congress, undated
	Country files
Box/Folder   21/14 Reel/Frame   28/2	Belgium, 1935, 1946
Box/Folder   21/15 Reel/Frame   28/17	Ceylon, 1958, 1960
Box/Folder   21/16 Reel/Frame   28/36	China, 1933, 1936, 1950, 1957
Box/Folder   21/17 Reel/Frame   28/56	Cuba, 1961
Box/Folder   22/1 Reel/Frame   28/61	Denmark, undated
	England
Box/Folder   22/2-7 Reel/Frame   28/76	1932, 1935-1943
Box/Folder   22/8 Reel/Frame   29/1	1944-1948
Box/Folder   23/1-2 Reel/Frame   29/171	Elections, 1958-1959
Box/Folder   23/3-7 Reel/Frame   29/243	France, 1935-1957
Box/Folder   23/8 Reel/Frame   29/714	Germany, 1930-1934
Box/Folder   23/9 Reel/Frame   29/747	Holland, 1933-1936
Box/Folder   23/10 Reel/Frame   29/760	Italy, 1935, 1945
Box/Folder   23/11 Reel/Frame   29/774	Japan, 1960
Box/Folder   23/12 Reel/Frame   29/791	Latin America, 1935-1946, 1956
Box/Folder   23/13 Reel/Frame   29/822	Mexico, 1938, 1945
Box/Folder   23/14 Reel/Frame   29/845	South Africa, 1938
Box/Folder   23/15 Reel/Frame   29/849	Spain, 1931-1934
	Subseries: Pablo Discussion, 1953-1955	⇧
Box/Folder   23/16-17 Reel/Frame   30/1	General correspondence and documents, 1953-1955
Box/Folder   24/1 Reel/Frame   30/266	Clarke, Stein letters
Box/Folder   24/2 Reel/Frame   30/291	Germaine-Breitman correspondence, 1954 1955
Box/Folder   24/3 Reel/Frame   30/333	Pablo-Germaine correspondence, 1953-1954
Box/Folder   24/4 Reel/Frame   30/451	Cannon speech notes
Box/Folder   24/5 Reel/Frame   30/493	International Secretariat and Pablo Discussion
Box/Folder   24/6 Reel/Frame   30/584	Majority Caucus
Box/Folder   24/7 Reel/Frame   30/644	Comment on Stein's “Rise and Decline of Stalinism,” 1953
Box/Folder   24/8 Reel/Frame   30/687	Documents of the IC of the Fourth International, 1953-1955
Box/Folder   24/9 Reel/Frame   30/716	Spanish translation of documents
Box/Folder   24/10 Reel/Frame   30/746	Articles by Pablo, 1962-1971
	Country correspondence and documents, 1953-1955
Box/Folder   24/11 Reel/Frame   31/1	Argentina
Box/Folder   24/12 Reel/Frame   31/18	Australia
Box/Folder   24/13 Reel/Frame   31/26	Austria and Switzerland
Box/Folder   24/14 Reel/Frame   31/38	Bolivia
Box/Folder   24/15 Reel/Frame   31/59	Canada, 1954
Box/Folder   25/1 Reel/Frame   31/152	Ceylon
Box/Folder   25/2 Reel/Frame   31/238	Chile
Box/Folder   25/3-4 Reel/Frame   31/244	China (including “Peng letters”)
Box/Folder   25/5 Reel/Frame   31/381	Denmark
Box/Folder   25/6-8 Reel/Frame   31/384	England
Box/Folder   25/9 Reel/Frame   31/658	France
Box/Folder   25/10 Reel/Frame   31/726	Greece
Box/Folder   25/11 Reel/Frame   31/732	Iceland
Box/Folder   25/12 Reel/Frame   31/736	India
Box/Folder   25/13 Reel/Frame   31/742	Italy
Box/Folder   25/14 Reel/Frame   31/746	Japan
Box/Folder   25/15 Reel/Frame   31/749	Mexico
Box/Folder   25/16 Reel/Frame   31/753	Uruguay
	Series: Speeches and Writings	⇧
	Subseries: Speeches
Box/Folder   26/1-5 Reel/Frame   32/1	1927-1931
Box/Folder   27/1-6 Reel/Frame   33/1	1932-1933
Box/Folder   28/1-7 Reel/Frame   34/1	1934-1935, September
Box/Folder   29/1-7 Reel/Frame   35/1	1935, September-1938
Box/Folder   30/1-8 Reel/Frame   36/1	1939-1941
Box/Folder   31/1-9 Reel/Frame   37/1	, 1942-1945 III
Box/Folder   32/1-8 Reel/Frame   38/1	, 1946-1948 III
Box/Folder   33/1-7 Reel/Frame   39/1	1949-1952, May
	1952-1953, “America's Road to Socialism”
Box/Folder   33/8-9 Reel/Frame   39/778	Lectures I-II
Box/Folder   34/1-4 Reel/Frame   40/1	Lectures III-VI
	1953
Box/Folder   34/5-8 Reel/Frame   40/87	I-III
Box/Folder   35/1-2 Reel/Frame   40/135	IV-V
Box/Folder   35/3-8 Reel/Frame   41/1	, 1954-1956 II
Box/Folder   36/1-3 Reel/Frame   41/414	, 1956 III - V
Box/Folder   36/4-9 Reel/Frame   42/2	, 1957-1958 III
Box/Folder   37/1-6 Reel/Frame   42/228	, 1958 IV-, 1962
Box/Folder   37/7-11 Reel/Frame   43/1	1964-1967, 1970, 1974
	Semi-dated speeches
Box/Folder   37/12 Reel/Frame   43/289	, 1932-1935? Internationalism and the International
Box/Folder   37/13 Reel/Frame   43/304	1939-1940?
	1930s?
Box/Folder   37/14 Reel/Frame   43/399	Speech notes
Box/Folder   37/15 Reel/Frame   43/426	Material and notes on “Theses on Party”
Box/Folder   38/1 Reel/Frame   43/535	History of the Left Opposition
	Undated fragments
Box/Folder   38/2-3 Reel/Frame   43/619	Notes on Debs
Box/Folder   38/4 Reel/Frame   44/1	On Unity with Muste, the SP, and the Schactmanites
Box/Folder   38/5 Reel/Frame   44/47	On “Trotsky's Contributions to the American Workers' Movement”
Box/Folder   38/6 Reel/Frame   44/112	Stalinism and Anti-Stalinism
Box/Folder   38/7-12 Reel/Frame   44/205	Miscellaneous fragments
Box/Folder   39/1-3 Reel/Frame   44/???	Miscellaneous Fragments, continued
	Subseries: Writings	⇧
Box/Folder   39/4 Reel/Frame   45/1	, 1922 Toiler article
Box/Folder   39/4 Reel/Frame   45/11	1926-1928, Labor Defender articles
Box/Folder   39/4 Reel/Frame   45/65	1928, Communist article
Box/Folder   39/4 Reel/Frame   45/71	1929, Fragments
Box/Folder   39/5 Reel/Frame   45/90	1933, Notes and writings
Box/Folder   39/5 Reel/Frame   45/136	1940, Socialist Appeal article draft
Box/Folder   39/6-7 Reel/Frame   45/151	1942, “Reply to Munis”
	1944
Box/Folder   39/8 Reel/Frame   45/368	Notes and manuscripts
Box/Folder   39/8 Reel/Frame   45/425	History of American Trotskyism, Ideas, and George Collins review
Box/Folder   39/8 Reel/Frame   45/451	Draft intro by Joseph Hanson , (1944?)
Box/Folder   39/9 Reel/Frame   45/465	1953, “1924-1928: The Degeneration of the Communist Party and the New Beginning: An Analysis of Basic Causes”
Box/Folder   39/9 Reel/Frame   45/491	1954, Notes
Box/Folder   40/1 Reel/Frame   45/665	1956
Box/Folder   40/1 Reel/Frame   46/1	1958, Notebook of an Agitator, Reviews and miscellany
Box/Folder   40/2 Reel/Frame   46/55	1960
Box/Folder   40/3-5 Reel/Frame   46/80	, 1967-1968? Letters from Prison manuscript
Box/Folder   40/6 Reel/Frame   46/635	1971, Speeches for Socialism proposal
Box/Folder   40/6 Reel/Frame   46/692	1975, Socialist Workers Party in World War II, Wohlforth review, , 1976
Box/Folder   40/7 Reel/Frame   46/700	Subseries: Poetry and personal writings	⇧
Box/Folder   40/8 Reel/Frame   46/812	Subseries: Undated miscellany	⇧
	Series: Party History Files	⇧
	1919-1928, Communist Party
Box/Folder   41/1 Reel/Frame   47/2	1919, “Proletarian Revolution or Wage Slavery”
Box/Folder   41/2 Reel/Frame   47/8	1920, Correspondence, leaflets, handbills, printed materials
Box/Folder   41/3-4 Reel/Frame   47/31	1921-1923, General
	1924
Box/Folder   41/5 Reel/Frame   47/80	General
Box/Folder   41/6 Reel/Frame   47/100	Central Executive Committee: “Program of Action” and report on activities
	1925
Box/Folder   41/7 Reel/Frame   47/130	Comintern American Commission, Moscow proceedings
Box/Folder   41/8 Reel/Frame   47/240	Convention resolutions and CEC instructions
Box/Folder   41/9 Reel/Frame   47/275	Factional documents
Box/Folder   41/10 Reel/Frame   47/331	Resolutions, Young Workers League convention
Box/Folder   41/11 Reel/Frame   47/384	AFL convention resolutions and other trade union material
Box/Folder   41/12 Reel/Frame   47/415	Report at Communist International by G. Smolyansky
Box/Folder   41/13 Reel/Frame   47/483	Comintern resolutions and reports on organization, France, and Germany
	1926
Box/Folder   41/14 Reel/Frame   47/581	Miscellany (circular letters, handbills, fragments, and “Elementary Education Course, Lesson 4”
Box/Folder   41/15 Reel/Frame   47/592	Speech by John Pepper at Communist International
Box/Folder   41/16 Reel/Frame   47/610	Political Committee minutes and resolutions
	1927
Box/Folder   41/17 Reel/Frame   47/648	“Perspective for Our Party,” by Jay Lovestone
Box/Folder   41/18 Reel/Frame   47/662	Political Committee minutes
Box/Folder   41/19 Reel/Frame   47/692	“American question” in Moscow
	1928
Box/Folder   42/1 Reel/Frame   47/705	Documents regarding expulsion from CP
Box/Folder   42/2 Reel/Frame   47/713	Political Committee minutes and resolutions
Box/Folder   42/3 Reel/Frame   47/777	Miscellaneous clippings about Cannon, John Pepper; statements regarding Cannon faction
	1929-1933, Communist League of America
Box/Folder   42/4 Reel/Frame   47/801	1929, CLA activities, including documents on expulsion
Box/Folder   42/5 Reel/Frame   47/824	1929-1933, CLA financial statements and constitution
Box/Folder   42/6 Reel/Frame   48/1	1929-1932, Assorted trade union matters (reports of needle workers, leaflets, handbills)
Box/Folder   42/7 Reel/Frame   48/74	1929-1933?, Educational material (includes lecture “Coming Revolution in America”)
Box/Folder   42/8 Reel/Frame   48/95	, 1930 (includes Cannon speech “Policy of the Opposition and the Present Task”)
Box/Folder   42/9 Reel/Frame   48/110	1931, (includes circulars and “Draft Thesis on Trade Union Policy”
Box/Folder   42/10 Reel/Frame   48/129	1931-1935, Selected CLA international documents
	1932
Box/Folder   42/13-14 Reel/Frame   48/212	Dispute with Shachtman
Box/Folder   42/12 Reel/Frame   48/170	Trade unions
Box/Folder   42/11 Reel/Frame   48/160	Miscellaneous documents (circulars, declarations against the war and left opposition)
	1933
Box/Folder   42/16 Reel/Frame   48/439	Negotiations with Gitlow
Box/Folder   42/15 Reel/Frame   48/380	Resolutions, documents, leaflets
Box/Folder   42/17 Reel/Frame   48/452	1933-1934, Leaflets, printed matter, press releases
Box/Folder   42/18 Reel/Frame   48/478	1933-1935, Unemployed Conference documents, proceedings
	1933-1936
Box/Folder   42/19 Reel/Frame   48/516	Unemployed movement (fiction, convention proceedings, and Humpty Dumpty play)
Box/Folder   43/1 Reel/Frame   48/711	Fragments
	1934-1935, CLA and Workers Party
	1934
Box/Folder   43/2 Reel/Frame   48/726	CLA, Miscellany, internal bulletin, memorandum on discussion of Labor Defense, charges against Larry Cohen
Box/Folder   43/3 Reel/Frame   48/740	CLA, Field group, statements by B.J. Field and A. Caldis on their expulsion
Box/Folder   43/4 Reel/Frame   49/1	WP, Merger declarations
Box/Folder   43/5 Reel/Frame   49/86	CLA, Discussion on French Turn, convention materials
Box/Folder   43/6 Reel/Frame   49/118	New York Food workers strike
Box/Folder   43/7 Reel/Frame   49/139	Tom Mooney campaign
Box/Folder   43/9 Reel/Frame   49/217	Auto workers' unions
Box/Folder   43/10 Reel/Frame   49/252	1934-1935, WP, Financial statements
Box/Folder   43/11 Reel/Frame   49/266	1934-1938, Youth: YPSL and Spartacus Youth League material
	1935
Box/Folder   43/12 Reel/Frame   49/401	WP, General communications (minutes, Political Committee documents)
Box/Folder   43/14 Reel/Frame   49/534	WP, New York local documents
Box/Folder   43/13 Reel/Frame   49/495	“Where is the A.F.L. Going?” lecture
	1935, Workers' Party - Oehler dispute
Box/Folder   43/15 Reel/Frame   49/586	Miscellaneous factional documents
Box/Folder   43/16 Reel/Frame   49/615	May, Expulsion of Joseph Zack
Box/Folder   43/17 Reel/Frame   49/634	June, Plenum resolutions
Box/Folder   43/18 Reel/Frame   49/737	August and September, Documents
Box/Folder   43/19 Reel/Frame   49/769	October, Plenum
Box/Folder   43/20 Reel/Frame   49/829	International discussion
Box/Folder   44/1 Reel/Frame   49/850	Oehlerite Group (post split), 1935-1936
	1936, Workers Party - SP entry discussion
	1935-1936
Box/Folder   44/2 Reel/Frame   49/915	Spartacus Youth League
	SP entry discussion
Box/Folder   44/3 Reel/Frame   49/940	Minority documents
Box/Folder   44/4 Reel/Frame   50/1	Majority caucus
Box/Folder   44/5 Reel/Frame   50/79	Allentown situation
Box/Folder   44/6 Reel/Frame   50/125	Political Committee minutes
Box/Folder   44/7 Reel/Frame   50/166	Miscellany
Box/Folder   44/8 Reel/Frame   50/181	Scottsboro Case
	1936-1937, Socialist Party
	1935-1936
Box/Folder   44/9 Reel/Frame   50/214	Pre-entry material
Box/Folder   44/10 Reel/Frame   50/260	Workers Party, SP entry discussion, Majority Caucus documents
Box/Folder   44/11 Reel/Frame   50/343	Resolutions
Box/Folder   44/12 Reel/Frame   50/369	1936-1937, YPSL
	1937
Box/Folder   44/13 Reel/Frame   50/401	SP National Action Committee, Socialist Appeal
Box/Folder   44/14-15 Reel/Frame   50/423	General documents
Box/Folder   44/16 Reel/Frame   50/503	Minutes and transcripts
Box/Folder   44/16 Reel/Frame   50/423	Socialist Appeal Group
Box/Folder   45/1 Reel/Frame   50/716	Robinson Case
Box/Folder   45/2 Reel/Frame   50/727	Labor Action, Finances and civic reports
Box/Folder   45/3 Reel/Frame   50/736	San Francisco material
Box/Folder   45/4 Reel/Frame   50/773	American Labor Party discussion
Box/Folder   45/5 Reel/Frame   50/803	SP National convention 1938-1940, SWP - Russian Discussion
	1938-1940, SWP - Russian Discussion
	1938
Box/Folder   45/6 Reel/Frame   51/2	April Plenum
Box/Folder   45/7 Reel/Frame   51/71	Burnham's Declaration of Principles, International Socialist Party
Box/Folder   45/8 Reel/Frame   51/110	1938-1939, Dues and financial reports
	1939
Box/Folder   45/9 Reel/Frame   51/172	Miscellany (includes ”Negroes and the War”)
	Russian Discussion
Box/Folder   45/10 Reel/Frame   51/187	Majority Caucus documents
Box/Folder   45/11 Reel/Frame   51/244	Minority Caucus documents
	1939-1940
Box/Folder   45/12 Reel/Frame   51/326	Miscellaneous notes, clippings
Box/Folder   45/13 Reel/Frame   51/370	Constitution and miscellaneous organizational documents
	1940
Box/Folder   45/14 Reel/Frame   51/392	Majority Caucus documents
Box/Folder   45/15 Reel/Frame   51/419	Minority Caucus documents
Box/Folder   45/16 Reel/Frame   51/471	Burnham resignation
Box/Folder   45/17 Reel/Frame   51/477	Majority document: “The Abern Clique” by Joseph Hansen
Box/Folder   45/18 Reel/Frame   51/520	Voorhis Act
Box/Folder   45/19 Reel/Frame   527	Cannon miscellany on convention and Russian Discussion
	1942-1944, SWP
	1942
Box/Folder   45/20 Reel/Frame   51/561	Labor Party election articles and statements in Socialist Appeal and Militant
Box/Folder   45/21 Reel/Frame   51/567	Labor Party question
Box/Folder   45/22 Reel/Frame   51/680	Labor Party and critical support (includes 1938-1942)
Box/Folder   46/1 Reel/Frame   51/723	European situation
Box/Folder   46/2 Reel/Frame   51/899	NY local (includes Morrow on Stalinism)
Box/Folder   46/3 Reel/Frame   52/1	1942-1948, Democratic centralism
	1943
Box/Folder   46/4 Reel/Frame   52/26	Miscellaneous documents on European problem
Box/Folder   46/5 Reel/Frame   52/54	UAW (includes Frank-Henry correspondence)
Box/Folder   46/6 Reel/Frame   52/71	Article on Red Army by Eric Wollenberg
Box/Folder   46/7 Reel/Frame   52/116	15th Plenum
	1944
Box/Folder   46/8 Reel/Frame   52/170	Miscellany
Box/Folder   46/9-10 Reel/Frame   52/177	Munis and Spanish group
Box/Folder   46/11 Reel/Frame   52/386	11th National Convention
Box/Folder   46/12 Reel/Frame   52/398	1944-1947, Party recruiting
	1945-1947, SWP - Morrow-Goldman Dispute
	1945
Box/Folder   46/13 Reel/Frame   52/444	Financial reports
Box/Folder   46/14 Reel/Frame   52/460	Active Workers Conference bulletins
Box/Folder   46/15 Reel/Frame   52/486	Majority Documents
Box/Folder   46/16 Reel/Frame   52/590	Minority Documents
Box/Folder   46/17 Reel/Frame   52/665	Special Plenum minutes, Goldman's response to PC
Box/Folder   46/18 Reel/Frame   52/701	May Plenum
Box/Folder   47/1 Reel/Frame   52/721	Documents from abroad
Box/Folder   47/2 Reel/Frame   52/727	1945-1946, SWP-WP Unity negotiations, correspondence, PC minutes
	1946
Box/Folder   47/3 Reel/Frame   52/774	Majority documents
Box/Folder   47/4 Reel/Frame   52/850	Minority documents
Box/Folder   47/5 Reel/Frame   53/1	May Plenum
Box/Folder   47/6 Reel/Frame   53/70	Weber's ”Fetishism of Formulas”
Box/Folder   47/7 Reel/Frame   53/125	12th National Convention
	1947
Box/Folder   47/8 Reel/Frame   53/185	Johnson-Forest Tendency
Box/Folder   47/9 Reel/Frame   53/217	Unity negotiations with Workers Party
Box/Folder   47/10 Reel/Frame   53/290	Minutes of Plenum and Organizers Institute, Grass Lake,
Box/Folder   47/11 Reel/Frame   53/298	Control Commission, Case of Comrade S
Box/Folder   47/12 Reel/Frame   53/314	1948, Vannier paper regarding Goldman-Morrow split
	1948-1952, Socialist Workers Party
Box/Folder   47/13 Reel/Frame   53/323	1947-1948, Trade Union reports and documents
	1948
Box/Folder   47/14 Reel/Frame   53/359	Discussion with Wallace movement
Box/Folder   47/15 Reel/Frame   53/450	February Plenum
Box/Folder   48/1-2 Reel/Frame   53/489	13th National Convention
Box/Folder   48/3 Reel/Frame   53/565	Dobbs/Thomas debate
Box/Folder   48/4 Reel/Frame   53/648	SWP presidential election campaign
Box/Folder   48/5 Reel/Frame   53/675	Propaganda proposal by Cannon, correspondence
Box/Folder   48/6 Reel/Frame   53/718	20th Anniversary NC Plenum
Box/Folder   48/15 Reel/Frame   53/752	”Decline of World Capitalism,” Unidentified paper
	1950
Box/Folder   48/7 Reel/Frame   53/770	Miscellany
Box/Folder   48/8 Reel/Frame   53/778	February NC Plenum
Box/Folder   48/9 Reel/Frame   53/819	Cannon 60th Birthday Fund
Box/Folder   48/10 Reel/Frame   53/848	1951, September NC Plenum
	1952
Box/Folder   48/11 Reel/Frame   53/865	SP Convention
Box/Folder   48/12 Reel/Frame   53/904	Progressive Party Convention
Box/Folder   48/13 Reel/Frame   53/973	May NC Plenum
	1953, SWP - Cochran Dispute
	Photocopied file of collected material
Box/Folder   48/14 Reel/Frame   54/1	1947, 1950-1952
Box/Folder   49/1-4 Reel/Frame   54/221	1953, undated
	Fourth International split
Box/Folder   49/5 Reel/Frame   54/728	1952-1954
Box/Folder   49/6 Reel/Frame   55/2	1955
	, 1953 Original file
Box/Folder   49/7 Reel/Frame   55/245	March, Seattle Branch Conference
Box/Folder   49/8 Reel/Frame   55/268	April, Cochran-Dobbs debate
Box/Folder   49/9 Reel/Frame   55/290	May
Box/Folder   49/10 Reel/Frame   55/291	“The Real Situation in America”
Box/Folder   50/1 Reel/Frame   55/325	Plenum resolutions, minutes, general materials, and Cannon speech
Box/Folder   50/2 Reel/Frame   55/440	May-June, Majority Caucus documents and correspondence
Box/Folder   50/3 Reel/Frame   55/512	June, New York City Convention
	July
Box/Folder   50/4 Reel/Frame   55/532	Majority Caucus documents and correspondence
Box/Folder   50/5 Reel/Frame   55/580	Bartell speech
Box/Folder   50/6 Reel/Frame   55/620	August, Majority Caucus documents and correspondence
Box/Folder   50/7 Reel/Frame   55/702	September, Majority Caucus documents and correspondence
Box/Folder   50/8 Reel/Frame   55/780	October-November, Majority Caucus documents and correspondence
Box/Folder   50/9 Reel/Frame   55/817	, November NC Plenum. Documents and pre-plenum
	, 1954-1959 SWP - 20th Congress CPSU
	1955
Box/Folder   50/10 Reel/Frame   55/3	General (includes “The problem of Pseudomorphs...in the Revolutionary Process To-day”)
Box/Folder   50/11 Reel/Frame   55/14	China resolution
Box/Folder   50/12 Reel/Frame   55/97	Draft Latin American resolution
	1956
Box/Folder   50/13 Reel/Frame   55/130	“Federal Troops to Mississippi” slogan
Box/Folder   50/14 Reel/Frame   55/160	Usick's death (John G. Wright)
Box/Folder   50/15 Reel/Frame   55/163	Regroupment
Box/Folder   51/1 Reel/Frame   55/252	General (“The Farm Question” and “Implications of New Revisionism”
	1957
Box/Folder   51/2 Reel/Frame   55/264	Miscellany
Box/Folder   51/3 Reel/Frame   55/304	Regroupment
	1958
Box/Folder   51/4 Reel/Frame   55/359	Miscellany
Box/Folder   51/5-7 Reel/Frame   55/366	Regroupment
	1958-1959
Box/Folder   51/8 Reel/Frame   55/553	Thompson-Simpson “Kiss Case”
Box/Folder   51/9 Reel/Frame   55/563	Independent Socialist ticket
	1959
Box/Folder   51/10 Reel/Frame   55/597	Miscellany
Box/Folder   51/11 Reel/Frame   55/621	Marcy Faction
	1957-1958, SWP YSL
	1957
Box/Folder   51/12 Reel/Frame   55/644	Leftwing Caucus material
Box/Folder   51/13 Reel/Frame   55/778	YS materials: Editorial Board minutes, forums, etc.
	1958
Box/Folder   51/14 Reel/Frame   55/858	Correspondence, including Tim Wolforth and Patrick O' Daniel exchange
Box/Folder   51/15 Reel/Frame   55/883	July YS minutes, leaflets, reports
Box/Folder   51/16 Reel/Frame   56/1	August-December YS minutes, leaflets, reports
Box/Folder   51/17 Reel/Frame   56/119	1959, General (Editorial Board minutes, etc.)
	, 1954-1961 SWP-Plenums and conventions
Box/Folder   52/1-2 Reel/Frame   56/251	, 1954 Convention
	1955
	, September NC Plenum
Box/Folder   52/3 Reel/Frame   56/303	Cannon speech on China
Box/Folder   52/4 Reel/Frame   56/343	Minutes, resolutions, etc.
Box/Folder   52/5 Reel/Frame   56/421	Draft resolutions on Third Chinese Revolution, and “Rise of Colonial Bourgeoisie”
	1956
Box/Folder   52/6 Reel/Frame   56/553	Pre-plenum resolutions
Box/Folder   52/7 Reel/Frame   56/589	April NC Plenum minutes, resolutions
Box/Folder   52/8 Reel/Frame   56/627	, December resolutions
Box/Folder   52/9 Reel/Frame   56/707	1957, NC minutes, resolutions
	1958
Box/Folder   52/10 Reel/Frame   56/767	January NC Plenum, minutes, resolutions
Box/Folder   52/11 Reel/Frame   56/781	November NC Plenum, minutes, resolutions, pre-plenum documents
	1959
Box/Folder   52/12 Reel/Frame   56/806	March-June, Chinese discussion, Preconvention
Box/Folder   52/13 Reel/Frame   57/2	June NC minutes, resolutions, and correspondence
Box/Folder   52/14 Reel/Frame   57/105	August-December, post convention, Swabeck-Liang material
Box/Folder   52/15 Reel/Frame   57/258	, 1961 pre- and post convention
Box/Folder   53/1-6 Reel/Frame   57/317	1958-1962, SWP - Twin Cities, Correspondence and minutes
	1959-1972, SWP
Box/Folder   53/7 Reel/Frame   57/805	1959-1962, Chinese People's communes
Box/Folder   53/8 Reel/Frame   59/1	, 1960 Election campaign
	1960-1961
Box/Folder   53/9 Reel/Frame   59/71	Cuba discussion
Box/Folder   53/10 Reel/Frame   59/115	Fair Play for Cuba
Box/Folder   53/11 Reel/Frame   59/134	Youth dispute: documents and correspondence
	1961
Box/Folder   53/12 Reel/Frame   59/255	Cuba (includes report of 1964 trip)
Box/Folder   53/13 Reel/Frame   59/296	Castro speeches
Box/Folder   53/14 Reel/Frame   59/362	Monroe Freedom Riders Case
Box/Folder   53/15 Reel/Frame   59/385	1965, Report and recommendations on economic discussion
Box/Folder   53/16 Reel/Frame   59/399	1966-1974, PC discussions and decisions on support to non-SWP candidates
Box/Folder   53/17 Reel/Frame   59/403	1969, Militant 40th Anniversary banquet
Box/Folder   53/18 Reel/Frame   59/432	1972, Young Socialist Convention
	Series: Reference Files	⇧
Box/Folder   54/1 Reel/Frame   59/440	Adamic, Louis
Box/Folder   54/2 Reel/Frame   59/456	Advertising industry
Box/Folder   54/3 Reel/Frame   59/459	Bolshevik Party in 1917, unidentified paper
Box/Folder   54/4 Reel/Frame   59/463	Boxing
Box/Folder   54/5 Reel/Frame   59/580	Calendar of revolutionary events and chronology of party press
Box/Folder   54/6 Reel/Frame   59/592	Catholic Church
Box/Folder   54/7 Reel/Frame   59/599	Chambers-Hiss case
Box/Folder   54/8 Reel/Frame   59/636	Civil liberties
Box/Folder   54/9 Reel/Frame   59/646	Civil rights organizations, circa 1960
Box/Folder   54/10 Reel/Frame   59/715	Civil Rights Defense Committee, 1944
Box/Folder   54/11 Reel/Frame   59/718	Deutscher, Isaac
Box/Folder   54/12 Reel/Frame   59/774	Fisher, Ruth, “The French communists v. Andre Marty”
Box/Folder   54/13 Reel/Frame   59/803	Free enterprise
Box/Folder   54/14 Reel/Frame   59/815	Graft and corruption
Box/Folder   54/15 Reel/Frame   59/837	Hook, Sidney
Box/Folder   54/16 Reel/Frame   59/885	Journalism notes, style sheets
Box/Folder   54/17 Reel/Frame   60/1	Leaflets
Box/Folder   54/18 Reel/Frame   60/80	Lenin's reply to Rosa Luxomburg, undated
Box/Folder   54/19 Reel/Frame   60/91	London, Jack
Box/Folder   54/20 Reel/Frame   60/96	Lovestone and Brandler Group
Box/Folder   54/21 Reel/Frame   60/145	Maritime Union (includes correspondence)
Box/Folder   54/22 Reel/Frame   60/193	Mink, George and GPU affair
Box/Folder   54/23 Reel/Frame   60/203	Moon Gaffney
Box/Folder   55/1 Reel/Frame   60/234	Miscellany from the , 1930s
Box/Folder   55/2 Reel/Frame   60/288	Negro question
Box/Folder   55/3 Reel/Frame   60/347	Opponents, 1930s
Box/Folder   55/4 Reel/Frame   60/383	Origins of man
Box/Folder   55/5 Reel/Frame   60/401	Parsons bibliography and poem
Box/Folder   55/6 Reel/Frame   60/448	Party history charts
Box/Folder   55/7 Reel/Frame   60/458	Party School, 1959, undated
Box/Folder   55/8 Reel/Frame   60/465	Press
Box/Folder   55/9 Reel/Frame   60/474	Quotes
Box/Folder   55/10-11 Reel/Frame   60/483	Sacco and Vanzetti clipping scrapbook
Box/Folder   55/12 Reel/Frame   60/674	Schools and colleges
Box/Folder   55/13 Reel/Frame   60/680	Social Democrats
Box/Folder   55/14 Reel/Frame   60/704	Songbooks
Box/Folder   55/15 Reel/Frame   60/796	Spies and witchhunts
Box/Folder   55/17 Reel/Frame   60/817	Taft-Hartley Law
Box/Folder   55/16 Reel/Frame   60/830	Teamsters
Box/Folder   55/18 Reel/Frame   60/841	Trotsky, American Committee for the Defense of, 1936-1937, undated
Box/Folder   55/19 Reel/Frame   60/889	UAW
Box/Folder   55/20 Reel/Frame   60/946	Workers Defense Guard, circa 1930
Box/Folder   55/21 Reel/Frame   60/949	Workers Defense League, 1937-1939
Box/Folder   55/22 Reel/Frame   60/966	Yugoslavia, 1950s
Box/Folder   56/1 Reel/Frame   60/1062	“Zimmerwald War” outline by John G. Wright (Usick)
	Series: Rose Karsner Cannon Files	⇧
	Biographical information
Box/Folder   56/2 Reel/Frame   61/1	General
Box/Folder   56/3 Reel/Frame   61/20	, 1960 interview for The Militant
Box/Folder   56/4 Reel/Frame   61/48	Memorial messages
	Correspondence
Box/Folder   56/5-13 Reel/Frame   61/56	1921-1961
Box/Folder   56/14 Reel/Frame   62/1	1962
Box/Folder   57/1-8 Reel/Frame   62/90	1963-1969, undated
Box/Folder   57/9 Reel/Frame   62/834	Letters never mailed
	Notes, clippings, and documents
Box/Folder   57/10 Reel/Frame   63/1	Speech notes
Box/Folder   57A/1-5 Reel/Frame   63/116	Camp notes, 1951-1956
Box/Folder   58/1-2 Reel/Frame   63/117	Camp notes, 1951-1956 (continued)
Box/Folder   58/1-2 Reel/Frame   64/1	Camp notes, 1951-1956 (continued)
Box/Folder   58/2A Reel/Frame   64/266	Control Commission interviews on the Verne Tendency, 1954
Box/Folder   58/2B Reel/Frame   64/299	Cybernation
	Documents with Karsner annotations
Box/Folder   59/1 Reel/Frame   64/315	International Information Bulletin, January 1950
Box/Folder   59/1 Reel/Frame   64/359	Draft resolution of the 13th Plenum, April 1953
	Discussion Bulletin
Box/Folder   59/1 Reel/Frame   64/371	November, 1954
Box/Folder   59/1 Reel/Frame   64/390	February 1961
Box/Folder   59/1 Reel/Frame   64/400	May 1961
Box/Folder   59/1 Reel/Frame   64/409	August 1961
	International Information Bulletin
Box/Folder   59/1 Reel/Frame   64/420	March 1962
Box/Folder   59/1 Reel/Frame   64/436	April 1963
Box/Folder   58/3-4 Reel/Frame   64/499	Economy , (chiefly 1966-1967)
Box/Folder   58/5 Reel/Frame   64/691	Finance, Ideas for the party, circa 1958-1961
Box/Folder   58/6 Reel/Frame   64/733	Keynes, John Maynard
Box/Folder   59/2 Reel/Frame   65/1	Marriage and the family
Box/Folder   59/3 Reel/Frame   65/114	May Day
Box/Folder   59/4 Reel/Frame   65/136	Personal Health notes
Box/Folder   59/5 Reel/Frame   65/208	SWP
Box/Folder   59/6-7 Reel/Frame   65/227	Social, political and economics questions
Box/Folder   59/8 Reel/Frame   65/511	USSR
Box/Folder   60/1-3 Reel/Frame   65/549	Women