Title: Socialist Labor Party Records
Inclusive Dates: 1877-1967

Creator:

• Socialist Labor Party of America

Call Number: U.S. Mss 3A; Mss 399; Micro 462; Micro 730; Micro 986; PH 4876; Audio 1928A

Quantity: 54.1 cubic feet (135 archives boxes and 1 oversize folder), 44 reels of microfilm (35 mm), 1.0 cubic foot of photographs, drawings, posters, and ephemera (1 flat box, 1 archives box and 3 oversize folders), and 1 tape recording

Repository:

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

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

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Abstract:

Records, mainly 1877-1920, of the national office of the Socialist Labor Party, including files of the national secretary, the national executive committee, the national board of appeals, and the party press. Included are correspondence, letterbooks, membership and financial reports, clippings, leaflets, broadsides, and scrapbooks.

Language: English, German, French, Italian

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Founded in 1877, the Socialist Labor Party developed into the foremost socialist organization in the United States at the turn of the century and was the first American Marxist party to survive and maintain its existence over a long span of years. During the middle 1870s several attempts were made to achieve an effective union of socialist organizations in the United States. In 1876 delegates from four diverse groups--the North American Federation of the International Workingmen's Association, the Social Democratic Working-Men's Party of North America, the Labor Party of Illinois, and the Socio-Political Labor-Union of Cincinnati--representing a membership estimated at between 2000 and 3000 persons, in convention at Philadelphia consolidated under the name of the Workingmen's Party of the United States. At its next convention in Newark, New Jersey, in December of 1877, this organization reorganized and changed its name to Sozialistische Arbeiter-Partei, or, in its English version, the Socialistic Labor Party, a title which fifteen years later was revised to Socialist Labor Party. The German party name first chosen reflected the composition of the membership. In his History of Socialism in the United States, Morris Hillquit estimated that not more than 10 per cent of the members in the early years were American-born. Of the 90 per cent of the members of foreign origin, Germans formed the most numerous nationality segment and furnished many of the leaders, although the first secretary, Philip Van Patten, was a native American.

Throughout its early decades the Socialist Labor Party was frequently torn by internal factional disputes and controversies. One group of militant unionists led by F.A. Sorge of the former International Workingmen's Association withdrew in 1877-1878. Two other factions, syndicalist and anarchist in tendency, led by Albert Parsons, August Spies, and Johann Most, withdrew in 1881. Within the remaining membership conflicts were waged between the Lassalleans, the right-wing members committed to political action, and the Marxists, the left-wing revolutionary members emphasizing militant unionism. The Lassalleans controlled the party organization until 1889, but in the 1890s through the influence of new leaders, including Daniel De Leon, Hugo Vogt, Lucien Sanial, and Henry Kuhn, the party developed an aggressive program of its own along Marxist lines designed to appeal not only to the predominantly foreign-born members of the party but also to more native-born American workers. In striving to achieve party goals, De Leon and his associates emphasized that both militant trade unions and independent political action should be utilized in party strategy.

The shifting viewpoints of the party and its leadership are illustrated by its relationship with labor organizations and by its political behavior. Some members of the Socialist Labor Party, including Philip Van Patten, were members of the Knights of Labor. Others belonged to the American Federation of Labor. As individual socialists these members exerted some personal influence in both of these labor organizations. By 1895, however, there was an open breach between the Socialist Labor Party and these other labor groups. To compete with the rapidly growing American Federation of Labor, the Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance was formed under the party's auspices. Although the Alliance stirred troublesome controversy and dissension within a few AF of L locals, the Alliance failed in its appeals to the great majority of American workers. It was never able to mount any serious challenge to the American Federation of Labor, and its remnants joined in founding the Industrial Workers of the World in 1905.

In national politics the Socialist Labor Party gave its official endorsement to the Greenback Party in 1880, but four years later it supported none of the capitalist candidates for president and vice-president. It put its first national ticket in the field in 1892 with the nomination of Simon Wing of Boston for president and Charles H. Matchett of Brooklyn for vice-president. These candidates polled more than 21,000 votes. By 1894 the party was clearly committed to its own independent candidates and platform to promote a revolutionary industrial democracy. In 1896 Matchett was the party's presidential nominee with Matthew Maguire as the vice-presidential candidate. After a vigorous national campaign, the party's vote was approximately double that of 1892. In state and local politics, particularly in New York state, the party provided candidates for various offices in numerous elections beginning in 1879. Nevertheless, until the 1890s the party sometimes found it expedient to support progressive or populist candidates running under other party labels in some state and local contests. In 1892 the party had an estimated membership of 3000, a figure which doubled by 1898. In 1898 the party's own candidates in state and local elections received more than 82,000 votes, the peak of its political achievement.

Although these membership and voting statistics seemed highly favorable, the Socialist Labor Party had in reality reached the zenith of its size and influence, for dissatisfaction with party policies and leaders was seething among members friendly to the American Federation of Labor, members evolutionary in their concept of socialistic thought and action, and members who resented De Leon's autocratic personality and firm party discipline. Led by Morris Hillquit, many of these dissenters withdrew in 1899 to form the Socialist Party, and from this schism the Socialist Labor Party never fully recovered.

Party history from 1900 to 1920 is highlighted in the chronology which follows.

1900 June 2-8	SLP national convention held in New York City. At this convention the SLP's National Board of Appeals was abolished, and Joseph Francis Malloney of Massachusetts and Valentine Remmel of Pennsylvania were nominated for president and vice president respectively.
1900 July 1	Daily People began publication.
1902	“Kanglet” controversy. This internal party conflict derived its name from the more serious 1899 split in which a large group (dubbed “Kangaroos” by Daniel De Leon) left the party. Although the 1902 controversy was much smaller in scale, veteran leaders such as Lucien Sanial and Hugo Vogt were among those who either resigned or were expelled.
1904 July 2-6	SLP national convention held in New York City. Charles H. Corregan of New York and William W. Cox of Illinois were nominated for president and vice president. This convention also approved significant changes in the method of party governance. The National Executive Committee was altered to consist of one member from each state which had a State Executive Committee (to have an SEC, a state had to have at least three local affiliates or “sections”). Regular meetings of NEC were to be held the first Sunday of January and July each year. To carry out the work of the party between sessions, a Sub-Committee was formed, consisting of members of Sections within two hours ride of National Headquarters.
1905 June 27-July 8	Industrial Union Convention held in Chicago which resulted in founding the Industrial Workers of the World. Frank Bohn and Daniel De Leon of the SLP were active in the formation of the organization.
1906 August	Henry Kuhn resigned as SLP National Secretary and was replaced by Frank Bohn.
1908 January	Frank Bohn resigned as National Secretary and was replaced by Paul Augustine. Bohn's close ties with the IWW, and his advocacy of unity with the Socialist Party, had led to increased conflict with De Leon and other party leaders.
1908 July 2-5	SLP national convention held in New York City. Martin R. Preston of Nevada and Donald L. Monroe of Virginia were the presidential and vice presidential candidates.
1908 September	IWW convention held in Chicago. According to the SLP, anti-De Leon forces illegally packed the 1908 convention. Consequently, a group favorable to the SLP formed a rival IWW organization headquartered in Detroit. The SLP continued close relations with the “Detroit IWW,” but severed connections with the “Chicago IWW,” or, as they frequently termed it, “the Bummery.”
1912 April 7-10	SLP national convention held in New York City. The presidential and vice presidential nominees were Arthur E. Reimer of Massachusetts and August Gillhaus of New York.
1914 January	Arnold Peterson replaced Paul Augustine as National Secretary.
1914 February 22	Daily People ceased publication.
1914 May 11	Death of Daniel De Leon.
1915 circa November	“Detroit IWW” changed its name to the Workers' International Industrial Union (WIIU).
1916 April 29-May 3	SLP national convention held in New York City. Presidential and vice presidential nominees were Arthur E. Reimer of Massachusetts and Caleb Harrison of Illinois. The convention also decided that the NEC would hold only one regular meeting a year, the first Saturday in May.
1917 January 6-7	Unity conference held in New York between the SLP and Socialist Party.
1918 May	The Weekly People lost its second class mailing privileges. Edmond Seidel was removed as Weekly People editor and replaced by Olive M. Johnson. The ensuing interparty conflict caused Seidel and other party leaders including Rudolph Katz, Edmund Moonelis, and Julius Hamer to either resign or be expelled. In addition, Section New York was expelled and reorganized.
1920 May 5-9	SLP national convention held in New York City. William W. Cox of Missouri and August Gillhaus of New York were the presidential and vice presidential nominees.

In 1904, Professor Richard T. Ely of the University of Wisconsin School of Economics and Sociology established the American Bureau of Industrial Research to collect source materials relevant to the study of the labor movement in the United States. During the next few years, the Bureau amassed an impressive collection of documents and presented the materials to the State Historical Society of Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin Library for preservation and research.

As part of the search for labor resources, in the summer of 1906 James B. Andrews, field representative for the Bureau, talked with Frank Bohn, national secretary of the Socialist Labor Party, about acquiring the official records of the party. Later that year, the National Executive Committee of the Socialist Labor Party voted to give the records of the party's national office to the State Historical Society of Wisconsin and to solicit the records of the party's state committees and local sections for inclusion in the gift. In 1907, the party presented to the Society the papers that comprise the initial portion of this collection.

The Party continued to add materials in subsequent years.

The records of the Socialist Labor Party are organized in three separate parts. Part 1 consists of the records which were presented in 1907; these date 1877-1906 and are the portion which was issued as a microfilm edition in 1970 under a grant from the National Historical Publications Commission. These records total 44 boxes and 1 oversize folder and 39 reels of microfilm; they bear the call numbers U.S. Mss 3A (the paper portion) and Micro 462 (the microfilm copy). Part 2 consists of additional records received by the Historical Society in 1974. These records date 1890 and 1893-1920 and total 88 boxes; they bear call number Mss 399. Part 3 is a small addition organized in 1984. These records date 1878-1967 and total only 3 boxes copied on 5 reels of microfilm (Mss 399, Boxes 89-91, and Micro 730) plus one reel of microfilm (Micro 986) produced from materials only loaned to the Historical Society. Each part of this collection is described more extensively below.

Part 1: Original Collection (1877-1906) (U.S. Mss 3A and Micro 462)

Part 1 of the collection consists of official papers of the Socialist Labor Party from its organization in 1877 until 1907. The records are divided into the following major subseries:

• A. Records of the National Executive Committee, 1878-1906
• B. Records of the Party Press, 1885-1904
• C. Records of the National Board of Appeals (National Board of Supervision), 1878-1900
• D. Records of the National Conventions, 1877-1904
• E. Records concerning Party Activities: Notebooks, Scrapbooks, and Clippings, 1880-1905
• F. Records of State Committees and Local Sections, 1878-1906

None of these subseries spans the first thirty-year period of party history without many gaps in the files. Despite the fragmentation or paucity of some types of records, these records document many facets of the party's development, organization, thought, and tactics, as well as its contribution to the labor and socialist movements in a turbulent era of industrial change and of social and economic stress in the United States. Each subseries is described more fully in the following paragraphs.

A. Records of the National Executive Committee, 1878-1906

The National Executive Committee was the governing body of the Socialist Labor Party and made all major decisions between conventions. The duties of the Committee included carrying out the resolutions of the national conventions and enforcing their observance by all officers and members of the party; managing agitation; representing the party internally, publicly, and internationally; managing the party press; preparing for conventions; and reporting the status of the party to conventions.

Between 1876 and 1900, delegates to the national conventions chose the seat of the Committee, and the party membership ratified the decision. Then the party sections in the designated locality elected the members of the Committee (seven or nine in number), who served from convention to convention. In 1904, the national convention changed the method of election. Thereafter the Committee was composed of one delegate from every state which had a state executive committee. These delegates, chosen by a general vote of the state party membership, served for a term of one year.

NEC records in this section include a minutebook, 1889-1891; letter-press copy books of outgoing correspondence, 1883-1892; liss of letters received, 1891-1894, 1897-1899; extensive incoming correspondence, 1878-1906; official ballots, 1880, 1899-1904, of SLP sections and members on question of party policy and selection of party officials; financial records, 1881-1899; one volume designated Agitators Date Book, 1896, containing itineraries of SLP agitators and candidates; and one volume listing SLP state committees, local sections, and officers.

Most voluminous is the incoming correspondence. The NEC incoming correspondence file consists primarily of letters and reports in German and English addressed to the National Executive Committee and the national secretary from other national officials and party divisions, city and state committee secretaries, section officers, agitators, newspaper editors, and other party members. Other materials include letters addressed to the party newspapers and referred to the national secretary for reply; correspondence addressed to the New York Labor News Company, the Daily People Fund, the national treasurer, and party presidential candidates and agitators; reports of the Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance; copies or drafts of some letters written by the national secretary; and reports and financial statements of the National Executive Committee. Numerous printed party leaflets, handbills, and small broadsides occur as enclosures.

Much of the correspondence pertains to the mechanics of party operations and includes section and committee reports on finances, meetings, and other activities; agitators' reports; orders for literature and dues stamps; requests for speakers; newspaper subscriptions; contributions to campaign, newspaper, and strike funds; and requests for information about the party. Topics discussed are party philosophy and strategy; internal party controversies, particularly during 1888 and 1889 and after the organization of the Social Democracy of America in 1897; campaigns and elections; Board of Appeals cases; strikes; publication and editorial policies of the party press; organization and operation of the Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance; other labor organizations; agitation tours; national conventions; international affiliations; and party finances. The majority of the correspondence falls in the period between 1895 and 1899, and was chiefly addressed to National Secretary Henry Kuhn. The political campaign of 1896 waged by the Socialist Labor Party on national, state, and local levels is documented by hundreds of letters from party officials in all sections of the nation, discussing not only the zeal displayed by candidates and organizers but also the many problems they encountered. After 1899 the files are again very fragmentary. Throughout the correspondence there are a very few letters from some of the leaders who became dissenters and eventually left the party during the various factional disputes.

Between 1878 and 1883 most of the existing correspondence was addressed to Philip Van Patten and includes letters written by John Dougherty, John Ehmann, Paul Ehmann, P. F. Fitzpatrick, Frank Fowler, Laurence Gronlund, Joseph Holler, C.T. Kuhl, P.M. McGuire, Fred Meiselbach, Thomas J. Morgan, Henry J. Rice, H.C. Schlegel, George A. Schilling, and C. Osborne Ward. From 1883 through 1894 the correspondence file remains sparse, but contains letters by McGuire and Morgan as well as scattered pieces by Martha Moore Avery, Daniel De Leon, Alfred Fuhrman, Benjamin J. Gretsch, Henry Kuhn, W.L. Rosenberg, Albert E. Sanderson, and Lucien Sanial. During the peak of party activity in the late 1890s, the National Executive Committee and National Secretary Henry Kuhn were in close touch with national, state, and municipal party officials, editors, speakers, and organizers. Among the correspondents represented by letters in the collection after 1894 are Lazarus Abelson, H.H. Acton, H.S. Aley, Rose Asch, Henry B. Ashplant, Emil Auerbach, Martha Moore Avery, J. Waldron Badger, J. Mahlon Barnes, Charles A. Baustian, Charles F. Bechtold, J. Wilson Becker, Frederick Bennetts, B. Berlyn (Illinois state committee officer), Ernest Bohm, Thomas C. Brophy, John Buckley, Peter E. Burrowes, Harry Carless, P.C. Christiansen, Charles B. Copp, Thomas Crimmins, Thomas Curran, Peter Damm, T.J. Dean, Daniel De Leon, Daniel De Lury, Charles M. Du Puy, Leonard Fish, Max Forker, Lewis C. Fry, Garnet Futvoye, F.W. Gessner, David Goldstein, Thomas J. Griffiths, Otto Gundermann, J. Keir Hardie, Edel Hecht, Thomas A. Hickey, O.M. Howard, Karl Ibsen, Alexander Jonas, Frank Jordan, Fritz Kalbitz, Arthur Keep, B.F. Keinard, Charles F. Kelley, R.J. Kerrigan, Alfred C. Kihn, E.T. Kingsley, William Kittel, W.E. Krumroy, Algernon Lee, George B. Leonard, Ernest Liebing, Herbert Littlewood, Frances MacDaniel, Matthew Maguire, Charles R. Martin, M.C. Massie, Joseph A. Masson, Charles H. Matchett, R.T. Maycumber, George Moore, Donald L. Munro, Julian Pierce, S.E. Putney, Max Richter, David Rudnick, Moritz Ruther, Lucien Sanial, Joseph H. Sauter, Joseph Schlossberg, Herman Schlueter, F. Serrer (Connecticut state committee officer), F.J. Sieverman, Algie M. Simons, Hugo Vogt, H. Warnecke (Colorado state committee officer), George H. Warner, Rosamund D. Watkins, John C. Wieland, Frank R. Wilke, M.W. Wilkins, and Charles F. Wilson. Drafts or copies of Henry Kuhn's replies are included occasionally.

B. Records of the Party Press, 1885-1904

The phrase “party press” was used by Socialist Labor Party officers to signify the official newspapers owned by the party. However, other socialist-oriented newspapers at times also endorsed and advocated the principles of the Socialist Labor Party, and in turn the party welcomed the aid of independent newspapers in the conduct of its intensive propaganda campaign. Among the press records in this collection are not only those relating to party-owned publishing companies and publications but also some pertaining to two other newspapers which were at times edited by members of the Socialist Labor Party or by men friendly to the party's aims and policies. All of these publishing ventures had their headquarters in New York City.

Represented in the collection by records are several party-owned enterprises: the New York Labor News Company, a division of the party's national office which for many years handled publication of party pamphlets and their sale and distribution; the Workmen's Printing Company, also a firm sponsored by the party to issue party literature; Der Sozialist, a German weekly magazine published from 1885 to 1892; Vorwarts, the official party newspaper in German, which replaced Der Sozialist in 1892; The People, official party weekly newspaper in English, begun in 1891 and still the official organ of the party; the Daily People Committee, organized in 1895 to raise money for publication of a daily newspaper in English, which was issued from 1900 to 1914; the Abendblatt, a one-cent afternoon daily published in Yiddish, for which the party also had a fundraising committee. Men active in the journalistic programs of the party included William Hintze of the New York Labor News Company, Hugo Vogt, editor of Vorwarts, and Daniel De Leon, editor of The People and the Daily People. De Leon joined the party in 1886. Upon becoming editor of The People six years later he proved most effective in molding the paper as the voice of the party and in formulating and promoting the independent platform of thought and action which the party displayed in the late 1890s.

Among the records are a few relating to two papers outside party ownership, the Arbeiter Zeitung and the New Yorker Volkzeitung. Independent but sympathetic to labor and socialist causes, the Arbeiter Zeitung was a Yiddish weekly established in 1890 by Abraham Cahan, Louis E. Miller, and Morris Hillquit. It was succeeded in 1902 by the Jewish Daily Forward. The New Yorker Volkzeitung, an independent socialist daily, was issued from 1878 to 1932. During the period covered by this part of the collection (1877-1906), it was edited by several men who were either party members or who were at times sympathetic to the party: Adolph Douai, Sergius E. Schevitsch, Alexander Jonas, and Herman Schlueter. Vorwarts, which became the party's official German newspaper, was started in 1892 as the Sunday edition of the Volkzeitung. The Socialist Publishing Association, which issued the Volkzeitung and Vorwarts, also printed The People during the first few years of its publication. Nevertheless, in its editorial policy the Volkzeitung frequently did not adhere to the official Socialist Labor Party program, particularly after the party began advocating independent socialist political action, while the Volkzeitung urged abstention from politics and promoted trade unionism and a program of socialist education for workers.

C. Records of the National Board of Appeals (National Board of Supervision), 1878-1900

A division of the Socialist Labor Party national office, the National Board of Appeals was authorized by the constitution of the party to supervise the actions of the National Executive Committee and of the party as a whole. The seat of the board was chosen by the national convention, and the board members were then elected by the party members in the locality selected by the convention. Among the headquarters of the board between 1877 and 1900 were Newark, New Jersey; Chicago, Illinois; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Cleveland, Ohio; and Providence, Rhode Island. The duties of the board included the settlement of party difficulties upon appeal, and the communication of the decisions to the National Executive Committee. The board could temporarily suspend any executive committees, officers, sections, or members of the party. Although its actions were subject to regulation by a vote of the general party membership, the board in practice had the final decision in suspension or expulsion cases. Known as the National Board of Supervision between 1877 and 1896 and as the National Board of Appeals between 1896 and 1900, the board was abolished by the national convention of the party in 1900. Records include minutes, a letter book, and incoming correspondence.

D. Records of the National Conventions, 1877-1904

The national conventions of the Socialist Labor Party were called by a general vote of the party membership and were composed of delegates selected by the party sections. The conventions framed the national platform, could select or alter the form of organization of the party, chose the seats of the National Executive Committee and the National Board of Appeals, and rendered decisions on problems and controversies within the party. All acts of the conventions were submitted to a general vote of the party members for ratification. Convention records include printed platforms, constitutions, resolutions, and proceedings, in German and English.

E. Records Concerning Party Activities: Notebooks, Scrapbooks, and Clippings, 1880-1905

Two notebooks kept by party leaders W.L. Rosenberg, and Daniel De Leon and an assortment of bound and unbound newspaper clippings, mainly from socialist publications, compose this subseries. The unbound clippings and the first three scrapbooks all pertain to the labor and socialist movements in the United States, but particularly to the activities of the Socialist Labor Party including its debates, conventions, party philosophy, agitation and speaking tours, and political campaigns. The collectors and organizers of these first three scrapbooks have not been identified. The compiler of Scrapbook IV was Moritz Ruther, Socialist Labor Party member in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Scrapbook V was compiled by Fred W. Long, member of the party in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

F. Records of State Committees and Local Sections, 1878-1906

Within the Socialist Labor Party the local units of membership were known as sections. Many of these were organized by nationality groups. In states in which the party had considerable strength, there were also state committees to coordinate and direct state party activities. At the national convention of the Socialist Labor Party in 1879, twenty sections were represented by delegates. In 1889 the party had seventy sections, but by 1893 that figure had more than doubled. By 1899, at the height of its membership growth, the party had more than 350 sections in at least thirty states and in Canada. Although German and American groups predominated, there were also sections composed of members of many other European national origins.

The records within this subseries embrace only a very small number of the state and local organizations within the Socialist Labor Party. Four states (Massachusetts, New York, Texas, and Washington) and one Canadian province (British Columbia) are represented through records of sections of American, German, Flemish, Italian, and Scandinavian membership. There are also incomplete files of minutes and correspondence of the New York State Committee within the period 1884-1902. Fragmentary as it is, this subseries of records does illustrate the varied international composition of the party membership and the organization and operation of the party on the state and local levels.

Part 2: 1974 Additions, 1890, 1893-1920 (Mss 399)

The initial folder of these additions contains background material including printed constitutions of the SLP, the Lettish Socialist Labor Federation, the South Slavonian Socialist Labor Federation, the Scandinavian Socialist Labor Federation and the Workers' International Industrial Union (WIIU). With this exception, the additions consist exclusively of correspondence files of the SLP national headquarters. They date from 1890 and July 1893-January 1908, and June 1909-1920. Just one letter is dated 1890 and only a very small amount of correspondence exists for the June-December 1909 period. The 1890-1909 files consist almost entirely of incoming correspondence and are in chronological order. The balance of the files contain incoming and outgoing correspondence and are organized by year, and then alphabetically by state or other file heading. Letters of the National Secretary make up the vast majority of the files, but also included are a few letters addressed to the party newspapers, and the party owned New York Labor News Company. Membership and financial reports of individual SLP sections and state organizations, reports and financial statements of the National Executive Committee and the Sub-Committee, printed leaflets and broadsides, and minutes of the NEC and the Sub-Committee also appear occasionally throughout the additions. In some instances, the NEC and Sub-Committee minutes are more complete than those printed regularly in the Weekly People. Most of the correspondence is with individual party members, sections, state organizations, and affiliated language federations, and concerns the day-to-day business of organizing, agitation, subscription sales, dues payment, and fund raising. Due to the lack of overall membership data in the records, the lists of contributors included in the correspondence form a valuable source of names of active SLP members in a given city or state. The other major types of information found throughout the additions concern SLP political campaign activities, relations with the Socialist Party, and the maintenance of party discipline.

Correspondence for 1893-June 1899 totals about two boxes and seems similar in nature to the letters of that period in the original collection (Part 1). In addition to letters addressed to SLP National Secretary Henry Kuhn, there is correspondence to District Assembly #49 of the Knights of Labor. For a period in the 1890s the SLP adopted a “boring from within” strategy and had considerable power within District #49. Letters to District officials Henry Carless, William L. Brower, and Patrick Murphy shed some light on the relationship. Also included in these early years are a substantial number of letters from Ernest Bohm, General Secretary of the Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance.

The volume of letters increases appreciably in mid-1899. This coincides with a serious internal split which led a substantial group (the “Kangaroos”) to leave the party. Especially well documented in 1899 and the years immediately following is reaction to the split from the sections and state organizations outside New York City, and information on “Kangaroo” activities in various parts of the country.

The 1901-1903 files contain information on a tour of this country by James Connally of the Socialist Party of Ireland, and on the 1902 (“Kanglet”) internal party struggle.

Between 1905 and 1908 correspondence from William Trautman and other IWW officers is frequent. The IWW apparently made regular use of SLP organizers including August Gillhaus, Philip Veal, and Frank Bohn. Consequently, letters from or about these men contain information on the organizing activities of both the SLP and the IWW. Contact between the two organizations became more frequent after Frank Bohn became SLP National Secretary in 1906. As a party organizer Bohn had traveled extensively in the West, and as National Secretary he continued to correspond regularly with the IWW, Western Federation of Miners, and other labor and radical groups in the West. After its 1908 split with the SLP, documentation on the IWW movement becomes less frequent, although the SLP maintained close ties with the “Detroit IWW” and later the WIIU. Moreover, the activities of the “Chicago IWW” (generally referred to as the “Bummery” or the “I'm a Bum Movement”) are occasional topics of correspondence, especially from Illinois, Washington, and other Western states.

Starting with 1910 the arrangement of the files changes and both incoming and outgoing letters are included. Most of the correspondence continues to be with party members and sections, and is arranged by the state in which they resided. The files for some states are further subdivided by the major cities within the state. In addition, separate alphabetical files are maintained for Canadian correspondence, individual agitators, the NEC, and some other organizations and events. The NEC files generally contain reports, votes on matters before the body, circular letters to members and, occasionally, minutes of NEC and Sub-Committee meetings.

Like most national election years, 1912 files contain information on the campaign of the SLP presidential and vice presidential candidates. In 1912 and 1913 extensive information is included on the Patterson, New Jersey, textile strike, and the roles of the rival IWW organizations in that strike. The files for 1914 and 1915 contain considerable information on an internal party dispute centering around actions of the Texas State Executive Committee. The Texas SEC proposed that the SLP adopt a permanent platform demanding that ownership of all land, manufacturing plants, and transportation and distribution mechanisms be transferred to the Detroit IWW. The NEC opposed the plank and the ensuing conflict resulted in the suspension of the Texas SEC. The 1915 Illinois files also include a number of letters by and about Phillip Veal which vividly reflect the plight of this radical organizer. Out of work, blacklisted in many localities, and with no place to live, Veal intentionally broke the law so he could be jailed and thus fed and clothed. The 1915 Caleb Harrison file contains information on his organizing tour through the Midwest.

1915 also reflects the first substantial effects of the war on the SLP. The Ohio file, for example, contains charges that the party's German language organ was expressing “pro-German” sentiments. In the three following years information on the war's effect became more pronounced.

Data on government raids and arrests of SLP members and sympathizers is found in the Michigan, Indiana, New York (especially Erie County), and other files. The New York City and District of Columbia correspondence includes numerous letters on the SLP's problems with postal authorities.

1916's presidential campaign is especially well documented. Extensive correspondence with candidates Arthur E. Reimer and Caleb Harrison shows the tactics and problems of radical, third party campaigns. The District of Columbia file for 1916 contains a report on SLP campaign receipts and expenditures. Also of interest is a list of the number of Weekly People subscribers by state, contained in the Philadelphia correspondence.

In January 1917, the SLP and the Socialist Party convened a unity conference. Information on arrangements, the conference itself, and a resulting controversy concerning the printing of conference proceedings can be found from 1916 to 1918, especially in files headed “NEC,” “Socialist Party,” and “New York City.”

In addition to war related problems, 1918 files are highlighted by information on the removal of Edmond Seidel as Weekly People editor, and an organizing tour by Olive M. Johnson. Johnson toured the East and Midwest early in the year and seemed to concentrate on organizing SLP women's groups. 1918 and 1919 correspondence also reflects greatly increased activity by the SLP in Canada, especially by the section in Kitchener, Ontario.

In 1919 the SLP mounted an unusually strong organizing campaign in the Illinois coal fields. Three full-time agitators, John Francis, Sam J. French, and Fred Koch, were fielded by the party, and each corresponded extensively with the National Secretary. Former National Secretary Henry Kuhn was also sent to examine the situation. His correspondence on coal fields organizing and other topics is split between the Illinois and New York files. The SLP's program for the miners (summarized in a pamphlet entitled Mines to the Miners) and some of the actions of its agitators were opposed by a number of party members. Information on this controversy is concentrated in the 1919 and 1920 Illinois, Michigan, and NEC files, as well as the files on the individual agitators.

The situation in Russia engaged increased SLP interest in 1918 and 1919 and the party condemned bolshevist and communist activities in the United States. Examples of SLP attitudes toward communist organizations can be found in the 1919 Youngstown, Ohio and Erie County, New York files, and the 1920 California file. The 1920 presidential campaign is also well covered in correspondence with the candidates and several individual agitators employed during the campaign. Documentation on an SLP effort to establish contacts in Spanish-speaking countries is found in the 1920 Maryland file. Word H. Mills of Baltimore was appointed the party's Commissioner of Propaganda in Spanish Speaking Countries and corresponded extensively with individuals in Spain and Latin America.

Part 3: 1984 Additions, 1848-1967 (Mss 399, Micro 730, Micro 986, PH 4876, Audio 1928A)

These additions consist of manuscript minutes of the SLP's National Executive Committee (NEC), 1878-1889 and 1893-1920 (NEC minutes for 1889-1891 are part of the original collection); NEC printed proceedings, 1919, 1934-1967; and manuscript NEC Sub-committee minutes, 1905-1921.

The NEC, the SLP's governing body, until about 1904 was a fairly small committee which generally met monthly. At that time the NEC was restructured to include one representative from each state which had a State Executive Committee (SEC -- to have an SEC a state needed at least three “sections,” or local chapters). The restructured NEC first met twice annually and later changed to annual meetings. The NEC Sub-committee was created at the time the NEC was restructured for the purpose of carrying out the executive work of the party when the NEC was not in session.

The NEC printed proceedings include NEC minutes as well as reports of the National Secretary, the editor of the Weekly People, and of the various Language Federations. The National Secretary's report is generally very detailed including information on organizing and membership, internal disputes, harassment by the government (especially during World War II), national political campaign activities, and the financial condition of the party. Supplementing the 1953 proceedings is a lengthy report on the party's editorial policy and standards, and following the 1955 proceedings is a financial statement and balance sheet for the party printing plant. There are no proceedings for the following years: 1944, 1946, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, and 1965.

The proceedings were printed in limited editions in a newspaper format. Many of the issues were in poor condition when filmed and portions of some issues, especially 1939 and 1941, are illegible.

Visual materials include photographs, ephemera, a drawing, and poster related to the Socialist Labor Party, depicting members and gatherings.

The tape recording consists of a discussion about Party policy on reform at the 1984 National Convention.

Acquisition Information

Presented by the Party, 1907, 1974, and 1978; printed NEC proceedings loaned for copying by Frank Girard and Benson Perry, 1983.

Access Restrictions

Papers are open for research 55 years after their date of creation, although materials may be used prior to this time with the permission of the national secretary. The printed proceedings on Micro 986 are not restricted.

U.S. Mss 3A, Micro 462	Series: Part 1: Original Collection, 1877-1906
	Subseries: A. Records of the National Executive Committee, 1878-1906
Box/Volume   1/1 Reel   1	Minutes, 1889 August 28-1891 September 27 Scope and Content Note: This official minute book of the National Executive Committee contains a record in German of the regular weekly meetings and the special meetings of the Committee, as well as financial statements and reports of the Committee, the Board of Supervision, and the party press.
	Outgoing Correspondence, Letter Books Scope and Content Note: These five volumes of letter-press copy books, with incomplete alphabetical indexes, contain copies of letters written by the secretaries of the National Executive Committee and other national officials of the party to the Board of Supervision, the sections, the section officials, the agitators, the party newspapers, and individual party members. This correspondence, written primarily in German and English with some scattered letters in French, largely concerns routine party business such as section meetings and activities, orders for literature and dues stamps, newspaper subscriptions, agitation tours, finances, and National Executive Committee actions. These letter-press copy books are deteriorating, and some of the letters are almost illegible.
Box/Volume   1/2 Reel   1	1883 June 20-1885 June 5 Scope and Content Note: Letters signed by Emil Kreis, Hugo Vogt, and W.L. Rosenberg.
Box/Volume   2/3 Reel   2	1888 August 14-1889 June 4 Scope and Content Note: Letters signed by William Hintze.
Box/Volume   3/4 Reel   3	1889 June 4-1891 May 26 Scope and Content Note: Letters signed by William Hintze, W.L. Rosenberg, Joseph H. Sauter, Adolf Gerecke, and Benjamin J. Gretsch
Box/Volume   4/5 Reel   4	1891 June 6-1892 March 25 Scope and Content Note: Letters signed by Benjamin J. Gretsch and Henry Kuhn.
Box/Volume   4/6 Reel   4	1892 March 26-December 27 Scope and Content Note: Letters signed by Henry Kuhn.
	Lists of Letters Received Scope and Content Note: These three volumes compiled by National Secretary Henry Kuhn contain an inventory in English of the correspondence received by the National Executive Committee. Upon receiving correspondence, Kuhn numbered each letter and recorded in these volumes the number, the surname of the correspondent, his city, and the date of receipt.
Box/Volume   5/7 Reel   4	1891 October 16-1893 June 23 Scope and Content Note: This volume contains not only a list of letters received, 1891, November 2-1893, June 23, but also a list of sections organized or dissolved between 1891, October 16 and 1893 May 24, with notations on their nationality.
Box/Volume   5/8 Reel   4	1893 June 23-1894 October 9
Box/Volume   5/9 Reel   5	1897 January 20-1899 May 10
	Incoming Correspondence
Box   6 Reel   5	1878-1884 January 19
Box   7 Reel   5	1885 January 1-19
Box   7 Reel   6	1885 January 20-1892
Box   8 Reel   6	1885 January 20-1895
Box   8 Reel   7	1896 January-May
Box   9 Reel   7	1896 June
Box   9 Reel   8	1896 July
Box   10 Reel   8	1896 August
Box   10 Reel   9	1896 September 1-15
Box   11 Reel   9	1896 September 16-30
Box   11 Reel   10	1896 October 1-14
Box   12 Reel   10	1896 October 15-31
Box   12 Reel   11	1896 November
Box   13 Reel   11	1896 December
Box   13 Reel   12	1897 January
Box   14 Reel   12	1897 February-March 18
Box   14 Reel   13	1897 March 19-April 15
Box   15 Reel   13	1897 April 16-May
Box   15 Reel   14	1897 June 1-14
Box   16 Reel   14	1897 June 15-July
Box   16 Reel   15	1897 August 1-16
Box   17 Reel   15	1897 August 17-September
Box   17 Reel   16	1897 October 1-14
Box   18 Reel   16	1897 October 15-November
Box   18 Reel   17	1897 December
Box   19 Reel   17	1898 January
Box   19 Reel   18	1898 February
Box   20 Reel   18	1898 March-April
Box   20 Reel   19	1898 May
Box   21 Reel   19	1898 June
Box   21 Reel   20	1898 July
Box   22 Reel   20	1898 August
Box   22 Reel   21	1898 September
Box   23 Reel   21	1898 October
Box   23 Reel   22	1898 November
Box   24 Reel   22	1898 December
Box   24 Reel   23	1899 January-February
Box   25 Reel   23	1899 March 1-22
Box   25 Reel   24	1899 March 23-April
Box   26 Reel   24	1899 May 1-22
Box   26 Reel   25	1899 May 23-December
Box   27 Reel   25	1899, undated
Box   27 Reel   26	1900-1906, undated
	Ballots Scope and Content Note: Official ballots of the Socialist Labor Party sections and the members at large on assorted questions of party policy and selection of party officials compose this group.
Box   28 Reel   26	1880 March 10: Ratification of the platform and the amendments to the constitution adopted by the national convention
Box   28 Reel   26	1899 October 10: Votes on the question to hold a special national convention and the selection of a date and site
Box   28 Reel   26	1900 March 31: Selection of a site for the national convention
Box   28 Reel   27	1901 January 19: Election of the National Executive Committee members
Box   28 Reel   27	1901, July 10: Ratification of the National Executive Committee action regarding an invitation from the National Executive Board of the Social Democratic Party to participate in the Indianapolis Socialist Unity Convention
Box   28 Reel   27	1902 March 14: Selection of the amendments to the constitution concerning the party press
Box   28 Reel   27	1902 September 15: Votes on the question to hold a special national convention
Box   28 Reel   27	1903 March 27: Election of the National Executive Committee members
Box   28 Reel   27	1904 November 9: Ratification of the actions of the national convention
Box   28 Reel   27	1904 November 9: Ratification of the constitution adopted by the national convention
	Financial Records, 1881-1899 Scope and Content Note: Official accounting records of the National Executive Committee kept by the national treasurer or the national secretary. Most volumes contain a record of the receipts and expenditures of the National Executive Committee, but some volumes also include the accounts of special funds administered by the Committee.
Box/Volume   29/10 Reel   28	Account Book, 1881 November 17-1885 January 31 Scope and Content Note: Entries include National Executive Committee receipts and expenditures, 1881, November 17-1884, December 31; Deutsche Reichstagswahl Fund Accounts, 1883, April 3-1884, December 31; Party Paper Fund Accounts, 1884, February 8-1885, January 31; Subscriptions to the Party Press, 1884, November 19-December 31; and Hocking Valley Strikers Fund Accounts, 1885, January 20.
Box/Volume   29/11 Reel   28	Account Book, 1884 January 1-1888 February 6 Scope and Content Note: Entries include National Executive Committee receipts and expenditures, 1884 January 1-1887 December 31; Cigar Maker's Progressive Union Lockout Fund Accounts, 1886, February 1-June 6; Liebknecht-Aveling Agitation Fund Accounts, 1886 March 29-December 31; English Party Organ Accounts, 1885 October 26-1887, May 27; Central Party Organ Accounts, 1884 May 1-1888 February 6; and Deutsche Reichstagswahl Fund Accounts, 1884 April-1885 January 26. Indexed.
Box/Volume   29/12 Reel   28	Account Book, 1888 October 17-1890 November 7 Scope and Content Note: Day Journal of National Executive Committee receipts and expenditures.
Box/Volume   29/13 Reel   28	Account Book, 1890 November 8-1891 August 21 Scope and Content Note: Day Journal of National Executive Committee receipts and expenditures.
Box/Volume   29/14 Reel   28	Deutsche Reichstagswahl Account Book, 1884 April 20-December 31 Scope and Content Note: Record book of the Deutsche Reichstagswahl Fund subscription list.
Box/Folder   29/1 Reel   28	Account Book, Money Orders, 1886 October 30-1888 March 16 Scope and Content Note: Day Journal of money orders received by the National Executive Committee.
Box/Folder   29/2 Reel   28	Account Book, Special Funds, 1893 January 17-1896 July 17 Scope and Content Note: Entries include A. Monteleone Accounts, 1893 January 17-1895 July 19; [Grand Rapids, Michigan] Volkstribun Accounts, 1896 January 14-March 25; and Accounts for J. Wilson Becker, party agitator, 1896 June 12-July 17.
Box/Folder   29/3 Reel   28	Account Book, Dead Debts, 1895-1899 Scope and Content Note: Entries include the names of debtors and the amount of the debts. The records may pertain to one of the party newspapers.
Box/Volume   29/15 Reel   28	Agitators' Date Book, 1896 August 1-November 1 Scope and Content Note: This volume contains the itineraries of Socialist Labor Party agitators and candidates during the 1896 presidential campaign. Speaking dates were recorded for Martha Moore Avery, Howard Balkam, Harry Carless, Daniel De Leon, Max Forker, Alexander Jonas, W. E. Krumroy, Matthew Maguire, Charles H. Matchett, Lucien Sanial, F. J. Sieverman, and Charles Wilson.
Box/Volume   29/16 Reel   28	List of Sections and Officers, circa 1896 Scope and Content Note: This volume, prepared by National Secretary Henry Kuhn, lists the Socialist Labor Party state committees, local sections, and the names and addresses of their officers.
	Subseries: B. Records of the Party Press, 1885-1904	⇧
	New York Labor News Company
Box/Volume   30/17 Reel   28	Letter Book, 1889 April 9-August 21 Scope and Content Note: This letter-press copy book, with an incomplete alphabetical index, contains copies of letters written by William Hintze for the New York Labor News Company to party members, section officials, and publishers. The correspondence, written primarily in German with some letters in English, concerns mainly literature orders and statements of sections and individuals in account with the company.
Box/Folder   30/1 Reel   28	Orders for Books, 1904 May 24-July 30 Scope and Content Note: Entries include name and address of persons placing orders, titles of literature requested, dates ordered and filled, number of copies, and cost.
	Der Sozialist
Box/Volume   30/18 Reel   28	List of Subscribers, 1885-1891 Scope and Content Note: Entries include names and addresses of subscribers to Der Sozialist, arranged by state and city.
Box/Folder   30/2 Reel   28	News Dealers' Accounts, 1889 July 1-1891 April 2 Scope and Content Note: Accounts Receivable Ledger for news dealers who purchased and sold Der Sozialist. Indexed.
Box/Volume   30/19 Reel   28	Arbeiter Zeitung, Account Book, 1898 May 2-1899 July 29 Scope and Content Note: Day Journal of receipts and expenditures of the Arbeiter Zeitung.
	New Yorker Volkzeitung and Vorwarts, Correspondence Scope and Content Note: This correspondence file consists of letters, mainly in German, addressed to the editors of the Volkzeitung and Vorwarts from section officials, representatives of city and state committees, and other party members. The correspondence contains articles and reports of sections and agitators for publication, letters from readers for publication in the newspaper letter boxes, orders for subscriptions, and inquiries about editorial policy, finances, the trade-union movement, and the Socialist Labor Party program.
Box   31 Reel   28	1889, 1891-1895
Box   31 Reel   29	1896-1899
Box   32 Reel   29	189?
Box   32 Reel   29	undated
	The People, Correspondence Scope and Content Note: Formerly designated the Daniel De Leon Papers, this correspondence file consists of letters, reports, and articles addressed to The People or to its editor, Daniel De Leon, from section officers, national party officials, and agitators. In content this file is similar to the National Executive Committee correspondence. Many of the reports and articles were marked for publication in The People. Included are also a few letters, drafts of letters, and articles written by De Leon himself. Among De Leon's correspondents were Henry B. Ashplant, Martha Moore Avery, J. Waldron Badger, J. Mahlon Barnes, Charles A. Baustian, Charles F. Bechtold, J. Wilson Becker, Victor L. Berger, B. Berlyn (Illinois state committee officer), Ernest Bohm, Thomas C. Brophy, Peter E. Burrowes, Harry Carless, Charles B. Copp, Thomas Curran, Daniel De Lury, Richard T. Ely, Leonard Fish, David Goldstein, J. Keir Hardie, Thomas A. Hickey, Pablo Iglesias, Arthur Keep, R.J. Kerrigan, Henry Kuhn, Algernon Lee, George B. Leonard, Frances MacDaniel, Lawrence J. McParlin, Matthew Maguire, Charles R. Martin, M.C. Massie, George Moore, S.E. Putney, Moritz Ruther, Lucien Sanial, Joseph H. Sauter, Walker Sawyer, F. Serrer (Connecticut state committee officer), James R. Sovereign, Hugo Vogt, and Walter Vrooman.
Box   33 Reel   30	1892, 1894-1895 October
Box   33 Reel   31	1895 November-December
Box   34 Reel   31	1896 January-October
Box   34 Reel   32	1896 November-1897 April
Box   35 Reel   32	1897 May-September
Box   35 Reel   33	1897 October-1898 March
Box   36 Reel   33	1898 April-1901, undated
Box   36 Reel   34	Daily People Committee, Minutes, 1895 February 13-1899 December 3 Scope and Content Note: This official minute book of the Daily People Committee includes minutes of regular and special meetings, the names and addresses of committee members and trustees, financial statements, committee reports and appointments, and a savings account agreement.
Box   36 Reel   34	Abendblatt, Minutes, 1901 October 21 Scope and Content Note: This file contains the draft of the minutes of a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Abendblatt.
Box   36 Reel   34	Abendblatt Fund, List of Subscribers, 1900-1901 [?] Scope and Content Note: Entries record receipts from subscriptions and donations to the Abendblatt Fund. Each entry includes the subscription list number, the amount of the subscription or donation, and the name and address of the subscriber. Indexed alphabetically.
Box   36 Reel   34	Workmen's Printing Company, Records, 1901 May 14-1902 April 15 Scope and Content Note: This file includes by-laws; minutes of a meeting, 1902 April 3; weekly financial statements of shares collections, 1901 July 12-1902 April 15; stock certificates, 1901 May 14-1902 January 6; and a list of the shareholders and the amount of stock held in May 1901.
	Subseries: C. Records of the National Board of Appeals, 1878-1900	⇧
Box   37 Reel   34	Minutes, 1879 November 8-December 1; 1899 August 16-1900 May 27 Scope and Content Note: Official minutes in English of the regular and special meetings of the National Board of Appeals. The minutes include the names of attending board members, the secretary's reports, and the decisions of the board in appeal cases. Entries cover 1879, November 8-December 1 and 1899, August 16-1900, May 27.
Box/Volume   37/20 Reel   34	Letter Book, 1878 April 1-1880 April 20 Scope and Content Note: This volume includes copies and drafts of letters in German and English to the National Executive Committee, national secretary, party sections, party newspapers and their editors about the actions of the Board of Supervision in appeal cases.
Box   37 Reel   34	Correspondence, 1888-1889, 1893, 1895-1900 Scope and Content Note: This correspondence file contains letters in German and English to the National Board of Appeals or to its secretary from the national secretary, party members, and sections; drafts or copies of letters from the board to the National Executive Committee, sections, or members; affidavits and testimony in appeal cases; and reports of the board to the national conventions. The file includes information about the cases of H. N. Casson (1895), Sections Rockville and Syracuse (1896), J. Wilson Becker (1896), Charles F. Kelley (1896), F. G. R. Gordon (1897), T. F. Burns (1899), Job Harriman (1899), C. Claus (1900), Jules Magnette (1900), Section Los Angeles (1900), and Section Cincinnati and Edward G. Jacobs (1900), as well as about the party controversies and difficulties in 1888 and 1889.
	Subseries: D. Records of the National Conventions, 1877-1904	⇧
Box   38 Reel   35	1877 Convention Scope and Content Note: Platform, constitution, resolutions, and proceedings in English.
Box   38 Reel   35	1880 Convention Scope and Content Note: Platforms, constitutions, resolutions, and proceedings in English and German.
Box   38 Reel   35	1881 Convention Scope and Content Note: Platform and constitution in German.
Box   38 Reel   35	1883 Convention Scope and Content Note: Platforms and constitution in English and German, and proceedings in German.
Box   38 Reel   35	1885 Convention Scope and Content Note: Platforms and constitutions in English and German, and proceedings in German.
Box   38 Reel   35	1887 Convention Scope and Content Note: Platforms, constitutions, and proceedings in English and German.
Box   38 Reel   35	1889 Convention Scope and Content Note: Platforms and constitutions in English and German; holograph proceedings in German; holograph report of the National Board of Supervision in German; correspondence in German and English; credentials in English; votes in German.
Box   38 Reel   35	1893 Convention Scope and Content Note: Platforms and constitutions in English and German; typescript and holograph reports of the National Executive Committee, the Labor News Company, Vorwarts, and the National Board of Grievances in English and German; correspondence and credentials in English.
Box   38 Reel   35	1896 Convention Scope and Content Note: Platforms and constitutions in English and German; printed proceedings in English; typescript reports of the National Executive Committee, the general manager of the Socialist Newspaper Union, and the National Board of Grievances in English; correspondence, credentials, and votes in English.
Box   39 Reel   35	1900 Convention Scope and Content Note: Constitution and proceedings in English.
Box   39 Reel   36	1900 Convention (continued) Scope and Content Note: Proceedings and correspondence in English.
Box   39 Reel   36	1904 Convention Scope and Content Note: Constitution, proceedings, reports, resolutions, and correspondence in English.
	Subseries: E. Records concerning Party Activities: Notebooks, Scrapbooks, and Clippings, 1880-1905	⇧
Box   39 Reel   36	W.L. Rosenberg, Notebook, 1884 Scope and Content Note: Notebook in German kept by Rosenberg while national secretary of the Socialist Labor Party. Entries include names and addresses of party members, literature lists, and notes on sections.
Box   39 Reel   36	Daniel De Leon, Notebook, 1896 January 2-1897 January 2 Scope and Content Note: Notebook in English kept by De Leon, Socialist Labor Party leader and editor of The People. Entries include short diary notes during 1896, assorted names and addresses, agitation accounts and distances traveled for the party, especially during the presidential campaign.
	Scrapbooks, 1880-1905
Box   40 Reel   36	Scrapbook I, 1880-1898 Scope and Content Note: Clippings from socialist publications and Socialist Labor Party leaflets, in English and German.
Box   40 Reel   36	Scrapbook II, 1880-1905 Scope and Content Note: Clippings on the labor and socialist movements from socialist and non-socialist newspapers in English and German; and Socialist Labor Party leaflets and political campaign materials in English and German.
Box   40 Reel   36	Scrapbook III, 1892-1897 Scope and Content Note: Newspaper clippings on the labor movement in English and German; and New York state Socialist Labor Party political campaign leaflets, mainly 1893, in English and German.
Box   40 Reel   36	Scrapbook IV (Moritz Ruther Scrapbook), 1886-1900 Scope and Content Note: Clippings in English gathered by Ruther, a member of the Socialist Labor Party in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Included are clippings of his letters and articles published in newspapers and accounts of the meetings of the Holyoke Board of Aldermen in 1899 when Ruther was a member of the board.
Box   40 Reel   36	Scrapbook V (Fred W. Long Scrapbook), 1894-1900 Scope and Content Note: Clippings in English of articles and poems on the socialist movement assembled by Long, member of the Socialist Labor Party in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A few handbills and clippings pertain to Long's candidacy for state and city offices on the Socialist Labor Party tickets in Pennsylvania in 1894 and 1896.
Box   40 Reel   36	Clippings, 1880, 1889-1890, 1892, 1894-1901, 1903, undated
Oversize Folder   1 Reel   36	The American Citizen newspaper, July 25, 1896
	Subseries: F. Records of State Committees and Local Sections, 1878-1906	⇧
	Massachusetts
	Adams Section
	Minutes Scope and Content Note: These four volumes are official minute books in German of the Adams Section of the party. The records include by-laws, dues payment records, financial statements, and lists of literature. Volume 22 contains a draft of some of the minutes recorded in Volume 23.
Box/Volume   41/21 Reel   37	1884 November 23-1886 June 13
Box/Volume   41/22 Reel   37	1886 July 30-1888 October 2
Box/Volume   41/23 Reel   37	1886 April 15-1890 September 18
Box/Volume   41/24 Reel   37	1895 July 10-1897 September 29
Box/Volume   41/25 Reel   37	Account Book, 1885 December-1897 November Scope and Content Note: Day Journal in German of the receipts and expenditures of the Adams Section.
Box/Volume   41/26 Reel   37	Dues Book, 1885 January-1896 December Scope and Content Note: Membership lists and records of dues payments in German. Entries also include a list of section property.
Box/Volume   41/27 Reel   37	Boston, Flemish Section, Dues Book, 1892-1894 September Scope and Content Note: Individual accounts of dues payments in Flemish. Indexed alphabetically.
Box/Volume   41/28 Reel   37	Boston, Scandinavian Section, Minutes, 1904 March 31-1906 March 16 Scope and Content Note: Official minute book in Swedish.
	New York
	New York State Committee
	Minutes
Box/Volume   42/29 Reel   37	1896 August 23-1901 November 11 Scope and Content Note: Official minute book in English of the New York State Committee. Entries include the names and addresses of the members of the committee, as well as the minutes of regular and special meetings.
Box/Folder   42/1 Reel   37	1899 April 28 Scope and Content Note: Rough draft in English of the minutes of a meeting of the New York State Committee.
	Correspondence Scope and Content Note: Correspondence in German and English addressed to the New York State Committee or to its secretaries, Hugo Vogt and Lucien Sanial, from national party officials, agitators, and officers and members of the New York sections of the Socialist Labor Party. Most of the letters pertain to the daily routine of party business: section meetings, committee reports, agitation tours, membership, dues payments, newspaper subscriptions, and political campaigns.
Box/Folder   42/2-4 Reel   37	1884-1885, 1894-1895
Box/Folder   42/5-12 Reel   38	1896-1902, undated
Box/Volume   43/30 Reel   38	Buffalo Section, Branch 2 (11th Ward), Minutes, 1899 June 10-1901 April 13 Scope and Content Note: Official minute book in English for this section from its date of organization. Additional entries include membership lists, charter, financial statements, and the undated minutes of the organizational meeting of the Central Labor Federation, District Alliance No. 5, Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance of Buffalo.
	Mount Vernon Section
Box/Volume   43/31 Reel   38	Minutes, 1894 April 29-1898 August 20 Scope and Content Note: Official minute book of this section. Entries include the minutes of regular and special meetings in German of the German section between 1894, April 29 and 1895, September 4, as well as minutes of the section in English after it reorganized as the American section on 1895, December 2. Additional entries include membership lists, minutes of committee meetings, and financial statements.
Box/Volume   43/32 Reel   38	Account Book, 1894 June 2-1898 August 20 Scope and Content Note: Receipts and expenditures of the section, written in German and English.
Box/Volume   43/33 Reel   38	Dues Book, 1894 May 5-1898 July Scope and Content Note: Individual accounts of dues payments. Entries include membership lists and some accounting records of the section. Indexed alphabetically.
Box/Volume   43/34 Reel   38	New York City Central Committee, Minutes, 1879 April 25-October 25 Scope and Content Note: Official minute book in English of the New York City Central Committee. Entries include minutes of regular meetings, correspondence, receipts, accounts, broadsides, membership lists, roll calls, and lists of committee members and officers. The volume also contains official minutes and related papers, correspondence, receipts, and accounts of the New York City and County Executive Committee during the 1879 campaign.
Box/Volume   43/35 Reel   39	New York City, American Section, Minutes, 1878 January 3-1879 October 15 Scope and Content Note: Official minute book of this section in English. Records include the minutes of regular and special meetings, accounts of dues payments, correspondence, financial statements, and broadsides.
	Newtown Section
Box/Volume   43/36 Reel   39	Ridgewood-Glendale Branch, Minutes, 1889 May 19-1891 October 24 Scope and Content Note: Official minute book in German for this section.
Box/Volume   43/37 Reel   39	Ridgewood Branch, Account Book, 1889 May-1891 October Scope and Content Note: Day Journal in German of receipts and expenditures of the Ridgewood Branch. Entries include a record of dues payments.
	Texas: Houston, Italian Section, Records
Box/Volume   44/38 Reel   39	Minutes, 1896 February 22-1898 May 9 Scope and Content Note: Official minute book of the section in Italian.
Box/Volume   44/39 Reel   39	Dues Book, 1896 February-1898 April Scope and Content Note: Records in Italian, including individual accounts of dues payments and contributions to special funds.
Box/Volume   44/40 Reel   39	Washington: Everett Section, Minutes, 1897 October 1-1898 April 7 Scope and Content Note: Official minute book in English from the organization of this section until its dissolution. Entries include membership lists, dues information, and a list of charter members.
	British Columbia: Vancouver, Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance, Local Alliance No. 250
Box/Volume   44/41 Reel   39	Minutes, 1899 June 4-1900 December 21 Scope and Content Note: Official minute book in English. Entries include minutes of meetings from the organization to the dissolution of this section of the Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance, as well as a list of charter members, financial statements, and by-laws.
Box/Volume   44/42 Reel   39	Account Book, 1899 June 4-1900 December 23 Scope and Content Note: Receipts and expenditures of this organization, written in English.
Mss 399	Series: Part 2: 1974 Additions, 1890, 1893-1920	⇧
Box   1 Folder   1	Subseries: Background Material
	Subseries: Correspondence	⇧
Box   1 Folder   2-7	1893 July-1897 July
Box   2	1897 August-1899 January 23
Box   3	1899 January 24-July 31
Box   4	1899 August 1-September 5
Box   5	1899 September 6-October 23
Box   6	1899 October 24-1900 January 23
Box   7	1900 January 24-April 7
Box   8	1900 April 8-July
Box   9	1900 August-October
Box   10	1900 November-1901 February 15
Box   11	1901 February 16-May
Box   12	1901 June-September
Box   13	1901 October-1902 January 15
Box   14	1902 January 16-May 15
Box   15	1902 May 16-August
Box   16	1902 September-December
Box   17	1903 January-June
Box   18	1903 July-December
Box   19	1904 January-April
Box   20	1904 May-August
Box   21	1904 September-December
Box   22	1905 January-March
Box   23	1905 April-July
Box   24	1905 August-December
Box   25	1906 January-May
Box   26	1906 June-September
Box   27	1906 October-1907 January
Box   28	1907 February-May 15
Box   29	1907 May 16-September 17
Box   30 Folder   1-7	1907 October-1908 January
Box   30 Folder   8	1909 June-December
Box   30 Folder   9	Undated (pre 1910)
	1910
Box   31 Folder   1	Alaska
Box   31 Folder   2	Arizona
Box   31 Folder   3	California
Box   31 Folder   4	Canada
Box   31 Folder   5	Colorado
Box   31 Folder   6	Connecticut
Box   31 Folder   7	District of Columbia
Box   31 Folder   8	Foreign
Box   31 Folder   9	Gillhaus, August
Box   31 Folder   10	Hungarian Socialist Labor Federation
Box   31 Folder   11	Illinois
Box   31 Folder   12	Indiana
Box   31 Folder   13	IWW
Box   31 Folder   14	Iowa
Box   31 Folder   15	Jewish Socialist Labor Federation
Box   31 Folder   16	Katz, Rudolph
Box   31 Folder   17	Kentucky
Box   31 Folder   18	Lettish Socialist Labor Federation
Box   32 Folder   1	Louisiana
Box   32 Folder   2	Maryland
Box   32 Folder   3	Massachusetts
Box   32 Folder   4	Michigan
Box   32 Folder   5	Minnesota
Box   32 Folder   6	Missouri
Box   32 Folder   7	Montana
Box   32 Folder   8	NEC
Box   32 Folder   9	New Jersey
Box   32 Folder   10	New Hampshire
Box   32 Folder   11	New York
Box   32 Folder   12	Ohio
Box   32 Folder   13	Oklahoma
Box   32 Folder   14	Oregon
Box   32 Folder   15	Pierson, Charles
Box   32 Folder   16	Pennsylvania
Box   33 Folder   1	Rhode Island
Box   33 Folder   2	Scandinavian Socialist Labor Federation
Box   33 Folder   3	South Slavonian Socialist Labor Federation
Box   33 Folder   4	Texas
Box   33 Folder   5	Utah
Box   33 Folder   6	Virginia
Box   33 Folder   7	Washington
Box   33 Folder   8	Wisconsin
	1911
Box   33 Folder   9	Alaska
Box   33 Folder   10	Arizona
Box   33 Folder   11	California
Box   33 Folder   12	Canada
Box   33 Folder   13	Colorado
Box   33 Folder   14	Connecticut
Box   33 Folder   15	Delaware
Box   33 Folder   16	District of Columbia
Box   33 Folder   17	Georgia
Box   33 Folder   18	Foreign
Box   34 Folder   1	Gillhaus, August
Box   34 Folder   2	Hungarian Socialist Labor Federation
Box   34 Folder   3	Idaho
Box   34 Folder   4	Illinois
Box   34 Folder   5	Indiana
Box   34 Folder   6	IWW
Box   34 Folder   7	Iowa
Box   34 Folder   8	Jewish Socialist Labor Federation
Box   34 Folder   9	Kansas
Box   34 Folder   10	Kentucky
Box   34 Folder   11	Lettish Socialist Labor Federation
Box   34 Folder   12	Maryland
Box   34 Folder   13	Massachusetts
Box   34 Folder   14	Michigan
Box   34 Folder   15	Minnesota
Box   34 Folder   16	Missouri
Box   34 Folder   17	Montana
Box   34 Folder   18	NEC
Box   34 Folder   19	NEC - Special Fund
Box   34 Folder   20	Nebraska
Box   34 Folder   21	Nevada
Box   34 Folder   22	New Hampshire
Box   35 Folder   1	New Jersey
Box   35 Folder   2	New York
Box   35 Folder   3	Ohio
Box   35 Folder   4	Oklahoma
Box   35 Folder   5	Oregon
Box   35 Folder   6	Pennsylvania
Box   35 Folder   7	Pierson, Charles
Box   35 Folder   8	Rhode Island
Box   35 Folder   9	Scandinavian Socialist Labor Federation
Box   35 Folder   10	South Slavonian Socialist Labor Federation
Box   35 Folder   11	Tennessee
Box   35 Folder   12	Texas
Box   35 Folder   13	Utah
Box   35 Folder   14	Veal, Phillip
Box   35 Folder   15	Virginia
Box   36 Folder   1	Washington
Box   36 Folder   2	West Virginia
Box   36 Folder   3	Wisconsin
	1912
Box   36 Folder   4	Alaska
Box   36 Folder   5	Arizona
Box   36 Folder   6	California
Box   36 Folder   7	Canada
Box   36 Folder   8	Carlson, C.M.
Box   36 Folder   9	Carm, A.S.
Box   36 Folder   10	Colorado
Box   36 Folder   11	Connecticut
Box   36 Folder   12	Delaware
Box   37 Folder   1	De Leon, Solon
Box   37 Folder   2	District of Columbia
Box   37 Folder   3	Fennen, William
Box   37 Folder   4	Foreign
Box   37 Folder   5	Gillhaus, August
Box   37 Folder   6	Harrison, Caleb
Box   37 Folder   7	Hungarian Socialist Labor Federation
Box   37 Folder   8	Idaho
Box   37 Folder   9	Illinois
Box   37 Folder   10	Indiana
Box   37 Folder   11	IWW
Box   37 Folder   12	Iowa
Box   37 Folder   13	Kansas
Box   37 Folder   14	Kentucky
Box   37 Folder   15	Lettish Socialist Labor Federation
Box   37 Folder   16	Maine
Box   37 Folder   17	Maryland
Box   37 Folder   18	Massachusetts
Box   37 Folder   19	Michigan
Box   38 Folder   1	Minnesota
Box   38 Folder   2	Missouri
Box   38 Folder   3	Montana
Box   38 Folder   4	Nebraska
Box   38 Folder   5	NEC
Box   38 Folder   6	New Hampshire
Box   38 Folder   7	New Jersey
Box   38 Folder   8-9	New York
Box   38 Folder   10	Nevada
Box   38 Folder   11	New Mexico
Box   39 Folder   1	Ohio
Box   39 Folder   2	Oklahoma
Box   39 Folder   3	Oregon
Box   39 Folder   4-5	Pennsylvania
Box   39 Folder   6	People
Box   39 Folder   7	Reimer, Arthur E.
Box   39 Folder   8	Rhode Island
Box   39 Folder   9	South Slavonian
Box   39 Folder   10	Texas
Box   39 Folder   11	Utah
Box   39 Folder   12	Veal, Phillip
Box   40 Folder   1	Virginia
Box   40 Folder   2	Washington
Box   40 Folder   3	West Virginia
Box   40 Folder   4	Wisconsin
	1913
Box   41 Folder   1	Alaska
Box   41 Folder   2	Arizona
Box   41 Folder   3	California
Box   41 Folder   4	Canada
Box   41 Folder   5	Colorado
Box   41 Folder   6	Connecticut
Box   41 Folder   7	Delaware
Box   41 Folder   8	De Leon - Berry Debate
Box   41 Folder   9	District of Columbia
Box   41 Folder   10	Florida
Box   41 Folder   11	Foreign
Box   41 Folder   12	Georgia
Box   41 Folder   13	Idaho
Box   41 Folder   14	Illinois
Box   41 Folder   15	Indiana
Box   41 Folder   16	Iowa
Box   41 Folder   17	Kentucky
Box   41 Folder   18	Maryland
Box   41 Folder   19	Massachusetts
Box   42 Folder   1	Michigan
Box   42 Folder   2	Minnesota
Box   42 Folder   3	Missouri
Box   42 Folder   4	Montana
Box   42 Folder   5	NEC
Box   42 Folder   6	Nebraska
Box   42 Folder   7	Nevada
Box   42 Folder   8	New Hampshire
Box   42 Folder   9	New Jersey
Box   42 Folder   10	New Mexico
Box   42 Folder   11-12	New York
Box   42 Folder   13	Ohio
Box   42 Folder   14	Oklahoma
Box   42 Folder   15	Oregon
Box   43 Folder   1	Pennsylvania
Box   43 Folder   2	Rhode Island
Box   43 Folder   3	Texas
Box   43 Folder   4	Utah
Box   43 Folder   5	Virginia
Box   43 Folder   6	Washington
Box   43 Folder   7	West Virginia
Box   43 Folder   8	Wisconsin
Box   43 Folder   9	Wyoming
	1914
Box   44 Folder   1	Alaska
Box   44 Folder   2	Arizona
Box   44 Folder   3	California
Box   44 Folder   4	Canada
Box   44 Folder   5	Colorado
Box   44 Folder   6	Connecticut
Box   44 Folder   7	District of Columbia
Box   44 Folder   8	Financial Reports (Sections and SEC's)
Box   44 Folder   9	Florida
Box   44 Folder   10	Foreign
Box   45 Folder   1	Hungarian Socialist Labor Federation
Box   45 Folder   2	Idaho
Box   45 Folder   3	Illinois
Box   45 Folder   4	Indiana
Box   45 Folder   5	Iowa
Box   45 Folder   6	Jewish Socialist Labor Federation
Box   45 Folder   7	Kentucky
Box   45 Folder   8	Lettish Socialist Labor Federation
Box   45 Folder   9	Maine
Box   45 Folder   10	Maryland
Box   45 Folder   11	Massachusetts
Box   45 Folder   12	Michigan
Box   45 Folder   13	Minnesota
Box   46 Folder   1	Missouri
Box   46 Folder   2	Montana
Box   46 Folder   3	NEC
Box   46 Folder   4	Nebraska
Box   46 Folder   5	Nevada
Box   46 Folder   6	New Hampshire
Box   46 Folder   7	New Jersey
Box   46 Folder   8	New Mexico
Box   46 Folder   9-10	New York
Box   47 Folder   1	North Dakota
Box   47 Folder   2	Ohio
Box   47 Folder   3	Oklahoma
Box   47 Folder   4	Oregon
Box   47 Folder   5	Pennsylvania
Box   47 Folder   6	Rhode Island
Box   47 Folder   7	Scandinavian Socialist Labor Federation
Box   47 Folder   8	Socialist Party
Box   47 Folder   9	South Carolina
Box   47 Folder   10	South Dakota
Box   47 Folder   11	South Slavonian Socialist Labor Federation
Box   48 Folder   1	Texas
Box   48 Folder   2	Utah
Box   48 Folder   3	Virginia
Box   48 Folder   4	Washington
Box   48 Folder   5	Weekly People
Box   48 Folder   6	Wisconsin
Box   48 Folder   7	Wyoming
	1915
Box   49 Folder   1	Alaska
Box   49 Folder   2	Arizona
Box   49 Folder   3	California
Box   49 Folder   4	Canada
Box   49 Folder   5	Colorado
Box   49 Folder   6	Connecticut
Box   49 Folder   7	Delaware
Box   49 Folder   8	District of Columbia
Box   49 Folder   9	Florida
Box   49 Folder   10	Foreign
Box   50 Folder   1	Georgia
Box   50 Folder   2	Harrison, Caleb
Box   50 Folder   3	Hungarian Socialist Labor Federation
Box   50 Folder   4	Idaho
Box   50 Folder   5	Illinois
Box   50 Folder   6	Indiana
Box   50 Folder   7	Iowa
Box   50 Folder   8	Jewish Socialist Labor Federation
Box   50 Folder   9	Kansas
Box   50 Folder   10	Kentucky
Box   50 Folder   11	Lettish Socialist Labor Federation
Box   50 Folder   12	Maine
Box   50 Folder   13	Maryland
Box   50 Folder   14	Massachusetts
Box   51 Folder   1	Michigan
Box   51 Folder   2	Minnesota
Box   51 Folder   3	Missouri
Box   51 Folder   4	Montana
Box   51 Folder   5	NEC
Box   51 Folder   6	Nebraska
Box   51 Folder   7	Nevada
Box   51 Folder   8	New Hampshire
Box   51 Folder   9	New Jersey
Box   51 Folder   10	New Mexico
Box   52 Folder   1-5	New York
Box   52 Folder   6	North Carolina
Box   53 Folder   1-2	Ohio
Box   53 Folder   3	Oklahoma
Box   53 Folder   4	Oregon
Box   53 Folder   5-6	Pennsylvania
Box   53 Folder   7	Puerto Rico
Box   53 Folder   8	Rhode Island
Box   53 Folder   9	Scandinavian Socialist Labor Federation
Box   53 Folder   10	Socialist Party
Box   54 Folder   1	South Carolina
Box   54 Folder   2	South Dakota
Box   54 Folder   3	South Slavonian Socialist Labor Federation
Box   54 Folder   4	Tennessee
Box   54 Folder   5	Texas
Box   54 Folder   6	Ukrainian Socialist Labor Federation
Box   54 Folder   7	Utah
Box   54 Folder   8	Virginia
Box   54 Folder   9	Washington
Box   54 Folder   10	Weekly People Festival
Box   54 Folder   11	West Virginia
Box   54 Folder   12	Wisconsin
	1916
Box   55 Folder   1	Alaska
Box   55 Folder   2	Arizona
Box   55 Folder   3-4	California
Box   55 Folder   5	Canada
Box   55 Folder   6	Colorado
Box   55 Folder   7-8	Connecticut
Box   56 Folder   1	Delaware
Box   56 Folder   2	District of Columbia
Box   56 Folder   3	Financial Membership Reports (Sections & SEC's)
Box   56 Folder   4	Florida
Box   56 Folder   5	Foreign
Box   56 Folder   6	Francis, John
Box   56 Folder   7	Georgia
Box   56 Folder   8-9	Harrison, Caleb
Box   56 Folder   10	Hungarian Socialist Labor Federation
Box   56 Folder   11	Idaho
Box   57 Folder   1-2	Illinois
Box   57 Folder   3	Indiana
Box   57 Folder   4	Iowa
Box   57 Folder   5	Jewish Socialist Labor Federation
Box   57 Folder   6	Kansas
Box   57 Folder   7	Katz, Rudolph
Box   57 Folder   8	Kentucky
Box   57 Folder   9	Kerns, William J.
Box   57 Folder   10	Lettish Socialist Labor Federation
Box   58 Folder   1	Maine
Box   58 Folder   2	Maryland
Box   58 Folder   3-4	Massachusetts
Box   58 Folder   5	Michigan
Box   58 Folder   6	Minnesota
Box   58 Folder   7	Missouri
Box   58 Folder   8	Montana
Box   58 Folder   9	NEC
Box   59 Folder   1	NEC (continued)
Box   59 Folder   2	Nebraska
Box   59 Folder   3	Nevada
Box   59 Folder   4	New Hampshire
Box   59 Folder   5-6	New Jersey
Box   59 Folder   7	New Mexico
Box   59 Folder   8-10	New York
Box   60 Folder   1	New York (continued)
Box   60 Folder   2	North Carolina
Box   60 Folder   3	North Dakota
Box   60 Folder   4-5	Ohio
Box   60 Folder   6	Oklahoma
Box   60 Folder   7	Oregon
Box   60 Folder   8	Pennsylvania
Box   61 Folder   1	Pennsylvania (continued)
Box   61 Folder   2	Pierson, Charles
Box   61 Folder   3	Reimer, Arthur E.
Box   61 Folder   4	Reinstein, Boris
Box   61 Folder   5	Rhode Island
Box   61 Folder   6	Rogers, Charles
Box   61 Folder   7	Scandinavian Socialist Labor Federation
Box   61 Folder   8	Socialist Party
Box   61 Folder   9	South Dakota
Box   61 Folder   10	South Slavonian Socialist Labor Federation
Box   61 Folder   11	Subscription List (Unidentified Journal)
Box   61 Folder   12	Tennessee
Box   62 Folder   1	Texas
Box   62 Folder   2	Ukrainian Socialist Labor Federation
Box   62 Folder   3	Utah
Box   62 Folder   4	Vermont
Box   62 Folder   5	Virginia
Box   62 Folder   6-7	Washington
Box   62 Folder   8	West Virginia
Box   62 Folder   9	Wisconsin
	1917
Box   63 Folder   1	Alabama
Box   63 Folder   2	Alaska
Box   63 Folder   3	Arizona
Box   63 Folder   4	Arkansas
Box   63 Folder   5	Bulgarian Socialist Labor Federation
Box   63 Folder   6	California
Box   63 Folder   7	Canada
Box   63 Folder   8	Colorado
Box   63 Folder   9	Connecticut
Box   63 Folder   10	Delaware
Box   63 Folder   11	District of Columbia
Box   63 Folder   12	Financial and Membership Reports (Sections and SEC's)
Box   64 Folder   1	Florida
Box   64 Folder   2	Foreign
Box   64 Folder   3	Georgia
Box   64 Folder   4	Harrison, Caleb
Box   64 Folder   5	Hungarian Socialist Labor Federation
Box   64 Folder   6	Idaho
Box   64 Folder   7	Illinois
Box   64 Folder   8	Indiana
Box   64 Folder   9	Iowa
Box   64 Folder   10	Jewish Socialist Labor Federation
Box   64 Folder   11	Junior Socialist Labor League
Box   64 Folder   12	Kansas
Box   64 Folder   13	Kentucky
Box   64 Folder   14	Lettish Socialist Labor Federation
Box   64 Folder   15	Louisiana
Box   64 Folder   16	Maine
Box   64 Folder   17	Maryland
Box   65 Folder   1	Massachusetts
Box   65 Folder   2	Michigan
Box   65 Folder   3	Minnesota
Box   65 Folder   4	Missouri
Box   65 Folder   5	Montana
Box   65 Folder   6	NEC
Box   65 Folder   7	Nebraska
Box   65 Folder   8	Nevada
Box   65 Folder   9	New Jersey
Box   65 Folder   10	New Mexico
Box   66 Folder   1-2	New York
Box   66 Folder   3-4	Ohio
Box   66 Folder   5	Oklahoma
Box   66 Folder   6	Oregon
Box   67 Folder   1	Pennsylvania
Box   67 Folder   2	Rhode Island
Box   67 Folder   3	Scandinavian Socialist Labor Federation
Box   67 Folder   4	Socialist Party
Box   67 Folder   5	South Dakota
Box   67 Folder   6	South Slavonian Socialist Labor Federation
Box   67 Folder   7	Texas
Box   67 Folder   8	Utah
Box   67 Folder   9	Virginia
Box   67 Folder   10	Volksfreund und Arbeiter-Zeitung
Box   67 Folder   11	Washington
Box   67 Folder   12	West Virginia
Box   67 Folder   13	Wisconsin
Box   67 Folder   14	Wyoming
	1918
Box   68 Folder   1	Alaska
Box   68 Folder   2	Arizona
Box   68 Folder   3	Arkansas
Box   68 Folder   4	Bulgarian Socialist Labor Federation
Box   68 Folder   5	California
Box   68 Folder   6-7	Canada
Box   68 Folder   8	Colorado
Box   68 Folder   9	Connecticut
Box   68 Folder   10	District of Columbia
Box   68 Folder   11	Financial and Membership Reports (Sections & SEC's)
Box   69 Folder   1	Foreign
Box   69 Folder   2	Georgia
Box   69 Folder   3	Hungarian Socialist Labor Federation
Box   69 Folder   4-5	Illinois
Box   69 Folder   6	Indiana
Box   69 Folder   7	Iowa
Box   69 Folder   8	Johnson, Olive M.
Box   69 Folder   9	Junior Socialist League
Box   69 Folder   10	Kansas
Box   69 Folder   11	Kentucky
Box   69 Folder   12	Lettish Socialist Labor Federation
Box   69 Folder   13	Louisiana
Box   69 Folder   14	Maine
Box   69 Folder   15	Maryland
Box   70 Folder   1	Massachusetts
Box   70 Folder   2	Michigan
Box   70 Folder   3	Minnesota
Box   70 Folder   4	Missouri
Box   70 Folder   5	Montana
Box   70 Folder   6-7	NEC
Box   70 Folder   8	Nebraska
Box   70 Folder   9	Nevada
Box   70 Folder   10	New Hampshire
Box   70 Folder   11	New Jersey
Box   70 Folder   12	New York
Box   71 Folder   1-2	New York (continued)
Box   71 Folder   3	Ohio
Box   71 Folder   4	Oklahoma
Box   71 Folder   5	Oregon
Box   71 Folder   6	Pennsylvania
Box   71 Folder   7	Rhode Island
Box   71 Folder   8	Scandinavian Socialist Labor Federation
Box   71 Folder   9	South Carolina
Box   71 Folder   10	South Dakota
Box   72 Folder   1	South Slavonian Socialist Labor Federation
Box   72 Folder   2	Texas
Box   72 Folder   3	Utah
Box   72 Folder   4	Virgin Islands
Box   72 Folder   5	Virginia
Box   72 Folder   6	Volksfreund Und Arbeiter-Zeitung
Box   72 Folder   7	Washington
Box   72 Folder   8	West Virginia
Box   72 Folder   9	Wisconsin
	1919
Box   73 Folder   1	Alaska
Box   73 Folder   2	Arizona
Box   73 Folder   3	Bulgarian Socialist Labor Federation
Box   73 Folder   4	California
Box   73 Folder   5-6	Canada
Box   73 Folder   7	Colorado
Box   73 Folder   8	Conscientious Objectors
Box   74 Folder   1	Connecticut
Box   74 Folder   2	District of Columbia
Box   74 Folder   3	Financial and Membership Reports (Sections and SEC's)
Box   74 Folder   4	Florida
Box   74 Folder   5	Foreign
Box   74 Folder   6	Francis, John M.
Box   74 Folder   7	French, Sam J.
Box   74 Folder   8	Georgia
Box   74 Folder   9	Hungarian Socialist Labor Federation
Box   75 Folder   1-2	Illinois
Box   75 Folder   3	Indiana
Box   75 Folder   4	Iowa
Box   75 Folder   5	Jewish Federation
Box   75 Folder   6	Kentucky
Box   75 Folder   7	Koch, Fred
Box   75 Folder   8	Lettish Socialist Labor Federation
Box   75 Folder   9	Maine
Box   76 Folder   1	Maryland
Box   76 Folder   2-3	Massachusetts
Box   76 Folder   4	Minnesota
Box   76 Folder   5	Missouri
Box   76 Folder   6	Montana
Box   76 Folder   7	Michigan
Box   76 Folder   8-9	NEC
Box   77 Folder   1	Nebraska
Box   77 Folder   2	Nevada
Box   77 Folder   3	New Hampshire
Box   77 Folder   4	New Jersey
Box   77 Folder   5	New Mexico
Box   77 Folder   6-8	New York
Box   77 Folder   9	North Carolina
Box   78 Folder   1-2	Ohio
Box   78 Folder   3	Oklahoma
Box   78 Folder   4	Oregon
Box   78 Folder   5-6	Pennsylvania
Box   78 Folder   7	Rhode Island
Box   79 Folder   1	Scandinavian Socialist Labor Federation
Box   79 Folder   2	South Slavonian Socialist Labor Federation
Box   79 Folder   3	Texas
Box   79 Folder   4	Ukrainian SLP Group
Box   79 Folder   5	Utah
Box   79 Folder   6	Vermont
Box   79 Folder   7	Virginia
Box   79 Folder   8	Virgin Islands
Box   79 Folder   9	Weekly People - Editorial Department
Box   79 Folder   10	Washington
Box   79 Folder   11	Wisconsin
Box   79 Folder   12	Workers' International Industrial Union
Box   79 Folder   13	Wyoming
	1920
Box   80 Folder   1	Alaska
Box   80 Folder   2	Arizona
Box   80 Folder   3	Bulgarian Socialist Labor Federation
Box   80 Folder   4-5	California
Box   80 Folder   6	Canada
Box   80 Folder   7	Colorado
Box   80 Folder   8-9	Connecticut
Box   81 Folder   1	Cox, William
Box   81 Folder   2	District of Columbia
Box   81 Folder   3	Florida
Box   81 Folder   4	Foreign
Box   81 Folder   5	Francis, John M.
Box   81 Folder   6	French, Sam J.
Box   81 Folder   7	Georgia
Box   81 Folder   8	Gillhaus, August
Box   81 Folder   9	Hungarian Socialist Labor Federation
Box   81 Folder   10	Idaho
Box   81 Folder   11	Illinois
Box   82 Folder   1	Illinois (continued)
Box   82 Folder   2	Indiana
Box   82 Folder   3	Iowa
Box   82 Folder   4	Jewish Federation
Box   82 Folder   5	Johnson, Olive
Box   82 Folder   6	Kansas
Box   82 Folder   7	Kentucky
Box   82 Folder   8	Klevans, Heyman
Box   82 Folder   9	Kleinman, N.
Box   82 Folder   10	Koch, Fred
Box   82 Folder   11	Lee, Lawrence
Box   82 Folder   12	Maine
Box   82 Folder   13	Markley, E. R.
Box   83 Folder   1-2	Maryland
Box   83 Folder   3-4	Massachusetts
Box   83 Folder   5-6	Michigan
Box   84 Folder   1	Minnesota
Box   84 Folder   2	Missouri
Box   84 Folder   3	Montana
Box   84 Folder   4-5	NEC
Box   84 Folder   6	Nebraska
Box   84 Folder   7	New Hampshire
Box   84 Folder   8	New Jersey
Box   85 Folder   1-4	New York
Box   85 Folder   5	O'Gara, James
Box   85 Folder   6	Ohio
Box   86 Folder   1-2	Ohio (continued)
Box   86 Folder   3	Oklahoma
Box   86 Folder   4	Oregon
Box   86 Folder   5-7	Pennsylvania
Box   87 Folder   1	Pickett, A. S.
Box   87 Folder   2	Reynolds, V. L.
Box   87 Folder   3	Rhode Island
Box   87 Folder   4	Scandinavian Socialist Labor Federation
Box   87 Folder   5	Schrum, Clarence
Box   87 Folder   6	South Dakota
Box   87 Folder   7	South Slavonian Socialist Labor Federation
Box   87 Folder   8	Stapleton, C. W.
Box   87 Folder   9	Texas
Box   87 Folder   10	Ukrainian SLP Group
Box   87 Folder   11	Utah
Box   87 Folder   12	Veal, Phillip
Box   87 Folder   13	Vermont
Box   87 Folder   14	Virginia
Box   87 Folder   15	Washington
Box   88 Folder   1	Washington (continued)
Box   88 Folder   2	West Virginia
Box   88 Folder   3	Wisconsin
Box   88 Folder   4	Woodhouse, William
Box   88 Folder   5	Workers' International Industrial Union
Box   88 Folder   6	Yanarelli, Joseph
Mss 399/Micro 730	Series: Part 3: 1984 Additions, 1848-1967	⇧
	Subseries: NEC Manuscript Minutes
Box/Folder   89/1 Reel/Frame   1/1	(Volume 1), 1878-1879
Box/Folder   89/2 Reel/Frame   1/192	(Volume 2), 1883-1884
Box/Folder   89/3 Reel/Frame   1/368	(Volume 3), 1884-1887
Box/Folder   89/4 Reel/Frame   1/693	(Volume 4), 1889-1891
Box/Folder   89/5 Reel/Frame   1/846	(Volume 5), 1893-1896
Box/Folder   89/5 Reel/Frame   2/1	(Volume 6), 1896-1900
Box/Folder   89/6 Reel/Frame   2/398	(Volume 7), 1900-1906 Scope and Content Note: Also includes Sub-Committee minutes, 1905-1906.
	July 1906, 1908-1913 Note: See NEC Sub-Committee Manuscript Minutes Volume 1 under the NEC Sub-Committee Manuscript Minutes subseries.
Box/Folder   90/1 Reel/Frame   3/1	(Volume 8), 1914-1920
	Subseries: NEC Sub-Committee Manuscript Minutes	⇧
	1905-1906 Note: See also NEC Manuscript Minutes Volume 7.
Box/Folder   90/2 Reel/Frame   3/286	(Volume 1), 1906-1914 Scope and Content Note: Also includes NEC minutes, July 1906, 1908-1913.
Box/Folder   90/3 Reel/Frame   4/1	(Volume 2), 1914-1916
Box/Folder   91/1 Reel/Frame   4/155	(Volume 3), 1916-1918
Box/Folder   91/2 Reel/Frame   4/477	(Volume 4), 1918-1920
Box/Folder   91/3 Reel/Frame   /793	(Volume 5), 1920-1921
Micro 986 Reel   1	Subseries: NEC Printed Proceedings, 1919, 1934-1967	⇧
PH 4876	Subseries: Visual Materials Physical Description: 1.0 cubic foot of photographs, drawings, posters, and ephemera (1 flat box, 1 archives box and 3 oversize folders)	⇧
	Photographs
Box   1 Folder   1	Canadian headquarters, Toronto, 1950s
	Portraits, group and composite
Box   1 Folder   2-3	Group
Box   2 Folder   3-4	Group and composite, 1848-1927
Box   2 Folder   5	San Francisco SLP candidates, 1911
Box   2 Folder   6	Tenth Anniversary of the Daily People, 1910
	Portraits, individuals
Box   1 Folder   4	De Leon, Daniel
Box   2 Folder   1	De Leon, Daniel (continued)
Box   1 Folder   5	Marx, Karl
Box   1 Folder   6	Wenzel, Edward, 1931
Box   1 Folder   7	Cabinet cards of various individuals, 1888
	Drawings
Box   1 Folder   8	“Shaping the future industrial republic,” W.I. Williams, 1888
	Ephemera
Box   1 Folder   9	Stamps, logos, broadsides
Box   2 Folder   2	Stamp mockup, 1924
Oversize Folder   1	SLP candidate posters
Oversize Folder   2	Posters and broadsides: originals and copies
Oversize Folder   3	SLP candidates and demonstration broadsides
Audio 1928A	Subseries: Audio Recording	⇧
1928A/1	Party policy on reform, 1984 Note: A discussion about Party policy on reform at the 1984 National Convention. Access Restrictions: RESTRICTED: See the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.