James P. Cannon Papers, 1919-1975

Container Title
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