James P. Cannon Papers, 1919-1975

Contents List

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