Communist Party USA collection HLL.2019.040
Allison Ransom
Holt Labor Library at CSU Dominguez Hills
April 2022
Contributing Institution:
Holt Labor Library at CSU Dominguez Hills
Title: Communist Party USA collection
Creator:
Communist Party of the United States of America
Identifier/Call Number: HLL.2019.040
Physical Description:
2 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1961-1991, undated
Abstract: The collection documents the history, activities, and beliefs of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA), a communist political party
in the United States between the years 1961-1991. It includes pamphlets published by Gus Hall, National Secretary of the CPUSA;
National Convention reports, political resolutions, and discussion bulletins;
Party Builder newsletters;
Dialog newsletters and Pre-Convention Discussion Bulletins;
People's World newspaper; Party programs, election guides, and one Party handbook.
Language of Material: Materials are in English and Spanish.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Arrangement
The collection is alphabetically arranged in one series.
Custodial History
The Communist Party USA collection was donated to the Holt Labor Library in San Francisco, California between 1992 and 2019,
and was acquired by the Gerth Archives and Special Collections at California State University, Dominguez Hills, in 2019.
Preferred Citation
Processing Information
Allison Ransom processed the collection and wrote the finding aid in April 2022.
Content Description
The collection includes pamphlets published by Gus Hall, National Secretary of the CPUSA; National Convention reports, political
resolutions, and discussion bulletins;
Party Builder newsletters;
Dialog newsletters and Pre-Convention Discussion Bulletins;
People's World newspaper; Party programs, election guides, and one Party handbook.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives
and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Biographical / Historical
The Communist Party USA is a communist political party in the United States that began in 1919.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Communism
box 1, folder 1, box 2
Dialog newsletter
1990-1991
Scope and Contents
Two un-numbered issues, No. 4; "Pre-Convention Discussion Bulletin. 25th National Convention, Communist Party, USA," No. 2,
4-5, in Box 2.
box 1, folder 2, box 2
National Convention reports, political resolutions, and discussion bulletins
1972, 1983-1991, undated
Language of Material: One pamphlet is in Spanish.
Scope and Contents
Materials from the 20th, 23rd, and 25th National Conventions. Includes reports to the National Committee and National Council.
box 1, folder 3
Pamphlets by Gus Hall, General Secretary, Communist Party, USA
1967-1981
Scope and Contents
Hall, Gus.
What the reds say today. New York : New Outlook Publishers and Distributors, Inc. December, 1981; Hall, Gus.
Would you believe... U.S. workers running the economy?. New York : New Outlook Publishers and Distributors, Inc. September, 1980; Hall, Gus.
A lame duck in turbulent waters: the next 4 years of Nixon. New York : New Outlook Publishers and Distributors, Inc. December 1972; Hall, Gus.
For a meaningful alternative. Report to the June 10, 1967 meeting of the National Committee of the Communist Party, U.S.A.. New York : New Outlook Publishers and Distributors, Inc. 1967.
box 1, folder 4, box 2
Party Builder newsletter
November 1985-July 1989
box 2
People's World newspaper
1985-1986, undated
Scope and Contents
Vol. 48, No. 13, 16-17, 19, 30, 36, 48, 50; Vol. 49, No. 3, 15. Includes two "End Apartheid! Divest Now!" leaflets published
by The Communist Party of California, undated.
box 1, folder 5
Programs, handbook, and election guides
1966-1982
Scope and Contents
Includes: Winston, Henry.
The politics of people's action: the Communist Party in the '72 elections. New York : New Outlook Publishers and Distributors, Inc. February 1972; "United, we can win a people's new agenda!" Communist
Party Election Platform. New York : Communist Party, USA. undated;
New program of the Communist Party USA: the people versus corporate power. Authorized by the 22nd National Convention, CPUSA. Adopted by the Central Committee, CPUSA. New York : New Outlook Publishers
and Distributors, Inc. June, 1981. 1st printing January, 1982;
New program of the Communist Party U.S.A. (a draft). New York : Public Affairs Pubilshers, Inc. February, 1966;
The Communist Party and how it works. A handbook on its organization and functioning. New York : New Outlook Publishers and Distributors, Inc. March, 1976.
box 1, folder 6
"Report on State of Organization" typescript
September 1967
box 1, folder 6
"The Fight to be Free and Equal: Chartering a Winning Strategy." Conference of Chicano-Mexicano Communists, Communist Party,
U.S.A., Los Angeles, California November 13-14, 1982, convention document
1982, November 13-14
