Register of the Geoffrey White papers

Finding aid prepared by Michael Jakobson

Hoover Institution Library and Archives

434 Galvez Mall

Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305-6003

hoover-library-archives@stanford.edu

URL: http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives

Title: Geoffrey White papers

Date (inclusive): 1939-1965

Collection Number: 78106

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 16 manuscript boxes, 1 box of slides (6.9 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Correspondence, writings, reports, resolutions, minutes, discussion bulletins, and printed matter, relating to American Trotskyist politics, the Socialist Workers Party, and the formation of the Spartacist League. Includes a few items relating to the Communist Party of the United States and the Independent Socialist League.

Creator: White, Geoffrey, 1927-

Access

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Use

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1978.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Geoffrey White Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

1939	Joined the Communist Party of the United States
1957	Resigned from the Communist Party and subsequently joined the Socialist Workers' Party
1963	Supported James Robertson who split the Socialist Workers' Party and established a new Marxist group, Spartacist

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Communism -- United States

Socialism -- United States

Communist Party of the United States of America

Fourth International

Socialist Workers Party

Independent Socialist League

Spartacist League of the U.S.

CORRESPONDENCE 1961-1963

Scope and Contents note

Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent.

box 1, folder 1

Unidentified, (9) 1961-1963

box 1, folder 2

Coover, Oscar, (7) 1961-1963

box 1, folder 3

Curtis, Carol, (8) 1962-1963

box 1, folder 4

Dobbs, Farrel, (3) 1962-1963

box 1, folder 5

Fox, Art, (2) 1962

box 1, folder 6

Freeman, Danny, (1) 1962

box 1, folder 7

Harper, Lynne, (8) 1962-1963

box 1, folder 8

Healy, Gerry, (12) 1961-1963

box 1, folder 9

Hoskins, Wally, (2) 1963

box 1, folder 10

Ireland, Larry, (5) 1962

box 1, folder 11

Kerry, Tom, (2) 1963

box 1, folder 12

Mage, Shane, (1) 1963

box 1, folder 13

Michaels, Sharlotte, (2) 1962

box 1, folder 14

Newsletter, (1) 1961

box 1, folder 15

Phillips, Wendell, (4) 1962

box 1, folder 16

Robertson, James, (62) 1961-1963

box 1, folder 17

Socialist Workers' Party. Political Committee, (1) 1963

box 1, folder 18

Wohlforth, Tim, (65) 1961-1963

SUBJECT FILE 1940-1965

Scope and Contents note

Analysis, announcements, bibliography, bulletins, chronology, clippings, declarations, drafts of resolutions, leaflets, letters, maps, memoranda, minutes, notes, ordinances, outline of a speech, petitions, proposed agenda of a meeting, reports, resolutions, statements, statistics, statutes, summary of a discussion, theses, typed copies of magazine articles. Arranged alphabetically by subject.

box 1, folder 19-20

Berkeley, California -- Election, Arranged by Geoffrey White. Announcements, bulletins, chronology, clippings, instructions, leaflets, maps, notes, ordinances, petitions, photographs, printed matter, program, statements, summary of a speech 1959. 1958-1959

box 1, folder 21

California -- Gubernatorial Election, Letter, proposal 1962. 1962

box 2, folder 1

Christian Anti-Communist Crusade. Statement 1962

box 2, folder 2

Colonial Problem, Analysis, statement, typed copies of magazine articles 1961

box 2, folder 3

Communist Party of the United States. Draft of a program, comments, letters, notes, statements, statistics 1956-1957

box 2, folder 4

Cuba. Clippings, draft of a resolution, outline of a speech, reports, statements 1961-1963

box 2, folder 5

Cuban Missile Crisis. Declaration, letter, minutes, statement 1962

box 2, folder 6

Militant Labor Civil Rights Committee. Local 1199-65 Caucus. Minutes 1967-1968

box 2, folder 7

Nuclear Weapon. Letter 1962

box 2, folder 8

Peace Movement. Clippings, reports 1962

box 2, folder 9

Progressive Labor Group. Letter, memorandum 1963

box 2, folder 10

Sino-Soviet Conflict. Letter, statements 1963

box 2, folder 11

Socialist Workers' Party. East Bay Branch -- Propaganda Work. Letter, statements 1961-1962

box 2, folder 12

Socialist Workers' Party. East Bay Branch -- Structure and Composition. Notes, reports, statement, statistics 1960-1961

box 2, folder 13

Socialist Workers' Party -- Political and Tactical Issues. Draft of a resolution, proposals, reports, resolution, (?) 1940-1943

box 2, folder 14

Socialist Workers' Party -- Structure and Composition. Letters, minutes, notes, statutes 1954-1962

Trotskyist Movement -- Inner Struggle

box 2, folder 15

Chile. Letters 1961-1962

International Level

box 2, folder 16

General. Bibliography, draft of a resolution, letters, reports, statements 1961-1963

box 2, folder 17

Dobbs, Farrel; Healy, Gerry; Preston, G. Letters 1962-1963

box 2, folder 18

Fourth International. Extraordinary Conference, Statement April 1962. 1962

box 2, folder 19

Fourth International. Secretariat. Letter 1961

box 2, folder 20

Mage, Shane. Theses 1962

box 2, folder 21

Robertson, James. Letters, summary of a discussion 1962-1963

box 2, folder 22

Socialist Labor League. National Committee. Letter, statement 1962

box 2, folder 23

Socialist Workers' Party. Political Committee. Statement 1962

box 2, folder 24

Socialist Workers' Party. Reorganized Minority Tendency. Statement, letter 1963

box 2, folder 25

White, Geoffrey. Statement 1962

United States

box 2, folder 26

General. Announcement, letters (including those of Steve Fox, James Robertson, and Tim Wohlforth), reports, resolutions, statements, theses 1961-1965

box 3, folder 1-3

Selected Documents. Arranged by Geoffrey White. Letters, minutes, notes, proposal, receipt, reports, statements, summary of a discussion 1962-1964

box 3, folder 4

Dobbs, Farrel. Letter 1963

box 3, folder 5

Fox, Steve. Letters 1963

box 3, folder 6

Harper, Lynne. Letters 1962-1963

box 3, folder 7

Healy, Gerry. Letter 1962

box 3, folder 8

Ireland, Larry. Statements 1962

box 3, folder 9

Mage, Shane. Letter, theses 1962

box 3, folder 10

Robertson, James. Letters 1961-1963

box 3, folder 11

Socialist Workers' Party. Control Commission. Report 1963

box 3, folder 12

Socialist Workers' Party. East Bay Branch. Minutes 1960-1963

box 3, folder 13

Socialist Workers' Party. Political Committee. Resolution 1963

box 3, folder 14

Socialist Workers' Party. Revolutionary Tendency. Bay Area Group. Minutes 1962-1963

box 3, folder 15

Socialist Workers' Party. Revolutionary Tendency. East Bay Group. Minutes 1962-1963

box 3, folder 16

Socialist Workers' Party. Revolutionary Tendency. National Caucus. Minutes 1963

box 3, folder 17

Socialist Workers' Party. Revolutionary Tendency. New York Group. Minutes 1962-1963

box 3, folder 18

White Geoffrey. Statement, summary of James Robertson's position 1962

box 3, folder 19

Wohlforth, Tim. Letters, report, statements 1961-1963

box 3, folder 20

United Socialist Action. Bay Area, California. Letters, minutes, proposed agenda of a meeting, statement of principles 1958-1959

box 3, folder 21

United States -- Black People Problem. Leaflet, letters, reports 1953-1963

box 3, folder 22

United States -- Civil Rights. Analysis of the Francis Amendment, statement 1962-1963

box 4, folder 1

United States -- Labor Movement. History of the labor movement, letters, proposal 1962

box 4, folder 2

United States--- Presidential Election, Letter 1960. 1960

United States -- Socialist Movement

box 4, folder 3

National Conference, Letter, minutes 28-30 November 1958. 1958-1959

box 4, folder 4

Youth Organizations. Letters, notes, reports, statements, theses 1957-1962

ISSUANCES BY LEFT WING ORGANIZATIONS 1939-1965

Scope and Contents note

Mimeographed discussion and internal bulletins, printed matter. Arranged alphabetically by issuing agency.

box 4, folder 5

Miscellany. Printed matter 1947-1965

box 4, folder 6

Communist Party of Eastern Pennsylvania -- Discussion Bulletin, (vol. 1, no. 2) 1956

box 4, folder 7

Communist Party of the United States -- Discussion Bulletin n.d.

box 4, folder 8

Fourth International. International Committee -- International Bulletin, (?) (nos. 6, 7, 9, 10, 14, 16) 1961-1963

Socialist Workers' Party

Bulletin of Marxist Studies

box 4, folder 9

(no. 1) 1957

box 4, folder 10

(no. 2) 1958

Discussion Bulletin

box 4, folder 11

(vol. 3, no. 1) 1940

box 4, folder 12

1944 (April)

box 4, folder 13

(no. 4) 1950

box 4, folder 14

(no. 7) 1951

box 4, folder 15

(no. A-12) 1953

1954

box 4, folder 16

Nos. A-14, A-15, A-19, A-20, A-22

box 5, folder 1

Nos. A-23, A-25, A-26

box 5, folder 2

(nos. A-27 -- A-33) 1955,

box 5, folder 3

(vol 17, nos. 1, 2) 1956,

1957

box 5, folder 4

Vol. 18, nos. 1-3, 8

box 5, folder 5

Vol. 18, nos. 10, 12, 13

box 5, folder 6

(vol. 19, no. 3) 1958

1959

box 5, folder 7

Vol. 20, nos. 1-5

box 5, folder 8

Vol. 20, nos. 6-10

box 5, folder 9

Vol. 20, nos. 11-14, 16

box 6, folder 1

(vol. 21, nos. 1, 2, 4) 1960

1961

box 6, folder 2

Vol. 22, nos. 1-4

box 6, folder 3

Vol. 22, nos. 5-7, 9, 10, 13

box 6, folder 4

Vol. 22, nos. 14-19

1962

box 6, folder 5

Vol. 23, nos. 2-5

box 6, folder 6

Vol. 23, nos. 6, 8-10

1963

box 6, folder 7

Vol. 24, nos. 1-6

box 7, folder 1

Vol. 24, nos. 7-10

box 7, folder 2

Vol, 24, nos. 13-19

box 7, folder 3

Vol. 24, nos. 20-25

box 7, folder 4

Vol. 24, nos. 26-29

box 7, folder 5

Vol. 24, nos. 31, 32, 34

box 7, folder 6

(?) (vol. 25, nos. 2, 6, 8, 12, 14) 1965

Internal Bulletin

box 7, folder 7

(May, no. 8; vol. 2, nos. 1-5) 1939

box 7, folder 8

(vol. 2, nos. 6, 7, 11-13) 1940

box 8, folder 1

(vol. 5, no. 5) 1943

box 8, folder 2

(vol. 6, no. 6) 1944

box 8, folder 3

(vol. 7, nos. 5, 11, 13) 1945

box 8, folder 4

(vol. 8, nos. 3, 7, 10, 12, 14) 1946

box 8, folder 5

(vol. 9, nos. 5, 7) 1947

box 8, folder 6

(vol. 10, nos. 2, 4) 1948

box 8, folder 7

(vol. 11, nos. 1, 5) 1949

box 8, folder 8

(vol. 13, no. 1) 1951

box 8, folder 9

(vol. 14, no. 2) 1952

1953

box 8, folder 10

Vol. 15, nos. 1-10

box 8, folder 11

Vol. 15, nos. 12, 14, 15

box 8, folder 12

Vol. 15, nos. 16, 17, 19

box 9, folder 1

(vol. 16, nos. 1, 2) 1954

box 9, folder 2

Bulletin List 1939-1959 --

International Information Bulletin

box 9, folder 3

1953 (September)

box 9, folder 4

1954 (January)

box 9, folder 5

1961 (March, April)

box 9, folder 6

1962 (March)

box 9, folder 7

1963 (May, July)

box 9, folder 8

1964 (January, May)

box 9, folder 9

Party Campaigner, (vol. 1, no. 1) 1960

Socialist Workers' Party. Bay Area Branch -- Discussion Bulletin

box 9, folder 10

(vol. 3, no. 2) 1950

box 9, folder 11

(?) 1954

Spartacist

box 9, folder 12

Marxist Bulletin, (no. 2) n.d.

Spartacist

box 9, folder 13

1964 (November)

box 9, folder 14

1965 (June)

box 9, folder 15

1966 (July, August, September)

box 9, folder 16

Young Socialist Alliance -- Discussion Bulletin, (vol. 7, nos. 1-3, 5) 1963

Young Socialist Forum

box 10, folder 1

Young Socialist, (vol 2, no. 1) 1958

Young Socialist Forum

box 10, folder 2

(vol. 2, no. 2) 1959

box 10, folder 2

(vol. 3, nos. 1, 2) 1960

box 10, folder 4

Young Socialist League. Left Wing Caucus -- Left Wing Bulletin, (vol. 3, nos. 1, 2) 1957

slide Cabinet

AUDIO-VISUAL

Scope and Contents note

Slides, Arranged by subject.

box 11