Guide to the New York Workers School Materials
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Social Sciences--Political Science--Political Theory
Social Sciences--Political Science--Political Economy
Social Sciences--Sociology--Sociology General
Area, Interdisciplinary, and Ethnic Studies--American Studies
Guide to the New York Workers School Materials
Collection number: MS-M19
Special Collections and Archives
The UCI Libraries
University of California
Irvine, California
Contact Information
- Special Collections and Archives
- The UCI Libraries
- P.O. Box 19557
- University of California
- Irvine, California 92623-9557
- Phone: (949) 824-3947
- Fax: (949) 824-2472
- Email: spcoll@uci.edu
- URL: http://www.lib.uci.edu/rrsc/speccoll.html
- Processed by:
- Adrian Turner
- Date Completed:
- 2001
- Encoded by:
- Adrian Turner
© 2001 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: New York Workers School materials,
Date (inclusive): 1926-1935
Collection number: MS-M019
Creator:
Communist Party of the United States of America. New York Workers School
Extent:
0.5 linear feet (2 boxes and 1 oversize folder)
Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library. Special Collections and Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557
Abstract: This collection contains printed material relating to instructional courses offered by the Communist Party U.S.A. (C.P.U.S.A.)
New York Workers School. This material includes outlines for courses on Marxism; supporting readings by Eugen Varga, Vladimir
I. Sorin, and the Labor Research Association; memoranda; pamphlets; and position papers distributed by the C.P.U.S.A. The
collection also contains files relating to the scope and function of the C.P.U.S.A., and material produced by affiliated national
and international organizations including Communist International, Red International of Labor Unions, and Young Communist
International.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research. Access to fragile originals is restricted when preservation photocopies are available.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Preferred Citation
New York Workers School Materials. MS-M19. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
Acquisition Information
Acquired, 1974.
Processing History
Processed by Adrian Turner, 2001.
Organizational History
The Communist Party, U.S.A. opened its New York Workers School at 48-50 East 13th St. in October 1923. Students were provided
with an education aligned with the Party's goals, emphasizing an understanding of Marxism and an awareness of affiliated organizations
involved in the American communist movement. By 1927, the School offered a wide array of courses such as "History of the American
working class," "Fundamentals of communism," and "Labor journalism," taught by David Saposs, Floyd Dell, Arthur C. Calhoun,
John Dos Passos, and others. In 1944 the School was incorporated into the Jefferson School of Social Science.
For further information about the School, see Marvin E. Gettleman, "The New York Workers School, 1923-1944: Communist Education
in American Society," in
New Studies in the Politics and Culture of U.S. Communism, Michael E. Brown et. al, eds. (New York: Monthly Review Press, 1993), 261-280.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection contains printed material relating to instructional courses offered by the Communist Party U.S.A. (C.P.U.S.A.)
New York Workers School. This material includes outlines for courses on Marxism; supporting readings by Eugen Varga, Vladimir
I. Sorin, and the Labor Research Association; memoranda; pamphlets; and position papers distributed by the C.P.U.S.A. The
collection also contains files relating to the scope and function of the C.P.U.S.A., and material produced by affiliated national
and international organizations including Communist International, Red International of Labor Unions, and Young Communist
International.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Communist Party of the United States of America. New York Workers School--
Archival resources.
Communist International. Executive Committee--Archival resources.
Young Communist International--Archival resources.
Communism--New York (State)--New York--Archival resources.
Labor unions and communism--Archival resources.
Communist education--New York (State)--New York--Archival resources.
Working class--Education--New York (State)--New York--Archival resources.
Labor movement--New York (State)--New York--Archival resources.
Socialism and youth--Archival resources.
Marxian historiography--Archival resources.
Collection Contents
Box 1 : 1
Communist organizational principles, undated
Box 1 : 2
Session 2, The Marxian theory of the crisis, 1933
Box 1 : 2
Session 3, Material on Marxist-Leninist theory of the state, 1933
Box 1 : 2
Session 4, Marxism-Leninism: epoch of imperialism and proletarian revolution, 1933
Box 1 : 3
Session 1, Outline (partial), undated
Box 1 : 3
Session 7, Three post-war periods of capitalism, undated
Box 1 : 4
Problems of the youth movement
Box 1 : 4
Session 3, International youth movement during the war years: 1914-1918, 1935
Box 1 : 4
Session 4, Formation of the Young Communist International, 1935
Box 1 : 4
Session 5, Fifteen years of the Young Communist International, 1935
Box 1 : 5-13
National and international affiliates materials
Box 1 : 5
Communist International files
Box 1 : 5
Conditions of admission, undated
Box 1 : 5
The Fundamental tasks of the Communist International, undated
Box FB-19 : 2
District Research Committee, information bulletin, 1934
Box 1 : 6-8
Executive Committee annual plenum files
Box 1 : 6
1926.
Physical Description:
4 items.
Box 1 : 9
Communist Party, U.S.A. files
Box 1 : 9
The Agrarian question, undated
Box 1 : 9
How to begin work among farmers, undated
Box 1 : 9
Memoranda, 1932.
Physical Description:
2 items.
Box 1 : 10
The Organizational construction of the communist parties and the methods and scope of their activity, undated
Box 1 : 10
The Organization of a committee of action, undated
Box 1 : 10
Organizational structure of the Communist Party, U.S.A., undated
Box 1 : 10
The Role of the communist party in the proletarian revolution, undated
Box 1 : 11
National Training School, United States of Europe slogan, article (partial), undated
Box 1 : 12
Red International of Labor Unions (R.I.L.U.) files
Box 1 : 12
Objects of tasks, undated
Box 1 : 12
Outline of trade union work, 1931
Box 1 : 12
Programme of thematic circle to study findings of sixth session of R.I.L.U. Central Council, undated
Box 1 : 12
The World crisis, economic struggles, and the tasks of the revolutionary trade union movement, undated
Box FB-19 : 2
Workers International Relief, Kentucky-Tennessee Striking Miners Relief Campaign march to Pineville, broadside, undated
Box 1 : 13
Young Communist International (Y.C.I.) files
Box 1 : 13
Fifteenth anniversary of Y.C.I., 1934
Box 1 : 13
Outline for discussion on Lenin, Liebknecht, and Luxembourg, memorial material, 1934
Box : 14-16
Publications and miscellaneous clippings on U.S.S.R.-foreign relations
Box 1 : 14
Labor Research Association. The economic basis of the political situation, 1933
Box 1 : 15
Sorin, Vladimir I. Lenin's teachings about the party (excerpts), ca. 1940
Box 1 : 16
Varga, Eugen. Economics and economic policy in the first quarter of 1931, undated
Box 2 : 1-5
Restricted original material for which preservation photocopies have been inserted into the collection, 1926-1935
