Joseph Hansen papers, 1887-1980
Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Hansen, Joseph
- Abstract:
- Speeches and writings, correspondence, notes, minutes, reports, internal bulletins, resolutions, theses, printed matter, sound recording, and photographs relating to Leon Trotsky, activities of the Socialist Workers Party in the United States, and activities of the Fourth International in Latin America, Western Europe and elsewhere.
- Extent:
- 109 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 3 envelopes, 1 audio cassette (55.0 Linear Feet)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Joseph Hansen papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Speeches and writings, correspondence, notes, minutes, reports, internal bulletins, resolutions, theses, printed matter, sound recording, and photographs relating to Leon Trotsky, activities of the Socialist Workers Party in the United States, and activities of the Fourth International in Latin America, Western Europe and elsewhere.
- Biographical / historical:
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Date Event 1910 June 16 Born, Salt Lake City, Utah1928-1934 Attended University of Utah part-time1931 Married Reba Hooper1934 Joined Communist League of America (predecessor of Socialist Workers Party)1936-1937 Staff writer, Voice of the Federation (Maritime Federation of the Pacific), and Labor Action1937-1940 Secretary to Leon Trotsky, Coyoacan, Mexico1939 Author, Father Coughlin: Fascist Demagogue1940 Author, Wall Street's War, Not Ours!1940-1975 Member, National Committee, Socialist Workers Party1941-1945 Merchant seaman1944 Author, American Workers Need a Labor Party1945-1954 Staff writer, The Militant (newspaper of Socialist Workers Party)1946 Socialist Workers Party candidate for United States Senate, New York1948 Author, The Socialist Workers Party: What It Is, What It Stands ForNational lecture tour on "The Struggle for Power in Europe"1950 Socialist Workers Party candidate for United States Senate, New York1951 National lecture tour on "America and the World Crisis"1954 Editor, The Militant1955-1959 Editor, International Socialist Review (theoretical journal of Socialist Workers Party)1957 Socialist Workers Party candidate for mayor of Los Angeles National lecture tour on "The Outlook for Socialist Regroupment"1959-1967 Editor, The Militant1960 Author, The Truth about CubaAuthor, Too Many Babies? The Myth of the Population ExplosionFounding member, Fair Play for Cuba CommitteeVisit to Cuba1961 Author, In Defense of the Cuban Revolution: An Answer to the State Department and Theodore DraperAttended Conferencia Latinoamericana por la Soberania Nacional, la Emancipacion Economica y la Paz, Mexico City1961-1962 Four-month tour of Latin America1962 Author, Trotskyism and the Cuban Revolution: An Answer to HoyAuthor, The Theory of the Cuban RevolutionVisit to AlgeriaNational lecture tour on "What Makes Latin America Explosive"1962-1965 Socialist Workers Party representative in Europe, based in Paris1963 Attended 7th (Reunification) World Congress of Fourth International1963-1979 Fraternal member, United Secretariat of Fourth International Editor, Intercontinental Press (originally entitled World Outlook; published on behalf of United Secretariat of Fourth International, at first in Paris and later in New York City)1965 Co-author, Khrushchev's Downfall/New Deepening of the Sino-Soviet Rift?1966 Editor, Healy "Reconstructs" the Fourth International: Documents and Comments by Participants in a Fiasco1967 Co-author, Behind China's "Great Cultural Revolution"Attended Organizacion Latinoamericana de Solidaridad conference, Havana1968 Co-author, Revolt in France, May-June 1968: A Contemporary RecordCo-author, The Nature of the Cuban Revolution: Record of a Controversy, 1960-1963Co-author, Murder in Memphis: Martin Luther King and the Future of the Black Liberation Struggle1969 Co-author, Leon Trotsky: The Man and His Work: Reminiscences and AppraisalsCo-author, The Invasion of CzechoslovakiaCo-author, Class, Party and State and the Eastern European RevolutionAttended 9th World Congress of Fourth International1972 Co-author, A Revolutionary Strategy for the 70s: Documents of the Socialist Workers PartyCo-author, Nixon's Moscow and Peking Summits: Their Meaning for VietnamAuthor, The Abern Clique1973-1977 Fraternal member, Steering Committee, Leninist-Trotskyist Faction of Fourth International1974 Editor, Marxism vs. Ultraleftism: The Record of Healy's Break with TrotskyismCo-author, Towards a History of the Fourth InternationalAuthor, The Workers and Farmers GovernmentAttended 10th World Congress of Fourth International1975 ff. Target of accusation campaign by Workers Revolutionary Party (Great Britain) and Workers League (U.S.)1976 Co-author, What Is American Fascism? Writings on Father Coughlin, Mayor Frank Hague, and Senator Joseph McCarthyCo-author, Healy's Big Lie: The Slander Campaign against Joseph Hansen, George Novack, and the Fourth InternationalCo-author, The Fight against Fascism in the USA: Forty Years of Struggle Described by Participants1978 Author, Dynamics of the Cuban Revolution: The Trotskyist View1979 January 18 Died, New York City1979 Author, The Leninist Strategy of Party Building: The Debate on Guerrilla Warfare in Latin America (published posthumously)1980 Author, James P. Cannon the Internationalist (published posthumously)1986 Co-author, Cosmetics, Fashions, and the Exploitation of Women (published posthumously) - Acquisition information:
- Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1992.
- Physical location:
- Hoover Institution Library & Archives
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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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.
- Terms of access:
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Joseph Hansen papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Location of this collection:
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Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford UniversityStanford, CA 94305-6003, US
- Contact:
- (650) 723-3563