The collection reflects the activities, statuses, and guiding principles of the Socialist Labor Party (SLP) from 1976-1994. It comprises documents from National Conventions from 1976 to 1993, pamphlets, leaflets, one Constitution, and one catalogue from New York Labor News, the Party's publisher.

The Socialist Labor Party (SLP), established in 1876 as the Workingmen's Party of the United States, was the first socialist party in the United States. It changed its name to the Socialist Labor Party in 1877, and by 1899 had distinguished itself by adhering to the libertarian Marxist theory of early SLP leader Daniel De Leon, which resulted in dissenting members of the Party leaving to form the Socialist Party of America. The SLP published its official organ, The People, from 1891 to 2008, with a later online edition ending publication in 2011, as well as a series of pamphlets titled Socialist Studies from 1983 to 1984, many of which were reprinted in later years. The SLP ran candidates for presidential election from 1892 through 1976 and advocated for an anti-capitalist Socialist Industrial Union government to be achieved by way of fostering class consciousness among the working class, an approach to Socialism is that is distinctly Marxist. The organization closed its national office on September 1, 2008.

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