Socialist and Communist Youth Organizations collection, 1920-1959, 1970, undated

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Title:: Socialist and Communist Youth Organizations collection
Dates:: 1920-1959, 1970, undated
Creators:: Young People's Socialist League, Young Communist International, Young Communist League of the U.S., and American Student Union
Abstract:: The collection comprises subject files related to or published by socialist and communist youth organizations including Young People's Socialist League; Internationalist Socialist Youth; Young Communist International; Young Communist League; and American Student Union. It includes leaflets; resolutions; bulletins; pamphlets; reports; bulletins; and one song book.
Extent:: 1 box
Language:: Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:: For information about citing archival material, see the Citations for Archival Material guide, or consult the appropriate style manual.

Scope and content:: The collection comprises subject files that include leaflets, resolutions, bulletins, pamphlets, reports, bulletins, and one song book.
Biographical / historical:: The Young People's Socialist League (YPSL), 1907-1972, was the youth organization of the Socialist Party of America; International Communist Youth (ICY), 1919-1943, was the youth organization of the Communist International (Comintern); American Student Union (ASU), 1935-1941, was an anti-war student organization comprising socialist and communist members.
Custodial history:: The Socialist and Communist Youth Organizations 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.
Processing information:: Allison Ransom processed the collection and wrote the finding aid in March 2020.
Arrangement:: The collection is alphabetically arranged in one series.
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Collection Guide Author:: Allison Ransom
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-04-30 00:11:02 +0000 .

Access and use

Restrictions:: There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Terms of access:: 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.

Preferred citation:: For information about citing archival material, see the Citations for Archival Material guide, or consult the appropriate style manual.

Location of this collection:: California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections

University Library, 5th Flr (5039)

1000 E. Victoria Street

Carson, CA 90747, US