Inventory of the May Day Ephemera Collection SPC.2017.002
Jennifer Hill
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
2018-05-30
University Library South -5039 (Fifth Floor)
1000 E. Victoria St.
Carson, CA 90747
archives@csudh.edu
Contributing Institution:
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
Title: May Day Ephemera Collection
Identifier/Call Number: SPC.2017.002
Physical Description:
1 box
Physical Description:
.20 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1934-1981
Language of Material:
English
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Conditions Governing Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Conditions Governing Use
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
Related Materials
Biographical / Historical
May Day, also known as "International Workers' Day," began during the Industrial Revolution in America when men, women, and
children were dying every year from unfit work conditions and long work days. On May 1, 1886, more than 300,000 workers walked
out of businesses across the country in support of an eight-hour workday. On May 4th, 1886, a bombing occurred at a labor
demonstration on Haymarket Square in Chicago which became known as the "Haymarket Affair." This event is considered the origin
of the observance of May Day, a tradition that continues today as a celebration of labor and workers' rights.
Scope and Contents
The May Day Ephemera collection (1934-1981) consists of 1 box of May Day ephemera. This collection, includes pamphlets, flyers,
leaflets,and other material related to May Day events in Los Angeles and the history of May Day.
Processing Information
Processed by Jennifer Hill in 2018.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
May Day (Labor holiday)
May Day (Labor holiday) -- History
box 1, folder 1
Document entitled "Resolution Against Hitler Fascism" [two
copies]
May 1, 1934
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 2
"Demonstrate May Day Labor's International Day of Struggle
Against Capital" [flyer]
1934
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 3
"History of May Day" by Alexander Trachtenburg International Pamphlets, No. 14
1934
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 4
"Call for May Day Conference" [flyer]
April 7, 1935
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 5
Flyer "For A United May Day!" [demonstration] Includes letter from John. L. Leach to Joint Board, International Ladies Garment
Workers Union
May 1, 1935
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 6
"Demonstrate May Day Against War, Fascism, C.S.Law!" [broadside]
circa 1937
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 7
Document entitled "May Day Campaign"
1937
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 8
"May Day 1938 for Democracy Jobs Security Peace" [pamphlet] by Alan Max
April, 1938
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 9
"Rally for May Day 1938" [flyer]
April 30, 1938
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 10
"May Day 1939, In Defense of Democracy for Social and National Security" [pamphlet] Issued by State Org. Ed. Commission
1939
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 11
Reproduction of front cover of "Review, Vol. 5, No. 7", May Day Special [flyer]
April 25, 1940
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 12
"May Day Mass Meeting" [flyer]
May 1st, 1940
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 13
"May Day 1940" [pamphlet] by Louis F. Budenz
1940
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 14
Pamphlet entitled "The Hour for Action was Struck" Reprint of an article from "The Worker", originally published in "The Communist
International"
April 26, 1942
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 15
"May Day Manifesto of the Communist Party" [leaflet]
1943
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 16
"Join the Crowd - Celebrate May Day Demonstrate for Victory" [flyer]
May 3, 1942
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 17
"May Day Anti-War Rally" [flyer]
May 3, 1946
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 18
Flyer entitled "May Day Picnic and Frolic"
May 4, [1947]
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 19
"May Day is Labor's Day" [leaflet]
May 7, 1947
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 20
"May Day 1947" by Howard Fast [pamphlet]
1947
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 21
Pamphlet entitled "History of May Day" by Alexander Trachtenberg [revised edition]
1947
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 22
"May Day 1949 Discussion Outline" Issued by National Education Department Community Party, U.S.A.
1949
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 23
"May Day Rally" [leaflet]
1949
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 24
"Calif. Labor School May Day Celebration" [flyer]
April 30, [1949]
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 25
"May Day 1950, Mass Meeting" [flyer]
May 1, 1950
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 26
"May Day and the Struggle for Peace!" [leaflet]
May 1, 1951
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 27
"May Day Rally 1956" [leaflet]
May 4, 1956
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 28
"Support the May Day Celebration. Hear James E. Jackson to the Twenty First Congress Communist Party, Soviet Union" [leaflet]
May 1, 1959
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 29
Document entitled "May Day Song Sheet"
1959
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 30
Event flyer and card entitled "May Day 1960 Commemorating Law Day USA May 1st and the spirit of law which grants justice to
all people everywhere"
1960
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 31
"Celebrate Diamond Jubilee, 75 years of May Day" [leaflet]
May 7, 1961
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 32
Event leaflet entitled "May Day 1962"
May 1, 1962
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 33
Event flyer entitled "May Day 1970" [two copies]
May 3, 1970
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 34
Flyer entitled "A Call to Celebrate May Day - Cinco de Mayo" Includes letter from Admiral Dawson regarding participation in
the Rally [two copies, one with notes]
1974
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 35
Flyer entitled "United May Day - Cinco de Mayo Rally" [2 copies]
April 10, 1974
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 36
Program entitled "Celebrate May Day and Cinco de May" [two copies]
May 4 circa 1974
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 37
Flyer entitled "Celebrate! May Day - Cinco de Mayo Griffith Park Breakfast Club" [two copies]
circa 1974
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 38
"Los Angeles May Day -- Cinco de Mayo" [memo]
1975
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 39
L.A. Area Committee for Trade Union Action and Democracy letter regarding planning for May-Day Cinco de May '75 [two copies]
Feb. 26, 1975
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 40
Flyer entitled "May Day - Cinco de May 1976 Celebration" [two copies]
May 1, 1976
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 41
Flyer entitled "Celebrate... On May Day Rally '77" [two copies]
May 1, 1977
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 42
Flyer entitled "Celebrate May Day - Cinco de May" [two copies]
April 30, 1978
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 43
"Celebrate May Day!! Rally to Defend Workers' Jobs, Families, Communities, and Living Conditions!" [2 flyers]
May 3, 1980
Language of Material: English.
General
Two flyers, one flyer has an additional copy.
box 1, folder 44
Flyer entitled LA United May Day Committee Brunch Invitation
April 12, 1981
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 45
"Join in a celebration of May Day '81" [pamphlet]
May 2, 1981
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 46
"Demonstrate on May Day! Keep America out of the Imperialist War! For Jobs, Security, Civil Liberty, Peace!" [pamphlet]
undated
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 47
"Celebrate May Day at a Meeting to Support Liberation Struggles"
undated
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 48
"Celebrate May Day" [flyer]
undated
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 49
"Celebrate May Day" [leaflet]
undated
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 50
"Come and Celebrate May Day Cinco de Mayo" [two copies]
undated
Language of Material: English.
