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Title: Charles Wesley Ervin collection
Date (inclusive): 1927-1973
Collection Number: 97049
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: Mainly in English
Physical Description:
3 manuscript boxes, 1 microfilm box
(1.3 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Internal bulletins, minutes, other internal documents, pamphlets, and serial issues, issued by Trotskyist organizations in
India, Sri Lanka, the United States and elsewhere, and by the International Secretariat for the Fourth International, relating
to international Trotskyism. Includes some minutes of the Workers (Communist) Party of the United States.
Creator:
Fourth International
source:
Ervin, Charles Wesley
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
The Hoover Institution Library & Archives acquired the collection form Charles Wesley Ervin in 1997, with subsequent increments
following.
[Identification of item], Charles Wesley Ervin collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Charles Wesley Ervin Collection consists of internal documents and publications of Trotskyist and Trotskyist-related organizations.
It is especially strong in issuances of Trotskyist organizations in India and to a lesser extent Sri Lanka, and was used as
research material for the book by Charles Wesley Ervin,
Tomorrow Is Ours: Trotskyism in India and Ceylon, 1935-48 (Colombo, 2006). The collection also contains rare issuances from Trotskyist groups in the United States, especially early
splinter groups from the Socialist Workers Party and its predecessors. There are also minutes and other internal documents
of the Workers (Communist) Party from 1927-1928, just before the party's expulsion of the pioneering American Trotskyists.
Completing the collection are rare issuances from the 1930s of the international movement for the Fourth International and
single items from British and German Trotskyist groups of this period.
The collection is arranged as a single series by country of issuing organization. Issuances of the international organization
of the Fourth International movement precede those of national parties.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Communism -- United States
Communism
Communism -- India
Communism -- Sri Lanka
Ervin, Charles Wesley