Ginsburg (John) Papers, 1934-1946
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The Register of the John Ginsburg Papers, 1934-1946
Collection number: MSS 73
Southern California Library for Social Studies and ResearchLos Angeles, California
- Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research
- 6120 South Vermont Avenue
- Los Angeles, CA, 90044
- Phone: (323) 759-6063
- Fax: (323) 759-2252
- Email: archives@socallib.org
- URL: http://www.socallib.org/
- Processed by:
- Teri Robertson
- Date Completed:
- 8/8/2002
- Encoded by:
- Teri Robertson
© 2002 Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research. All rights reserved.
Title: John Ginsburg Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1934-1946
Collection number: MSS 73
Creator:
John Ginsburg
Extent:
1 folder
Repository:
Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research
Los Angeles, CA 90044
Abstract: This is a nine item collection of correspondence and writings of John Ginsburg. The IN correspondence is from the Communist
Party and Peoples World. Ginsburg was critical of the positions taken by the American Communist Party during World War Two.
The materials cover Ginsburgs criticism and responses to it.
Language:
English.
Obtained by Library founder, Emil Freed.
The collection is available for research only at the Library's facility in Los Angeles. The Library is open from 10 a.m. to
4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. Researchers are encouraged to call or email the Library indicating the nature of their research
query prior to making a visit.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research. Researchers may make single
copies of any portion of the collection, but publication from the collection will be allowed only with the express written
permission of the Library's director. It is not necessary to obtain written permission to quote from a collection. When the
Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research gives permission for publication, it is as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
[Identification of item], Ginsburg (John) Papers, Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research, Los Angeles,
California.
The Library has no biographical information on John Ginsburg, but the collection indicates he was a member of the Communist
Party in Los Angeles and had severe criticisms of their political positions during World War Two. Ginsburg wrote to the Daily
Worker and the People's World voicing his objections to Communist Party actions. He apparently wrote at length on this subject
and offered his own alternative proposals, some of which are in the collection.
This very small collection is comprised of correspondence and writings of John Ginsburg. Correspondants include the Communist
Party of the United States of America, The Los Angeles County Committee Communist Party, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
who wrote to deny Ginsburg's accusation that they had contacted his employer. There is a set of questions Ginsburg had regarding
the USSR's and US foreign policies in 1944 and a lengthly 1945 piece analyzing the Party's positions during World War Two
and his suggestions for the future direction of the Party.