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Title: Marx Lewis papers
Date (inclusive): 1907-1988
Collection Number: 88029
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
26 manuscript boxes
(10.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, bulletins, newsletters, press releases, resolutions, trial transcripts, pamphlets,
and clippings, relating to the 1919 trial of Victor Berger under the Espionage Act; Socialist Party internal politics, especially
during the mid-1930s; post-World War II opposition to communism within American trade unions; and anti-communist activities
of the Council Against Communist Aggression and its successor organization, the Council for the Defense of Freedom.
Creator:
Lewis, Marx, 1897-
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Boxes FH2 and FH6 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of 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
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1988.
[Identification of item], Marx Lewis Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1897, December 28 | Born, Brooklyn, New York |
| 1917-1919, | Secretary to Representative Meyer London |
| 1919-1920 | Associate Editor, New York Call |
| 1923-1929 | Secretary to Representative Victor Berger |
| 1929-c. 1934 | Lawyer, Washington, D.C. |
| 1934-1938 | Executive Secretary, United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers International Union |
| 1938-1939 | Deputy Treasurer, City of New York |
| 1939-1949 | Executive Vice President, United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers International Union |
| 1949-1960 | General Secretary-Treasurer, United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers International Union |
| 1950- | Chairman, Council Against Communist Aggression (subsequently known as the Council for the Defense of Freedom) |
Marx Lewis was a member of the Board of Directors of the League for Industrial Democracy; he was Chairman of the National
Legislative Committee, Liberal Party of New York State for l4 years, as well as a member of its State Executive and Trade
Union Committees; and he was on the Labor Advisory Committee of the National Labor Service, American Jewish Committee.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Anti-communist movements -- United States
Subversive activities -- United States
World War, 1914-1918 -- United States
Socialism -- United States
Labor unions -- United States
Labor unions and communism
Socialist Party (U.S.)
Berger, Victor L., 1860-1929
Council for the Defense of Freedom (U.S.)