Gitlow (Benjamin) papers

SPEECHES AND WRITINGS 1932-1954

Scope and Contents note

Drafts, galleys, and printed copies of speeches and writings by Benjamin Gitlow, together with letters, clippings, and other related material, arranged chronologically.

box 1, folder 1

Some Plain Words on Communist Unity (pamphlet), Printed copy 1932.

box 1, folder 2

Testimony, U.S. House of Representatives Un-American Activities Committee, Clippings 1939. 1939-1940

I Confess: The Truth about American Communism 1940

box 1, folder 3

Prospectus. Includes biographical sketch

box 1, folder 4-9

Drafts

box 2, folder 1-4

Drafts

box 3, folder 1-2

Drafts

box 3, folder 3

Galleys

box 3, folder 4

Reviews 1940-1943

box 3, folder 5

Untitled writing relating to communism in the United States, Typescript 1940?

box 3, folder 6

Speeches, Clippings, announcements, and promotional material (including biographical sketch) 1940-1954. 1940-1954

box 3, folder 7

Series of articles written for Il Martello, Includes "The Stalinist Racket among the Unemployed," "Bob Minor Stalin's New Errand Boy in the United States," "Hillman Delivers the Goods," "Mexican Labor at the Crossroads," "Watch Senator Nye and Wheeler" and "Stalin the Sphynx [sic]." Typescripts Mar. 1941.

box 3, folder 8

Testimony, Rapp-Coudert Committee of New York State Legislature, Clippings June 4, 1941. 1941

box 3, folder 9

"Statement on the Dissolution of the Communist International," Typescript 1943.

box 3, folder 10

"Human Side of Communism" (projected book to be written with George Hewitt), Prospectus, notes, and biographical sketch of Hewitt 1945?

box 3, folder 11

"The Theatre's Trojan Horse," Typescript 1948.

The Whole of Their Lives: Communism in America: A Personal History and Intimate Portrayal of Its Leaders 1948

box 4, folder 1-4

Galleys

box 5, folder 1

Galleys

box 5, folder 2

Reviews, Includes a letter 1948-1953.

box 5, folder 3

"The Red Peril in Asia: How the United States in Asia Lost World War II," Prospectus and letter 1949. 1949

box 5, folder 4

"Communist Psychology, Tactics and Amorality," speech, American Legion National Americanism Commission Area Conference on Subversive Activities, Indianapolis, Ind., Mimeographed transcript, and clipping Feb. 12, 1949. 1949

box 5, folder 5

Speeches, American Legion pageant, Mosinee, Wis., Pageant consisted of mock communist coup in Mosinee with Benjamin Gitlow and Joseph Kornfeder (Joseph Zack) impersonating commissars. Typescript, holograph, program, clipping, leaflets, and memorabilia Apr. 30-May 1, 1950. 1950

box 5, folder 6

Testimony, U.S. Department of Justice hearing, Washington, D.C., Prepared commentary on exhibits, summary of previous testimony, and letters Apr. 23, 1951. 1951

box 5, folder 7

Letter to the editor, Peekskill (N.Y.) Evening Star, (date written). Relates to Israel Goldstein. Typescript Sept. 23, 1953

box 5, folder 8

"Behind the Red Curtain on Broadway," Prospectus n.d.

box 5, folder 9

"An Open Letter to Communists and Communist Sympathizers," Statement to publicize the book by Victor Kravchenko, I Chose Freedom. Typescript, galley, and letter by Eugene Lyons n.d.

box 5, folder 10

Series of articles on Soviet espionage, Includes "Inside the American Communist Spy System," "Seduction Is Their Racket," "I Defied Stalin," " 'Inside' the Commies," "They Can Get You Too!" "How the NKVD Uses the Unions for Industrial and Scientific Expionage," "Sex a Weapon of the NKVD," "The Carlo Tresca Murder," "The Poyntz Mystery," "Inside the Communist Spy Ring in America," and "Do You Want to Be a Communist?" Prospectuses, drafts, and notes n.d.

SUBJECT FILE 1918-1963

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, minutes, reports, resolutions, statements, memoranda, notes, bulletins, leaflets, clippings, and other printed matter, arranged alphabetically by topic.

box 5, folder 11-12

American China Policy Association.Correspondence (almost entirely mimeographed open letters by Alfred Kohlberg), memoranda, press releases, and printed matter circulated by the American China Policy Association 1945-1951

box 6, folder 1-2

American China Policy Association. Correspondence (almost entirely mimeographed open letters by Alfred Kohlberg), memoranda, press releases, and printed matter circulated by the American China Policy Association 1952-1960

American Fund for Public Service

box 6, folder 3

General. Memoranda, statistics, notes, clipping, and correspondence with Roger N. Baldwin, Robert W. Dunn, Max Eastman, Sherwood Eddy, Morris L. Ernst, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Charles Garland, Jay Lovestone, Scott Nearing, C. E. Ruthenberg, Norman Thomas, Harry F. Ward, Bertram D. Wolfe and others 1925-1941

box 6, folder 4

Funding of Brookwood Labor College. Statements, memoranda, statistics, and correspondence with Roger N. Baldwin, Robert W. Dunn, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, J. C. Kennedy, A. J. Muste, Tucker P. Smith and others 1926-1938

box 6, folder 5

Funding of Vanguard Press. Report, memorandum, miscellany, and correspondence with Jacob Baker, Roger N. Baldwin and others 1926-1939

box 6, folder 6

Minutes 1925-1941

box 6, folder 7

Reports, Includes audits 1923-1941.

American Jewish League against Communism

box 7, folder 1

General. Constitution, minutes, memoranda, statements, press releases, notes, miscellany, and correspondence with Alfred Kohlberg, Benjamin Schultz and others 1948-1959

box 7, folder 2

Clippings 1946-1953

box 7, folder 3

American Labor Party. Clippings, and leaflets 1939-1954

box 7, folder 4

American League against War and Fascism. Study by Hillman M. Bishop entitled "The American League against War and Fascism: A Study in Communist Tactics," bulletin, and leaflets 1934-1937

box 7, folder 5

American Radio Telegraphists Association. Bulletins 1938-1939

box 7, folder 6

Asia. Printed articles, and clippings 1942-1956

box 7, folder 7

China. Bulletin, printed articles, and clippings 1930-1958

Communism

box 7, folder 8

General. Three studies: "The Communist International Conspiracy" by Julius N. Cahn, and "The Communist Conspiracy in Canada" and "The Nature of the Communist Movement", both anonymous; leaflets, correspondence, and miscellany 1938-1959

box 8, folder 1

Clippings 1938-1955

box 8, folder 2

Communism and mass media. Speech by Eleanor A. Buchanan, entitled "Will You Help Me?" serial issues, printed articles, clippings, leaflets, bulletins, notes, and letters 1940-1956

Communism in education

box 8, folder 3

General. Legal briefs relating to faculty members at the University of Washington, serial issues, leaflets, reports, and letter 1948-1954

box 8, folder 4

Clippings 1938-1955

box 8, folder 5

Communist League of Struggle. Serial issue, leaflets, article by Albert Weisbord entitled "The Right Wing CPUSA," and letter by Weisbord 1931-1934

Communist Party, U.S.A.

box 8, folder 6

General. Statement by Harry M. Winitsky, speech by Erle Cocke, Jr., legal briefs and decision, memoranda, bulletin, leaflets, and correspondence with Max Bedacht, Milton Gibbs, John Reed and others 1919-1951

box 8, folder 7

Clippings 1921-1956

box 8, folder 8

Miscellany. Receipts and memorabilia 1923-1926

box 9, folder 1-2

Notes, Evidently used in the writing of I Confess and/or The Whole of Their Lives n.d.

box 9, folder 3

Printed articles 1939-1953

box 9, folder 4

Serial issues 1933-1956

Communist Party, U.S.A. (Opposition)

box 9, folder 5-6

Correspondence with Roger N. Baldwin, David Benjamin, Hal Boyer, Louis Francis Budenz, Harry Conner, Will Herberg, Jay Lovestone, Bert Miller (Benjamin Mandel), Tom Mooney, Tom O'Flaherty, Arne Swabeck, Frank Vrataric, Edward Wright, Herbert Zam and others 1929-1933

box 10, folder 1

Leaflets 1930-1933

box 10, folder 2

Minutes 1930-1932

box 10, folder 3

Miscellany. Receipts, tickets, membership cards, notes, and lists 1930-1932

box 10, folder 4

Printed matter. Legal brief, serial issues, and clippings 1930-1953

box 10, folder 5-6

Resolutions, reports, and statements 1930-1933

box 10, folder 7

Council against Communist Aggression. Mimeographed material circulated by the Council against Communist Aggression, including statements, resolutions, speeches, and letters by Arthur G. McDowell 1952-1957

box 11, folder 1

Council against Communist Aggression. Mimeographed material circulated by the Council against Communist Aggression, including statements, resolutions, speeches, and letters by Arthur G. McDowell 1958-1960

box 11, folder 2

Espionage, Russian. Study by J. Anthony Marcus entitled "How the Soviets Steal Our Industrial Secrets," printed articles, and clippings 1941-1957

box 11, folder 3-4

Europe. Clippings, printed articles, serial issues, and form letters 1933-1959

box 11, folder 5

Fourth International. Position papers by Albert Goldman, internal bulletin, leaflets, press release, printed article, and clippings 1933-1959

box 11, folder 6

Germany. Clippings, and printed articles 1941-1954

box 11, folder 7

International Bureau for Revolutionary Socialist Unity. Bulletins, statements, press releases, leaflets, and letters by Fenner Brockway 1935-1938

box 11, folder 8

International Bureau of Revolutionary Youth Organizations. Bulletins 1934-1935

box 11, folder 9

Labor and Socialist Press Service. Bulletins 1934-1935

Labor Party Association

box 12, folder 1-2

Correspondence with Lazar Becker, Alfred M. Bingham, V. F. Calverton, James P. Cannon, Harry Conner, B. J. Field, Sam Gampel, Francis A. Henson, Norman W. Lermond, A. J. Muste, Upton Sinclair, Herbert Solow, Allen Stiller, Albert Weisbord, Scott Wilkins, Herbert Zam and others 1933-1934

box 12, folder 3

Minutes 1933-1934

box 12, folder 4

Miscellany. Financial records, receipts, notes, serial issue, and leaflets 1933-1934

box 12, folder 5

Resolutions, reports, and statements 1933-1934

box 12, folder 6

Latin America. Clippings, printed articles, and form letter 1941-1956

Loyalty-security program 1947-

box 12, folder 7-8

General. "Report of the President's Temporary Commission on Employee Loyalty"; three studies: "Know Your Enemy" by Carl Baarslag, and "The Communist Underground" and "The Lincoln-Petkov Academy and the National Academy Organizations," both anonymous; interview of Benjamin Mandel; speech by William E. Jenner; conference program, memoranda, bulletins, newsletters, and leaflets 1941-1954

box 13, folder 1-2

Clippings 1940-1962

box 13, folder 3

Murphy, J. T. Clippings 1932

box 13, folder 4

Near East. Clippings, and printed articles 1947-1959

Paterson, N. J. - Silk Workers' Strike 1931

box 13, folder 5

General. Reports, resolutions, memoranda, notes, bulletin, press releases, lists, miscellany, and correspondence 1931

box 13, folder 6-7

Clippings 1931

box 14, folder 1-4

Clippings 1931

box 14, folder 5

Financial records 1931

box 14, folder 6

Leaflets 1931

Russia

box 15, folder 1

General. Anonymous study entitled "Concerning Stalin's Intentions"; "The Terror in Stalin's Russia: An Open Letter to Upton Sinclair" by Eugene Lyons; leaflets, notes, telegram, and a letter by J. N. Golos 1938-1953

box 15, folder 2-4

Clippings 1933-1956

box 15, folder 5

Printed articles 1938-1959

Socialist Party

box 15, folder 6

Clippings 1919-1934

box 16, folder 1

Convention, New York City, Transcript of proceedings 1928.

box 16, folder 2

Correspondence with Jack Altman, Louis P. Lochner, Clarence Senior and others 1918-1953

box 16, folder 3

Minutes 1935-1936

box 16, folder 4

Printed matter. Pamphlets, leaflets, serial issue, and printed article 1918-1938

box 16, folder 5

Resolutions, reports, and statements 1934-1940

box 16, folder 6

Sverges Socialistiska Partiet. Bulletin 1934

box 16, folder 7

Tenney, Jack B. Newspaper columns by Tenney, and letter by Tenney 1951-1952

box 16, folder 8-9

Trade-unions. Leaflets, clippings, printed articles, and miscellany 1931-1956

box 17, folder 1

Trade-unions. Leaflets, clippings, printed articles, and miscellany n.d.

box 17, folder 2

Trade-unions and communism. Leaflets, clippings, and printed articles 1931-1958

box 17, folder 3

Tresca, Carlo. Leaflets, press release, clipping, and letter 1939-1948

box 17, folder 4

Unemployed. Statements, and leaflets n.d.

box 17, folder 5-6

United Council of Working Women. Typed copy of pamphlet by Kate Gitlow entitled Women in Politics, speech by Kate Gitlow, resolutions, reports, statements, minutes, announcements, notes, and correspondence with John J. Ballam, Kate Gitlow, Bert Miller (Benjamin Mandel) and others 1926-1929

United States

box 17, folder 7

General. Article by Benjamin Mandel entitled "After Roosevelt - What?", newsletter, press releases, leaflets, miscellany, and letters 1932-1934

box 17, folder 8-9

Clippings 1928-1963

box 18, folder 1

Clippings n.d.

box 18, folder 2

Printed articles 1938-1959

box 18, folder 3

Workers Defense League. Press releases, leaflets, and form letters 1941-1942

box 18, folder 4

Workers' Health Bureau of America. Pamphlets, leaflets, and conference proceedings 1924-1927

World politics

box 18, folder 5-6

Clippings 1939-1956

box 18, folder 7

Printed articles 1939-1959

box 18, folder 8

Yugoslavia. Clippings, and printed articles 1945-1956

box 18, folder 9

Zack, Joseph. Press release, clippings, and letter by Zack 1938-1944

envelope A

AUDIO-VISUAL FILE.

General note

Two photographs of striking silk workers, Paterson, New Jersey, 1931; and 1 miscellaneous drawing.