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Morris Childs File 1938-1989

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, interview transcript, memorandum, notes, notebooks, radio and other addresses, essays, and miscellaneous items, arranged alphabetically by physical form, relating to the activities of Morris Childs, in particular to his trips to the Soviet Union and other countries.
Also available on microfilm (Reels 34-35 -- folders in Box 1 are on Reel 34, folders in Box 2 are on Reel 35).
 

Correspondence

 

General

box 1, folder 1

Unidentified 1965-1989

box 1, folder 2

Brezhnev, Leonid I. (draft) undated

box 1, folder 3

Chicago Sun, 1945

box 1, folder 4

Corrick, Donald W. 1947

box 1, folder 5

Dennis, Eugene (Gene) 1945

box 1, folder 6

Hall, Gus undated

box 1, folder 7

Krumbein, Charles 1945

box 1, folder 8

Lee, Davis C. 1945

box 1, folder 9

Ryle, Joe

box 1, folder 10

Clandestine undated

Scope and Contents note

With Soviet counterparts. Includes decoding tables.
 

Interview transcript by FBI agents Charles Knox and James Millburn 1986 November

box 1, folder 11

Tape nos. 3-6

box 1, folder 12

Tape nos. 7-9 and 12

box 1, folder 13

Tape no. 10

Scope and Contents note

Original holograph transcript with name index.
box 1, folder 14

Tape nos. 13-14

box 1, folder 15

Tape nos. 14 (side 3) and 17

box 1, folder 16

Tape nos. 19-21

box 1, folder 17

Memorandum 1965

 

Notebooks 1966 and 1969

box 1, folder 18

Undated

box 1, folder 19

1966 August-September

box 1, folder 20

1969

 

Notes (holograph and typescript) 1962-1974

box 2, folder 1

Meetings with the representatives of communist parties (Canada, Cuba, Cyprus, Portugal, Vietnam, Soviet Union) and analyses of the situation in Indonesia, Middle East, Soviet assistance to national liberation movements undated

box 2, folder 2

Soviet-Chinese relations undated

box 2, folder 3

Soviet-Chinese relations 1962-1965

box 2, folder 4

Report by Gus Hall, 23rd Congress of the KPSS 1966 January-April

box 2, folder 5

Trip with Gus Hall to the USSR, Bulgaria, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and East Germany 1966 August-September

box 2, folder 6

Trips to Mongolia, Romania, Czechoslovakia; the National Convention of the CPUSA 1966 October-December

box 2, folder 7

Meetings with leaders of the communist parties of Venezuela, the Soviet Union, East Germany, Argentina, South Africa, Israel, Canada, and Syria 1967-1968

box 2, folder 8

Meetings with leaders of the communist parties of North Vietnam and the Soviet Union 1971

box 2, folder 9

Meetings with the KPSS leaders 1972 and 1974

 

Speeches and writings 1938-1945

box 2, folder 10

"The Farmer Labor Party United Front USA," undated

box 2, folder 11

"Philosophic Nihilism Serves Reaction," undated

box 2, folder 12

Radio and other addresses 1938 August-October

box 2, folder 13

Discussion speech at the Plenary Meeting of the National Committee of the CPUSA 1945

box 2, folder 14

Miscellany 1967 and 1976

Scope and Contents note

Includes business cards, guest passes, concert program, and invitation cards, mainly relating to the trips to the Soviet Union (mostly in Russian).
 

Eva Childs File 1995 undated

Scope and Contents note

Memoirs and supplement to last will and testament of Eva Childs, wife of Morris Childs.
Also available on microfilm (Reel 35).
box 2, folder 15

Memoirs, holograph and typescript undated

box 2, folder 16

"Separate writing to last will and testament," typescript 1995

 

Jack Childs File 1964

Scope and Contents note

Biographical notes and correspondence of Jack Childs, brother of Morris Childs, arranged alphabetically by physical form.
Also available on microfilm (Reel 35).
box 2, folder 17

Biographical notes undated

box 2, folder 18

Correspondence 1964

box 2, folder 19

Photographs 1977, undated

 

Microfilm of Materials from the J. Edgar Hoover Foundation 1924-1988

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, reports, and notes relating to Federal Bureau of Investigation surveillance of the Communist Party, and the relationship between the Communist Party of the United States and the Soviet communist party and government. The original papers are held by the J. Edgar Hoover Foundation. A transfer table indicating corresponding folder and microfilm reel numbers is available at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of Originals

In 2010, the J. Edgar Hoover Foundation donated all of their original materials from the Morris Childs collection to the Law Enforcement Museum. Here  is a link to their website for research inquiries:
 

Communist Party of the United States of America file 1937-1979

Scope and Contents note

Bulletins, correspondence, course materials, financial records, minutes, pamphlets, reports, serial issues, and other printed matter.
 

Party meetings file 1945-1979

reel 1

Folder 1. 16th National Convention 1957

reel 1

Folder 2. 17th National Convention 1959

reel 1

Folders 3-4. 18th National Convention 1966

reel 1

Folder 5. 19th National Convention 1969

reel 1

Folder 6. 20th National Convention 1972

reel 1

Folder 7. 21st National Convention 1975

reel 2

Folder 8. 22nd National Convention 1979

reel 2

Folder 9. Meeting of 81 communist parties 1961

 

National Committee meetings

reel 2

Folder 10. 1945 1945

reel 2

Folder 11. 1956 1956

reel 2

Folder 12. Central Executive Committee meeting 1970

reel 2

Folder 13. Central Committee meetings 1972-1973

reel 3

Folder 14. Miscellaneous records and publications 1956-1973

reel 3

Folders 15-16. Political Committee meetings 1970-1977

reel 3

Folder 17. Preparatory Committee meetings 1968-1971

reel 3

Folder 18. National Youth Commission meeting 1946

reel 3

Folder 19. Negro Commission meeting 1967

 

State parties file 1937-1966

reel 3

Folder 20. California 1947-1966

 

Illinois

 

General

reel 3

Folder 21. 1945-1959 1945-1959

reel 3

Folder 22. 1960-1964 1960-1964

reel 4

Folders 23-24. Chicago Workers School 1937-1950

reel 4

Folder 25. Labor Committee 1946-1947

reel 4

Folder 26. Legislative Bureau 1939

reel 4

Folder 27. Kansas 1965

 

New York

reel 4

Folder 28. 1947-1954 1947-1954

reel 5

Folder 29. 1956-1966 1956-1966

reel 5

Folder 30. Oregon undated

reel 5

Folders 31-33. Education file 1944-1967

Scope and Contents note

Course materials and printed matter used in political education classes.
reel 5

Folder 34. Financial records 1960-1961

reel 6

Folder 35. Correspondence 1961-1976

Scope and Contents note

Includes correspondence conducted by Gus Hall with various communist leaders.
 

Miscellany

Scope and Contents note

Includes handwritten notes by Morris Childs, as well as reports, serial issues, and other printed matter.
reel 6

Folders 36-41. Unsorted material

reel 6

Folder 42. 1955 1955

reel 6

Folder 43. 1959 1959

reel 6-7

Folders 44-45. 1960s 1960

reel 7

Folder 46. 1960-1961 1960-1961

reel 7

Folders 47-48. 1965 1965

reel 7

Folder 49. 1973-1974 1973-1974

 

Country file 1936-1976

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, notes, pamphlets, photographs, and serial issues, largely relating to individual communist parties.
reel 7

Folder 50. Austria 1937

reel 7

Folder 51. Burma 1961

 

Canada

reel 7

Folder 52. 1950s-1960 1950-1960

reel 7

Folder 53. 1951-1965 1951-1965

reel 7

Folder 54. Ceylon 1960

reel 8

Folder 55. Chile 1958-1965

 

Czechoslovakia

reel 8

Folder 56. 1962 1962

reel 8

Folder 57. 1968-1971 1968-1971

reel 8

Folder 58. Dominican Republic 1965

reel 8

Folder 59. Ecuador circa 1962

reel 8

Folder 60. Finland 1939

 

France

reel 8

Folder 61. 1936-1961 1936-1961

reel 8

Folder 62. 1976 1976

reel 8

Folder 63. German Democratic Republic 1974

reel 8

Folder 64. Ghana 1965

reel 8

Folder 65. Guatemala 1954

reel 8

Folder 66. Guyana 1960s

reel 8

Folder 67. Hong Kong 1966

reel 8

Folder 68. Iraq 1959

reel 8

Folder 69. Israel 1946-1966

reel 9

Folder 70. Italy 1976

reel 9

Folder 71. Mexico 1944-1959

reel 9

Folder 72. North Vietnam 1969

reel 9

Folder 73. Philippines 1971

reel 9

Folder 74. Poland 1973

reel 9

Folder 75. Puerto Rico 1976

reel 9

Folder 76. Romania 1976

reel 9

Folder 77. South Vietnam and Laos 1971

reel 9

Folder 78. Spain 1936

reel 9

Folder 79. Venezuela 1966

reel 9

Folders 80-81. Miscellaneous unsorted material

 

Alphabetical file 1937-1979

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, notes, photographs, and printed material, organized by name of individual, organization, or subject.
reel 9

Folder 82. Albertson case 1956

reel 10

Folder 83. American Institute for Marxist Studies 1965-1977

reel 10

Folder 84. Blair, Fred and Mary 1950-1964

reel 10

Folder 85. Browder, Earl 1938-1946

reel 10

Folder 86. Burlak, Anne 1958

reel 10

Folder 87. Central Intelligence Agency 1964

reel 10

Folder 88. Childs, Eva 1960-1961

reel 10

Folders 89-91. Childs, Morris 1944-1968

reel 10

Folder 92. China 1962-1966

reel 10

Folder 93. Citizens Committee for Constitutional Rights 1961-1966

reel 10

Folder 94. Civil Rights Congress of Illinois 1955

reel 10

Folder 95. Control Commission 1958-1961

reel 10

Folder 96. Davis, Angela 1971

reel 10

Folder 97. Dennis, Eugene 1945-1961

reel 11

Folders 98-99. Dennis, Peggy 1960s-1975

reel 11

Folder 100. Development of the working class undated

reel 11

Folder 101. Educational materials 1960-1965

reel 11

Folders 102-103. Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley 1959-1964

reel 11-12

Folder 104-105. Foreign ministers conference 1957

reel 12

Folder 106. Foster, William Z. 1947

reel 12

Folder 107. Gates, John undated

reel 12

Folder 108. German Democratic Republic undated

reel 12

Folder 109. Goddard College 1972

reel 12

Folder 110. Goldway, Inc. 1966

reel 12

Folder 111. Green, Gil 1945

reel 12

Folder 112. Gromyko, Andrei undated

reel 12

Folders 113-117. Hall, Gus 1964-1979

reel 12

Folder 118. International Publishers 1963

reel 12

Folder 119. Johnson, Beatrice undated

reel 12

Folder 120. Kling, Jack 1961-1964

reel 13

Folder 121. Kling, Susan 1968-1969

reel 13

Folder 122. Krchmarek, Anthony 1957

reel 13

Folder 123. Ku Klux Klan 1965

reel 13

Folder 124. Kushner, Sam undated

reel 13

Folder 125. Lannon, Albert and Elva 1963

reel 13

Folders 126-127. Lightfoot, Claude 1946-1966

reel 13

Folder 128. Lincoln Brigade 1937-1952

reel 13

Folder 129. Lumer, Hyman 1961

reel 13

Folder 130. McCarran Internal Security Act 1965-1966

reel 13

Folder 131. Maysonet, Jorge W. 1960

reel 13

Folder 132. Midwest Committee for the Protection of the Foreign Born undated

reel 13

Folder 133. Miller, Versta 1979

reel 13

Folder 134. Modern Book Store 1966

reel 13

Folder 135. Moore, James undated

reel 13

Folder 136. Muslims 1964-1965

reel 13

Folder 137. National Committee to Combat Nazism 1962-1966

reel 13

Folder 138. National Executive Committee 1968

reel 13

Folder 139. New Century Publishers 1946-1954

reel 13

Folder 140. Newspaper clippings 1960-1961

reel 13

Folder 141. Nixon, Richard 1971

reel 13

Folder 142. Peace and Socialism in Europe undated

reel 13

Folder 143. Ponomarev, B. N. 1977

reel 13

Folder 144. Preparatory Committee 1968

reel 14

Folder 145. Print shop undated

reel 14

Folder 146. Privacy laws 1977

reel 14

Folder 147. Progressive Labor Party undated

reel 14

Folder 148. "Reo Able Cox," undated

reel 14

Folder 149. Rosenberg, Julius and Ethel 1952-1963

reel 14

Folder 150. Shevliagin, D. 1957-1958

reel 14

Folder 151. Shoulders, John 1964

reel 14

Folder 152. Socialist report undated

reel 14

Folder 153. Students for a Democratic Society (S.D.S.) 1966

reel 14

Folder 154. Suslov, Mikhail 1977

reel 14

Folder 155. Teachers of the World 1956

reel 14

Folder 156. Thompson, Robert 1947-1965

reel 14

Folder 157. Thompson, Robert Glen 1965

reel 14

Folder 158. Veterans for Peace in Vietnam 1965-1966

reel 14

Folder 159. Weinstone, William undated

reel 14

Folder 160. West, James undated

reel 14

Folder 161. Williamson, John 1937-1958

reel 14

Folder 162. Winston, Henry 1963

reel 14

Folder 163. Winters, Carl and Helen 1963

reel 14

Folder 164. Women's International Democratic Federation 1964

reel 14

Folder 165. Young Workers Liberation League 1979

 

Communist Party of the Soviet Union file 1956-1976

Scope and Contents note

Articles, directives, notes, reports, resolutions, serial issues, speeches, and printed matter, largely relating to congresses of the CPSU.
reel 14

Folder 166. 20th Party Congress 1956

reel 15

Folders 167-170. 21st Party Congress 1959

reel 15

Folder 171. 22nd Party Congress 1961

reel 15-16

Folders 172-175. 23rd Party Congress 1966

reel 16

Folders 176-177. 24th Party Congress 1971

reel 16

Folder 178. 25th Party Congress 1976

 

Soviet publications file 1937-1988

 

Daily Review

Scope and Contents note

Translations from the Soviet press published by the Soviet Information Bureau and the Novosti Press Agency.
reel 16

Folders 179-180. 1959 1959

reel 16

Folder 181. 1964-1966 1964-1966

reel 17

Folder 182. 1968-1969 1968-1969

reel 17

Folder 183. 1975-1980 1975-1980

 

Pravda

reel 17

Folder 184. 1961-1975 1961-1975

reel 17

Folder 185. 1977 1977-1977

reel 17

Folder 186. Miscellaneous publications 1937-1977

reel 18

Folder 187. Miscellaneous articles from the Soviet press 1960-1988

reel 18

Folder 188. Miscellaneous concert and conference programs from the Soviet Union 1960-1972

reel 18

Folder 189. Articles about Jews in the Soviet Union and elsewhere 1958-1966

reel 18

Folder 190. Serial issues from Panama and the German Democratic Republic 1974-1975

reel 18

Folder 191. Bibliography of works largely relating to the history of the Soviet Union undated

 

Hungary file 1962-1977

 

8th Congress of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party 1962

reel 18

Folders 192-194. Reports, resolutions, and speeches

reel 18

Folder 195. Serial issues

reel 19

Folders 196-199. Meetings of the Working Group and the Preparatory Committee of the International Conference of Communist and Workers' Parties, Budapest, Hungary 1968

Scope and Contents note

Communiqués, reports, resolutions, speeches, and other records.
reel 19

Folder 200. Memorandum and miscellaneous publications 1968-1977

 

Photographs 1940s-1970s

reel 19

Folder 201. 10 prints depicting Earl Browder, Gus Hall, and other American communists undated

reel 19

Folder 202. 25 prints depicting Gus Hall, Morris Childs, Leonid Brezhnev, and others in Hungary, Poland, and the Soviet Union undated

reel 19

Folder 203. 5 prints depicting Gus Hall and others 1977

reel 19

Folder 204. 24 prints depicting Henry Winston, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Nikita Khrushchev, and others circa 1960s

reel 19

Folder 205. 28 prints depicting Gus Hall, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and Henry Winston meeting with Leonid Brezhnev and other Communist leaders, taken during visits to the Soviet Union, Poland, and the German Democratic Republic circa 1960s-1970s

reel 19

Folder 206. 28 miscellaneous prints, largely depicting American Communist leaders undated

Scope and Contents note

Includes 1 print depicting Vladimir Lenin, 1 print depicting Republican soldiers (possibly from the International Brigades) in the Spanish Civil War, and 4 prints depicting the ruined palace of Catherine the Great.
reel 20

Folder 207. 61 prints depicting Earl Browder, Gus Hall, Gus Polites, Leonid Brezhnev, and others 1940s-1970s

Scope and Contents note

Includes 2 prints depicting a Soviet supersonic airliner.
reel 20

Folder 208. 1 album containing 41 prints and 21 negatives depicting Gus Hall, Morris Childs, and others on a trip to Bulgaria circa 1970s

reel 20

Folder 209. 1 album containing 76 prints depicting Gus Hall during visits to the Soviet Union circa 1970s

reel 20

Folder 210. 1 album containing 19 prints depicting Gus Hall during a visit to Romania circa 1970s

Scope and Contents note

Includes 3 prints depicting Nicolae Ceausescu.
 

Miscellaneous materials 1935-1978

Scope and Contents note

Largely relating to the Communist Party of the United States of America and other communist parties.
 

Correspondence, notes, and reports

reel 20

Folders 211-214. Unsorted

reel 20

Folder 215. 1959-1961 1959-1961

reel 21

Folder 216. 1960-1961 1960-1961

reel 21

Folder 217. 1961-1962 1961-1962

reel 21

Folder 218. 1963 1963

reel 21

Folder 219. 1963-1971 1963-1971

reel 21

Folder 220. 1964 1964

reel 21

Folder 221. 1964-1965 1964-1965

reel 21

Folder 222. 1965 1965

reel 21

Folder 223. 1965-1967 1965-1967

reel 21

Folder 224. 1966 1966

reel 21

Folder 225. 1971 1971

reel 21

Folder 226. 1972 1972

reel 22

Folder 227. 1973 1973

reel 22

Folder 228. 1974 1974

reel 22

Folder 229. 1975 1975

reel 22

Folder 230. 1976-1977 1976-1977

reel 22

Folder 231. 1977 1977

reel 22

Folder 232. 1978 1978

 

Notes taken by Morris Childs relating to his foreign travels

reel 22

Folder 233. 1972 1972

reel 22

Folder 234. 1972-1974 1972-1974

reel 22

Folders 235-236. Unsorted notebooks undated

reel 22, 22A, 23

Folders 237-242. Loose material 1947-1970

Scope and Contents note

Includes clippings, correspondence, directives, notes, and printed matter.
reel 23

Folder 243. Discussion outline concerning decisions of the 7th World Congress of the Communist International 1935

 

Notes

Scope and Contents note

Holograph and typescript notes made by Morris Childs, with some by others. Includes some address books, receipts, and printed matter.
reel 23

Folders 244-246. Undated 1924-1988

reel 23

Folder 247. 1960s 1960

reel 24

Folder 248. 1961-1965 1961-1965

reel 24

Folder 249. 1968 1968

reel 24

Folder 250. 1970-1971 1970-1971

reel 24

Folder 251. 1974 1974

 

Covert operations materials circa 1968

reel 24

Folder 252. Catalog of listening devices

reel 24

Folder 253. Notes and lists

reel 24

Folder 254. Photographs of documents

reel 24

Folder 255. Reports and translations from the Soviet press 1968-1976

reel 25

Folder 256. Correspondence, notes, programs, and reports 1964-1972

Scope and Contents note

Includes a photograph of a document by Gus Hall.
reel 25

Folder 257. Clippings, correspondence, mailing addresses, minutes, and notes 1969-1970

reel 25

Folder 258. Campaign material, reports, resolutions, speeches, and survey 1966-1968

reel 25

Folder 259. Bulletin, note, serial issue, and tickets 1967

reel 25

Folder 260. Correspondence and printed matter relating to the firm Russian Language Specialties 1963

reel 25

Folder 261. Souvenir book commemorating the 75th birthday of Ella Reeve Bloor 1937

reel 25

Folder 262. Press releases from Panorama, the foreign press service of the German Democratic Republic 1966-1967

 

Printed matter 1924-1988

Scope and Contents note

Brochures, newsletters, pamphlets, and serial issues, largely relating to the Communist Party of the United States of America, other communist parties internationally, and radical movements in the United States.
reel 25

Folder 263. Brochures and newsletters relating to Africa 1935-1960

reel 25

Folders 264-265. Ad Hoc Bulletin 1963-1971

 

Serial issues and pamphlets 1924-1988

Arrangement Statement

Arranged alphabetically by title.
reel 26

Folder 266. A

reel 26

Folder 267. B-C

reel 26

Folders 268-269. D

reel 26

Folders 270-271. F

reel 27

Folder 272. I-L

reel 27

Folders 273-274. M

reel 27A

Folder 275. N

reel 27A, 28

Folders 276-278. P

reel 28

Folder 279. R-U

reel 28

Folders 280-281. W

reel 28

Folder 282. Y

 

Pamphlets, monographs, and newsletters

Arrangement Statement

Arranged chronologically.
reel 28

Folder 283. 1920s-1930s 1920-1939

reel 29

Folders 284-285. 1940s 1940-1949

reel 30

Folders 286-287. 1950s 1950-1959

reel 31, 32

Folders 288-290. 1960s 1960-1969

reel 32, 33

Folders 291-294. 1970s 1970-1979