Guide to the New York Workers School Materials MS.M.019
Processed by Adrian Turner; machine-readable finding aid created by Adrian Turner
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
(cc) 2001
The UCI Libraries
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University of California, Irvine
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Title: New York Workers School materials
Identifier/Call Number: MS.M.019
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear Feet
(2 boxes and 1 oversize folder)
Date (inclusive): 1926-1935
Abstract: This collection contains printed material relating to instructional courses offered by the Communist Party U.S.A. (C.P.U.S.A.)
New York Workers School. This material includes outlines for courses on Marxism; supporting readings by Eugen Varga, Vladimir
I. Sorin, and the Labor Research Association; memoranda; pamphlets; and position papers distributed by the C.P.U.S.A. The
collection also contains files relating to the scope and function of the C.P.U.S.A., and material produced by affiliated national
and international organizations including Communist International, Red International of Labor Unions, and Young Communist
International.
Language of Material:
English
.
Access
Collection is open for research. Access to fragile originals is restricted when preservation photocopies are available.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Preferred Citation
New York Workers School Materials. MS-M19. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this
collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Acquisition Information
Acquired, 1974.
Processing History
Processed by Adrian Turner, 2001.
Organizational History
The Communist Party, U.S.A. opened its New York Workers School at 48-50 East 13th St. in October 1923. Students were provided
with an education aligned with the Party's goals, emphasizing an understanding of Marxism and an awareness of affiliated organizations
involved in the American communist movement. By 1927, the School offered a wide array of courses such as "History of the American
working class," "Fundamentals of communism," and "Labor journalism," taught by David Saposs, Floyd Dell, Arthur C. Calhoun,
John Dos Passos, and others. In 1944 the School was incorporated into the Jefferson School of Social Science.
For further information about the School, see Marvin E. Gettleman, "The New York Workers School, 1923-1944: Communist Education
in American Society," in
New Studies in the Politics and Culture of U.S. Communism, Michael E. Brown et. al, eds. (New York: Monthly Review Press, 1993), 261-280.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection contains printed material relating to instructional courses offered by the Communist Party U.S.A. (C.P.U.S.A.)
New York Workers School. This material includes outlines for courses on Marxism; supporting readings by Eugen Varga, Vladimir
I. Sorin, and the Labor Research Association; memoranda; pamphlets; and position papers distributed by the C.P.U.S.A. The
collection also contains files relating to the scope and function of the C.P.U.S.A., and material produced by affiliated national
and international organizations including Communist International, Red International of Labor Unions, and Young Communist
International.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Working class -- Education -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- Sources
Labor movement -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- Sources
Labor unions and communism
Communist education -- New York (State) -- New York
Communism -- New York (State) -- New York
Socialism and youth
Marxian historiography
Young Communist International -- Archives
Communist Party of the United States of America (New York). New York Workers School -- Archives
Communist International. Executive Committee -- Archives
box 1, folder 1
Communist organizational principles, undated
box 1, folder 2
Session 2, The Marxian theory of the crisis
1933
box 1, folder 2
Session 3, Material on Marxist-Leninist theory of the state
1933
box 1, folder 2
Session 4, Marxism-Leninism: epoch of imperialism and proletarian revolution
1933
box 1, folder 3
Session 1, Outline (partial), undated
box 1, folder 3
Session 7, Three post-war periods of capitalism, undated
box 1, folder 4
Problems of the youth movement
box 1, folder 4
Session 3, International youth movement during the war years: 1914-1918
1935
box 1, folder 4
Session 4, Formation of the Young Communist International
1935
box 1, folder 4
Session 5, Fifteen years of the Young Communist International
1935
box 1, folder 5-13
National and international affiliates materials
box 1, folder 5
Communist International files
box 1, folder 5
Conditions of admission, undated
box-folder 1 : 5
The Fundamental tasks of the Communist International, undated
box FB-019, folder 2
District Research Committee, information bulletin
1934
box 1, folder 6-8
Executive Committee annual plenum files
box 1, folder 6
1926
Physical Description: 4 items.
General Physical Description note: no content
box 1, folder 9
Communist Party, U.S.A. files
box 1, folder 9
The Agrarian question, undated
box 1, folder 9
How to begin work among farmers, undated
box 1, folder 9
Memoranda
1932
Physical Description: 2 items.
General Physical Description note: no content
box 1, folder 10
The Organizational construction of the communist parties and the methods and scope of their activity, undated
box 1, folder 10
The Organization of a committee of action, undated
box 1, folder 10
Organizational structure of the Communist Party, U.S.A., undated
box 1, folder 10
The Role of the communist party in the proletarian revolution, undated
box 1, folder 11
National Training School, United States of Europe slogan, article (partial), undated
box 1, folder 12
Red International of Labor Unions (R.I.L.U.) files
box 1, folder 12
Objects of tasks, undated
box 1, folder 12
Outline of trade union work
1931
box 1, folder 12
Programme of thematic circle to study findings of sixth session of R.I.L.U. Central Council, undated
box 1, folder 12
The World crisis, economic struggles, and the tasks of the revolutionary trade union movement, undated
box FB-019, folder 2
Workers International Relief, Kentucky-Tennessee Striking Miners Relief Campaign march to Pineville, broadside, undated
box 1, folder 13
Young Communist International (Y.C.I.) files
box 1, folder 13
Fifteenth anniversary of Y.C.I.
1934
box 1, folder 13
Outline for discussion on Lenin, Liebknecht, and Luxembourg, memorial material
1934
box 1, folder 14-16
Publications and miscellaneous clippings on U.S.S.R.-foreign relations
box 1, folder 14
Labor Research Association. The economic basis of the political situation
1933
box 1, folder 15
Sorin, Vladimir I. Lenin's teachings about the party (excerpts)
ca. 1940
box 1, folder 16
Varga, Eugen. Economics and economic policy in the first quarter of 1931, undated
box 2 [RESTRICTED], folder 1-5
Restricted original material for which preservation photocopies have been inserted into the collection
1926-1935
Access
Material in box 2 is restricted because it is fragile.
