Title:
George Sandy memoirs: and supplementary material relating to the Communist Party : oral history transcript / 1992
Creator/Contributor:
Sandy, George, 1907-, creator, Interviewee.
Creator/Contributor:
Tarail, Theodore T., Interviewer.
Abstract:
Interview begins with George Sandy's Indiana childhood and family, education, early interest in Socialism, and odd jobs and
travel (hitchiking and catching trains) around the United States. The interview continues with his involvement in the Young
Communist League as an organizer, and political involvement as a Communist Party member in New York in California. The end
of the interview discusses his involvement in the senior movement in California and the organization of the politically active
Congress of California Seniors.
Fifteen pages relating to Sandy's participation in the Communist Party, including a 1950 W-2 pay withholding statement listing
the Party as his employer, letters to and from Sandy, and copies of printed materials.
Date:
1950 (issued)
Subject:
n-us-ca -- n-us-ny
Young Communist League of the U.S.
Communist Party of the United States of America.
Older people -- California
California -- Politics and government -- Personal narratives
New York (State) -- Politics and government -- Personal narratives
Note:
as told to Ted Tarail,
Forms part of the Donated oral histories collection, The Bancroft Library.
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library
of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional
Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Related George Sandy papers on the Congress of California Seniors cataloged separately.
George Sandy was born in 1907 in Indiana, became an organizer for the Young Communist League in Southern California in the
1930's, went to New York as an organizer for the League in the 1940's, returned to California and worked with the Communist
Party for most of his career until 1968, and ran for Congress in California and New York as a communist. Sandy later became
active in the senior movement and was president of the Congress of California Seniors.
Type:
biography
Oral histories.
Physical Description:
print
1 box (.2 linear ft.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 98/156 cz
Origin:
California
Copyright Note:
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library
of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional
Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.