American Subject collection

SUBJECT FILE 1901-1994

Scope and Contents

Addresses, appointment books, articles, brochures, bulletins, campaign material, circulars, correspondence, directories, essays, invitations, financial records, flyers, leaflets, legislation, log-books, manuals, memoirs, memoranda, minutes of meetings, newsletters, newspaper issues, notes, pamphlets, proclamations, programs, reports, statements, studies, transcripts of testimony, tributes, clippings and other printed matter, arranged alphabetically by subject

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General. Serial issues, pamphlets, leaflets, bulletins newsletters, reports, directories, manuals, appointment books, memoranda, and copies of New Deal legislation, relating to political, social, economic, and military conditions in the United States 1901-1989

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General. Serial issues, pamphlets, leaflets, bulletins newsletters, reports, directories, manuals, appointment books, memoranda, and copies of New Deal legislation, relating to political, social, economic, and military conditions in the United States 1901-1989

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American Friends Service Committee. Pamphlet relating to German refugees, and a button, n.d., that belonged to one Elizabeth Everett 1939;

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American Youth Congress. Clippings, relating mainly to activities of the American Youth Congress in the 1930s 1935-1970

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Anti-Semitism. Leaflets issued by the Edmondson (Economic Service) 1934

Armed Forces

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Instructional guide, entitled "AirLand Battle," relating to the theory of coordination of air and ground military operations n.d.

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Pamphlets, one relating to defense production, and one relating to the threat of disease and non-battle injury to U.S. military personnel in the Gulf War of 1991, 1991 February 15 1952

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Miscellany. Two mimeographed technical training bulletins, European Theater, ; one serial issue, 1949, issued by the Bureau of Naval Personnel; and one study, n.d., relating to motor vehicle operation in desert country and cold climates 1945 June-July

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Bicentennial. Addresses, illustrations, proclamations, and other material, l976, issued in commemoration of the Bicentenary of the United States

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Business. Reprint of a speech by Susanna W. Purnell, relating to U.S. business abroad and the threat of terrorism 1986,

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Christians for Socialism. Tract, entitled "Commies for Christ," relating to similarities between Christianity and communism, and to guidelines for U.S. foreign policy ca. 1983,

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Civil rights movement. Pamphlets and leaflets, relating in particular to Martin Luther King, Jr. 1946-1967,

Communism. See also socialism

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General. Correspondence, speeches, statements, testimonies, reports, studies, newsletters, pamphlets, brochures, and clippings, relating to international communism and to communism in the United States 1946-1977

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Issue of Left Review, organ of the John Reed Club of Philadelphia n.d.,

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Cooperative movement. Pamphlets 1943-1944

Environment

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General. Includes a brochure, describing the Earth Island Institute n.d.

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Green parties. Flyer issued by the Green Party of California 1991

Hoover, Herbert C.

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Issue of The Illustrated Review, featuring Herbert Hoover 1920 February

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Printed articles, relating to Herbert Hoover's mining career in Australia at the turn of the century 1987-1992

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Tributes, presented to Herbert Hoover by the Bohemian Club 1953-1954

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LaRouche, Lyndon. Pamphlets, issued by Lyndon LaRouche groups, relating to world population policy and the electoral candidacies of LaRouche supporters 1994,

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Libertarianism

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Libertarianism

General. Correspondence, reports, essays, financial records, notes, leaflets, pamphlets, bulletins, newsletters, newspaper and serial issues, and other printed matter, relating to libertarianism in the United States, the organization and activities of the Libertarian Party in California and other libertarian organizations and conservative youth groups, and the First National Convention of the Libertarian Party

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First issue of the newsletter North Texas Libertarian, relating to the beginning of the 1986 Libertarian Party campaign in Texas 1986 March,

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Merchant marine. Log-book (handwritten), for a voyage of the steam-ship Lottie Bennet from San Francisco to Valparaiso, Chile, 1914; and log-book (blank), for a voyage of the schooner W.F. Jewett from San Francisco to Callao, Peru, 1913

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Migrant labor - California. reprint of John Steinbeck's essay "Their Blood Is Strong," originally published in 1936 and relating to the migratory agricultural workers in California 1938

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Minorities. Reprint of an article by Wendell L. Willkie entitled "The Case for the Minorities," 1942

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National Popular Government League. Bulletins, relating to various aspects of the political process 1929-1940

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Presidential inaugurations. Reception and concert invitations, programs, and campaign badges, relating to the inaugurations of Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard M. Nixon 1953-1973,

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Prisons. Essay, by U.S. Bureau of Prisons director James V. Bennett, entitled "Of Prisons and Justice," relating to the penal system in general and to vocational training in prisons in particular ca. 1960,

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Protestant Episcopal Church. Clippings and other printed matter, relating to alleged Marxist influence in the Protestant Episcopal Church and in the World Council of Churches. Includes an Episcopalian study guide entitled "Struggling with the System: Probing Alternatives" 1974-1978,

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Radicalism. Reports, relating to activities of the Workers' (Communist) Party, the Industrial Workers of the World, and other leftist organizations in Los Angeles during this period 1924

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Reform movements. Pamphlets, bulletins, and leaflets issued by various reform movements 1943-1971

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Republican Party. Typescript memoir relating to the Republican National Convention of July 1952, and Earl Warren, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Richard M. Nixon. Written by a convention messenger.

Access

Users must sign use agreement stating they will not disclose the identity of the author.

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Smith Act. Circular, relating to appeals for the defense of Oleta O'Connor Yates, under indictment on charges of violating the Smith Act 1952,

Socialism

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General 1911-l967,

Scope and Contents note

Pamphlets, leaflets, booklets, newspaper and serial issues, bulletins, clippings, reports, and minutes, relating to the Socialist and Communist parties, as well as to other radical movements in the U.S., and to Leon Trotsky and the onset of World War II, as viewed by the communist and Trotskyist press in the U.S. Includes a legal brief and a legal decision, as well as notes, l937-l94l, relating to legal proceedings against Harry Bridges

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General 1911-l967,

Scope and Contents note

Pamphlets, leaflets, booklets, newspaper and serial issues, bulletins, clippings, reports, and minutes, relating to the Socialist and Communist parties, as well as to other radical movements in the U.S., and to Leon Trotsky and the onset of World War II, as viewed by the communist and Trotskyist press in the U.S. Includes a legal brief and a legal decision, as well as notes, l937-l94l, relating to legal proceedings against Harry Bridges

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General 1911-l967,

Scope and Contents note

Pamphlets, leaflets, booklets, newspaper and serial issues, bulletins, clippings, reports, and minutes, relating to the Socialist and Communist parties, as well as to other radical movements in the U.S., and to Leon Trotsky and the onset of World War II, as viewed by the communist and Trotskyist press in the U.S. Includes a legal brief and a legal decision, as well as notes, l937-l94l, relating to legal proceedings against Harry Bridges

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General 1911-l967,

Scope and Contents note

Pamphlets, leaflets, booklets, newspaper and serial issues, bulletins, clippings, reports, and minutes, relating to the Socialist and Communist parties, as well as to other radical movements in the U.S., and to Leon Trotsky and the onset of World War II, as viewed by the communist and Trotskyist press in the U.S. Includes a legal brief and a legal decision, as well as notes, l937-l94l, relating to legal proceedings against Harry Bridges

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Issue of The N.Y. Socialist, put out by the left wing of the Socialist Party and parodying The Socialist, the official organ of the party; and genuine issue of The Socialist, 1919 May 27 1919 May 17,

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Pamphlets, relating to Eugene V. Debs 1920-1942?

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Scrapbook of clippings, relating to Socialist candidates in the Presidential campaign of 1928 and Congressional and state elections of 1930 1928-1930,

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Roosevelt, Theodore. Program of memorial service 1919 February 9

Trade unions

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General. Program of the Needle Trade Union, published by the Trade Union Education League, Needle Trade Section (in Yiddish) 1926

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Handbills, 1931-1932, advocating unionization and unemployment relief in the U.S., and expressing pro-Soviet sympathies (some issued by the Communist Party of the United States of America)

Veterans

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Bryant, M. C. Newspaper clippings, relating to the suicide of M. C. Bryant, an American businessman in France and a member of the American Relief Administration during World War I 1928

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Karling, F. Biographical sketch of F. Karling, Commander-in-Chief, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States 1918-1920

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U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council. Brochure, relating to the work of the council and to the official groundbreaking of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 1986,

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Wilson, Woodrow. Mimeographed copy of a letter, from President Woodrow Wilson to Jacob H. Schiff, head of the Jewish War Relief, relating to that organization's fund-raising campaign 1917 November 22,

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Miscellany. Two identical leaflets in Cambodian (possibly Thai or Laotian), dropped from an airplane over Stockton, California n.d.

OVERSIZE MATERIAL 1936.

Scope and Contents

Broadside issued by the Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi League to Champion Human Rights

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Broadside issued by the Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi League to Champion Human Rights and entitled "High Holiday Boycott Proclamation," calling for a boycott of German goods and services as a way of fighting Nazi Germany and of helping to save the Jewish people from destruction. In English and Hebrew

AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIAL undated 1929 circa 1929-1947

Scope and Contents

Phonorecords and phonotape cassettes of speeches and statements by American presidents and others relating to American politics

Phonorecords

Inaugural addresses and other speeches by various presidents

record Cabinet

Coolidge, Calvin

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Hoover, Herbert (on agriculture and Prohibition)

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Roosevelt, Franklin D.

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Truman, Harry S

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Eisenhower, Dwight D.

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Kennedy, John F.

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Johnson, Lyndon B.

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"Army Week Prayer" (delivered by Major General Luther D. Miller, Chief of Chaplains), produced by the Radio Section of the War Department Public Relations Division, with the cooperation of the Military Order of the World Wars, for Army Week, Includes a statement by General Dwight D. Eisenhower 1947 April.

INCREMENTAL MATERIALS

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Americans for Democratic Action file

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Anti-Defamation League materials

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Materials not yet described

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Materials not yet described

box 15, folder 1

"We are Free: Libertarian Party of Nevada" newsletters 1975 July-1976 February

box 15, folder 2

"The Right to Work National Newsletter" 1963 February-1966 August

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"Report on the Left" newsletter 1964 September-1965 December

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"Student Soapbox" Anti-War Issue 1937 April 22

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"News From the Free Society" newsletter 1965 August-1967 July

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"Theater Arts Committee" magazine 1939-1940

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"The Advisor" newsletter 1938 September-1939 July

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"Resolve: A News Digest" 1931-1939

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"Talk it Over" newsletter, National Institute of Social Relations 1946

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"The Young Fraternalist" newsletter 1942

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"International: Organ of the Australian Section of the Fourth International" 1960-1961

box 15, folder 12

The Socialist Perspective: Journal of the Fourth International in Australia" 1966 October-1967 February

box 16, folder 1

Center for Constitutional Rights Docket 1990 August

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Jewish Affairs 1944-1947

Scope and Contents

Includes publications by the Jewish Labor Committee, New Zionist Organization of America, and the Research Institute on Peace and Post-War Problems of the American Jewish Committee.

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Canadian Propaganda 1941-1945

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Labor Affairs 1941-1963

Scope and Contents

Includes the following publications: "Defense Planning and Labor Policy," "Helping the Veteran Help Himself," and "Women at Work in Wartime."

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Informational Christian Materials 1915-1945

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Disarmament publications 1912-1932

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Educational materials on internationalism 1942-1944

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International Law and Peace Organizations 1910-1921

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Christian Peace groups 1929-1947

box 16, folder 10

Peace Poster Contest 1925-1939

box 16, folder 11

ACLU publications 1940-1948

box 17, folder 1

Peace and Change: A Journal of Peace Research 1989 January

box 17, folder 2

"The Phyllis Schlafly Report" newsletters 1971 June-1976 August

box 17, folder 3

Anti-Communism publications 1948-1969

Scope and Contents

Includes "The Washington Intelligence Report" newsletters, "Christian Anti-Communist Crusade," and "A New Weapon."

box 17, folder 4

Church League of America publications 1961-1971

Scope and Contents

Includes "The National Laymen's Digest" newsletter and "A Manual for Survival."

box 17, folder 5

Berkeley political materials 1970-1971

Scope and Contents

Includes pamphlets, posters, and newsletters.

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Student activism materials 1970-1971

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Gay Liberation Front publications 1970-1979

box 17, folder 8

African-American activism 1969-1970

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Publications on Europe 1955 January-1971 January

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Publications on international economics 1943-1946

Scope and Contents

Includes publications on Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and international economic trade broadly.

box 18, folder 3

"Countries want independence, Nations want liberation, People want revolution!" anthology 1977

Scope and Contents

Articles originally published in newspaper Getting Together.

box 18, folder 4-6

Publications on international affairs 1943-1976

Scope and Contents

Includes publications on international security, American foreign policy, and post-war relations.

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Socialist publications 1947-1957

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Political publications 1935-1966

Scope and Contents

Includes publications from the Democratic National Party, National Planning Association, CIO Political Action Committee, Society for the PRevention of World War III, and the American Conservative Union.

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Oil pamphlets 1950-1959

box 19, folder 5

"Report of Donovan Commission of IRC on Communist Deflection Campaigns" 1956 March 20

box 19, folder 6

Communism publications 1926-1969

box 19, folder 7

Publications on post-war Europe 1947-1959

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Materials not yet described

box 21, folder 1

Political materials 1970-1971

Scope and Contents

Includes newsletters, pamphlets, and posters on politics in the Bay Area and on the national stage.

box 21, folder 2

Americans for Democratic Action publications 1969-1970

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Miscellaneous publications 1970-2006

box 21, folder 4

The est Foundation & The Hunger Project 1970-1984

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Anti-Defamation League materials 1971

box 21, folder 6

Academic reports on African-Americans 1984-1992

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"The Exchange" newsletter, Woodstock, NY 1963-1970

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Materials not yet described

box 10

Materials not yet described

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