Oral History of the American Left Collection
Materials are in English, unless otherwise noted at the interview level.
The Oral History of the American Left documents the broad range of experiences on the left, with a focus on underrepresented voices, particularly between 1910 and 1980. The Main Series (Series 1) is particularly sweeping in the topics that it documents, but a set of prominent topics emerge representing the interests of OHAL staff members in the early years of the collection. These include immigrant/ethnic radicalism, labor, women's history, radical newspapers, fraternal organizations, and student radicalism. The earliest interviews were done to collect the memories of men and women who could recall the 1910s-1920s. Later interviews document the effects of the Russian Revolution on the Left in the United States, the formation of social and cultural institutions by the "New Immigrant" groups, the history of socialism and anarchism, the relationship between the "Old Left" and "New Left," and Communist activism in the United States. There is also an analysis of the regional development of Left movements in the United States. OHAL interviewed representative figures from the Jewish, Finnish, Slovenian, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Italian, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, African American, Japanese, Scandinavian, and Spanish Left. For many of these interviews, there is a focus on how ethnic identity and political identity interacted and how non-English-language presses and fraternal organizations preserved this identity in the United States. The cultural experiences of Yiddish-speaking Jews are particularly represented in this regard. Paul Buhle took a sizable amount of interviews related to the relationship between Yiddish-language literature and culture and Communist and socialist political organizations and newspapers.
The collection also documents the factionalism of the Left in the mid-20th century United States. Rank and file members and leaders alike comment on the conflicts between the Communist Party of the USA and different socialist and Trotskyist organizations, analyzing matters of theory and the personalities that drove the splits. The Johnson-Forest Tendency and CLR James receive particular attention. Other political parties/factions addressed include the the Socialist Party, Workers Party, Socialist Workers Party, and the American Labor Party. The CP's role in the period is examined in depth, both by members and opponents, especially during the 1930s. The interviews taken to support "Grandma Was an Activist" provide insight into the experiences of women activists during the period.
The collection includes several interviews with participants of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, the US component of the International Brigades which fought in the Spanish Civil War. There are other interviews documenting the long tenure of Jasper McLevy, Socialist Party Mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut from 1933-1957. Organizations discussed in other interviews include the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), Workmens' Circle, International Labor Defense, National Lawyers Guild, the Southern Negro Youth Congress, and the Yidisher Kultur Farband (YKUF), among many others. The labor movement and the operations of different political parties and factions within labor unions are also frequently addressed. The International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) and the needle trades are particularly well represented in this regard.
OHAL also received interviews from filmmakers and graduate students that were added to the collection as distinct units. These materials, found in Series 2-9, are further described at the series level.
People
Boggs, Grace Lee;
Moore, Audley, 1898-1997;
Baxandall, Rosalyn Fraad, 1939- -- Interviews;
Sale, Kirkpatrick;
Draper, Hal -- Interviews;
Deak, Zoltan;
Dunayevskaya, Raya -- Interviews;
Darcy, Samuel, 1905-;
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence;
Goldberg, Itshe;
Glaberman, Martin -- Interviews;
Gitlin, Todd;
Berrigan, Daniel;
James, C. L. R. (Cyril Lionel Robert), 1901-1989 -- Interviews;
Berry, Abner -- Interviews;
Buhle, Paul, 1944-;
Boggs, James -- Interviews;
Epstein, Melech -- Interviews;
Bloom, Jonathan;
Prago, Ruth.;
Lemisch, Bea;
Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014;
De Leon, Solon, 1883-;
Patterson, Louise Thompson, 1901-1999;
Rawick, George P., 1929-;
Cowley, Malcolm, 1898-1989;
Chernin, Rose -- Interviews;
Kolehmainen, Mary -- Interviews;
Johnson, Howard, 1915- -- Interviews;
Breitman, George -- Interviews;
Glotzer, Albert, 1908-1999. -- |v Interviews;
Noṿiḳ, P., 1891-;
Harrington, Michael, 1928-1989 -- Interviews;
Harap, Louis -- Interviews;
Gellert, Hugo, 1892-1985 -- Interviews;
Foner, Moe, 1915- -- Interviews;
Foner, Henry -- Interviews;
Weir, Stan -- nterviews;
Weiss, Myra Tanner -- Interviews;
Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 -- Interviews;
Rubinstein, Annette Teta, 1910-2007. -- Interviews;
Le Sueur, Meridel -- Interviews;
Rodney, Lester, 1911-2009 -- Interviews;
O'Connor, Harvey, 1897-1987 -- Interviews;
Nelson, Steve, 1903-1993 -- Interviews;
McLevy, Jasper, 1878-1962 -- Interviews;
McKinney, Ernest Rice, 1886-1984 -- Interviews;
McGrath, Thomas, 1916-1990 -- Interviews;
Magil, A. B. (Abraham Bernard), 1905-2003 -- Interviews;
Kolehmainen, Mary
Paul Buhle, Jonathan Bloom, Michael Nash, unattributed Tamiment staff, and David A. Olson
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Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Oral History of the American Left Main Series, 1940-2011, inclusive
Minka Alesh, Oct 26, 1982, inclusive
11, CD: Alesh 1 (Material Type: Audio)
1, Cassette: 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview includes discussion of the SNPJ (Slovenska Narodna Podporna Jednota), a Slovenian mutual aid society. Alesh discusses the organisation's membership, the politics of Slovenian immigrants, and the activities of the women's lodge, of which she was president. Alesh also discusses her involvement in the millinery workers' union in Chicago, her role on the union's executive board, union organizing, and strikes. The interview also includes discussion of life in Slovenia and immigration, the Slovenian community in Chicago, the Socialist Party, Eugene Debs, and financial support for Tito and Yugoslavian relief during World War II. Interview focuses most heavily on the period between the 1900s-1920s.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Jose Alvarez, Mar 15, 1983, inclusive
7, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
11, CD: Alvarez 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
1, Cassette: 2 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Interview includes discussion of origins of Spanish-language Communist movement in Ybor City, Florida during the 1920s-1930s; community support of Communists and relation to surrounding communities during the 1930s-1940s; immigration from Spain, work in tobacco factories, and activities of unions during the 1920s-1940s; and Red Scare decimation of Ybor City Left during the 1950s. Also discussed is a meeting with Fidel Castro in the 1950s, before Cuban Revolution. Joseph Norrick was present for interview with Alvarez, and second cassette of interview also contains a segment of a different interview with Joseph and Ruth Norrick.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Freda Hogan Ameringer, undated
11, CD: Ameringer 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
81, Cassette: 362 A (Material Type: Audio)
Phone interview taken to support review essay of Ameringer's book that Green intended to submit to The Nation. Interview includes discussion of Ameringer's background and left-wing newspapers including the Oklahoma Leader and American Guardian.
Interview by James Green.
Freda Hogan Ameringer, Dec 11, 1977, inclusive
81, Cassette: 362 B (Material Type: Audio)
11, CD: Ameringer 3-4 (Material Type: Audio)
Tapes begin with a narrative about Ameringer's life, the Oklahoma Leader and other newspapers, activism among miners, her socialist family, and the early socialist movement, followed by an interview.
Interview by James Green.
Freda Hogan Ameringer, Jul 24, 1981, inclusive
11, CD: Ameringer 5-7 (Material Type: Audio)
81, Cassette: 362 C-D (Material Type: Audio)
Vicky Amter, Feb 19, 1978, inclusive
1, Cassette: 3 (Material Type: Audio)
11, CD: Amter 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview includes discussion of the Communist Party on the Lower East Side of New York City during the 1940s-1960s, conflicts with her Socialist father, experiences as Local 65 shop steward, the Jefferson School, harassment and isolation of CP in the 1950s, and reactions to emergence of the New Left.
Interview by Jon Bloom.
Herbert Aptheker, 1976, inclusive
7, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Conversation includes discussion of college radicalism in 1930s, his MA thesis on Nat Turner, joining the Communist Party, academic life, and the Jefferson School.
Interview by Debby Cohen.
Harry Aronek, Oct 25, 1978, inclusive
11, CD: Aronek 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
1, Cassette: 4 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Materials are in English and Yiddish.
Interview covers the topics of immigration and the political and cultural activities of the New York Jewish community during the 1930s-1950s.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Sam Ashare, Mar 30, 1983, inclusive
11, CD: Ashare 1 (Material Type: Audio)
1, Cassette: 5 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview by Dan Georgakas.
Jacob Aspiz, Apr 7, 1980, inclusive
11, CD: Aspitz 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
1, Cassette: 6 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Materials are in English and Yiddish
Interview includes discussion of the Los Angeles Jewish Left since the 1930s, the rise of anti-Nazi "front" across Jewish community and Communists' participation in it, the isolation of Jewish Left during Cold War, Aspiz's literary interests, and his involvement in the Yiddishe Kultur Farband as a senior citizen.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Ben Axelrod, Oct 4, 1979, inclusive
11, CD: CD Axelrod 1 (Material Type: Audio)
10, Cassette: 391 (Material Type: Audio)
Stanley Banach, March 23, Apr 11, 1984, inclusive
1, Cassette: 7 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
11, CD: Banach 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Conversation includes discussion of neighborhood background in Providence during the 1950s, army life in Vietnam and Germany, radical influences, and his political philosophy and aspirations. The interview also covers union activity at Electric Boat/Quonset Point, Rhode Island, organizing drives, and union activity at Brown & Sharpe before and during the 1982 strike.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Eugene Barnett, 1940 - 1946, inclusive
7, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview covers the topics of the Industrial Workers of the World in the Northwest of the United States during the 1910s, West Virginia coal miners at turn of century, becoming a unionist, lumber work in Northwest, and repression in Centralia, Washington.
Transcription of a radio broadcast from circa 1940.
Walter Barry, Oct 21, 1980 - Dec 4, 1980, inclusive
11, CD: Barry 1-3 (Material Type: Audio)
1, Cassette: 9 A-C (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers Barry's boyhood and first labor experience in Endicott, New York, the Trade Union Unity League and United Electrical Workers District 4, and the Westinghouse elevator plant in Jersey City, New Jersey during the 1930s-1950s.
Interview by Ruth F. Prago.
Irving Barshop, Oct 12, 1973, inclusive
80, Cassette: 334 (Material Type: Audio)
11, CD: Barshop 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Rosalyn Baxandall, Nov 8, 1983, inclusive
11, CD: Baxandall 1 (Material Type: Audio)
1, Cassette: 10 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview includes a discussion of the differences between Baxandall's expectations and the realities of left wing culture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1958 through the 1960s, after coming from New York Old Left background and having a brief stint at Smith College. Also discussed are gender relations in the left and academy; the relationship between music, poetry, theatre, and beat culture and politics in Madison; and the importance of the Rathskeller bar in academic and radical life. Baxandall also discusses her studies in French and history, academic role models, challenging cultural norms, the beginnings of the women's movement in Madison, and the impact of her time at Madison on the rest of her life.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Bertha Bazell, Mar 10, 1981, inclusive
11, CD: Bazell 1 (Material Type: Audio)
1, Cassette: 11 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers Bazell's immigrant Jewish background, the Workmen's Circle, involvement in the Communist Party during the 1930s-1950s in Coney Island, New York and later in Fall River, Massachusetts. It also addresses harassment of left wingers by the FBI during the the 1950s.
Interview by Bill Schecter.
Irving Beinin, Jul 2, 1988, inclusive
11, CD: Beinin 1 (Material Type: Audio)
79, Cassette: 292 (Material Type: Audio)
Ray and Rose Bell, Aug 2, 1985, inclusive
7, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
11, CD: Bell 1-3 (Material Type: Audio)
10, Cassette: 415 A-C (Material Type: Audio)
Topics discussed include working class life and union organizing in textile mills.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Fay Bennett, May 26, 1983, inclusive
1, Cassette: 12 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
11, CD: Bennett 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers the college anti-war movement during the 1930s, the American Student Union, Keep America Out of War Congress during the late 1930s, the experience of conscientious objectors during World War II, and postwar work with National Sharecroppers' Fund.
Interview by Jon Bloom.
Jack Bergen, 1967, inclusive
7, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview covers Bridgeport, Connecticut during the 1910s, life during the Great Depression, Bridgeport mayor Jasper McLevy, and the Socialist Party in Connecticut state politics during the 1930s.
Interview by Bruce Stave.
John T. Bernard, Jun 25, 1977, inclusive
11, CD: Bernard 1-5 (Material Type: Audio)
1, Cassette: 14 A-C (Material Type: Audio)
Recording of a Mesaba Park Cooperative Association tribute to John Bernard, a Farmer-Labor Party representative from Minnesota's Eighth Congressional District, who served from 1936-1938. It includes speeches by former Minnesota Governor Elmer Benson and others about Bernard's record in Congress, a response from Bernard, and music.
Daniel Berrigan, Apr 1, 1970, inclusive
1, Cassette: 15 A-C (Material Type: Audio)
11, CD: Berrigan 1-3 (Material Type: Audio)
This recording was Berrigan's last interview before he went underground and then to prison. It includes reflections on his activities during the 1960s, including the Catonsville incident.
Interview by Marc Weiss.
Abner Berry, 1974-1977, inclusive
12, CD: Berry 1-6 (Material Type: Audio)
1, Cassette: 16 A-F (Material Type: Audio)
Interview describes the Communist Party in Harlem during the 1930s, including his involvement in Communist Party apparatus, personalities in the CP, relationships with other activist groups, and the CP's intellectual climate during the Great Depression.
Berry analyzes at length the relationship between Party policies on race and African American identity. This includes the initial appeal of the Communist Party for African Americans and the organizational implications of the CP policy of black and white unity. He also looks at how this policy fit into larger questions of African American national identity at time, including the CP's relationship with Garvey movement. He also speaks about the study of American history by African American CP leadership and the prevalent desire for assimilation. He also looks at the CP's broader policy towards a mass movement with an American identity, and he analyzes how Franklin Delano Roosevelt's policies and CP policies worked together during the Depression.
Berry also shares his memories of Party administrators and figures in Harlem. These include Richard Moore, James Ford, Cyril Briggs, Arnold Johnson, Merrill Work, Charles White, and Manning Johnson, who later testified before HUAC. He also shares his recollections of the 1935 Harlem riot and subsequent hearings and Robert Minor's involvement in hearings.
Also included is an analysis of Richard Wright's work and commentary on the Party, including discussion of Native Son and The Outsider. Berry describes of meetings with Wright, Ralph Ellison, and Theodore Ward, in which they discussed literature, especially the use of symbols. He also describes the CP's attempts to control cultural criticism, and comments on Socialist realism and its divorce from reality. Berry also discusses the Party's acceptance of jazz and folk music, and speaks of the theoretical implications of improvisation in jazz music.
Berry also discusses the activities of the CP and its interactions with other organizations. This includes his activities and politics in Politburo in the late 1930s; analysis of the trade union caucuses, including Mike Quill and the TWU; the reactions to the Nazi-Soviet Pact; the foundation of the National Negro Congress; experiences working with Garvey movement; and the work of the Ethiopian Defense Committee in Harlem. Berry also describes the Party's working relationships with ministers, including Adam Clayton Powell (Baptist), Johnny Johnson (Episcopalian), Father Phillips (Episcopalian), William Lloyd Imes (Presbyterian), and Father Divine.
Other topics addressed include the CP education programs for members in Harlem, the high turnover among CP members, differences in debate of African-American self-determination in North and South of United States, the activities of the Workers' Alliance at the Home Relief Bureaus, Unemployed Councils, and interracial marriage in the Party.
Interview by Mark Naison.
Steve Beumer, Mar 11, 1975, inclusive
12, CD: Beumer 1-4 (Material Type: Audio)
1, Cassette: 17 A-C (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers Beumer's family background in Indiana, his political activities there and in Detroit during the late 1960s-1970s, the Socialist Workers Party, and his experiences as bus driver and union activist in Detroit.
Interview by Claudia Hommel.
Martin Birnbaum, Nov 6, 1977, inclusive
12, CD: Birnbaum 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
1, Cassette: 18 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
1, CD: Birnbaum 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview documents the life and activities of a Yiddish "proletarian poet" including his childhood, immigration and literary work for New Yorker Volkszeitung during the 1920s, his friendship with writer Moshe Nadir, the role of the Left in the Yiddish literary community, the Proletpen circle of writers, Birnbaum's disillusionment with Communism and poetic realism, and his return to unrestrained lyricism.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Martin Birnbaum, Feb 5, 1978, inclusive
1, Cassette: 18 C (Material Type: Audio)
12, CD: Birnbaum 3 (Material Type: Audio)
1, CD: Birnbaum 3 (Material Type: Audio)
Martin Birnbaum, Feb 16, 1983, inclusive
12, CD: Birnbaum 4 (Material Type: Audio)
1, Cassette: 19 (Material Type: Audio)
1, CD: Birnbaum 4 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers the meaning of the "sense of humor" in Yiddish literary work and Birnbaum's own sense of humor contrasted with that of writer Moshe Nadir and Jewish popular culture.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Violet Wainio Bjong, Jul 7, 1984, inclusive
12, CD: Bjong 1 (Material Type: Audio)
79, Cassette: 265 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers the activities of Wainio Bjong's father and mother, Finnish-American radical leaders during the 1920s-1930s, her activities in Fitchburg, Massachusetts during the 1930s, work on a Left-oriented daily in Fitchburg, life in Brooklyn cooperative housing, and reflections.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Fred Blair, Jul 26, 1983, inclusive
1, Cassette: 20 (Material Type: Audio)
12, CD: Blair 1 (Material Type: Audio)
7, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview covers the role of ethnicity in Communist Party of Wisconsin during the 1930s-1940s; support of the Left from the Polish sector dating back to 1880 and support of other Slav groups from 1910s; role of Meta Berger in Wisconsin Party and Blair's ascendency to state leadership; unemployment demonstration in Milwaukee and influence on students in University of Wisconsin-Madison; increase of District membership with addition of northern Wisconsin; character of northern Wisconsin rural Communists; exodus of rural Communists from state during the 1940s-1950s, and the impact of McCarthyism on the decline of Communist Party support.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Norman Bloomfield, May 7, 1983, inclusive
12, CD: Bloomfield 1 (Material Type: Audio)
1, Cassette: 21 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview topics include the Young People's Socialist League during the 1930s; Trotskyism; the University of California, Berkeley campus; and work in shipyards.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Grace Lee Boggs, Mar 28, 1983, inclusive
1, Cassette: 22-22 A (Material Type: Audio)
12, CD: G. Boggs 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
The interview includes a discussion of Boggs' Asian-American family background in Providence, Rhode Island; her education and involvement in radical politics in New York during the late 1930s; the Workers Party and Johnson-Forest tendency during the 1940s; Correspondence in Detroit during the 1950s; involvement in the Black Power movement with her husband, James Boggs; and comments on C.L.R. James.
Interview by Dan Georgakas.
Grace Lee Boggs, Aug 6, 1986, inclusive
10, Cassette: 420 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
12, CD: G. Boggs 3-4 (Material Type: Audio)
Topics discussed include entry into radical politics, the Johnson-Forest Tendency, and the relationship of culture and the Left.
Interview by Ellen Kellman.
James Boggs, Mar 29, 1983, inclusive
1, Cassette: 22 (Material Type: Audio)
12, CD: J. Boggs 1 (Material Type: Audio)
1, Cassette: 177 C (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers Boggs' youth in the South, factory life in Detroit during the 1930s-1940s, the Johnson-Forest Tendency, and activities in 1960s-1970s.
Interview by Dan Georgakas.
James Boggs, Aug 6, 1986, inclusive
10, Cassette: 421 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
12, CD: J. Boggs 2-3 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview regarding Boggs' involvement in the Johnson-Forest Tendency.
Interview by Ellen Kellman.
Paul Booth, Oct 1969, inclusive
10, Cassette: 422 (Material Type: Audio)
12, CD: Booth 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview discusses Students for a Democratic Society, its internal politics, relationships with other student groups, and demonstrations.
Interview by Kirkpatrick Sale.
Frank Bohn, Mar 1, 1958, inclusive
12, CD: Bohn 1 (Material Type: Audio)
1, Cassette: 24 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview includes Bohn's memories of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Thomas Hagerty, the Catholic church, and the Socialist Labor Party.
Fannie Borun, Jan 6, 1981
1, Cassette: 25 (Material Type: Audio)
12, CD: Borun 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Political struggles within the International Ladies Garment Workers Union during the 1920s, experiences on trips in the Soviet Union during the 1930s, and women's role in the Communist Party.
Interview by Bea Lemisch.
Judy Boudon, Feb 7-8, 1982, inclusive
7, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
12, CD: Boudon 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
1, Cassette: 26 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Interview includes discussion of Boudon's immigration from Panama, the Spanish-language immigrant community in New York during the 1930s, her work in offices and factories, the America Labor Party, the Communist Party, and women's role in the CP.
Interview by Ruth F. Prago.
Thomas Brandon, Nov 4, 1976, inclusive
1, Cassette: 27 (Material Type: Audio)
10, Cassette: 27 (Material Type: Audio)
12, CD: Brandon 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers the Workers' Newsreel and Film and Photo League during the early 1930s.
Interview by Russell Campbell.
Miriam Braverman, Nov 8, 1984, inclusive
81, Cassette: 364 (Material Type: Audio)
12, CD: Braverman 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Jeremy Brecher, Mar 31, 1970, inclusive
12, CD: Brecker 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
1, Cassette: 28 (Material Type: Audio)
Brecher discusses the activities of the Students for a Democratic Society between 1962 and 1965.
Interview by Kirkpatrick Sale.
George Breitman, Jan 4, 1979, inclusive
12, CD: Breitman 1-3 (Material Type: Audio)
1, Cassette: 29 A-C (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers the activities of unemployed organizations in New Jersey and the Socialist Workers Party between 1938 and 1954.
Interview by Jon Bloom.
Harry Brier, Aug 26, 1983, inclusive
1, Cassette: 30 (Material Type: Audio)
12, CD: Brier 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Brier discusses life in the East End of London during the 1920s-1930s, the Jewish character of Communism, anti-fascist activities in London during the 1920-1930s, his immigration to Los Angeles, and union activities, from the 1940s to the time of the interview.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Theodore Brise, Apr 18, 1980, inclusive
13, CD: Brise 1 (Material Type: Audio)
1, Cassette: 31 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview contains discussion of anarchism and Arbeter Ring in Los Angeles, Yiddish anarchist activists, and the Rudolf Rocker Circle.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Brookwood Labor College, Oct 10, 1982, inclusive
13, CD: Brookwood 1-4 (Material Type: Audio)
1, Cassette: 32 A-D (Material Type: Audio)
Recording of a slide show on the history of Brookwood Labor College and Workers' Education Local 189, with comments by former Brookwood staff and students.
Narrated by Jon Bloom.
Niki Brorsen, May 20, 1975, inclusive
1, Cassette: 33 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
13, CD: Brorsen 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview contains discussion of Brorsen's family background and growing up in San Francisco and Chicago during the 1950s-1960s, the anti-war work, and Brorsen's decision to join the Young Socialist Alliance during the late 1960s. It also addresses her work as a waitress and activities in restaurant union during the 1970s.
Interview by Claudia Hommel.
Peter Buch, Aug 24, 1976, inclusive
7, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview documents Buch's immigration from Turkey and youth in Los Angeles, brief involvement in Socialist Zionism during the early 1950s, the Socialist Workers Party and Young Socialist Alliance in Los Angeles and nationally during the 1950s-1960s, the Robert Williams case, responses to Cuban Revolution, and the Vietnam War.
Interview by Douglas Cooper.
Heinz Buergers, Apr 26, 1980, inclusive
13, CD: Buergers 1 (Material Type: Audio)
2, Cassette: 39 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview by Beth Haskell.
David Burbank, Oct 6, 1984, inclusive
1, Cassette: 35 (Material Type: Audio)
13, CD: Burbank 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview contains discussion of Saint Louis radicalism during the 1930s, the Socialist Party, the American Workers Party, the Trotskyist movement, and the Workers Party. Also discussed is CLR James in Missouri and unionization of gas workers.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Ann Burlak Timpson, Dec 18, 1980, inclusive
13, Cassette: Burlak-Timpson 1-5 (Material Type: Audio)
2, Cassette: 35.1 A-E (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers Burlak Timpson's labor activities in Rhode Island and Communist activities during the 1930s-1940s.
Interview by Bill Schecter.
Ann Burlak Timpson, 1977, inclusive
13, CD: Burlak-Timpson 6 (Material Type: Audio)
2, Cassette: 36 (Material Type: Audio)
This talk covers labor activities in Rhode Island during the early 1930s and her role as a Communist speaker, and organizer in Providence and Pawtucket.
Public address, Rhode Island Labor History Forum.
C., Pete, undated
13 (Material Type: Audio)
7, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
10, Cassette: 427 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
This interview with a Detroit-based socialist, includes a description of his background, the appeal of socialism, and his involvement with the Teamsters.
Interview by Sam Friedman.
James P. Cannon, undated
13, CD: Cannon 1 (Material Type: Audio)
10, Cassette: 413 (Material Type: Audio)
7, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Recording of speech titled "What Socialist America Will Look Like."
Fanny and Herman Cantor, Jan 11, 1979, inclusive
13, CD: Cantor 1 (Material Type: Audio)
2, Cassette: 37 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers immigration to US from Russia and development of social consciousness, growing up in Hell's Kitchen in New York, radicalism and cooperativism during the 1920s-1930s, and reflections on younger radicals and current events at the time of the interview.
Interview by Milton Cantor.
Philip Caplowitz, Nov 15, 1980, inclusive
13, Cassette: Caplowitz 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
2, Cassette: 38 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers Caplowitz's immigration, the activities of Jewish Communists in unions during the 1920s-1930s, and Yiddish culture and the Yiddishe Kultur Farband during the 1930s-1980s.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Wendell Carroll, Nov 30, 1983, inclusive
2, Cassette: 39 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
7, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
13, CD: Carroll 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers the activities of American Youth for Democracy during the late 1940s, the Independent Socialist League during the early 1950s, ISL positions on the Korean War, the Rosenberg case, the Communist Party and McCarthyism, and race and civil rights.
Interview by Jon Bloom.
Pincus Caruso, Mar 16, 1983, inclusive
7, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
2, Cassette: 40 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
13, CD: Caruso 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers the origins of Labor (Paole) Zionism in Eastern Europe and Caruso's role in the early 20th century; the formation and publication Yiddishe Kempfer in New York; the growth of Poale Zionism during the World War I era and brief publication of daily Zionist newspaper; growth of Zionism in the 1930s-1940s and support of Israel; and reflections on the failure of Zionists regarding Arabs in Israel and the conservative Israeli leadership.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Catholic Worker Conference, May 2, 1983, inclusive
13, CD: Catholic Worker Conference 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
2, Cassette: 41 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Program held at Trinity College in Worcester, Massachusetts to honor Dorothy Day and founding of the Catholic Worker. Includes panel comments by John Cort and others regarding Day and the Catholic Worker.
Catholic Worker Conference
Reverend Don Chase, Nov 5, 1983, inclusive
13, CD: Chase 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
2, Cassette: 44 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Interview documents activities against the United States' intervention in Nicaragua in 1928, Christian Socialism in a San Francisco parish during the 1930s-50s, and Chase's interpretation of the Liberation Theology of the 1970s-80s.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Bernard Chazanow, April 26, 1977, inclusive
13, CD: Chazanow 1 (Material Type: Audio)
2, Cassette: 42 (Material Type: Audio)
Materials are in Yiddish and English.
Interview documents Chazanow's role as a political activist in Russia from 1898-1909 and the activities of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) from 1909-1928.
Interview by Jon Bloom.
Bernard Chazanow, May 31, 1978, inclusive
7, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
13, Cassette: Chazanow 2-4 (Material Type: Audio)
2, Cassette: 43 A-C (Material Type: Audio)
This recording contains an interview to supplement Chazanow's 1956 Yiddish autobiography, Days and Years.
Rose Chernin, Oct 25, 1983, inclusive
7, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
2, Cassette: 45 (Material Type: Audio)
1, CD: Chernin 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview documents the origins and activities of the Los Angeles branch of the Committee for the Protection of the Foreign Born during the 1940s-1950s, Chernin's family life, and her relationship with her daughter.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Harold Christoffel, Jun 27, 1974, inclusive
7, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview documents the early union background of former president of United Auto Workers Local 248 Allis Chalmers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin during the 1930s.
Interview by Roger Keeran.
Helen Ciminelli, Joe Richter, and Ann David, Oct 26, 1982, inclusive
2, Cassette: 47 (Material Type: Audio)
13, CD: Ciminelli, Richter, David 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers the activities of SNPJ (Slovenska Narodna Podporna Jednota), a Slovenian mutual aid society, in Fontana, California, during the 1930s-1980s and the SNPJ role in Henry Wallace presidential campaign.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Alice Citron, Jan 6, 1981, inclusive
2, Cassette: 48 (Material Type: Audio)
13, CD: Citron 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview documents Citron's career as a teacher in Harlem during the 1930s-1940s, her involvement in the Teachers' Union, her dismissal during the McCarthy era, and struggle for reinstatement.
Interview by Bea Lemisch.
City College of New York Memorial, Apr 13, 1980, inclusive
2, Cassette: 46 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
13, CD: City College 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Recording of a dedication of a memorial for thirteen CCNY alumni members of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade killed in action in the Spanish Civil War. Includes speeches from ALB vets and historians, a recording of a speech by Ernest Hemingway, and musical performances. Speakers include Robert Colodny, Philip Foner, Joseph P. Lash,
City College of New York Memorial
Egidio Clemente, May 11, 1981, inclusive
2, Cassette: 50 (Material Type: Audio)
13, CD: Clemente 1 (Material Type: Audio)
7, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Clemente discusses his role as editor of La Parola and secretary of Italian Socialist Federation in the 1930s, Italian left factions in Chicago and other cities, and the left wing Italian presses.
Interview by Eugene Miller.
Lucy Ann Cloud, Aug 25, 1972, inclusive
7, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview covers the Industrial Workers of the World and Centralia, Washington case of 1919, with particular reference to IWW attorney Elmer Smith.
Interview by Tom Copeland.
Charles Coe, Dec 5, 1991 - Jan 9, 1992, inclusive
14, CD: Coe 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
80, Cassette: 315 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Interview by Emily Raphael.
Nat Cohen, Nov 5, 1977, inclusive
10, Cassette: 392 (Material Type: Audio)
14, CD: N. Cohen 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Discussion of disconnect between Communist Party leadership and working class society. Analysis includes discussion of relationship between leadership and rank and file members; the Party's inability to speak to the broader society's cultural interests; sports; the missed opportunity to engage with Communist movements in communities outside of New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles; and the relationship between art and the Party line.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Rose Cohen, Apr 12, 1976, inclusive
7, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Recollections of studies at the Jefferson School of Social Science.
Interview by Debby Cohen.
Joseph Cohen, Ruth Cohen, and Frieda Koren, Jun 9, 1983, inclusive
2, Cassette: 51 (Material Type: Audio)
14, CD: Cohen and Koren 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview regarding "Carlo" (Jesse Cohen), a cartoonist of the Workers Party during the 1940s.
Interview by Jon Bloom.
Joseph Cohen, Ruth Cohen, and Frieda Koren
Julia Conroy, May 14, 1980, inclusive
2, Cassette: 53 (Material Type: Audio)
14, CD: Conroy 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview by Theresa Diamond.
Olga Corey, Jan 18, 1983, inclusive
2, Cassette: 54 (Material Type: Audio)
14, CD: Corey 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Olga Corey, the daughter of Louis Fraina (Lewis Corey), discusses her reaction to the movie Reds, reminiscences of father at Antioch College during the 1940s, and her own union activities.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Carlos Cortez, Jul 25, 1983, inclusive
7, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
2, Cassette: 55 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
14, CD: Cortez 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Cortez discusses being the son of a Mexican-American activist who joined Industrial Workers of the World after San Diego Free Speech Fight, his father's life in Milwaukee during the 1920s, and his mother, a German-American Socialist and poet. Cortez also discusses his imprisonment during World War II as conscientious objector, the role of the IWW in Chicago Mexican-American community during the 1940s, his role as artist and speaker for IWW in the 1940s-1980s, and anarchism and the IWW.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Carl Cowl, Mar 13, 1983, inclusive
14, CD: Cowl 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
2, Cassette: 57 (Material Type: Audio)
Malcolm Cowley, Jan 19, 1981, inclusive
14, CD: Cowley 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
2, Cassette: 56 (Material Type: Audio)
7, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview covers the Left during the Great Depression, the League of Professional Groups, "Culture and the Crisis" in 1932, the proletarian novel, John Reed Clubs, the Communist Party's Popular Front strategy, the Spanish Civil War, and reflections.
Interview by Richard Wormser.
Roy Curtis, Nov 4, 1984, inclusive
80, Cassette: 308A-B (Material Type: Audio)
14, CD: Curtis 1-3 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview with Roy Curtis of the International Association of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 4.
Interview by Paul Richiuso.
Joseph Cvetas, Oct 22, 1982, inclusive
14, CD: Cvetas 1 (Material Type: Audio)
2, Cassette: 58 (Material Type: Audio)
Cvetas discusses his family's background with the Slovenian fraternal society SNPJ (Slovenska Narodna Podporna Jednota), participating in the fraternal society's activities as child, and fraternalism in 1980s.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Sam Darcy, 1981, inclusive
2, Cassette: 59 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
14, CD: Darcy 1-3 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview includes a discussion of Darcy's immigrant background, Communist activities during the 1920s, factionalism, Browderism, his departure from the CP, subsequent activities, and reflections.
Interview by Richard Wormser.
Sam Darcy, Nov 3, 1994, inclusive
80, Cassette: 342 (Material Type: Audio)
14, CD: Darcy 4-5 (Material Type: Audio)
Recording of presentation by Sam Darcy at State University of New York at Albany for the course History 3162.
Sam Darcy, Nov 4, 1994, inclusive
80, Cassette: 343 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
14, CD: Darcy 6-8 (Material Type: Audio)
Recording of presentation by Sam Darcy at the Campus Center Assembly Hall at State University of New York at Albany.
Saul Davidson, Mar 16, 1983, inclusive
14, CD: Davidson 1 (Material Type: Audio)
2, Cassette: 60 (Material Type: Audio)
Davidson discusses a "United Front" of organizations for preservation of Yiddish language in Miami Beach, his activism in left causes and the preservation of Yiddish, and reflections on survival of the Yiddish language.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Sam Davis, Nov 15, 1980, inclusive
14, CD: Davis 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
2, Cassette: 61 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Topics discussed include the role of Jewish Left in New Haven, Connecticut since the 1920s, the nature of the Jewish community, the split of Socialists and Communists in the 1920s, the Yiddishe Kultur Farband choir, separation of Morgen Freiheit from the Communist Party, and cultural activities in the YKUF/Jewish Currents circle.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Zoltan Deak, Feb 17, 1983, inclusive
7, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
14, CD: Deak 1 (Material Type: Audio)
2, Cassette: 62 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview includes discussion of the aesthetics of Hungarian-American radical press, including the publications Uj Elore and Hungarian Word from the 1920s-1980s. Interview also includes story of Deak's immigration and his interest in progressive press. Other topics include the circulation and internal structure of Uj Elore, and the shrinking of a distinct Hungarian-American milieu.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Jeannette Dean, Apr 14, 1979, inclusive
2, Cassette: 63 (Material Type: Audio)
14, CD: Dean 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Dean discusses her family background, union activities, radicalism in unions, and the UE in Newark.
Interview by Ruth F. Prago.
Solon De Leon, Dec 16, 1972, inclusive
2, Cassette: 65 A-C (Material Type: Audio)
14, CD: De Leon 1-3 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview includes discussion of the Socialist Party and reformism between 1900-1920, Solon's break with Daniel DeLeon, the International Workers of the World (IWW), the Industrial Union League, and the Socialist Labor Party since the 1930s.
Interview by Malcolm Kaufman & Jeff Sklar.
Albina Delfino, Jan 8, 1981, inclusive
14, CD: Delfino 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
7, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
2, Cassette: 66 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers Italian-American women and the Communist Party, the Needle Trades Industrial Union, the National Textile Workers Union, and her experiences as a CP organizer in Lawrence, Providence, Boston, and Corona, New York during the 1930s-1940s.
Interview with Ruth Prago.
Eugene Dennis Sentence Statement, undated
14, CD: Dennis 1 (Material Type: Audio)
80, Cassette: 329 (Material Type: Audio)
Statement includes introduction by Elizabeth Gurley Flynn.
Eugene Dennis Sentence Statement
Esther Dolgoff, Jan 27, 1982, inclusive
2, Cassette: 67 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
7, Folder: 23/24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
14, CD: Dolgoff 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Dolgoff discusses anarchist women of the 1930s and the character of anarchism. Transcription is incomplete.
Interview by Bea Limisch.
James Dolson, 1979, inclusive
2, Cassette: 64 A-E (Material Type: Audio)
15, CD: Dolson 1-5 (Material Type: Audio)
A series of lectures by Dolson on life and involvement with Communist Party. First two disks are a lecture including Dolson's gravitation to Communism, the Red Scare of the 1920s, Dolson's trial for political beliefs in California, and a question and answer session about Dolson's life and political situation at the time of lecture. Remainder of disks are an interview with Paul Buhle in Providence, Rhode Island. Interview includes Dolson's joining of the Socialist Party in 1907, socialist journals, socialism in Chicago, the trial in California, formation of Communist Labor Party, activism in Pittsburgh in 1930s, the Dies Committee, the state of Israel and the left, and other topics.
Bill Dongas, Apr 3, 1983, inclusive
2, Cassette: 68 (Material Type: Audio)
15, CD: Dongas 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Dongas describes his experience as a Greek partisan in World War II, immigration struggles during the 1950s, Greek publications, and Radio-Chicago.
Interview by Dan Georgakas.
Dora, Mar 25, 1982, inclusive
2, Cassette: 69 (Material Type: Audio)
15, CD: Dora 1 (Material Type: Audio)
The interviewee, going only by her first name, discusses student radicalism during the 1930s, activities of the Communist Party, the United Electrical Workers, and social life and friends.
Interview by Bea Lemisch.
Pauline Dougherty, Jan, 1982, inclusive
15, CD: Dougherty 1-4 (Material Type: Audio)
2, Cassette: 70 A-D (Material Type: Audio)
Dougherty discusses her background in a shoe-producing town, college politics during the Depression, white collar union activity, the McCarthy Era, and reflections.
Interview by Sy Singer.
Susan Drake-Raphals, May 7, 1983, inclusive
15, CD: Drake-Raphals 1 (Material Type: Audio)
2, Cassette: 71 (Material Type: Audio)
Drake-Raphals discusses her role in the Workers Party and C.L.R. James in the 1940s.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Hal Draper, Nov 5, 1983, inclusive
7, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
15, Cassette: Draper 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
3, Cassette: 72 B (Material Type: Audio)
2, Cassette: 72 A (Material Type: Audio)
Draper characterizes the interview as "a rundown on the birth of neo-Shactmanism," and it includes an analysis of Shactman's personality and the trajectory of the Shactman group's activities. As a part of this, Draper discusses the New International, discusses the paper's of board and editorship, his role as editor of Labor Action between 1949-1958, and the tabloid-like nature of that publication. He also discusses the merger of Independent Socialist League and Socialist Party and debates within the Workers Party about Zionism from 1948-1949. Draper also discusses the political disintegration of the Shactmanite group and his move to Berkeley.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Walter Duda, Mar 15, 1983, inclusive
3, Cassette: 73 (Material Type: Audio)
15, CD: Duda 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Duda discusses the Lithuanian-American Left's activities around Connecticut's Brass Valley during the 1920s-1950s.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Jane Dudley, 1981, inclusive
7, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
3, Cassette: 74 (Material Type: Audio)
15, CD: Dudley 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Dudley discusses the relationship between dance and left politics, the New Dance group, Martha Graham, and civil rights.
Interview by Richard Wormser.
Raya Dunayevskaya, Mar 24, 1983, inclusive
3, Cassette: 75 (Material Type: Audio)
15, CD: Dunayevskaya 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Dunayevskaya discusses Leon Trotsky and Trotskyism during the 1930s, the Johnson-Forest group during the 1940s, the coal strikes of 1949-1950, and the origins of the Marxist-Humanist organization News and Letters.
Interview by Jon Bloom.
George Edwards, Nov 4, 1983, inclusive
3, Cassette: 76 A-C (Material Type: Audio)
7, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
15, CD: G. Edwards 1-3 (Material Type: Audio)
Edwards discusses his political origins as Garveyite during the 1920s, his social life in the 1920s-1930s, his experience as semiprofessional football player, his work as a prohibition-era gangster and factory worker, his activities as a Communist organizer in the Kansas-Nebraska district during the 1930s-1940s, and his disillusionment with the Communist movement in Oakland, California during the 1940s-1950s. Edwards also discusses life in Ghana during the 1950s-1960s.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Herb Edwards, Feb 12, 1972, inclusive
7, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Edwards discusses life in Wisconsin lumber during the early 1900s, the Industrial Workers of the World, Elmer Smith, the repression of the IWW, Edwards' time at San Quentin, and the ebb of the IWW.
Interview by Tom Copeland & Tracy Dalton.
Hodee Edwards, Nov 12, 1983, inclusive
15, CD: H. Edwards 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
3, Cassette: 78 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Edwards discusses her background in Boston Jewish community during the 1920s-30s, her experience as a Communist activist in California during the 1940s, her activities crusading for women's rights, the publication People's World in 1949, her life in Ghana during the 1950s-60s, and life events from the 1960s-1980s.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Peter Elish, Jun 27, 1983, inclusive
15, CD: Elish 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
3, Cassette: 77 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview addresses the activities of the Slovenian-American mutual aid society SNPJ (Slovenska Narodna Podporna Jednota) and the relationship between Slavic ethnic identities and the left.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Melech Epstein, Jan 9, 1974, inclusive
15, CD: M. Epstein 1 (Material Type: Audio)
3, Cassette: 79 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview includes recollections of Epstein's experiences since his immigration from Warsaw in 1913, including editorship of Morgen Freiheit. He also provides comments on Yiddish publications and Jewish life in America, the Cold War, Israel, and 1970s American politics.
Interview by Milton Cantor.
Virginia Epstein, Mar 30, 1981, inclusive
3, Cassette: 80 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
7, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
15, CD: V. Epstein 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
The interview covers Epstein's background in Dallas, Texas (born 1885) as child of mixed Episcopalian-Jewish marriage. It also covers her time in New York from 1908, Socialist Party activities during the 1910s, Communist Party involvement from the 1920s, the American Council on US-Soviet Friendship, the Committee of American Women, and local political activities in Queens, New York.
Interview by Ruth F. Prago.
Ernest Erber, Apr 23, 1984, inclusive
81, Cassette: 365 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
15, CD: Erber 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Seymour Faber, Mar 30, 1983, inclusive
15, CD: Faber 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
3, Cassette: 82 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
7, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview includes discussion of radical Zionism, the Johnson-Forest Tendency, and activities in Detroit during the 1930s-1960s.
Interview by Dan Georgakas.
Elmer Felhaber, Feb 5, 1981, inclusive
15, CD: Felhaber 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
3, Cassette: 83 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Felhaber discusses Minnesota newspaper unionism during the 1930s, the CIO and the Communist Party, the Ohio Left after World War II, and his travels abroad.
Interview by Bill Schecter.
Duncan Ferguson (Memorial Meeting), 1975, inclusive
3, Cassette: 84 (Material Type: Audio)
15, CD: Ferguson 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Eulogy by Harry Ring for Duncan Ferguson, a sculptor and activist in Socialist Workers Party during the 1940s-1970s.
Duncan Ferguson (Memorial Meeting)
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Dec 1981, inclusive
3, Cassette: 85 (Material Type: Audio)
9, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
15, CD: Ferlinghetti 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview includes an analysis of the Beat Generation in retrospect and the relationship between the San Francisco avant-garde arts scene and anarchism during the 1940s through the early 1950s. Ferlinghetti also discusses the formation of the City Lights book store and publishing company, and artists in 1980s.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Joseph Figueredo, Nov 3, 1983, inclusive
15, CD: Figuerdo 1-4 (Material Type: Audio)
3, Cassette: 86 A-D (Material Type: Audio)
7, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Figueredo discusses the Portuguese-American Left in New Bedford and Fall River, Massachusetts during the 1930s-1940s. He speaks the beginning of his introduction to politics during the strikes of the 1920s and Communist role. He addresses the lack of formal fraternal and cultural structure and absence of regular Portuguese-language Communist press. Additionally, the interview covers the use of local radio, Cold War pressures during the 1940s, his departure to San Francisco, and activities in International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) from the 1950s-1980s.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Bruno Fischer, Nov 1982, inclusive
80, Cassette: 308 C (Material Type: Audio)
15, CD: Fischer 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Morris Fisher, Mar 16, 1983, inclusive
16, CD: Fisher 1 (Material Type: Audio)
3, Cassette: 87 (Material Type: Audio)
Fisher discusses left politics and Jewish culture from the 1930s-1970s. Topics include labor Zionism and the Workmen's Circle, the Jewish Socialist Farband, and the Miami Beach Yiddishkayt.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Jacob Fisherman, Nov 3, 1979, inclusive
10, Cassette: 393 (Material Type: Audio)
16, CD: Fisherman 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Henry Foner, Mar 29, 1976, inclusive
7, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Foner discusses being driven out of teaching during the late 1940s, industrial and union activities during the 1948-1970s, the Communist Party, and Ben Gold.
Interview by Russell Karr.
Edith Fox, July 1981, inclusive
10, Cassette: 419 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
16, CD: Fox 1-4 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview by Nora Wainer.
Emmanuel Fried, 1977-1983, inclusive
80, Cassette: 310 A-E (Material Type: Audio)
16, CD: Fried 1-6 (Material Type: Audio)
Several recordings of readings and interviews of Emmanuel Fried. The first disk contains a May 1983 discussion for Buffalo radio station WBNY with topics including education, acting, union organizing, writing, impact of blacklist on career. The second and third disks are the recording of a Niagara-Erie writing conference held at St. John's Grace Episcopal Church in Buffalo, New York on Oct 30, 1980. Fried gives a reading from his plays and there is also a reading by author Peter Mathiessen. The fourth disk contains a radio interview of Fried by John Nash for WADU in Buffalo, taken in Mar 1980. The fifth disk contains a readings from the Labor Writers Workshop on Jun 8, 1977, introduced by Emmanuel Fried and broadcast on WBFO of Buffalo. The sixth disk contains the recording of a New Letters on the Air (Kansas City, Missouri) broadcast of readings and an interview of Fried from Jun 1978.
William (Bill) Friedland, May 6, 1983, inclusive
3, Cassette: 89 (Material Type: Audio)
16, CD: Friedland 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Friedland discusses the cultural perspective of the Workers Party, role of music in Friedland's life and creation of the record Songs for Sectarians, college teaching, and sympathy for antiwar students during the 1960s.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Isadore Friedman & Max Fishgold, Mar 15, 1983, inclusive
16, CD: Friedland & Fishgold 1 (Material Type: Audio)
3, Cassette: 90 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview addresses union activities and the Left from the 1930s-1950s.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Isadore Friedman & Max Fishgold
Mary Gale, Jan 29, 1982, inclusive
3, Cassette: 91 A-C (Material Type: Audio)
16, CD: Gale 1-3 (Material Type: Audio)
Gale discusses growing up in East New York and Queens in the 1910s-1920s, International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) during the 1920s-1930s, the Scottsboro case, and the American Labor Party. She also discusses family and home life in relation to her work and political activism.
Interview by Ruth F. Prago.
Sam Garber, Nov 5, 1979, inclusive
10, Cassette: 395 (Material Type: Audio)
16, CD: Garber 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Alex and Faye Gardner, Abe Kantor, and Hyman Hodes, Mar 15, 1983, inclusive
3, Cassette: 93 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
16, CD: Gardners, Kantor & Hodes 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Topics covered in the interview include Jewish and Italian radicalism during the 1930s-1950s, the Unemployed Councils, the Workers' Club, Works Progress Administration, the Garibaldi Clubs, work as Vito Marcantonio's campaign manager, and union activities.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Alex and Faye Gardner, Abe Kantor, and Hyman Hodes
Sender Garlin, Oct 14, 1976, inclusive
16, CD: Garlin 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
3, Cassette: 92 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Interview includes discussion of Garlin's background in the Socialist Party in the 1910s and his time at the Daily Worker in the 1920s-1930s, including the paper's atmosphere and humor.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Hugo Gellert, Apr 4, 1984, inclusive
3, Cassette: 94 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
16, CD: Gellert 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
7, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview includes discussion of immigration from Hungary to the United States and return to Hungary during World War I. It also covers Gellert's work as an artist and cartoonist for commercial publications The New Yorker and New York, the Hungarian-American Left newspaper Uj Elore, and radical arts and literary journal The Masses. Interview includes Gellert's recollections of fellow Masses contributor John Reed.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Sophie Melvin-Gerson, Mar 13, 1976, inclusive
7, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview includes description of background and youth in Ukraine, Massachusetts, and New York. It also includes discussion of Gerson's involvement in the Young Communist League and the events of the Passaic and Gastonia textile strikes.
Interview by Alan Safron.
Joseph Giganti, Jul 26, 1983, inclusive
7, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
16, CD: Giganti 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
3, Cassette: 96 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Interview includes discussion of the Italian-American Communist newspaper II Lavoratore and its editorial staff and theatrical commentary. Giganti also discusses the nature of Italian-American Left in Chicago during the 1920s through 1940s, "anti-Red" police squad in Chicago, Giganti's expulsion from Communist movement, early Trotskyism, leftist activities of different ethnic groups in Chicago during the 1930s. Other subjects commented upon are the barber's union and Giganti's thoughts on the activities of various factions including those following Oehler, Lovestone, Cannon, and Muste.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Katya Gilden, Nov 21, 1976, inclusive
16, CD: Gilden 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
309A (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
3, Cassette: 95 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Todd Gitlin, Mar 1, 1970, inclusive
16, CD: Gitlin 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
3, Cassette: 97 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview documents the activities of Students for a Democratic Society during the 1960s.
Interview by Kirkpatrick Sale.
Barbara Gittings, Jul 26, 1983, inclusive
3, Cassette: 98 A-C (Material Type: Audio)
16, CD: Gittings 1-4 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview discusses the gay liberation movement during the 1950s-1970s.
Interview by Howard August.
Jessie Glaberman, Aug 17, 1977 - Sep 3, 1977, inclusive
7, Folder: 36/37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
16, CD: J. Glaberman 1-10 (Material Type: Audio)
3, Cassette: 99 A-G (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers the Socialist Workers Party and Workers Party in New York, Philadelphia and Detroit during the 1930s-1950s.
Interviews by Lyn Goldfarb and Ruth Meyerowitz.
Martin Glaberman, Mar 29, 1983, inclusive
3, Cassette: 100 (Material Type: Audio)
16, CD: M. Glaberman 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Glaberman discusses the Johnson-Forest Tendency in New York and Detroit during the 1940s-1950s.
Interview by Dan Georgakas.
Ruth Glassman, Feb 1, 1979, inclusive
16, CD: Glassman 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
3, Cassette: 101 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Glassman discusses the American Youth Congress during the 1930s, World War II and shop agitation, women in factories, and the United Electrical Workers.
Interview by Ruth F. Prago.
Albert Glotzer, Oct 31, 1934, inclusive
17, CD: Glotzer 1-3 (Material Type: Audio)
3, Cassette: 335 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Albert Glotzer, Dec 21, 1983, inclusive
17, CD: Glotzer 4-7 (Material Type: Audio)
7, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
3, Cassette: 102 A-C (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers Glotzer's family background in Russia and Chicago, the Communist Party during the 1920s, American Trotskyism during the late 1920s-30s, and the Workers Party during the 1940s. The last cassette contains a narration by Glotzer in response to written questions by Jon Bloom.
Interview by Jon Bloom.
Lillian Gold, Apr 4, 1982, inclusive
3, Cassette: 103 (Material Type: Audio)
7, Folder: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
17, CD: Gold 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers Gold's youth in New York City, her recollections of World War I, seeking employment, her involvement in the Socialist Party in 1933, her activities with the War Resisters' League, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the trade union movement, and union work with teachers in 1950.
Interview by Sy Singer.
Itche Goldberg, Jun 5, 1982, inclusive
7, Folder: 40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
17, CD: Goldberg 1 (Material Type: Audio)
4, Cassette: 104 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers Goldberg's role as editor of Yiddishe Kultur, his early literary influences, an analysis of the development of Yiddish literature, political and introspective approaches to literature, and literary criticism. Goldberg also discusses the future of the Yiddish language and literature.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Itche Goldberg, Feb 16, 1983, inclusive
17, CD: Goldberg 2 (Material Type: Audio)
4, Cassette: 105 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview contains Goldberg's reflections on secular and religious aspects of Jewish cultural identity and an examination of unique characteristics of Jewish humor.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Goldens Bridge Colony, 1984, inclusive
17 (Material Type: Audio)
10, Cassette: 425 (Material Type: Audio)
This recording documents life and political outlooks of the residents in this Westchester County cooperative community from its founding in 1927 through the 1950s.
Mollie Goldstein, Nov 7, 1981, inclusive
7, Folder: 41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
17, CD: M. Goldstein 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
4, Cassette: 106 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Interview topics include the Communist Party, women's organizations, price and rent protests in Brooklyn and the Bronx, and activism during the 1930s.
Interview by Bea Lemisch.
Nina Goldstein, Mar 19, 1980, inclusive
7, Folder: 42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
4, Cassette: 107 A-D (Material Type: Audio)
17, CD: N. Goldstein 1-4 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview documents Goldstein's early life in Russia and Canada, her work and political life in Brownsville and East Flatbush, Brooklyn during the 1920s-1930s, and the activities of the Communist Party. The interview also covers theMorgen Freiheit, the International Workers Order, Russian War Relief and aid to Israel during the 1940s, and the Jewish cultural movement in Miami Beach.
Interview by Bea Lemisch.
Walter Goldwater, Feb 15, 1983, inclusive
17, CD: Goldwater 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
4, Cassette: 108 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Goldwater discusses C.L.R. James during the 1920s-1960s, the Workers Party during the 1940s, Trotskyism, anti-Stalinism, neo-conservatism, Pan-Africanism, and Eric Williams.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Helen Goodman, Oct 20, 2002, inclusive
2, Cassette: 108A (Material Type: Audio)
7, Folder: 43 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
17, CD: Goodman 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview includes discussions of childhood in Brooklyn and early jobs, the Great Depression, and work in defense plants during World War II. Activity in the UE Local 1707, American Labor Party, and Jewish Association Services for the Aged are discussed, as are May Day parades and her father's socialist activities. The interview also includes comments on the Paul Robeson concert at Peekskill and Rosenberg executions. Goodman also talks about members of her family and working with the Jewish Association Services for the Aged.
Interview by Laura Helton.
Michael Gordon, Mar 25, 1977, inclusive
4, Cassette: 109 (Material Type: Audio)
17, CD: Gordon 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Gordon describes his association with Frontier Films, and coming to film through a background with the Film and Photo League and Group Theatre during the 1930s. Gordon discusses and contrasts the politics of Frontier Films and Group Theatre. Interview also includes discussion of Gordon's work on various projects and associates in Hollywood and New York City.
Interview by Russell Campbell.
Grandma was an Activist, 1983, inclusive
4, Cassette: 110 A-C (Material Type: Audio)
17, CD: Grandma was an Activist 1-3 (Material Type: Audio)
The six half-hour segements of "Grandma was an Activist" include excerpts from OHAL interviews with Louise Thompson, Jane Dudley, Alice Dodge Wolfson, Meridel LeSueur, among others.
1) The Black and the Red 2) How Do You Spell Relief? 3) On the Line 4) They Shall Not Pass 5) Readin' and Ritin' on the Road to Power 6) Militant Muse
Leah Dillon Grant, Jul 24, 1983, inclusive
17, CD: Grant 1 (Material Type: Audio)
4, Cassette: 111 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview documents Yiddish literary milieu in 1920s and role of interviewee's uncle, A.M. Dillon. Also covered are the Johnson-Forest Tendency, its leaders and activities during the 1940s, and cultural perspectives.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Janet Green, May 29, 2009, inclusive
17, CD: Green 1 (Material Type: Audio)
10, CD: Green 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview regarding Green's experiences growing up in the Bronx and working in New York City.
Interview by Jeff Eichler.
Samuel Greenberg, Oct 27, 1982, inclusive
17, CD: Greenberg 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
4, Cassette: 112 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Interview documents the activities of the Yiddish Left in Los Angeles and nationally from the 1930s-1980s. This includes Greenberg's analysis of various personalities in Yiddish literature including Leivick, Avrom Reyzen, Moshe Nadir, and others. He comments on the relative literary merits of the Morgen Freiheit, Forward, and Freie Arbeiter Stimme, and describes the break between the Freiheit and many writers on the Yiddish literary scene.
Greenberg expresses pessimism regarding Yiddish culture and working class political movements in the 1980s, and details his own loss of faith in the Soviet Union during the preceding decades. Facets of this discussion include the diminished state of Yiddish culture in the Soviet Union, contrasts between his travels there during 1930s and 1980s, and Greenberg's analyses of the reasons for the decline of Jewish progressive movement.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Guardian Forum, May 26, 1973, inclusive
4, Cassette: 113 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
17, CD: Guardian Forum 1-4 (Material Type: Audio)
"What Road to Building a New Communist Party?"; criticism of 1960s politics; history of class struggle.
Topics included: women's role in class struggle, role of race and nationality in class struggle, discussion of how new Communist Party would be organized, the tension between unity and sects, the activities of the October League
Hosted by the Guardian newspaper
Sarah Gudelman, Nov 3, 1979, inclusive
17, CD: Gudelman 1-3 (Material Type: Audio)
10, Box: 396 A-C (Material Type: Audio)
Interview includes discussion of Sarah Gudelman's youth in Russia and Germany, her family history, immigration to Lower East Side in New York City and work in the garment trade. Other topics include life with her husband, the sculptor Gudelman, and the death of their first child. Also discussed are Sarah Gudelman's work as administrator for 18 progressive shuls in Bronx, her assessments of artists and Yiddish literary figures including Moshe Nadir and Itche Goldberg, and her involvement in the Communist Party.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Oive Halonen, Feb 27, 1978, inclusive
17, CD: Halonen 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
7, Folder: 44 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
4, Cassette: 114 (Material Type: Audio)
Halonen discusses Finnish-American radicalism in Minnesota and Oregon during the 1910s-1930s, participation in Spanish Civil War as member of Abraham Lincoln Brigade, and experiences as Seattle machinist during the 1940s-1960s.
Interview by Jon Bloom.
Michael Hanusiak, Mar 30, 1983, inclusive
17, CD: Hanusiak 1 (Material Type: Audio)
4, Cassette: 115 (Material Type: Audio)
Topics covered by this interview include the Ukrainian-American Left, the International Workers Order during the 1930s-1940s, the effects of McCarthyism, problems of organization, publications, and the generational continuity in the ethnic progressive movement through the 1980s.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Louis Harap, Mar 19, 1978, inclusive
17, CD: Harap 1-4 (Material Type: Audio)
7, Folder: 45 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
4, Cassette: 116 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Harap discusses Harvard University during the 1930s, Jewish Survey during the 1940s, Jewish Life during the 1940s-1950s, the Rosenberg case, and Jewish Currents during the 1950s-1970s.
Interview by Jon Bloom.
Harlem Riots Inquiry, Apr 14, 1965, inclusive
6, reel: 386 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
17, CD: Harlem Riots Inquiry 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview with Sanford Katz, the attorney representing defendants from the Progressive Labor Movement who were charged with involvement in the Harlem Riots of 1964. Subjects include criticism of actions of grand jury, selection of the grand jury, and the implications of holding Eleanor Goldstein in contempt multiple times over the same questions.
Michael Harrington, Oct 6, 1969, inclusive
4, Cassette: 117 (Material Type: Audio)
17, CD: Harrington 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers the "prehistory" of Students for a Democratic Society during the late 1950s and the activities of SDS during the 1960s.
Interview by Kirkpatrick Sale.
Michael Harrington, May 2, 1988, inclusive
4, Cassette: 117.5 A-C (Material Type: Audio)
17, CD: Harrington 3-5 (Material Type: Audio)
Daniel Heartquist, Feb 5, 1981, inclusive
7, Folder: 46 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
4, Cassette: 118 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
18, CD: Heartquist 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers the Socialist movement in Sweden, Swedish-American Socialism, the Left in New England during the 1930s-1940s, and reflections on American Communism.
Interview by Bill Schecter.
James B. Henry, May 11, 1976, inclusive
7, Folder: 47 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview documents the legal prosecution of the International Workers Order in New York State during the 1950s and Henry's role as ex-Special Assistant Attorney General.
Interview by Howard Brown.
Michael Henry, Jun 4, 1980, inclusive
4, Cassette: 119 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
18, CD: M. Henry 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview by Theresa Diamond.
Philip Hochstein, Oct 28, 1986, inclusive
10, Cassette: 424 (Material Type: Audio)
18, CD: Hochstein 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview includes discussion of immigration from Russian Empire, youth in Bayonne, New Jersey, and the press and the Left.
Interview by Diana Maull.
Otis Hood, Mar 24, 1981, inclusive
4, Cassette: 120 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
18, CD: Hood 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview includes discussion of Hood's union-family background, the New England Left in the 1930s, the Communist Party in Vermont during the 1930s, the Communist Party in Boston during the 1930s-1940s, Hood's experience in prison, and other reflections.
Interview by Bill Schecter.
Walter Hoops, Oct 6, 1984, inclusive
4, Cassette: 121 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
7, Folder: 48 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
18, CD: Hoops 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview documents the Saint Louis Free Thought movement from the nineteenth century to 1940s, Hoops' background in Germany, his immigration to the United States, the Rand School of Social Science, the Socialist Party in Saint Louis during the 1930s, and Free Thought and atheism in Saint Louis from the 1940s-1980s.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Frank Horzen, Oct 26, 1982, inclusive
4, Cassette: 122 (Material Type: Audio)
7, Folder: 49 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
18, CD: Horzen 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview consists of an analysis of politics in Fontana, California by member of the religious (anti-socialist) South Slav benefit association and steel worker, who later became mayor of Fontana. Also covers are attitudes toward Henry Kaiser and later (Third World) immigrants.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
International Labor Defense, Jun 21, 1982, inclusive
18, CD: ILD 1-3 (Material Type: Audio)
4, Cassette: 124 A-C (Material Type: Audio)
Interview with David Freedman, Sam Neuberger, and Fay Pasternak on International Labor Defense, National Lawyers Guild, and radical legal work in the 1930s-1940s. Interview includes recollections of Joe Brodsky, Carol King, Vito Marcantonio, and others.
Interview by Ann Ginger and Debra Bernhardt.
International Labor Defense
International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, Anonymous Woman 1, Oct 22, 1974, inclusive
4, Cassette: 123 A (Material Type: Audio)
18, CD: ILGWU 6 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview by David Gurowsky.
International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, Anonymous Woman 1
International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, Anonymous Man 1, Oct 22, 1974, inclusive
4, Cassette: 123 B (Material Type: Audio)
18, CD: ILGWU 1 (Material Type: Audio)
2, Cassette: 123 A (Material Type: Audio)
18, CD: ILGWU 6 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview is on track 1 of CD ILGWU 1.
Interview by David Gurowsky.
International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, Anonymous Man 1
International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, Anonymous Woman 2, Feb 10, 1975, inclusive
4, Cassette: 123 C (Material Type: Audio)
18, CD: ILGWU 7 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview by David Gurowsky.
International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, Anonymous Woman 2
International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, Anonymous Man 2, Dec 16, 1974, inclusive
4, Cassette: 123 D (Material Type: Audio)
18, CD: ILGWU 8 (Material Type: Audio)
18, CD: ILGWU 2 (Material Type: Audio)
2, Cassette: 123 E (Material Type: Audio)
Interview is on track 2 of CD ILGWU 2.
The narrator discusses work in the garment industry and figures in the ILGWU during the 1910s-1940s.
Interview by David Gurowsky.
International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, Anonymous Man 2
International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, Anonymous Man 3, Oct 24, 1974, inclusive
18, CD: ILGWU 3 (Material Type: Audio)
4, Cassette: 123 G (Material Type: Audio)
1, CD: ILGWU 9 (Material Type: Audio)
2, Cassette: 123 F (Material Type: Audio)
Interview is on track 2 of CD ILGWU 3.
Interview by David Gurowsky.
International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, Anonymous Woman 3, Oct 23, 1974, inclusive
4, Cassette: 123 F (Material Type: Audio)
18, CD: ILGWU 3 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview is on track 1 of CD ILGWU 3.
Interview by David Gurowsky.
International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, Anonymous Woman 3
International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, Anonymous Woman 4, Nov 19, 1974, inclusive
4, Cassette: 123 E (Material Type: Audio)
18, CD: ILGWU 2 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview is on track 1 of CD ILGWU 2.
Interview by David Gurowsky.
International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, Anonymous Woman 4
International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, Anonymous Woman 5, Dec 27, 1974, inclusive
4, Cassette: 123 H (Material Type: Audio)
18, CD: ILGWU 4 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview is on track 1 of CD ILGWU 4.
Interview by David Gurowsky.
International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, Anonymous Woman 5
International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, Anonymous Woman 6, Oct 22, 1974, inclusive
18, CD: ILGWU 1 (Material Type: Audio)
4, Cassette: 123 B (Material Type: Audio)
Interview is on track 2 of CD ILGWU 1.
Interview by David Gurowsky.
International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, Anonymous Woman 6
International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, Anonymous Woman 7, Mar 12, 1975, inclusive
18, CD: ILGWU 10 (Material Type: Audio)
4, Cassette: 123 J (Material Type: Audio)
3, Cassette: 123 I (Material Type: Audio)
18, CD: ILGWU 5 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview by David Gurowsky.
International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, Anonymous Woman 7
International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, Anonymous Woman 8, Jan 2, 1975, inclusive
18, CD: ILGWU 8 (Material Type: Audio)
4, Cassette: 123 D (Material Type: Audio)
18, CD: ILGWU 4 (Material Type: Audio)
2, Cassette: 123 H (Material Type: Audio)
Interview is on track 2 of CD ILGWU 4.
Interview by David Gurowsky.
International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, Anonymous Woman 8
Evelyn Irsay, Jun 1982, inclusive
18, CD: Irsay 1 (Material Type: Audio)
10, Cassette: 383 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview by Bea Lemisch.
CLR James, Feb 25, 1974, inclusive
81, Cassette: 369 (Material Type: Audio)
18, CD: James 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Recording of a speech titled "Africa and World Politics" at the University of Rhode Island.
Recorded by Paul Buhle.
CLR James, Oct 15, 1981, inclusive
81, Cassette: 369 (Material Type: Audio)
18, CD: James 3 (Material Type: Audio)
Abdeen Jabara, Mar 28, 1983, inclusive
18, CD: Jabara 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
4, Cassette: 125 B-C (Material Type: Audio)
Jewish People's Chorus, Apr 14, 1980, inclusive
4, Cassette: 126 (Material Type: Audio)
18, CD: Jewish People's Chorus 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Excerpt from performance at Yablon Center in Los Angeles, California.
S.J. Jokubka, Jul 28, 1983, inclusive
18, CD: Jokubka 1 (Material Type: Audio)
4, Cassette: 125 A (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers Jokubka's background in Lithuania and activities in Argentina during the 1930s. He also speaks of his editorship of Vilnis, a Chicago-based Lithuanian-language newspaper, since 1942. Jokubka also discusses the problems of publishing ethnic newspaper and the role of cultural activities in the Lituanian-American movement.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Howard Johnson, Oct 17, 1979, inclusive
1, Folder: data_value_missing_cdf477656c5e54755650898b7f0ec3cb (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
4, Cassette: 127 (Material Type: Audio)
18, CD: Johnson 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers Johnson's involvement in show business in Harlem during the 1930s and dancing at the Cotton Club. He also describes his politicization, his entry into the Communist party, community involvement during the 1940s, and figures such as Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson. Johnson also analyzes the relations of blacks and whites in the Communist Party. The recording also includes a sound reel from his night class.
Interview by Richard Wormser.
Howard "Stretch" Johnson, Jun 26, 1984 - Aug 23, 1984, inclusive
18, CD: Johnson 2-8 (Material Type: Audio)
80, Cassette: 333A-E (Material Type: Audio)
7, Folder: 50 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Howard Johnson, Dec 1990, inclusive
7, Folder: 51 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
This interview is a part of the series "Oral Histories of African Americans" by the Center for Oral History at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The interview covers his activities as a performer at the Cotton Club, as a Communist Party organizer, and as an educator.
Interview by Kathryn Takara.
Onni Kaartinen, Jul 7, 1984, inclusive
18, CD: Kaartinen 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
4, Cassette: 128 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Kaartinen discusses his Finnish-American radical background during the 1930s, the Spanish Civil War, and fraternal and political activities from the 1940s-1970s.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Morris (Moshe) Kaplan, April 15, 1980, inclusive
4, Cassette: 129 (Material Type: Audio)
18, CD: Kaplan 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Kaplan discusses the Yiddishe Kultur Farband (YKUF) and the Jewish cultural movement in Los Angeles.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Maude White Katz, Oct 18, 1981, inclusive
4, Cassette: 130 (Material Type: Audio)
18, CD: Katz 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers Katz's early days in the Communist Party, the fight against white chauvinism, and the Needle Trades Industrial Union's activities during the 1920s.
Interview by Ruth F. Prago.
Ed Kempf, Oct 29, 1978, inclusive
19, CD: Kempf 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
7, Folder: 52 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
4, Cassette: 131 (Material Type: Audio)
Kempf discusses his role as New Jersey Regional Director of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee-Harrison-Hoboken-Jersey City, Crucible Steel, Otis Elevator, the Socialist Party, and the Socialist Workers Party during the 1930s.
Interview by Jon Bloom.
Aaron Kertman, Apr 7, 1980, inclusive
4, Cassette: 132 (Material Type: Audio)
19, CD: Kertman 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Kertman discusses the Yiddishe Kultur Farband (YKUF) and the Jewish cultural movement in Los Angeles.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Anton Kerzic, Jul 27, 1983, inclusive
19, CD: Kerzic 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
4, Cassette: 133 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers the origins of Slovenian-American fraternal movement in Waukegan and North Chicago, Illinois. Kerzic also covers his work in a cooperative grocery store during the 1930s-1940s and work with Finnish-American fraternal group in milk coop during the 1930s-1950s. Kerzic also discusses conflict between the midwestern and eastern factions of the SNPJ (Slovenska Narodna Podporna Jednota) and his role as founder of a savings and loan bank in Waukegan.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Maurice Kish, Sep 23, 1979, inclusive
10, Cassette: 397 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
19, CD: Kish 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Maurice Kish, Oct 29, 1979, inclusive
19, CD: Kish 3 (Material Type: Audio)
10, Cassette: 398 (Material Type: Audio)
Maurice Kish, Feb 17, 1983, inclusive
5, Cassette: 134 (Material Type: Audio)
19, CD: Kish 4 (Material Type: Audio)
Brief interview with Russian-born painter about his family and his work.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Camp Kinderland Reunion, Jun 9, 1979, inclusive
5, Cassette: 135 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
19, CD: Camp Kinderland 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Recording includes reminiscences, reading of letters, and songs and dances.
Mary Kolehmainen, Mar 10, 1981, inclusive
19, CD: Kolehmainen 1 (Material Type: Audio)
5, Cassette: 136 (Material Type: Audio)
7, Folder: 53 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Koloehmainen discusses emigration from Finland, the activities of the Socialist Party, and the Finnish women's newspaper.
Interview by Bill Schecter.
Mary Kolehmainen, Jul 30, 1983, inclusive
19, CD: Kolehmainen 2 (Material Type: Audio)
5, Cassette: 137 (Material Type: Audio)
Kolehmainen discusses her immigration to America, life in the Finnish-American Left, the activities of Finns in Boston area during the 1930s-1940s, her role as editor of women's weekly Naisten Viiri, and the support of Finnish-American movement.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Joseph Korn, Apr 16, 1980, inclusive
19, CD: Korn 1 (Material Type: Audio)
5, Cassette: 138 (Material Type: Audio)
Korn discusses the Yiddishe Kultur Farband (YKUF) and the Jewish cultural movement in Los Angeles.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Ernest Koski, Jul 31, 1983, inclusive
19, CD: Koski 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
5, Cassette: 139 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Koski discusses the Finnish-American Left in Mesabi Iron Range and the radical Finnish newspaper Tyomies.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Nettie Kravitz, Apr 1, 1983, inclusive
5, Cassette: 140 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
19, CD: Kravitz 1-3 (Material Type: Audio)
Kravitz discusses the Johnson-Forest Tendency, radical feminism, and activities on the East Coast and in Detroit, from the 1940s-1960s.
Interview by Dan Georgakas.
Rose Kryzak, Jan 4, 1982, inclusive
7, Folder: 54 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
19, CD: Kryzak 1 (Material Type: Audio)
5, Cassette: 141 (Material Type: Audio)
Kryzak describes growing up in New York City, her life as a Communist Party member from 1933, her trip to Soviet Union and impressions of it, the Communist Party and women's issues, and the McCarthy period.
Interview by Ruth F. Prago.
Jacob Kunin, Mar 2, 1967, inclusive
1, Folder: data_value_missing_ea2e439560b69293843fdbf4d0d0fb2b (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
7, Folder: 55 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Kunin discusses ethnic groups and politics in Bridgeport, Connecticut during the 1920s-1940s.
Interview by Bruce Stave.
Kay Lahusen, Jul 26, 1983, inclusive
19, CD: Lahusen 1-3 (Material Type: Audio)
5, Cassette: 143 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Interview with Kay Lahusen (also known as Kay Tobin) covers relationship between gay liberation movement and the Left, publications, and legislative campaigns during the 1950s-1970s.
Interview by Howard August.
Ollie Leeds, Aug 9, 1983, inclusive
19, CD: Leeds 1-3 (Material Type: Audio)
81, Cassette: 370 A-C (Material Type: Audio)
Interview by Howard August.
Meridel LeSueur, May 1, 1982, inclusive
19, Cassette: LeSueur 1 (Material Type: Audio)
5, Cassette: 144 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview details author Meridel LeSueur's recollections of Minnesota radicalism during the Great Depression.
Interview by Jon Bloom.
Aaron Levenstein, Mar 5, 1974, inclusive
80, Cassette: 336.5 (Material Type: Audio)
19, CD: Levenstein 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Alfred Baker Lewis, Sep 8, 1967, inclusive
1, Folder: data_value_missing_a31a12feaa29d3fe642b4b15a0326bc4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
7, Folder: 56 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Lewis and his wife discuss the Socialist Party and the New England region during the 1910s-1940s and the civil rights movement during the 1940s-1960s.
Interview by Bruce Stave.
Fred Lilja, Jun 28, 1983, inclusive
5, Cassette: 146 (Material Type: Audio)
19, CD: Lilja 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Lilja discusses his immigration to the United States and his work as itinerant miner, lumber worker, and fisherman during the 1910s. He also covers the activities of Finnish-American Left in Monessan, Pennsylvania during the 1920s-1950.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Sam Liptzin, Mar 22, 1979, inclusive
10, Cassette: 399 (Material Type: Audio)
19, CD: Liptzin 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Frank Lovell, Jan 19, 1990, inclusive
80, Cassette: 312 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
19, CD: Lovell 1-3 (Material Type: Audio)
Frank Lovell, Feb 2, 1990, inclusive
19, CD: Lovell 4-5 (Material Type: Audio)
80, Cassette: 313 (Material Type: Audio)
Luisa, May 3, 1979 and Mar 30, 1979, inclusive
5, Cassette: 148 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
19, CD: Luisa 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview documents the activities of the United Electrical Workers Local 431 at the Emerson Electric Company in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Interview by Ruth Prago.
James Lustig, Oct 20, 1982, inclusive
5, Cassette: 149 (Material Type: Audio)
7, Folder: 57 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
19, CD: Lustig 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Lustig discusses the activities of Hungarian-American Left in the fur-leather and electrical workers unions during the 1920s-1940s, his own role in strikes, blacklisting in the 1950s, and work on Henry Wallace's farm. Lustig also discusses his involvement with the publications Uj Elore and Hungarian-American Word during the 1950s-1980s.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
A.B. Magil, Oct 31, 1980, inclusive
19, CD: A. Magil 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
5, Cassette: 150 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers Magil's in Yiddish culture in Philadelphia, life at the Daily Worker in the 1920s, and self-denial of Yiddish cultural activities for "broader field."
Interview by Paul Buhle.
A.B. Magil, Jan 5, 1994 - Mar 27, 1995, inclusive
7, Folder: 58 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
19, CD: A. Magil 3-9 (Material Type: Audio)
80, Cassette: 332 A-F (Material Type: Audio)
Interview by Allen Thompson.
Vito Magli, May 15, 1983, inclusive
5, Cassette: 151 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
19, CD: V. Magli 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Interviews includes discussion of background as high school supporter of Vito Marcantonio in New York and youth leader of Marcantonio movement. Also covered is Magil's work as editor of Communist Italian-language paper, L'Unita and its support in mining regions and cities during the 1940s-1950s. Additionally, the interview covers Magil's retirement to Florida and reflections.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Mary Magner, Jan 26, 1975, inclusive
7, Folder: 59 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview covers Magner's activities in the Bridgeport, Connecticut Socialist Party and role as executive secretary to Socialist Mayor Jasper McLevy from 1940-1957.
Interview by Bruce Stave.
Robin Maisel, Feb 28 and Mar 5, 1975, inclusive
5, Cassette: 153 A-C (Material Type: Audio)
19, CD: Maisel 1-3 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers activities of the Socialist Workers Party during the 1960s-1970s, Maisel's work experience in print shops, and the influence of his parents' radical convictions and activities.
Interview by Claudia Hommel.
Morty Manford, Aug 6, 1983, inclusive
20, CD: Manford 1-3 (Material Type: Audio)
5, Cassette: 154 A-C (Material Type: Audio)
Interview regarding gay rights.
Interview by Howard August.
Julius Margolin, Dec 30, 1983, inclusive
5, Cassette: 155 (Material Type: Audio)
20, CD: Margolin 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview describes Margolin's activities from 1930s-1950s. Topics include the Food Workers Industrial Union, the National Maritime Union, the World War II no-strike pledge, the Communist Party view of Trotskyism, and the Korean War.
Interview by Jon Bloom.
Rita Margules, Jun 16, 2011, inclusive
20, CD: Margules 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
10, CD: Margules 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Alice Marsh, Feb 24, 1982, inclusive
20, CD: Marsh 1 (Material Type: Audio)
5, Cassette: 156 (Material Type: Audio)
Subjects discussed in this interview include the activities of the Socialist Party during the 1930s and the struggle between Communists and Socialists in the Teachers Union.
Matteotti Club, 1977, inclusive
5, Cassette: 158 (Material Type: Audio)
20, CD: Matteotti 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Reunion of Rhode Island activists in Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Campaign, 50 years after execution. Disscussion of defense activities, mostly by Luigi Nardella.
Anthony Martocchia and Philip Lamantia, Oct 31, 1982, inclusive
7, Folder: 60 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
5, Cassette: 157 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
20, CD: Martocchia & Lamantia 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers Martocchia's anarchist origins in Italy and his anti-fascist activities in Chicago during the 1920s, the San Francisco/Las Gatos anarchist group during the 1930s-1950s, and his meeting with Philip Lamantia in the 1940s.The recording also covers Lamantia's sense of support from older anarchists in the 1940s and the importance of Malatesta for Martocchia. Anarchist publications in the 1980s are also discussed.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Anthony Martocchia and Philip Lamantia
David Mattis, Dec 28, 1979, inclusive
20, CD: Mattis 1 (Material Type: Audio)
10, Cassette: 400 (Material Type: Audio)
Includes discussion of Jews in film, Yiddish culture, and the Morgen Freiheit and the Forward.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Grace Burnham McDonald, Aug 10, 1973 and Aug 25, 1973, inclusive
20, CD: McDonald 1 (Material Type: Audio)
80, Cassette: 360 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Interview is part of a series of interviews intended to document the activities of the Worker's Health Bureau, which was founded in 1920.
Tom McGrath, Mar 9, 1977, inclusive
20, CD: McGrath 1 (Material Type: Audio)
5, Cassette: 168 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers literature in the 1930s, poetry and the the Communist Party's Popular Front strategy, and Left Culture during the Cold War.
Taped responses to written questions from Paul Buhle.
Tom McGrath, undated
20, CD: McGrath 2 (Material Type: Audio)
80, Cassette: 345 (Material Type: Audio)
Recording of McGrath's reminiscences of the Chelsea neighborhood of New York during the 1930s-1940s, including the character of the neighborhood and radicalism there. Personalities discussed include Ray Condon, Mac and Maggie McLain, and Harold Gates. Topics include relationships with various unions in Chelsea neighborhood, waterfront workers and unions (including the National Maritime Union), a local radical newspaper called the Shamrock, McGrath's job with International Labor Defense, and conflicts with the Christian Front and German American Bund. He also speaks about his activities in Los Angeles in the 1950s. The second of the recording part contains additional information McGrath's background, including his introduction to radical left politics and student activism at University of North Dakota and Louisiana State University.
Ernest Rice McKinney, Feb 25, 1983, inclusive
5, Cassette: 169 (Material Type: Audio)
20, CD: McKinney 1 (Material Type: Audio)
8, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Biographical interview with important African American radical, born in 1886. Topics covered include his youth and education, activities as Socialist during the 1910s, involvement with the Communist Party during the 1920s, his period as a "Musteite" during the 1930s and a "Shachtmanite" during the 1940s, the Unemployed Leagues, and A. Philip Randolph.
Interview by Jon Bloom.
Vida McLevy, Nov 4, 1966, inclusive
8, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Topics discussed include the Socialist Party in Bridgeport and the career of her husband Jasper McLevy as Socialist Mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut from 1933-1957.
Interview by Bruce Stave.
Medem Jewish Socialist Group/Forum on Jews and the Left, Feb 26, 1982, inclusive
20, CD: Medem 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
5, Cassette: 159 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Discussion by Paul Buhle and Arthur Liebman on Jews and the Left in the United States from 1890-1982, with questions from audience and response.
Medem Jewish Socialist Group/Forum on Jews and the Left
Clarina Michelson, Oct 29, 1979, inclusive
5, Cassette: 164 (Material Type: Audio)
8, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
20, CD: Michelson 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview documents strikes of department store workers.
Nick Migas, Mar 15, 1983, inclusive
20, CD: Migas 1 (Material Type: Audio)
5, Cassette: 160 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers unionism and politics in Gary, Indiana during the 1930s-1940s, the relationship between ethnicity and race and nationalism, and the Wisconsin National Farmers Union in the 1950s.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
John Mitchell, Mar 30, 1981, inclusive
5, Cassette: 161 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
20, CD: Mitchell 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
161A-B (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview covers the activities of the Packinghouse Workers and Communist Party in Boston, Massachusetts during the 1940s-1950s.
Interview by Bill Schecter.
Eva Mizara, Jun 24, 1983, inclusive
20, CD: Mizara 1 (Material Type: Audio)
5, Cassette: 162 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview documents Lithuanian-American radicalism during the 1920s-1960s.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Mother Audley Moore, 1972, inclusive
5, Cassette: 163 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
20, CD: Moore 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview documents Moore's youth in New Orleans, the Marcus Garvey movement during the 1920s, the Communist Party in Harlem during the 1930s, and her break with the Communist Party.
Interview by Mark Naison.
Mother Audley Moore, Dec 23, 1981, inclusive
20, CD: Moore 3 (Material Type: Audio)
5, Cassette: 163 (Material Type: Audio)
8, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview documents Moore's experiences in the Communist Party in Harlem during the 1930s.
Interview by Ruth Prago.
Anna Morgan, Jan 22, 1981 - Jan 29, 1981, inclusive
20, CD: Morgan 1-4 (Material Type: Audio)
5, Cassette: 165 A-D (Material Type: Audio)
Morgan discusses her Boston childhood, life in Cuba in 1917, and Chicago in the Depression. She also covers the activities of the Communist Party in Champaign, Illinois, Indianapolis, Indiana, and Columbus, Ohio during the 1930s-1950s.
Interview by Bill Schecter.
Gussie Moskowitz, Jun 4, 1976, inclusive
5, Cassette: 166 (Material Type: Audio)
8, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
20, CD: Moskowitz 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Moskowitz discusses her Hungarian-American background, the activities of the furriers union, the Communist Party, and general reflections.
Interview by Daniel Czitrom.
Elma Munckton, Nov 9, 1983, inclusive
20, CD: Munckton 1 (Material Type: Audio)
5, Cassette: 167 (Material Type: Audio)
8, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Munckton discusses her experiences on a farm in Finland during the 1890s, emigration to the United States, life for domestic workers, and the activities of the Finnish-American Left in Bay Area during the 1920s-1960s.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Emmanuel Muravchik, Dec 6, 1973, inclusive
20, CD: Muravchik 1-3 (Material Type: Audio)
80, Cassette: 337 (Material Type: Audio)
Jim Murray, Jun 20, 1984, inclusive
80, Cassette: 335 (Material Type: Audio)
20, CD: Murray 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
346 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Discussion regarding Cultural Correspondence.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Rosemarie Muscat, Apr 13, 1980, inclusive
20, CD: Muscat 1 (Material Type: Audio)
5, Cassette: 170 (Material Type: Audio)
170A-B (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview by Beth Haskell.
Lillian N., May 19, 1982, inclusive
20, CD: Lillian 1 (Material Type: Audio)
8, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
5, Cassette: 147 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers activities at Brooklyn College, in the National Students' League, and with the Medical Bureau of Aid to Spanish Democracy during the 1930s.
Interview by Bea Lemisch.
Morris Nadelman, Apr 8, 1980, inclusive
20, CD: Nadelman 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
5, Cassette: 171 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
8, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Nadelman discusses his Yiddish Anarchist origins in Russia, Yiddish Anarchist activities in Los Angeles from the 1920s-1980s, Rudolf Rocker's personality and his circle, the activities of the Arbeter Ring (Workmens' Circle), and fund-raising for victims of Spanish Civil war.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Luigi Nardella, Mar 1978 and Sep 29, 1982, inclusive
5, Cassette: 172 A-C (Material Type: Audio)
20, CD: Nardella 1-3 (Material Type: Audio)
8, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The first two disks or tapes are comprised of an oral history interview taken by Paul Buhle on September 29, 1982.
The third tape or disk is a speech delivered to Rhode Island Labor History Forum at Knight Public Library in Providence regarding unemployed movement in Rhode Island during the 1930s.
Al Nash, Dec 8, 1983, inclusive
80, Cassette: 336 (Material Type: Audio)
21, CD: Nash 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Steve Nelson, 1981, inclusive
6, Cassette: 173 B (Material Type: Audio)
8, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
21, CD: Nelson 1-4 (Material Type: Audio)
5, Cassette: 173 A (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers unemployed activities in Chicago, activities in anthracite coal districts, and the Popular Front and the Spanish Civil War.
Interview by Rick Wormser.
Walter Nelson, Apr 17, 1999, inclusive
8, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview covers Nelson's family history, education and work, and his involvement in the World Socialist Party (formerly Workers Socialist Party and Socialist Educational Society).
Interview by Katherine Brucher.
Esta Nette, 1978, inclusive
10 (Material Type: Audio)
21, CD: Nette 1 (Material Type: Audio)
One 1978 interview covering the history of the Pioneers, the Young Communist League, and protests.
Esta Nette, undated
21, DVD: Nette 2 (Material Type: Moving Images)
10 (Material Type: Moving Images)
One DVD interview covering the history of the Pioneers, the Young Communist League, and protests.
Demosthenes Nicas, Circa 1987-1989, inclusive
10, Cassette: 416 A-D (Material Type: Audio)
21, CD: Nicas 1-4 (Material Type: Audio)
Materials are in English and Greek.
Nicas discusses activities from 1900 through the late 1930s, including the relationship between the CIO and Communist Party in Ohio, newspapers, and the impact of the Hitler-Stalin pact.
Interview by Dan Georgakas.
Demosthenes Nicas, 1986, inclusive
10, Cassette: 417 (Material Type: Audio)
21, CD: Nicas 5-6 (Material Type: Audio)
Speech on Greek labor and radicalism.
Rose Nobel, Feb 28, 1981, inclusive
21, CD: Nobel 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
10, Cassette: 385 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Interview by Bea Lemisch.
Joseph and Ruth Norrick, Mar 15, 1983, inclusive
6, Cassette: 174 A-D (Material Type: Audio)
8, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
21, CD: Norrick 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
The interview covers origins of radicalism in Indiana coal mining traditions during the 1910s-1920s, Joseph Norrick's role in 1930s-1940s Left, and perspectives on problems of "Americanizing" Communism in the United States. Ruth Norrick discusses her background in Terre Haute, Indiana, meeting with Eugene Debs, literary life in New York during the 1930s, Cold War-era blacklisting from United Nations Children's agency, and her work in journalism.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Clarence Norris, Feb 25, 1981, inclusive
21, CD: Norris 1 (Material Type: Audio)
6, Cassette: 175 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview documents the Scottsboro Boys case, as recalled by one of nine defendants. Interview also covers the role of International Labor Defense and NAACP and the circumstances of his pardon.
Interview by Richard Wormser.
Paul Novick, 1979, inclusive
21, CD: Novick 1 (Material Type: Audio)
10, Cassette: 401 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview includes discussion of the Morgen Freiheit and Yiddish literature.
Interview by Paul Buhle
Paul Novick, Jan 20, 1983, inclusive
21, CD: Novick 2 (Material Type: Audio)
6, Cassette: 176 (Material Type: Audio)
Discussion of Yiddish culture and politics including his employment by the Groysser Kundes magazine as a humorist and his involvement with the Morgen Freiheit, which he joined in 1922 and edited from 1939-1988.
Interview by Paul Buhle
Paul Novick, Feb 9, 1985, inclusive
10, Cassette: 402 (Material Type: Audio)
21, CD: Novick 3 (Material Type: Audio)
Stanley Nowak, Mar 30, 1983, inclusive
6, Cassette: 177 A-C (Material Type: Audio)
8, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
21, CD: Nowak 1-3 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview documents the Polish-American Left in Detroit during the 1930s, cigar workers, the United Auto Workers, the American Slav Congress, different Polish-American Left organizations from the 1910s-1920s, and Poland in the 1980s. Only third disk of Nowak interview has been transcribed.
Interview by Dan Georgakas.
Marjorie O'Brien, May 7, 1983, inclusive
21, CD: O'Brien 1 (Material Type: Audio)
6, Cassette: 178 (Material Type: Audio)
O'Brien discusses her background in Wisconsin, the University of Wisconsin Trotskyist circle, activities in the 1940s, and her attitude towards C.L.R. James and Johnson-Forest Tendency.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Harvey O'Connor, Sep 27, 1977, inclusive
21, CD: O'Connor 1-3 (Material Type: Audio)
8, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
6, Cassette: 180 A-C (Material Type: Audio)
Interview documents O'Connor's activities in Seattle around time of 1919 general strike, his work in the Federated Press during the 1920s-40s, relationships with Communists and oldtime labor editors and ethnic radicals such as Ludwig Lore, activities in Pittsburgh during the 1930s, and the attack of the House Un-American Activities Committee during the 1950s.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Edna Ocko, 1981, inclusive
21, CD: Ocko 1 (Material Type: Audio)
6, Cassette: 181 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview analyzes the relationship between the Left and dance in the 1930s-1940s, looking at form and content in radicalism and modern dance.
Interview by Richard Wormser.
Hugo Oehler, Jul 6, 1977, inclusive
21, CD: Oehler 1-4 (Material Type: Audio)
6, Cassette: 179 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers Oehler's philosophical background and introduction to Marx, his involvement with the Communist Party, including organization through trade unions and undercover activities within CP on behalf of Trotskyites. Oehler further analyzes the struggles between Stalin and Trotsky supporters and discusses his activities in Spanish Civil War and opinions on French Turn.
Margaret O'Hara, Apr 22, 1980, inclusive
21, CD: O'Hara 1 (Material Type: Audio)
81, Cassette: 380 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview by Theresa Diamond.
Gene O'Hare, undated
21, CD: O'Hare 1-4 (Material Type: Audio)
6, Cassette: 182 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Interview by Victoria O'Hare Von Hagen
Bertell Ollman, Nov 5, 1982, inclusive
80, Cassette: 349-350 (Material Type: Audio)
21, CD: Ollman 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers Ollman's background in Milwaukee in the 1940s-1950s, radicalism in Madison, Wisconsin, his political activities and intellectual growth in Madison Students League for Industrial Democracy, Students for Democratic Action, and his reflections on the Madison experience.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Celia Orlansky, Oct 27, 1981, inclusive
21, CD: Orlansky 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
80, Cassette: 351-352 (Material Type: Audio)
Myra Page, 1982, inclusive
21, CD: Page 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
6, Cassette: 183 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
John Pandera, Oct 22, 1982, inclusive
6, Cassette: 184 (Material Type: Audio)
21, CD: Pandera 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Pandera discusses the Left in the South Slav sections of San Pedro, California during the 1930s-1950s.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Morris Pasternak, Mar 21, 1978, inclusive
21, CD: Pasternak 1 (Material Type: Audio)
10, Cassette: 381 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview by Marvin Gettleman.
Louise Thompson Patterson, Nov 16, 1981- Nov 30, 1981, inclusive
8, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
6, Cassette: 185 A-E (Material Type: Audio)
22, CD: Patterson 1-5 (Material Type: Audio)
Thompson discusses her youth in Sacramento California, her move to New York City, life in Harlem during the 1920s-1930s, and the Scottsboro case in the 1930s.
Interview by Ruth Prago.
Louise Thompson Patterson
Pearl, Feb 22, 1982, inclusive
79, Cassette: 296 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
22, CD: Pearl 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview includes a discussion of Pearl's youth, her relationship with her mother, her mother's influence on her outlook, and her Panamanian/West Indian heritage. She also discusses work in a textile factory while at school, and a brief period in domestic work on Park Avenue in New York. Interview includes her philosophies on activism and struggle. She describes becoming an activist during the 1930s and joining the Communist Party. She also discusses Party actions and CP activity within the needle trades union. Pearl analyzes the nature of conflict within Communist Party leadership, particularly with relation to race and gender. She compares the difference between socialist approach and the CP approach. She concludes with thoughts on feminism, critiques of the Soviet Union, and friendship and family in the CP movement.
Albert Perocco, Jan 19, 1968, inclusive
8, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Perocco discusses the Bridgeport, Connecticut Socialist Party and Jasper McLevy as Socialist mayor.
Interview by Bruce Stave.
Elaine Perry, Mar 26, 1979, inclusive
6, Cassette: 187 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
22, CD: Perry 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Perry discusses women's role in the electrical industry in New Jersey during World War II and the activities of the National Negro Congress. She also discusses the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) and the International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers (IUE) and provides general reflections.
Interview by Ruth Prago.
Irja M. Peters, Jul 30, 1983, inclusive
22, CD: Peters 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
6, Cassette: 188 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Peters describes growing up in Finnish-American left of the 1930s in Mesabi Range, her unhappy marriage to non-Finnish intellectual, and her return to her "roots."
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Sam Pevzner, Sep 24, 1978, inclusive
22, CD: Pevzner 2 (Material Type: Audio)
10, Cassette: 403 (Material Type: Audio)
Sam Pevzner, Jun 26, 1983, inclusive
6, Cassette: 189 (Material Type: Audio)
22, CD: Pevzner 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Pevzner discusses experiences in the Pennsylvania International Workers Order (IWO), his background as a Jewish entertainer, his political conversion, and activities within the sphere of the Yiddishe Kultur Farband (YKUF).
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Utah Phillips, undated
22, CD: Phillips 1 (Material Type: Audio)
6, Cassette: 190 (Material Type: Audio)
Recording of the IWW folk singer recalling experiences from 1940s to 1980s on a WBJC (Baltimore) radio broadcast.
Marge Piercy, Apr 1979, inclusive
79, Cassette: 297 (Material Type: Audio)
22, CD: Piercy 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Rose Podmaka, Jan 22, 1979 - Mar 19, 1979, inclusive
8, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
22, CD: Podmaka 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
6, Cassette: 191 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Podmaka discusses her background in coal and steel region of Ohio and West Virginia during the 1930s, experiences at the United Electrical Workers-Hatfield Wire & Cable in New Jersey during the 1940s, and the relationship between the UE and the Association of Catholic Trade Unionists.
Interview by Ruth Prago.
Rose Podmaka, Oct 27, 1979, inclusive
8, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Ira Polansky, Nov 26, 2002, inclusive
6, Cassette: 192.1 (Material Type: Audio)
22, CD: Polansky 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview with a program director for Camp Kinderland documents Jewish political and cultural life and includes discussion of activities at the camp and childhood in the Coops, a radical housing complex in the Bronx.
Interview by Daniel Weber.
Justine Polier, Jun 22, 1982, inclusive
22, CD: Polier 1 (Material Type: Audio)
6, Cassette: 192 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers Polier's recollections of legal work during the 1930s and the origins of National Lawyers' Guild.
Interview by Ann Ginger.
Popular Front Culture, Dec 1977, inclusive
22, CD: Popular Front Culture 1-3 (Material Type: Audio)
6, Cassette: 193 A-C (Material Type: Audio)
Discussion led by Paul Buhle. Includes A.B. Magil, Steve Max, Steve Nelson, Nat Cohen and others, about the meaning of "culture" to younger generation in the Popular Front; attitudes toward sports, particularly baseball in the Left and in the Daily Worker; and neighborhood activity around cultural themes in New York.
Pearl Zeluck Porterfield, May 7, 1983, inclusive
22, CD: Porterfield 1 (Material Type: Audio)
6, Cassette: 194 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covering the Johnson-Forest Tendency and the activities of the Workers Party during the 1940s.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Albert Prago: Collection of lectures from the course "The Spanish Civil War and its International Impact", Oct 20, 1981-Dec 8, 1981, inclusive
6, Cassette: 195 A-N (Material Type: Audio)
22, CD: Prago 1-20 (Material Type: Audio)
A collection of lectures from a Albert Prago-coordinated course entitled "The Spanish Civil War and its International Impact," held at the New School for Social Research in the fall of 1981. The lecturers were: Albert Prago (Oct 20, 1981, CD Prago 1-2), John Gerassi (Oct 27, 1981, CD Prago 3-5), Carl Marzani (Nov 3, 1981, CD Prago 6-8), Dante Puzzo (Nov 10, 1981, CD Prago 9-11), Victor Rabinowitz and Albert Prago (Nov 17, 1981, CD Prago 12-14), Maury Colow and Carl Geiser (Nov 24, 1981, CD Prago 15-17), Pete Seeger (Dec 1, 1981, Prago 18-20), and Albert Prago (Dec 8, 1981, CD Prago 20).
Albert Prago: Collection of lectures from the course "The Spanish Civil War and its International Impact"
Albert Prago, Mar 20, 1991, inclusive
22, CD: Prago 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
80, Cassette: 311 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
William Preston, Aug 10, 1983, inclusive
76, Cassette: 197 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
22, CD: Preston 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Preston describes the University of Wisconsin during the early 1950s, the impact of William Appleman Williams and others on historical studies, the Madison social and political milieu, his research on Industrial Workers of the World, and his experiences as a historian.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Timo Puropudas, Jul 31, 1983, inclusive
22, CD: Puropudas 1 (Material Type: Audio)
6, Cassette: 196 (Material Type: Audio)
Puropudas, Buhle, and an unidentified man discuss Puropudas' Finnish background, his role as editor of Tyomies since 1970s, attitudes towards the status and future of ethnic presses, and Puropudas' life as recent immigrant. The recording also contains a brief segment of Buhle interviewing an unidentified woman who recounts a story of Finnish farmers being cheated by a land agent.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Paul Andreas Rasmussen, 1973-1974, inclusive
8, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
23, CD: Rasmussen 1-10 (Material Type: Audio)
76, Cassette: 198 A-I (Material Type: Audio)
Rasmussen discusses his political background in the Illinois Socialist Party and Workers Alliance during the late 1920s/early 1930s, his activities within Socialist Party, the formation of the Socialist Workers Party, and expulsion from Socialist Workers Party in 1947.
Interview by Rich Klimmer.
Paul Andreas Rasmussen, Apr 3, 1984, inclusive
23, CD: Rasmussen 11-13 (Material Type: Audio)
76, Cassette: 198 J-L (Material Type: Audio)
Interview includes discussion of Rasmussen's political background in Illinois, the Socialist Party and Workers Alliance during the late 1920s through early 1930s, activities within Socialist Party and formation of Socialist Workers Party, and expulsion from Socialist Workers Party in 1947. It also includes a discussion of the Communist Party and conflict between its working class and intellectual elements.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Paul Andreas Rasmussen, 1971, inclusive
23, CD: Rasmussen 14-28 (Material Type: Audio)
76, Cassette: 198 M-Y (Material Type: Audio)
Autobiographical narrative.
George Rawick, Oct 4, 1984, inclusive
76, Cassette: 199 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
8, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
23, CD: Rawick 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers Rawick's family background, his adolescence in Brooklyn, experience around the Young Communist League and the Henry Wallace movement during the late 1940s, expulsion and attraction to the Shachtmanite movement, his activities during the 1950s, and the influence of the Shachtmanites on the New Left.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Philip Raymond, Oct 22, 1982, inclusive
23, CD: Raymond 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
76, Cassette: 200 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers the activities of the Auto Workers Union during the 1920s through the early 1930s, the political scene in Detroit, and the ethnic communities of auto workers.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Rose Raynes, Mar 21, 1979, inclusive
23, CD: Raynes 1 (Material Type: Audio)
76, Cassette: 201 (Material Type: Audio)
Raynes discusses the founding and activities of the Emma Larazus Federation and the International Workers Order during the 1930s.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Ernie Reymer, Feb 16, 1978, inclusive
10, Cassette: 404 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
23, CD: Reymer 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview regarding International Workers Order.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
George and Al Ribak, Apr 1, 1967, inclusive
8, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview contains the recollections of two long-time former Socialist Party activists, including a description of the activities of the Bridgeport, Connecticut Socialist Party from the 1910s-1940s;
Interview by Bruce Stave.
Harvey Richards, Nov 5, 1983, inclusive
76, Cassette: 203 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
23, CD: H. Richards 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers labor activity in the 1930s-1950s, radical film-making from early 1960s, early work with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and use of film as educational/fundraising tool. Richard also discusses making films about destruction of redwood trees and the Bay Area Vietnam protest movement.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Paul Richards, Nov 15, 1983, inclusive
76, Cassette: 204 (Material Type: Audio)
23, CD: P. Richards 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Richards discusses his Bay Area background and contrasts the multi-racial, working class Left of Oakland, California with the middle class, largely white community Madison, Wisconsin. He also covers his activities as an open Communist in Madison during the late 1960s, his departure from Communist Party, observations about student Left, reflections on life since.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Minnie Rivkin, Apr 7, 1980, inclusive
76, Cassette: 205 (Material Type: Audio)
23, CD: Rivkin 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Rivkin discusses the Yiddish Chorus and broader Yiddishkayt from the 1930s-1980s.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Lester Rodney, Dec 29, 1981, inclusive
23, CD: Rodney 1-3 (Material Type: Audio)
10, Cassette: 423 A-C (Material Type: Audio)
Rodney discusses radicalism, sportswriting for the Daily Worker from the 1930s, and sports during the Cold War.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Amelia Romano, Dec 2, 1982, inclusive
23 (Material Type: Audio)
10, Cassette: 426 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview documents Romano's involvement in left-wing theater, particularly in the 1930s. Organizations discussed include the Group Theatre, the Federal Theatre, and the Theatre of Action.
Interview by Beth Friend.
I.A. Ronch, Apr 14, 1980, inclusive
76, Cassette: 207 A-F (Material Type: Audio)
8, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
23, CD: Ronch 1-5 (Material Type: Audio)
Ronch discusses political and cultural life in Allerton Avenue Coops in the Bronx from the 1920s-1950s, cultural life inside Yiddish-speaking sector of Communist Party, his role as leader of Jewish People's Chorus during the 1950s, and cultural and poetic activities in Los Angeles during the 1960s-1970s.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Nina Rosenberg, Mar 14, 1983, inclusive
8, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
23, CD: N. Rosenberg 1-4 (Material Type: Audio)
76, Cassette: 208 A-D (Material Type: Audio)
Rosenberg discusses the Yiddish cultural movement in Miami Beach from the 1940s-1980s.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Sadie Rosenberg, Jan 11, 1979 - Jan 15, 1979, inclusive
8, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
24, CD: S. Rosenberg 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
76, Cassette: 209 A-D (Material Type: Audio)
Rosenberg discusses her youth and family life during the 1920s, the International Workers Order, the Trade Union Unity League, Young Communist League's activities in Brooklyn during the 1930s-1940s, the United Electrical Workers Local 427 at Solar Manufacturing Company in Bayonne, New Jersey during the 1940s.
Interview by Ruth F. Prago.
Sadie Rosenberg, Oct 31, 1979, inclusive
8, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
24, CD: Rosenberg 3-5 (Material Type: Audio)
4, Cassette: 209 E-H (Material Type: Audio)
Rosenberg discusses her family background and early life.
Interview by Ruth Prago.
Paul Rosencrantz, Jan 15, 1981, inclusive
76, Cassette: 210 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
24, CD: Rosencrantz 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers the activities of the Communist Party, the National Maritime Union, and factory organizing in New York and in Maine.
Interview by Bill Schecter.
Florence Rossi, Mar 17, 1982, inclusive
76, Cassette: 211 (Material Type: Audio)
24, CD: Rossi 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview documents the activities of the Hunter College Socialist Party and the broader Socialist Party during the 1930s.
Interview by Jon Bloom.
Dan Rubel, Apr 12, 1976, inclusive
8, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rubel discusses activities at the Jefferson School of Social Science and the impact of the Cold War.
Interview by Debby Cohen.
Annette Rubenstein, Oct 17, 1976, inclusive
24, CD: Rubinstein 1-3 (Material Type: Audio)
8, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
76, Cassette: 213 A-D (Material Type: Audio)
Discussion of literary environment and cultural criticism in the 1930s. Topics include: Masses and Mainstream, the Jefferson School, Realism as dominant style, disagreements between writers and Communist Party, the Party's role in 1930s America, detective stories, and drama. Writers discussed include: Dashiell Hammet, Leane Zugsmith, Ernest Hemingway, Alfred Maltz, Howard Fast, Mike Gold, Richard Wright, and Meridel Le Sueur. The interview heavily focuses on the outlook and intellectual currents of the Left in the 1930s, and some contrasts with the New Left are examined.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Annette Rubenstein, Dec 18, 1980, inclusive
8, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
76, Cassette: 214 (Material Type: Audio)
24, CD: Rubinstein 4 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers Rubinstein's Long Island background and her political and union activities during the 1930s. These activites include the People's Mobilization, the American Labor Party, and day care and birth control informational campaigns. Rubinstein also discusses the School for Democracy and Jefferson School during the 1940s-1950s and the effects of McCarthyism.
Interview by Bea Lemisch.
Annette Rubenstein, 1981, inclusive
24, CD: Rubinstein 5 (Material Type: Audio)
8, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
4, Cassette: 213 D (Material Type: Audio)
Rubinstein describes joining the Communist Party, the activities of the American Labor Party activities, Mike Quill, the Jefferson School, leaving the Communist Party, and her life from the 1950s-1980s.
Interview by Richard Wormser.
Annette Rubenstein, Mar 9, 1993, inclusive
24, CD: Rubenstein 6 (Material Type: Audio)
80, Cassette: 326 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview regarding National Council of American-Soviet Friendship.
Joe Rudiak, Jun 28, 1983, inclusive
24, CD: Rudiak 1-5 (Material Type: Audio)
76, Cassette: 215 A-D (Material Type: Audio)
Rudiak describes life in small industrial-town Pennsylvania during the 1920s-1930s, his union activities and Left affiliation, electoral campaign and red-baiting during the 1930s, life in Pittsburgh, and work in fraternal societies.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Joe Rudiak, Peter Muselin, and Bernard Luketich, Jun 29, 1983, inclusive
24, CD: Rudiak/Muselin/Luketich 1-3 (Material Type: Audio)
76, Cassette: 215 D-E (Material Type: Audio)
Nature and activity of the Croatian Fraternal Union, changes since the 1920s, the emergence of "progressive" leadership during the 1940s-1950s, and service to the membership. He also discusses the organization's insurance and cultural activities in 1980s.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Joe Rudiak, Peter Muselin, and Bernard Luketich
Julia Ruuttila, Sep 7, 1972, inclusive
8, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview covers the activities of the Industrial Workers of the World in Oregon and Washington during the 1910s.
Interview by Tom Copeland.
Kirkpatrick Sale, Oct 8 - Oct 11, 1969, inclusive
76, Cassette: 217 (Material Type: Audio)
24, CD: Sale 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Recording is comprised of Kirkpatrick Sale's daily reactions to the Days of Rage protests in Chicago during October of 1969, which included the Students for a Democratic Society, Weathermen, Revolutionary Youth Movement (RYM), and Young Lords. Includes Sale's daily accounts, and segments from news reports that Sale recorded alongside his own interpretations of the events. Sale offers detailed descriptions of protester tactics and the clashes between protesters and the police.
William Santora, Jul 25, 1980, inclusive
24, CD: Santora 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
76, Cassette: 218 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Santora describes early life in Jersey City, work at Emerson Radio New York, United Electrical Workers staff members helping to organize Federal Telephone and Telegraph, experience at the Westinghouse Elevator Company in New Jersey, and influence of the Left.
Interview by Ruth Prago.
Sophie Saroff, May 15, 1979, inclusive
24, CD: Saroff 1-4 (Material Type: Audio)
77, Cassette: 220 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Recording of Sophie Saroff's 80th birthday party.
Sophie Saroff, Dec 14, 1979, inclusive
77, Cassette: 219 A-E (Material Type: Audio)
24, CD: Saroff 5-9 (Material Type: Audio)
8, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview covers Saroff's family background in Russia, the 1905 Revolution in Russia, the Rand School of Social Science, the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU), Camp Unity, and the International Labor Defense during the 1930s.
Per Saroff's request, a portion of the interview, representing audio that was lost between transcription and donation to the Oral History of the American Left, is read from the transcript.
Interview by Arthur Tobier.
Finley Schaef, May 5, 1997, inclusive
25, CD: Schaef 1-3 (Material Type: Audio)
10, Cassette: 428 A-C (Material Type: Audio)
This interview with Reverend Finley Schaef of the Park Slope United Methodist Church chronicles his role as a leader in various movements on the Left in the late 20th century. These include the Viet Nam War anti-war movement, the abortion rights movement, the civil rights movement, and support for revolutionaries in Cuba, Nicaragua, and El Salvador.
Interview by Janet Greene.
Daniel Boone Schirmer, Mar 18, 1981, inclusive
77, Cassette: 221 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
25, CD: Schirmer 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Topics covered include the National Students' League and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO).
Interview by Bill Schecter.
Chaim Schwartz, Dec 29, 1981, inclusive
77, Cassette: 223 (Material Type: Audio)
25, CD: Chaim Schwartz 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Schwartz describes his activity as a Yiddish poet and Yiddish cultural circles from the 1930s-1980s.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Charles Schwartz, Apr 21, 1984, inclusive
77, Cassette: 222 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
25, CD: Charles Schwartz 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers Schwartz's background in Fall River from the 1950s-1960s, his high school radicalization, life and politics in Madison, Wisconsin in the late 1960s, experiences being down and out in California, his return to New England, and his activities in Left from the 1970s-1980s.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Pete Seeger, Feb 25, 1981, inclusive
77, Cassette: 224 (Material Type: Audio)
25, CD: Seeger 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Seeger discusses the historical use of music as social protest, growing up in 1930s with folk music, the Communist Party song book, World War II, the blacklisting of artists during the 1950s, racism in America, and the Almanac Singers. Seeger performs songs at several junctures to illustrate his points, including union songs and a song about the Scottsboro Boys.
Interview by Richard Wormser.
Berl Segal, May 4, 1977, inclusive
25, CD: Berl Segal 1 (Material Type: Audio)
77, Cassette: 225 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview includes discussion of the Workmen's Circle in Providence, Rhode Island during the 1920s-40s, ethnic socialist groups in Providence, and the activities of the Socialist Party.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Bernard Segal, Jul 14, 1992, inclusive
10, Cassette: 412 (Material Type: Audio)
25, CD: B. Segal 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview by Dorothy Fennel and Daniel Walkowitz.
Edith Segal, Feb 27, 1981, inclusive
77, Cassette: 226 (Material Type: Audio)
25, CD: E. Segal 1 (Material Type: Audio)
8, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Segal discusses music and dance and the Left in the 1930s.
Interview by Bea Lemisch.
Irving Seid, Jun 4, 1976, inclusive
25, CD: I. Seid 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
77, Cassette: 227 A (Material Type: Audio)
Seid discusses his New York background, the Depression and Unemployed Councils, and the effects of McCarthyism.
interview by Danny Czistrom.
Tauhma Seid, Jul 4, 1976, inclusive
25, CD: T. Seid 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
77, Cassette: 227 B (Material Type: Audio)
Seid discusses her youth in the Yorkville section of New York during the 1920s, cafeteria workers unionism, the Young Communist League, and the Communist Party during the 1940s-1950s.
Interview by Danny Czitrom.
Leo Seidlitz, Jul 20, 1983, inclusive
77, Cassette: 229 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
25, CD: Seidlitz 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview includes discussion of Brooklyn College radical politics during the mid-1930s, Trotskyism during the late 1930s, the Workers Party during the 1940s, and the influence of Max Shachtman.
Interview by Jon Bloom.
Leo Seidlitz, Aug 22, 1983, inclusive
77, Cassette: 232 B (Material Type: Audio)
25, CD: Seidlitz 3 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview regarding Workers Party.
Interview by Allen Thompson.
Les Sentinelles Oubliées: Eva and David Rosenberg and Jack and Erika Karan, Circa 1990, inclusive
25, CD: Les Sentinelles Oubliees 1-3 (Material Type: Audio)
80, Cassette: 331 A-D (Material Type: Audio)
Interviews with the Rosenbergs and Karans, taken for a French documentery titled Les Sentinelles Oubliées by Frédéric Rossif. Interviewees discuss their lives as Communists in 20th century America.
Les Sentinelles Oubliées: Eva and David Rosenberg and Jack and Erika Karan
Nina Serrano, Nov 16, 1983, inclusive
25, CD: Serrano 1 (Material Type: Audio)
77, Cassette: 230 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview contains Serrano's observations of middle-American culture as a Bohemian in Madison, Wisconsin during the in 1950s. She also discusses her recruitment into the Youth Labor League, her activities in the founding of the Peace Center, attendance at the Peace Festival in Moscow and travels in China, subsequent difficulty in school, Madison, and maintaining contact with friends from her time in Madison.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Mark Sharron, May 5, 1983, inclusive
77, Cassette: 231 A-C (Material Type: Audio)
25, CD: Sharron 1-4 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers various aspects of the Workers Party, Trotskyism, Workers' Party, Max Shachtman, and the Shachtmanite movement during the 1930s-1950s.
Sharron discusses his travels with A.J. Muste through Holland and Paris in 1930s and a meeting with Leon Trostky in Norway. He also discusses his travels and experiences in Spain during Spanish Civil War and factionalism between different leftist elements, including the POUM, anarchists, and Stalinists. He details his interactions with POUM members and pro-Trotskyists and describes his arrest by anarchist leader on the Aragon front for affiliation with POUM. He also comments on the International Brigades, the Thalmanns, May Days, and reaction from others in the left when he returned to the United States.
He describes a visit with Trotsky and Raya Dunayevskaya at Trotsky's home in Mexico in 1938. He also describes different wings of thought regarding Russian question, including the Johnsonites, Cannonites, and Shactmanites.
Sharron then describes his service in Merchant Marine during World War II, and increasing involvement with the Workers Party. He analyzes the general outlook on on the Soviet Union during the second world war and impact on Workers Party politics in 1940s, particularly the San Francisco branch. He describes his travel to France after war and dissolution of marriage and analyzes the factions among the French Trotskyists.
Sharron also discusses his life from the 1950s, including engineering work in Morocco doing contract work for air force starting in 1951, the FBI monitoring of the left, reflections on friendship and relationships in left politics, and his second career in therapy. He also describes his falling out with Shachtman after Sharron went to FBI to renounce connections with Fourth International.
During the course of the interview, Bloom and Sharron refer to an earlier interview segment that the library no longer has record of.
Interview by Jonathan Bloom at Tamiment Library.
Mark Sharron, Aug 19, 1983, inclusive
77, Cassette: 232 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
25, CD: Sharron 5-7 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers Sharron's childhood in Russia and Brownsville, his relationship with his family, his education at the City College of New York, the activities of the Young Communist League, his involvement with Trotskyism, his experiences in Europe, the activities of the Workers Party, and World War II.
Interview by Allen Thompson.
Mark Sharron, Nov 10, 1983, inclusive
77, Cassette: 233 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
25, CD: Sharron 8-9 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers Sharron's activity in the Trotskyist movement during the 1930s-1940s, Trotskyism and questions of international socialism, and the character of the Workers Party.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
John Shenton, Jun 20, 1967, inclusive
8, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview covers the activities of the Socialist Party in Bridgeport, Connecticut during the 1920s-1960s.
Interview by Bruce Stave.
Moishe Shik, Dec 27, 1982, inclusive
25, CD: Shik 1 (Material Type: Audio)
77, Cassette: 234 (Material Type: Audio)
Anne Shore, May 12, 1982 - Jun 15, 1982, inclusive
77, Cassette: 235 A-H (Material Type: Audio)
25, CD: Shore 1-8 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers the activities of the Communist Party, the activities of the United Office and Professional Workers of America (UOPWA), picketing of the Nazi ship the Bremen, Shore's experiences in Detroit during the the 1940s, the Civil Rights Congress and Progressive Party in Los Angeles during the late 1940s through early 1950s, the effects of McCarthy period on the left, and Shore's work for Local 1199 (Hospital Workers) during the 1960s.
Interview by Priscilla Backman.
Meyer Shticker, undated
10, Cassette: 405 (Material Type: Audio)
25, CD: Shticker 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Elias Shulman, Oct 19, 1982, inclusive
26, CD: Shulman 1 (Material Type: Audio)
79, Cassette: 300 (Material Type: Audio)
Robert J. Silberstein and Howard Meyer, Jun 22, 1982, inclusive
77, Cassette: 236A-B (Material Type: Audio)
26, CD: Silberstein and Meyer 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers the activities International Labor Defense and the National Lawyers Guild from the 1930s-1940s.
Interview by Ann Ginger.
Robert J. Silberstein and Howard Meyer
Madeline Simon, Nov 15, 2002, inclusive
26, CD: M. Simon 1-3 (Material Type: Audio)
8, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
77, Cassette: 237.1 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Interview contains Simon's reminiscences on Camp Kinderland and a discussion of music and Yiddishkeit.
Interview by Daniel Weber.
Fanny Simon, Feb 12, 1982, inclusive
77, Cassette: 237 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
26, CD: F. Simon 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview documents the activities of the Socialist Party during the 1930s.
Interview by Bea Lemisch.
Donald Slaiman, Dec 16, 1994, inclusive
26, CD: Slaiman 1 (Material Type: Audio)
80, Cassette: 341 (Material Type: Audio)
Jessie Taft Smith, Nov 19, 1981, inclusive
26, CD: Smith 1-3 (Material Type: Audio)
77, Cassette: 238 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers Smith's family background in Norwalk, Connecticut during the 1910s-1920s, the activities of the Young Communist League, the laundry workers' union, and Smith's social and political life in the 1930s.
Interview by Bea Lemisch.
Richard Soble, Mar 31, 1983, inclusive
26, CD: Soble 1 (Material Type: Audio)
77, Cassette: 239 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview documents radical legal work in Detroit during the 1960s-1970s (including "Red Squad" lawsuit) and a late 1960s rent strike.
Interview by Dan Georgakas.
Socialist Labor Party, Mar 17, 1983, inclusive
77, Cassette: 240 A-D (Material Type: Audio)
26, CD: Socialist Labor Party 1-4 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview regarding Socialist Labor Party "South Slavonian" language federation during the 1920s-1950s in Detroit and Cleveland. Interviewees include John Brlas, Mary Petrovich-Brlas, Vito DeLisi, Mary Korach, and Matt Korach.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Southern Negro Youth Congress, Feb 6, 1984, inclusive
26, CD: SNYC 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
77, Cassette: 241 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Forum on the history of the Southern Negro Youth Congress featuring one-time SNYC activists Henry Winston, James Jackson, Grace Tillman Bassett, Esther Jackson, and Dorothy Burnham.
Southern Negro Youth Congress
Spanish Civil War Poetry, Apr 8, 1980, inclusive
10, Cassette: data_value_missing_243a2f8cf606c6241c3945eb6aec3d5d (Material Type: Audio)
26, CD: 418 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Anton Srok, Jul 26, 1983, inclusive
26, CD: Srok 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
77, Cassette: 242 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers the Srok's experiences in the Milwaukee Croatian Fraternal Union, 1930s-1980s and his labor activities in Milwaukee during 1930s. Srok also describes his experiences as an amateur Croatian-American actor in Milwaukee.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Sid Stein & Eugene Dennis, Dec 1957, inclusive
80, Cassette: 325 (Material Type: Audio)
26, CD: Stein 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Speech by Sid Stein from a debate with Eugene Dennis at CPUSA Executive Committee.
Sid Stein & Eugene Dennis
Charlotte Stern, May 7, 1979, inclusive
80, Cassette: 330 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
26, CD: C. Stern 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
57 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview regarding Stern's experiences as member of the executive board of Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee from 1944-1950. Second CD and cassette contains 2:56 of unrelated material on first track or side.
Interview by Dorothy Swanson.
Sholem Stern, Sep 18, 1978, inclusive
26, CD: S. Stern 1 (Material Type: Audio)
77, Cassette: 243 (Material Type: Audio)
Stern describes his experiences as a radical Yiddish writer and poet in Montreal and New York during the 1920s-1930s.
Interview by Paul Buhle
Sholem Stern, undated
10, Cassette: 406 (Material Type: Audio)
26, CD: S. Stern 2 (Material Type: Audio)
Discussion includes comments on Morgen Freiheit, Yiddishe Kultur, and other Yiddish literary outlets. Interview also includes discussion of prominent Yiddish writers and the relationship between literature, the Jewish left, and the Communist Party.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Morton Stavis, Dec 9, 1991 - Jan 21, 1992, inclusive
80, Cassette: 314 A-D (Material Type: Audio)
26, CD: Stavis 1-4 (Material Type: Audio)
8, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Topics discussed include Stavis' youth on the Lower East Side, education at City College and Columbia Law School, Social Security Administration, unionism and civil rights, working with Senator Wagner, the War Labor Board, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Carl and Anne Braden, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and civil rights cases. Two specific cases covered are the McSurley Case of 1967 (regarding civil rights activists in Pikeville, Kentucky) and Philippines Case of 1986 (regarding property in New York owned by the the Marcos family).
Interview by Alan Thomson.
Isidor Steuzert, Oct 27, 1982, inclusive
26, CD: Steuzert 1 (Material Type: Audio)
77, Cassette: 244 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview documents the activities of the Jewish Socialist Federation, the nature of American Communism, and the Lovestoneites.
Chalmers Stewart, Jun 22, 1983, inclusive
26, CD: Stewart 1 (Material Type: Audio)
10, Cassette: 382 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview contains Stewart's reflections on CLR James.
Chaim Suller, Jan 20, 1983, inclusive
77, Cassette: 245 (Material Type: Audio)
26, CD: Suller 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Suller describes his background in the Jewish progressive movement and discusses the problems of the Morgen Freiheit in the 1980s.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Elliot Sullivan Memorial Service, undated
8, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
10, CD: Sullivan 1 (Material Type: Audio)
26, CD: Sullivan 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Speakers at this recorded memorial service include Sylvia Thompson, Madeline Lee Gilford, Ralph Elswain, Ruby Dee, Will Lee, Biff Liff, Jane Hoffman, Peter Seeger, and Norma Sullivan.
Arne Swabeck, Apr 7, 1975 - Nov 19, 1975, inclusive
77, Cassette: 246A-G (Material Type: Audio)
27, CD: Swabeck 1-51 (Material Type: Audio)
78, Cassette: 246H-WW (Material Type: Audio)
8, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
28, CD: Swabeck 52-76 (Material Type: Audio)
Series of tapes recorded by John Shannon in the course of researching for an unpublished book. Topics covered in this extensive set of interviews include: childhood, travels, Communist activities, analysis of factional splits in the left from the 1920s onward, and reflections on the left at the time of the interview.
Interview by John Shannon.
Arne Swabeck, Oct 23, 1982, inclusive
28, CD: Swabeck 77-78 (Material Type: Audio)
77, Cassette: 246 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers the activities of the Scandinavian Socialist Federation and press.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
A.O. Syrstad, Jan 5, 1978, inclusive
28, CD: Syrstad 1 (Material Type: Audio)
78, Cassette: 247 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview documents the activities of the Workers Party and the Independent Socialist League in Seattle, Washington during the 1940s-1950s.
Interview by Allen Thompson.
Loretta Szeliga, Dec 8, 1981, inclusive
28, CD: Szeliga 1 (Material Type: Audio)
80, Cassette: 354 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview by Bea Lemisch.
Anna Taffler, Jan 5, 1978, inclusive
28, CD: Taffler 1-3 (Material Type: Audio)
8, Folder: 45 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
78, Cassette: 248A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Taffler discusses the activities of the unemployed councils in Brooklyn between 1930 and 1934.
Interview by Jon Bloom.
Stephen Tendler, Oct 5, 1984, inclusive
10, Cassette: 411 (Material Type: Audio)
28, CD: Tendler 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Topics discussed include the activities of the Socialist Labor Party in Saint Louis from the 1930s-1960s, the Bulgarian Federation in Granite City, Illinois, and the reorganization of Section Saint Louis in 1979.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Norman Thomas, 1960, inclusive
8, Folder: 39/40/41/42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview contains the reminiscences of Norman Thomas, the six-time Socialist Party candidate for President.
Interview by Harry Fleischman.
Norman Thomas, Nov 17, 1966, inclusive
8, Folder: 39/40/41/42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview contains Thomas' recollections of Jasper McLevy, the Socialist Mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut from 1933-1957.
Interview by Bruce Stave.
Norman Thomas 1932 Campaign, 50th Anniversary, Nov 19, 1982 - Nov 20, 1982, inclusive
28, CD: Thomas Campaign 1-6 (Material Type: Audio)
78, Cassette: 251 A-F (Material Type: Audio)
This recording of a reunion includes speakers Ruth Senior, Mickey Most, Herb Wolfe, John Herling, Noah Walter, and Michael Harrington. Speakers share their recollections of Thomas' first presidential campaign and discuss his career and influence overall.
Norman Thomas 1932 Campaign, 50th Anniversary
Debate between Norman Thomas and Barry Goldwater, 1961, inclusive
10, Cassette: 414 (Material Type: Audio)
28, CD: Thomas and Goldwater 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Debate between Norman Thomas and Barry Goldwater
Bessie Thomashow, undated
28, CD: Thomasow 1 (Material Type: Audio)
78, Cassette: 253 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview documents the activities of the Workmen's Circle during the 1930s.
Interview by Jon Bloom.
Fred Thompson, Apr 1983, inclusive
28, CD: Thompson 3-4 (Material Type: Audio)
78, Cassette: 255 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview regarding the activities of the International Workers of the World after 1924.
Interview by Dan Georgakas.
Fred Thompson, Jul 26, 1983, inclusive
28, CD: Thompson 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
8, Folder: 43 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
78, Cassette: 254 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Interview includes an analysis of the nature of the language federations attached to Industrial Workers of the World, descriptions of prominent immigrant figures in IWW, and commentary on the eclipse of the language federations and ethnic press in the IWW.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Alan Thomson, Feb 11, 1993, inclusive
80, Cassette: 327 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
28, CD: Thomson 1-3 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview regarding National Council of American-Soviet Friendship.
Interview by Stacy Sewell.
Ahrne Thorne, Dec 15, 1983, inclusive
8, Folder: 44 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
28, CD: Thorne 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
78, Cassette: 256 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Interview documents Thorne's background in Poland, his education as an anarchist, Yiddish anarchism in the United States since the 1920s, the relationship between Yiddish anarchism and Zionism, and Thorne's recollections of Rudolf Rocker.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Ahrne Thorne, undated
10, Cassette: 407 (Material Type: Audio)
28, CD: Thorne 3 (Material Type: Audio)
Frank Trager, Nov 21, 1973, inclusive
28, CD: Trager 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
80, Cassette: 338 (Material Type: Audio)
Haunani-Kay Trask, undated
28, CD: Trask 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
79, Cassette: 303 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Interview by Joy Shimabukuro
Jerry Trauber, Nov 4, 1979, inclusive
10, Cassette: 408 (Material Type: Audio)
28, CD: Trauber 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Esther Travaglio, Oct 30, 1982, inclusive
78, Cassette: 257 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
29, CD: Travaglio 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview documents the background and activities of Esther Hartz Travaglio. It also covers the activities of "Gene" Travaglio, an anarchist and job-printer in Seattle and California.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Jean Tussey, Oct 24, 1978 - Oct 25, 1978 , Mar 20, 1979, inclusive
8, Folder: 46/47 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
29, CD: Tussey 1-4 (Material Type: Audio)
78, Cassette: 259 A-C (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers Tussey's activities with the Steel Workers Organizing Committee, the Socialist Party, and the Socialist Workers Party in New Jersey and Southern California from the 1930s through the early 1940s.
Interview by Debra Bernhardt and Jon Bloom.
Uhro Tuominen, Nov 5, 1983, inclusive
78, Cassette: 258 (Material Type: Audio)
29, CD: Tuuominen 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview documents the activities of the "younger" generation of Finnish-American radicals in Midwest and California. Tuominen describes of the tenacity and decline of Finnish-American activity in Bay Area and the effort of Communist and non-Communist Finnish-Americans to engage in common functions.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Gus Tyler, Oct 29, 1973, inclusive
80, Cassette: 339 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
29, CD: Tyler 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Tyomies Panel Discussion, Jul 30, 1983, inclusive
29, CD: Tyomies 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
78, Cassette: 260 (Material Type: Audio)
Recording is primarily in English, with some Finnish.
Panel discussion including Mary Kolehmainen, Helen Kruth, Ernest Koski and other prominent editorial workers on the origins, development, and continuation of Finnish-language newspaper Tyomies (The Worker) and its sister paper Naisten Viiri (Women's Banner). Presentation includes history of paper, government intimidation of newspaper, achievements of Finnish-American press and people, the decline of the circulation, and the development of cooperative movements.
Discussion recorded by Paul Buhle.
Unemployed Organizations of the 1930s, Apr 30, 1983, inclusive
29, CD: Unemployed Organizations 1-3 (Material Type: Audio)
78, Cassette: 261 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
A recording of a session of a 1983 New York State Labor History Association meeting. Includes a presentation by Roy Rosenzweig, followed by panel discussion with Saul Parker, John Gates, Rose Schuyler, and Brendan Sexton.
Unemployed Organizations of the 1930s
Unidentified Yiddish-language Poet (originally from Ukraine), Mar 21, 1979, inclusive
29, CD: Unidentified Poet 1 (Material Type: Audio)
10, Cassette: 390 (Material Type: Audio)
Narrator speaks about youth in Ukraine and Romania, introduction to poetry, influences (including Russian, Native American, African American, and Roma poetry), his books Flowers in the Snow and Eternally Green, the influence of Marxism on his poetry, and Moshe Nadir.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Unidentified Yiddish-language Poet (originally from Ukraine)
Willard Uphaus and Ruth MacLennan, Jul 20, 1983, inclusive
29, CD: Uphaus 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
79, Cassette: 304 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Interview documents the lives of Willard and Ruth MacLennan Uphaus, with a special emphasis on their activities in the 1930s. Topics include their meeting, the intersection of their politics and Christianity, their friendship with Claude Williams, and Socialism.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Willard Uphaus and Ruth MacLennan
Willard Uphaus, Nov 9, 1980, inclusive
29, CD: Uphaus 3-4 (Material Type: Audio)
79, Cassette: 262 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Recording of Willard Uphaus' 90th birthday celebration, by Bea Lemisch.
Vittorio Vidali, Aug 6, 1981, inclusive
8, Folder: 48 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview covers the activities of the Italian Language Federation and the American Communist movement during the 1920s, Chicago and the Left, and Vidali's reflections on American Communism. Translated from the Italian-language Autobiography of Vittorio Vidali, a document on his years in the United States from 1923 to 1927.
Abraham Vishnu & Getzel Becker, Oct 25, 1978, inclusive
29, CD: Vishnu & Becker 1 (Material Type: Audio)
79, Cassette: 264 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Materials are in English and Yiddish.
Interview documents radicalism and culture in New York and Miami Beach, anti-Semitism in the radical movements of Poland, life for Jewish workers in pre-revolutionary Cuba, and the importance of Yiddish culture for political movements from the 1920s-1950s.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Abraham Vishnu & Getzel Becker
Jacob Waisbord, Jun 28, 1993, inclusive
29, CD: Waisbord 1-3 (Material Type: Audio)
80, Cassette: 340 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Interview regarding the Left Poale Zion and the Jewish Labor Committee.
Interview by Gail Malmgreen.
Hershel Walker, undated
29, Cassette: Walker 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
80, Cassette: 356-357 (Material Type: Audio)
Frank Wallin, Jul 31, 1983, inclusive
79, Cassette: 266 (Material Type: Audio)
29, CD: Wallin 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview documents Wallin's editorial activities from the 1940s-1970s for the Finnish-language paper Tyomies and Industrilistii,, a Finnish-American newspaper affiliated with the International Workers of the World (IWW).
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Albert Warner, May 4-5, 1980, inclusive
79, Cassette: 305 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
29, CD: Warner 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview by Beth Haskell.
Susan Warren - Transcript, Apr 17, 1966, inclusive
9, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview documents the activities of the Committee for a Democratic Far Eastern Policy and the Jefferson School of Social Science during the 1950s.
Interview by Debby Cohen.
Arthur Waskow, Apr 2, 1970, inclusive
29, CD: Waskow 1 (Material Type: Audio)
79, Cassette: 276 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview describes activities and internal politics of Students for a Democratic Society. Waskow reflects on its eventual dissolution.
Interview by Kirkpatrick Sale.
Mary-Alice Waters, undated
29, CD: Waters 1 (Material Type: Audio)
79, Cassette: 267 (Material Type: Audio)
A recording of Mary-Alice Waters' speech titled "Women's Liberation and the Socialist Revolution."
Stan Weir, Dec 28, 1981, inclusive
79, Cassette: 269 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
29, CD: Weir 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview document's Weir's experiences in Los Angeles.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Stan Weir, Aug 13, 1983 - Aug 15, 1983, inclusive
29, CD: Weir 5-14 (Material Type: Audio)
79, Cassette: 269 E-J (Material Type: Audio)
Interview regarding Workers Party.
Interview by Allen Thompson.
Stan Weir, Oct 22, 1982, inclusive
269A-M (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
29, CD: Weir 3-4 (Material Type: Audio)
79, Cassette: 269 C-D (Material Type: Audio)
Interview documents Weir's analyses of the activities of C.L.R. James, the Johnson-Forest Tendency, and the Workers Party.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Myra Tanner Weiss, 1982, inclusive
79, Cassette: 270 (Material Type: Audio)
29, CD: Weiss 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers Weiss' family and educational background in Salt Lake City and Los Angeles, the unemployed movement and Trotskyist movement during the 1930s-1940s, anti-fascist demonstrations, and her experiences as Socialist Workers Party candidate during the 1940s-1950s.
Interview by Jon Bloom.
Louis Weiss, Mar 15, 1983, inclusive
10, Cassette: 384 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
30, CD: L. Weiss 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview includes discussion of Weiss' emigration from Poland, his work as a dress presser, and activities of the The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU).
Interview also includes commentary from an unidentified woman and unidentified man. The woman speaks to her experience in different progressive and radical organizations during the 1930s-1940s, including the International Labor Defense, American Labor Party, and others.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Sam Weiss, Apr 8, 1980, inclusive
30, CD: S. Weiss 1 (Material Type: Audio)
79, Cassette: 271 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview documents the role of the Freie Arbeter Shtimme (Free Voice of Labor) in the labor movement of the 1920s-1930s and describes activities of anarchists within the Arbeter Ring (Workmens' Circle).
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Saul Wellman - Transcript, Aug 24, 1972, inclusive
9, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview covers the activities of the Communist Party during the 1930s-1950s, Wellman's reflections on the relationship between the Communist Party and unions, Communists and United Auto Workers during the Second World War, reactions to the Hitler-Stalin Pact, and the Left's activities during the Cold War.
Interview by Roger Keeran.
Saul Wellman: 65th birthday dinner, 1980, inclusive
79, Cassette: 273 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
30, CD: Wellman dinner 1-3 (Material Type: Audio)
Saul Wellman: 65th birthday dinner
Yvette West, Jan 19, 1983, inclusive
30, CD: West 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
79, Cassette: 275 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers West's family dynamics growing up, her youth in the International Workers of the World (IWW) during the mid-1930s, and the literary career of her father, Yiddish critic B. Rivkin.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Ed Wiese, Apr 24, 1981, inclusive
79, Cassette: 274 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
30, CD: Wiese 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers Wiese's work in the Westinghouse Elevator Plant in Jersey City and the influence of the left. It also documents his time as president of Local 456 of the United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America (UE).
Interview by Ruth Prago.
Jim Williams, Apr 2, 1970, inclusive
30, CD: Williams 1 (Material Type: Audio)
79, Cassette: 276 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview regarding the internal politics and activities of Students for a Democratic Society on campuses across the United States. Williams also comments on reasons for the SDS split and the different Marxist factions in the New Left.
Interview by Kirkpatrick Sale.
Paul W. Williams - Transcript, May 11, 1976, inclusive
9, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview documents the prosecution of International Workers' Order during the 1950s.
Interview by Howard Brown.
Tim Wohlforth - Transcript, Aug 29, 1976, inclusive
9, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview documents Wohlforth's background in Bridgeport, Connecticut during the 1930s-1940s and Socialism and Trotskyism during the 1950s.
Interview by Douglas Cooper.
Alice Dodge Wolfson, Apr 1, 1982, inclusive
79, Cassette: 279 (Material Type: Audio)
30, CD: Wolfson 1 (Material Type: Audio)
9, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview documents the activities of the League for Industrial Democracy, the Office Workers Union, the New England CIO, and the Socialist Party during the 1930s.
Interview by Bea Lemisch.
Workers Party/Standing Fast Conference, May 6, 1983 - May 7, 1983, inclusive
30, CD: Workers Party 1-8 (Material Type: Audio)
79, Cassette: 280 A-H (Material Type: Audio)
Recording of an event commemorating the opening of the Max Shachtman Papers at the Tamiment Library. Panel presentations on 1) the character and activities of the Workers Party, 1940-49 2) Harvey Swados' novel Standing Fast, based on the WP, and 3) three magazines with roots in the WP, Politics, Dissent, and New Politics. Speakers include Herman Benson, Ricky Flanders, Albert Glotzer, Julius Jacobson, Irving Sanes, Morton Clurman, Paul Cowan, Lewis Coser, Robert Cummings, and Phyllis Jacobson.
Workers Party/Standing Fast Conference
Frederick Wright, Jun 20, 1984, inclusive
30, CD: Wright 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
9, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
79, Cassette: 281 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Wright describes the background of his family and his grandfather's influence on his drawing, his work as a clip-joint musician during the 1920s, going to sea during the 1930s, his work as freelance cartoonist for National Maritime Union (NMU), the Cold War, and his work for the UE News.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Fannie Yellin, Apr 16, 1980, inclusive
79, Cassette: 282 (Material Type: Audio)
30, CD: Yellin 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Yellin describes the anarchist circle in Philadelphia during the 1910s, the personality and ideas of Rudolf Rocker, and the role of the Rocker Circle in Los Angeles in publishing Rocker's work and facilitating his speaking tours.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Karl Yoneda, Jan 7, 1983, inclusive
30, CD: Yoneda 1 (Material Type: Audio)
9, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
79, Cassette: 283 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview documents the Japanese-American Communist movement in the 1920s-1930s, the Japanese-language press in the 1920s and early 1930s, sectarian errors, cultural events, role in labor movement and opposition to the concentration camps that incarcerated Japanese-Americans during World War II, the Popular Front in the Japanese-American Left, and the state of Asian-American labor in the 1980s.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Vincent Young, Aug 4, 1983, inclusive
79, Cassette: 284 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
30, CD: Young 1-3 (Material Type: Audio)
Discussion includes Young's youth in New York during the 1920s-1930s, his involvement in a black masonic lodge, and the activities of the Congress of Radical Equality (CORE) in Brooklyn during the 1940s-1960s. Other topics include the Downstate Medical Center, New York World's Fair demonstrations, and housing issues in Brooklyn in the 1980s.
Interview by Howard August.
Mary Zackheim, Oct 24, 1978, inclusive
79, Cassette: 285 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
30, CD: Mary Zackheim 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview includes stories about Moshe Nadir and other Jewish literary personalities, Zackheim's philosophies on life, and Zackheim's thoughts on the Communist Party. Second portion of interview is not not Mary Zackheim. It is an unidentified man speaking about Communist Party involvement in a strike.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Meyer Zackheim, Oct 24, 1978, inclusive
79, Cassette: 286.5 (Material Type: Audio)
30, CD: Meyer Zackheim 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers the activities of the New York Left in the 1910s-1920s and the problems of the Jewish progressive movement in Miami Beach in the 1970s.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Meyer Zackheim, Abe Glassman, Florence Glassman, Ben Kliger, and Rosenfeld, Oct 24, 1978, inclusive
30, CD: Zackheim, Glassmans, Klieger & Rosenfeld 1 (Material Type: Audio)
79, Cassette: 286 (Material Type: Audio)
Materials are in English and Yiddish.
This group interview, taken in Miami Beach, Florida, collects members' recollections of the progressive Jewish cultural movement in the 1920s-1940s. Topics discussed include how narrators became involved in the movement, trade union activism (especially in the needle trades), strikes, the Workmen's Circle, the Morgen Freiheit, Jewish theatre, music and theatre clubs, and factional divisions on the left.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Meyer Zackheim, Abe Glassman, Florence Glassman, Ben Kliger, and Rosenfeld
Meyer Zackheim, Archie Rothenberg & Rose Lipshitz, Oct 24, 1978, inclusive
79, Cassette: 287.5 (Material Type: Audio)
30, CD: Zackheim, Rothenberg & Lipshitz 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Materials are in English and Yiddish.
Interview regarding the relationship of culture and the Jewish progressive movement. Rose Lipshitz discusses the challenges of immigrant women in America of 1920s and the appeal of the Left. Archie Rothenberg discusses political activities of Jewish Left in 1920s-1930s. Additional topics covered include lectures, union activism in garment and millinery trades, women's roles in trade union and Left political organizations, the Bund and labor activities in Poland, the destruction of Eastern European Jewish communities during the Holocaust, and Yidisher Kultur Farband (YKUF) reading circles.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Meyer Zackheim, Archie Rothenberg & Rose Lipshitz
Meyer Zackheim, Ed Weiss, Julius Silver, and Sylvia Silver, Oct 24, 1978, inclusive
30, CD: Zackheim, Weiss & Silvers 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
79, Cassette: 287 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Materials are in English and Yiddish.
Group interview concerning the relationship of Jewish culture and left movements in the first decades of the twentieth century. Topics include immigration following the 1905 Russian Revolution, the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU), needle trade strikes, the founding of the Yidisher Kultur Farband (YKUF), political orientations within YKUF, the Morgen Freiheit, the role of women in the YKUF and garment unions, Jewish choruses, the concentration of left activities in Chicago in the early twentieth century, German-American socialist organizations compared with Jewish organizations, the Communist Party's relationship with culture, and the Soviet Union. Group likely also contains Mary Zackheim.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Meyer Zackheim, Ed Weiss, Julius Silver, and Sylvia Silver
Joseph Zawadowski, Jul 28, 1983, inclusive
30, CD: Zawadowski 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
79, Cassette: 288 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
Interview documents the activities of the Polish-American Left in Chicago from the time of his father (1920s) to the 1980s and Zawadowski's own experiences in the Spanish Civil War.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Steve Zeluck, Dec 15, 1982, inclusive
30, CD: Zeluck 1 (Material Type: Audio)
79, Cassette: 289 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview covers the Johnson-Forest Tendency, Trotskyism in Philadephia and Chicago, and Zeluck's reflections on C.L.R. James.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Steve Zeluck, undated
10, Cassette: 410 (Material Type: Audio)
30, CD: Zeluck 2 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview includes discussion of the Johnson-Forest Tendency, CLR James, and the Socialist Workers Party.
Interview by Paul Buhle.
Charles Zimmerman, Oct 31, 1974, inclusive
30, CD: Zimmerman 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
6, Cassette: 290 A-B (Material Type: Audio)
9, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview documents the activities of the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) and the struggle between left and right in the 1910s-1920s.
Interview by David Gurowsky.
Celia Lewis Zitron - Transcript, May 8, 1976, inclusive
9, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview documents the activities of the New York Teachers Union during the 1940s.
Interview by Glenn Goldstein.
Fred Zimring Interviews, 1976-1978, inclusive
This series contains interviews conducted by Fred R. Zimring as part of the research for his doctoral dissertation, "McCarthyism, the Cold War, and Temple University: the Dismissal of Professor Barrows Dunham from Temple," completed in pursuit of his degree from Teachers College, Columbia University in 1982.
Aptheker, Herbert, Jul 5, 1977
30, CD: Apetheker 1 (Material Type: Audio)
73, audiocassette: 1 (Material Type: Audio)
92, audiocassette: 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Boudin, Leonard, Oct 16, 1976
30, CD: Boudin 1 (Material Type: Audio)
73, audiocassette: 4 (Material Type: Audio)
92, audiocassette: 4 (Material Type: Audio)
Edelman, Arthur, Feb 4, 1977
30, CD: Edelman 1 (Material Type: Audio)
73, audiocassette: 11 (Material Type: Audio)
92, audiocassette: 11 (Material Type: Audio)
Huganir, George, September 21, 1976
92, audiocassette: 18D (Material Type: Audio)
LeRoy, Gaylord, Mar 12, 1977
30, CD: LeRoy 2 (Material Type: Audio)
74, audiocassette: 23A (Material Type: Audio)
92, audiocassette: 23A (Material Type: Audio)
LeRoy, Gaylord, Aug 15, 1976
30, CD: LeRoy 1 (Material Type: Audio)
74, audiocassette: 23B (Material Type: Audio)
92, audiocassette: 23B (Material Type: Audio)
Original cassette tape had sticky shed syndrome. Although the cassette was able to be digitized after baking, there are still transport squeaking noices heard in the files.
Reynold Hills Project Interviews, 1980-1981, inclusive
Filmmakers' Tapes and Transcripts
Seeing Red, 1978-1981, inclusive
This subseries contains interviews contributing to a film on American Communism during the 1930s-1950s by Julia Reichert and James Klein of Heartland Productions.
The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter, 1976-1979, inclusive
These interviews were largely taken between 1976-1977 to contribute to a film about women production workers during World War II by Connie Field of Clarity Productions.
A Crime to Fit the Punishment, 1975-1981, inclusive
Interviews from the film A Crime Fit to the Punishment by Barbara Moss and Steve Mack of Moss Productions regarding the making of a film regarding the making of the ealier film Salt of the Earth in 1953-1954.
Chacon, Juan
72, audiocassette: 46 (Material Type: Audio)
30, CD: Chacon 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Chacon, Virginia & Angie Sanchez, May 21, 1976
72, audiocassette: 47A, 47B (Material Type: Audio)
30, CD: Chacon/Sanchez 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Chacon, Virginia & Angie Sanchez
Jencks, Clint, Feb 15, 1975
72, audiocassette: 49A, 49B, 49C, 49D (Material Type: Audio)
30, CD: Jencks 1 (Material Type: Audio)
Jencks, Clint & Juan Chacon
72, audiocassette: 50A-50B (Material Type: Audio)
30, CD: Jencks/Chacon 1-2 (Material Type: Audio)
Jencks, Clint & Juan Chacon
Scherwin, Jules, November 11, 1975
72, audiocassette: 52A, 52B, 52A (copy), 52B (copy) (Material Type: Audio)
Scherwin, Jules, April 9, 1981
72, audiocassette: 53A, 53B, 53C (Material Type: Audio)
Williams, Henrietta, May 21, 1976
72, audiocassette: 54A, 54B (Material Type: Audio)
Tighten Your Belts, Bite the Bullet, 1976-1979, inclusive
This subseries contains interviews supporting a film by John Miller of City Crisis Film Group regarding the political and social effects of the mid-1970s urban budget crises in New York and Cleveland.
Anarchism in America, 1967-1981, inclusive
Interviews supporting the documentary Anarchism in America by Joel Sucher and Steve Fischler of Pacific Street Films regarding the history and character of anarchism.
Free Voice of Labor, 1976-1979, inclusive
Interviews supporting the documentary Free Voice of Labor by Joel Sucher and Steve Fischler of Pacific Street Films regarding the Yiddish-language anarchist newspaper Freie Arbeter Stimme (Free Voice of Labor), published from the 1880s-1970s.
Trouble on Fashion Avenue, 1981, inclusive
Interviews supporting the documentary Trouble on Fasion Avenue by Claude Beller of TV Documentary Arts Projects, Inc. Interviewees speak about the history of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) and radicalism within the union.
The Case of the Legless Veteran: James Kutcher, 1977, inclusive
Interviews supporting the documentary The Case of the Legless Veteran: James Kutcher by Howard Petrick regarding the legal battles of James Kutcher, a World War II veteran from whom the United States government attempted to deny benefits due to his affiliation with the Socialist Workers Party.
Peekskill Work in Progress, 1979-1980, inclusive
This subseries contains interviews taken by Barbara Kopple of Cabin Creek Films.
Patterson, Bill and Louise, January 10, 1979
Audio
75, audiocassette: cuid43077A (Material Type: Audio)
Patterson, Bill and Louise
Audio
75, audiocassette: cuid43077B (Material Type: Audio)
Patterson, Bill and Louise
Danis, Sid, October 8, 1979
75, audiocassette: 3 (Material Type: Audio)
Marcus, Heshie, April 27, 1979 or 1980, inclusive
75, audiocassette: 5 (Material Type: Audio)
Silverman, Sol, undated
75, audiocassette: 8A (Material Type: Audio)
Tarantel, Al, January 24, 1979
85, audiocassette: 10 (Material Type: Audio)
Ferris, Mr. and Mrs. Richard, undated, inclusive
85, audiocassette: 13B (Material Type: Audio)
Naylor, Colin, 1979
85, audiocassette: 14 (Material Type: Audio)
Tuttle, Jack, October 23, 1979 or 1980, inclusive
85, audiocassette: 18 (Material Type: Audio)
Walsh, John, 1979
85, audiocassette: 19 (Material Type: Audio)
Hambro, Lee, November 11, 1979
85, audiocassette: 20 (Material Type: Audio)
Hayes, Lee, undated, inclusive
85, audiocassette: 21A, 21B, 21C (Material Type: Audio)
Seeger, Pete and Toshi, January 24, 1979
85, audiocassette: 24A, 24B (Material Type: Audio)
Silber, Sylvia, December 2, 1972
85, audiocassette: 25 (Material Type: Audio)
Silber, Irwin, February 23, undated, inclusive
85, audiocassette: 26 (Material Type: Audio)
Brown, Lloyd, April 5, 1979
85, audiocassette: 27B (Material Type: Audio)
Foner, Henry, April 4, 1979
85, audiocassette: 28 (Material Type: Audio)
Foner, Phil, undated, inclusive
85, audiocassette: 29A, 29B, 29C (Material Type: Audio)
Naison, Mark, undated, inclusive
85, audiocassette: 30A, 30C (Material Type: Audio)
Siegel, Jeff, February 16, 1979 or 1980, inclusive
85, audiocassette: 32A (Material Type: Audio)
Tabb, Bill, March 15, 1979 or 1980, inclusive
85, audiocassette: 33A, 33B (Material Type: Audio)
Ward, Doug, January 16, 1979
30, CD: cuid1052 (Material Type: Audio)
85, audiocassette: 34 (Material Type: Audio)
Tapley, Mel, January 16, 1979
85, audiocassette: 50 (Material Type: Audio)
Backer, Leon et al, July 5, 1979 or 1980, inclusive
85, audiocassette: 51B (Material Type: Audio)
Shines, Ralph, January 16, 1980
75, audiocassette: 39 (Material Type: Audio)
Levey, Herbert, July 22, 1979 or 1980, inclusive
75, audiocassette: 42 (Material Type: Audio)
Levey, Herbert, January 15, 1979
75, audiocassette: 42 (Material Type: Audio)
Mercadel, Kevin, Feb 27, 1979
Audio Cabinet 1, Drawer 1, Cassette: cuid1053 (Material Type: Audio)
30, CD: cuid1053 (Material Type: Audio)
Cook, Marvel, January 9, 1980
75, audiocassette: 44 (Material Type: Audio)
Hicks, James, March 9, 1979
75, audiocassette: 45 (Material Type: Audio)
Lapolla, Ray, undated, inclusive
75, audiocassette: 46 (Material Type: Audio)
Moscow, Warren, undated, inclusive
75, audiocassette: 47 (Material Type: Audio)
Rowe, Billy, 1979-05-02
75, audiocassette: 48 (Material Type: Audio)
Stolley, Richard, 1979-1980, inclusive
75, audiocassette: 49 (Material Type: Audio)
Eisner, Norman, April 26, 1979 or 1980, inclusive
75, audiocassette: 52 (Material Type: Audio)
Goldstein, Burt, May 5, 1979
75, audiocassette: 54 (Material Type: Audio)
Lubell, Dave, undated, inclusive
75, audiocassette: 57 (Material Type: Audio)
Marcus, Sidney, July 10, 1979 or 1980, inclusive
75, audiocassette: 58, 58B (Material Type: Audio)
Neuchow, Bill and Taylor, January 9, 1979
75, audiocassette: 60A (Material Type: Audio)
Goodman, George et al, August 29, 1979
75, audiocassette: 61 (Material Type: Audio)
Baker, Sarah T., undated, inclusive
75, audiocassette: 64 (Material Type: Audio)
DeSantos, Lou and wife, undated, inclusive
75, audiocassette: 67A, 67B (Material Type: Audio)
Glassberg, Bert, undated, inclusive
75, audiocassette: 68 (Material Type: Audio)
Hersh, Ben, December 30, 1979
75, audiocassette: 69A, 69B (Material Type: Audio)
Hobson, Frances, June 8, 1979
75, audiocassette: 70 (Material Type: Audio)
Jamison, Willis, undated, inclusive
75, audiocassette: 71 (Material Type: Audio)
Kroph, Norman, 1979
75, audiocassette: 72 (Material Type: Audio)
Levenson, Gene, undated, inclusive
75, audiocassette: 73 (Material Type: Audio)
Overstreet, Fred, October 23, 1979 or 1980, inclusive
75, audiocassette: 74A, 74B (Material Type: Audio)
Poritzky, Ben, October 21, 1979 or 1980, inclusive
75, audiocassette: 76 (Material Type: Audio)
Rick, Chester R., August 3, 1979
82, audiocassette: 78 (Material Type: Audio)
Smith, Coleman, undated, inclusive
82, audiocassette: 81 (Material Type: Audio)
Baker, Fred, December 20, 1979
82, audiocassette: 85A, 85B, 85C (Material Type: Audio)
Bauman, Irma and Marty, March 22, 1979
82, audiocassette: 86 (Material Type: Audio)
Eisenberg, Alex, undated, inclusive
82, audiocassette: 87 (Material Type: Audio)
Fine, Danny and June Fisher, 1979
82, audiocassette: 88A, 88a, 88a (Material Type: Audio)
Payne, Anita, May 5, 1979
82, audiocassette: 89 (Material Type: Audio)
Lynn, Conrad, February 11, 1980
82, audiocassette: 90A, 90B (Material Type: Audio)
Brody, Pauline, October 23, 1979 or 1980, inclusive
82, audiocassette: 94A, 94B (Material Type: Audio)
Cohen, Abe, undated, inclusive
82, audiocassette: 95 (Material Type: Audio)
Colman, Abbie and Morris, undated, inclusive
82, audiocassette: 96 (Material Type: Audio)
Feinstein, Allan and Mary, January 11, 1979
82, audiocassette: 97 (Material Type: Audio)
Ford, Calvin, May 8, 1979
82, audiocassette: 98 (Material Type: Audio)
Horn, Nora, May 13, 1979
82, audiocassette: 99 (Material Type: Audio)
Levenson, Yasha and Flo, undated, inclusive
82, audiocassette: 102 (Material Type: Audio)
Reibman, Svi, undated, inclusive
82, audiocassette: 104 (Material Type: Audio)
Rock, Pauline, undated, inclusive
82, audiocassette: 105 (Material Type: Audio)
Rossman, Barbara, undated, inclusive
82, audiocassette: 106 (Material Type: Audio)
Schwartz, Goldie and Walter, 1979
82, audiocassette: 109A, 109B (Material Type: Audio)
Shappes, Morris, undated, inclusive
82, audiocassette: 111 (Material Type: Audio)
Steck, Bob, undated, inclusive
82, audiocassette: 112 (Material Type: Audio)
Froman, Jay, undated, inclusive
82, audiocassette: 113 (Material Type: Audio)
Salzberg, Norman and Dan, undated, inclusive
82, audiocassette: 114A, 114B (Material Type: Audio)
Herwill, Claire, 1979
82, audiocassette: 115A, 115B, 115C, 115D (Material Type: Audio)
Sverdlow, Amy, undated, inclusive
82, audiocassette: 116 (Material Type: Audio)
Schwartz, Tony, undated, inclusive
84, audiocassette: 117 (Material Type: Audio)
Hock, Lumis V., undated, inclusive
84, audiocassette: 118 (Material Type: Audio)
Hunter, Bernie, September 17, 1979
84, audiocassette: 119 (Material Type: Audio)
Scivoletto, John, October 27, 1979 or 1980, inclusive
84, audiocassette: 120 (Material Type: Audio)
Franrovitch, Alan, undated, inclusive
84, audiocassette: 122 (Material Type: Audio)
Kaufman, Dr. Maurice, September 3, 1980
84, audiocassette: 123A, 123B (Material Type: Audio)
Slochower, Dr., March 19, 1979
84, audiocassette: 124A, 124B (Material Type: Audio)
Script Meeting, November 1, 1979 or 1980, inclusive
84, audiocassette: 125A, 125B (Material Type: Audio)
Script Meeting, March 7,1979
84, audiocassette: 125C (Material Type: Audio)
Script Meeting, 1979-03-19
84, audiocassette: 125D, 125E, 125F, 125G, 125H, 125I (Material Type: Audio)
Script Meeting, February 26, 1979 or 1980, inclusive
84, audiocassette: 125J (Material Type: Audio)
Script Meeting, undated, inclusive
84, audiocassette: 125L (Material Type: Audio)
Script Meeting, February 22, 1979 or 1980, inclusive
84, audiocassette: 125M (Material Type: Audio)
Script Meeting, January 30, 1979 or 1980, inclusive
84, audiocassette: 125N (Material Type: Audio)
Script Meeting, January 23, 1980
84, audiocassette: 125O, 125P, 125Q (Material Type: Audio)
Script Meeting, April 9, 1979 or 1980, inclusive
84, audiocassette: 125R (Material Type: Audio)
Resnick, Ephraim, June 28, 1979 or 1980, inclusive
84, audiocassette: 126 (Material Type: Audio)
Peery, Nelson, 1980-08-20
84, audiocassette: 127A (Material Type: Audio)
Shields, Art, undated, inclusive
84, audiocassette: 128 (Material Type: Audio)
Unidentified, undated, inclusive
84, audiocassette: 130 (Material Type: Audio)
Unidentified, undated, inclusive
84, audiocassette: 131 (Material Type: Audio)
Moliti, Vito, February 18, 1980
84, audiocassette: 132 (Material Type: Audio)
Fischer, Steven, September 17, 1979 or 1980, inclusive
84, audiocassette: 133 (Material Type: Audio)
Kopple, Barbara (and Misc), undated, inclusive
84, audiocassette: 135 (Material Type: Audio)
Columbia Student Strike of 1968, undated
This subseries contains eight interviews regarding the 1968 student strike at Columbia University.
Transcripts of Completed Films, undated
This subseries contains transcripts of three completed films: Miles of Smiles, Years of Struggle by Paul Wagner, With Babies and Bannners by Lorraine Gray, and The Wobblies by Deborah Shaffer and Stewart Bird.
Tamiment Institute Tapes, circa 1955-1965, inclusive
This series contains a collection of tapes held by the Tamiment Institute that predated the establishment of the Oral History of the American Left. These tapes include recordings of meetings, speeches, panel discussions, and interviews recorded during the 1950s-1960s.
"Memorial Meeting" Brazier, Dick, et al., November 18, 1960
89, audiocassette: 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D (Material Type: Audio)
83, audiocassette: 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D (Material Type: Audio)
Judge Jacob Panken, Jun 21, 1960
42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
83, audiocassette: 2 (Material Type: Audio)
89, audiocassette: 2 (Material Type: Audio)
Recording regarding Meyer London.
A. Philip Randolph, undated, inclusive
Access audiocassette
83, audiocassette: 3 (Material Type: Audio)
Master audiocassette
89, audiocassette: 3 (Material Type: Audio)
Open reel audio
42 (Material Type: Audio)
Upton Sinclair, Oct 15, 1958, inclusive
42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
83, audiocassette: 4 (Material Type: Audio)
89, audiocassette: 4 (Material Type: Audio)
Speech at a League for Industrial Democracy Meeting.
Trachtenberg, undated, inclusive
83, audiocassette: 5 (Material Type: Audio)
89, audiocassette: 5 (Material Type: Audio)
Bertram Wolfe, Jul 12, 1960, inclusive
42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
83, audiocassette: 6 (Material Type: Audio)
89, audiocassette: 6 (Material Type: Audio)
Recording of a speech titled "Has the Soviet Union Changed?"
Tamiment Discussion with the Children of Norman Thomas, 1959, inclusive
42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
83, audiocassette: 7A, 7B (Material Type: Audio)
89, audiocassette: 7A, 7B (Material Type: Audio)
Harry Fleischman regarding Norman Thomas, Apr 23, 1964, inclusive
42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
83, audiocassette: 8 (Material Type: Audio)
89, audiocassette: 8 (Material Type: Audio)
Harry Fleischman on Norman Thomas: A Biography.
Norman Thomas, 1964, inclusive
42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
83, audiocassette: 9A, 9B (Material Type: Audio)
89, audiocassette: 9A, 9B (Material Type: Audio)
Recording of Speech titled "The Politics of Peace."
Norman Thomas, Nov 14, 1956, inclusive
42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
83, audiocassette: 10 (Material Type: Audio)
89, audiocassette: 10 (Material Type: Audio)
Clarence and Ruth Senior on Norman Thomas, Feb 4, 1962, inclusive
42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
83, audiocassette: 11 (Material Type: Audio)
89, audiocassette: 11 (Material Type: Audio)
Anna Strunsky Walling, Jun 27, 1960 and Jul 19, 1960, inclusive
42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
25, CD: Walling 1-4 (Material Type: Audio)
83, audiocassette: 12A, 12B (Material Type: Audio)
89, audiocassette: 12A, 12B (Material Type: Audio)
This interview was originally taken as part of a Tamiment Institute oral history series.
Interview by Melvin Drimmer and Melvyn Dubofsky.
Industrial Workers of the World, Apr 11, 1959, inclusive
42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
83, audiocassette: 13A, 13B (Material Type: Audio)
89, audiocassette: 13A, 13B (Material Type: Audio)
Tamiment Institute discussion, including a memorial meeting featuring speakers Dick Brazier, Herbert Mahler, and Sam Weiner.
Industrial Workers of the World Finances and Decline, unidentified IWW REp., undated, inclusive
83, audiocassette: 14 (Material Type: Audio)
89, audiocassette: 14 (Material Type: Audio)
Frank Bohn, Mar 1958, inclusive
42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Recording regarding the Socialist Party, the Industrial Workers of the World from 1900-1920, and the church and socialism.
Call Association, undated
55, reel: cuid1604A, cuid1604B, cuid1604C (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
tamwag_oh002, E-records: cuid1604A, cuid1604B, cuid1604C (Material Type: electronic records)
Max Shactman, Dec 31, 1966, inclusive
42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Recording of a speech titled "The Social Development of Communism."
Antonin Souchy, Feb 29, 1960, inclusive
42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Sam Weiner, 1962, inclusive
42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Recording regarding the Industrial Workers of the World from a WCKR Broadcast.
Aleine Austin Tapes regarding Monthly Review and Highlander Folk School, 1979-1982, inclusive
This series contains recordings of interviews by Aleine Austin and an event regarding the history of the Monthly Review.
Master copies can be found in box 88 and 92
Magdoff, Ortiz, Sweezy, undated, inclusive
88, audiocassette: 1A, 1B, 1A (user), 1B (user) (Material Type: Audio)
Horton, Myles, August 18-24, 1982, inclusive
88, audiocassette: 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E, 2F, 2A (user), 2B (user), 2C (user), 2D (user), 2E (user), 2F (user) (Material Type: Audio)
Horton, Magdoff, Ortiz, Sweezy, June 28, 1983
88, audiocassette: 3, 3 (user) (Material Type: Audio)
Former Harvard Student, December 10, 1980
88, audiocassette: 4, 4 (user) (Material Type: Audio)
Sweezy, Paul, October 23, 1983
88, audiocassette: 5, 5 (user) (Material Type: Audio)
Edelman, Harburg, May, December 7, 1980
88, audiocassette: 6, 6 (user) (Material Type: Audio)
Monthly Review 30th Anniversary, May 1979
88, audiocassette: 7A, 7B, 7A (user), 7B (user) (Material Type: Audio)
Austin, Aleine, undated, inclusive
88, audiocassette: 8A, 8B, 8C, 8A (user), 8B (user), 8C (user) (Material Type: Audio)
Restricted Interviews in Oral History of the American Left, 1976-1983, inclusive
This series contains interviews collected for the Oral History of the American Left that were accepted by the repository as closed, generally for a certain amount of years. The majority of these restrictions are no longer in effect. Upon expiration of restrictions, interviews have been moved to Series I.
Stuart and Elizabeth Ewen, Nov. 7, 1983
Series 7 (Material Type: Audio)
90, audiocassette: 6A, 6B (Material Type: Audio)
91, audiocassette: 1, 2, 2B (Material Type: Audio)
Charlotte Stern, 1976, inclusive
Series 7 (Material Type: Audio)
90, audiocassette: 7A-7M (Material Type: Audio)
91, audiocassette: 1A, 1B, 2, 3A, 3B, 4B, 4D, 5B, 6 (Material Type: Audio)
Interviews by Alan Wald, 1976-1981, inclusive
Series 7 (Material Type: Audio)
90, audiocassette: 1-4, 8A-11B (Material Type: Audio)
Interviews by Alan Wald on the history of Trotskyism and intellectuals in the United States. Interviewees include Michael Blankfort (Jul 22, 1981), James T. Farrell (May 23, 1976), Leslie Fiedler (May 28, 1981), Nathan Glazer (May 25, 1981), Walter Goldwater (May 10, 1981), and Stan Weir (Sep 26, 1980 and Jul 21, 1981).
Higley Hill, 2009, inclusive
47, CD: Higley Hill (Material Type: Audio)
Rose Leopold, 2008, inclusive
46 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
47, CD: Rose Leopold (Material Type: Audio)
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Radio Free Maine tapes, 1994-05-13-1994-05-14, inclusive
81, Cassette: 2-4 (Material Type: Audio)