August Claessens Papers
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August Claessens was a leading educational and political figure in the Socialist Party. In the fall of 1917, Claessens was elected to the New York State Assembly, as a representative of one of Manhattan's Lower East Side assembly districts, and was one of five socialist assemblymen who the Assembly refused to seat after their 1919 reelections. In 1922, Claessens was allowed to take office after being re-elected for the third time. In the mid-1930s Claessens withdrew from the Socialist Party and became the executive secretary and, later, the national chairman of the Social Democratic Federation. Claessens held the position of national chairman until his death in 1954, and also ran unsuccessfully for a number of local and state offices. Claessens taught a variety of subjects at the Rand School of Social Science from the mid-1920s until his death in 1954, including public speaking, psychology, race relations, labor-management relations, socialist theory, politics, anthropology, and sex and society. Claessens also served as an instructor in several evening schools sponsored by various New York City labor unions. The collection contains manuscripts, lecture notes, correspondence, photographs, clippings, and printed ephemera.
Biographical Note
August Claessens (1885-1954) was one of the most influential leaders in the educational and political development of the Socialist Party. Shortly after becoming a socialist in 1909, Claessens helped organize support for the Socialist Party within several New York City labor unions. In the fall of 1917, Claessens was elected to the New York State Assembly. As a representative of one of the Lower Manhattan assembly districts, Claessens drafted and worked for legislation pertaining to child labor, the penal code's procedures for obtaining an admission of quilt, the abolishment of the Volstead Act, the abolishment of the death penalty, and the regulation of police powers in suppressing strikes.
On April 1, 1920, Claessens was one of five socialist assemblymen who were expelled from the State Assembly on the grounds that membership in the Socialist Party constituted disloyalty to the United States. Although legally represented in the fight to retain his office by Charles Evans Hughes, a future United States Supreme Court Chief Justice, Claessens was denied his seat throughout the turbulent period of the Red Scare. In September 1920, Claessens was re-elected to the State Assembly in a special election, but again the anti-socialist forces, led by Assembly Speaker Thaddeus C. Sweet, refused to permit Claessens to take office. Finally, in 1922, Claessens was allowed to take office after being re-elected to the State Assembly for the third time.
In the mid-1930s Claessens withdrew from the Socialist Party and became the executive secretary and, later, the national chairman of the Social Democratic Federation. Claessens held the position of national chairman until his death in 1954. Besides his involvement with the Social Democratic Federation, Claessens also ran unsuccessfully for a number of local and state offices.
Claessens was one of the most active faculty members at the Rand School of Social Science. From the mid-1920s until his death in 1954, Claessens taught courses in such subject areas as public speaking, parliamentary procedure, psychology and social psychology, race relations, labor-management relations, socialist theory, contemporary politics, anthropology, and sex and society. Claessens also served as an instructor in several evening schools sponsored by various New York City labor unions. At these schools, Claessens primarily taught courses in public speaking and labor-management relations.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into four series. The correspondence is arranged chronologically, the manuscript and lecture notes are arranged alphabetically, and Series III and IV are arranged topically.
I. Correspondence
II. Manuscript and Lecture Notes
III. Photographs and Printed Materials
IV. Biographical Clippings and Published Writings
Scope and Contents
The collection documents August Claessens's involvement with the Socialist Party and his work as a lecturer and New York State assemblyman, primarily from the 1920s to the 1940s. The majority of the collection consists of manuscripts and notes of Claessens's lectures, pamphlets, books, addresses, and statements, with emphasis on themes of labor, socialism, and socialist humor. Other genres of materials include correspondence, photographs, and biographical materials.
The researcher should note that an error was made in the targeting for this collection. On each frame the word "Series" appears adjacent to the frame number. This term should actually be interpreted as "Collection."
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Tamiment Library has no information about copyright ownership for this collection and is not authorized to grant permission to publish or reproduce materials from it. Materials in this collection, which were created in 1906 to 1963, are expected to enter the public domain in 2025.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; August Claessens Papers; TAM 021; box number; folder number or item identifier; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
Location of Materials
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the Rand School Archives, 1962. Earlier provenance information is unknown. The accession numbers 1962.006 and 1962.016 are associated with this collection.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Due to the fragile nature of the original materials, researchers must use the microfilmed version, with the exception of Box 5; microfilm call number is Film R-7124, Reel 56.
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Processing Information
Photographs were separated from this collection during initial processing and were established as a separate collection, the August Claessens Photographs (PHOTOS 069). In 2013, the photograph collection was reincorporated into the August Claessens Papers (TAM 021). In 2019, materials were rehoused in new acid-free folders and boxes in preparation for offsite storage.
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Series I. Correspondence, 1911-1963, 1911-1963, inclusive
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Series I consists of letters and telegrams containing information on socialist publications and activities, Claessens's 50th birthday and 25th year as a Socialist Party member, and other personal matters. Several letters from Claessens emphasize the importance of humor in public speaking. Some of the prominent correspondents in this series include Morris Hillquit, Otto Branstetter, Leo Steinke, Esther Friedman, Carl Sandburg, Charles Edward Russell, and Adolf A. Berle, Jr.
Correspondence, 1911, inclusive
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Correspondence, 1912, inclusive
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Correspondence, 1913, inclusive
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Correspondence, 1918, inclusive
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Correspondence, 1920, inclusive
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Correspondence, 1921, inclusive
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Correspondence, 1927-1928, inclusive
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Correspondence, 1934, inclusive
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Correspondence, 1935, inclusive
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Correspondence, 1937, inclusive
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Correspondence, 1938, inclusive
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Correspondence, 1941, inclusive
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Correspondence, 1943-1944, inclusive
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Correspondence, 1945, inclusive
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Correspondence, 1946, inclusive
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Correspondence, 1948, inclusive
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Correspondence, 1950, inclusive
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Correspondence, 1951, inclusive
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Correspondence, 1952, inclusive
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Correspondence, 1953, inclusive
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Correspondence, 1954, inclusive
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Correspondence, 1955, inclusive
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Correspondence, 1963, inclusive
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Hilda Claessens Correspondence, 1915, undated, inclusive
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Series II. Manuscript and Lecture Notes, 1906-1954, 1906-1954, inclusive
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This series (XIV:C), consisting of 78 subject files, includes manuscripts and notes of lectures, pamphlets, books, addresses, and statements. Each subject file within this series has been given a frame number and has been cited according to the title of the file in the complete reel list. In some instances, the titles of items within the subject file are cited in the complete reel list. Of special interest in this series are Claessens's writings on socialist humor, particularly the rough draft of his book, Didn't We Have Fun? (XIV:C:13); a series of articles entitled, "Revolutionary Fun" (XIV:C:56); and a collection of anecdotes entitled, "We Struggled With a Smile" (XIV:C:73). This series also contains writings on human nature, prejudice, prohibition, contemporary politics, labor, socialism, heredity and environment, sex and society, and religion. A collection of seven poems (XIV:C:45), written by Claessens, are also included in this series.
ABC of Parliamentary Law, undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Anthropology and the Growth of Society
Contains 5 brief lectures:
- The Origin of Man and the Races of Mankind
- Primitive Man and His World
- The Savage and His Culture
- The Barbarian and His World
- Civilization, undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
[Article on the 1932 campaign], 1933, inclusive
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Can a Goy and a Yiddina Stay Happily Married?, undated, inclusive
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Changing Human Nature, undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
The Chase for the Almighty Dollar, The End of the Chase, undated, inclusive
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Collective Bargaining, undated, inclusive
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Collectivism and Individual Liberty, Feb 1951
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Communism, undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
The Cultural Elements, undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Democracy vs. Dictatorship, Nov 1939, June 1941, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Democratic Way of Life, undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Didn't We Have Fun?, undated, inclusive
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Didn't We Have Fun?, undated, inclusive
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Didn't We Have Fun?, undated, inclusive
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Didn't We Have Fun?, undated, inclusive
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Disagreeable and Dirty Work, undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Einstein Theory, undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Elementary and Advanced Socialism, contains:
Our Economic Chaos (3 copies)
Lessons from the World War (2 copies)
What Socialism Is (3 copies)
The Distribution of Wealth (2 copies)
The Love of Money
The Odium of Menial Labor
Instinct of Workmenship (2 copies)
Incentive and Ambition (3 copies)
Socialism and Ambition, 1930-1935 , undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Elements of Social Progress, 1934, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Ethics and Economics, undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
The Evolution of Morality, 1933, inclusive
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Florida Violence, undated, inclusive
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Genius, undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Germany and Reparations, undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Graft and Corruption (4 copies), Mar 1932
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Guaranteed Annual Wage, undated, inclusive
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Haiti, undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Heredity and Environment, contains:
Our Natural Heritage
Our Natural Environment
Nature and Nurture
Problems of Physical Heritage
Our Social Environment
Our Social Heritage
Problems of Social Heritage, 1931-1933 , undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
If Lincoln Were Hoover, undated, inclusive
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Immigration, undated, inclusive
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Industrial Democracy, undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Is A United States of Europe Possible?, 1950, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Is Socialism Inevitable?, undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Is the Status of the Masses Improving?, Is the Condition of the Masses Growing Better or Worse?, undated , 1934, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
The Jew and the World Crisis, undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Justice Without A Blindfold, undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Labor Movement, undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Lectures on Behavior, contains:
The Instinctive Basis of Behavior
Acquired Behavior - The Environmental Factors (2 copies)
Social and Collective Behavior, 1940 , undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
A Liberal Interlude (3 copies), undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Measures to Halt a Depression, 1954, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Modern Science, Man, Religion and God, undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Must We Change Human Nature?, undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
The Nature of Work and the Nature of Man, undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
NRA (4 copies), Oct 1933
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Outlines and Highlights of the Social Sciences
Biology Human Geography: The Cultural Backwardness of the South Psychology Social Psychology-Prejudices and Stereotypes Anthropology, undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Patriotism, undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Poems, contains:
Remembrance (2 copies)
On a Spring Greeting Card to Jennie (2 copies)
Friendship
Winter
Enthusiasm
The Months (2 copies)
A Bit of Philosophy-Before Election, 1906-1920 , undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Prejudices-A Story in Human Behavior, 1932-1943, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Prohibition, undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Promise of Socialism, undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Prosperity and Hard Times, Dec 1923
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Racketeers and Big Business, undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Red Riots, undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Relation of Work to Ignorance and Education, undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Religion and Soviet Russia, undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Resolution on African Independence (2 copies), undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Resolution on Anti-Semitism, undated, inclusive
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Revolutionary Fun contains:
They Were All One to Him (2 copies)
That Was the Purpose of the Meeting
Obliging
He Never Spoke on That Corner Again (2 copies)
Got a Permit (3 copies)
May Day Article
Close Shave (2 copies)
Kindly Suggestion (2 copies)
Some Diet!
It Can Happen Only in Harlem (2 copies)
A Four Hour Day Hamlet
Outdone Suggestively
Ancient misses
A Question in Physics
Not an Encyclopedia Mathematics
One on History
One on the Professor
One on the Teacher
Biology as Franklin No Doubt Knew
Three Humorous Bits: Phrenology an Englishman's Idea of American Humor Change of Nationality Mythology Materialism Versus Spiritualism, undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
The Second Industrial Revolution, undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Sex and Society contains:
Women and Modern Industry
Prostitution
Marriage and Economics
The Home-Present and Future
The Home and Social Changes
Marital Incompatibility
Mental Differences of Men and Women (2 copies)
Sex Prejudices, 1930-1935 , undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Social Attitudes Toward War and Peace (2 copies), 1936, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Social Psychology (4 copies), 1935-1938, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Socialism and Human Nature, undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Socialism and Religion, undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Socialism and Social Problems, undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Socialism of George Bernard Shaw, undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Socialism in the Assembly, undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Stock Market, undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
These United States, 1935, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Unavoidable Hazard in Some Kinds of Work, undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Understanding the U.S.A., undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Understanding the Worker, undated, inclusive
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United Front, undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Wages and Prices, undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
We Struggled with a Smile contains:
An Innocent Deception (3 copies)
On the Plains of Colorado (3 copies)
Good Heavens! (3 copies)
A British Prime Minister Meets His American
Comrades (3 copies)
I Work with a Notorious Racketeer
Some Funny Moments in the Labor Movement
The Germans in Our Midst
The Benefits of Materialism (2 copies), undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
What Organized Labor Has Gained, undated, inclusive
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What Organized Labor Wants, undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
The Will to Live, undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: C
Why They Threw Us Out of the Assembly, undated, inclusive
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Notes, undated, inclusive
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Series III. Photographs and Printed Materials, 1909-1953
Scope and Content Note
Series III contains 26 photographs (XIV:D) that are arranged in chronological order and include portraits of August Claessens, group photographs, photographs of Claessens with other socialist figures, and photographs of Claessens teaching at the Rand School. Each photograph has been labeled with a number in the lower right-hand corner of the picture. These numbers correspond with the description of the photographs in the complete reel list. There are also approximately 20 photographs of Claessens and his family and friends which have not been microfilmed.
The printed matter in this collection (XIV:E) is organized into the following seven subject files: (1) Claessens legislative bills, New York State Assembly; (2) election campaigns; (3) lecture announcements; (4) miscellaneous; (5) pamphlets; (6) socialist legislative bills, New York State Assembly; and (7) testimonials. Each subject file has been assigned a frame number, including each item in the pamphlets file.
The legislative bills constitute the largest bulk of materials in the printed matter series. These bills are divided into two files: (1) 16 bills drafted by Claessens from 1918 to 1919 (XIV:E:1); and (2) 74 bills drafted by the five socialist assemblymen during the period, January-April 1918 (XIV:E:6). The bills drafted by the five socialist assemblymen include legislation on the regulation of municipal street railway fares, municipal ownership of public utilities, repeal of the state police department, abolishment of the death penalty, regulation of child labor, reorganization of the City College of New York, expansion of workmen's compensation, free university education, and the establishment of municipal day nurseries.
This series also includes five pamphlets which were written by Claessens (XIV:E:5). A bibliographical citation for each pamphlet in this file can be found in the complete reel list.
Photographs 1- 9. Portraits of August Claessens nd
Photograph 10. Four of the five Assemblymen expelled by the New York State Assembly during the Red Scare. L-R: Charles Solomon, Louis Waldman, Samuel Orr, August Claessens ca. 1920
Photograph 11. Socialist agitators who toured the United States and spoke at Socialist meetings in many states, 1921. L-R, front: Isidore Goldstein and Norman Goldstein. L-R, rear: Sylvia Claessens, Hilda Claessens, August Claessens. ca. 1921
Photograph 12. August Claessens in his office at the headquarters of the Social Democratic Federation, New York City. 1935.
Photograph 13. August Claessens, center in the second row, at an outing of the Young People's Socialist League. 1935.
Photograph 14. August Claessens conducting a class in economics and public speaking at Local 62 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. 31 March 1936.
Photograph 15. August Claessens speaking at an "Open Air" meeting in New York City. nd.
Photograph 16. August Claessens speaking at an "Open Air" meeting and encouraging workers to read socialist publications. nd.
Photograph 17. Part of a crowd attending a Socialist Party rally in New York City. nd.
Photograph 18. August Claessens, center in the second row, with other Socialists and union members. nd.
Photographs 19-21. August Claessens giving a lecture. nd.
Photograph 22. August Claessens, far left, and one of his numerous Rand School classes nd.
Photograph 23. August Claessens teaching a class in public speaking at the Rand School, January 1932.
Photograph 24. August Claessens addressing a group of trade union representatives, nd.
Photograph 25. August Claessens giving an address, nd.
Photograph 26. August Claessens, center of the photograph, attending a dinner, nd., ca.1920-1940, inclusive
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Claessens, General, undated
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Claessens Legislative Bills, New York State Assembly, 1918-1919, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: E
Election Campaigns, 1940 , undated, inclusive
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Lecture Announcements, 1914-1953 , undated, inclusive
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: E
Miscellaneous, 1909-1922 , undated, inclusive
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Pamphlets, Contains:
1. Claessens, August. The Blue Eagle Is Dead? So What! New York: New York Socialist Party, nd. l6pp.
2. Claessens, August. Is Socialism Inevitable? An Explanation of the Forces of Social Progress. Chicago: Socialist Party of the United States, 1922. 40pp.
3. Claessens, August. Roparska Trojica. Chicago: Jugoslovanska Delavska Tiskovna Druzoba, 1924. 63pp.
4. Claessens, August. The Trinity of Plunder. A Cheerful Slam at Rent, Interest, and Profit. New York: New York Call Printing Co., 1922. 32pp.
5. Claessens, August. Zasady Socjalizmu. Detroit: Wychodzi kazrdego.tygodnia, nd. 18pp., 1922-1924 , undated, inclusive
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Socialist Legislative Bills, New York State Assembly, Jan 1918-Apr 1918
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: E
Testimonials, Feb 13, 1928-Apr 22, 1950
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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: E
Duplicates of Microfilmed Items (I), undated, inclusive
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Duplicates of Microfilmed Items (II), undated
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Claessens Pamphlets A-E (I), 1930s-1940s, inclusive
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Claessens Pamphlets A-E (II), 1930s-1940s, inclusive
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Series IV: Biographical Clippings and Published Writings
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This series consists of biographical clippings and published writings which were not microfilmed.
Claessens Book Reviews, undated, inclusive
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Claessens Newspapers Articles, Debates, etc., undated, inclusive
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Claessens Articles, undated, inclusive
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BF: Biographical File, 1912, inclusive
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BF: Biographical File, 1915, inclusive
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BF: Biographical File, 1919, inclusive
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BF: Biographical File, 1933, inclusive
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BF: Biographical File, 1940, inclusive
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BF: Biographical File, 1947, inclusive
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