Meyer London Papers

Call Number

TAM.028

Date

1910-1959, inclusive

Creator

London, Meyer, 1871-1926

Extent

2.5 Linear Feet (6 boxes)

Language of Materials

Materials are in principally in English, with some material in Yiddish.

Abstract

Meyer London (1871-1926) was a Socialist, labor lawyer and the first Socialist ever elected to the United States House of Representatives, representing New York City's Lower East Side (1915-1917, 1919-1921). The papers contain correspondence, speeches, handbills, press clippings, scrapbooks of London's congressional speeches, and photographs, chiefly relating to his political career. There are also materials relating to the Meyer London Memorial Committee, the dedication of the Meyer London public school (P.S. 2) on the Lower East Side of New York, and a personal tribute by Lena Morrow Lewis.

Historical/Biographical Note

Meyer London (1871-1926) was a Socialist, a labor lawyer (a graduate of New York University Law School, and later the counsel for the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union), and as a Socialist Party candidate, was elected to the United States House of Representatives, representing New York City's Lower East Side, serving two terms, 1916-1918 and 1920-1922. As a Congressman, he opposed U.S. entry into World War I, and introduced numerous labor legislation bills. Upon his death, the library of the Rand School of Social Science (1906-1956), a workers' school in New York City, associated with the Socialist Party, named its library the Meyer London Memorial Library, and in in 1959 an elementary school on the Lower East Side was named in his honor (the Meyer London Public School, also known as P.S. 2).

Arrangement

The collection is organized into two series: I, Papers (arranged alphabetically); II, Fragile Originals.

Scope and Contents

The papers contain correspondence, speeches, handbills, press clippings, scrapbooks of London's Congressional speeches and resolutions introduced, and photographs, chiefly relating to his political career. Most of the correspondence to London relates to bills he introduced or positions he took, such as his 1916 call for Federal unemployment insurance. Includes correspondence relating to Socialist Party affairs; speeches concerning World War I neutrality and amnesty and Puerto Rican rights; Records of the Meyer London Memorial Committee, relating to the dedication of the Meyer London public school (P.S. 2) on the Lower East Side of New York; messages of condolence to Mrs. London; and a personal tribute of Lena Morrow Lewis.

Subjects

Organizations

Meyer London Memorial Committee; Meyer London Public School

Genres

Correspondence.; Speeches.

People

London, Meyer, 1871-1926; Lewis, Lena Morrow; London, Meyer, 1871-1926 -- Death and burial

Topics

Legislators -- United States.; Unemployment insurance |z United States.; World War, 1914-1918 -- United States.; Jewish socialists -- United States.; Socialists -- United States.; Socialists -- New York (State) -- New York.

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are open without restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Materials in this collection created by Meyer London are in the public domain. Other materials in this collection are expected to enter the public domain in 2080. The Tamiment Library is not authorized to grant permission to publish or reproduce materials in this collection.

Preferred Citation

Identification of item, date; Meyer London Papers; TAM 028; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transfered from the Rand School Archives in 1963. There is no earlier provenance information. The accession number 1960.003 is associated with this collection.

Collection processed by

Tamiment staff, 2009. Reprocessed in 2010.

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Repository

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American Association for Labor Legislation: Letter to M.L., re: Health Insurance Legislation, Jan 4, 1917, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Citizens' Mass Meeting-Protest Against Closing the Brooklyn Navy Yard, March 10, 1922, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Clippings-English, Italian, 1916-1922, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Clippings: Yiddish, 1916-n.d., inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Clippings: Yiddish, 1957, 1958, 1964, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Cloak and Shirt Makers Union: Letters to Meyer London, 1918, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Congressional Calendar, Oct 27, 1921, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Congressional, 1916, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Congressional Record- Excerpts Including Statements by Meyer London, 1916-1918, 1921, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Congressional, Undated

Box: 1, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence-Congressional, 1915, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence- Congressional, 1917-1918, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence-Congressional, 1921, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence-Congressional, 1922, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence-Family, 1915, 1917, 1921, 1926, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence- General, 1962, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 15A (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

East Side Agitation Committee, Socialist Party: Peace Resolution, 1919, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Election- Affidavits Regarding Voting Day Irregularities on Nov 5, 1912, 1912, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Election-Campaign Materials, 1919, 1920, 1922, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Gompers, Samuel: Letter Inviting M.L. to Meeting at White House on Cost of Living, Jun 9, 1917, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Intercollegiate Socialist Society: City College of N.Y. Chapter: Letter to Meyer London, Jun 25, 1917, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Journal- Meyer London Congressman Elect, 1949, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Justice, Jewish Edition- Yiddish, 1954, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

London, Isabel, M (M.D.): Meyer London: An Appreciation, Undated

Box: 1, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

London, Meyer: Death Clippings, 1926, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

London, Meyer: Letter to S.L.P. Poale Zion of America, Sep 6, 1918, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Meyer London": (Anonymous Biographical ts; 7pp), n.d.

Box: 1, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Meyer London Memorial Committee 10th Anniversary, 1936, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Meyer London Memorial Clippings (in Yiddish): 25th Anniversary, 1951, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Meyer London Memorial Committee Correspondence: Other Documents, 1950-1954, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Meyer London Memorial Committee- 25th Anniversary, 1951, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Meyer London Memorial Library, 1949, n.d., inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Meyer London School (P.S. 2, Manhattan, N.Y.): Campaign For, 1955, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Meyer London School (P.S. 2, Manhattan, N.Y.)-Dedication, 1959, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Meyer London Handwritten Notes on Russian Debt, Visti of Admiral Kolchack to U.S., Jun 27, 1918; Jul 18, 1919, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York Call: Telegrams to Meyer London re: Leon Trotsky's Seizure and Internment by British Authorities, April 1917, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs- Meyer London and Others, 1955, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Reapportionment of Meyer London's Congressional District, Undated

Box: 2, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Socialist Party: officials and Members' Letters to Meyer London( incl. Frank Bohr, Julius Gerber, Seymour Stedman, 1917-1918, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Socialist Committee on Information (Washington D.C.): Resolutions and Meyer London Speech on Child Labor Law, 1918, undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Speech: Labor Day, Sep 2, 1918, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Speech: The National Government and Unemployment, Undated

Box: 2, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Speech: Socialist Party National Congress, May, 1910, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Speech: (Yiddish), Dec 6, 1918, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Speeches and Notes, Undated

Box: 2, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Tariff Bills, 1913, undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Unemployment and Social Insurance, Undated

Box: 2, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Workman's Circle Cemetary Dept. Letter to Meyer London, May 3, 1912, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

United States Congress House of Representatives: Speeches and Resolutions, Undated

Box: 3, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

U.S. Congress House of Representatives: Speeches and Resolutions, Dec, 1915, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

U.S. Congress House of Representatives: Speeches and Resolutions, 1916, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

U.S. Congress House of Representatives (64th-65th Congress) Speeches and Resolutions, 1917, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

U.S. Congress House of Representatives: Speeches and Resolutions, 1918, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

U.S. Congress House of Representatives: Speeches and Resolutions, 1921, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

U.S. Congress House of Representatives (64th Congress, 2nd Session-65th Congress, 2nd Session): Speeches and Resolutions (Scrapbook), 1917-1918, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

U.S. Congress House of Representatives (64th Congress, 2nd Session- 65th Congress, 2nd Session part II): Speeches and Resolutions (Scrapbook), 1917-1918, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

U.S. Congress. House of Representatives (67th Congress, 1st Session) Speeches and Resolutions (Scrapbook), 1921, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

U.S. Congress. House of Representatives (67th Congress, 1st and 2nd Sessions) Speeches and Resolutions (Scrapbook), 1921-1922, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

U.S. Congress. House of Representatives (67th Congress, 3rd and 4th Sessions) Speeches and Resolutions (Scrapbook), 1922-1923, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fragile Originals from Box 1, Folders 1-8, c. 1916-c. 1964

Box: 4, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fragile Originals from Box 1, Folder 8, 1916, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fragile Originals from Box 1, Folder 8, 1916, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fragile Originals from Box 1, Folders 8-12, c. 1915-c. 1921

Box: 4, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fragile Originals from Box 1, Folders 12-14, c. 1917-c. 1922

Box: 4, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fragile Originals from Box 1, Folder 14, 1922, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fragile Originals from Box 1, Folders 14-15, c. 1915-c. 1926

Box: 4, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fragile Originals from Box 1, Folder 15, c. 1915-c. 1926

Box: 4, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fragile Originals from Box 1, Folder 15, c. 1915-c. 1926

Box: 4, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fragile Originals from Box 1, Folder 15, c. 1915-c. 1926

Box: 4, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fragile Originals from Box 1, Folders 15-17, c. 1912-c. 1962

Box: 4, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fragile Originals from Box 1, Folder 17, 1912, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fragile Originals from Box 1, Folders 21-25, c. 1916-c. 1954

Box: 4, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fragile Originals from Box 2, Folders 1-3, c. 1936-c. 1954

Box: 4, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fragile Originals from Box 2, Folders 3-4, c. 1950-c. 1954

Box: 4, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fragile Originals from Box 2, Folder 6, 1955, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fragile Originals from Box 2, Folder 7, 1959, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fragile Originals from Box 2, Folders 7-12, c. 1917-c. 1959

Box: 5, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fragile Originals from Box 2, Folders 12-14, c. 1917-c. 1918

Box: 5, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fragile Originals from Box 2, Folders 15-18, c. 1910-c. 1918

Box: 5, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fragile Originals from Box 2, Folder 18, Undated

Box: 5, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fragile Originals from Box 2, Folders 18-21, 1912-1913, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fragile Originals from Box 3, Folders 1-3, 1915-1916, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fragile Originals from Box 3, Folders 3-4, 1916-1917, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fragile Originals from Box 3, Folders 4-6, c. 1917-c. 1921

Box: 5, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fragile Originals from Box 3, Folder 7, c. 1917-c. 1918

Box: 6, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fragile Originals from Box 3, Folder 8, c. 1917-c. 1918

Box: 6, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fragile Originals from Box 3, Folder 9, 1921, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fragile Originals from Box 3, Folder 11, c. 1922-c. 1923

Box: 6, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)