David Fender Papers
Call Number
TAM.104
Date
1952-1974, inclusive
Creator
Fender, David (Role: Donor)
Fender, David
Extent
3 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English
Abstract
U.S. Trotskyist David Fender was active in the Socialist Workers Party and a number of its political factions and offshootsFender was also secretary to Peng Shu-tse and Chen Pi-len in Paris in the 1960s. Peng was one of the founders of the Chinese Communist Party and the leader of the Trotskyist movement in China from the 1920s until the early 1950s when he and his wife, Chen Pi-len, were forced to flee the country. The collection contains Fender's correspondence with numerous Trotskyists and other leftists, including correspondence and interviews with exiled Chinese Trotskyist leaders Peng Shu-tse and Chen Pi-len. There are also manuscripts and articles, internal discussion materials from the Fourth International, internal documents and printed ephemera from various Trotskyist organizations, and audiotapes of meetings and other events of various U.S. Trotskyist organizations, including a talk by James P. Cannon.
Historical/Biographical Note
U.S. Trotskyist David Fender was active in the Socialist Workers Party and a number of its political factions and offshoots; mainly the Communist Tendency, the Leninist Faction (later known as the Class Struggle League), the Vanguard Newsletter and the Spartacist League. Fender was also secretary to Peng Shu-tse and Chen Pi-len in Paris in the 1960s. Peng was one of the founders of the Chinese Communist Party and the leader of the Trotskyist movement in China from the 1920s until the early 1950s when he and his wife, Chen Pi-len, also an active Trotskyist, were forced to flee the country with many of their followers after Mao Zedong's attack on the Chinese Trotskyists.
Arrangement
Organized into five series: I, Correspondence; II, Manuscipts and Articles; III, Fourth International; IV, Trotskyist Organizations; V. Audiotapes.
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains Fender's correspondence with numerous Trotskyists and other leftists, including correspondence and interviews with exiled Chinese Trotskyist leaders Peng Shu-tse and Chen Pi-len. There are also manuscripts and articles, internal discussion materials from the Fourth International [serials to be removed and placed in the Library's serial collection], internal documents and printed ephemera from various Trotskyist organizations, and audiotapes of meetings and other events of various U.S. Trotskyist organizations, including a talk by James P. Cannon [separated to the Library's Oral History collection].
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Subjects
Organizations
People
Donors
Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
The Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Archives 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 1952-1974, are expected to enter the public domain in 2095.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by David Fender, 1978. The accession number associated with this gift is 1977.002.
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Repository
Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
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Correspondence, 1959-1974, inclusive
Box: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Charles Adams, 1969, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Alan, 1972, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Mick Barry, 1970, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
John Barzman, 1972, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Terry W. Bell, 1971, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Nick Benjamin
Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Jim Bingham, 1972, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
David Buckholder, 1972, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
John Connolly, 1970s, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
James P. Cannon, 1959-1960, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Clive, 1975, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
M.C. Cook, 1973-1974, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
David Cunningham, 1972-1973, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Daisy, 1970, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
G. de Leon
Box: 1, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Marie Fraince de Deumat
Box: 1, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Ed di Tullio, 1971, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Ed di Tullio, 1972-1973, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Hal Draper, 1971, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Fred Ferguson, 1971-1972, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Kevin Fitzpatrick, 1972, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Flour Gilbert, July 23, 1969, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Earl Gilman, 1971-1973, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Barbara Gregorich, 1968-1973, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Neal Grover, 1971, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Joe and Reba Hansen, 1965-1971, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Jim Hays, 1972, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Sam Hunt, 1972, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Jan, 1967, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Fred Joffe
Box: 1, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Michael Kappes, 1968-1970, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Malcolm Kaufman, 1972, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
John Keeley, 1970-1971, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chris [Kinder?], 1971, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Gerard Lebrun, 1968, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Ralph Levitt, 1965-1969, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Peter Manti, 1972, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bill Moore, 1973, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Elliot Moore, 1969-1971, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
David Morgan, 1972-1973, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 39a (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
George Novack, 1967-1968, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Laurens Otter
Box: 1, Folder: 41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Peter Peterson, 1970, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Henry Platsky, 1972, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 43 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bill Ramseyer
Box: 1, Folder: 44 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Al Richardson, 1969-1972, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 45 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Harold Robins, 1971, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 46 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
James Robertson, 1972, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 47 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Franklin Rosemont, 1972, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 48 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Simone
Box: 1, Folder: 49 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Socialist Workers Party, 1965-1971, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 50 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Ronnie Somerlott and Ted Campbell, 1972, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 51 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Kathleen L.B. Steward, 1972, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 52 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Judy Stuart, 1972-1973, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 53 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Peter, 1969-1972, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 54 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Ernest Tate, 1966, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 55 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Thorsten Thalstein, 1972-1973, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 56 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
David Thorstad, 1967, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 57 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Time/Life 1968, 1968, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 58 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
M. Torigian, 1971-1972, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 59 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Mike Torney, 1967, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 60 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Harry Turner, 1968-1971, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 61 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Harry Turner, 1972-1973, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 62 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Keith and Valerie Veness, 1968-1974, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 63 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Albert Weisbord, 1972, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 64 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Peng Shu-tse and Chen Pi-len, 1952-1969, inclusive
Box: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Material by and about Peng and Chen, 1952-1969, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 65 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence of Chen and Peng with D.F., 1966-1969, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 66 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview with Chen-August 12, 1966 and February 10, 1967, August 12, 1966 and February 10, 1967, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 67 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence with Yamanishe and Nakajama, 1960-1968, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 68 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview with Peng by D.F., 1967, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 69 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Peng's report on trip to Japan, November 5, 1968, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 70 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence and statements by Peng, 1950 and 1960, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 71 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Manuscripts and Articles, 1936-1972, inclusive
Box: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bishop, Hillman M., "The American League Against War and Fascism 1936", 1936, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chuo, Chien, "New Development of the 'Cultural Revolution'"
Box: 2, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Cunningham, David, "On Political Differences-an Elementary Clarification on What Politics Means"
Box: 2, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Dicken, N. "Genesis of Pabloism and Exodus from Pseudo-Trotskyist Fraud"
Box: 2, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Farien, Antonio, "Mao's Purge and the Working Class", April 20, 1967, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Fender, David, manuscripts and notes
Box: 2, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Gilman, Earl, "Open Letter to the P.O.R.", January 1972, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Declaration of the I.S. of the Fourth International on the First Cosmic Flight, April 12, 1961, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Hardie, K., "The Labour Party and Our Tactics in Britain", 1970s, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Hays, Jim, "The International Committee and Left Pabloism" ; "Centrism or Permanent Revolution"
Box: 2, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Jones, David, position papers on the I.S.
Box: 2, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Platsky, Henry, "Countermotion on Current Organizational Matters and the Fusion with C.S.L."
Box: 2, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Proletarian Military Policy
Box: 2, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Saling, Rick, "The Trouble with Liz...", February 17, 1969, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Turner, Harry, "Memo on 'Maosim Run Amok'"; "Amendments to 'Marxism vs S.W.P.'"
Box: 2, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Fourth International-Internal Discussion, 1940-1969, inclusive
Box: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
F.I.-Conference of I.K.D., R.C.L. and S.L. in London, November 23-November 24 1940, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Internal Discussion within F.I., 1940s-1960s, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Internal Discussion within F.I., 1952-1969, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Internal Discussion within F.I., 1954-1967, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Internal Discussion within F.I., 1964-1965, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Internal Discussion within F.I., 1967-1967, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Documents on Reunification, 1965-1969, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
F.I.-Internal Discussion on Japan, 1959-1961, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Internal Debate in French Section of F.I., 1969, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Organizations, 1947-1979, inclusive
Box: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Black Workers Congress
Box: 3, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chicago Surrealist Group, 1970s, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Class Struggle League, 1972-1973, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Committee for a Rank and File Caucus, 1972, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Communications Workers of America, 1972, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Communist Tendency-agendas and minutes, 1971, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Communist Tendency, 1971, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Freedon Socialist Party, 1971, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
International Marxist Group, Britain, 1969, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
International Socialists, August 1972, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Jeunesse Communiste Revolutionnaire (J.C.R., F.I. youth section P.C.I.), 1960s, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
J.C.R. and P.C.I leaflets and statements re: uprising, May 1968, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Leninist Faction, 1972, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Ligue Communiste (until 1968 called Partido Communiste Internationaliste), 1960s-1970s, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
National Caucus of Labor Committees
Box: 3, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New York Revolutionary Committee (NYRC), 1972, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Organizaing Committee for Workers' Councils (OCWC), 1972, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Proletarian Party, United States of America, 1972, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rank and File Trade Union Caucus, 1970s, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolutionary Communist Party of Britain, 1947-1949, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revolutionary Workers Group, 1973, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Socialist Chartist (Britain), 1971-1973, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Socialist Forum, 1972, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Socialist Labor League of Britain, June 1960, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Socialist Reconstruction, 1971, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Socialist Workers Party-convention material, 1971, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Socialist Workers Party-national office, 1969-1971, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New York Spartacist Committee-minutes, November 1964-January 1967, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Spartacist League-Political Bureau Minutes, 1970-1972, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Spartacist League, 1971-1972, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Spartacus (Germany), 1969-1973, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Vanguard Newsletter correspondence and statements, 1972-1973, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Vanguard Newsletter-Bay Area minutes, December 21, 1972 and January 2, 1973, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Vanguard Newsletter-New york City minutes, August 1972-February 1973, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Vanguard Newsletter mailing labels
Box: 3, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Young Socialist Alliance, 1966-1972, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Documents on Israel
Box: 3, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Miscellaneous Political Statements and Leaflets, 1960s-1970s, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Foreign Bulletins, 1962-1969, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
