Series VI: Smith Act Defense, 1951-1955, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Trial documents, clippings, broadsides, fundraising and publicity materials, and other papers from the Smith Act Defense organizations started by Flynn and taken over by her sister Kathy while Elizabeth was in prison.
Smith Act--comments on arrests
Reel 10, 1948-1949, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Financial Report at Communist Committee to Defend the 12
Reel 10, 1949
Box: 4, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Notes of Garden speech, 9/19/50
Reel 10, 1950
Box: 4, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
MS--Political Significance of Defense Work. Memo to all Districts from Defense Committee. Fall 1950
Reel 10, 1950
Box: 4, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Short bio of Euge Dennis, Chairman CPUSA
Reel 10, 1904-1961, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
EGF speech at 1950 convention of CPUSA
Reel 10, 1950
Box: 4, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
MS on CP early history, mostly 1920's
Reel 10, [1950], undated
Box: 4, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook--publicity, birthday cards
Reel 10, 1950-1951, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook materials, publicity
Reel 10, 1951
Box: 4, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Personal correspondence, birthday greetings from W.Z. Foster
Reel 10, 1951
Box: 4, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook materials
Reel 10, 1950-1951
Box: 4, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
From folder marked "CP Hist"
Reel 10, 1940-1959
Box: 4, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Smith Act--correspondence, Jacques Duclos
Reel 10, 1952
Box: 4, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Daily Worker
Reel 10, 1947-1952
Box: 4, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
CP History--"Some Remarks on Role of the Review Commission"
Reel 10, undated
Box: 4, Folder: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook materials
Reel 10, 1952
Box: 4, Folder: 40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Clippings on EGF 30 day detention
Reel 10, 1952
Box: 4, Folder: 41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Collected material on play "I Was a Spy for the FBI"
Reel 10, 1953
Box: 4, Folder: 42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook material I
Reel 10, 1954
Box: 4, Folder: 43 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook material II
Reel 10, 1954
Box: 4, Folder: 44 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Loose scrapbook materials
Reel 10, 1954
Box: 4, Folder: 45 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Clipping on Flynn, Morning Freiheit (Yiddish)
Reel 10, 1955
Box: 4, Folder: 46 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook, 1955
Reel 11, 1955
Box: 4, Folder: 47 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Mother's Day Tribute, messages and speeches, text for dramatic reading
Reel 11, 1956
Box: 4, Folder: 48 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Pamphlets on women, mother's day, women in CPUSA
Reel 11, 1950-1969
Box: 4, Folder: 49 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Wm Z Foster, CP policy during trials
Reel 11, 1952
Box: 4, Folder: 50 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Clippings used as evidence in Smith Act trial
Reel 11, 1937-1943
Box: 4, Folder: 51 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
EGF in her own defense--speaking itineraries
Reel 11, 1946-1950
Box: 5, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Letters, notes expressing sympathy over Smith Act activities
Reel 11, 1952-1954
Box: 5, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Smith Act--Summary of defense proposal. Changeover after Duclos evidence.
Reel 11, 1952
Box: 5, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Musmanno, Dolsen, Mazzinni Pittsburgh Sedition Case 1951-53
Reel 11, 1951-1953
Box: 5, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
U.S. v Flynn et al. Newspapers, first trial
Reel 11, 1951-1952
Box: 5, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
U.S. v Flynn et al. Newspapers relating to the defense
Reel 11, 1952-1957
Box: 5, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
U.S. v Flynn et al. Newspapers relating to arrests
Reel 11, 1951
Box: 5, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
U.S. v Flynn et al. Newspapers relating to bail issues
Reel 11, 1951
Box: 5, Folder: 8, 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Articles--McCarran/Smith Act violations
Reel 11, 1951
Box: 5, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Smith Act trial
Reel 11, 1951
Box: 5, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Amnesty for Smith Act violators
Reel 11, 1949-1954
Box: 5, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Smith Act trial, clippings
Reel 12, 1952
Box: 5, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
U.S. v Flynn et al. Newspapers relating to second trial
Reel 12, 1952
Box: 5, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Smith Act trial, clippings
Reel 12, 1952
Box: 5, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Smith Act trial, clippings
Reel 12, 1953
Box: 5, Folder: 16-17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
U.S. v Flynn et al. Newspapers relating to second trial
Reel 13, 1952
Box: 5, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
U.S. v Flynn et al. Newspapers relating to second trial
Reel 13, 1952-1954
Box: 5, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
U.S. v Flynn et al. Newspapers relating to appeals
Reel 13, 1954
Box: 5, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Trial transcripts, summation of EGF. 1/6/53
Reel 13, 1953
Box: 5, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Smith Act trial reports #1-#26. April 1952 - Jan 1953
Reel 13, 1952-1953
Box: 5, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Published material, two pamphlets
Reel 13, 1939, 1959
Box: 5, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Matuson Case
Reel 13, 1955
Box: 5, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
James Dolsen, Congo. Philadelphia Tribune
Reel 13, 1960
Box: 5, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Assorted articles--McCarran Act, "Worker" closing, Gates departure
Reel 13, 1951-1962
Box: 5, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
EGF's work file of clippings and pamphlets on Smith Act
Reel 14, 1951-1957
Box: 6, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Deputy Marshall McLaughlin, Smith Act, Clipping from Colliers
Reel 14, 1953
Box: 6, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Smith Act clippings, used as evidence
Reel 14, 1937-1943
Box: 6, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Smith Act trial document affirming District Court verdict
Reel 14, 1954
Box: 6, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Notes for speech on Smith Act
Reel 14, 1952
Box: 6, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Smith Act--notes on defense, some transcripts, Flynn trial sentencing
Reel 14, 1952
Box: 6, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Smith Act--notes on Flynn trial
Reel 14, 1952
Box: 6, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Smith Act--notes on CP history, trial
Reel 14, 1952
Box: 6, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Affidavit of EGF re John Lautner
Reel 14, 1952
Box: 6, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Draft of speech for trial, 4/24/52, marked history of CPU
Reel 14, 1952
Box: 6, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
notes used in Smith Act trial
Reel 14, 1950-1959
Box: 6, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Defense committee, financial transfers, April
Reel 14, 1950
Box: 6, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Smith Act trial charges
Reel 14, 1948-1954
Box: 6, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
U.S. v Flynn--Briefs, appeals, motions
Reel 14, 1954
Box: 6, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
U.S. v Flynn et al. Brief of witnesses
Reel 14, 1951
Box: 6, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
U.S. v Flynn et al. Letters, telegrams
Reel 14, 1951-1952
Box: 6, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
U.S. v Flynn et al. Press release, defense committee publications
Reel 15, 1952
Box: 6, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
U.S. v Flynn et al. Exhibit list
Reel 15, 1952
Box: 6, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
U.S. v Flynn et al. Subject index of Government proof
Reel 15, 1952
Box: 6, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
U.S. v Flynn et al. Proceedings in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Reel 15, 1953-1954
Box: 6, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
U.S. v Flynn et al. Transcript Analysis, parts I and II
Reel 15, 1952
Box: 6, Folder: 21-22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Smith Act indictment in Ohio
Reel 15, 1954
Box: 6, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Benjamin J. Davis, parole application
Reel 16, 1953
Box: 6, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Commonwealth of Australia v Australian Communist Party
Reel 16, 1950
Box: 6, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Smith Act, various documents
Reel 16, 1954
Box: 6, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Flynn's writings on sedition trial
Reel 16, 1949
Box: 6, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Sedition trial--Dolsen, Mazzini, Musmanno
Reel 16, 1950-1953
Box: 6, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
