Series XII: Graphics and Artifacts, 1910s-2000s, inclusive

Extent

27 Linear Feet

Extent

102.8 Megabytes in 158 graphics files

Scope and Contents

This series contains an assortment of photographs, posters, buttons, and artifacts created and collected by the Communist Party of the United States and by Party members. Many of the items in this series commemorate events and document political issues or topics that were of interest to the Party. Buttons and posters document a variety of political and social issues, while photographs and artifacts provide documentation of regional Party activities, specific events, or groups associated with the CPUSA. Materials in this series were collected from a variety of sources and touch on a wide array of topics, some of which may not be directly related to Communist Party activity.

Subseries XII.A: Photographs by Topic, 1910s-2000s, inclusive

Extent

10.25 Linear Feet

Extent

102.8 Megabytes in 158 graphics files

Scope and Contents

Photographs in this series contain images of public demonstrations, affiliated groups, and collected photographs on a wide variety of topics. Photographs of events and demonstrations document Communist Party regional activities, as well as activities of labor groups and other organization on the political left. Photographs in this subseries were both collected, rather than produced, by the CPUSA, and provide a glimpse into the array of topics of interest to the Party. Among these materials are collected prints created by various photographers documenting topics like rural life in Latin America, working-class people in New York City, and labor demonstrations. Other photographs document events in communist nations including the Soviet Union, North Korea, China, and Eastern European Soviet satellite nations. Images documenting CPUSA activities include images of Party leaders, meetings, and various demonstrations.

Processing Information

Photographs in this subseries were originally included as part of the Communist Party, USA Non-Print Collection (TAM 132.003). They had been previously grouped by format with photographs of individuals, which have been placed Subseries IX.A: Individuals, Personal Papers. A small portion of photographs were arranged topically prior to processing in 2017, but the bulk were in loose grouping and have been arranged topically by the archivist.

Africa: Girl's Education: Album, undated, inclusive

Box: 375, album: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Albany: New York Troopers Forcing Hunger Marchers from the Capital, 1931 February

Box: 391, Folder: 69 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Angela Davis Rally, circa 1972, inclusive

Box: 380, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Anti-War Protest, 2003

Box: 367, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Arizona: Communist Party, 1972-1981, inclusive

Box: 367, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Association of Lithuanian Workers, undated

Box: 368, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Australia: Peace Committee: Scrapbook, 1982

Box: 376, album: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Banned Book Day: Reference Center for Marxist Studies, 2002

Box: Electronic Records, object: TW_TAM_132_ER_4 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

Banned Book Day: Reference Center for Marxist Studies (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Besar, Kenneth: Photographs By, undated, inclusive

Box: 380, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Black Radical Congress, circa 2000s, inclusive

Box: 368, Folder: 2-3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Chile: Agrarian Reform, circa 1960s, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 70 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

China: Mao Tse Tung Funeral, 1979

Box: 379, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Class 38 Radio Operators-Mechanics Course, A.A.F.T.S. Scott Field, Ill., 1943-05-16

Box: Shared Tamiment 054, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Cleveland, 1930s, inclusive

Box: 368, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Cleveland: Party Convention, 26th, 1996

Box: 368, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Congress of the Soviet Communist Party, 27th, 1986

Box: 380, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Communist Party: General, undated, circa 1930s-1981, inclusive

Box: 368, Folder: 6-10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Communist Party: Leaders, undated, inclusive

Box: 368, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Communist Party: Leaders, circa 1940s-1970s, inclusive

Box: 370, Folder: 2-3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Communist Party: Meeting: Unidentified, 1919

Box: 379, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Communist Party Congress (Sofia, Bulgaria), 1986

Box: 368, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Democratic People's Republic of Korea, undated

Box: 380, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Demonstration: "Bail for Hunger Strikers", 1948

Box: 368, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Demonstration (Hayward Field, University of Oregon), 1962

Box: Shared Tamiment 148, Flat-File-Folder: TBD (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Demonstrations and Group Photos, 1910s-2000s, inclusive

Box: 370, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Demonstrations: General, 2000s, inclusive

Box: 370, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Emancipation Commission of New York, 1913

Box: 379, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

European Theater Operation Conference/ U.S.S.R. Conference, 1981 June

Box: 368, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Farewell Party for Ray Turchi, Business Agent Local 301, 1941-03-16

Box: Shared Tamiment 054, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

First Constitutional Convention of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1955-12-05

Box: Shared Tamiment 054, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fishman, Samuel: Negatives, undated, inclusive

Box: 381 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fishman, Sam: Photographs By: Communist Party Rally with Benjamin Davis, Eugene Dennis, and Gus Hall, circa 1950s, inclusive

Box: 469, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fishman, Samuel: Photographs By, 1960-1961, inclusive

Box: 379, Folder: 9-11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: 370, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: 380, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fishman, Samuel: Photographs By: Mexico and Caribbean, 1958-1961, inclusive

Box: 379, Folder: 7-8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Free Angela Davis Negatives, circa 1972, inclusive

Box: 368, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Funeral: unidentified, 1967

Box: 368, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

German Democratic Republic: Industrial Workers: Album, circa 1960s, inclusive

Box: 376, album: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Greek Resistance: World War II: Commemorative Reproductions, 1982

Box: 375, album: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

Materials are in Greek.

Instituto Cubano de Amistad con los Pueblos, circa 1970s, inclusive

Box: 368, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

International Organization of Journalists, (10J) Washington, DC, 1987 April 25

Box: 368, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Italy: Communist Party and Allies, 1955

Box: 368, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jewish Labor Demonstration, 1902

Box: 391, Folder: 71 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Labor Caucus, circa 1970s, inclusive

Box: 368, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich, 1903-1969, inclusive

Box: 368, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Lenin, Vladimir Illych: Commemorative Reproductions, undated, inclusive

Box: 375, album: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

Materials are in Russian.

Lenin, Vladimir Illych: Life and Work: Album, undated, inclusive

Box: 375, album: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Mexico: Chiapas, 1994, inclusive

Box: Electronic Records, object: TW_TAM_132_ER_5 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

Mexico: Chiapas (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Mexico: Sisquieros, David Alfaro: Portrait, undated, inclusive

Box: 370, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Mooney, Mother: Farwell Banquet (Irving Plaza, New York, NY), 1932 March 6

Box: 380, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

National Caucus of Labor Committees: Photographs, circa 1960s-1970s, inclusive

Box: 368, Folder: 22-25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

National Conventions: 22nd, 1979

Box: 368, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

National Conventions: 26th Bridgestone Rally (March 1-3), 1996

Box: 368, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York City: Demonstrations and Daily Life, 1950s, inclusive

Box: 370, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York City: Scenery and Individuals, 2000s, inclusive

Box: 370, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Portuguese Communist Party

Box: 489 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

Portuguese.

Rosenbergs, undated

Box: 368, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sacco and Vanzetti Protests, 1927

Box: 370, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scrapbook: "Travels" (Poland, U.S.S.R., Japan, Barbados, Sevilla, Spain), 1966

Box: 368, Folder: 29-30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scrapbook: "Travels", 1966

Box: 368, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Second String Communist Party Leaders Indicted under the Smith Act:, 1951 June

Box: 469, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Spanish Civil War: Spanish Newspaper Articles (Negatives), circa 1936-1939

Box: 368, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Spanish Refugee Relief: Album, 1937

Box: 375, album: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Steel Workers' Demonstration (Washington, DC), 2002

Box: Electronic Records, object: TW_TAM_132_ER_6 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

Steel Workers' Demonstration (Washington, DC) (Material Type: Electronic Record)

Sullivanians, undated

Box: 368, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Unity of Labor and the People Conference: Photo Collage, 2001

Box: Shared Tamiment 149, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

US Base around U.S.S.R.: Map: Negatives, 1980

Box: 368, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

US vs. Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley, et. al.: Alexander Trachtenberg Materials: Negatives, undated

Box: 368, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Velez, Tony: Photographs By, 1979

Box: 370, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"War Criminal": unidentified: Lithuanian, undated

Box: 368, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

World Festival of Youth Students, 13th (Democratic People's Republic of Korea): Rim Su Gyong, 1989

Box: 380, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

World Trade Organization Demonstrations, 2002

Box: Electronic Records, object: TW_TAM_132_ER_7 (Material Type: electronic records)

Digital materials

World Trade Organization Demonstrations (Material Type: Electronic Record)

World War II: General, circa 1940-1945, inclusive

Box: 368, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

World Youth Festivals, 1985-1989, inclusive

Box: 368, Folder: 37-38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Young Communist League, 1920s, 1990s, inclusive

Box: 368, Folder: 39-40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Young Workers Liberation League, 1972, 1976, inclusive

Box: 368, Folder: 41-42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Youth, 1970s, inclusive

Box: 369, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries XII.B: Posters, 1898-2006, inclusive

Extent

7.5 Linear Feet in 19 flat file folders, 1 oversize box, and 10 oversize folders in a shared box.

Scope and Contents

This subseries consists of over 300 posters dating from the 1930s to the present, with the bulk dating from the 1970s to the present. The subseries documents a diverse array of topics of interest to the international Communist movement, including domestic and international political issues, Communist history, labor organizing, and solidarity movements. There are a significant number of posters produced by the CPUSA, the Communist Party of Portugal, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the French Communist Party and the General Confederation of Labour (CGT), as well as posters created by a range of organizations and individuals. There are a significant number of posters produced for the annual World Youth and Students Festival. The posters in this subseries include a diverse array of graphic styles and production techniques. These posters place the CPUSA within the context of worldwide Communist organizing, and are particularly strong on international political issues.

Arrangement

The subseries is arranged alphabetically by topic or region, with sub-topics when appropriate. Folder-level description includes a scope and contents note describing additional topics, people, places featured in the posters. This information is derived from the images and text from the posters in each folder. Date ranges are approximate, and are based on information from the posters in each folder.

Processing Information

The Communist Party of the United States Poster and Graphics Collection (GRAPHICS.024) was added the the Communist Party Records as subseries XII.B: Posters in 2017. Posters in this series have not been rearranged and follow the previous arrangement of GRAPHICS.024.

Africa: General, 1970s, 1996, inclusive

Box: 386, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Flat-File-Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Additional topics include Algeria, Angola, anti-imperialism, Ethiopia, German Democratic Republic (GDR) / East Germany, independence movements, Liberia, Libya, solidarity, sports, Sudan, Venceremos Brigade, youth, Zimbabwe

Angela Davis, 1970s, inclusive

Box: Shared Tamiment MSOS007, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Flat-File-Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Additional topics include elections, freedom, German Democratic Republic (GDR) / East Germany, India, political prisoners, Puerto Rico, Young Workers Liberation League (YWLL)

Anti-Imperialism, 1970s, inclusive

Flat-File-Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Additional topics include German Democratic Republic (GDR) / East Germany, International Union of Students, United States of America, youth

Apartheid (South Africa), 1970s-1980s, inclusive

Box: Shared Tamiment MSOS007, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Flat-File-Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Additional topics include African National Congress (ANC), James Mange, political prisoners, Soloman Mahlangu, South Africa, youth

Black American National Anthem, undated

roll-storage: OS Roll 1, Item: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Black Liberation, 1960s-1990s, inclusive

Box: 386, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Additional topics include the Black Radical Congress, Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA), Malcolm X, Plainfield, NJ (USA), Young Workers Liberation League (YWLL), W.E.B. Du Bois

Chile, 1970s, inclusive

Box: Shared Tamiment MSOS007, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: 386, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Flat-File-Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Additional topics include anti-imperialism, Carlos Lorca, fascism, Hortensia Allende, Jose Weibel, political prisoners, solidarity, Victor Jara

Communist Party of Portugal, 1970s, 1999, inclusive

Box: Shared Tamiment MSOS007, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Flat-File-Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Additional topics include democracy, elections, German Democratic Republic (GDR) / East Germany, unionization, Russian Revolution

Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA): Daily Worker and Daily World, 1970s-1980s, inclusive

Flat-File-Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Flat-File-Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Additional topics include Daily Worker, Daily World, calendar

Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA): Electoral, 1960s-1980s, inclusive

Box: Shared Tamiment MSOS007, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: 386, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Flat-File-Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Flat-File-Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Additional topics include Angela Davis, Anthony Monteiro, Charlene Mitchell, Gus Hall, Herbert Aptheker, Jarvis Tyner, Jesus Colon, Judith Le Blanc, Maria Ramos, Mike Zagarell, Minimum Wage, "People Before Profits", Rasheed Storey, Ronald Reagan, William Scott, Young Communist League (YCL)

Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA): General, 1970s-2004, inclusive

Box: 386, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared Tamiment MSOS007, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Flat-File-Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Additional topics include Angela Davis, Gus Hall, Harvey Matusow, Henry Winston, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, Nelson Rockefeller, Paul Robeson, W.E.B. Du Bois, Young Communist League (YCL), Young Workers Liberation League (YWLL), youth

Cuba, 1980s, 2004, inclusive

Flat-File-Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: 386, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Additional topics include Che Guevara, Cuban Five, education, embargo, Jose Marti, solidarity, women, youth

Cultural Work, 1932, 1970s-1980s, inclusive

Flat-File-Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared Tamiment MSOS007, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: 386, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Additional topics include Bertolt Brecht, Bread is Rising Poetry Collective, Daniel Viglietti, Duke Elllington, German Democratic Republic (GDR) / East Germany, Gisela May, Harlem Globetrotters, Honore Daumier, Hugo Gellert, Kulturpalast, Dresden (GDR), Willie Nelson

Disarmament, 1970s-1990s, inclusive

Flat-File-Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: 386, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Additional topics include the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA), Europe, Hiroshima, National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, peace, Tokyo (Japan), Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), Women for Racial and Economic Equality, World Federation of Democratic Youth

Economics, 1970s-1990s, inclusive

Flat-File-Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Additional topics include elections, French Communist Party, United States of America, World Trade Organization (WTO)

Europe: General, 1970s-1990s, inclusive

Flat-File-Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Flat-File-Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Additional topics include communist parties, Denmark, France, Norway

Farms and Farmers, 1970s-1990s, inclusive

Flat-File-Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: 386, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Additional topics include agricultural reform, Cesar Chavez, Communist Party of Portugal, cooperative development

German Democratic Republic (GDR) / East Germany, 1970s, inclusive

Box: 386, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Flat-File-Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Additional topics include Angola, fascism, party conferences, Russian Revolution, Socialist Unity Party of German, solidarity, working class

Labor: General, 1970s-1990s, inclusive

Box: 386, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Flat-File-Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Additional topics include 3M, American Federation of Labor (AFL), immigration, International Labor Organization (ILO), International Transport Workers Federation, International Workers Order, Ralph Fasanella, solidarity, Spain, Sweden, United Auto Workers (UAW), United Steelworkers of America, workplaces

Labor: General Confederation of Labor (CGT), 1970s-1990s, inclusive

Box: 386, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Flat-File-Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Additional topics include El Salvador, environment, labor organizing, solidarity, worker rights

Labor: May Day, 1970s-1980s, inclusive

Box: 386, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Flat-File-Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Additional topics include Center for a United Labor and People, Haymarket affair, Lucy Parsons Film Collective, Union Square, New York City (USA)

Middle East: General, circa 1988

Box: Shared Tamiment MSOS007, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Flat-File-Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Additional topics include Lebanon, Palestine

North America: General, 1970s-1990s, inclusive

Box: 386, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Additional topics include Canada, communist parties, elections, Emiliano Zapata, Grenada, imperialism, Mexico, Panama, political prisoners, trade

Occupational Safety, 1976

Box: Shared Tamiment MSOS007, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Flat-File-Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Additional topics include agriculture, explosives, protective gear, Romania, Sweden

Peace, 1970s-2000s, inclusive

Box: 386, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Flat-File-Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Additional topics include Czechoslovakia, Daily World, George W. Bush, German Democratic Republic (GDR) / East Germany, People's Coalition for Peace and Justice, Republican National Convention (RNC), torture, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), United for Peace and Justice, Washington, D.C. (USA), World Federation of Democratic Youth, World Magazine, Young Communist League (YCL), youth

Portraits, 1970s, inclusive

Box: 386, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Flat-File-Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Reds: Movie Poster, circa 1980s, inclusive

roll-storage: OS Roll 1, Item: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

South America: General, 1980s-2000s, inclusive

Box: 386, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Flat-File-Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Additional topics include Argentina, Bolivarian Revolution, Bolivia, Hugo Chavez, Uruguay, Venezuela

Spain, 1976, 1984, inclusive

Box: 386, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Flat-File-Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Flat-File-Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Additional topics include political prisoners, Spanish Civil War, U.S. Committee for a Democratic Spain, Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade (VALB)

Spain: Spanish Civil War, circa 1936-1939, inclusive

Flat-File-Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

This poster is very fragile, and should only be handled with assistance of library staff.

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), 1917, 1959-1979, inclusive

Flat-File-Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Flat-File-Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: 386, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Additional topics include England, fascism, health care, maps, Moscow Olympics (1980), public ownership, Russian Revolution, urban life, Vladimir Lenin, World War II

United States of America, 1970s-1990s, inclusive

Box: 386, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: Shared Tamiment MSOS007, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Flat-File-Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Additional topics include Democratic National Convention (DNC), elections, housing, Karl Yoneda, March on Washington, peace, Pete Wilson, the Red Scare, Republican National Convention (RNC), Socialist Workers, Working Families Party, Wounded Knee, Yippie House

Vietnam, 1960s-1970s, inclusive

Box: 386, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Flat-File-Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Additional topics include "A Day of Intellectuals for Vietnam", anti-war, draft, genocide, Organization of Solidarity of the People of Asia, Africa and Latin America (OSPAAAL), solidarity, W.E.B. Du Bois Clubs, youth

Women, 1980s, inclusive

Box: 386, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Flat-File-Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Additional topics include Clara Zetkin, Cuba, International Women's Day, labor, Spain, Young Communist League (YCL)

World Youth and Students Festival, 1970s-2000, inclusive

Flat-File-Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: 386, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Additional topics include Cuba, Democratic People's Republic of Korea / North Korea, German Democratic Republic (GDR) / East Germany, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

Youth, 1980s-1990s, inclusive

Flat-File-Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Additional topics include Cyprus, education, German Democratic Republic (GDR) / East Germany (East Germany), Vladimir Lenin, Portugal, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), World Federation of Democratic Youth

Subseries XII.C: Buttons, 1920s-2000s, inclusive

Extent

3 Linear Feet

Scope and Contents

This subseries consists of hundreds of buttons and political badges dating from the 1910s to 1990s. Buttons were both collected and created by the CPUSA and document a wide array of political topics and election campaigns. A large portion of the buttons relate to election campaigns, and feature CPUSA candidates at the state and national level as well as buttons in support of candidates not affiliated with the Communist Party. Political badges feature small pins dating from the 1920s and 1940s, which touch on topics such as participation in May Day demonstrations, political causes, labor affiliation, and Party support. They also include pins in support of early CPUSA political candidates. Other buttons document a broad range of political topics from the 1950s to early 2000s, including anti-capitalism, environmentalism, peace, civil rights, women's rights, and campaigns against political leaders in the United States.

Arrangement

Buttons in this subseries are arranged into groupings by general topic, with sub-topics where necessary. Because some topics overlap, buttons contained in topical groupings may also relate to other topics contained in this subseries.

Processing Information

Buttons in this subseries were processed in 2017. At the time of processing, buttons were loose in boxes with no clear arrangement. Buttons have been arranged roughly by topic and attached foam boards. A small set of political badges and May Day pins were grouped together prior to processing and have been maintained in their original groupings.

Africa, circa 1980s, inclusive

Box: 382, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

American-Soviet Friendship, undated, inclusive

Box: 382, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Anti-Capitalism, circa 1980s-2000s, inclusive

Box: 382, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Australia: May Day and Peace, 1956-1987, inclusive

Box: 384, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Children's Rights, 1990s, inclusive

Box: 384, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Civil Rights, 1937, 1960s-1980s, inclusive

Box: 382, Folder: 3-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Communist Party: General, 1943-2001, inclusive

Box: 382, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Economic Equality, 1962-1999, inclusive

Box: 382, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Environmentalism, undated, inclusive

Box: 382, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Elections: State and Local, 1968-1991, inclusive

Box: 382, Folder: 6-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Elections: State and Local: CPUSA Candidates, circa 1970s-1990s, inclusive

Box: 382, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: 391, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Elections: US Presidential, 1948-2008, inclusive

Box: 382, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Elections: US Presidential: CPUSA Candidates, 1972-1984, inclusive

Box: 382, Folder: 7-8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Free Angela Davis, 1970-1972, inclusive

Box: 382, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Housing, 1980s, inclusive

Box: 382, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

International Affairs, circa 1940s-1987, inclusive

Box: 383, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jobs, 1976-1998, inclusive

Box: 383, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Labor, 1938-1998, inclusive

Box: 383, Folder: 2-3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: 391, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Latin America, circa 1970s-1990s, inclusive

Box: 383, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

May Day, 1930s, 1973-1989, inclusive

Box: 383, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Nuclear, 1965-1988, inclusive

Box: 383, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Peace, 1960s-1980s, inclusive

Box: 383, Folder: 7-9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Political Badges, circa 1920s-1940s, inclusive

Box: 383, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: 384, Folder: 3-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Politics: Bush, George W. and George H.W., circa 1990s, 2000s, inclusive

Box: 384, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Politics: General, circa 1950s-1990s, inclusive

Box: 384, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Politics: New York City, 1980s-1990s, inclusive

Box: 383, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Politics: Nixon, Richard, 1970s, inclusive

Box: 384, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Politics: Reagan, Ronald, 1983-1986, inclusive

Box: 384, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Senior Citizens, undated, inclusive

Box: 384, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Socialism, 1985-1990, inclusive

Box: 383, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Soviet Union, circa 1970s-1980s, inclusive

Box: 384, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: 391, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Spanish Civil War, circa 1936-1940, inclusive

Box: 384, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Vietnam, 1965-1972, inclusive

Box: 384, Folder: 6-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Women's Rights, 1970s, inclusive

Box: 383, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Youth, 1960s-1990s, inclusive

Box: 384, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Unidentified Campaigns, undated, inclusive

Box: 384, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: 391, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries XII.D: Artifacts and Memorabilia, 1924-2009, inclusive

Extent

6.75 Linear Feet

Scope and Contents

This subseries is comprised of an assortment of collected items relating to party events, individual members, or affiliated groups. It includes a wide array of materials such as banners, flags, t-shirts, political stickers, postage stamps, ink stamps, stationery, flyers, badges, and ribbons. Memorabilia related to youth activities are prominently featured among these materials and include textile banners, pennants, arm bands, hats, and badges. They also include poster boards filled with images documenting youth participation in the CPUSA from the 1930s to 1990s. Many items relate specifically to the Young Communist League (YCL) and Young Workers Liberation League (YWLL), but other items are more generally document youth activism in the party. Several items relate to Communist Party publications including memorabilia from the Daily World, and metal plates of text and images used in Communist Party publications between the 1940s and 1950s.

Arrangement

Collected artifacts in this subseries are arranged alphabetically by item name or topic.

Central Unica de Trabajadores: Pennants (Chile), circa 1950s-1970s, inclusive

Box: 393, Item: 4-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Collected Memorabilia: 2018 Accretion, 1984-2004, inclusive

Box: 478, Folder: 3-4, 7-8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Communist Party Events: Ticket Stubs, 1940-1943, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 72 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Communist Party USA: Calendar, 1995

Box: 369, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Cuba Si, Yanqui No!": Badge, undated, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Culinary, Bartenders, Op. Engineers, Carpenters, Teamsters "Frontier Victory": Flags, 1998, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Daily World: Messenger Bag, undated, 2009

Box: 395, Item: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: 391, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Daily World Calendar, 1976, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Daily World Publishing Co.: Stock Certificate, 1924, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Defeat the Mundt Bill": Flyers, circa 1950, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Defendants Exhibit, 1949, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Democratic Popular Front of Palestine: Plaque, undated, inclusive

Box: 394, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Dimitrov, Georgi: Photographic Reproductions of Life and Career, undated

Box: 484, Folder: 2-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Donation to the Communist Party, Mexico, 1972 October 17, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Education Not Incarceration Fight the Police State" Black Radical Congress, Building A Liberation Agenda For the 21st Century, circa 2000

roll-storage: OS Roll 2, Item: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Engles, Frederich: Mounted Portrait, undated

Box: 392, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Free German Youth (FDJ): Pennant, undated, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Free Lori Berensen": Information Card, 2000, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"From the Library of Art Shields": Flyers, undated, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Gellert, Hugo: Commemorative Prints, undated, inclusive

Box: 390, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

German Democratic Republic Badge, undated, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Gold, Mike: "Change the World, So Long for a While": Liner Type, undated

Box: 396, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Gorky, Maxim: Woodcut Print by Liston M. Oak, undated

Box: 369, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Guthrie, Woody: Drawing: "Punchin' the Clock", undated, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hall/Davis: Campaign Ink Stamp, 1984

Box: 396, Item: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hammer and Sickle: Hankerchief, undated, inclusive

Box: 393, Item: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Harlem/Washington Heights Club: Banner, undated, inclusive

roll-storage: OS Roll 2, Item: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hat: Vets for Peace in Vietnam, circa 1960s-1970s, inclusive

Box: 398, Item: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hat: Young Communist League, undated

Box: 398, Item: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

History of Communism Exhibit, undated

Box: 472, Folder: 1-9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Ho Chi Minh: Drawing by David Gordon, undated, inclusive

Box: 390, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

International Publishers: Bookmark, 1965, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

International Publishers: Keychain, undated, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Labor Cartoons: Ink Stamps, undated

Box: 396, Item: 2-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Lenin, V.I. Reading Pravda: Reproduction of Drawing, undated

Box: 369, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Magnets: Communist Party, USA, undated, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Magnets: Unions, undated, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Map of French Reigons, undated

Flat-File-Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Mexico: Labor Prints: Various Artists, undated, inclusive

Box: 390, Folder: 3-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Militant: Facsimile of First Edition (Originally Published 1928), 1968

Box: 390, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Model Caboose, circa 1942, inclusive

Box: 290, Item: 1 (Material Type: Realia)

Scope and Content Note

The model train car contains the handpainted writing: "TO MOTHER BLOOR, HAPPY 80TH BIRTHDAY, GROUP OF STEEL WORKERS of Philadelphia." One end is stencilled or stamped: "New York Central Lines."

Mother Bloor: Cooper Plate, undated, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

National Convention, 22nd: Delegate Badge, 1979, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

National Convention, 23rd: Ribbons and Badges, 1983, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

National Convention, 24th: Pen, 1987, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

National Nominating Convention (Madison Square Garden, New York, NY): Ticket, 1940

Box: 391, Folder: 73 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

National Worker's School: Concert at Irving Plaza: Ticket, 1928, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New Jersey: State Nominating Convention: Delegate Badge, 1928, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"No Easy Walk to Freedom" Anti-Apartheid: T-Shirt, 1990

Box: 395, Item: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Olympic Bear Mascot: Wooden Cutout, 1980

Box: 397, Item: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Original Drawings and Artwork, 1980s, inclusive

Box: 390, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes original artwork created by Communist Party members, as well as a drawing of Gus Hall by the artist Hugo Gellert.

People's Weekly World: Stationery, undated, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

People's Weekly World and Daily World: Stationery, undated, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Picket Signs: Rebel Arts, undated

Flat-File-Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Political Affairs plaque, 1983

Box: 394, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Printing Plates, 1945-1954, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 54-56 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Printing Plates: "Amnesty", undated, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 57 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Printing Plates: Daily Worker History, 1945, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 58 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Printing Plate: Film "None Shall Escape", circa 1944, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 59 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Printing Plate: Film "Thunder Rock", 1945, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 60 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Printing Plates: Haymarket Affair, circa 1940s, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 61 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Printing Plates: Keller Letter, 1955 August 8, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 62 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Printing Plates: Soviet Union - World War II - Nazi Atrocities, undated, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 63 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Profiles of Lenin, Marx, and Engles: Iron Plate, undated

Box: 397, Item: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Ribbons: CPUSA General, 1938-1942, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Ribbons: Delegate, 1928, 1940, undated, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Salute to the Central Committee of the Young Communist League: Plaque, 1986 June 27

Box: 392, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Salute to the New York State Young Workers League: Plaque, 1975 June 23

Box: 392, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sign: People's School for Marxist Studies, undated, inclusive

Flat-File-Folder: 9, drawer: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Soviet Currency, 1960s-1980s

Box: 396, Item: 6-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Soviet Medal Sign: "Disinfected", undated, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Soviet Union: Flag, undated

Box: 395, Item: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Soviet Union and Socialism: Pennants and Banners, circa 1960-1980s, inclusive

Box: 393, Item: 7-27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: 395, Item: 4-10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Spain: Civil War Gum Card and Scarf, 1930s, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Box: 393, Item: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stamps, circa 1950s, undated, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 40-41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stamp: Communist Party, NY, undated, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stamps: Cuba, 1972

Box: 391, Folder: 74 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stamps: Daily Worker, undated

Box: 391, Folder: 75 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stamps: Free Gene Dennis, 1950s, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 43 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stamps: Soviet Union, 1971, undated, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 44-45, 76 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sticker: Hall/Tyner Election Campaign, 1976

Box: 391, Folder: 77 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sticker: People's Daily World, undated

Box: 391, Folder: 78 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sticker: Young Worker's Liberation League, 1977

Box: 391, Folder: 79 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stickers and Badges, circa 1980s-1990s, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 46 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stickers, circa 1970s-1990s, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 47-49 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stickers: Anti-Bush, 2000s, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 50 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Stop Murder - Black Lung": Arm Band, 1969 March, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 51 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Unidentified: Mounted Portrait, undated

Box: 392, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Unidentified Meeting: Drawing: Features Philip Agee, undated

Flat-File-Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Unidentified Portrait: Stamp, undated

Box: 396, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

United Farm Workers: Boycott Lettuce: Flag, undated, inclusive

Box: 393, Item: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

United Steel Workers: Press Badge, 1992, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 52 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Unity: 25th Anniversary National Convention: Banner, 1991

roll-storage: OS Roll 2, Item: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Webb, Sam: Communist Party of the Russian Federation: Guest Badge, 1995, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Winston, Henry: Commemorative Softball, 1981

Box: 396, Item: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Women USA: A Calendar for Peace, 1953

Box: 391, Folder: 80 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

World Summit for Children: T-Shirt, 1990

Box: 395, Item: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Young Communist League: Arm Bands, undated, inclusive

Box: 393, Item: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Young Communist League: Badge, undated, inclusive

Box: 391, Folder: 53 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Youth: Young Communist League (YCL) and Young Workers Liberation League (YWLL) Demonstrations: Poster Boards, 1930s-1990s, inclusive

Box: 390, Folder: 6-9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Youth Organizations: Banners, undated

Box: 395, Item: 11-12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)