Series II: Communist Party Writings [Division II: My Writings (Portfolios 16 - 25)]:
Scope and Contents note
"Works written during my years of activity in the Communist Party of the U.S.A., i.e. from November, 1932, through October 10, 1949. Also writings on contemporary social, economic, political and a few other subjects written during the years from October, 1949 until the present."
Works written in Virginia between 1932 and September, 1934, while I was teaching in village high schools and engaging in organizational and educational activities in Lynchburg, at the University of Virginia and also in Charlottesville, Richmond and Roanoke, 1932-1934, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Works written in Virginia between September, 1934 and July, 1937, while I was doing graduate work in philosphy at the University of Virginia and while I was engaged in organizational activities in the deep south., 1934-1937, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Works written during my years as National Educational Directof in the national office of the Young Communist League in New York, 1937-1939., 1937-1939, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Works written during 1939-1941 when I taught classes organized by F. Brown, National Organizational Secretary of the CPUSA; worked as assistant to V.J. Jerome, editor of The Communist; commenced work on "The history of the U.S.A., vol. I" (enclosed); and completed a work on Spinoza for my M.A. at the University of Virginia (also enclosed), 1939-1941, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Works written during 1942 to May, 1945, while I was intstructor in the Workers School of New York and during my first two years as instructor at the Jefferson School of Social Science. - "The rise of the American Nation, 1789-1824" (enclosed), published in 1943. - Other writings on American history and on other subjects published in Party publications (enclosed)., 1942-1945, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Outlines and notes prepared for classes and lectures at the Workers School, Jefferson School and elsewhere between 1939 and the latter part of 1947., 1939-1947, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Writings after the appearance in the USA in May, 1945 [...of the Duclos letter] through the summer of 1946, 1945-1946, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Writings after the appearance in the USA in May, 1945 [...of the Duclos letter] between the summer of 1946 through February, 1948, and ending with my "Open letter to the membership of the Communist Party of the U.S.A." (enclosed), 1946-1948, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Complete set of all 13 issues of the bulletin Toward Socialism, published from May 1, 1948 to October 10, 1949; also a few other writings of the same period., 1948-1949, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Essays on contemporary and other miscellaneous subjects written after 1949, 1949 , undated, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
