II, Helen and Carl Winter Papers
I, Biographical and Memorabilia
Scope and Contents
Series is comprised of biographical materials on and memorabilia belonging to Carl and Helen Winter, and other members of their families, including Helen Winter's parents Hortense Allison and Alfred Wagenknecht. Includes memorial programs, obituaries, clippings, condolence cards, biographies, oral histories, and honors. Genealogical materials collected by Judith Allison Walters include collections of poetry written by Elmer Allison, and compilations of early family letters.
"A Life That Points The Way To The Future," People's Weekly World [Profile of Helen Winter], Sep 3, 1994, inclusive
"A Message To Alison" [Hortense Allison], Undated
Allison, Elmer: Obituary, Jul 1982, inclusive
Allison, Elmer: Poems and Writings, 1921, 1943-1944, inclusive
Allison, Hortense: Haymarket-Centered Memoir, Undated
Allison, Hortense: Memorials, 1975, inclusive
Allison, Hortense: Portrait Of, Nov 1990, inclusive
Allison, Rose Rosen (Sister-in-law of Hortense Allison): Writings [Includes Eulogy for Elmer Allison], 1963-1977, undated, inclusive
Allison Machado, Gertrude (Sister of Helen Winter): Obituaries, 1993, inclusive
Allison Walters, Judith: Genealogical Materials, 1905-2004, inclusive
Allison Walters, Judith: "Heartache and Heartbreak: Family Letters 1918-1931", 2000, inclusive
Allison Walters, Judith: "Our Puyallup Houses", Jun 26, 1999, inclusive
Allison Walters, Judith: "Ozark Memories by Preston Johnson", 1973, inclusive
Allison Walters, Judith: "Poems By Elmer Allison", 1973, inclusive
Communist Party of Michigan: Welcome Back Celebration for Helen and Carl Winter, Dec 1983, inclusive
Communist Party USA: Gala Reception Honoring Carl and Helen Winter, Dec 1982-Feb 1983, inclusive
CPUSA: Lifetime Achievement Award for Helen Winter, Mar 1996, inclusive
CPUSA Central Committee: Unique Contribution Award to Helen and Carl Winter, Aug 13, 1987, inclusive
CPUSA Political Bureau: Invitation to Farewell to Helen and Carl Winter, Oct 28, 1982, inclusive
Connecticut District Communist Party: 63rd Anniversary Celebration of the Communist Party USA [Tribute to Helen and Carl Winter], Dec 1982-Jun 1983, inclusive
Daily World: Tribute for John Pittman and Carl Winter, Apr 12, 1981, inclusive
Detroit City Council: Resolution In Memorium Helen Winter, Jan 25, 2005, inclusive
Johnson, Preston: "Pities Mr. Oswald" [Letter to the Editor], Nov 1963, inclusive
Machado, Eduardo (Brother-in-law of Helen Winter): Memorials, 1996, inclusive
Manfred, Erica: "I Was a Red Diaper Baby," New York Times Magazine, Nov 2, 1997, inclusive
Memorabilia [Includes Political Pins, Mementos from Travels], circa 1950-1989, inclusive
People's Daily World: Certificate for Carl and Helen Winter, Jul 1, 1986, inclusive
Radio Moscow: Biography of Helen Winter [Russian Transcript and English Translation by Carl Winter], circa 1956, inclusive
Tecla: To Women Mothers of the World [Artwork Inscribed to Helen Winter], 1983, inclusive
Wagenknecht, Alfred: Memorials, 1956, inclusive
Weissberg, Lily: Pictured in Clipping from May Day in Cleveland Plain Dealer, May 12, 1912, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Biography [Fragment], Undated
Winter, Carl: Detroit Urban League Distinguished Warrior Plaque, Feb 14, 1985, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Memorials [1 of 4], Nov 1991-Apr 1992, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Memorials [2 of 4], Nov 1991-Mar 1992, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Memorial [Includes Letter from Reverend Charles A. Hill] [3 of 4], circa 1924-1991, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Memorial [Audio Tape of Remarks by George Crockett] [4 of 4], Apr 5, 1992, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Oral Histories, 1988, 1992, inclusive
Winter, Carl and Claude Lightfoot: Internment Ceremony at Waldheim Ceremony, May 1992, inclusive
Winter, Carl and Helen Winter: High School Diplomas, Jun 20, 1924, Jun 19, 1925, inclusive
Winter, Helen: 85th Birthday Tribute in Detroit, Michigan [1 of 2], Dec 1992-Feb 1993, inclusive
Winter, Helen: 85th Birthday Tribute in Detroit, Michigan [2 of 2], Dec 1992-Feb 1993, inclusive
Winter, Helen: "A Glimpse Of The Past -- Working For The Future" (Draft of Article for People's Weekly World), Undated
Winter, Helen: Memorials, 2002, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Oral History [1 of 2], 1992-1993, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Oral History [2 of 2], Nov 1992-May 1993, inclusive
Winter, Michele: Commencement Program From Marygrove College, May 16, 1982, inclusive
II, Correspondence
Scope and Content Note
Series is comprised primarily of Carl and Helen Winter's correspondence during the period of their Smith Act trials from 1949 through the late-1950s, and Carl Winter's prison correspondence between 1951-1955. The series also includes Carl and Helen Winter's personal and professional correspondence from the 1960s-1990s.
Carl Winter's prison correspondence with wife Helen, daughter Michele, father Simon Weissberg, mother-in-law Hortense Allison, and attorneys George Crockett and John Abt, comprises a significant portion of the correspondence. The series also includes Helen Winter's correspondence with prison authorities on behalf of her husband, with her attorneys Ernest Goodman and John Abt, fellow Smith Act defendants, wives of CPUSA leaders, and the advocacy groups National Committee to Win Amnesty for the Smith Act Victims and Families of the Smith Act Victims. Other correspondents include Benjamin Davis, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Gus Hall, Meridel Le Sueur, and Henry Winston. Formats include letters, telegrams, cards, and drawings by Michele Winter.
Allison, Gertude [Sister of Helen Winter]: Correspondence, Undated
Allison, Hortense: Correspondence, 1943-1953, inclusive
Allison, Hortense: Correspondence, 1959-1975, inclusive
Allison, Hortense: Correspondence, Undated
Allison Walters, Judith: Letter to Winter, Helen, Jan 3, 2001, inclusive
Aptheker, Herbert: Letter to Winter, Helen, Mar 16, 1954, inclusive
Ariyoshi, Koji [Hawaii Smith Act Defendant]: Letter to Winter, Helen, Mar 10, 1953, inclusive
Bachrach, Marian: Letter to Winter, Helen, 1952, 1953, inclusive
Cassidy, David: Letter to Judge Harold Medina, Sep 16, 1949, inclusive
Christoffel, Ann: Letter to Patterson, William [Civil Rights Congress], Jun 26, 1954, inclusive
Columbus County Committee Communist Party, Ohio: Letter to the Winter Family, Dec 21, 1951, inclusive
Crane, Henry [Central Methodist Church]: Letter to Winter, Carl, Dec 17, 1956, inclusive
Crockett, George: Correspondence with Abt, John, 1953-1957, inclusive
Crockett, George: Correspondence with Bachrach, Marion, Jan 28, 1953, May 15, 1953, inclusive
Crockett, George: Correspondence with Davis, Benjamin, Jul 30, 1951, Sep 5, 1951, inclusive
Crockett, George: Letter to Dennis, Eugene, Jul 30, 1951, inclusive
Crockett, George: Correspondence with Gannet, Betty, Jan 19, 1953, inclusive
Crockett, George: Correspondence with Green, Abner [American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born], Jan 1953-Feb 1953, inclusive
Crockett, George: Letter to Perry, Pettis, Jan 12, 1953, inclusive
Crockett, George: Correspondence with Prison Authorities, 1951-1954, inclusive
Crockett, George: Correspondence with Rabinowitz, Victor, Dec 1954-Feb 1955, inclusive
Crockett, George: Correspondence with Stachel, Jack, Jul 1951-Sep 1951, inclusive
Crockett, George: Correspondence with United States Board of Parole, Jan 1953-Mar 1953, inclusive
Crockett, George: Correspondence with Williamson, Mae, Jan 28, 1953, Feb 19, 1953, inclusive
Crockett, George: Letter to Winter, Carl and Helen Winter, Feb 4, 1983, inclusive
Crockett, George: Correspondence with Winter, Helen, 1951-1955, inclusive
Dave White Section [Detroit]: Letter to Gurley-Flynn, Elizabeth, Oct 1, 1949, inclusive
Davis, Benjamin: Letter to Winter, Carl, circa 1956, inclusive
Flynn, Katherine [Relative of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn]: Holiday Drawing for Carl Winter, Dec 1953, inclusive
Ganley, Ann: Letter to Winter, Carl, Oct 3, 1949, inclusive
Ganley, Patty: Letter to Winter, Carl, Oct 1949, inclusive
Gurley Flynn, Elizabeth: Correspondence with Winter, Carl, circa 1949, Dec 1953, inclusive
Hall, Arvo: Postcard to Winter, Michele, Undated
Hall, Elizabeth: Letters to Winter, Helen, Dec 27, 1952, Sep 2, 1954, inclusive
Hall, Gus and Henry Winston: Letter to Allison, Hortense [Re: Lenin Centennial Memorial Medal], Mar 4, 1971, inclusive
Ishdorzh, S. [Mongolian People's Party]: Letter to Winter, Carl, Mar 4, 1966, inclusive
Le Sueur, Meridel: Letter to Dennis, Peggy, Jul 13, 1952, inclusive
Le Sueur, Meridel: Letter to Winter, Carl, Sep 1949, inclusive
Licht, Mary: Letter to Winter, Helen, Oct 28, 1993, inclusive
McKie, Bill: Correspondence with Winter, Carl, 1949, 1953, 1954, inclusive
McKie, Bill: Letter to Winter, Helen, Dec 8, 1952, inclusive
Pomeroy, Bill: Letter to Winter, Helen [Re: Phillipines Communist Party], Feb 10, 1993, inclusive
Rubin, Daniel: Letter to Becchetti, Arnold, Undated
Rust, Fritz: Letter to Winter, Carl, Mar 10, 1955, inclusive
US Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons: Letter to Allison, Hortense, Oct 7, 1953, inclusive
Wagenknecht, Alfred: Correspondence with Winter, Carl and Helen Winter, 1956, inclusive
Weissberg, Simon: Letter to Allison, Hortense, Sep 21, 1952, inclusive
Weissberg, Simon: Correspondence with Prison Authorities, 1951, 1953, inclusive
Williamson, John: Correspondence with Isserman, Abraham [Attorney], Mar 1952, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Cards [1 of 2], 1949-1954, undated, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Cards [2 of 2], 1953, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Postcards and Letters, Sept 13, 1949-Sep 28, 1949, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Telegrams, Sep 13, 1949-Oct 19, 1949, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence [John Williamson, Carl Stellato, Daniel Rubin, James Jackson and Louis Weinstock, Carl Haessler], 1956-1966, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence [Young Workers Liberation League, Betty Smith, Harry Mensh, Lou Diskin and Phil Bart, Danny Rubin, Arnold Becchetti, Scott Marshall], 1980-1985, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Abt, John, Sep 1951-Dec 1951, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Letter to Alameda County Educational Committee of CPUSA [Party Standards], Jun 1982, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Allison, Hortense, 1951, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Allison, Hortense, 1952, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Allison, Hortense, 1953, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Allison, Hortense, 1954-1955, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Letter to Bennett, James [Director of Bureau of Prisons], Jul 15, 1953, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Crockett, George [Attorney], 1951, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Crockett, George, 1952, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Crockett, George, 1953, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Crockett, George, 1954, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Goodman, Ernest [Attorney], Jun 6, 1952, Dec 8, 1952, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Hall, Gus, 1980-1986, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Telegram From Isserman, Abraham, Jul 27, 1951, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with McPhaul, Arthur [Michigan Civil Rights Congress], Jul 28, 1951, Aug 8, 1951, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Parry, Will [Midwest Labor Institute], 1984-1985, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Telegrams from Saypol, Irving [United States Attorney], Jun 28, 1951, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Requests for Speaking Engagements and Information, 1958-1964, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Weissberg, Simon, 1950-Dec 1951, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Weissberg, Simon, 1952, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Weissberg, Simon, 1953, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Weissberg, Simon, 1954-Feb 1955, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with West, Jim [Party Leadership Standards], 1985-1986, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Winston, Henry, 1983, 1984, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Winter, Helen and Michele Winter, Oct 1949-May 1951, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Winter, Helen, Jul 1951-Aug 1951, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Winter, Helen, Sep 1951-Oct 1951, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Winter, Helen, Nov 1951-Dec 1951, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Winter, Helen, Jan 1952-Feb 1952, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Winter, Helen, Mar 1952-Apr 1952, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Winter, Helen, May 1952-Jun 1952, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Winter, Helen, Jul 1952-Aug 1952, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Winter, Helen, Sep 1952-Oct 1952, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Winter, Helen, Nov 1952-Dec 1952, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Winter, Helen, Jan 1953-Feb 1953, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Winter, Helen, Mar 1953-Apr 1953, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Winter, Helen, May 1953-Jun 1953, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Winter, Helen, Jul 1953-Aug 1953, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Winter, Helen, Sep 1953-Oct 1953, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Winter, Helen, Nov 1953-Dec 1953, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Winter, Helen, Jan 1954-Feb 1954, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Winter, Helen, Mar 1954-Apr 1954, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Winter, Helen, May 1954-Jun 1954, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Winter, Helen, Jul 1954-Aug 1954, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Winter, Helen, Sep 1954-Oct 1954, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Winter, Helen, Nov 1954-Dec 1954, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Winter, Helen, Jan 1955-Feb 1955, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Winter, Helen (Typed Out Transcripts of Letters), Aug 1952-Aug 1953, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Winter, Michele, 1949, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Winter, Michele, Jul 1951-Dec 1951, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Winter, Michele, Jan 1952-Jun 1952, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Winter, Michele, Jul 1952-Dec 1952, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Winter, Michele, Jan 1953-Jun 1953, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Winter, Michele, Jul 1953-Dec 1953, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Winter, Michele, Jan 1954-Jun 1954, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Winter, Michele, Jul 1954-Dec 1954, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence with Winter, Michele, Jan 1955-Feb 1955, undated, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Cards, circa 1952-1956, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Correspondence, Chronological, Circa 1949-1990s, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Correspondence with Abt, John, 1952, 1954, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Letter to Allison, Gene; Hortense Allison; Ruth Allison, Undated
Winter, Helen: Correspondence with Barsky, Edward [National Committee to Win Amnesty For The Smith Act Victims], 1953, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Correspondence with Begun, Isidore [National Committee To Win Amnesty For The Smith Act Victims], Mar 2, 1953-Mar 3, 1953, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Correspondence with Charney, Hattie [Families Of The Smith Act Victims], 1952, 1955, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Correspondence with Davis, Nina, 1954, 1955, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Correspondence with Dennis, Peggy, 1952-1955, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Correspondence with Gallacher, William, 1952, 1956, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Correspondence with Goodman, Ernest [Attorney], Jul 18, 1953, Oct 19, 1953, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Letter to Goodman, William [Re: Death of Ernest Goodman], Apr 8, 1997, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Correspondence with Green, Abner [National Committee To Win Amnesty For The Smith Act Victims], Apr 1952-Feb 1953, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Correspondence with Green, Lillian [Chicago Committee To Win Amnesty For The Smith Act Victims], May 1952, Jun 1952, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Correspondence with Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley, Oct 2, 1949-circa 1959, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Correspondence with Haessler, Carl, 1952, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Correspondence with House Un-American Activities Committee [HUAC], Aug 1962, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Correspondence with Johnson, Oakley C., 1963, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Correspondence with Le Sueur, Meridel, 1952, 1955, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Correspondence with Mackie, Toini [Includes Book of Poems, "Rhymes Of My Times"], Feb 1954, circa 1990-1999, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Correspondence with Minneapolis Chapter Civil Rights Congress [Alma Foley; Includes Copy of Skit by Irene Paull on Arrest of Helen Winter], 1953, 1956, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Correspondence with National Capital Area Civil Liberties Union/American Civil Liberties Union [Re: House Un-Americans Activities Committee Subpoena], Jul 1962, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Correspondence with Perry, Rose [Families of the Smith Act Victims], Jul 1952-Jun 1953, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Correspondence with Prison Authorities, Jul 1951-Dec 1954, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Correspondence with Ross, Ken [Co-Producer, "1913 Massacre" Documentary], Mar 2001-May 2001, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Letter to Rubin, Danny [Wills to CPUSA], May 23, 1992, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Correspondence with United States Immigration and Naturalization Service [Gertrude Allison Machado], 1975, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Correspondence with Wayne State University Law School Repository [Donation of Transcripts of United States vs. Dennis], Dec 1993, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Correspondence with Weissberg, Simon, 1950-1955, Undated, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Correspondence with Williamson, Mae, 1952-1955, inclusive
Winter, Michele: Correspondence, 1950-1960, inclusive
III, Political Activities
Scope and Content Note
Series documents the political activities of Carl and Helen Winter, and Hortense Allison, between the 1930s and 1990s, and is comprised of notes from meetings and conferences, drafts, articles, and speeches by Carl and Helen Winter; CPUSA memos, reports and ephemera; investigative files collected by the Detroit Police Department's "Red Squad" on Carl and Helen Winter between the mid-1940s and mid-1970s; teaching materials; memorabilia; and memorials for Detroit-area and CPUSA activists.
Materials were generated and collected during Carl Winter's work as Chairman of the Michigan Communist Party in the 1940s and 1950s, as a journalist and editor of The Worker from the 1960s-1980s, as a founder of the Midwest Labor Institute for Social Studies in the 1980s, and through his participation on the CPUSA's Political Bureau and Central Review Commission. Helen Winter's notes from conferences, convention materials, articles and speeches are primarily from her work as International Affairs Secretary of the CPUSA, member of the CPUSA's Political Bureau, founding member of the U.S. Peace Council, and proprietor of Global Books.
Materials related to Carl and Helen Winter's arrests and trials under the Smith Act can be found in the Smith Act Trials and Defense Work series.
"A Tribute To Ernest Goodman", Dec 13, 1980, inclusive
Action! Motown '97, Jun 1997, inclusive
AFL-CIO: Solidarity Day Certificate, Jan 18, 1982, inclusive
Allison, Hortense: Speeches and Writings, 1969, 1971, Undated
American Civil Liberties Union, Metropolitan Detroit Branch: "A Tribute to George W. Crockett Jr.", Sep 1995, inclusive
Center For Marxist Education: Charles And Margaret Krumbein Scholarship Fund, Undated
"Chain Letter To Ike", circa 1952, inclusive
Cheprakov, V.: "Classes In Present Day Capitalist Society" (Translated From Communist No. 5, 1959), Apr 1960, inclusive
Chicago Committee To Defend The Bill Of Rights, Oct 2, 1963, inclusive
Clippings, 1956-circa 1999, inclusive
Columbia College Chicago -- Paul Robeson 100th Birthday Committee: "Paul Robeson Rediscovered: An Annotated Listing Of His Chicago History, 1921-1958", 2000, inclusive
Communist Party of Columbia, 1971, inclusive
Communist Party of Michigan, Nov 1950, inclusive
Communist Party of Soviet Union, Jun 1974, inclusive
Communist Party of Venezuela, Undated
Communist Party of Washington State [Women's Committee Report], circa 1969, inclusive
CPUSA -- 25th National Convention [1 of 4], Jul 1991-Oct 1991, inclusive
CPUSA -- 25th National Convention [2 of 4], 1991, inclusive
CPUSA -- 25th National Convention [3 of 4], 1991, inclusive
CPUSA -- 25th National Convention [4 of 4], Dec 1991, inclusive
CPUSA -- 27th National Convention [Keynote Address by Sam Webb and Other Documents], 2001, inclusive
CPUSA: "Auto Industry and Political Economy" [Lesson Book], Jan 1957, inclusive
CPUSA: "C.I. Resolution on Negro Problem in US" (TS, 10 pp), Undated
CPUSA: Draft Trade Union Program, circa 1986, inclusive
CPUSA: Funds for the Future Campaign, 1995, inclusive
CPUSA: Michigan Hall-Davis-Webb-Frankie Campaign '84 Report, Nov 1984, inclusive
CPUSA: New Member Materials, 1998, inclusive
CPUSA Constitution Committee, circa 1990, Undated
CPUSA Control Commission: Communist Party Standards, 1978-1985, inclusive
CPUSA Lecture and Information Bureau: "Marxism and the World Today" Discussion Guide, 1960s, inclusive
CPUSA Political Bureau: "Political Bureau Resolution on Making a Turn in its Work", Jun 1981, inclusive
CPUSA Second Extraordinary Conference, 1982, inclusive
CPUSA Workers Circuit Schools: Notes for Teachers and Other Materials, 1985, inclusive
CPUSA Young Workers Liberation League: "Why Nixon Must Go!", circa 1974, inclusive
Corvalan, Luis: Article in Nouvel Observateur (Transcription), circa 1977, inclusive
Crockett, George: Memorial and Obituaries For, 1997, inclusive
Dennis, Eugene: "On Uniting and Strengthening the Party and its Mass Work" (Draft Resolution to National Committee of CPUSA), circa 1958, inclusive
Detroit Urban League: Distinguished Warriors (Carl Winter), 1985-1990, inclusive
Detroit Police Department Red Squad: Copies of Index Cards Summarizing Surveillance of Carl Winter, Apr 1945-Jan 1972, inclusive
DPD Red Squad Files on Carl Winter: Biography and Photos, circa 1950-1959, inclusive
DPD Red Squad Files on Carl Winter, 1945-1948, Undated, inclusive
DPD Red Squad Files on Carl Winter, 1949, inclusive
DPD Red Squad Files on Carl Winter, 1950, inclusive
DPD Red Squad Files on Carl Winter, 1957, inclusive
DPD Red Squad Files on Carl Winter, 1958, inclusive
DPD Red Squad Files on Carl Winter, 1951, inclusive
DPD Red Squad Files on Carl Winter, 1952-1956, inclusive
DPD Red Squad Files on Carl Winter, 1959, inclusive
DPD Red Squad Files on Carl Winter, 1960, inclusive
DPD Red Squad Files on Carl Winter, 1961, inclusive
DPD Red Squad Files on Carl Winter, 1962-1963, inclusive
DPD Red Squad Files on Carl Winter, 1964, inclusive
DPD Red Squad Files on Carl Winter, 1965-1971, inclusive
DPD Red Squad: Copies of Index Cards Summarizing Surveillance of Helen Winter, 1948-1972, inclusive
DPD Red Squad Files on Helen Winter, 1948-1951, inclusive
DPD Red Squad Files on Helen Winter, 1952, inclusive
DPD Red Squad Files on Helen Winter, 1953, inclusive
DPD Red Squad Files on Helen Winter, 1954, inclusive
DPD Red Squad Files on Helen Winter, 1955-1956, inclusive
DPD Red Squad Files on Helen Winter, 1957, inclusive
DPD Red Squad Files on Helen Winter, 1958, inclusive
DPD Red Squad Files on Helen Winter, 1959, inclusive
DPD Red Squad Files on Helen Winter, 1960, inclusive
DPD Red Squad Files on Helen Winter, 1961, inclusive
DPD Red Squad Files on Helen Winter, 1962, inclusive
DPD Red Squad Files on Helen Winter, 1963-1964, inclusive
DPD Red Squad Files on Helen Winter, 1965-1974, inclusive
Federal Bureau of Investigation: File on Michele Stone [Michele Winter], 1965-1966, 1978, inclusive
Ford Hunger March Memorial Committee: Receipt Book [Louis Leny], 1959-1960, inclusive
Global Books Forum: Invitation to a Latin Cabaret, Undated
Goodman, Ernest: "A Dialogue Between Gordon, an American Lawyer, and Petrovich, a Soviet Lawyer, at Moscow - 1963" [Proof and Final MS], circa 1963, inclusive
Goodman, Ernest: "The Lion in Winter" [Profile in Detroit Free Press Magazine], Dec 8, 1991, inclusive
Hall, Gus: "Gus Hall Revisited," The Community Dispatch, Jul 1999, inclusive
Hall, Gus: Memorial Program, Obituary, Remembrance by Helen Winter, Oct 2000-Nov 2000, inclusive
Hall, Gus: Student Questions From Speaking Tour With Notes by Carl Winter, circa 1960-1969, inclusive
Hall, Gus: "The Communist Party USA - Changing, Growing, Swimming in the Mainstream" [Report to the National Committee of the CPUSA], Jan 17, 1998, inclusive
Hall, Gus and Henry Winston: Transcript of Soviet TV Interview With, 1974, inclusive
Hate Mail Sent to Carl and Helen Winter, 1961, Undated, inclusive
Helsinki World Youth Festival, July 28-Aug 6, 1962: Report On, 1962, inclusive
Jagan, Janet: Letter from Gus Hall, Clipping On, 1997, inclusive
Jewish People, Draft Resolution on Work Among [Includes Contributions by Jack Kling, Hy Lumer and Carl Winter], 1960, inclusive
The Jewish Question: Clips and Ephemera [Soviet Anti-Semitism, Nazism], 1956-1962, inclusive
Johnson, Oakley C.: "Campus Battles for Freedom in the Thirties," The Centennial Review, 1970, inclusive
Le Sueur, Marian: Memorial Booklet For, 1954, inclusive
"Life of the Party," City Pages [Profiles of Minnesota Communists Alma Foley, Meridel Le Sueur, Toini Mackie, and Helvi Savola], Oct 6, 1999, inclusive
Lumer, Hy [?]: Political Economy I Syllabus, Apr 1961, inclusive
Machado, Eduardo (Brother-in-law of Helen Winter): Clippings, Memorial, "Testamento Politico de Eduardo Machado" [In Spanish], 1960s-1996, inclusive
Machado, Gustavo (Brother of Eduardo Machado): Transcript of TV Interview with Machado on Communism in Venezuela, circa 1963, inclusive
Mahaffey, Maryann: Memorials, 2006, Undated, inclusive
Marxism-Leninism: An Introduction [Syllabus], Undated
Memorials and Tributes [Detroit Community and CPUSA Activists], 1977-2007, inclusive
Meyers, George: Eulogy For, circa 1999, inclusive
Meyers, George: "Better Red," Profile in Baltimore Sun, May 29, 1996, inclusive
"Michigan Militant" [Apparent Right Wing Group Calling for Death of Carl Winter and Other Michigan Radicals], 1964, inclusive
Michigan State Committee Communist Party: "Which Way to Peace" [Program Symposium on Events in Eastern Europe], circa 1959, inclusive
Michigan Worker: Request for Information, Dec 10, 1963, inclusive
Midwest Labor Institute for Social Studies: Announcements, Press Clip, 1988, inclusive
National Labor Youth League Conference: Proceedings of the Final Convention and Statement by Michigan Labor Youth League, 1957, inclusive
National Negro Labor Council: 40th Reunion Materials and "A History" by Mindy Thompson, circa 1956, 1978, 1993, inclusive
"Peaceful Coexistence and the Ideological Struggle" (Editorial from Kommunist, no. 16), 1959, inclusive
Pollock, Sandy: Memorial Program, Remarks by Helen Winter and Letter to Sandy Pollock's Parents, Statement by CPUSA, Jan 1985-Feb 1985, inclusive
Progressive Youth Organizing Committee -- Detroit Conference, June 17-18 1961: Resolutions, 1961, inclusive
Reference Center for Marxist Studies: News, Fall 1992, inclusive
Russian Language Notes and Clippings, 1936, Undated, inclusive
Segal, Edith: "Peace and Jobs for Peace: Unemployed Americans Speak" [Poem], Undated
Smith, Lasker: "A Story Book About My Life" [Self Published Memoir by Detroit Activist], circa 2000-2009, inclusive
Southern Conference Educational Fund: Memo Requesting Assistance for Rosa Parks in Detroit, Apr 17, 1964, inclusive
Tyner, Jarvis and Sam Webb: "James Jackson Jr. - An Appreciation", Sep 11, 2007, inclusive
United Nations: International Year of Mobilization for Sanctions Against South Africa, 1982, inclusive
U.S. Peace Council: A Detroit Tribute to Paul Robeson [With Transcript of Narration by Michele Stone Artt], Nov 14, 1987, inclusive
U.S. Peace Council: Memorial Letter for Bernie Barth, 2000, inclusive
U.S. Peace Council Michigan Chapter: Newsletter [Story by Helen Winter], 1984, inclusive
Wellman, Saul: Letter on Events in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, Apr 1990, inclusive
"What is a Marxist Lenninist Home Library?", circa 1950, inclusive
Whitty, Michael D.: "A Labor Revolutionary in Detroit" [Nat Ganley], 1976, inclusive
Winter, Carl: "A Guide to the Fight for Jobs or Income," Daily World, Apr 21, 1983, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Clippings About, circa 1940-1969, inclusive
Winter, Carl: "Club Education Outline on Struggle Against Unemployment and for Organization of the Unemployed", Jun 1982, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Daily World Q & A Column, 1977-1980, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Draft of Essay on History of National Movement of the Unemployed and National Hunger Marches, Undated
Winter, Carl: "Great Decisions in Foreign Policy" (TS of Eight Essays), Spring 1963, inclusive
Winter, Carl: "Historical Materialism and Class Struggle": Notes, circa 1960-1969, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Letter to the Editor of the Detroit Free Press on McCarran Act and Kennedy Assassination, 1961, 1963, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Memo to Gus Hall with Comments on Hall's Report to Central Committee of CPUSA, Apr 19, 1980, inclusive
Winter, Carl [Michigan State Committee Communist Party]: Letter to Supporters on Campaign Against Mundt-Nixon Bill and Callahan Act, Jun 1948, inclusive
Winter, Carl [Michigan State Committee Communist Party]: "The Face of a Social Democrat: Walter Reuther" (TS), 1946, inclusive
Winter, Carl: "Memo on Petrov Outline of Contents for Proposed Book on History of CPUSA", circa 1970-1979, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Miscellaneous Notes and Fragments, 1981, Undated, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Nelson Mandela's Visit to Detroit: Guest Pass and Letter from Coleman Young, Jun 1990, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Notes and Syllabus for Class on Dialectical Materialism [National Training School], Jul 1981, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Notes for Lecture on Unemployed Workers Movement of the 1930s, May 1975, inclusive
Winter, Carl: "Notes on a First Reading of Nemmy's Manuscript: 'Common Sense About Communism'" [Nemmy Sparks], Mar 1961, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Press Passes for Conventions and Rallies, 1958-1963, Undated, inclusive
Winter, Carl: "Production Forces and Production Relations in USA" [Notes and Reference Note Cards], circa 1934, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Readings on Communists and the Trade Unions, circa 1980-1989, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Report to CPUSA on Trade Union Movement with Related Notes and Clippings, Dec 3, 1965, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Report to Michigan State Committee on Meeting of National Committee of CPUSA, Jun 5, 1956, inclusive
Winter, Carl: "Soviet Union and Real Socialism" [Lecture Notes for Class at Du Bois-Foster School of Marxism Leninism and Related Clip from Moscow News], 1977, inclusive
Winter, Carl: "Speech to Colloquium, Arranged by Marxist Institute and Anti-Imperialist Bulletin of FRG", Oct 1978, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Speech to National Executive Board of CPUSA on Electoral Politics, Mass Movements and "New Politics" Movement, Apr 1968, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Statement of CPUSA in Advance of US-Soviet Summit, circa 1959, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Statement to National Committee of CPUSA on Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia, Sep 1969, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Teaching Materials for National School Class on Socialism, circa 1972, inclusive
Winter, Carl [?]: Typed Excerpts from Political Histories by George F. Kennan and Charles Burton Marshall, Undated
Winter, Carl: "What We Can Learn From the 1930s," Party Affairs , Apr 1971, inclusive
Winter, Carl and Allan, William: Draft of an Article for the Michigan Daily Worker on Detroit Mayoral and City Council Elections, Nov 26, 1961, inclusive
Winter, Carl and Winter, Helen: Mailgram to President Reagan After the Film "The Day After" Protesting Nuclear Deployment, Nov 1983-Dec 1983, inclusive
Winter, Helen: 15th Anniversary of Global Books, 1975, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Cards [General], circa 1970-1979, undated, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Cards and Letter From Foreign Embassies and Individuals, 1971-1983, Undated, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Chicago Daily Worker Forum: Report on 25th Congress of CPUSA [Notebook and Other Materials], 1976, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Clip with Photograph of Helen Winter Leading the 1933 May Day Parade in New York City, circa 1993, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Draft of Circular Letter for People's Weekly World, 1990s, inclusive
Winter, Helen: "Ford Hunger March Inspired New Struggles," People's Weekly World, Mar 14, 1992, inclusive
Winter, Helen: International Conference for the Holding of Tripartite Talks for the Peace and Reunification of Korea: Conference Materials and Notes, 1984, inclusive
Winter, Helen: "La Politica Exterior De Los Estados Unidos: Como Quisiera Que Fuera Los Trabajadores Norteamericanos" (Journal Article in Spanish), circa 1970-1979, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Memorabilia from Trip to France for Congress of Parti Communiste Francais, May 1979, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Message from the Communist Party, USA [On the Death of Ruth First, African National Congress], Oct 14, 1982, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Notes for Radio Moscow "Recollections", Feb 14, 1979, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Notes for Speech on Ed Teixeira's 50th Birthday, circa 1982, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Notes for Speeches on Crisis in Poland and Related Materials, 1982, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Notes for Speeches on Peace Movement and Foreign Policy, circa 1975-1981, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Notes from 25th Congress of the CPSU, Feb 1976-Mar 1976, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Notes from 25th National Convention of CPUSA, Dec 1991, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Notes from Conference in Sofia, Bulgaria and Questions from Radio Sofia on Georgi Dimitrov, Jun 1982, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Notes from CPUSA Conference in Washington, DC, Nov 1975, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Notes on CPUSA Meeting, Feb 15, 1977, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Notes on Meetings of Delegations of CPUSA and CPSU, 1974, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Notes on National Alliance Against Racial and Political Repression Rally, April 30, 1993 [Includes Program], May 1, 1993, inclusive
Winter, Helen: "On the Observance of the 30th Anniversary of the Victory Over Fascism" (Political Affairs or Party Affairs [?]), 1975, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Printed Materials and Clips Relating to the Peace Movement [New Stockholm Peace Appeal], circa 1975-1977, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Remarks to Ideological Conference of CPUSA, 1999, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Speech at Third Annual Dinner of Jewish Affairs, Jan 12, 1975, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Speech to German Communist Party, Oct 1978, inclusive
Winter, Helen: "Standards for Party Leadership," Party Affairs [With Letter from Reference Center for Marxist Studies], Jan 1973, Aug 1993, inclusive
Winter, Helen: "The US People and Foreign Policy" [Draft of Article for World Marxist Review and Correspondence with John Pittman], Dec 1975-Feb 1976, inclusive
Winter, Helen: World Assembly for Peace and Life, Against Nuclear War, Prague: Conference Materials, 1983, inclusive
Young, Coleman: Memorial and Obituaries For, 1997, inclusive
Young Communist League, USA: "Fight the New Right-Wing Congress - An Open Letter to the Youth and Student Movement ...", circa 1990-1999, inclusive
The Working Woman, March 1933 [Helen Allison on Cover], Mar 1933, inclusive
IV, Smith Act Trials and Defense Work
Scope and Content Note
Series is comprised of legal documents, clippings, ephemera, writings, notes, and speeches generated and collected between the late-1940s and late-1950s primarily as a result of or related to Carl and Helen Winter's arrests and trials for violating the Smith Act, and Carl Winter's imprisonment. Legal documents include texts of opinions and petitions from Carl Winter's trial, Dennis vs. the United States, in Foley Square, New York, and Helen Winter's trial with five other leading members of Michigan's Communist Party, Saul Wellman et. al. vs. the United States of America, between 1953-1954. Includes ephemera from groups opposed to the Smith Act prosecutions including the Civil Rights Congress, Families of the Smith Act Victims, National Association to Win Amnesty for the Smith Act Victims, and the CPUSA.
Also includes Helen Winter's steno books from her trial and typescript of her closing remarks; notebooks kept by Carl Winter in prison; a petition by Benjamin Davis against segregation in the prisons; poems, including "A Letter to Carl"; Carl Winter's speech "12 x 12 Million"; and an apparently unpublished manuscript by Minnesota writer and activist Meridel Le Sueur entitled "Double Jeopardy" on the plight of families of Smith Act defendants. A comprehensive collection of clippings of press coverage from Detroit's tabloid press of Helen Winter's trial comprises a significant part of the series.
"The Amnesty Campaign" [4 Page Memo to National Committee to Win Amnesty for Smith Act Victims, Author Unknown], circa Jun 1953, inclusive
Amter, Sadie Van Veen: "Women Courageous (Certain Lines for Helen Winter and Esther Jackson and Edna Winston)", circa 1953, inclusive
Bachrach, Marion: Amnesty [With Attached Letter Signed by Six Michigan Smith Act Defendants], 1953, inclusive
Bloor, Ella Reeve: "Salute to the Wives of the Twelve Leaders" [3 page TS], circa 1949, inclusive
Cattmar, Nell: "Millions of People Will Help Little Michele" [Letter to Helen Winter], circa 1955, inclusive
Civil Rights Congress [New York], circa 1949-1954, inclusive
Civil Rights Congress [Pittsburgh]: Pamphlet on Steve Nelson and Pennsylvania Smith Act Defendants, circa 1953, inclusive
Civil Rights Congress of Illinois [Claude Lightfoot], 1954, inclusive
Civil Rights Congress of Los Angeles: CRC Bulletin, Apr 1952, inclusive
Civil Rights Congress of Michigan [Smith Act Fight Back Campaign and Labor Defender], circa 1948-1955, inclusive
Clippings: Smith Act Trial of Carl Winter, April 1948-October 1949, 1956, inclusive
Clippings: Smith Act Trial of Carl Winter, Feb. 27, 1955, Mar. 2, 1955, inclusive
Clippings: Smith Act Trial of Helen Winter, Mar 1952-Sep 1952, inclusive
Clippings: Smith Act Trial of Helen Winter, Oct 1952, inclusive
Clippings: Smith Act Trial of Helen Winter, Mar 1953, Sep 1953, inclusive
Clippings: Smith Act Trial of Helen Winter, Oct 1953, inclusive
Clippings: Smith Act Trial of Helen Winter, Nov 1, 1953-Nov 15, 1953, inclusive
Clippings: Smith Act Trial of Helen Winter, Nov 16, 1953-Nov 30, 1953, inclusive
Clippings: Smith Act Trial of Helen Winter, Dec 1, 1953-Dec 15, 1953, inclusive
Clippings: Smith Act Trial of Helen Winter, Dec 16, 1953-Dec 29, 1953, inclusive
Clippings: Smith Act Trial of Helen Winter, Jan 1954, inclusive
Clippings: Smith Act Trial of Helen Winter, Feb 1, 1954-Feb 15, 1954, inclusive
Clippings: Smith Act Trial of Helen Winter, Feb 16, 1954-Mar 1954, inclusive
Clippings: Smith Act Trial of Helen Winter, Aug 1958-Oct 1958, inclusive
Clippings: Smith Act Trial of Helen Winter, Undated
Clippings: Smith Act Trials, circa 1950-1959, inclusive
Clippings [Oversize]: Smith Act Trial of Carl Winter, 1948-1949, inclusive
Clippings [Oversize]: Labor Defender: Smith Act Trial of Helen Winter, 1953-1954, inclusive
Clippings [Oversize]: Smith Act of Helen Winter, Sep 1952-Oct 1952, inclusive
Clippings [Oversize]: Smith Act Trial of Helen Winter, Sep 1953-Nov 1953, inclusive
Clippings [Oversize]: Smith Act Trial of Helen Winter, Dec 1953-Feb 1954, inclusive
Committee to Keep McCarthyism Out of Michigan by Fighting Smith Act Persecutions [Civil Rights Congress], Dec 1953-Jan 1954, inclusive
Communist Party USA: Newsletter Containing Copy of Indictment of Twelve Communist Leaders, circa 1949, inclusive
Communist Party USA National Education Commission: "Outline on New Stage in Struggle for Peace" [Discussion Material], May 1953, inclusive
Connecticut Volunteers for Civil Rights, circa 1954, inclusive
Crockett, George: "Memorandum Re: Second Indictment" [of Carl Winter], Jan 22, 1953, inclusive
Crockett, George [As Agent for Hortense Allison]: Receipt for Bond for Carl Winter, Mar 1, 1955, inclusive
Davis, Benjamin J. vs. Herbert Brownell, Attorney General of the United States and James Bennett, Director of the Bureau of Prisons: Petition Against Segregation in Prisons, circa 1950-1954, inclusive
Dennis, Eugene et al. vs. United States of America: Full Text Supreme Court Opinions in the Case of the Communist Leaders June 4, 1951 [Annotated by Carl Winter], circa 1950-1954, inclusive
Dennis, Eugene et al. vs. USA: Motion for Leave to File Supplemental Petition for Rehearing and Supplemental Petition, Sep 27, 1951, inclusive
Dennis, Eugene et al. vs. USA: Petition for Leave to File and Memorandum of Amici Curiae in Support of Petition for Rehearing, Sep 27, 1951, inclusive
Dennis, Eugene et al. vs. USA: Petition of Defendants to the Honorable Judge Harold R. Medina, Mar 11, 1949, inclusive
Dennis, Peggy: Memo on Parole Petition for Smith Act Prisoners, circa 1950-1959, inclusive
Draft of Article for Press on Denial of Parole for Carl Winter and Other Communist Leaders [Revisions by Helen Winter], circa 1953, inclusive
Essay on Response of American Public to Smith Act and Anticommunist Measures (3 pgs.; Author Unknown), Jun 30, 1955, inclusive
Families of the Smith Act Victims (Michigan): Circulars, Press Release, Correspondence and Ephemera, 1952-1954, inclusive
Families of the Smith Act Victims (Michigan): Hortense Allison's Notes On, 1952-1954, inclusive
Families of the Smith Act Victims (National): Press Releases, Newsletters, Circulars, Summary of Proceedings from National Meeting and Other Ephemera, 1952-1954, inclusive
Fehlhaber, Elmer: "The Dialectic of Providence" [15 pp. TS Dedicated to Detroit Smith Act Defendants], Jan 12, 1954, inclusive
Gordon, David: "A Letter to Carl" [Two Typescripts of Poem], circa 1951-1953, inclusive
Gordon, David: "Paul Robeson and Other Poems" [47 pp. MSS; Includes "A Letter to Carl"], Dec 1951, inclusive
Harlien, Mary Ann: Notes for United Press Article on Helen Winter, circa 1953-1954, inclusive
Le Sueur, Meridel: "Double Jeopardy" [?] [TS for Pamphlet on Families of Smith and McCarran Act Victims with Edits by Helen Winter and Anna Ganley, 39 pp], circa 1953, inclusive
Michigan Committee for Protection of the Foreign Born, 1953-1955, inclusive
Michigan Council for Peace: News of Peace Newsletter, Flyer on Korean War, Jan 1953, inclusive
Michigan Committee to Win Amnesty for Smith Act Victims [Carl Haessler], circa 1952-1953, inclusive
Michigan Smith Act Defendants: Holiday Cards, circa 1950-1959, inclusive
Michigan Smith Act Defendants and Families Committee: Latest Facts on the Appeal to the Supreme Court Against Michigan Smith Act Convictions, Mar 1956, inclusive
Michigan Smith Act Trial: List of Exhibits, circa 1954, inclusive
Michigan State Committee of the Communist Party: "For Defending Your Rights ... This Man Got 30 Days in Jail" [Carl Winter], 1948, inclusive
Minnesota Committee for Amnesty for the Smith Act Victims [Meridel Le Sueur]: Circular and Event Announcement, Jul 1952-Aug 1952, inclusive
Miscellaneous Smith Act Trial Materials, circa 1950-1959, inclusive
National Committee to Win Amnesty for Smith Act Victims, 1952-1953, inclusive
Oral Argument of Dorothy Forest in Support of Motion to Dismiss the Indictment Against St. Louis Smith Act Defendants, Apr 17, 1953, inclusive
Organizing Committee for Prisoners Welfare Committee [Michigan]: Invitation to Social Evening and Birthday for Carl Winter, circa 1950-1954, inclusive
People's Conference to Repeal the McCarran Act: Petition to Congress to Repeal the McCarran Act, circa 1954, inclusive
Political Victim's Welfare Committee: Pamphlet on Chicago Smith Act Victims [Lilian Green and Doris Fine], circa 1950-1959, inclusive
"Problem Offenders" [1 pg TS on Communist Prisoners, Author Unknown], circa 1950-1959, inclusive
Provisional Committee for Amnesty for Benjamin J. Davis, 1952, inclusive
Provisional Trade Union Committee for Repeal of the Smith Act, circa 1952, inclusive
Sacher, Harry: Press Release with Attached Letter to US Attorney General Protesting Discrimination Against African American Prisoners [Benjamin Davis], Oct 1951, inclusive
"Some Legal Questions" [2 pp TS, Author Unknown], circa 1953-1954, inclusive
Song Lyrics About McCarthyism and Smith Act Trials [Some by Helen Travis], circa 1950-1959, inclusive
Sugar, Maurice: Invitation to Discussion on Smith Act, circa 1950-1959, inclusive
UAW-CIO (Michigan): Letters in Support of Michigan Smith Act Defendants from Amalgamated Local 351 and Ford Local 600, Feb 13, 1956, inclusive
UAW-CIO 14th Convention: Resolutions Against Smith Act and in Support of Amnesty, circa 1953, inclusive
United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan: Notice of Opening of Smith Act Trial on October 13, 1953, Aug 28, 1953, inclusive
United States of America vs. William Z. Foster, et al.: Election Not to Serve Sentence Imposed, circa 1948-1949, inclusive
USA vs. Saul Laurence Wellman et al., 1953-1954, inclusive
USA vs. Carl Winter: Legal Documents [Includes Transcript of Proceedings], 1948-1956, inclusive
United States of America vs. Helen Mary Winter: Transcript of Proceedings on September 18, 1952, Sep 18, 1952, inclusive
Wellman, Peggy: Letter of Appeal to Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, Feb 26, 1954, inclusive
Wellman, Saul, Nat Ganley, Tom Dennis, Billy Allan, Phil Schatz and Helen Winter: "Greetings From Smith Act Defendants", circa Feb 1954, inclusive
Wellman, Saul Laurence et al. vs. United States of America: Appelants Supplemental Brief, Mar 2, 1955, inclusive
Wellman, Saul Laurence et al. vs. USA: Brief for Appellants [Filed by George Crockett and Ernest Goodman], circa 1954, inclusive
Wellman, Saul Laurence et al. vs. USA: Memorandum for the Government, circa 1954, inclusive
Wellman, Saul Laurence, et al. vs. USA: Motion to Proceed Forma Pauperis and Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, circa 1956, inclusive
Wellman, Saul Laurence, et al. vs. USA: Notice to Dismiss Indictment and Cancel Bond, circa 1958, inclusive
Wellman, Saul Laurence, et al. vs. USA: On a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit: Memorandum for the US, Feb 1956, inclusive
Wellman, Saul Laurence, et al. vs. USA: Order of Judge Frank Picard to Dismiss Indictment, Sep 16, 1958, inclusive
Wellman, Saul Laurence, et al. vs. USA: Petit Jury Panel, Oct 6, 1953, inclusive
Wellman, Saul Laurence, et al. vs. USA: Summary of the Activities of Helen Winter Drawn from Larger Government Document (19 pp), circa 1954, inclusive
Wellman, Saul Laurence, et al. vs. USA: Court's Decision on Appeal [US Court of Appeals], Nov 18, 1955, inclusive
Wellman, Saul Laurence, Thomas Dennis and Nat Ganley: Petition to Frank Picard to Voluntarily Dismiss Himself as Judge, Oct 21, 1953, inclusive
Winter, Carl: "12 Times 12 Million" [Speech to National Committee of CPUSA], Dec 9, 1948, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Belongings Seized At Time of Arrest (List of) and "Crockett - 2/14.49 Examination of Carl Winter's Papers - At US District Courthouse", Jul 20, 1948, Feb 14, 1949, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Correspondence Course Materials (Auto Technician) and Diploma in Toolmaking, circa 1951-1956
Winter, Carl: Legal Services Agreement with George Crockett, Dec 9, 1953, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Notebook and Notes, Jul 1951-1955, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Notes Relating to Trial, Dec 31, 1952, Feb 6, 1953, Undated, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Notice of Warrant from United States Marshal, Southern District of NY; Notice of Detainer from United States Marshal, Topeka, Kansas, Mar 29, 1954, Oct 8, 1954, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Parole, Documents Relating to (Including Certificate of Conditional Release), Dec 1952-Mar 1955, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Press Release on Forty-Sixth Birthday Celebration With Letters from Bill McKie, Maurice Sugar and Bob Travis, Sep 1952, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Prison Administration Forms and Newsletters, circa 1952-1954, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Prison Envelopes [Marked With Tally of Correspondence With Family and Attorneys], circa 1951-circa 1954, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Prison Receipts and Accounting, 1951-1954, inclusive
Winter, Carl: "Proposed Line for Smith Act Defense" [Interview; 5 pp], Jun 18, 1949, inclusive
Winter, Carl: Subscription to Civil Rights Congress [Copy; Used as Exhibit], Jun 30, 1950, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Accounting Notebook, 1952-1954, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Appeal to Have Carl Winter Transferred to Prison in Milan, Michigan, Oct 1953-Nov 1953, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Description of Arrest Of (TS, 1 pg), Undated
Winter, Helen: Draft of Article on Helen Winter's Illness and Smith Act Trial, circa 1954, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Letter to the Editor of the Daily Worker [Draft], circa 1950-1959, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Notes and Speeches from Amnesty Campaign for Carl Winter and Others, circa 1952, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Notes for Remarks at Dinner to Support Parole and Amnesty for Henry Winston and Gilbert Green, circa 1955-1956, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Notes From Michigan Smith Act Trial, Including Draft of Final Statement to Judge Frank Picard, circa Oct 1953- Feb 1954, inclusive
Winter, Helen: "Overt Acts" [Document from Michigan Smith Act Trial], circa Oct 1953-Feb 1954, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Parole Appeal for Carl Winter, Feb 1953-Mar 1953, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Stenobooks From the Smith Act Trial, Nov 1953-Dec 1953, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Stenobooks From the Smith Act Trial, Dec 1953-Jan 1954, inclusive
Winter, Helen: Typescript of Closing Remarks of Billy Allan (Incomplete) and Helen Winter from Smith Act Trial, Feb 1954, inclusive
V, Photographs
Scope and Content Note
This series includes negatives, black and white prints, and color prints of Carl and Helen Winter's political and professional activities, including events they attended, trips overseas on behalf of the CPUSA, campaigns and protests, as well as family photographs and portraits of CPUSA leaders. Photographs primarily document political and professional activities on behalf of the CPUSA and the Daily World, which Carl Winter edited, and include trips in the 1960s and 1970s to Mongolia, Romania, Germany, and France to cover the French General Strike in 1968, and photographs taken inside the Daily World offices in New York City. Includes several photographs and negatives, apparently taken for the Detroit News, of Carl and Helen Winter at the Leon Mosely demonstration in Detroit in June 1948. Family photographs are included in Carl Winter's memorial album. Prominent individuals and CPUSA leaders appearing in the photographs include James Jackson, Henry Winston, Benjamin Davis, Ollie Harrington, and Yevgeni Yevtushenko.
Approximately thirty 4 x 5 negatives were separated from the Detroit Police Department Red Squad Files in Series III: Political Activities, and document demonstrations outside the Foley Square Courthouse in New York City on August 15, 1949 during the Smith Act trial of Carl Winter (Dennis vs. United States).