Series II: Youth Commission and Youth Organizations, 1924-1990, inclusive
Extent
12 Linear Feet in 18 manuscript boxes, 3 record cartons, and 1 cassette box
Extent
2 audiocassettes
Scope and Contents
This series contains flyers, correspondence, agendas, pamphlets, publications, as well as Rubin's notes and drafts, which document his work with the Communist Party's Youth Commission and affiliated youth organizations, including the W.E.B. DuBois Clubs, Labor Youth League, Progressive Youth Organizing Committee, Young Communist League, and Young Workers Liberation League, dated 1940s-1980s. Files related to Rubin's work with youth organizations, notably his work at Swarthmore College and involvement in the American Youth for Democracy (AYD) and Labor Youth League (LYL) predate his membership in the Communist Party. While the AYD and LYL were Communist Party affiliated organizations, Rubin's files on these organizations specifically relate to youth organizing in the Philadelphia area. The bulk of the series document Rubin's work as National Youth Secretary, but also include Youth Commission materials dated after Rubin's work as Youth Secretary. These materials include reports, meeting minutes, outlines, educational guides, and publications related to the Youth Commission and affiliated organization, the Young Communist League and Young Workers Liberation League dated as late as 1990.
Arrangement
Files in this series are arranged alphabetically by organization name and topic.
Biographical / Historical
Daniel Rubin was raised in a communist household and was involved in progressive and communist activism from an early age. In 1947, he joined the Progressive Citizens of America and became a member of the Young Progressives of America. Around the same time, Rubin also joined the Philadelphia-based organization the Citizens for a Free City College, becoming the chair of the Youth Division and joined the Communist Party-affiliated American Youth for Democracy (AYD). As a student at Swarthmore College between 1949 and 1951, Rubin participated in Young Progressive for America political campaigns against McCarthyism, Cold War foreign policy, and segregation. He began law school at University of Pennsylvania in 1953 where he became a founding member of the Eastern Pennsylvania Labor Youth League (LYL). Between 1955 and 1960 Rubin began organizing for the Communist Party's Youth Club in Philadelphia, and served as a delegate to the 16th Convention of the Communist Party in 1956. He became the Party's National Youth Secretary in 1960, a position he held until the end of 1964.
American Youth for Democracy Publication: Youth, 1945-1947, inclusive
Box: 74, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Communist Party: Public Role and Youth, 1958-1960, 1969, inclusive
Box: 74, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Communist Party: Report on Youth, 1966, inclusive
Box: 74, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Communist Viewpoint, 1961-1963, inclusive
Box: 74, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Curriculum Vitae (Old), 1962, inclusive
Box: 74, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Defense: McCarran Act, 1961-1962, inclusive
Box: 226, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Draft Youth Report, 1966, inclusive
Box: 226, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Du Bois Clubs, 1968, inclusive
Box: 75, Folder: 1-3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Du Bois Clubs of America: Publications, 1964-1968, inclusive
Box: 75, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Du Bois Clubs of America: Publications: Insurgent, circa 1967, inclusive
Box: 75, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Du Bois Clubs of America, 1965, inclusive
Box: 75, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Encampment and Youth Question Materials, 1966, inclusive
Box: 226, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Free City College Campaign: Philadelphia, 1948, inclusive
Box: 75, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
High School/Vocational School Students Statistics, undated
Box: 75, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Independence Day (July 4th) Coalition, 1976, inclusive
Box: 75, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
International Relations: University Clubs, 1960-1961, inclusive
Box: 226, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
International Situation and Military Spending, 1982, inclusive
Box: 75, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
International Youth, circa 1962, inclusive
Box: 75, Folder: 11-12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Labor Youth League (LYL), 1949-1956, inclusive
Box: 76, Folder: 1-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Labor Youth League (LYL), circa 1950s, inclusive
Box: 226, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Labor Youth League: Documents, 1954-1955, inclusive
Box: 76, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Labor Youth League: LYL Takes the Stand, 1954, inclusive
Box: 76, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Labor Youth League: Marxism Classes, 1956-1959, inclusive
Box: 226, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Labor Youth League: Public College, 1954-1955, inclusive
Box: 227, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Labor Youth League: Publications, 1949-1957, inclusive
Box: 76, Folder: 7-8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Labor Youth League: Publications, 1954, inclusive
Box: 227, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Labor Youth League and Before, 1954-1958, inclusive
Box: 227, Folder: 4-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
League Life: A Handbook, 1978, inclusive
Box: 77, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
League Type Groups, 1960, inclusive
Box: 227, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Military Spending and Economy, 1977-1978, inclusive
Box: 77, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Miscellaneous Youth Publications (YWLL, YCL, LYL), 1954, inclusive
Box: 77, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
National Coalition for Economic Justice: Youth March for Jobs, 1980, inclusive
Box: 77, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
National Inner Party Youth, circa 1960, inclusive
Box: 77, Folder: 5-6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
National Student Conference: Wisconsin, 1952, inclusive
Box: 77, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
National Youth Secretary: Strategy and Correspondence, 1964, inclusive
Box: 77, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New Challenge and Other LYL Publications, 1953, inclusive
Box: 77, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New Challenge, 1954-1956, inclusive
Box: 77, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New Horizons for Youth, 1960-1964, inclusive
Box: 77, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New Horizons for Youth: Distribution, 1960-1961, inclusive
Box: 227, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New Horizons for Youth: Endorsements, 1960, inclusive
Box: 227, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
National Youth Organization: Organizing Committee: National Convention, 1970, inclusive
Box: 78, Folder: 1-3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Paid Bills, 1963, 1977, inclusive
Box: 78, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Park Slope: Youth March, 1978, inclusive
Box: 78, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Party Youth Program and National Youth Act, 1959-1960, inclusive
Box: 78, Folder: 6-8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Philadelphia, PA: Youth Education, 1960, inclusive
Box: 227, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Progressive Youth Organizing Committee (PYOC): Collaboration with Youth Organizations, 1961-1963, inclusive
Box: 227, Folder: 10-12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Progressive Youth Organizing Committee (PYOC): Conference Materials, 1960-1961, inclusive
Box: 227, Folder: 13-15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Progressive Youth Organizing Committee (PYOC): Education, 1964, inclusive
Box: 79, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Progressive Youth Organizing Committee (PYOC): New Horizons for Youth, 1960, inclusive
Box: 79, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Progressive Youth Organizing Committee (PYOC): Pamphlets and Flyers, 1961-1964, inclusive
Box: 79, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Progressive Youth Organizing Committee (PYOC): Programs and Statements, 1961-1963, inclusive
Box: 79, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Progressive Youth Organizing Committee and Du Bois Clubs, 1964, inclusive
Box: 227, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Puerto Rican Work, 1954-1985, inclusive
Box: 79, Folder: 5-6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Queen, Da, 1983, inclusive
Box: 79, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Socialist Youth Founding Convention, 1964, inclusive
Box: 227, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Student Civil Rights, 1960, inclusive
Box: 227, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Students for Democratic Action: NAACP and Other Groups, 1955-1956, inclusive
Box: 227, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Student Public Activity: Labor Youth League and SSSP, 1955-1966, inclusive
Box: 227, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Swarthmore: Intercollegiate Conference: "By What Means Peace?", 1951, inclusive
Box: 79, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Swarthmore: Youth Progressives of America (YPA), 1950-1951, inclusive
Box: 79, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Swarthmore: Young Progressives of America (YPA), East-West Club, 1951-1953, inclusive
Box: 79, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Young Progressives of America (YPA), 1948-1953, inclusive
Box: 79, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
White House Conference, 1960, inclusive
Box: 227, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
World Festival of Youth and Students, 1978, inclusive
Box: 79, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
World Youth Festival, 8th, 1961, inclusive
Box: 79, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
World Youth Festival, 8th, 1962, inclusive
Box: 227, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Writings on Youth, 1960, inclusive
Box: 79, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Writings on Youth, 1960, inclusive
Box: 80, Folder: 1-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Young Communist League, 1924-1943, undated, inclusive
Box: 80, Folder: 5-6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Young Communist League: Campaign, 1985-1987, inclusive
Box: 80, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Young Communist League: Conventions, 1990, inclusive
Box: 80, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Young Communist League: Documents, 1984, inclusive
Box: 80, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Young Communist League: "Dynamic" Fund Drive, 1983, inclusive
Box: 80, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Young Communist League: Education, 1978, inclusive
Box: 80, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Young Communist League: Festival History, 1985, inclusive
Box: 80, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Young Communist League: General, 1982-1983, inclusive
Box: 80, Folder: 13-14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Young Communist League: History of Building the League, 1983, inclusive
Box: 81, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Young Communist League: Minutes and Policy Statements, 1960-1961, inclusive
Box: 228, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Young Communist League and American Youth for Democracy, 1960-1962, inclusive
Box: 227, Folder: 24-25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Young Communist League/Labor Youth League, 1954, 1980-1990, inclusive
Box: 81, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Young (Communist) Workers Liberation League: Founding, 1968-1969, inclusive
Box: 81, Folder: 3-8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Young (Communist) Workers Liberation League: Founding, 1969, inclusive
Box: 82, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Young Workers Liberation League: Convention, 2nd, 1971-1972, inclusive
Box: 82, Folder: 3-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Young Workers Liberation League: Convention, 4th, 1977-1978, inclusive
Box: 82, Folder: 6-8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Young Workers Liberation League: Convention, 4th, 1977-1978, inclusive
Box: 83, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Young Workers Liberation League: Convention, 5th, 1981, inclusive
Box: 83, Folder: 3-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Young Workers Liberation League: General, 1970-1973, inclusive
Box: 83, Folder: 6-8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Young Workers Liberation League: General, 1970-1983, inclusive
Box: 84, Folder: 1-10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Young Workers Liberation League: General, 1977-1983, inclusive
Box: 85, Folder: 1-10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Young Workers Liberation League: General, 1980-1983, inclusive
Box: 86, Folder: 1-6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Young Workers Liberation League: Publications, 1969-1985, inclusive
Box: 86, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Young Workers Liberation League: Publications, 1974-1977, inclusive
Box: 87, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Young Workers Liberation League: Seminar, 1978, inclusive
Box: 87, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Young Workers Liberation League and Young Communist League, 1980s, 1981-1984, inclusive
Box: 87, Folder: 3-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Youth, undated
Box: 234, Cassette: 65-66 (Material Type: Audio)
Youth: Basics, 1960-1964, inclusive
Box: 87, Folder: 7-8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Youth: Documents, 1960s, inclusive
Box: 87, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Youth: Economy, 1980, inclusive
Box: 87, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Youth: Economy, 1979-1980, inclusive
Box: 88, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Youth: Finance Book, 1963, inclusive
Box: 88, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Youth: Finances, 1982-1983, inclusive
Box: 88, Folder: 4-6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Youth: Jobs, 1977-1978, inclusive
Box: 88, Folder: 7-9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Youth: Jobs, 1970s-1980s, 1981, inclusive
Box: 89, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Youth: Jobs Action, 1979, inclusive
Box: 89, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Youth: Jobs Bill, 1979, inclusive
Box: 89, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Youth Act, 1979, inclusive
Box: 87, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Youth Commission, 1959-1963, inclusive
Box: 227, Folder: 2-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Youth Department: Extra, 1971-1973, inclusive
Box: 227, Folder: 5-6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Youth Education, circa 1960s, inclusive
Box: 227, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Youth Encampment, 1964, inclusive
Box: 227, Folder: 8-9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Youth History: Communist Party Education, 1983, inclusive
Box: 227, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Youth and Labor: Reports, 1950-1979, inclusive
Box: 89, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Youth March for Jobs, 1979, inclusive
Box: 89, Folder: 6-8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Youth March for Jobs, 1978, inclusive
Box: 90, Folder: 1-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Youth March for Jobs: Materials to be Turned In, circa 1979, inclusive
Box: 90, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Youth March for Jobs: Media, 1978, inclusive
Box: 90, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Youth Miscellaneous, 1983, inclusive
Box: 90, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Youth Publications, 1962-1963, inclusive
Box: 227, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Youth Publications: Oregon and Washington, 1960-1961, inclusive
Box: 227, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Youth Publications: Pennsylvania, Eastern, 1960, inclusive
Box: 227, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Youth Question, 1962-1987, inclusive
Box: 90, Folder: 8-9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Youth Question: Theory and Strategy, 1960-1964, inclusive
Box: 91, Folder: 1-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Youth Readings, 1954-1964, inclusive
Box: 91, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Youth Report: Convention, 18th, 1963, inclusive
Box: 227, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Youth Work: Communist Viewpoint, 1960-1964, inclusive
Box: 91, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Youth Work: Philadelphia, 1958, inclusive
Box: 227, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Youth Work: Philadelphia: Education, circa 1958, inclusive
Box: 227, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
