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Stokes, Rose Pastor, 1879-1933. Papers, 1905-1933.

Title: Papers, 1905-1933.

The papers contain considerable correspondence, the bulk of which was written from 1914 to 1918, concerning the Intercollegiate Socialist Society, the National Birth Control League, family correspondence, socialist activities, and the Patrick Quinlan case. Also included are literary manuscripts and articles including three sketches about Russia based on Stoke's observations while attending the Fourth Congress of the Communist International and eleven photographs of prominent socialists. Correspondents include Harry W. Laidler, Margaret Sanger, Ben Reitman, Leonard D. Abbot, Eugene V. Debs, Max Eastman, Elizabeth Furley Flynn, Kahlil Gibran, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Emma Goldman, Upton Sinclair, Lincoln Steffens, Rose Strunsky, Horace Traubel, Anna Strunsky Walling, Walter Lippmann, Scott Nearing, Ida Rauh, Olive Telford Dargan, Ann Williams Feinberg, Daniel Kiefer, J. Edward Morgan, and Morris Hillquit.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 linear ft. (6 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17269318 View

Intercollegiate Socialist Society (U.S.). Study course in socialism, 1918.

Title: Study course in socialism, 1918.

Course compiled by Harry W. Laidler for the Intercollegiate Socialist Society.

ArchivalResource: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145787445 View

Stokes, Rose Pastor, 1879-1933. Rose Pastor Stokes papers, 1900-1993 (inclusive).

Title: Rose Pastor Stokes papers, 1900-1993 (inclusive).

The papers consist of correspondence, writings, printed material, clippings, and other papers of Rose Pastor Stokes, writer, artist, and radical political and social activist. Much of the material relates to Stokes's activities and involvement with various radical groups, including the American Communist Party and the Socialist Party. The correspondence reflects these involvements and contains many letters exchanged with American political radicals, labor leaders, and anarchists from the early 20th century. Also included are research materials of John M. Whitcomb relating to Rose Pastor Stokes.

ArchivalResource: 8 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122562629 View

Yaddo records, 1870-1980

Title: Yaddo records 1870-1980

Yaddo is an artists' community located in Saratoga Springs, New York. The Yaddo Records contain the administrative records of The Corporation of Yaddo since its establishment in 1900, as well as the institutional records of Yaddo from 1926, the year Yaddo began accepting guests. Notable guests have included Newton Arvin, John Cheever, Aaron Copland, Malcom Cowley, Leonard Bernstein, Truman Capote, Carson McCullers, Langston Hughes, Sylvia Plath, Katherine Anne Porter, and Clyfford Still. The Yaddo Records also include the personal papers of Yaddo's principal founders, Spencer and Katrina Trask, and George Foster Peabody.

ArchivalResource: 190 linear feet; 550 boxes, 51 volumes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/4795 View

Gannett, Lewis, 1891-1966. Papers, 1681-1966 (bulk 1900-1960)

Title: Lewis Gannett papers, 1681-1966 (inclusive) 1900-1960 (bulk).

Correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, journals, notebooks, legal and business papers, memorabilia, photos, and other papers, together with Gannett family papers. Includes correspondence of Gannett's grandfather and father, Unitarian clergymen Ezra Stiles Gannett of Boston and William Channing Gannett; 91 letters, 1796-1817, from Gannett's great-grandfather Caleb Gannett to John Mico Gannett, and journals of his grandmother Anna Tilden Gannett.

ArchivalResource: 51 boxes (25.5 linear ft.)

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Guide to the Algernon Lee Papers, 1861-1954

Title: Guide to the Algernon Lee Papers, 1861-1954

Algernon Lee (1873-1954), served as the editor of several socialist publications, including The Worker, The Daily Call, and The New Leaderin New York City. He was also the Director of Education at the Rand School of Social Science. From 1909-1954, Lee was one of several Socialist members of the New York City Board of Aldermen temporarily prevented from taking office following his 1919 re-election. Lee also served one term as the national chairman of the Socialist Party following Morris Hillquit's death in 1933. The collection contains correspondence with many leading U.S. and European socialists, published and unpublished writings, radio scripts, ephemera, memorabilia, reading notes, miscellaneous materials and the Civil War letters of Pvt. James Lee.

ArchivalResource: 4.5 Linear Feet in 9 manuscript boxes.

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Guide to the Charles Solomon Papers, 1916-1965

Title: Guide to the Charles Solomon Papers, 1916-1965

Charles Solomon was a socialist, a New York State Assemblyman, and a New York City magistrate. Contains correspondence, legal papers relating to matters brought before Solomon as magistrate, manuscripts, clippings and scrapbooks.

ArchivalResource: 2.25 linear feet (5 boxes)

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Saposs, David J. (David Joseph), 1886-1968. Papers, 1907-1968.

Title: Papers, 1907-1968.

Papers of the labor economist, historian, and teacher, who investigated the Americanization of immigrant workers, the steel strike of 1919, and the labor movement and cooperatives in France between 1918-1929, and who served as senior research associate for the Twentieth Century Fund from 1934-1945. From 1935-1940 Saposs was chief economist for the National Labor Relations Board, a position he was forced to resign because of House Un-American Activities Committee accusations that he was a Communist, though he served other government agencies from 1940 to 1954. Included are biographical materials; correspondence with many labor and political leaders and economists; notes, drafts, and galleys of articles, pamphlets, and books; research files; and a teaching file mainly concerning Brookwood Labor College, 1922-1933. Also included is a taped interview (with transcription) concerning Saposs' association with Edwin E. Witte, Richard T. Ely, and John R. Commons, and his work with the National Labor Relations Board.

ArchivalResource: 13.5 c.f. (33 archives boxes, 1 flat box, and 1 folder)2 reels of microfilm (35 mm.), and.3 tape recordings; plus.additions of 70 photographs and.3 drawings.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173701405 View

Guide to the Harry Laidler Photographs, 1893-1968

Title: Guide to the Harry Laidler Photographs, 1893-1968

Harry Wellington Laidler, longtime director of the League for Industrial Democracy (LID), was also a founder of the Intercollegiate Socialist Society, was elected to the New York City Council on the American Labor Party ticket, and was the author of many books and articles on social issues. The collection contains individual and group portraits featuring Laidler, many taken at LID events, which include prominent socialist and liberal figures, and several family portraits.

ArchivalResource: 0.33 linear feet

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Guide to the Charles Solomon Papers, 1916-1965

Title: Guide to the Charles Solomon Papers, 1916-1965

Charles Solomon was a socialist, a New York State Assemblyman, and a New York City magistrate. Contains correspondence, legal papers relating to matters brought before Solomon as magistrate, manuscripts, clippings and scrapbooks.

ArchivalResource: 2.25 linear feet (5 boxes)

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Guide to the League for Industrial Democracy Records, 1920-1996

Title: Guide to the League for Industrial Democracy Records, 1920-1996

The League for Industrial Democracy (LID) was founded in 1905 as the Intercollegiate Socialist Society by democratic socialist intellectuals to bring "education for the new social order" to the nation's campuses, but its name was changed in 1920 to broaden appeal and better reflect aims of social ownership and democratic control of industry. This collection contains the LID's records from the 1920s-1990s, including financial and membership records, correspondence, meeting minutes, conference and lecture materials, and other materials related to the activities and operation of the League for Industrial Democracy.

ArchivalResource: 46.25 Linear Feet in 40 manuscript boxes, 25 record cartons, 1 half manuscript box, and 1 oversize flat box.

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Guide to the Harry Laidler Photographs, 1893-1968

Title: Guide to the Harry Laidler Photographs, 1893-1968

Harry Wellington Laidler, longtime director of the League for Industrial Democracy (LID), was also a founder of the Intercollegiate Socialist Society, was elected to the New York City Council on the American Labor Party ticket, and was the author of many books and articles on social issues. The collection contains individual and group portraits featuring Laidler, many taken at LID events, which include prominent socialist and liberal figures, and several family portraits.

ArchivalResource: 0.33 linear feet

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ILGWU. Education Department. Fannia Cohn papers, 1918-1962

Title: ILGWU. Education Department. FanniaCohn papers, 1918-1962

Correspondence, subject files, speeches, articles,photographs, and programs from Fannia Cohn's term as Executive Secretary of theILGWU Education Department.

ArchivalResource:

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Guide to the Harry Laidler Papers, 1902-1970

Title: Guide to the Harry Laidler Papers, 1902-1970

Harry Wellington Laidler (1884-1970), was an economist, author, educator and socialist activist. He received his B.A. from Wesleyan University (1907) where he was one of the founders of the Intercollegiate Socialist Society. He received a LL.B. from Brooklyn Law School in 1910 and a Ph.D. in political economy from Columbia in 1914. He was executive director of the League for Industrial Democracy (LID) from 1910 to 1957 and a frequent candidate for political office for the Socialist Party. He served on the New York City Council from 1940 to 1941, having been elected as a candidate of the American Labor Party, which he helped to found. The papers include radio scripts, book reviews, and correspondence (1906-1970) relating to the founding of the Intercollegiate Socialist Society and to League for Industrial Democracy (LID) activities and LID relations with the Socialist and American Labor parties, manuscripts of published and unpublished writings on a broad range of subjects, including the struggle within the LID caused by Laidler's retirement, an unpublished history of the LID, papers relating to Laidler's term (1940-1941) as a member of the New York City Council from Brooklyn, his campaigns for political office (1927-1941), the Socialist Party, the American Labor Party, the National Bureau of Economic Research, and the National Housing Conference. Includes correspondence of Norman Thomas.

ArchivalResource: 18.25 Linear Feet (37 boxes)

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Berger, Victor L., 1860-1929. Papers, 1862-1980.

Title: Papers, 1862-1980.

Papers, mainly 1895 to 1929, of a prominent Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Socialist Party leader and politician, newspaper editor, German-American community leader, and the first Socialist Party member in Congress, and of his wife Meta, longtime member (and first woman president) of the Milwaukee Board of School Directors, and prominent in the Socialist Party and in women's rights, education, and peace issues. Included is correspondence, Congressional files and mailings, scrapbooks, speeches and writings, Social Democratic Party and Social-Democratic Publishing Company records, papers of their daughters, and other papers. The processed portion of this collection is summarized above and is described in the register. Additional accessions are described below.

ArchivalResource: 14.6 c.f. (33 archives boxes, 1 flat box, and 4 card boxes) and56 reels of microfilm (35mm); plusadditions of 2 tape recordings,663 photographs,138 negatives, and11 drawings.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173700818 View

Guide to the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Labor and Radicalism Photograph Collection, 1860-1985

Title: Guide to the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Labor and Radicalism Photograph Collection, 1860-1985

The Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Labor and Radicalism Photograph Collection is an assemblage of photographs collected by or separated from manuscript collections or organizational records in the library's holdings. Materials include original photographs, reproductions from books, pamphlets, periodicals, and photoreproductions of engravings, drawings, and cartoons concerning radicalism and the trade union movement in Europe and the United States.

ArchivalResource: 10.5 Linear Feet in 12 manuscript boxes, 4 oversize flat boxes, 14 folders in three flat-file drawers.

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Intercollegiate Socialist Society Records, 1900-1921

Title: Intercollegiate Socialist Society Records 1900-1921

The Intercollegiate Socialist Society (ISS), an on-campus student and faculty organization, was established in New York in 1905. The ISS established numerous study and reading groups, sponsored rallies and lecture engagements for prominent socialists, published book lists and phmphlets relating to a variety of socialist issues and held occasional national meetings and annual conventions. In 1921, the ISS changed its name to the League for Industrial Democracy so as to reflect its then older constituency and broader objectives. Harry W. Laidler was the organizing secretary of the ISS form 1910 to 1921 and the executive director of the League for Industrial Democracy from 1921 to 1956. The collection includes: correspondence, financial and membership records, executive committee minutes, organizing secretary reports, pamphlets, booklets, office materials, , 1908-1912, and newspaper clippings. Bulletin of the Intercollegiate Socialist Society NOTE: Patrons must use microfilm: R-7124/27-28.

ArchivalResource: 3.0 linear feet; (6 boxes)

http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/tamwag/tam_048/tam_048.html View

Intercollegiate Socialist Society. Records, 1904-1921.

Title: Records, 1904-1921.

The collection includes correspondence; financial and membership records; executive committee minutes; organizing secretary reports; printed, mimeographed and office materials; and newspaper clippings. The correspondence contains information about the establishment of the ISS, activities of various chapters, and routine organizational matters, such as sponsoring fund-raising dirves and scheduling speaking events and special conferences. Among the prominent correspondents are Harry W. Laidler, Upton Siclai, William English Walling, James Graham Phelps Stokes, M.R. Holbrook, William Feigenbaum, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, W.J. Ghent and John Spargo. The executive Committee minutes (incomplete) contain informative reports in ISS activities and proposed policy resolutions. The organizing secretary reports document chapter activities throughout the country, information about membership, new chapters, special events relating to the ISs, and financial matters. The printed, mimeographed and office material consist of memoranda, pamphlets, form letters, annual convention reports, lecture announcements, press releases, statements, and miscellaneous printed matter. Aslo included are most issues of the Bulletin of the Intercollegiate Socialist Society, 1908-1912, and a large number of newpaper clippings.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear ft. (6 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82086855 View

Alfred Mitchell Bingham and the Common Sense collection, 1905-1979

Title: Alfred Mitchell Bingham and the Common Sense collection 1905-1979

The papers consist of correspondence, writings, printed material, and other papers of Alfred Bingham, social reformer, writer, founder and editor of Common Sense, lawyer, and politician. Included are his personal papers, consisting of diaries, writings and correspondence, much of the latter being with individuals and organizations prominent in the reform movements of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1960s. Also included are the business and correspondence files of Common Sense, and files relating to various organizations with which he was associated. Correspondents of note include Paul Douglas, Charles Beard, Chester Bowles, Lewis Corey, John Dewey, Theodore Dreiser, Aldous and Julian Huxley, Henry Pratt Fairchild, Charles Merriam, John Haynes Holmes, Anne Lindbergh, Alexander Meiklejohn, Eleanor Roosevelt, Bertrand Russell, and Norman Thomas.

ArchivalResource: 30 linear feet

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0148 View

Laidler, Harry W. (Harry Wellington), 1884-1970. Reminiscences of Harry Wellington Laidler : oral history, 1965.

Title: Reminiscences of Harry Wellington Laidler : oral history, 1965.

ArchivalResource: Transcript: 50 leaves.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122451940 View

Rose Pastor Stokes papers, 1900-1993

Title: Rose Pastor Stokes papers 1900-1993

The papers consist of correspondence, writings, printed material, clippings, and other papers of Rose Pastor Stokes, writer, artist, and radical political and social activist. Much of the material relates to Stokes's activities and involvement with various radical groups, including the American Communist Party and the Socialist Party. The correspondence reflects these involvements and contains many letters exchanged with American political radicals, labor leaders, and anarchists from the early 20th century. Also included are research materials of John M. Whitcomb relating to Rose Pastor Stokes.

ArchivalResource: 8 linear feet

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0573 View