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SNAC: Social Networks and Archival Context
VIAFrevised2015-09-19machineCPF merge programMerge v2.0revised2016-08-12T11:06:47machineSNAC EAC-CPF ParserBulk ingest into SNAC Databaserevised2016-08-12T11:06:47humanSystem Service (system@localhost)created2024-03-29machineSNAC EAC-CPF SerializerSNAC Identity Constellation serialized to EAC-CPFcorporateBodyConference for Progressive Political ActionpresumedCPPA AbkuerzungpresumedProgressive Political Action, Conference forpresumedCPPApresumedC.P.P.A.presumedactive 1904active 1926ElectionsProgressivism (United States politics)United StatesBaker, Herbert F., 1862-1930Baker, Herbert F., 1862-1930.Berger, Victor L., 1860-1929.Hillquit, Morris, 1869-1933.Johnston, Mercer Green, 1868-1954.LaFollette familyLa Follette, Robert M. (Robert Marion), 1855-1925.La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947.Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940.People's Legislative Service.People's Legislative Service RecordsShipstead, Henrik, 1881-1960.Conference for Progressive Political ActionBaker, Herbert F., 1862-1930. Herbert F. Baker papers, 1904-1926.Baker, Herbert F., 1862-1930.All American Co-operative Commission.Ancient Order of Gleaners.Anti-Saloon League of Michigan.Bourne, Jonathan, 1855-1940.Briggs, Walter Owen, 1877-1952.Campbell, Colin Percy, 1877-Clardy, Kit Francis, 1892-Conference for Progressive Political Action.Conference of Progressive State Granges.Couzens, James, 1872-1936.Cramton, Louis Convers, 1875-1966.Currie, Gilbert, 1882-1960.DeFoe, Murl Holcomb, 1879-Detroit Municipal League.Dickinson, Luren Dudley, 1859-1943.Earle, Horatio Sawyer, 1855-1935.Ellis, George Edwin, 1864-Employers' Association of Detroit.Farmer's Federal Tax League of America.Farmers' National Committee on Postal Reform.Farmers' National Committee on Transportation.Farmers' National Committee on War Finance.Farmers' National Council.Herbert F. Baker papers, 1904-1926.5 linear ft. and 1 v. [outsize].Correspondence, clippings, photographs and scrapbooks, concerning his political and business activities. See added entries for correspondents. Bentley Historical LibraryPeople's Legislative Service. Records, 1921-1931.People's Legislative Service.Records, 1921-1931.3.6 linear ft.Correspondence, writings, speeches, press releases, newspaper clippings, and printed material relating primarily to the 1924 presidential campaign of Robert M. La Follette and Burton K. Wheeler. Includes material pertaining to the Progressive Party and to the Conference for Progressive Political Action. Library of CongressHillquit, Morris, 1869-1933. Morris Hillquit papers, 1886-1948. [microform].Hillquit, Morris, 1869-1933.Ham, F. Gerald, 1930-Morris Hillquit papers, 1886-1948. [microform].10 microfilm reels.Includes materials pertaining to the following broad subjects: socialist unity, growth and conflict, 1900-1913; the war years, 1914-1919; Bolshevism and red-baiting, 1918-1921; fusion politics, 1922-1924; reconstruction and decline of the Socialist Party, 1925-1933; and trade unionism, 1909-1933. Individual correspondents of note include Friedrich Adler (1910-1933); Victor L. Berger (1903-1926); Julius Henry Cohen (1914-1915); Eugene V. Debs (1903-1925); Charles Dobbs (1903-1916); Julius Gerber (1920-1934); Adolph F. Germer (1917-1929); Maxim Gorki (1906-1928); Job Harriman (1900-1925); Camille Huysmans (1905-1917); Harry W. Laidler (1919-1933); Algernon Lee (1904-1933); James Oneal (1923-1934); Clarence O. Senior (1929-1934); Norman Thomas (1922-1934); and Bertha Hale White (1924-1925). Organizational correspondents which figure largely in the collection include the American Labor Party (1923-1924); Conference for Progressive Political Action (1922-1925); International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (1909-1933); International Socialist Bureau (1905-1915); JEWISH DAILY FORWARD (1926-1933); Labour and Socialist International (1923-1933); League for Industrial Democracy (1922-1933); National Farmer-Labor-Progressive Convention (1924); NEW LEADER (1923-1933); NEW YORK CALL (1912-1923); Rand School of Social Science (1907-1933); Socialist Party of America (1914-1933); and Socialist Party of New York City (1931-1933). Among the subjects covered in this collection are conflicts within the socialist movement (1900-1913), including ideological differences within the Socialist Party of America and disputes on the issues of state autonomy, trade unionism, and relations with the Socialist Labor Party. Also discussed in this period are the establishment of the Rand School of Social Science, Party propaganda activities, Hillquit's campaigns for a seat in Congress, his friendship with Maxim Gorki, his attendance at International Socialist Congresses and his service as international secretary of the American Socialist party. Also documented are Hillquit's anti-war activities (1914-1918) and his involvement with fellow socialists tried under the Espionage Act of 1917; Bolshevism and red-baiting (1918-1921) and the effects of the Russian Revolution on American socialists, deepening divisions within the Socialist Party, activities of the Lusk Committee, including attempts to revoke the charter of the Rand School, Hillquit's legal defense of five New York State Assemblymen ousted from office because of their Socialist Party membership, attempts to obtain amnesty for Eugene V. Debs and others imprisoned for anti-war activities, and Socialist Party relations with the Labour and Socialist International. Papers for the years 1922-1924 discuss "fusion politics", cooperation with organized labor and the organization of the Conference for Progressive Political Action and endorsement of the presidential candidacy of Robert M. La Follette. As well as correspondence, reports, and executive committee minutes of the Conference for Progressive Political Action, correspondents include the Farmer-Labor Party, the Committee of Forty-Eight, the American Labor Party, the Joint Committee for Independent Labor Political Action, and the Committee For a National Farmer-Labor-Progressive Convention. Bertha Hale White, the Party's national secretary, figures prominently in the correspondence dealing with fusion politics. After 1924, the collection is largely concerned with internal Party affairs. Correspondence with Bertha Hale White, George C. Kirkpatrick, and Eugene V. Debs discuss the Party's economic difficulties. Also included are minutes of the National Executive Committee, reports of the national secretaries and correspondence with Julius Gerber, James Oneal and Nathan Fine discussing activities of the New York local. Trade union materials (1909-1933) document Hillquit's involvement with the New York City Shirtwaist Makers' Strike (1909-1910), the Protocol of Peace negotiations, activities as counsel for the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, Hillquit's defense of union leaders charged with murder in connection with the 1910 Cloakmakers' Strike, his service on a nonpartisan Council of Conciliation to negotiate a settlement in the cloakmaking industry (1915), and his involvement in the ILGWU's internal struggles with communist factions and the New York Joint Board of Cloak Makers' Unions. Cornell University LibraryHillquit, Morris, 1869-1933. Papers, 1886-1944.Hillquit, Morris, 1869-1933.Papers, 1886-1944.3.2 c.f. (8 archives boxes),10 reels of microfilm (35mm), and17 photographs (1 folder); plusadditions of 1.0 c.f.Papers of Morris Hillquit, a New York attorney and internationally known socialist leader, theoretician, and author, including correspondence, 1895-1943; writings by Hillquit; a manuscript of an unpublished biography of Hillquit and biographical sketches of international socialist leaders, written by Nina E. Hillquit; photographs of Hillquit and his family; broadsides and circulars; and press releases and clippings. The correspondence contains information on the factional disputes and struggles for leadership within the Socialist Party of America in the early years of the twentieth century; the International Socialist Congresses held between 1904 and 1922; the establishment of the Rand School of Social Science in 1905; the activities, history, and philosophy of the Industrial Workers of the World, founded in 1905; trade unionism, 1909-1933; divergent socialist attitudes toward World War I; Bolshevism and red-baiting, 1918-1921; the formation of the Conference for Progressive Political Action which endorsed Robert M. La Follette for president in 1924; and reconstruction and decline of the Socialist Party, 1925-1933. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper ProjectBerger, Victor L., 1860-1929. Papers, 1862-1980.Berger, Victor L., 1860-1929.Berger, Meta, 1873-1944.Edelman, Elsa Berger, 1900-1984.Hursley, Doris Berger, 1898-1984.Papers, 1862-1980.14.6 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.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. EnglishGermanYiddishPolishWisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper ProjectLaFollette Family Papers, 1781-1988, (bulk 1900-1953)La Follette, Belle Case, 1859-1931.La Follette, Fola, 1882-1970.La Follette, Mary Josephine, 1899-1988.La Follette, Philip Fox, 1897-1965.La Follette, Robert M. (Robert Marion), 1855-1925.La Follette, Robert M. (Robert Marion), 1895-1953.National Progressive Republican League.La Follette family papers, 1781-1988418,100 items.1,468 containers plus 22 oversize. 594.2 linear feet.Correspondence, diaries, speeches and writings, legal files, office files, campaign files, legislative files, subject files, financial records, biographical research files, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and miscellany principally documenting the careers of Robert M. La Follette (1855-1925), governor of Wisconsin and United States representative and senator, and his son Robert M. La Follette (1895-1953), United States senator. Also includes papers of Belle Case La Follette, Fola La Follette, and Philip Fox La Follette.EnglishLibrary of Congress. Manuscript DivisionPeople's Legislative Service Records, 1921-1931People's Legislative Service Records 1921-19311,400 items; 4 containers plus 3 oversize; 3.6 linear feetPoltical organization. Correspondence, writings, speeches, press releases, newspaper clippings, and printed material relating mainly to the 1924 presidential campagin of Robert M. La Follette and Burton K. Wheeler.EnglishLibrary of Congress. Manuscript DivisionLa Follette, Belle Case, 1859-1931. La Follette family papers, 1781-1988 (bulk 1910-1953).La Follette, Belle Case, 1859-1931.La Follette, Fola, 1882-1970.La Follette, Mary Josephine, 1899-1988.La Follette, Philip Fox, 1897-1965.La Follette, Robert M. (Robert Marion), 1855-1925.La Follette, Robert M. (Robert Marion), 1895-1953.National Progressive Republican League.La Follette family papers, 1781-1988418,100 items.1,468 containers plus 22 oversize. 594.2 linear feet.Correspondence, diaries, speeches and writings, legal files, office files, campaign files, legislative files, subject files, financial records, biographical research files, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and miscellany principally documenting the careers of Robert M. La Follette (1855-1925), governor of Wisconsin and United States representative and senator, and his son Robert M. La Follette (1895-1953), United States senator. Also includes papers of Belle Case La Follette, Fola La Follette, and Philip Fox La Follette.EnglishLibrary of Congress. Manuscript DivisionConference for Progressive Political Action. Conference for Progressive Political Action records, 1924-1928.Conference for Progressive Political Action.Conference for Progressive Political Action records, 1924-1928.4 items.1 container.0.2 linear feet.Transcript of the proceedings of the national convention of the Conference for Progressive Political Action, July 4-5, 1924, in Cleveland, Ohio, which nominated Robert M. La Follette as the party's candidate for U.S. president. Proceedings include speeches by Fiorello H. La Guardia, Henrik Shipstead, and others and poems written and read by Edwin Markham. Also included are transcripts of meetings held by the conference, February 21-22, 1925, in Chicago, Ill., together with a list of delegates, and minutes of meetings of the executive committee of national progressive headquarters, 1927-1928. Materials annotated by Mercer Green Johnston. Library of CongressHerbert F. Baker Papers, 1904-1926Baker, Herbert F., 1862-1930Herbert F. Baker Papers 1904-19265 linear ft. and 1 outsize volumeRepublican state representative, 1907-1912, speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives, 1911, state senator, 1919-1922, and official of the Farmers' National Council, the National Gleaner Federation, the Michigan State Grange and other farm and insurance organizations; includes correspondence, clippings, photographs and scrapbooks, concerning his political and business activities.EnglishBentley Historical Library