Guide to the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Printed Ephemera Collection on the Communist Party of the United States of America, 1918-2004

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Guide to the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Printed Ephemera Collection on the Communist Party of the United States of America, 1918-2004

1918-2004

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The Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Printed Ephemera Collection on the Communist Party of the United States of America is an artificial collection, collected and assembled by the Tamiment Library over the course of several decades. It consists of a wide selection of printed matter produced by the CPUSA from the 1920s up through 2004. This includes fliers, brochures, open letters, constitutions, pamphlets and other publications, offering both a general introduction to the CPUSA as well as an in depth look into the types of public material produced by the organization. Also included in the collection is material from various state and local parties, with a large portion coming from New York State and New York City. There are also materials from the CPUSA's various youth affiliates, the Young Communist League and the Young Workers Liberation League as well as from CPUSA antecedents and affiliated organizations. Lastly, the collection consists of pamphlets put out by CPUSA presses, including their paper, The Daily Worker, and such publishing houses as International Publishers, New Century Publishers, and Workers Library Publishers.

11.5 Linear Feet (12 boxes)

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Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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