Guide to the Social Democratic Federation of America Records, 1933-1956

Beal, Fred E., 1896?-....

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Maurer, James H. (James Hudson), 1864-

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Meltzer, Leo.

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People's Party

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Waldman, Louis.

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Waldman: art historian; New York, N.Y.; Bess: painter. From the description of Louis Waldman research material on Forrest Bess, 1922-1989. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122595280 ...

Lewis, Lena Morrow, 1868-1950

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Lena Morrow Lewis was one of the most active women socialists in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. Throughout her career in radical politics, Lewis was immersed in a variety of socialist activities. She was a candidate on the Socialist Party ticket in numerous local, state, and congressional elections in California and Alaska. Besides her electoral endeavors, Lewis gave lectures on contemporary socialist issues and worked as a journalist for several socialist and labor...

Socialist Party-Social Democratic Federation

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Mooney, Thomas J., 1882-1942

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Thomas J. Mooney was born on December 8, 1882 in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Indiana and Massachusetts. A molder by trade, Mooney first came to California in 1908, permanently settling in San Francisco in 1910. There he became involved in the work of the Socialist party and various labor organizing activites. In 1916, Mooney and Warren K. Billings were wrongfully convicted of the Preparedness Day bombing of July 22. Mooney's plight became a cause amongst labor until his eventual release and ...

Beal, Fred Erwin, 1896-1954

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State vs. Fred Erwin Beal, et al. N. C. 278, 154 S. E. 604 (1930). In 1929, Fred Erwin Beal (1896-1954), a communist and National Textile Workers Union (NTWU) organizer, arrived at the Loray Mill in Gastonia, North Carolina. There, the young New Englander worked toward unionization of the mill workers. Many workers did join the NTWU as a result of Beal’s efforts. The company responded to the unionization by firing five union members in May 1929. After the firings, the un...

Maurer, James.

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Debs, Theodore, 1864-1945

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American Labor Party

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The American Labor Party (ALP), was a short lived group, organized along lines of British Labour Party, that was founded in New York City in 1922 by delegates from Socialist Party, Farmer Labor Party, Workmen's Circle, Poale Zion, and 82 labor organizations. From the guide to the American Labor Party Minutes and Proceedings, 1922-1924, (Tamiment Library / Wagner Archives) The American Labor Party (ALP), was a short lived group, organized along the lines of the B...

People's Party (N.Y.).

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Meltzer, Leo.

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Lee, Algernon

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Algernon Lee was a socialist, educator and New York City alderman. After attending the University of Minnesota in the early 1890s, Lee worked as a political organizer for the Socialist Labor Party and served as editor of several socialist publications. In 1909 Lee became the Director of Education at the Rand School of Social Science. He held this position until his death in 1954. Lee was also an instructor in economics and American history at the Rand School. On the New York City Bo...

New leader (New York, N.Y. : 1924).

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The New Leader (1924-2006) was the official (weekly) periodical of the Socialist Party until 1936 when, after a split in the SP, it became the official periodical of the Social Democratic Federation through 1946, after which it was published independently (including a period under the auspices of the American Labor Conference on International Affairs). It became a biweekly in 1961, and a bimonthly in 2000. Under Samuel M. (Sol) Levitas’s editorship (1936-61), it gained prominence as...

Jewish Socialist Verband.

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Socialist Party (U.S.)

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The Socialist Party (U.S.) was founded in 1901, bringing together moderate socialists from the Social Democratic Party, and dissident members of the Socialist Labor Party. In 1936 the ongoing differences between the “Old Guard” and “Militant” factions, resulted in a split, with the Militant group retaining the SP name and much of the membership, while the Old Guard faction retained most of the organizational and financial assets. From the guide to the Socialist Party (U.S.) Minutes, ...

McLevy, Jasper, 1878-1962

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Social Democratic Federation of America

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The Social Democratic Federation (SDF) was organized in 1936 after the split in the Socialist Party between the Old Guard and the Militants. It was able to attract many of the traditional Socialist Party sources of support and its activities were directed by many prominent Socialist Party members, including August Claessens, Algernon Lee, Leo Meltzer, James Oneal and Louis Waldman. The SDF sought to promote the principles of social democracy and independent political action. In the late 1930's, ...

Social Democratic Youth.

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Waldman, Louis, 1892-

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Louis Waldman (1892-1982), a prominent labor lawyer of New York City, was born in the Ukraine. Following his emigration to America in 1909 he became a garment cutter, attended evening school and earned a civil engineering degree from Cooper Union and a law degree from New York Law School. Elected as a Socialist to the New York State Assembly, he was illegally expelled (1920) by a Republican majority. While in the Assembly he sponsored a social insurance bill which foreshadowed the social welfare...

Russell, Charles Edward, 1860-1941

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Author and journalist. From the description of Papers of Charles Edward Russell, 1864-1941 (bulk 1900-1930). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80347779 Journalist, author, poet, and political activist; won the Pulitzer Prize in 1930 for his biography of Haym Solomon in the Revolution; a founder of the NAACP; socialist candidate for Governor of New York State, and U.S. President. From the description of Album, 1937-1940. (New York State Library). WorldCat record id: ...

Oneal, James, 1875-

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James Oneal (1875-1962) was a Socialist, author, editor of New Leader (1924-~1940). From the guide to the James Oneal Papers, 1907-1962, (Tamiment Library / Wagner Archives) ...

Claessens, August, 1885-1954

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August Claessens was one of the most influential leaders in the educational and political development of the Socialist Party. He helped organize support for the Socialist Party within several New York City labor unions and in the fall of 1917 was elected to the New York State Assembly where he worked for legislation pertaining to child labor, the penal code's procedures for obtaining an admission of guilt, the abolishment of the Bolstead Act, the abolishment of the death penalty, and the regulat...

WEVD (Radio station) New York, N.Y.

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