Social-Democratic Party of America Records 1900-1905

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Social-Democratic Party of America Records 1900-1905

The Social Democratic Party was established in 1898 by Victor Berger and others as a split from the short-lived Social Democracy of America, and was one of the principal left groups that merged to form the Socialist Party (U.S.) in 1901. The collection contains minutes, legal documents, circular letters, financial papers, correspondence, and miscellaneous items pertaining to the New York City local of the Social Democratic Party. Note: the collection has been microfilmed, and researchers must use the microfilm copy (R-7124, reel 3).

0.5 linear feet; (1 box)

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Berger, Victor L. (Victor Luitpold), 1860-1929

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Victor Luitpold Berger (February 28, 1860 – August 7, 1929) was an Austrian American socialist politician and journalist who was a founding member of the Social Democratic Party of America and its successor, the Socialist Party of America. Born in the Austrian Empire, Berger immigrated to the United States as a young man and became an important and influential socialist journalist in Wisconsin. He helped establish the so-called Sewer Socialist movement. Also a politician, in 1910, he was elected...

Social-Democratic Party of America

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The Social Democratic Party was established in 1898 as a result of a split in the Social Democracy of America (SDA). Organized by Eugene V. Debs on 15 June 1897, the SDA consisted of members from the American Railway Union and the Brotherhood of the Cooperative Commonwealth. Shortly after its inception, SDA split between the 'colonizationalists' who supported DEbs' scheme to form a socialist sate in one of the states of the union; and the 'political wing' which emphasized a concrete...

Social Democracy of America

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Socialist Labor Party.

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Founded in 1877, the Socialist Labor Party (SLP) developed into the foremost socialist organization in the United States at the turn of the century and was the first American Marxist party to maintain its existence over a long span of years. From the guide to the Socialist Labor Party records, 1877-1907., (Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library) The Socialist Labor Party (SLP), founded in 1877, was the first significant Ameri...