Jefferson School of Social Science Collection 1950-1956

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Jefferson School of Social Science Collection 1950-1956

http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/j/jefferson_sch.htm

"Progressive school for working people." Collection contains a trifold brochure and a course catalog.

1 folder (SC)

eng,

Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 6361953

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Jefferson School of Social Science (New York, N.Y.)

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The Jefferson School of Social Science (1943-1956) was a Marxist adult education institute in New York City. Like its predecessor, the Workers School (1923-1943), it was associated with the Communist Party, USA. The school occupied a nine story building at 575 Sixth Avenue, offered hundreds of courses to as many as 5000 students each term, and published course-related pamphlets. Librarian Henry Black accumulated a 30,000 volume library, and compiled course-related bibliographies. Among the facul...