Papers, ca.1910-1953.

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Papers, ca.1910-1953.

Correspondence, both personal and relating to social and political movements of 1926-1953, unpublished manuscripts on economic and political subjects, an unfinished manuscript on Fanny Wright with notes for the completion of the book, a manuscript outline for a projected book - "Towards Understanding America.", the manuscript of an F.B.I. investigation of the early years of Communism in America. Also included are pamphlets, magazine articles, and books, 1914-1919 by Louis C. Fraina and 1926-1953 by Lewis Corey.

10 linear ft (ca.12,000 items in 24 boxes).

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Communist Party of the United States of America

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Hicks, Granville, 1901-1982

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Corey, Lewis.

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Krutch, Joseph Wood, 1893-1970

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