Guardian records, 1934-1993 (bulk 1948-1992).

ArchivalResource

Weekly Guardian Associates (Firm). Guardian records, 1934-1993 (bulk 1948-1992).

Guardian records, 1934-1993 (bulk 1948-1992).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173699571

Records, mainly 1948-1992, of an independent leftist newspaper. Originally known as the National Guardian and established by James Aronson, Cedric Belfrage and John T. McManus in 1948. After reorganization in 1967 as a worker cooperative and a name change to the Guardian, the paper was a Marxist-Leninist organ. It ceased publication in 1992. The paper's early history is documented primarily by a reference library of publicity materials issued by numerous domestic social action and political organizations, labor unions, and foreign governments and advocacy groups. Among the topics are the civil rights of African Americans; the House Un-American Activities Committee; and numerous individual civil liberties, loyalty oath, and sedition cases. Also included are small quantities of photographic prints and negatives documenting staff and staff events as well as the work of staff photographers, 1951-1967, consisting only of contact sheets. Labor unions documented in the collection, primarily CIO affiliates, include the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers, and the National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards. Also prominent is the American Labor Party and the Progressive Party. The foreign files contain news stories, many unpublished, dating from the 1950s and 1960s. From the Guardian's existence as a worker cooperative beginning in 1967, there are agenda, minutes, and notes from the staff Coordinating Committee that determined editorial policy. In addition, there are FOIA files about the paper and brief subject files about foreign tours, attempts to organize a Communist political party; and editorial correspondence of Jack A. Smith and Irving Silber with Cedric Belfrage, Anne and Carl Braden, Wilfred Burchett, Anna Louise Strong, and others.

17.4 c.f. (17 record center cartons and 1 archives box),1.0 c.f. of photographs, transparencies, and negatives (2 archives boxes and 1 negative box),1 videorecording (1/2 inch VHS) and1 reel of microfilm (35 mm)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project