Papers, 1883-2005.

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Papers, 1883-2005.

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Collection consists of copied primary research materials, typed and handwritten notes, scholarly articles, transparencies, and correspondence related to Fowler's research, teaching, and writing. Topics referenced and researched include lesbian and gay history, Asian and Asian American history, labor and trade union history, radicalism, leftists in the San Francisco Bay area, Orientalism, transnationalism, nationalism, ethnicity and race studies, surveillance documents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the history of the Communist Party, Communist International (Comintern), the Movement of the Revolutionary Left (MIR), the Pan-Pacific Trade Union Secretariat (PPTUS), the All-America Anti-Imperialist League, the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA), the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the International Labor Defense (ILD), the International Workers Order (IWO), the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), the Trade Union Educational League (TUEL) and Trade Union Unity League (TUUL), the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), the Red International of Labour Unions (Profintern), as well as a number of publications and individuals involved in the formation of the Communist Party. Fowler was a thorough researcher, regularly taking extensive notes and transcribing original documents in the many archives she visited throughout her career. Fowler often referenced the original archival source in her notes, including the delo, fond, series, or collection within a repository. Fowler typically printed her notes and correspondence on the verso of existing documents, including correspondence and unpublished manuscripts. The collection also includes consent forms and transcripts for a series of oral history interviews with Bay Area leftists performed by Fowler.

51 boxes (25.5 linear ft.)

University of California, Los Angeles

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University of California, Los Angeles

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