Reminiscences of Earl Browder : oral history, 1964.

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Reminiscences of Earl Browder : oral history, 1964.

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Childhood in Kansas; Populist Party; social and economic characteristics of Kansas; socialism; Office Workers Union, American Federation of Labor, union activities, 1914; World War I; anti-war group; Tom Mooney; Russian Revolution, 1917; Communist Party, 1919; Industrial Workers of the World vs. American Federation of Labor; International Trade Union Congress, Russia, 1921; 3rd Congress Communist International; La Follette movement; Chinese Revolution, 1927; Pan-Pacific Trade Union Secretariat, 1928; Communist magazines; development of Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1930s; Scottsboro case; Negro rights; 1936 presidential campaign; leftist organizations, 1930s; United Front and 7th Congress Communist International, 1935; Spanish Civil War and International Brigade; Stalin-Hitler Pact, 1939; World War II; postwar changes in Communist Party; discussion of ideology; impressions of Communist leaders.

Miscellaneous papers relating to oral history.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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