Organization records, 1909-1933 (bulk 1916-1925).

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Organization records, 1909-1933 (bulk 1916-1925).

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Correspondence, reports, financial information, political literature, and similar records documenting the activities of an organization begun around 1901 as a private detective agency, but which after 1914 devoted its resources to the investigation and infiltration of various Minnesota radical political organizations, particularly the Industrial Workers of the World and (after 1919) the Communist Party.

1.0 cu. ft. (1 box).

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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SNAC Resource ID: 7314735

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American Committee of Minneapolis

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