Papers, 1935-[ca. 1978] (bulk 1935-1955).

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Papers, 1935-[ca. 1978] (bulk 1935-1955).

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The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, and minutes, reports, and other internal documents, principally from the Socialist Workers Party, and from the United Automobile Workers union. In addition to Cochran (often as E. R. Frank, or as "Burt" Cochran), notable correspondents and authors include George F. Addes, James Burnham, James Cannon, George Clarke, Farrell Dobbs, Vincent R. Dunne, Jules Geller, Rose Karsner, Homer Martin, Felix Morrow, A.J. Muste, Max Shachtman, Arne Swabeck, and Natalia Trotsky. There are also letters from SWP and UAW activists.

1.5 linear ft. (3 boxes)

Churchill County Museum

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Churchill County Museum

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Mechanics Educational Society of America

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Morrow, Felix

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Socialist Workers' Party (Great Britain)

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Members and supporters of the Socialist Workers Party have worked with the farm movement and have covered farm protests for the Party's newspaper, The militant, since the 1970s. The items in this collection were collected by various members who were active with the farm movement. From the description of Farm protests collection, 1954-1990, n.d. (Iowa State University). WorldCat record id: 221317319 American socialist political party. From the description of Socia...

Cannon, James Patrick, 1890-1974.

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Geller, Jules.

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Goldman, Albert

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Martin, Warren Homer, 1902-1968

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Vice-President of UAW-AFL and President of UAW-CIO (1935-1939). From the description of Homer Martin papers, 1934-1941. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321137 President of the UAW. From the description of Oral history interview with Homer Martin, 1959. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321346 Warren Homer Martin, a former Baptist minister, was appointed vice-presi...

Clarke, George Herbert

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Shachtman, Max, 1903-1972

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Max Shachtman, founding member of Trotskyite Communist League of America and the Militant; active in communist opposition, 1930-1940. From the description of Max Shachtman correspondence with Leon Trotsky, 1930-1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84159686 From the description of Max Shachtman correspondence with Leon Trotsky, 1930-1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702152214 Max Shachtman was an author, editor and communist leader. Shachtman, a Polish immigrant, ...

Dobbs, Farrell, 1907-1983

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Farrell Dobbs (July 25, 1907 – October 31, 1983) was an American Trotskyist, trade unionist, politician, and historian. Dobbs was born in Queen City, Missouri, where his father was a worker in a coal company garage. The family moved to Minneapolis, and he graduated from North High School in 1925. In 1926, he left for North Dakota to find work, but returned the following fall. At this point, young Farrell Dobbs was a Republican, and supported Herbert Hoover for president in 1928. However, h...

Muste, A. J. (Abraham John), 1885-1967

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Clergyman, pacifist. From the description of Reminiscences of Abraham John Muste : oral history, 1954. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309741542 From the description of Reminiscences of Abraham John Muste : oral history, 1965. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122681124 A.J. Muste (1885-1967). Muste's involvement as a labor organizer began in 1919. When he led strikes in the textile mills of Lawrenc...

Addes, George F., 1910-

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UAW Secretary-Treasurer. From the description of Oral history interview with George F. Addes, 1960. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321288 ...

Dunne, Vincent R. (Vincent Raymond), 1889-1970

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Dunne became active in the IWW while a migrant worker on the West Coast and in 1920 joined the Communist Party. He was a major organizer of the 1934 Truckers' Strike and an active Trotskyite throughout his life. From the description of Oral history interview with Vincent Raymond Dunne, 1969 April 27. (Minnesota Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 45441450 ...

Cochran, Bert, 1913-1984

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Bert Cochran (Dec. 25, 1913 - June 4, 1984), an American Trotskyist, also known by the pseudonym, E.R. Frank, was born Alexander Goldfarb in Warsaw, Poland. He joined the Communist League of America in 1934, was a member of the American Workers Party (1935-37), was a district organizer for the Cleveland district of the Mechanics Educational Society of America (MESA) in 1936-37, was a member of the Appeal Group (within the Socialist Party), was a member of the Socialist Workers Party...

Burnham, James, 1905-1987

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American author and journalist; senior editor, National Review, 1955-1977. From the description of James Burnham papers, 1928-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123458496 Biography 1905 Nov. 22 Born, Chicago, Illinois 1929 1942 Professor of...

Swabeck, Arne

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American Trotskyist leader. From the description of Arne Swabeck papers, 1913-1999. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123419679 Biographical Note 1890 Born, Denmark 1916 Emigrates to the United States. Joins the Socialist Party and the Industrial Workers of the World ...

International Union, United Automobile Workers of America (CIO)

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Peter J. Zanghi, a member of UAW Local 426, was elected first regional director of UAW Region 9 in 1939. From the description of Credential to the fifth convention, 1940 July 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 40641494 ...

Linke Opposition der KPD an Rhein und Ruhr

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Karsner, Rose

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Trot︠s︡kai︠a︡, Natalii︠a︡ Ivanovna, 1882-1962.

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Breitman, George, 1916-1986

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George Breitman (1916-1986) was born in a working-class neighborhood of Newark, New Jersey in 1916. After graduating from high school, Breitman found work in the Civilian Conservation Corps and later in the Works Progress Administration. By 1935, he had joined the Trotskyist movement as a member of the Spartacus Youth League and then as a member of the Workers Party. He also joined the New Jersey branch of the Workers Alliance of America, an organization that fought for relief during the Great D...

American Workers Party

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