Communist Party of the United States of America records. Central Control Commission records, [ca.1929-1953] [microform].

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Communist Party of the United States of America records. Central Control Commission records, [ca.1929-1953] [microform].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/477173738

Reel 1: Contains approximately five thousand index cards on individual party members. Information typically includes name (and sometimes, a pseudonym), date of joining, geographic location and/or branch name, posts held, disciplinary action taken, and a brief case narrative. Coverage is for the years ca. 1929 - ca. 1939. Also, at the end of the reel, is a list of the names of some 200 people expelled from 1950-1953.Reel 2: Individual case files, including Earl Browder, Phil Frankfeld, and John Lautner. Also includes various published and unpublished CPUSA documents, including a 1950 Central Review Commission report on the California party organization. Coverage is 1940s early 1950s. Reel 3; Individual case files, continued. Also includes a long (41 pp.) typescript by one Jack Smith (pseudonym?) critiquing the work of the Communist Party in the maritime industry and on the waterfront.

3 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

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