Gil Green papers, ca. 1947-1986.

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Gil Green papers, ca. 1947-1986.

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Correspondence; remembrance books containing notes, clippings, etc.; copies of FBI files; and other papers of Gil Green, an author and leader of the Communist Party in New York state for many years and briefly in Illinois. Some materials relate to Green's conviction under the Smith Act and prison term (1956-1961). Topics include his family, U.S. foreign relations, and Guatemala. Also included is a VHS tape of a 1986 interview with Gil Green by Northeastern Illinois University professors J. Murphy, V. Simms, and F. MacDonald. The copies of FBI files related to Green were obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests. Duplicates of these files were deposited at the Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives in New York City.

3.5 linear ft. (7 boxes, 1 box in vault)

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