Jay Lovestone papers, 1904-1989.

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Jay Lovestone papers, 1904-1989.

Correspondence, reports, memoranda, bulletins, clippings, serial issues, pamphlets, other printed matter, and photographs, relating to the Communist International, the communist movement in the United States and elsewhere, communist influence in American and foreign trade unions, and organized labor movements in the United States and abroad. Also available on microfilm (993 reels).

895 ms. boxes, 4 oversize boxes, 49 envelopes, 2 phonotape reels, 1 framed map.

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