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Workers Party of the United States Publications

 Collection
Identifier: 5306

Scope and Contents

Consist chiefly of reports and publications of the Socialist Workers Party and its subdivision, the Socialist Youth League.



Reports of the Socialist Workers Party's national convention (1946) include resolutions, reports on socialism, on party strategy, on the history of the 4th International on the Russian Communist Party and on capitalism.



Reports of the Socialist Youth League include the NATIONAL SECRETARY ORGANIZATION REPORT (1945), the INFORMATION BULLETIN (1945) and MONTHLY EDUCATION CALENDAR (January, 1946). These include information on conferences, party strategy and activities of the Socialist Youth League and local party sections; also reports on union activities.



Also 2 volumes of THE SOCIALIST APPEAL, (1938-1939), the weekly newspaper of the Socialist Workers Party.

Dates

  • 1933-1946

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.

Conditions Governing Use

This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.

Biographical / Historical

The Trotskyist faction of the Socialist Party of America (SPA) formed this political organization after it was expelled from the SPA in 1937.

Extent

1 cubic feet

Abstract

Publications of the Workers Party of the United States.

Related Materials

Related Collections: 6046: Archives Union File (AUF)

Quantity:

1 linear ft.

Forms of Material:

Reports, pamphlets, publications.

General

Contact Information:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives Martin P. Catherwood Library 227 Ives Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183> kheel_center@cornell.edu http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel-center
Compiled by:
Kheel Staff, September 25, 2013
EAD encoding:
Kheel Staff, March 30, 2015
Title
Workers Party of the United States Publications
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Kheel Staff
Date
March 30, 2015
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Revision Statements

  • 02/23/2024: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

Contact:
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853