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Communism -- United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

ILGWU Local 22, Charles S Zimmerman Papers on Microfilm

 Collection
Identifier: 5780/014 mf
Abstract

Primarily correspondence, reports, minutes, newspaper clippings, and broadsides dealing with his activities as a leader in Local 22 (in Series I), as well as his other union and political activities (in Series II). Among the most significant material in the collection is correspondence documenting Zimmerman's activities with the Communist Party in the U.S. and its various factions and splinter groups, as well as other political organizations and figures.

Dates: 1933-1954

International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Charles S. Zimmerman papers

 Collection
Identifier: 5780/014
Abstract

The Charles Zimmerman papers consist primarily of correspondence, reports, minutes, newspaper clippings, and broadsides dealing with his activities as a leader in Local 22 (in Series I), as well as his other union and political activities (in Series II).

Dates: 1919-1958 [bulk 1920-1945].

Max Bedacht Manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: 6224
Abstract This typescript autobiography, "On the path of life," deals with Bedacht's reflections on American and international communist leaders and the workings of the Comintern. He describes the factional feuds within the Communist Party, refutes Whittaker Chambers' charges against him in Witness! and recounts the circumstances around his expulsion from the party in 1948, and his reinstatement in 1960. His work establishing and leading the International Workers Order is also traced. Throughout the...
Dates: 1967