Michigan Communist Party collection
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2914
Scope and Contents
The Michigan Communist Party collection (1924-1935) consist of flyers, handbills, and publications of regional leftist organizations in Michigan. The flyers promote rallies, marches, and other events focused on social equality and economic relief, and encourage membership in the CPUSA, unions, and various community groups.
Dates
- 1924-1935
Creator
- Communist Party of the United States of America (Mich.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Conditions Governing Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Biographical Sketch
The Michigan Communist Party was a regional chapter of the Workers Party of America, which merged with other Communist groups in 1929 to form the CPUSA. During the 1920s and 1930s, the Michigan Communist Party worked in tandem with its youth affiliate, the Young Communist League, and other leftist community organizations in Michigan to advocate for the relief of unemployed workers and their families, the right of workers to organize and form unions, the release and acquittal of the Scottsboro boys, the repeal of the Criminal Syndicalism laws, racial equality, and the resistance to war mobilization.
Extent
1 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Michigan Communist Party collection (1924-1935) consist of flyers, handbills, and publications of regional leftist organizations in Michigan. The flyers promote rallies, marches, and other events focused on social equality and economic relief, and encourage membership in the Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA), unions, and various community groups.
Arrangement
The collection is organized by type and by group.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from F. A. Bernett, Inc. in 2015.
Processing Information
Processed by Sean Taylor in 2016.
- Civic Activism
- Civil rights and socialism -- Michigan -- 20th century -- Sources
- Civil rights and socialism -- Michigan -- Sources
- Communist Party of the United States of America (Mich.) -- Archives
- Communist parties -- Michigan -- 20th century -- Records and correspondence
- Correspondence
- Fliers (Ephemera)
- Handbills
- Membership cards
- Newsletters
- Protest movements -- Michigan -- 20th century -- Sources
- Workers Party of America -- Archives
Creator
- Communist Party of the United States of America (Mich.) (Organization)
- Title
- Inventory of the Michigan Communist Party collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by Sean Taylor.
- Date
- 2005 (last modified: 2020)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid encoded in English.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu