MsC 160
RECORDS OF THE PROGRESSIVE PARTY
Collection Dates
(Bulk Dates:1940 to 1955)
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List
Texas:
Correspondence of Herman Wright, Progressive Party candidate for governor (Texas) and State chairman, 1948 -- 1950. Includes 1 TLS from Louis Adamic
Correspondence of Herman Wright, 1948 -- 1950. 1 TLS from Rockwell Kent; 1 TLS from Ring Lardner Jr.; TLS from Elmer Benson, Governor and U. S. Senator from Minnesota
Speeches and press releases of Herman Wright, 1948 -- 1949
Broadsides, press releases, articles, manuscript notes, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings (2 folders)
Broadsides and pamphlets
Box 2
Vermont:
Correspondence of Helen H. MacMartin, Secretary-Treasurer of the Progressive Party of Vermont, 1948 -- 1952 (4 folders)
Box 3
Vermont, continued:
Correspondence of Helen H. MacMartin, 1948 -- 1954. 1 TLS George D. Aiken, U.S. Senator from Vermont. 2 TLS Ralph E. Flanders, US Senator from Vermont
Correspondence of Helen H. MacMartin, 1948 -- 1950. 3 TLS from George T. Aiken. 1 TLS Ralph E. Flanders
Correspondence of Helen H. MacMartin, 1948 -- 1952 (2 folders)
Pamphlets, broadsides, minutes, manuscript notes
Box 4
Maryland:
Correspondence, press releases, broadsides, pamphlets, 1946 -- 1948
Correspondence of Josiah W. Gitt, state chairman of Progressive Party of Pennsylvania, 1947 -- 1950. Includes 1 TLS from Howard Fast
Correspondence of Josiah W. Gitt, 1947 -- 1954. 1 TLS from Mrs. Budd Schulberg (2 folders)
Miscellaneous
Massachusetts:
Correspondence of Professor Frederick L. Shuman, President Elector, Progressive Party of Massachusetts, 1948, and Mrs. Jessie O'Connor, acting director Fall River, Mass. Progressive Party. Includes 1 TLS from Henry A. Wallace and 1 TLS from Elmer Benson
Box 5
Wisconsin:
Correspondence of M. Michael Essin, chairman, State Central Committee, Progressive Party of Wisconsin, 1948 -- 1952
Correspondence of M. Michael Essin, 1948 -- 1953. Includes 1 TLS from Vito Marcantonio
Correspondence of M. Michael Essin, 1947 -- 1951. 1 MLS Frank Lloyd Wright. 1 TLS A. J. Sabath, US Congressman from Illinois
Bulletins, letters, telegrams, minutes, policy statements, broadsides, pamphlets, press releases, 1948 -- 1952
Box 6
Wisconsin, continued:
Pamphlets (2 folders)
Bills, receipts, tax statements, tickets, bank statements, cancelled checks, and miscellany
Box 7
Wisconsin, continued:
Bills, receipts, tax statements, tickets, bank statements, cancelled checks, and miscellany
California:
Broadsides, pamphlets, letters, leaflets, 1949 -- 1954
Illinois, Indiana,
Missouri, New Jersey, New Hampshire:
Pamphlets, broadsides, press releases, manuscript notes, telegrams, form letters, 1947 -- 1953
New York, North
Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island:
Pamphlets, broadsides, form letters, articles, 1947 -- 1950
Box 7A
Miscellaneous pamphlets, broadsides, leaflets, form letters, and clippings
Box 8
Miscellaneous pamphlets,
broadsides, and leaflets
I. F. Stone. Smith
Act trial report. Young Progressives of America. Form letters, broadsides,
publications, directives, bulletins, 1946 -- 1953
American Committee for the Foreign Born. American Continental Congress for
Peace. American Peace Crusade. CIO Political Action Committee. Civil Rights
Congress. Committee for a Democratic Far Eastern Policy. Council of American
Soviet Friendship. Council on African Affairs. National Nonpartisan Committee
to Defend the Rights of the 12 Communist Leaders. Peace Information Center.
United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America. Form letters, postcards,
leaflets, pamphlets, statements, press releases, 1948 -- 1952
World Peace Congress. Yugoslav Information Center. Facts for Farmers. National
Labor Committee for Wallace and Taylor. Progressive Veteran. Vet's Voice.
The Southern Patriot. Romanian News. American Committee for Protection of
Foreign Born. National Committee to Secure Justice in the Rosenberg Case.
Postcards, form letters, statements, pamphlets, publications, manuscripts
notes, newspaper clippings, 1948 -- 1952.
Box 9
National Progressive
Party. Programs, minutes, reports, statements, outlines, form letters, broadsides,
1946 -- 1952
National Progressive
Party. Reports, press releases, budgets, bulletins, form letters, broadsides,
statements, 1947 -- 1953
National Wallace
for President Committee. Leaflets, form letters, broadsides, 1947 -- 1952
Progressive Party. Pamphlets, articles, form letters, leaflets, songs
Box 10
Progressive Party.
Pamphlets, programs, cards, forms
Progressive Party.
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America. Pamphlets, leaflets,
campaign biography Meet Henry Wallace by James Waterman Wise
Charles P. Howard.
Harvey Matsow. Rod Holmgren. Milburn P. Akers. Letters, notebooks, manuscript
notes, articles, clippings, 1949 -- 1955
Calvin B. Baldwin.
Form letters, news releases, statements, directives, 1948 -- 1954
John J. Abt. Elmer A. Benson. Edward R. Frisbie. George B. Murphy Jr. Jerry J. O'Connell. Ralph E. Shikes. Lillian H. Traugott. Form letters, news releases, broadsides, statements, directives, 1947 -- 1950
Photographs
Box 12
John J. Abt. Elmer
A. Benson. Calvin B. Baldwin. Form letters, statements, directives, news releases,
memoranda, addresses, 1950 -- 1952
Calvin B. Baldwin.
Form letters, statements, directives, news releases, memoranda, reports, speeches,
1949 -- 1954
Calvin B. Baldwin.
Form letters, speeches, reports, news releases, statements, directives, 1948
-- 1954
Jack Berman. Reuben
W. Borough. Lou Burnham. Barney Conal. Earl B. Dickerson. Thomas I. Emerson.
Corliss Lamont. Mitchell Franklin. George B. Murphy, Jr. Paul Robeson. Ralph
Shikes. Lillian H. Traugott. Form letters, speeches, statements, news releases,
reports, directives, 1948 -- 1950
Raymond R. Tillman. Katherine A. Van Orden. Luke H. Wilson. Dr. W. E. Du Bois. Vincent Hallinan. Vivian Hallinan. Charlotta Bass. Morton Bloom. Form letters, speeches, statements, news releases, reports, directives, 1949 -- 1953
Box 13
California, Connecticut,
Florida:
Broadsides, reports, minutes, form letters, statements, directives, leaflets, publications, 1947 -- 1954
Illinois, Indiana,
Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, New York:
Petitions, form letters, statements, news releases, manuscript notes, articles, reports, speeches, 1947 -- 1952
Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Texas, Vermont, Wisconsin:
Form letters, nomination papers, manuscript notes, articles, reports, speeches, statements, broadsides, 1948 -- 1953
Vermont, Wisconsin:
Form letters, nomination papers, manuscript notes, reports, statements, leaflets, speeches, articles, broadsides, 1948 -- 1950
Wisconsin:
Petitions, tax returns, letters, statements, manuscript notes, speeches, 1948 -- 1951
Box 14
Wisconsin, continued:
Election statements, letters, speeches, election ballots, nomination papers, manuscript notes, reports, 1948 -- 1950
National Committee
to Defeat the Mundt Bill. Young Progressive Citizens of America. Newsletters,
form letters, bulletins, statements, pamphlets, broadsides, publications,
news releases, 1948 -- 1950
American Labor
Party. National Council of American-Soviet Friendship. American Peace Crusade.
Peace Information Center. Letters, statements, memoranda, reports, speeches,
publications, 1949 -- 1951
Civil Rights Congress.
American Civil Liberties Union. Daniels Defense Committee. Fraternal Council
of Churches in America. National Lawyers Guild. National Committee to Repeal
the McCarren Act. Motion Picture Association. Letters, statements, reports,
scripts, broadsides, petitions, reprints, 1948 -- 1953
Facts for Action.
(National Wallace for President Committee), 1948
Facts for Action. Legislative Bulletin. AVC Progressive news. News releases.
Uncensored. Peace Crusader. American Soviet Friendship Report on the News.
American Soviet Facts, 1948 -- 1953
Box 15
Swaptalk. The Farmer's
Angle. American Committee for the Protection of the Foreign Born. National
Wallace for President Committee. 1948 -- 1949
National Conference
of Students for Wallace. Progressive Party National Committee Meeting. National
Committee on Jobs & the Economic Crisis. 1947 -- 1949
National Progressive
Party. Statements, resolutions, reports, programs, 1950
National Progressive
Party. Reports, statements, newsletters, minutes, resolutions, speeches, 1950
-- 1952
National Progressive Party. Reports, statements, minutes, bulletins, programs, 1950 -- 1954
Box 16
National Progressive
Party:
Statements, minutes, news releases, lists, reports, broadsides, resolutions, speeches, 1948 -- 1950
Speeches, statements, reports, minutes, lists, articles, 1948 -- 1954
Statements, minutes, lists, reports, leaflets, 1947 -- 1950
Resolutions, statements, articles, reports, lists, programs, biographies, form letters, 1948 -- 1953
Reports, lists, minutes, statements, news releases, memoranda, broadsides, articles, programs, 1948 -- 1950
Box 17
National Progressive Party:
Leaflets, policies, statements, letters, reports, broadsides, speeches, lists, 1948 -- 1950
Henry Agard Wallace. Speeches and statements, 1946 -- 1949
Box 18
Henry Agard Wallace, Speeches and statements, 1948 -- 1951
Box 19
Newspaper clippings:
Baltimore local interest and foreign items in Baltimore papers
Box 20
Newspaper clippings:
Massachusetts, Vermont and Connecticut local interest, National Committees
Box 21
Newspaper clippings:
Vermont and a few Quebec clippings
Box 22
Newspaper clippings:
Vermont local interest news clippings. Some newspaper columnists
Box 23
Newspaper clippings:
Vermont, Wisconsin, Maryland and Rhode Island. Milburn Akers Committee
Box 24
Newspaper clippings:
California, Massachusetts, New York, Wisconsin, Indiana, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Illinois
Box 25
Newspaper clippings and speeches:
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charles P. Howard. Wisconsin Citizens for Wallace Journal
Box 26
Wallace Fact Memorial Folder. Speech material folder. Includes form letters, broadsides, articles, memoranda, AVC Progressive news, convention speeches folder. Convention business folder
Box 27
Manual of Practical Political Action. Edited by Lewis C. Frank, Jr. and Ralph E. Shikes
We Pledge Peace a friendship book
An Uncommon Man by Frank Kingdon (New York: The Readers Press, 1945). Iowa Progressive Party Platform and resolutions folder. Campaign handbook of the Progressive Party 1948 (2 copies). Notebook of Charles P. Howard
Charles P. Howard Notebook. Student's Manual of Outlines. National founding convention of the new political party at convention hall, Philadelphia Proceedings (1948) Sixty photographs, National Wallace Committee check stub. Proceedings. 17th biennial convention. International Fur & Leather Workers Union of United States and Canada, CIO. Atlantic City, May 16 -- 22, 1948, 263 pages
Box 29
Political Affairs:
June -- December, 1947
January -- April, 1948
June -- September, 1948
November -- December 1948
August -- September 1953
New World Review.
January -- March 1953
Masses & Mainstream.
March -- November 1948, January 1949
Wallace, Henry A. Toward World Peace. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1948
Box 30
Proceedings. Illinois
State Industrial Union Council CIO. Seventh and eighth Constitution Convention,
1949 -- 1950
Proceedings of
the ... Constitutional Convention of the United Steel Workers of America;
1946, 1948, 1950
Official Proceedings
of the ... Convention of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter
Workers; 1946, 1948
Proceedings of
the ... Convention of San Francisco, 1945, 1947, 1949. International Longshoremen's
& Warehousemen's Union affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations.
Proceedings. Fifth
Constitutional Convention of the United Furniture Workers of America, CIO,
1948
Proceedings of
the ... Constitutional Convention of the United Office and Professional Workers
of America, CIO; 1946, 1948
Sweezy, Paul M. and Huberman, Leo (eds.) F.O. Mathiessen (1902 -- 1950), A Collective Portrait, New York: Henry Schuman, 1950
Box 31
Proceedings of
the ... Annual Convention International Woodworkers of America; 1946, 1947,
1948
Proceedings. United
Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America, CIO; 1946, 1947, 1948
Proceedings ...
Constitutional Convention of the Congress of Industrial Organizations; 1947,
1948, 1949
Investigations
of senators Joseph R. McCarthy and William Benton pursuant to S. Res. 187
and S. Res. 304. Report of the Subcommittee on Privileges and Elections to
the Committee on Rules and Administration
Rochester, Anna.
The Populist Movement in the United States. New York: International
Publishers, 1943
Whitman, Alden.
Labor Parties 1827 -- 1834. New York: International Publishers,
1943
Lawson, Elizabeth.
Lincoln's Third Party. New York: New Century Publishers, 1948
Foster, William
Z.; Beware of the War Danger! New York: New Century Publishers, 1948
Dennis, Eugene. The Third Party and the 1948 Elections. New York: New Century Publishers, 1948
Box 32
Press releases,
news clippings, articles, letters, 1947 -- 1955. Correspondents include Henry
L. Moon (NAACP), Joseph L. Johnson (dean of medicine, Howard University),
Clark Foreman (director, Emergency Civil Liberties Committee), Mary McLeod
Bethune
Spy Hunter. News
clippings, articles, form letters, press releases, fact sheets, 1947 -- 1953
Articles, speeches,
clippings, notes, 1946-1952
Henry A. Wallace
Breaks With Truman. Form letters, news clippings, letters, articles, 1946
-- 1948. Correspondents include Henry A. Wallace (2 TLS) and James Imbrie
Progressive Party
Convention. Articles, platforms, news clippings, speeches, 1948 - 1955. Letter
from James Hayford, West Burke, Vermont.
Divisions (Youth-Women-Farmers). Letters, bulletins, clippings, articles, pamphlets, press conferences, news releases, statements, reports, 1948 -- 1955. Correspondents include Harold Buchman, Fred W. Stover, Elmer A. Benson (1 ALS), James M. Youngdale, James Robertson
Box 32A
Labor. Reviews,
news clippings, notes, articles, letters, pamphlets, speeches, news releases,
fact sheets, 1948 -- 1954. Correspondents include Kermit Eby, Len De Caux,
Eugene Cotton, Mrs. Miles Tierney, Leslie Orear, Abner Green
Liberals. Newspaper clippings, press releases, play, fact sheet, notes, pamphlets, articles, 1947 -- 1948
Box 33
South. Speeches,
news clippings, articles, press releases, letters, telegrams, 1948 -- 1954.
Includes itinerary of southern trip. Correspondents include Harry S. Ashmore
and Alan T. Myers
West. News clippings,
articles, letters, telegrams, statements, reports, fact sheets, press releases,
speeches, 1947 -- 1948. Correspondents include Calvin B. Baldwin, Chet Holifield
Middle West. News clippings, 1948 -- 1955
East. News clippings,
editorials, articles, memorandum, 1948
Election. Articles,
news clippings, reports, telegrams, letters, speeches, 1948 -- 1953. Radio
broadcast of Henry A. Wallace. Letter from Eric Hoffer
Early third parties.
Articles, news clippings, 1947 -- 1954
Henry A. Wallace.
Articles, news clippings, 1941 -- 1944 (3 folders)
Kansas. Letters,
editorials, 1952
Iowa. Letters,
news clippings, party platforms, speeches, campaign material, 1948 -- 1953.
Correspondents include Henry Wallace and George Mills
Indiana. Letters,
campaign material, letterhead stationery, 1947 -- 1948. Correspondents include
Louise Gilbert, Laure Spiker (secretary, Indiana Committee to Win the Peace)
and Jessica Phine (executive secretary, Indiana Citizens for Wallace)
Kentucky. Letters,
campaign material, news clippings, press releases, articles 1948 -- 1953.
Correspondents include Herbert H. Monsky
Louisiana. Press
releases, campaign material, 1948
Maine. Letters including Louise Hunt and Ray Gailey, 1948 -- 1955
Box 34
Maryland. Letters,
campaign material, election results, a petition, news clippings. Correspondents
include Walter McManamon, Sen. Millard Tydings, Milton Bate, and A.J. Bourbon
(administrative assistant to Sen. O'Connor), 1946 -- 1954
Massachusetts.
Letters, news clippings, election results, proceedings of party's founding
convention, press releases, articles, 1947 -- 1948. Correspondents include
Harlow Shapley
Lansing, Michigan;
Massachusetts and New Jersey. Letters, newspapers and clippings, campaign
material, petitions 1946 -- 1948. Letter from Henry Wallace
Michigan. Letters,
articles, newspapers, clippings, election results, proceedings of conventions,
news releases, 1948 -- 1954. Correspondents include Sid Rosen (treasurer of
Progressive Party in Michigan), Allen Sayler (state chairman), Harry S. Toy
(police commissioner of Detroit), William D. Chase, Albert Cherow, and Edith
Lindeman.
Florida. Letters,
news clippings, election report, speech analysis, 1947 -- 1955. Interview
with Sen. Pepper. Correspondents include Sam Lubell, Nelson Poynter, Clark
Foreman, Louis Touby (party treasurer), John Kovace, John M. Coe (state chairman)
Arkansas. News
releases, clippings, campaign material, 1948
February 1948.
Miscellany of news clippings and campaign sheets
January 1948. Miscellany
of news clippings and articles, including Wallace's column. Proceedings of
2nd annual convention
Proceedings of
national convention of 1948 then the Shibe Park Meeting. 1948 and 1954. Articles
on the death of Vito Marcantonio. Miscellany of articles and campaign material
Miscellany of party platforms and newspaper clippings about them. Campaign material, 1948
Box 35
Colorado. Editorial
manuscript by Wallace, letters, news clippings, notes from Vincent File, proceedings
of Colorado convention, 1948 -- 1955. Correspondents include Mike Rinn (state
chairman), Samuel D. Menin, Michael Straight, Lee Fryer, Rudy Cook (executive
secretary of party), Mrs. Herbert Ulmer
March 1948. Miscellaneous
news clippings
April 1948. Lists
of members of national committee of Wallace for President, news clippings,
news releases, articles
Georgia. Letters,
news clippings, press releases, articles. Correspondents include Palmer Weber,
J.W. Gitt, George J. Roark, M.C. Thompson (governor of Georgia), William Moody,
Emerson Hill, and Arnold Goldman
Delaware. News
clippings, 1947
Connecticut. Documents
of Progressive Party of Connecticut, letters, news clippings, 1948 -- 1953.
Correspondents include Thomas Emerson (candidate for governor)
California. Letters,
news clippings, 1948
Alabama. Letters,
news clippings, 1948
H. A. W. Announces.
Letters, Wallace speech, news clippings, articles, 1948. Correspondents H.
A. Wallace. Illinois news clippings on death of Mrs. Anita McCormick Blaine
1945. Wallace speech, news clippings, news release
November -- December
1948. Letters, news clippings, news releases, election analysis, articles,
party documents. Correspondents include H.A. Wallace (copy)
May 1948. Letters, news releases, news clippings, articles, primary topic: Wallace-Stalin letter. Correspondents include Adam Swartz and George Murphy
Box 36
Convention Press.
Letters, news clippings, maps, articles, 1948. Correspondents include Rexford
Tugwell, Chuck Roberts, Roland Wolseley, and Clara Vincent
Chapter 3: 1945
and 1946. News clippings, pamphlets, news releases, notes, 1945 -- 1946
Letters, music,
news clippings, articles, notes, 1948 -- 1954. Correspondents include Allen
Sayler, Joe Scholnick, William H. Miller, and Ruth Frank
MacDougall speeches.
Text of speeches and debates, news releases, 1948 -- 1950
Illinois, 1948.
Letters, thesis manuscript, news releases, news clippings, article, partydocuments.
Correspondents include Edward Barrett (secretary of state), Zalmon H Garfield,
and Arthur J. Wetle
Texas. Letters,
party documents, news releases, speeches, news clippings, election analyses,
1948. Correspondents include Mandell and Wright, Jessie Floyd O'Connor, and
Pearl Fox
Congress --Votes. Congressional vote analyses, news clippings, articles, 1945 -- 1947
Box 37
Wisconsin. Letters,
campaign material, party documents, news clippings, election analyses, 1948
-- 1953. Correspondents include Michael J. Essin (executive director of party)
New Mexico. Letters,
party documents, 1948 -- 1953
Nebraska. Letters,
news notes, 1948 -- 1953. Correspondents include Arthur F. Stearns and John
J. Abt
Montana. Letters,
campaign material, news clippings, party documents, 1947 -- 1953. Correspondents
include John Hellman and Chet Kinsey
New Jersey. News
clippings, notes, party documents, campaign material, 1948 -- 1953
New Hampshire.
Party documents, campaign material, election laws, news clippings, 1948
Missouri. Letters,
party documents, news clippings, 1948. Correspondents include Katherine Shryver
Mississippi. Notes
from news articles, 1948
Minnesota. Letters,
party documents, campaign material, news clippings, 1948 -- 1954. Correspondents
include Elmer Benson, Victor Lawson, and Cy Barnum
Farmers-Ayres.
Party documents, campaign material 1948, election reports
Nationalities.
Party documents, campaign material, 1948
Republicans. Letters,
campaign material, clippings, 1948 -- 1954
Socialism. Documents
and articles of and about the Socialist party in America, 1948 -- 1954
Legal. Court documents,
articles, clippings, 1948
Liberalism-ADA.
Letters, notes, clippings, articles, documents of ADA, 1947 -- 1954. Correspondents
include Arthur Schlessinger, Jr., Robert R. Nathan, David C. Williams, Somes
V. Cunningham, Mrs. Elliot Dexter
Tennessee. Campaign
material, letters, clippings, 1948. Correspondents include KKK
South Dakota. Party documents, letter, 1948. Correspondents include Homer Ayres South
Carolina. Notes
from newspapers, 1948
Oregon. Party documents,
news clippings, 1947
Rhode Island. Letters,
speeches, party documents, clippings, 1948 -- 1955. Correspondents include
Ralph C. Lofsky
Idaho. Notes from
newspapers, 1948
Ohio. Party documents, campaign material, clippings, 1948
Box 38
Oklahoma. Letters,
petitions, clippings, 1948 -- 1954. Correspondents include Roscoe Dunjee
North Dakota. Letters,
clippings. Correspondents include Quentin N. Burdick, 1948 -- 1955
War Mindedness.
Clippings, 1948
Women. Campaign
material, press releases, 1948
Vermont. Letters,
election results, articles, news clippings, 1948. Correspondents include Una
Buxenbaum, Helen MacMartin, and E.H. Konrad
Wallace-Northwestern
Teachers. Letters, petitions, 1948. Correspondents include Ernest Samuels,
Edgar S. Brightman, Art Brooke
Pennsylvania. Letters,
party documents, campaign material, clippings, petitions, 1948 -- 1952. Correspondents
include J.W. Gitt, Gerald Schlaflander, Julia Veinus, Barney Conal, Charlotte
Lance
Virginia. Party
documents, clippings, 1948
Washington. Party
documents, clippings, 1948
West Virginia.
Letters, Horace S. Mendahl and Harry Ernst, 1953
Dixiecrats. Documents,
campaign material, clippings, manuscripts, speeches, 1948 -- 1953
South. Booklet,
1948
New York. Letters,
election analyses, campaign material, press releases, Liberal Party documents,
American Labor Party documents. Includes letters of Warren Montrose (Research
and Publicity Division Liberal Party), 1948 -- 1953
North Carolina.
Letters, clippings, party documents, election analyses, manuscript notes,
1948. Correspondents include Mary Price
Youth. Letters,
articles, form letters, clippings, campaign material, newsletter, party documents,
includes letters by Herbert Oppenheimer, C.B. Baldwin, Alice D. Nelson
Farmers. Letters,
clippings, articles, 1947 -- 1953. Correspondents were CB Baldwin, Somes Patton,
Fred Stover
Thesis. Brown, Bill. The Birth of a Party. Winter, 1948
Box 39
Dahl, Genter. Minority
Parties and Independents, 1948
Kaufman, Mendel
J. The Progressive Party, 1948
Democrats. Letters,
articles, clippings, interview with Pres. Truman, 1948 -- 1953. Includes copies
of letters from H. S. Truman and J. Frank Dobie
Conference of Progressives,
PCA, AND ADA 1946. Form letters, pamphlets, manuscript notes, articles, clippings,
newsletters
Europe. Manuscript
notes, clippings, greetings to British Progressives, 1945 -- 1947
Miscellany. Manuscript
note, 1947
Taft Hartley to
Labor Day. UPWA Convention proceedings, 1947. Manuscript notes, 1947
A Labor Party in
West, manuscript notes, clippings, 1947
Wallace speeches,
manuscript notes, letters, clippings, 1947 -- 1954. Correspondents include
William Homes Borders, Clark Foreman, Lyle Stuart
December 1947.
Clippings, manuscript notes
Organizational
background. Manuscript notes, 1945 -- 1946
Domestic vs. Truman.
Manuscript notes, 1945 -- 1947
Peace and the Bomb.
Manuscript notes, articles, letters, booklets, 1945 -- 1946
Wallace's background.
Manuscript note, articles, news clippings, letters, speeches, 1935 -- 1947.
Letters include FDR to Henry Wallace (copy)
Communists. Letters,
articles, news clippings, manuscript notes, booklets, 1945 -- 1948. Correspondents
include Dorothy Thompson, Alfred Friendly, Louis Adamic, Lee Fryer, J. W.
Gitt
Background. Letters,
news clippings, broadsides, 1945 -- 1954. Correspondents include Claude Pepper
Issues. Broadsides,
manuscript notes, news clippings, articles, campaign material, 1946 -- 1948
Foreign policy.
Letters, articles, pamphlet, news clippings, news releases, manuscript notes,
1948
Dixiecrats. Letters,
articles, news clippings, news releases, manuscript notes, 1948 -- 1954. Correspondents
include J.W. Gitt, Henry Wallace (copy), Clarence Athearn, Ralph Shikes, Ferdinand
C. Smith, Rev. Stacy Adams
Colorado and Communists. Press releases, speeches, news clippings, articles, 1948
Box 40
Oklahoma, Ohio,
Minnesota. Letters, press releases, articles, news clippings, speeches, 1948
-- 1954
Illinois Party
Documents. News letters, 1947
National Citizens
Political Action Committee. Pamphlets, news releases, broadsides, newsletters,
reports, 1945 -- 1946
Independent Voters
of Illinois. Letters, form letters, broadside, documents, news clippings,
press releases, reports, speeches, 1947. Correspondents include James Adams,
Robert Hurleigh, Irving Flamm, Harry Green, William Volk, Mary Wheeler, Robert
Lasch
January -- September
1947. Articles, press releases, form letters, news clippings, speeches, newsletters,
broadsides, editorials, letters, manuscript notes. Correspondents include
Ralph Shikes and J.W. Gitt
Bell Ringer. Newsletters,
1945 -- 1947
National Citizens
Political Action Committee. Pamphlets 1944 -- 1947
Henry A. Wallace.
News releases, pamphlets, manuscript notes, news clippings, news releases,
letters from Atlantis Marshall, 1940 -- 1966. Biographic sketches
Union for Democratic Action. Organization documents, pamphlets, bulletins, form letters, platforms, newsletters, letters from Frank McCulloch, 1942 -- 1946
Box 41
Independent Voters
of Illinois, 1946. Letters, documents, plays, news clippings, booklets, reports,
press releases, form letters, newsletters, magazines, platforms. Correspondents
include Lillian Milgrom, Edward J. Sparling, Lillian O. Inke, Mrs. Hugh Carmicheal,
Mrs. Hedwig Loeb, Julius Jesmer, Leo Lerner, Alex Elson, Howard Williams,
Ira Latimer, Joseph Genne, and Frank McCulloch
Independent Voters
of Illinois, 1943 -- 1945. Documents, reports, news clippings, editorials,
letters, form letters, articles, booklets, bulletins. Correspondents include
John Lapp, Irving J. Rosenblum, Leo Lerner, John H. Miller
Students. Pamphlets,
broadsides, newsletters, campaign material, form letters, 1946 (2 folders)
Wallace, The Red
Issues. News clippings, articles, letters, manuscript notes, campaign material,
1948 -- 1953. Correspondent Arthur Schutzer
Notes from books
Box 42
Vol. 3: Additions.
Letters, news clippings, news releases, notes from books, surveys, booklets,
articles, speeches, manuscript notes, 1946 -- 1953. Correspondents include
Chester Bowles, Leon Henderson, Walter Reuther (copy), Dan J. McCormick, Seymour
Pitcher, Henry A. Wallace (copy), F.W. Stover (copy), Barney Conal
Gideon's Army manuscripts chapters I -- XIII (13 folders)
Box 43
Gideon's Army manuscripts chapters XIV -- XXVIII (15 folders)
Box 44
Gideon's Army
manuscript chapters XXIX -- XXXVI (8 folders)
Vol. 1: Additions.
Speeches, news clippings, letters, campaign material, fact sheets, 1947 --
1963. Correspondents include Michael Straight
Platform. Letters,
form letters, articles, news clippings, newsletters, bulletins, press releases,
platforms, 1948 -- 1953. Correspondents include Paul M. Sweezy, Dick Walt,
Lee Pressman, Elinor Gimbel, John J. Abt, Scott Buchanan, Rexford G. Tugwell
National Citizens
Political Action Committee Research Council
Progressive, Evanston. Form letters, PCA documents, fact sheets, membership lists, newsletters, news clippings, letters from Donald Sweet, Helen Baker, Joan Boe, 1948 -- 1950
Box 45
Progressives, MacDougall.
Interviews, letters, broadsides, correspondents include William H. Miller
(Illinois PCA state director) and Mrs. Lillian Traugott, 1948 -- 1950
Communists. Articles,
news clippings, form letters, manuscript notes, 1948
Newspaper articles
of interest to the Progressive Party
General Ideas.
Notes, articles, news clippings, biographical notes, interviews, letters,
reports
Vol. 2 Additions. Party documents, notes, clippings, letters, articles, platforms,
statements, 1948 -- 1963. Correspondents include Clifford Durr and Jim Dumbrowski
Foreman, Clark.
Articles, name lists, clippings, pamphlets, party documents, press releases,
newsletters, form letters, speeches, campaign material, reports, letters from
Clark Foreman, CB Baldwin, Russ Nixon, Hugh Bryson, J.W. Gitt, Mary Price,
1947 -- 1949
1947: October,
November, December. Pamphlets, broadsides, campaign material, fact sheets,
news clippings, press releases, manuscript notes, party documents, letters
from Helen G. Douglas, James Imbrie, Herman Fish, Bert L. Sharp, Charles Shillet,
Dr. Robert M. Lindner, Leslie H. Peard, Jr.
Politics, Chicago, Judges. Ballots, press releases, news clippings, telegrams, form letters, speeches, campaign material, election results, pamphlets, manuscript notes, letters from Zal Garfiels, John Hastings, James Mulroy, Maud Slye, Donald Sweet, William Miller, 1947 -- 1948
Box 46
National Citizens
Political Action Committee, January -- June 1947. Party documents, form letters,
news clippings, press releases, statements, briefs, pamphlets
Progressive Party.
Manuscript notes, pamphlets, press releases, speeches, reports, fact sheets,
news clippings
Business correspondence
1944 -- 1965. Includes letters from John J. Abt 1949, CB Baldwin, Elmer A.
Benson, Vito Marcantonio, Curtis D. MacDougall, Robert Morss Lovett, Vincent
Hallinan, Clifford T. McAvoy, and 10 Henry Wallace letters (14 folders)
Speeches by Henry
A. Wallace, 1949 -- 1953
Speeches by CB
Baldwin, 1949
Speeches by Vito
Marcantonio, July 1952
Speeches by Elmer
Benson, 1950
Speech by Thomas
Emerson, 1950
Speeches by Paul
Robeson, 1950
Speeches by Mrs.
Charlotta Bass, 1952
Speeches by James
Imbrie, O.J. Rogge, Archibald Carey, Dean Acheson, Curtis MacDougall, William
S. Gailman, 1950
Speeches by John J. Abt, associate supreme court justice, William O. Douglas, Vincent Hallinan, W.E.B. DuBois, Reuben W. Barough, Charles A. Hill, Vilian Hallinan, Clara Vincent, William D. Smith, Eslanda Goode Robeson
Box 47
Agendas and programs
of various events. April 1949 to July 1952
Minutes of meetings of the Progressive Party, January 1949 to September 1950
Reports by various
committees and people, 1949 -- 1955
Statements by Henry
A. Wallace, 1949 -- 1953
Statements by various
committees and people, 1949 -- 1954
Resolutions by
various committees, 1949 -- 1951
Press releases,
1949 -- 1953
Memoranda, 1949
-- 1953
Pamphlets on areas
relating to the Progressive Party
Newspaper clippings. Many on Henry Wallace
Box 48
Newspaper clippings.
Many on Henry Wallace (4 folders)
Forms. Soliciting
volunteer help (political campaign), 1944
Biographical notes
on 53 people
Progressive Party
name list
Bulletins 1949
-- 1950
Invitations
Illinois Progressive
Party. State party platform, 1950, and a paper on the Progressive Party of
Illinois, 1950
Arms program fact
sheet
Progressive Party
Convention, 1950. Press coverage, convention rules
Review of the first
four months of the Eisenhower administration
Progressive Party, financial data
Box 49
Progressive Party,
campaign material
Progressive Party,
articles and statements on issues of the party
General articles
on the Progressive Party
Miscellaneous material
including a radio interview with Henry A. Wallace in 1950
Notebooks 1 -- 23
Box 50
Notebooks 24 -- 48
Boxes 51 --
54
Index cards
Box 55
Notebooks 49 --
55
Correspondence
dated 1949 -- 1950. Letters by Charles P. Howard, Paul Cunningham, Franklin
H. Williams, Russ Nixon and others
Correspondence between MacDougall and others while researching Gideon's Army
Correspondence
and other material relating to Glenn H. Taylor. Newspaper clippings
National Council
of Arts, Sciences, and Professions, and related groups. Minutes, resolutions
and other NCASP papers. Clippings and NCASP publications Newspaper clippings
relating to death of Henry Wallace
Typewritten manuscript. Discarded pages from ms. for Gideon's Army
Box 56
Correspondence
with CB Baldwin, 1952 -- 1955
Correspondence,
pamphlets, newspaper clippings on Progressive Party and on James Imbrie, Progressive
Party candidate for governor of New Jersey 1949 -- 1951
Progressive Party
of Illinois, 1949. Clippings and political literature
Progressive Party
of Pennsylvania, 1948 -- 1949. Correspondence, speeches, clippings. Correspondents
include Jess W. Gitt, Louis Adamic, Claric Foreman
Progressive Party
of Pennsylvania. Clippings, correspondence, speeches, 1949 -- 1950
Labor Unions. Correspondence,
clippings, pamphlets, 1952 -- 1954
Civil Rights. Correspondence,
pamphlets, 1947 -- 1954
Progressive Party
organizations of Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia,
West Virginia, and Wisconsin
Henry A. Wallace
correspondence and clippings, 1947 -- 1950
Miscellaneous articles
Box 57
Wallace and Taylor
speeches. Progressive Party platform. Articles on farm policies, 1948 -- 1953
Material on Young Progressives of America, Wallace campaign, and National Committee on Wallace in Korea
Box 58
California and
the West. Correspondence, 1948 -- 1965
Colorado correspondence,
1948 -- 1953
East correspondence,
1948 -- 1954
Midwest correspondence,
1947 -- 1955. Includes 1 TLS from Quentin Burdick
Missouri correspondence,
1953 -- 1954. Includes 1 TLS from Harry S. Truman
New England correspondence,
1953 -- 1955
Pennsylvania correspondence,
1948 -- 1965
South correspondence,
1948 -- 1965
Texas correspondence,
1952 -- 1954
Vermont. Correspondence
mainly of Helen MacMartin, 1947 -- 1955
West correspondence,
1953 -- 1955
Wisconsin correspondence,
1948 -- 1953
Divisions. Publications
Campaign 1948, includes 1 TLS from Pete Seeger. (2 folders)
Lewis Frank Jr. Correspondence, 1952 -- 1970
Box 59
Gideon's Army,
Marzini correspondence, 1963 -- 1969 (2 folders)
Gideon's Trumpet,
Publishers correspondence, 1954 -- 1974. Correspondents include Corliss Lamont,
Carey McWilliams, Harry Ashmore, David A. Shannon, CB Baldwin, Ray A. Billington
(3 folders)
Professors for
Wallace correspondence, 1948
Progressive Party members since 1948. Miscellaneous material
Oversized Material
Six campaign posters in "Broadsides, Not Cataloged" map case
Continuing in Box 59
Whitters, James. "Not So Popular Front: The Progressive Party of Massachusetts and the Elections of 1948."
Box 60
The Progressive Party in Tennessee.
Gift of Frank F. Turner. Mr. Turner kept some of the originals for his personal collection, but has graciously provided us with digital images and printouts of these items.
Clippings
Correspondence, mostly with J. T. Sloan, 1948-1956
Documents, including press releases, canned speeches, pamphlets
---. 1948
---. 1949 and undated
CD with images of those items in Mr. Turner's personal collection
George McGovern interviewed by Jon Lauck and John Miller on November 25, 2003
Photocopies of news clippings and transcriptions from South Dakota newspapers, mostly the Mitchell Daily Republic