Socialist and Communist Youth Organizations collection

Collection

Identifier: HLL-2019-041

Staff Only

Content Description

The collection comprises subject files that include leaflets, resolutions, bulletins, pamphlets, reports, bulletins, and one song book.

Dates

1920-1959, 1970, undated

Creator

Young People’s Socialist League (Organization)

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Biographical / Historical

The Young People's Socialist League (YPSL), 1907-1972, was the youth organization of the Socialist Party of America; International Communist Youth (ICY), 1919-1943, was the youth organization of the Communist International (Comintern); American Student Union (ASU), 1935-1941, was an anti-war student organization comprising socialist and communist members.

Extent

1 box

Additional Description

Abstract

The collection comprises subject files related to or published by socialist and communist youth organizations including Young People's Socialist League; Internationalist Socialist Youth; Young Communist International; Young Communist League; and American Student Union. It includes leaflets; resolutions; bulletins; pamphlets; reports; bulletins; and one song book.

Arrangement

The collection is alphabetically arranged in one series.

Custodial History

The Socialist and Communist Youth Organizations Collection was donated to the Holt Labor Library in San Francisco, California between 1992 and 2019, and was acquired by the Gerth Archives and Special Collections at California State University, Dominguez Hills, in 2019.