| Description |
Originals: 10 lin. ft. |
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Copies: 22 microfilm reels. |
| Note |
Sc MG 8 |
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Photographs separated to Photographs and Prints Division. |
| Access |
Researchers are restricted to microfilm copy. |
| Summary |
Minutes, reports, and financial records of the national offfice of ILD. Case files for the Scottsboro case, the widely reported case of nine boys convicted of rape in Scottsboro, Ala., 1931-1936; the case of Angelo Herndon, a black communist convicted and sentenced to death for his activities as an Unemployed Council (a Communist front organization) organizer in Atlanta, 1932-1937; Tom Mooney, an Irish American labor organizer on the West Coast, 1931-1939; Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, two Italian American anarchists accused of armed robbery and murder, 1926-1930; Lucy Parsons, the mulatto wife of Albert Parsons, one of the Chicago Haymarket Square martyrs of 1886; and the case of the Gallup, N. Mex., coal mine workers, 1933-1938. Case files include correspondence, news clippings, leaflets, petitions, press releases, manuscripts for books and articles, legal documents and reports, and speeches. |
| Form |
Collection available on microfilm. University Publications of America. |
| Biography |
Established by the Communist Party of the United States of America as its legal defense arm in 1925 to aid labor, political prisoners, and victims of reactionary violence. Using mass demonstrations and publicity, the International Labor Defense (ILD) conducted national and worldwide campaigns to gather support for its cases. In 1946 the ILD merged with the Civil Rights Congress. |
| Finding Aids |
Finding aid available in repository. |
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"Papers of the International Labor Defense; a guide compiled by Martin Schipper." Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1987. |
| Subject |
Herndon, Angelo, 1913-
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Mooney, Thomas J., 1882-1942.
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Sacco, Nicola, 1891-1927.
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Vanzetti, Bartolomeo, 1888-1927.
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Parsons, Lucy.
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Parsons, Albert.
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International Labor Defense.
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Communist Party of the United States of America.
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Unemployed Councils (U.S.)
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Civil Rights Congress (U.S.)
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African Americans -- Political activity.
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Anarchism -- United States.
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Haymarket Square Riot, Chicago, Ill., 1886.
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Trials (Rape) -- Alabama -- Scottsboro.
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Trials (Political crimes and offenses) -- United States.
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Trials (Political crimes and offenses) -- Georgia -- Atlanta.
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Trials -- Massachusetts -- Braintree.
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Communist parties -- United States.
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Working class -- United States -- Political activity.
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Working class -- New Mexico -- Gallup.
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Labor movement -- New Mexico -- Gallup.
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Labor -- New Mexico -- Gallup.
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Strikes and lockouts -- New Mexico -- Gallup.
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Labor unions -- Miners -- New Mexico.
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Sacco-Vanzetti Trial, Dedham, Mass., 1921.
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Gallup (N.M.) -- Economic conditions.
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United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945.
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1918-1932.
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945.
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| Standard no. |
*ZZ-AN-7901 |
| Call No. |
Sc Micro R-981
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| Research Call Number |
Sc Micro R-981
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