http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf1p3001kn No online items Register of the Milton Genecin papers Finding aid prepared by Dale Reed Hoover Institution Library and Archives © 2010 434 Galvez Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-6003 [email protected] URL: http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives Register of the Milton Genecin 89016 1 papers Title: Milton Genecin papers Date (inclusive): 1906-1987 Collection Number: 89016 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives Language of Material: English Physical Description: 48 manuscript boxes(20.0 Linear Feet) Abstract: Correspondence, writings, minutes, internal bulletins, other internal party documents, serial issues, and pamphlets, relating to socialist and communist movements in the United States, especially the Socialist Workers Party, and to activities of Trotskyist groups abroad. Creator: Genecin, Milton, 1908-1989 Hoover Institution Library & Archives Access The collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least two business days in advance of intended use. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. Acquisition Information Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1989. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Milton Genecin papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives. 1908 Born in Russia 1913 Immigrated to United States 1935 Joined Socialist Party 1938 Founding member, Socialist Workers Party 1940 Founding member, Workers Party, following split in Socialist Workers Party 1941 Left Workers Party and returned to Socialist Workers Party 1957-1971 National Committee member, Socialist Workers Party 1983 Expelled from Socialist Workers Party. Founding member, Socialist Action 1989 Died, Los Angeles, California Scope and Content of Collection The papers of Milton Genecin reflect his long membership in the Socialist Workers Party from its founding convention in 1938 up until 1983, when he was one of a number of veteran members who left or were expelled from the party. Genecin was sequentially active in the New York City, Akron, Toledo and Los Angeles branches of the Socialist Workers Party. He was the party organizer for some time in each of the last three cities, and was for a number of years a member of the National Committee of the party. In party work he used the pseudonym Milton Alvin. The papers provide detailed documentation of the interior life of the party during the decades of Genecin's membership. They are divided into five series. The Correspondence series consists overwhelmingly of Genecin's correspondence with other party members. It retains the chronological arrangement initiated by Genecin himself. While this may not be optimal for some purposes, it is ideal for others, bringing together as it does letters to and from multiple individuals discussing contemporaneous party situations. The series of Speeches and Writings by Genecin is also arranged chronologically. It includes both lectures and articles written for public outlets, on the one hand, and internal party speeches and discussion papers, on the other. The series of Internal Documents consists of assorted items circulated internally within the Socialist Workers Party. These include minutes, resolutions, theses, discussion papers, and mimeographed or photocopied transcripts of letters and other documents. Some notes by Genecin on party meetings are also included. This series too is arranged chronologically. The series of Internal Bulletins is very substantial. It consists of items susceptible to treatment as serials but intended for internal use only within the Socialist Workers Party. They are arranged by title and thereunder numerically/chronologically. Bulletins issued by youth or other affiliates of the party are included. The series of Printed Matter consists mainly of pamphlets intended for public consumption. Most of these were publications of the Socialist Workers Party or related organizations or presses. There is a separate subseries of pamphlets issued by unrelated organizations or presses, and other small subseries for serial issues and clippings. The Milton Genecin Papers were acquired by the Hoover Institution from Thelma Genecin in 1989, soon after her husband's death. Register of the Milton Genecin 89016 2 papers The abbreviation SWP is used for the Socialist Workers Party in various places throughout the register. Subjects and Indexing Terms Communism -- United States Socialism -- United States Fourth International Socialist Workers Party Correspondence 1940-1983 Scope and Contents note Includes enclosures. Correspondents include Jack Barnes, Natalie Bombaro, George Breitman, Joel Britton, Pierre Broué, Bob Burkart, Peter Camejo, James P. Cannon, Steve Clark, George Clarke, Bert Cochran, Oscar Coover, Farrell Dobbs, Ross Dowson, Vincent Dunne, Tony Dutrow, Ernest Erber, Les Evans, Dianne Feeley, Fred Feldman, Dave Frankel, Sam Gordon, Joseph and Reba Hansen, Asher Harer, Gus Horowitz, Cindy Jaquith, Doug Jenness, Linda Jenness, Tom and Karolyn Kerry, Gabriel Kolko, Mark Lause, Rich Lesnik, Frank Lovell, Caroline Lund, Staughton Lynd, Don MacDonald, Paul Montauk, George Novack, Art and Ethel Preis, Evelyn Reed, Harry Ring, Dick Roberts, Annette Rubinstein, Marvel Scholl, Bev Scott, Larry Seigle, Ted and Dot Selander, Max Shachtman, Tom Shachtman, Art Sharon, Ed Shaw, Barry Sheppard, Jean Simon, Louis Sinclair, Morris Stein, Alan Wald, Mary-Alice Waters, Stan Weir, Dave Weiss, Murry and Myra Tanner Weiss, George and Connie Weissman, B. J. Widick, and Milton Zaslow Arrangement note Arranged chronologically. box 1, folder 1 1940 box 1, folder 2 1941 box 1, folder 3 1947 box 1, folder 4 1948 box 1, folder 5 1949 box 1, folder 6 1950 box 1, folder 7 1951 box 1, folder 8 1952 box 1, folder 9 1953 box 1, folder 10 1954 box 1, folder 11 1955 box 1, folder 12 1956 box 1, folder 13 1957 box 1, folder 14 1958 box 1, folder 15 1959 box 1, folder 16 1960 box 1, folder 17 1961 box 1, folder 18 1962 box 1, folder 19 1963 box 1, folder 20 1964 box 1, folder 21 1965 box 2, folder 1 1966 box 2, folder 2 1967 box 2, folder 3 1968 box 2, folder 4 1969 box 2, folder 5 1970 box 2, folder 6 1971 box 2, folder 7 1972 box 2, folder 8 1973 box 2, folder 9 1974 Register of the Milton Genecin 89016 3 papers Correspondence 1940-1983 box 3, folder 1 1975 box 3, folder 2 1976 box 3, folder 3 1977 box 3, folder 4 1978 box 3, folder 5 1979 box 3, folder 6 1980 box 4, folder 1 1981 box 4, folder 1 1982 box 4, folder 2 1982 box 4, folder 3 1983 Speeches and Writings 1940-1985 Arrangement note Speeches and writings by Milton Genecin, arranged chronologically box 4, folder 4 "On Shachtman's Answer to the Position of the S.W.P. on Conscription, War and Militarism," circa 1940 November Scope and Contents note Workers Party internal document. Typescript box 4, folder 5 "Is the Soviet Bureaucracy a New Class?" circa 1940-1941 Scope and Contents note Workers Party internal document. Holograph and typescript box 4, folder 6 Speeches and notes from Workers Party internal meetings re Russian question and trade union question circa 1940-1941 Scope and Contents note Holographs and typescripts. Includes some Workers Party internal documents box 4, folder 7 "Resolution on Proletarian Military Policy," 1941 February 12 Scope and Contents note Workers Party internal document. Holograph and typescript box 4, folder 8 "The Proletarian Revolution and the Defense of the Soviet Union," 1941 August 1 Scope and Contents note Workers Party internal document. Typescript box 5, folder 1 "Bolshevism and the Workers Party," 1941 September 17 Scope and Contents note Workers Party internal document. Typescript box 5, folder 2 "A Statement to the Convention" (with Milton Zaslow and others) circa 1941 September-October Scope and Contents note Statement leaving Workers Party and returning to Socialist Workers Party. Typescript box 5, folder 3 Speech, SWP national convention 1941 October Scope and Contents note Typescript box 5, folder 4 Report on SWP national convention at internal SWP New York City meeting 1942 Scope and Contents note Holograph Register of the Milton Genecin 89016 4 papers Speeches and Writings 1940-1985 box 5, folder 5 Notes on Japan 1944 Scope and Contents note Typescript box 5, folder 6 "Impending Visit of G. L. K. Smith Makes Akron Workers Angry," Militant 1946 Scope and Contents note Printed copy box 5, folder 7 "Akron Rubber Unions Vote Strike for Wage Increases," Militant 1946 Scope and Contents note Printed copy box 5, folder 8 "Rubber Workers," 1947 March 23 Scope and Contents note Typescript box 5, folder 9 Article re Harold J. Laski circa 1949 Scope and Contents note Typescript box 5, folder 10 Speeches at internal SWP Toledo, Ohio meetings 1950 Scope and Contents note Holograph and typescript box 5, folder 11 Speeches and reports at internal SWP Los Angeles meetings 1952 Scope and Contents note Holographs and typescripts box 5, folder 12 "Soviet Russia and Stalinism," 1953 May-June Scope and Contents note Public lecture series. Typescripts box 5, folder 13 Leon Trotsky memorial meeting speech 1953 August Scope and Contents note Typescript and mimeograph box 5, folder 14 Speeches, reports and notes at internal SWP Los Angeles meetings 1953 Scope and Contents note Holographs and typescripts box 5, folder 15 "Coexistence or World Revolution?" 1954 August Scope and Contents note Leon Trotsky memorial meeting speech, Los Angeles. Typescript box 5, folder 16 Report on Trotsky School at internal SWP meeting 1954 Scope and Contents note Typescript box 5, folder 17 "Can America Have Another Recession?" 1955 Scope and Contents note Typescript Register of the Milton Genecin 89016 5 papers Speeches and Writings 1940-1985 box 5, folder 18 "Soviet-American Relations Today," 1956 April 6 Scope and Contents note Speech. Typescript box 5, folder 19 "Labor and the Democratic Party," 1956 October Scope and Contents note Public speech, Los Angeles.