http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4s2012z6 No online items Register of the Arne Swabeck papers Finding aid prepared by David Jacobs Hoover Institution Archives 434 Galvez Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA, 94305-6003 (650) 723-3563 [email protected] © 2003 Register of the Arne Swabeck 87019 1 papers Title: Arne Swabeck papers Date (inclusive): 1913-1999 Collection Number: 87019 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Archives Language of Material: English Physical Description: 21 manuscript boxes(8.4 linear feet) Abstract: Memoirs, other writings, correspondence, resolutions, bulletins, minutes, pamphlets, and serial issues, relating to socialist and communist movements in the United States, and especially to the Socialist Workers Party and other Trotskyist groups in the post-World War II period. Creator: Swabeck, Arne 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 Archives. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Arne Swabeck papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Archives. Acquisition Information Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1987. Accruals Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at https://searchworks.stanford.edu . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number of boxes listed in this finding aid. 1890 Born, Denmark 1916 Emigrates to the United States. Joins the Socialist Party and the Industrial Workers of the World 1919 Participates in Seattle General Strike 1922 Attends Fourth Congress of the Third International 1925 Elected to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the United States of America 1928 Expelled from the Communist Party, along with James Cannon and other Trotskyists 1928-1967 Participates in the American Trotskyist movement, first in the Communist League of America and then in the Socialist Workers Party 1933 Meets with Trotsky in Prinkipo, Turkey 1967 Expelled from the Socialist Workers Party 1967-1986 Continues political activity as a supporter of Maoism, participating briefly in the Progressive Labor Party 1986 Died Scope and Content Note Received in the Hoover Institution Archives in 1987, the papers of Arne Swabeck provide an insight into the history of American radicalism in the 20th century. Over a lifetime of political activity, Swabeck participated in such events as the 1919 Seattle General Strike and the founding of the Communist Party of the United States of America, and was involved in the American Trotskyist movement from its very beginnings. Swabeck's unpublished autobiography, which includes a chapter on his meeting with the exiled Leon Trotsky in 1933, is part of the collection (see "From Debs to Mao," 1975, in the SPEECHES AND WRITINGS series). The Swabeck papers contain articles, theoretical writings, and speeches from the whole of his political career, tracing his evolution from trade union militant to Trotskyist activist. During his many years as a member of the Socialist Workers Party, Swabeck contributed to various Trotskyist publications, and by the late 1950s, both he and his wife identified themselves as supporters of a kind of Maoism, becoming part of a small "Pro-Chinese Tendency" within the S.W.P. Following his expulsion from the S.W.P., Swabeck continued to attempt to reconcile Trotskyism and Maoism, and was briefly a member of the Progressive Labor Party. Swabeck conducted an extensive political correspondence, and these letters detail many of the internal debates of the American Trotskyist movement. The collection contains letters mainly from the "Pro-Chinese" phase of Swabeck's activity. The PRINTED MATTER series includes an extensive selection of Trotskyist publications, as well as some material relating to China and the New Left. Subjects and Indexing Terms Register of the Arne Swabeck 87019 2 papers Fourth International. Socialist Workers Party. Communism--United States. Communism. Socialism--United States. United States--Politics and government. BIOGRAPHICAL FILE 1956-1998 Scope and Contents note Correspondence and writings of family members, arranged within a family file, and obituary of Arne Swabeck. Family file 1956-1998 Swabeck, Edgar and Marjorie (the son and daughter-in-law of Arne Swabeck) Box/Folder 1 : 1 Correspondence 1956-1992 Scope and Contents note Holographs and typescripts Box/Folder 1 : 2 Writings 1959-1998 Scope and Contents note Holographs and typescripts Swabeck, Hilde (the wife of Arne Swabeck) Box/Folder 1 : 3 "Red China - Catalyst of World Revolution," (using the name Hilde Macleod). undated Scope and Contents note Typescript Box/Folder 1 : 4 "A Rank and File Testimony: Why I Resign from the Socialist Workers Party after 33 Years Membership," . 1967 Scope and Contents note Typescript Box/Folder 1 : 5 Obituary 1986 Scope and Contents note Typescript CORRESPONDENCE 1946-1981 Scope and Contents note Letters and enclosures, arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent. Includes enclosures, copies of letters neither to nor from Arne Swabeck, and correspondence conducted in association with Hilde Swabeck. General Box/Folder 1 : 6 A-I Box/Folder 1 : 7 J-Z Box/Folder 1 : 8 Unidentified Box/Folder 1 : 9 Appel, Al 1965-1972 Box/Folder 1 : 10 Barisonzi, Jack 1965 Boulton, Jim Box/Folder 1 : 11 1960-1964 Box/Folder 1 : 12 1965-1967 Register of the Arne Swabeck 87019 3 papers Box/Folder 2 : 1 1970-1971 Box/Folder 2 : 2 1972-1973 Box/Folder 2 : 3 1974-1975 Box/Folder 2 : 4 1976-1978 Box/Folder 2 : 5 Breitman, George 1951-1981 Box/Folder 2 : 6 Britton, Joel 1964 Box/Folder 2 : 7 Cannon, James 1946-1970 Box/Folder 2 : 8 Charles H. Kerr Publishing Co. 1975 Box/Folder 2 : 9 Dawson, Ross 1962 Box/Folder 2 : 10 Dobbs, Farrell 1959-1963 Box/Folder 2 : 11 Dreiser, David 1966 Scope and Contents note See also Morgan, Dan file in Box/Folder 4 : 8 Box/Folder 2 : 12 Fiske, Helen 1972-1976 Box/Folder 2 : 13 Frank, Pierre 1960-1967 Box/Folder 2 : 14 Fraser, Dick and Clara 1963-1966 Box/Folder 2 : 15 Glotzer, Albert 1975 Gordon, Doug and Rosemary Box/Folder 2 : 16 1963 1964 Box/Folder 3 : 1 January-June Box/Folder 3 : 2 July-December Box/Folder 3 : 3 1965-1967 Box/Folder 3 : 4 Graber, Henry and Mary 1965-1971 Box/Folder 3 : 5 Healy, Gerry 1967 Box/Folder 3 : 6 Hedlund, C. R. 1965-1966 Box/Folder 3 : 7 Hinton, William 1967-1971 Box/Folder 3 : 8 International Socialist Review (Tom Kerry) 1963-1965 Box/Folder 3 : 9 J.R.S. Productions, Inc. (Jeremy Pikser, Carol Shaffer) 1979-1980 Box/Folder 3 : 10 Jensen, Barbara and Lars 1974-1975 Box/Folder 3 : 11 Johnson, Charles 1963 Box/Folder 3 : 12 Kastner, Myrtle 1971-1972 Box/Folder 3 : 13 Klehr, Harvey 1974-1975 Krasnowsky, Frank Box/Folder 3 : 14 1963-1970 Box/Folder 3 : 15 1971-1972 Box/Folder 3 : 16 1973-1976 Box/Folder 4 : 1 Lennep, Joel van 1963-1964 Box/Folder 4 : 2 Lippmann, Walter 1980-1981 Box/Folder 4 : 3 Mayhew, Howard 1961-1962 Box/Folder 4 : 4 Medlin, Virgil 1978-1979 Box/Folder 4 : 5 Minnesota Historical Society (Michael Brook) 1971-1972 Box/Folder 4 : 6 Moltved, Georg 1962-1967 Box/Folder 4 : 7 Monthly Review Press (Harry Braverman, Nora Lapin) 1965-1981 Box/Folder 4 : 8 Morgan, Dan 1964-1982 Scope and Contents note Pseudonym of David Dreiser. See also Box/Folder 2 : 11 Box/Folder 4 : 9 New American Movement (Ben Dobbs, Roberta Lynch) 1975-1976 Box/Folder 4 : 10 O'Connor, Harvey 1964 Packer, Howard Box/Folder 4 : 11 1961-1965 Box/Folder 4 : 12 1966-1972 Box/Folder 4 : 13 Pathfinder Press (Lee Evans) 1977 Box/Folder 4 : 14 Peterson, Jim 1964 Box/Folder 4 : 15 Petras, James 1961 Register of the Arne Swabeck 87019 4 papers Box/Folder 4 : 16 Preis, Art and Ethel 1962-1965 Box/Folder 4 : 17 Progressive Labor Party (Milton Rosen) 1965-1968 Box/Folder 4 : 18 Revolutionary Communist League 1974-1975 Box/Folder 4 : 19 Saling, Rick 1972-1973 Box/Folder 4 : 20 Schanzer, Jeff 1975 Box/Folder 4 : 21 Shannon, Brian 1964-1965 Box/Folder 4 : 22 Shannon, John 1977-1979 Box/Folder 4 : 23 Sinclair, Louis 1960-1966 Box/Folder 4 : 24 Socialist Organizing Committee 1976 Box/Folder 5 : 1 Socialist Workers Party (Farrell Dobbs, Rosemary Stone) 1959-1976 Box/Folder 5 : 2 Stamm, Thomas 1978 Box/Folder 5 : 3 Strong, Anna Louise 1964-1967 Box/Folder 5 : 4 Studies on the Left (Helen M. Kramer, Martin J. Sklar, James Weinstein) 1962 Box/Folder 5 : 5 Trainor, Lawrence P. 1961-1965 Box/Folder 5 : 6 Trotsky, Leon 1933 Box/Folder 5 : 7 Wald, Alan 1978-1980 Box/Folder 5 : 8 Walker, Mike 1964-1965 Box/Folder 5 : 9 Warwak, Isadore 1961-1967 Box/Folder 5 : 10 Weiss, David L. 1972-1975 Box/Folder 5 : 11 Weiss, Murry and Myra 1960-1979 Box/Folder 5 : 12 Wise, Matt and Karen 1962-1966 Box/Folder 5 : 13 Wohlforth, Tim 1959 Box/Folder 5 : 14 Workers World Party (Sam Marcy) 1967 Box/Folder 5 : 15 Zeluck, Steve 1964 SPEECHES AND WRITINGS 1922-1977 Scope and Contents note Articles, autobiography, essays, lectures, and speeches, arranged chronologically by title. Includes related correspondence. Box/Folder 5 : 16 Unidentified notes undated Scope and Contents note Holograph Box/Folder 5 : 17 "The Alliance of the Workers and Peasants under the Leadership of the Working Class in China," undated Scope and Contents note Typescript Box/Folder 5 : 18 "Black Gold and Imperialist Robbery in the Middle East," undated Scope