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Hawes and Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff Hoover Institution Library and Archives © 2008 434 Galvez Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-6003 [email protected] URL: http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives Register of the Jay Lovestone 75091 1 papers Title: Jay Lovestone papers Date (inclusive): 1904-1989 Collection Number: 75091 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives Language of Material: English Physical Description: 896 manuscript boxes, 4 oversize boxes, 49 envelopes, 3 sound tape reels, 1 framed map(364.2 Linear Feet) Abstract: Correspondence, reports, memoranda, bulletins, clippings, serial issues, pamphlets, other printed matter, photographs, and sound recordings relating to the Communist International, the communist movement in the United States and elsewhere, communist influence in American and foreign trade unions, and organized labor movements in the United States and abroad. Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org. Creator: Lovestone, Jay 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 Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1975. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Jay Lovestone papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives. Location of Original Materials Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org. 1907 or Moved to the United States 1908 1913-1915 In his early teens, became interested in the DeLeonite Socialist Labor Party and shortly thereafter joined the Socialist Party. 1914-1918 Attended City College of New York and became a member of the Socialist Study Club, which was affiliated with the Intercollegiate Socialist Society. In 1917, became president of the Society's branch at C.C.N.Y. 1918 Graduated, City College of New York 1918-1920 Held a number of jobs and at various times attended classes at the City College of Accounting, New York University Law School, and Columbia University. 1919 Helped to organize the left wing sections of the pro-Communists in New York. Later became delegate to the founding convention of the American Communist Party. [Note: The American Communist Party underwent several reorganizations and name changes during the time Jay Lovestone was a member. Please see Series description for further information.] He was elected to the Program Committee and the First Central Executive Committee. 1921 Assistant Secretary, Communist Party 1922 National Secretary, Communist Party 1923 Author of The Government - Strikebreaker, a study of government intervention in the strikes of 1921-1922. 1925 Organization Secretary, Communist Party 1927 General Secretary, Communist Party 1929 Ousted from Communist Party by Joseph Stalin. 1929-1940 Founder and head of Communist Party Opposition known as Lovestoneites or Lovestone Group. [Note: The Communist Party Opposition underwent several name changes during the time Jay Lovestone headed the group. Please see Series description for further information.] 1942-1944 Committee to Defend America - Citizens for Victory 1944-1956 Executive Secretary, American Federation of Labor (AFL), Free Trade Union Committee Director, International Affairs Department Director, International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU), Political Department 1956-1963 Assistant Director of International Affairs Department, AFL-CIO Director of International Publications, American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) Register of the Jay Lovestone 75091 2 papers 1963-1974 Director of International Affairs Department, AFL-CIO 1974-1990 Consultant on International Affairs, ILGWU and AFL-CIO 1990 March Died, New York City 7 Arrangement Arranged into two groups: an original accession, Boxes 1-695, and an increment of additional materials, Boxes 696-899. Within the two groups, materials are arranged in series by physical form or topic. The original accession is arranged in the following series: Printed Material; Biographical File; Communist Party, U.S.A.; Communist Party (Opposition); Office Files; Correspondence; Subject File; Speeches and Writings; German Language Material; Unprocessed Newspapers, Magazine Clippings and Photocopies of Clippings; Address Label Masters for Mailing List; Memorabilia; Damaged Material; Map; Sound Recordings; and Photographs. The increment of additional materials is arranged in the following series: Correspondence; Speeches and Writings; Other Unpublished Material; Sound Recording; Photographs and Postcards; Printed Biographical File; Printed Subject File; and Memorabilia. Additionally, there is a Declassified U.S. Government Records series, which contains materials from both groups. Subjects and Indexing Terms Audiotapes Communism -- United States Communism Labor movement -- United States Labor unions -- United States Labor movement Labor unions Labor unions and communism Communist International Communist Party of the United States of America AFL-CIO. American Federation of Labor. Free Trade Union Committee Communist Party U.S.A. (Opposition) BIOGRAPHICAL FILE 1922-1974 Scope and Contents note Material on or about Jay Lovestone, arranged alphabetically by title or subject. box 192 Address books, lists box 192 Affidavit (copy) box 192 Articles about [Jay Lovestone] box 192 Autobiographical material box 192 Calling cards box 193 City College of New York [alma mater of Jay Lovestone] box 193 Employment box 193 Employment applications box 193 Expense accounts, receipts box 193 Grant, fellowship applications box 193 Interviews box 193 Leaflets, ads for speeches and [debates] box 193 Letters of congratulations box 193 Letters of introduction box 193 Membership cards, press cards Scope and Contents note Includes identification card for meeting of the Communist International in Moscow, 1929. Register of the Jay Lovestone 75091 3 papers BIOGRAPHICAL FILE 1922-1974 Travel box 193 Memorabilia - commemorative medals (Russian) box 193 Miscellaneous box 194 Notes, notebooks, appointment books, calendars box 194 Power of attorney 1923 box 194 Requests for permission to publish box 194 Testimony Travel Hotel receipts Itineraries Memorabilia Travel orders, permits Tickets, schedules Visas, passes COMMUNIST PARTY, U.S.A. 1919-1929 Scope and Contents note Correspondence, meeting notes, memoranda, reports, speeches, etc. on the activities and organization of the Communist Party and relations with the Communist International. During this time, the party underwent a number of name changes. In September 1919, two parties were founded: the Communist Party of America (CPA) and the Communist Labor Party (CLP). Forced to go underground in 1920, the two groups split further. In May 1920, a United Communist Party began, and another Communist Party of America was organized in May 1921. The latter split into two parties with the same name in January 1922. In December 1921, the Workers Party of America (WPA) was formed, and in February 1922, the United Toilers of America. In April 1923, a united, legal group became the Workers Party of America. Two further name changes followed in the 1920s: in 1925, the name was changed to the Workers (Communist) Party of America, and in 1929, the Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA). Material in this file is from several of the aforementioned groups. In order to keep the organization as straightforward as possible, however, the papers have been arranged under the generic title of the Communist Party, U.S.A. Arranged alphabetically and chronologically. [Note: At various times when Jay Lovestone was in the Communist Party and the Communist Party Opposition, he used the following pseudonyms: Bacon, Beets, Birch, Gaynor (Traynor?), William B. Judd, Langley, Edmund J. Lawson, Roger B. Nelson, Powers, John Robertson, George Robin, George J. Thornton, Wheat.] General Correspondence box 195 Code key to correspondence and 16 pages of correspondence in code circa 1929 Undated 1920 February March April May 1921 box 196 1923 1924 1925 January-March April May June Register of the Jay Lovestone 75091 4 papers COMMUNIST PARTY, U.S.A. 1919-1929 General July August box 197 September-October November-December 1926 January February March April May-June July-August September-December 1927 January-February March-April May-June July box 198 August September October-December 1928 January-February March May June July-August September October-December 1929 January-February March-April May-December Financial documents Scope and Contents note Receipts, expense accounts, assessment stamps, lists, statements. Undated 1919 1920 1923 1924 1925 box 199 1926 1927 box 200 Meeting notes, minutes Undated 1922 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 Membership Undated 1920 1922 1923 Register of the Jay Lovestone 75091 5 papers COMMUNIST PARTY, U.S.A. 1919-1929 General 1925 Memoranda Undated 1920 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 box 201 Miscellaneous Newspaper clippings, excerpts General Lovestone group 1929 Political documents 1920 1924 Press service Printed material Undated 1924 1925 1929 Reports Untitled undated Undated Appeal for Unity of All Communist Forces