http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8tm7hsb No online items Finding Aid to the People's World Research Files Finding aid prepared by Labor Archives staff in 2012; Revised in 2016. Labor Archives and Research Center Revised 2016 San Francisco State University J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460 1630 Holloway Ave San Francisco 94132-1722 [email protected] URL: http://library.sfsu.edu/larc Finding Aid to the People's World larc.ms.03991986/073, 1990/013, 1992/003, 1992/049, 1 Research Files 1994/037 Title: People's World Research Files Date (inclusive): 1929-1996 Creator: People's World (San Francisco, Calif.) . Creator: Working Group (Oakland, Calif.) Extent: 36.25 cubic feet (39 cartons) Collection number: larc.ms.0399 Accession number: 1986/073, 1990/013, 1992/003, 1992/049, 1994/037 Repository: Labor Archives and Research Center J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460 San Francisco State University 1630 Holloway Ave San Francisco, CA 94132-1722 (415) 405-5571 [email protected] Abstract: Consists of text subject files of the People's World. Materials are stored onsite. Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English. Availability Collection is open for research. Separated Materials Photographs, artifacts, ephemera, audiotapes, and oversized material have been removed to the appropriate Labor Archives collections. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], People's World Research Files, larc.ms.0399, Labor Archives and Research Center, San Francisco State University. Restrictions Copyright has not been assigned to the Labor Archives and Research Center. All requests for permission to publish or quote from materials must be submitted in writing to the Director of the Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Labor Archives and Research Center as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader. Acquisition Information The People's World Photograph Collection, which included research files, was originally donated by the staff of the newspaper on June 6, 1986 (1986/073). There have been four additional accessions (1990/013, 1992/003, 1992/049, and 1994/037). Processing Information Processing on this collection was completed by Labor Archives and Research Center staff in 2019. History of People's World The West Coast-based People's World was founded on January 1, 1938 as a daily grassroots newspaper affiliated with the Communist Party USA (CPUSA). Published in San Francisco, People's World circulated up and down the West Coast and was financed entirely by subscription. Its self-stated purpose was to represent the interests, causes and struggles of the common people under the banner "For Security, Democracy and Peace." The paper's articles and photographs heralded social change, focusing on such issues as equality, civil rights, labor, and immigration. In the late 1950s, in response to strong anti-Communist propaganda led by Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, the readership of People's World declined and the paper was forced to go to a weekly schedule. In 1986 it returned to being a daily after it merged with Daily World. The resulting People's Daily World continued to serve as the political voice of the Communist Party. Scope and Content of Collection Consists of the research files of the newspaper People's World, organized by subjects and individual's names and primarily comprises newspaper clippings and ephemera. Some folders do contain primary source materials including speeches, notes, and interviews. Issues addressed include social and political events of local, national and world-wide scope, such as the Communist Party in the U.S., especially California; labor union activities; the Independent Progressive Party and the Finding Aid to the People's World larc.ms.03991986/073, 1990/013, 1992/003, 1992/049, 2 Research Files 1994/037 peace movement; poverty conditions; discrimination against African Americans, Jews, Japanese; and life in the Soviet Union. Arrangement To a large degree, original order has been maintained. The materials are arranged into two series: Series 1: Subject Files, and Series 2: Biographical Files Subjects and Indexing Terms San Francisco (Calif.) -- Newspapers. Communism -- United States -- Newspapers. Radicalism -- United States -- Newspapers. Underground press publications -- California -- San Francisco. People's World. (San Francisco, Calif.). Newsclippings. Ephemera. Series 1: Subject Files 1929-1996 Extent: 15 cartons Arrangement Arranged alphebetically. Scope and Contents Series primarily contains newspaper clippings and ephemera relating to social and political events of local and national scope. carton 1, folder 1 Abortion 1974-1978 carton 1, folder 2 Abraham Lincoln Brigade 1976-1986 carton 1, folder 3 Aerosols 1975 carton 1, folder 4 Aerospace 1977-1984 carton 1, folder 5 AFL-CIO California 1978 carton 1, folder 6 12th Constitutional Convention of AFL-CIO December 8, 1977 1977 carton 1, folder 7 AFL-CIO Executive Council 1969 carton 1, folder 8 Affirmative Action 1973-1974 carton 1, folder 9 Africa News 1985 carton 1, folder 10 Agriculture 1967-1985 carton 1, folder 11 Agnew and the Media 1969 carton 1, folder 12 AIDS 1983-1986 carton 1, folder 13 AIDS 1983-1986 carton 1, folder 14 Airlines 1971-1986 carton 1, folder 15 Alaska Oil Pipeline 1971 carton 1, folder 16 Alexander and Baldwin 1969 carton 1, folder 17 Alibi Clock 1986 carton 1, folder 18 Alliance for Labor Action 1969 carton 1, folder 19 Alliance for Progress 1967 carton 1, folder 20 Aluminum 1971 carton 1, folder 21 Amerada Hess Corporation 1969 carton 1, folder 22 American Agriculture Movement 1977-1978 carton 1, folder 23 American Association of Travel Editors 1986 carton 1, folder 24 American Broadcasting Company (ABC) 1981 carton 1, folder 25 American Committee on Africa 1978-1979 carton 1, folder 26 American Enterprise Institute 1981 carton 1, folder 27 American Express 1976-1977 carton 1, folder 28 American Negro Leadership Conference on Africa 1967 carton 1, folder 29 American President Lines 1954-1958 carton 1, folder 30 American Servicemen Union 1970 carton 1, folder 31 American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property 1978-1983 Finding Aid to the People's World larc.ms.03991986/073, 1990/013, 1992/003, 1992/049, 3 Research Files 1994/037 Series 1: Subject Files 1929-1996 carton 1, folder 32 Amnesty 1968-1976 carton 1, folder 33 Amnesty International 1977-1978 carton 1, folder 34 Amtrak 1985 carton 1, folder 35 Anti-apartheid protests 1970-1979 carton 1, folder 36 Anti-apartheid protests 1980-1988 carton 1, folder 37 Anti-proliferation 1968 carton 1, folder 38 Anti-trust and Monopoly 1967-1968 carton 1, folder 39 Arab Community 1979 carton 1, folder 40 ARCO 1976 carton 1, folder 41 Armaments 1984-1987 carton 1, folder 42 Arms Control 1985-1987 carton 1, folder 43 Arson 1979 carton 1, folder 44 Ashland Oil 1973 carton 1, folder 45 Asia 1976 carton 1, folder 46 Asia: Collective Security 1974 carton 1, folder 47 Asians 1972-1986 carton 1, folder 48 Asians: U.S. 1942-1986 carton 1, folder 49 Assassinations 1975-1981 carton 1, folder 50 Association of Catholic Trade Unionists 1948 carton 1, folder 51 Auto 1970-1989 carton 1, folder 52 Auto 1970-1989 carton 1, folder 53 Auto Concentration 1980s carton 1, folder 54 Auto World 1980s carton 1, folder 55 Baby Boomers 1985 carton 1, folder 56 Bag Ladies 1981 carton 1, folder 57 Bakke Case 1976-1978 carton 1, folder 58 Bakke Case 1977-1978 carton 2, folder 1 Bananas 1975 carton 2, folder 2 Banking 1985 carton 2, folder 3 Bauxite 1974 carton 2, folder 4 Bay Area Concerned Military (BACOM) 1971 carton 2, folder 5 Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) 1973-1975 carton 2, folder 6 Bay Area Socialist Organizing Committee 1984 carton 2, folder 7 Bechtel 1981-1982 carton 2, folder 8 Berkeley Protests 1969 carton 2, folder 9 Berkeley Teachers 1978 carton 2, folder 10 Biological Warfare: Germ Warfare 1953-1984 carton 2, Biological Warfare 1972-1985 folders 11-12 carton 2, folder 13 Biological Warfare: International and History 1971-1983 carton 2, folder 14 Biological Warfare: Cuba and Caribbean 1976-1983 carton 2, folder 15 Biological Warfare Tests 1978-1980 carton 2, folder 16 Biorhythms 1982 carton 2, folder 17 Black Americans 1983-1985 carton 2, folder 18 Black Athletes 1929, 1983 carton 2, folder 19 Black August 1981-1982 carton 2, folder 20 Black Community 1976-1982 carton 2, folder 21 Black Cops 1969 carton 2, folder 22 Black Economics 1969-1976 carton 2, folder 23 Black Guards 1969 carton 2, folder 24 Black Guerilla Family 1981 carton 2, folder 25 Black Issues, Civil Rights 1984-1986 carton 2, folder 26 Black Jewish Community 1984 carton 2, folder 27 Black Labor 1967-1980 carton 2, folder 28 Black Liberation 1978 carton 2, folder 29 Black Muslims 1972-1976 carton 2, folder 30 Black Panther Party 1969-1973 carton 2, folder 31 Black Panther Party 1973 Finding Aid to the People's World larc.ms.03991986/073, 1990/013, 1992/003, 1992/049, 4 Research Files 1994/037 Series 1: Subject Files 1929-1996 carton 2, folder 32 Black Panther Party: F.B.I. 1975 carton 2, folder 33 Black People 1970-1980s carton 2, folder 34 Black People 1985 carton 2, folder 35 Black People: Military 1969-1970 carton 2, folder 36 The Black Scholar 1971 carton 2, folder 37 Black Struggles, Issues 1980-1983 carton 2, folder 38 Black Workers 1968-1981 carton 2, folder 39 Black Workers: Detroit 1960s carton 2, folder 40 Black World: Thesis 1971 carton 2, folder 41 Blackstone Rangers: Chicago undated