Summary Information

Title: Frank Girard Collected Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1916-1996 (bulk 1932-1972)

Creator:

• Girard, Frank

Call Number: M2004-125; Audio 1816A

Quantity: 2.8 cubic feet (2 records center cartons and 2 archives boxes) and 39 tape recordings

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers, mainly 1932-1972, related to the socialist movement in America, the bulk of which consists of correspondence between members of various organizations regarding common problems and materials related to Benson Perry and Frank Girard’s 1991 book The Socialist Labor Party: A Short History. Much of the material was accumulated by Perry through his involvement with socialist groups, especially in the Philadelphia area. The collection traces the evolution of an offshoot of Section Philadelphia of the Socialist Labor Party (SLP) as it and other splinter groups organized the Socialist Committee of Correspondence, eventually renamed Socialist Reconstruction, a loose federation of the various dissenting SLP sections. Also documented is the breakdown of Socialist Reconstruction and the development of the Philadelphia branch into an organization known as Philadelphia Solidarity.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-m2004125

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