Descriptive Summary
	Creator:	American Labor Party
	Title:	American Labor Party Minutes and Proceedings
	Dates:	1922-1924
	Abstract:	The American Labor Party was a short-lived group founded in 1922. The collection contains convention proceedings and minutes.
	Quantity:	3 linear inches (1 box)
	Call Phrase:	Tamiment 061

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Historical/Biographical Note

The American Labor Party (ALP), was a short lived group, organized along lines of British Labour Party, that was founded in New York City in 1922 by delegates from Socialist Party, Farmer Labor Party, Workmen's Circle, Poale Zion, and 82 labor organizations.

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Scope and Content Note

This collection contains minutes of the Party's three conventions (1922-1923), Executive Committee minutes (1922-1924), and General Campaign Committee minutes (1922). Prominent persons active in the ALP include: Joseph D. Cannon, Edward F. Cassidy, Nathan Fine, Julius Gerber, Marie B. MacDonald, James Oneal, and A.I. Shiplacoff.

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Arrangement
	Folders are arranged chronologically.
	The files are grouped into 1 series:
		Inventory

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Related Material at the Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

A.I. Shiplacoff Papers

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Separated Material

There is no information about materials that are associated by provenance to the described materials that have been physically separated or removed.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Open for research without restrictions.

Use Restrictions

Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the:
Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012
Phone: (212) 998-2630
Fax: (212) 995-4225
E-mail: gail.malmgreen@nyu.edu

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Access Points
	Subject Names:
		Cannon, Joseph D.
		Cassidy, Edward F.
		Fine, Nathan.
		Gerber, Julius.
		MacDonald, Marie B.
		Oneal, James, b. 1875.
		Shiplacoff, A. I. (Abraham Isaac), 1877-1946.
	Subject Organizations:
		American Labor Party
	Subject Topics:
		Socialism-United States.
		Working class-United States--Political activity.
	Document Types:
		Minutes
		Proceedings

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Administrative Information

Provenance

Transfer from Rand School Library, 1963.

Preferred Citation

Published citations should take the following form:

Identification of item, date (if known); The American Labor Party Minutes and Proceedings; Tamiment 061; box number; folder number;
Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012, New York University Libraries.

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Container List

[The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.]

Inventory
Box	Folder	Title	Date
1	1	Convention Proceedings (First), New York	Jul 1922
1	2	Convention Proceedings (Second), New York	Feb 1923
1	3	Convention Proceedings (Third), New York	Sep 1923
1	4	Minutes: Executive Committee, New York	1922-1924
1	5	Minutes: General Campaign Committee, New York	1922
1	6	Minutes: General Council, New York	1922-1924

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