Scope and Contents

The Socialist Party of New York Records, 1906 1912, consist of two items, a letter book of John C. Chase, the New York state secretary, and a membership roll book. The items contained in the letter book are arranged in chronological order. Unfortunately, the legibility of these items on microfilm is poor. Much of the correspondence in this letter book was written to J. Mahlon Barnes, Upton Sinclair, William Mailly, Morris Hillquit, George R. Kirkpatrick, George H. Goebel, John Work, Algernon Lee, and Julius Gerber. The bulk of this correspondence pertains to routine party matters, such as the formation of state committees, membership dues, speaking tours, subscriptions to socialist publications, and fund raising events. Other materials in the letter book relate to the gubernatorial and congressional elections of 1906 and 1907, the Moyer Haywood Conference of January 1907, and Lena Morrow Lewis' speaking tour in New York.

The membership roll book contains the names and addresses of party members living in each New York State Assembly District from 1908 to 1912.

The researcher should note that an error was made in the targeting for this collection. On each frame, the word "Series" appears adjacent to the frame number. 1his term should actually be interpreted as "Collection".