George Morris Papers
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George Morris (1903-1997) was a long-time labor journalist, principally for the Communist Party USA's newspapers, the Daily Worker (national newspaper) and the Western Worker, their successor titles, and was also at one time head of the Party's National Labor Commission. Born to Jewish parents in the Ukraine, he came to the United States at age sixteen and was one of the founding members of the Communist Party USA.
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This collection contains articles by George Morris and others, research materials, speeches and correspondence.
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Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright (and related rights to publicity and privacy) to materials in this collection created by George Morris was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; George Morris Papers; TAM 200; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Helen Morris in 1997; additional materials were received from Helen Morris in 2001. The accession number associated with this gift is 1997.071.
