New Leader Records
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The New Leader (1924-2006) was a socialist, then liberal, journal of opinion. Under Samuel M. (Sol) Levitas's editorship (1936-61), it gained prominence as a voice of anti-communist liberalism that featured the work of prominent intellectuals. The records contain correspondence (including some in Russian), clippings, and topical files relating to editorial and financial matters, annual dinners, radio broadcasts and other sponsored public programs, and to organizations, events and issues of interest to the editors.
Historical/Biographical Note
The New Leader(1924-2006) was the official (weekly) periodical of the Socialist Party until 1936 when, after a split in the SP, it became the official periodical of the Social Democratic Federation through 1946, after which it was published independently (including a period under the auspices of the American Labor Conference on International Affairs). It became a biweekly in 1961, and a bimonthly in 2000. Under Samuel M. (Sol) Levitas's editorship (1936-61), it gained prominence as a voice of anti-communist liberalism that featured the work of prominent intellectuals.
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Hugh Wilford, "The New Leaderand the Cultural Cold War," Diplomatic History, Vol. 27, no. 1 (January 2003).
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Arranged alphabetically.
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Scope and Content Note
The records contain correspondence (including some in Russian), clippings, political memoranda, and topical files relating to editorial and financial matters, annual dinners, radio broadcasts and other sponsored public programs, and to organizations, events and issues of interest to the editors, including the American Friends of Czechoslovakia, American Labor Conference on International Affairs, the American Jewish Committee, the Communist Party of Yugoslovakia, the Rand School of Social Science, and the Transport Workers Union. Notable individuals represented include Raphael Abramovitch, Jack Beall, Anton Ciliga, Fernando Gerassi, Sidney Hook, Fulton Lewis, Eugene Lyons, James Oneal, Julia Stuart Poyntz, Marc Rein and Louis Waldman (re: his resignation from American Labor Party). Also included is a manuscript by Michel Collinet, "Quarante Annees de Communisme en Europe Occidentale."
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright (and related rights to publicity and privacy) to materials ini this collection created by the New Leader was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; New Leader Records; TAM 271; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Myron Kolatch, Executive Editor of the New Leader in circa 1965. The accession number associated with this gift is 1950.009.