Guide to the New LeaderRecords TAM.271
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
New York, NY, 10012
(212) 998-2630
tamiment.wagner@nyu.edu
Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archive
Collection processed by Craig Savino and Peter Filardo
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit
on March 31, 2015
Description is in
English. using Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Edited by Maggie Schreiner to reflect updated administrative information , March 2015
Descriptive Summary
| Creator: | New leader (New York, N.Y. : 1924). |
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| Title: | New Leader Records |
| Dates [inclusive]: | 1928-1960 |
| Abstract: | 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. |
| Quantity: | 1.0 linear feet (2 boxes) |
| Call Phrase: | TAM.271 |
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.
Sources:
- Hugh Wilford, “The New Leaderand the Cultural Cold War,” Diplomatic History, Vol. 27, no. 1 (January 2003).
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.”
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Organized into one series:
- 1. Subject Files.
Access Points
Subject Names
- Abramovitch, Raphael, b. 1880
- Beall, Jack.
- Ciliga, Ante, 1898-1992
- Collinet, Michel, 1904- . Quarante Annees de communisme en Europe occidentale.
- Hook, Sidney, 1902-1989
- Levitas, Samuel M. (Sol)
- Lewis, Fulton, 1903-1966
- Lyons, Eugene, 1898-1985
- Oneal, James, b. 1875.
- Poyntz, Julia Stuart, 1886-1937?
- Waldman, Louis, b. 1892
Document Type
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Correspondence.
- Manuscripts for publication.
Subject Organizations
- American Friends of Czechoslovakia.
- American Jewish Committee.
- American Labor Conference on International Affairs.
- Komunistička partija Jugoslavije.
- New leader (New York, N.Y. : 1924).
- Rand School of Social Science.
- Transport Workers Union of America.
Subject Topics
- Anti-communist movements -- United States.
- Communism -- Europe, Eastern.
- Liberalism -- United States
- Socialism -- United States -v Periodicals.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Open for research without restrictions.
Use Restrictions
Copyright (and related rights to publicity and privacy) to materials ini this collection created by the New Leader are held by the New Leader. Permission to publish or reproduce materials to which the New Leader holds copyright must be secured from the copyright holder. Please contact the Tamiment Library for assistance with contacting the New Leader.
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 note
Donated by Myron Kolatch, Executive Director of the New Leader circa 1965. The accession number 1950.009 is associated with this gift.
Container List
Series 1: Subject Files
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
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| Box: 1 | Folder : 1 | Abramovitch, Raphael: re: Marc Rein Case, etc. (See also file: Correspondence: In
Russian) |
1939-1941 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 2 | American Friends of Czechoslovakia |
1946 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 3 | American Jewish Committee |
1947-1951 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 4 | American Labor Conference on International Affairs: By-Laws |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 5 | American Labor Conference on International Affairs: Certificate of Incorporation |
1944 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 6 | American Labor Conference on International Affairs: Tax-Exempt Status |
1954 , 1962-1964 , 1966 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 7 | Annual Dinners |
1927-1934 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 8 | Annual Dinners |
1935-1943 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 9 | Beall, Jack: Broadcasts |
1947 , 1948 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 10 | Catholic Digest |
1947-1949 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 11 | Ciliga, Ante: Book Excerpt ("Chapter 4") |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 12 | Collinet, Michel: "Quarante Annees de Communisme en Europe Occidentale" (typescript) |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 13 | Correspondence |
undated , 1936-1959 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 14 | Correspondence (in Russian) |
1936-1948 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 15 | Editorial: "Save the Rescuers" |
1952 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 16 | Finances |
undated , 1941 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 17 | Gerassi, Fernando (report re:) |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 18 | Hook, Sidney: St. John's College Article (corresp. re:) |
1944 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 19 | Howe, Quincy: WQXR Broadcast on Krivitsky |
1941 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 1 | International Council on European Problems: "America and the Post-War World," report |
undated | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 2 | The Lincoln-Petkov Academy and The National Academy Organizations: Proposal by the
"Orlando Committee" |
ca.1954 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 3 | Levitas, Sol M.: Personal |
1941 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 4 | Lewis, Fulton, Jr.: Radio Broadcast Transcripts |
1955-1956 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 5 | Lists of
New LeaderArticles |
undated | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 6 | Lyons, Eugene |
1948 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 7 | New York Herald Tribune: Editorials |
1944-1946 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 8 | Oneal, James |
1937 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 9 | Operation Survival (film): Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Complaint |
1951 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 10 | Political Memoranda |
undated , 1944 , 1949 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 11 | Poyntz, Julia Stuart: Case (incl. misc. photos) |
undated , 1938 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 12 | Publicity |
undated , 1933 , 1953-1954 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 13 | Radio Broadcasts re:
New Leaderarticles |
1946-1948 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 14 | Rand School |
1931 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 15 | Rubenstein, M .I.: Quotations from Articles by |
undated | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 16 | Stedman, Seymour |
1936 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 17 | Sunday Leader: Perspectives |
undated | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 18 | Thomas, Lowell: Broadcast Excerpt on Pyotr Kapitsa |
1946 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 19 | Der Tog (The Day): Clipping, Registration Department |
Jul 17, 1940 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 20 | Transport Workers Union:
Daily WorkerClipping |
1930 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 20 | Transport Workers Union and Mike Quill: Edward Maguire Testimony re: |
1938 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 21 | Trevino, Jose (Argentinian journalist) |
1960 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 22 | United States Department of State |
1949-1960 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 23 | Wachenheim, Hedwig |
1939 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 24 | Waldman, Louis: Resignation from American Labor Party |
1940 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 25 | William, Maurice: Materials on Sun Yat-Sen and Chinese Politics |
1928-1940 , 1944-1946 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 26 | Yugoslav Communist Party: Letter to Stalin and Molotov |
undated | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 27 | Yugoslav Communist Party: Soviet Letters to |
undated | |
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