Research Catalog

Title

American Fund for Public Service records, 1922-1941.

Author

American Fund for Public Service.

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Additional Authors

• Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981.
• Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley.
• Foster, William Z., 1881-1961.
• Garland, Charles.
• Hillman, Sidney, 1887-1946.
• Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938.
• Kirchwey, Freda.
• Lovett, Robert Morss, 1870-1956.
• Magnes, J. L. (Judah Leon), 1877-1948.
• Nearing, Scott, 1883-
• Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968.
• American Birth Control League.
• American Civil Liberties Union.
• Brookwood Labor College (Katonah, N.Y.)
• Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.
• Commonwealth College (Mena, Ark.)
• League for Industrial Democracy.
• Manumit School (Pawling, N.Y.)
• Mooney Molders Defense Committee.
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
• Rand School of Social Science.
• Scottsboro Defense Committee.
• Southern Tenant Farmers' Union.
• United Mine Workers of America.
• Vanguard Press.

Description

• 31 linear feet (59 boxes).
• 36 microfilm reels.

Summary

Records of the American Fund include internal and external correspondence of members of the board of directors, treasurer, and legal counsel, 1922-1941; board of directors meeting minutes, 1922-1941; several committee reports and surveys, 1923-1939; memoranda and reports on policy, 1922-1932; auditor's reports, 1922-1941; lists of appropriations and loans, 1922-1941; and application files for each individual or organization requesting assistance.

Uniform Title

• Daily worker.
• Liberator.
• Il Martello.
• New masses.

Subject

• American Fund for Public Service
• Birth control
• Civil rights
• Communism
• Endowments
• Imperialism
• Labor movement
• Minorities
• Political prisoners
• Publishers and publishing
• Sacco-Vanzetti Trial, Dedham, Mass., 1921
• Social problems
• Socialism
• Labor unions
• Working class > Education

Access (note)

• Restricted access;
• Microfilm must be used in lieu of originals.

Additional Formats (note)

• Collection available on microfilm;

Source (note)

• Amrican Fund for Public Service, 1933-42

Biography (note)

• The American Fund for Public Service, also known as the Garland Fund, was created in 1922 by Charles Garland to support radical social and economic causes. The board of directors included prominent leaders of the labor movement, the Socialist and Communist parties, and civil rights and minority groups. From 1922 to 1941 the Fund gave nearly two million dollars to a variety of left-wing organizations and enterprises, such as labor unions, cooperatives, schools for workers, radical publications, bail and legal defense funds, and civil liberties, penal reform, and minority rights groups.

Processing Action (note)

• Cataloged

Call Number

MssCol 74

OCLC

NYPW92-A256

Author

American Fund for Public Service.

Title

American Fund for Public Service records, 1922-1941.

Additional Formats

Collection available on microfilm; New York Public Library; *ZL-314

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Access

Microfilm must be used in lieu of originals.

Biography

The American Fund for Public Service, also known as the Garland Fund, was created in 1922 by Charles Garland to support radical social and economic causes. The board of directors included prominent leaders of the labor movement, the Socialist and Communist parties, and civil rights and minority groups. From 1922 to 1941 the Fund gave nearly two million dollars to a variety of left-wing organizations and enterprises, such as labor unions, cooperatives, schools for workers, radical publications, bail and legal defense funds, and civil liberties, penal reform, and minority rights groups.

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Added Author

Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981.

Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley.

Foster, William Z., 1881-1961.

Garland, Charles.

Hillman, Sidney, 1887-1946.

Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938.

Kirchwey, Freda.

Lovett, Robert Morss, 1870-1956.

Magnes, J. L. (Judah Leon), 1877-1948.

Nearing, Scott, 1883-

Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968.

American Birth Control League.

American Civil Liberties Union.

Brookwood Labor College (Katonah, N.Y.)

Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.

Commonwealth College (Mena, Ark.)

American Fund for Public Service.

League for Industrial Democracy.

Manumit School (Pawling, N.Y.)

Mooney Molders Defense Committee.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Rand School of Social Science.

Scottsboro Defense Committee.

Southern Tenant Farmers' Union.

United Mine Workers of America.

Vanguard Press.

Added Title

Daily worker.

Liberator.

Il Martello.

New masses.

Research Call Number

MssCol 74