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Title: Jay Lovestone Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1904-1989
Collection number: 75091
Creator:
Lovestone, Jay
Collection Size:
895 manuscript boxes, 4 oversize boxes, 49 envelopes, 2 phonotape reels, 1 framed map
(364 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Correspondence, reports, memoranda, bulletins, clippings, serial issues, pamphlets, other printed matter, and photographs,
relating to the Communist International, the communist
movement in the United States and elsewhere, communist influence in American and foreign
trade unions, and organized labor movements in the United States and abroad.
Physical location: Hoover Institution Archives
Language:
English.
Collection open for research.
The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to
copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives
at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
[Identification of item], Jay Lovestone papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1975.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
AFL-CIO.
American Federation of Labor. Free Trade Union Committee.
Communist International.
Communist Party, U.S.A. (Opposition)
Communist Party of the United States of America.
Communism.
Communism--United States.
Labor movement.
Labor movement--United States.
Trade-unions.
Trade-unions--United States.
Trade-unions and communism.
United States--Politics and government.
United States--Foreign relations.
Phonotapes.
| 1907 or 1908 | Moved to the United States |
| 1913-1915 | Early teens became interested in DeLeonite Socialist Labor Party and shortly thereafter joined Socialist Party |
| 1914-1918 | Attended City College of New York and became a member of the Socialist Study Club which was affiliated with the Intercollegiate Socialist Society. In 1917, became president of the society's branch at C.C.N.Y. |
| 1918 | Graduated, City College of New York |
| 1918-1920 | Held a number of jobs and at various times attended classes at the City College of Accounting, New York University Law School, and Columbia University |
| 1919 | Helped to organize the left wing sections of the pro-Communists in New York. Later became delegate to the founding convention of the American Communist Party.* [*The American Communist Party underwent several reorganizations and name changes during the time Jay Lovestone was a member. Please see Series Description for further information]. He was elected to the Program Committee and the First Central Executive Committee |
| 1921 | Assistant Secretary, Communist Party |
| 1922 | National Secretary, Communist Party |
| 1923 | Author of The Government -Strikebreaker, a study of government intervention in the strikes of 1921-1922 |
| 1925 | Organization Secretary, Communist Party |
| 1927 | General Secretary, Communist Party |
| 1929 | Ousted from Communist Party by Iosip Stalin |
| 1929-1940 | Founder and head of Communist Party Opposition known as Lovestoneites or Lovestone Group.* [*The Communist Party Opposition underwent several name changes during the time Jay Lovestone headed the group. Please see Series Description for further information]. |
| 1942-1944 | Committee to Defend America -Citizens for Victory |
| 1944-1956 | Director, International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU), Political Department |
| Director, International Affairs Department | |
| Executive Secretary, American Federation of Labor (AF of L), Free Trade Union Committee | |
| 1956-1963 | Director of International Publications, American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) |
| Assistant Director of International Affairs Department, AFL-CIO | |
| 1963-1974 | Director of International Affairs Department, AFL-CIO |
| 1974-1990 | Consultant on International Affairs, ILGWU and AFL-CIO |
| 1990, March 7 | Died, New York City |
Arranged into two groups: an original accession, boxes 1-695 and an increment of additional materials, boxes 696-899. Within
the two groups materials are arranged in series by physical form or topic.