Guide to the James Dolsen Political Left Pamphlets Collection, 1918-1996 AIS.1999.11

Repository
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Title
James Dolsen Political Left Pamphlets Collection
Creator
Dolsen, James H.
Collection Number
AIS.1999.11
Extent
6.25 Linear Feet (5 boxes)
Date
1918-1996
Abstract
James Dolsen was a founding member of the Communist Party USA and was persecuted during the 1930s and 1950s for his involvement in Communist activities. This collection contains pamphlets, newsletters, and newspapers from various organizations concerning unemployment, socialism and deindustrialization.
Language
English .
Author
Zachary Brodt
Publisher
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Address
University of Pittsburgh Library System
Archives & Special Collections
Website: library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections
Business Number: 412-648-3232 (Thomas) | 412-648-8190 (Hillman)
Contact Us: www.library.pitt.edu/ask-archivist
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Access Restrictions

No restrictions.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Mark Dolsen in 1999.

Biography

James Dolsen was a founding member of the Communist Party USA. He served as Secretary-Treasurer of the Workers Alliance of Allegheny County and District Secretary of the International Labor Defense, in addition to being affiliated with several Communist organizations in the Pittsburgh, Pa., area. Dolsen was also a correspondent for the Daily Worker, the newspaper of the Communist Party USA. He was questioned by the Dies Committee and the House Un-American Activities Committee regarding his work as a Communist leader. In the early 1950s, Dolsen was convicted of sedition along with Steve Nelson and served several years in a workhouse before a new trial was demanded by the United States Supreme Court due to the unreliable testimony of FBI informant Joseph Mazzei. Dolsen lived to be 103 years old and was an active member in the Communist party until his death in 1988.

Copyright

The University of Pittsburgh holds the property rights to the material in this collection, but the copyright may still be held by the original creator/author. Researchers are therefore advised to follow the regulations set forth in the U.S. Copyright Code when publishing, quoting, or reproducing material from this collection without the consent of the creator/author or that go beyond what is allowed by fair use.

Previous Citation

James Dolsen Political Left Pamphlets Collection, 1918-1996, AIS.1999.11, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh

Preferred Citation

James Dolsen Political Left Pamphlets Collection, 1918-1996, AIS.1999.11, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Zachary Brodt in March 2010.

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Scope and Content Notes

This collection contains pamphlets, newsletters, and newspapers from various organizations concerning unemployment, socialism and deindustrialization. Included are various socialist newspapers, including The Militant and Labor Action, and other left publications from the 1950s. Information on deindustrialization in Pittsburgh during the 1980s can be found in subject files such as those regarding the Tri-State Conference on Steel. There are also several files regarding labor unions in the Pittsburgh area.

Subjects

    Corporate Names

    • Tri-State Conference on Steel

    Personal Names

    • Dolsen, James H.

    Genres

    • Pamphlets

    Other Subjects

    • Social action
    • Communists -- United States
    • Labor
    • Labor unions and communism -- United States
    • Communism -- United States
    • Socialism -- United States
    • Socialists -- United States
    • Labor unions and socialism -- United States

Container List

The Class Struggle, 1918
Containers
box 1, volume 1-2
Partisan Review, August-September 1938
Containers
box 1, volume 3
The Communist International
Containers
box 1, volume 4
Marxist Perspectives, September 1980
Containers
box 1, volume 5
Mimeographed Letters, 1945-1948
Containers
box 1, folder 1
Civil Rights Defense Committee, Pittsburgh Chapter, 1942-1944
Containers
box 1, folder 2
Daniel de Leon Pamphlets
Containers
box 1, folder 3
Union Agreements, 1974-1975
Containers
box 1, folder 4
Socialist Publications
Containers
box 1, folder 5
United Engineering and Foundry Company
Containers
box 1, folder 6
United Steelworkers of America, 1944-1946
Containers
box 1, folder 7
The Hilltop, January 1949
Containers
box 1, folder 8
CCU Newsletter by the Committee of Concerned Unionists, 1978-1979
Containers
box 1, folder 9
Just Harvest, 1987-1988
Containers
box 1, folder 10
Tri-State Conference on Steel, 1985-1989
Containers
box 1, folder 11-15
Western Pennsylvania Alliance to Block Bork, Steel Valley Authority and DMX
Containers
box 1, folder 16
McKeesport Coalition for the Homeless
Containers
box 1, folder 17
Miscellaneous Reference
Containers
box 1, folder 18
Social Security "Notch", 1987
Containers
box 1, folder 19
Pennsylvania Alliance for Jobs and Energy, 1987-1988
Containers
box 1, folder 20
Activities
Containers
box 1, folder 21
The Pennsylvania Activist, 1987
Containers
box 1, folder 22
Economy
Containers
box 1, folder 23
Religion, 1985-1987
Containers
box 1, folder 24
LTV Plant Closures
Containers
box 1, folder 25
Workers Compensation, 1987
Containers
box 1, folder 26
Senior Citizens Health Care
Containers
box 1, folder 27
Miscellaneous Newsletters, 1985, 1988
Containers
box 1, folder 28-29
Mon Valley Unemployed Committee, 1984-1985
Containers
box 1, folder 30
Trotsky Articles
Containers
box 2, folder 1
Newsletters regarding Women's Issues, 1979-1980
Containers
box 2, folder 2
The Scab
Containers
box 2, folder 3
Women of Steel, November 1979
Containers
box 2, folder 4
Federation For Industrial Retention & Renewal, 1990-1994
Containers
box 2, folder 5
The Newsletter of Pittsburgh Action Against Rape, 1981
Containers
box 2, folder 6
Allegheny Socialist by the Institute for Democratic Socialism, 1987-1991
Containers
box 2, folder 7
N.U.W.O. Bulletin by the National United Workers Organization
Containers
box 2, folder 8
1397 Rank & File by USWA Local 1397, 1977-1978, 1981
Containers
box 2, folder 9
City Times, 1981
Containers
box 2, folder 10
The Voice by USWA Local 1256, 1977-1979
Containers
box 2, folder 11
Convoy Dispatch by Teamsters for a Democratic Union, 1981-1982
Containers
box 2, folder 12
From the Horse's Mouth by Western Pennsylvania Teamsters for a Democratic Union, 1979-1981
Containers
box 2, folder 13
Local 1010 Steelworker, 1979
Containers
box 2, folder 14
The Steelworker, 1978
Containers
box 2, folder 15
Tri-State Conference on Steel Newsletter, 1981, 1990-1991
Containers
box 2, folder 16
Against the Current, 1991-1993
Containers
box 2, folder 17
Bulletin in Defense of Marxism, 1990-1992
Containers
box 2, folder 18-20
Labor Notes, 1979-1981, 1988-1996
Containers
box 2, folder 21-22
New American Movement Pittsburgh Chapter Newsletter, 1977-1981
Containers
box 2, folder 23
Resistance, 1948
Containers
box 2, folder 24
United Effort by United Engineering and Foundry Company, 1947-1957
Containers
box 2, folder 25-27
Dravo Review, 1956-1957
Containers
box 2, folder 28
Miscellaneous Union Newspapers, 1957, 1981, 1990, 1992
Containers
box 3, folder 1
Solidarity by the United Autoworkers, 1991
Containers
box 3, folder 2
Miscellaneous Labor Newspapers
Containers
box 3, folder 3
Mill Hunk Herald, 1979-1987
Containers
box 3, folder 4
Social Justice by the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, 1978-1979
Containers
box 3, folder 5
United Mine Workers Journal, 1956, 1985-1987, 1991-1993
Containers
box 3, folder 6
Socialist Action, 1991-1993
Containers
box 3, folder 7
Why? An Anarchist Bulletin, 1947
Containers
box 3, folder 8
Internal Bulletin of the Socialist Workers Party, 1953
Containers
box 3, folder 9
Fourth International, 1942-1954
Containers
box 3, folder 10-11
Anvil and Student Partisan, 1950-1953
Containers
box 3, folder 12
IUE News, 1976-1981
Containers
box 3, folder 13-15
Changes Socialist Monthly, 1979
Containers
box 4, volume 1-2
Tricolor, May 1944
Containers
box 4, volume 3
Tri-State Council on Manufacturing
Containers
box 4, folder 1
New American Movement
Containers
box 4, folder 2
Labor Solidarity, 1992-1993
Containers
box 4, folder 3
Clippings
Containers
box 4, folder 4
Labor Party Advocates
Containers
box 4, folder 5
New Directions by the United Autoworkers, 1990
Containers
box 4, folder 6
US-China People's Friendship Association, 1979
Containers
box 4, folder 7
UFCW Local 23, 1991
Containers
box 4, folder 8
Steelworkers Voice, 1977
Containers
box 4, folder 9
Alliance for Progressive Action, 1992-1993
Containers
box 4, folder 10
Newsletter from Christians Associated for Relationships with Eastern Europe's Christian-Marxist Encounter Task Group
Containers
box 4, folder 11
Fox Chapel Federation of Teachers, Local 2028
Containers
box 4, folder 12
Somerville Mills Boycott
Containers
box 4, folder 13
Miscellaneous Newsletters
Containers
box 4, folder 14
Miscellaneous Newspapers, 1950s
Containers
box 4, folder 15
Miscellaneous Newsletters and Newspapers
Containers
box 4, folder 16
United Steelworkers of America
Containers
box 4, folder 17
Tri-State Conference on the Impact of Steel
Containers
box 4, folder 18
The Reporter, 1949, 1953
Containers
box 4, folder 19
The Permanent Revolution in Science by R.L. Schanak
Containers
box 4, folder 20
Labor and Nation, 1946, 1949
Containers
box 4, folder 21
National Committee for Independent Political Action, 1989-1990
Containers
box 4, folder 22
J.P. Stevens Company Information
Containers
box 4, folder 23
Dollars & Sense, 1982
Containers
box 4, folder 24
Reference, New
Containers
box 4, folder 25
Teamsters for a Democratic Union
Containers
box 4, folder 26
Songs by Michael Stout, 1988-1992
Containers
box 4, folder 27
Hunger Action Coalition
Containers
box 4, folder 28
Rathbum for Mayor
Containers
box 4, folder 29
James Dolson v. United Engineering and Foundry Company, 1965
Containers
box 4, folder 30
Ed Sadlowski for USWA President
Containers
box 4, folder 31
World's Greatest Fairshake Festival III, 1978
Containers
box 4, folder 32
Miscellaneous Contract Agreements
Containers
box 4, folder 33
Fliers
Containers
box 4, folder 34
IUE Research
Containers
box 4, folder 35
Articles on Labor at Westinghouse
Containers
box 4, folder 36
Miscellaneous Research
Containers
box 4, folder 37
Personal Calendar, 1975
Containers
box 4, folder 38
The Militant, 1953-1954
Containers
box 5, folder 1-3
The Militant, 1980-1981
Containers
box 5, folder 4-5
Labor Action, August 1953-March 1954
Containers
box 5, folder 6-7
Steel Labor, 1969, 1976
Containers
box 5, folder 8
Steel Labor/Steelabor, 1977-1979
Containers
box 5, folder 9-11
Daily World/People's Daily World, 1978, 1981, 1987
Containers
box 5, folder 12
Workers Vanguard, 1978
Containers
box 5, folder 13-14