Herbert Benjamin papers, (Record no. 44690)

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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number mm2004085109
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
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072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE
Subject category code R
Source lcmd
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Benjamin, Herbert,
Dates associated with a name 1900-1983.
245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Herbert Benjamin papers,
Inclusive dates 1915-2004
Bulk dates (bulk 1923-1982).
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 3,000
Type of unit items.
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Extent 14
Type of unit containers plus
Extent 1
Type of unit oversize.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 5.6
Type of unit linear feet.
506 1# - RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS NOTE
Terms governing access Restrictions apply.
520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Correspondence, memoranda, memoirs and additional writings, notes, annotated subject files, printed matter, and other papers primarily relating to Benjamin's life and work as a member of the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) from 1921 to 1944, particularly his work as a leader of the organized unemployed movement during the 1930s.
520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. In Benjamin's memoirs, he described the experiences leading him to join the Industrial Workers of the World and then the Communist Party; his attendance at the 1922 Communist Party convention in Bridgman, Michigan; his work for the Communist Party in New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania; and his leadership of the first and second National Hunger Marches on Washington, D.C. in 1931 and 1932. The writings also contain Benjamin's statements of his political beliefs and personal reassessments over four decades. Includes subject files relating to the National Unemployment Council, the Unemployed Councils, and the Workers Alliance of America. Included in files on the CPUSA are those relating to Benjamin's nationwide speaking tour in 1940 for the purpose of "party building."
545 ## - BIOGRAPHICAL OR HISTORICAL DATA
Biographical or historical data Communist Party official.
546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE
Language note Collection material in English.
555 8# - CUMULATIVE INDEX/FINDING AIDS NOTE
Cumulative index/finding aids note Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010173">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010173</a>
610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element Communist Party of the United States of America.
610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element Industrial Workers of the World.
610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element National Unemployment Council.
610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element Workers Alliance of America.
611 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--MEETING NAME
Meeting name or jurisdiction name as entry element National Hunger March
Number of part/section/meeting (1st :
Date of meeting or treaty signing 1931 :
Location of meeting Washington, D.C.)
611 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--MEETING NAME
Meeting name or jurisdiction name as entry element National Hunger March
Number of part/section/meeting (2nd :
Date of meeting or treaty signing 1932 :
Location of meeting Washington, D.C.)
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Communism
Geographic subdivision Michigan.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Communism
Geographic subdivision New York (State)
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Communism
Geographic subdivision Ohio.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Communism
Geographic subdivision Pennsylvania.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Communism
Geographic subdivision United States.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Depressions
Chronological subdivision 1929
Geographic subdivision United States.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element New Deal, 1933-1939.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Unemployed
Geographic subdivision United States.
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name United States
General subdivision Economic conditions
Chronological subdivision 1918-1945.
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name United States
General subdivision Politics and government
Chronological subdivision 1901-1953.
856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Materials specified Finding aid
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010173">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010173</a>
856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Materials specified Finding aid (PDF)
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010173.3">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010173.3</a>

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