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100	1		_aBenjamin, Herbert, _d1900-1983.
245	0	0	_aHerbert Benjamin papers, _f1915-2004 _g(bulk 1923-1982).
300			_a3,000 _fitems.
300			_a14 _fcontainers plus _a1 _foversize.
300			_a5.6 _flinear feet.
506	1		_aRestrictions apply.
520	8		_aCorrespondence, 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		_aIn 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			_aCommunist Party official.
546			_aCollection material in English.
555	8		_aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010173
610	2	0	_aCommunist Party of the United States of America.
610	2	0	_aIndustrial Workers of the World.
610	2	0	_aNational Unemployment Council.
610	2	0	_aWorkers Alliance of America.
611	2	0	_aNational Hunger March _n(1st : _d1931 : _cWashington, D.C.)
611	2	0	_aNational Hunger March _n(2nd : _d1932 : _cWashington, D.C.)
650		0	_aCommunism _zMichigan.
650		0	_aCommunism _zNew York (State)
650		0	_aCommunism _zOhio.
650		0	_aCommunism _zPennsylvania.
650		0	_aCommunism _zUnited States.
650		0	_aDepressions _y1929 _zUnited States.
650		0	_aNew Deal, 1933-1939.
650		0	_aUnemployed _zUnited States.
651		0	_aUnited States _xEconomic conditions _y1918-1945.
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y1901-1953.
856	4		_3Finding aid _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010173
856	4		_3Finding aid (PDF) _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010173.3
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