New York State Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Seditious Activities Suspected Radical Organizations Seized Files

Organized into 2 subseries: Subseries 1, Original Records, 1918-1919, 0.5 cubic foot, and Subseries 2, Photostatic Copies of Seized Records, 1916-1919, 0.5 cubic foot, are both arranged alphabetically by name of organization.

The series consists of original and photostatic copies of records from approximately a dozen organizations suspected of radical activities. The records were seized by the committee during raids on the organizations' headquarters in New York City in order to gather information and evidence about suspected radical groups and individuals. The records include correspondence, meeting minutes, pamphlets, articles, organization and membership lists, and other materials.

The records pertain to the various groups' organization, philosophy, membership, meetings, educational programs, and publications. There is information both on national organizations and their local branches, such as the Communist Party, the Socialist Party, the Union of Russian Workers, and the Workers Defense Union. Some non-English language materials are found in this series.

Subseries 1, Original Records, 1918-1919, 0.5 cubic foot. This subseries pertains to activity of nine suspected radical organizations. The majority of records relate to the Communist Party and to the left wing section of the Socialist Party.

Subseries 2, Photostatic Copies of Seized Records, 1916-1919, 0.5 cubic foot. This subseries pertains to a number of suspected radical organizations. This subseries contains a number of articles appearing in various radical publications and approximately 50 letters, articles, and reports in Russian without translations. Some organizations represented in this subseries are also found in Subseries 1, and while some of these copies duplicate original documents in Subseries 1, most do not.

Microfilm is available for use at the New York State Archives or through inter-library loan.

Microfilm: 1 roll; 16 mm.

A folder list is available at the repository.

This series was originally accessioned as part of boxes 17 and 18 of old collection #281, accessions -236 and -237.

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.