Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Seditious Activities Rand School seized files
Series Number
L0028
Summary
The Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Seditious Activities (known as the "Lusk Committee" for its chairman Clayton R. Lusk) seized these records in raids on the Rand School of Social Science in New York City. The committee tried unsuccessfully to use the records to revoke the charter of the American Socialist Society, the Rand School's parent organization. Records include correspondence, bulletins, and lists relating to home study courses, lectures, publications, and school activities. The records also include material relating to political and organizational activities of the Socialist Party.
Creator
New York (State). Legislature. Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Seditious Activities
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Legal papers relating to searches and prosecutions of suspected radical individuals and organizations
Series Number
L0037
Summary
This series contains affidavits, orders, briefs, search warrants, notes of trials, correspondence, and other records produced or collected by the Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Seditious Activities, known as the "Lusk Committee," for its chairman Clayton R. Lusk. The records pertain to charges brought against the many individuals and organizations by the Committee. The majority relate to the Rand School, the Communist Party of America, and the Russian Soviet Bureau.
Creator
New York (State). Legislature. Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Seditious Activities
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.