The Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Seditious Activities (known as the "Lusk Committee for its chairman Clayton R. Lusk) seized these records during raids on suspected radical organizations including the Communist Party, the Rand School, the Socialist Party Left Wing Section, and the Workers Defense Unions. Records include correspondence, meeting minutes, organization by-laws, membership lists, receipts, reports, pamphlets, and published articles relating to the philosophy, organization, membership, publications, and activities of both the national organizations and their local branches in New York.
Creator
New York (State). Legislature. Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Seditious Activities
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Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Seditious Activities investigation files
Series Number
L0038
Summary
This series contains correspondence, memorandums, and reports on individuals and organizations investigated by the Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Seditious Activities, known as the "Lusk Committee" for its chairman Clayton R. Lusk. The records pertain to meetings, organizational activities, and educational programs of the Russian Soviet Bureau, the Socialist Party, the Bolsheviks, the Niagara Frontier Defense League, and other groups and organizations.
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New York (State). Legislature. Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Seditious Activities
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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.
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New York (State). Legislature. Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Seditious Activities
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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.