The Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Seditious Activities, known as the "Lusk Committee" for its chairman Clayton R. Lusk, seized these records in raids of the Finnish Information Bureau, a propaganda office set up in the United States by the exiled Red Government of Finland. Records include correspondence, texts of speeches, and articles from American and Finnish newspapers and journals. Records pertain to alleged atrocities committed by the White government in Finland and to events occurring in Russia during the period.
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New York (State). Legislature. Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Seditious Activities
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Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Seditious Activities hearing testimony and executive session transcripts
Series Number
L0026
Summary
The series consists of testimony related to an investigation of individuals and organizations suspected of violating the State's criminal anarchy law. The majority of the testimony relates to organizing activity and publications aimed at overthrowing the United States government and replacing it with a Socialist government. Witnesses included the Attorney General his staff, state and local police; local district attorneys; foreign language translators; and individuals familiar with conditions within Russia or with immigrant agencies.
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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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This series consists of draft and final versions of the four-volume published report, Revolutionary Radicalism, submitted by the Committee to the New York State Senate in April 1920. The report is an exhaustive account of the Committee's investigations with extensive information on suspected radical organizations active in New York, the United States, and throughout the world. Many of the documents found in other record series of the Committee are published in the final report.
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New York (State). Legislature. Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Seditious Activities
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