Collections : [University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library]

A democratic political party primarily active in Minnesota. Correspondence, brochures, and reports of party activities, particularly in Wayne and Washtenaw counties, Michigan.

Comittee reports and minutes of party activities, primarily activities in Wayne and Washtenaw counties; drafted documents related to the formation of the Washtenaw branch and instructions for the organizational structure of party clubs; legislative reviews; documents designating watchers at polling locations; and a play commenting on problems with liquor.

African American revolutionary communist and theoretician of Black nationalism, joined Communist Youth League in 1923 and later communist Party U.S.A., studied at Lenin Institute and worked for the Comintern, member of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spanish Civil War, author of Black Liberation (1948) and Black Bolshevik (1977). Papers include correspondence, speeches, text and notes for his writing and Communist Party material.

The papers of Harry Haywood consist of two linear feet of materials dating from 1928 to 1985. The collection is arranged topically. It is divided into eight series, including: Autobiography; Articles and Manuscripts; Communist Party Material; Black Conditions and Responses; Speeches and Presentations; Correspondence; Book Contracts and Reviews; and Notes, Fragments and Miscellanea.