Box 1
Container
Contains 11 Results:
Reports of Undercover Informant "A.X.", 1934 June 25-October 30
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Series 1:
Contents
Subjects of the reports include the Communist Party, the Cannery and Agricultural Workers Industrial Union, and Upton Sinclair's EPIC campaign. Most focus on the Communist Party.
Dates:
1934 June 25-October 30
Reports of Undercover Informant "A.X.", 1939 April 15-1940 April 15
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: Series 1:
Contents
The informant was by then a high officer, perhaps vice-president, of the Communist Party in San Francisco; the informant claimed to have been a charter member of the Workers' Party of America (predecessor of the Communist Party), to have come to San Francisco in 1934, and to have been a member of the "Inner Circle" of party leadership. Most reports focus on activities at the Communist Party headquarters at 121 Haight Street, other party activities, activities of the American Civil Liberties...
Dates:
1939 April 15-1940 April 15
Reports of Undercover Informant "Tommy", 1937 April 5-1937 December 27
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: Series 1:
Contents
The informant was employed by the Industrial Association, apparently beginning in 1934. He circulated through the city regularly each day, beginning on the waterfront. Subjects include union activities and Communist Party activities.
Dates:
1937 April 5-1937 December 27
Reports of Undercover Informant "Tommy" [continuation of the previous file], 1938 January 5-June 10
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: Series 1:
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series consists primarily of undercover agent reports and other documents, documenting the activities of labor organizations and organizations on the left, 1934-1940, including the Communist Party of San Francisco, and labor leader Harry Bridges. The materials were possibly gathered or created by Harper Knowles during his tenure as director of the Subversive Activities Committee of the American Legion in San Francisco, and Stanley M. Doyle, an associate of Harper...
Dates:
1938 January 5-June 10
Reports of Undercover Informant in Carmel, 1936 June 30-August 28
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: Series 1:
Contents
The informant sought to infiltrate the group of radicals centered in Carmel around Lincoln Steffens and Ella Winter. During this period Steffens died and the reports include accounts of his funeral. Also refers to the Bakcay effort to infiltrate this group previously; for which, see Western Worker, May 21, 1936.
Dates:
1936 June 30-August 28
Coded letter to Knowles, 1938 June 28
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: Series 1:
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series consists primarily of undercover agent reports and other documents, documenting the activities of labor organizations and organizations on the left, 1934-1940, including the Communist Party of San Francisco, and labor leader Harry Bridges. The materials were possibly gathered or created by Harper Knowles during his tenure as director of the Subversive Activities Committee of the American Legion in San Francisco, and Stanley M. Doyle, an associate of Harper...
Dates:
1938 June 28
Reports of Informant on La Follette Committee Activities in San Francisco, 1938 December 29-1939 February 8
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: Series 1:
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series consists primarily of undercover agent reports and other documents, documenting the activities of labor organizations and organizations on the left, 1934-1940, including the Communist Party of San Francisco, and labor leader Harry Bridges. The materials were possibly gathered or created by Harper Knowles during his tenure as director of the Subversive Activities Committee of the American Legion in San Francisco, and Stanley M. Doyle, an associate of Harper...
Dates:
1938 December 29-1939 February 8
Reports from Various Informants, 1935 August 3-1939 February 8
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: Series 1:
Contents
Reflects the activities of several informants; most concentrate on the Communist Party. Other subjects include the Simon J. Lubin Society, the defense of Harry Bridges.
Dates:
1935 August 3-1939 February 8
Affidavit of H. G. Mayes, undercover informant for the Industrial Association
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: Series 1:
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series consists primarily of undercover agent reports and other documents, documenting the activities of labor organizations and organizations on the left, 1934-1940, including the Communist Party of San Francisco, and labor leader Harry Bridges. The materials were possibly gathered or created by Harper Knowles during his tenure as director of the Subversive Activities Committee of the American Legion in San Francisco, and Stanley M. Doyle, an associate of Harper...
Dates:
1934-1940
Transcript of a conversation on May 27, 1937; participants identified as Slaby, Phillips, and Blank, 1937
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: Series 1:
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series consists primarily of undercover agent reports and other documents, documenting the activities of labor organizations and organizations on the left, 1934-1940, including the Communist Party of San Francisco, and labor leader Harry Bridges. The materials were possibly gathered or created by Harper Knowles during his tenure as director of the Subversive Activities Committee of the American Legion in San Francisco, and Stanley M. Doyle, an associate of Harper...
Dates:
1937