Abstract The California Surveillance Collection consists primarily of undercover agent reports and other materials 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...

Abstract The Paul Chown Papers consist of personal files related to Chown's work as a labor official and educator, including subject files on economic and collective bargaining issues (news clippings, pamphlets, booklets, publications, ephemera, mailings, and reports) and curriculum material related to workshops and classes Chown taught on collective bargaining, occupational health, labor studies and labor history. Also includes files related to Chown's work as an organizer for United Electrical,...