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muravchikemanuel Guide to the Emanuel Muravchik oral history interview, 2001 June Processed by: Alice Poffinberger; machine-readable finding aid created by: Noah Huffman David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, N.C., USA

Aleph Number: 004438623

Machine-readable finding aid derived derived from MARC record via DukeMARC2EAD.xslDate of source: November 2010Processed by Alice Poffinberger, November 2010; Finding Aid encoded by Noah Huffman, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, November 2010 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS and local Style Guide Guide to the Emanuel Muravchik oral history interview, 2001 June David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

Descriptive Summary David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University Wilk, Daniel Levinson. Emanuel Muravchik oral history interview, 2001 June Materials in English 3 items (0.1 lin. ft.) For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Daniel Levinson Wilk is a historian. Muravchik was a longtime staff member of the Socialist Party of America and the Jewish Labor Committee. Collection comprises an audiocassette tape of the oral history interview conducted by Wilk with Emanuel Muravchik while Wilk was completing his graduate work at Duke University. The interview primarily focused on Muravchik's career in the Socialist Party, particularly from the 1920s to the 1950s, and mostly in New York State. There is no transcript for the interview, and two digital files have been created from the audiocassette. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Emanuel Muravchik oral history interview, 2001 June, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

Provenance

Purchase, 2001

Processing Information

Processed by: Alice Poffinberger, November 2010

Encoded by: Alice Poffinberger, July 2011

Accession(s) described in this finding aid: 2003-0154

Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and local Style Guide.

This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.

Biographical Note

Daniel Levinson Wilk is a historian. Emanuel Muravchik was a longtime staff member of the Socialist Party of America and the Jewish Labor Committee.

Collection Overview

Collection comprises an audiocassette tape of the oral history interview conducted by Wilk with Emanuel Muravchik while Wilk was completing his graduate work at Duke University. The interview primarily focused on Muravchik's career in the Socialist Party, particularly from the 1920s to the 1950s, and mostly in New York State. Related topics include Muravchick's education; the process followed to place Norman Thomas on the New York State ballot as a Socialist Party candidate for the 1940 Presidential election; the relationships between socialists and communists; approaches used to build the Socialist movement; union and other organizing; as well as the impact of WWII on the movement and its leaders. Among the noted persons mentioned was J. Edgar Hoover. There is no transcript for the interview, and two digital files have been created from the audiocassette.

Subject Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Communists--New York (State)--History. Communism--New York (State)--History. Labor--History--20th century. Labor unions. Labor unions--United States. Socialists--New York (State)--History. Socialism--New York (State)--History. Socialism--United States--History--20th century. War and socialism. World War, 1939-1945--United States. Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972. Muravchik, Emanuel. Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968. Wilk, Daniel Levinson. Socialist Party (U.S.)--History. Audiocassette. Digital audio formats. Detailed Description of Collection Emanuel Muravchik oral history interview, 2001 June (1 Folder) 1Oral history interview audiocassette, 2001