Scope and arrangement
The Vito Marcantonio papers are arranged in twelve series:
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1935-1936
With relatives, friends, law associates, congressional colleagues, and others.
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1935-1952
Relating to routine constituency matters, congressional committees, sponsorship of various bills and Constituents' correspondence and papers.
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Includes the papers relating to the American Labor Party, 1939-1953, the Chicago Civil Liberties Committee, the International Labor Defense, and papers relating to civil liberties, housing, international relations, Puerto Rico, veteran's affairs, labor and labor unions, and welfare projects.
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Subjects of interest to Marcantonio such as the National Labor Relations Board, the Spanish Civil War, housing, antifascism, etc.
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Contains photographs of Marcantonio, Dorothy Parker, Dashiell Hammett, East Harlem community activities, a motion picture film "Amigos de Wallace", phonograph recordings and audiotapes of speeches, campaign dinners, press conferences, etc.