{"value"=>"<p>The records (1942-75) consisting of correspondence and collateral papers are arranged alphabetically by year in name/subject files. Unsorted records for each year are filed at the end of each alphabetical sequence as are campaign papers (when they form a relatively large group). Beginning in 1959 and following the unsorted papers there is a separate file of correspondence and papers arranged by county (other than New York City counties which are filed in the main alphabetical sequence).</p> <p> The bulk of the correspondence is that of Ben Davidson as executive director with regional organizers, and other party officials, labor union officials, politicians, members of Congress and of the state legislature, community and civic leaders and others. The correspondence concerns matters relating to party organization in New York City and in the upstate counties, electoral campaigns, party platforms and legislative programs, state conventions and judicial district conventions, legislation pending in Congress and in the state legislature, fundraising events, dinners, luncheons, and conferences. Many of the files contain a relatively large proportion of printed and near-printed ephemera.</p> <p>At the beginning of the series are miscellaneous records (1942-1943) of Alex Rose as executive secretary of the American Labor Party (1942-43); and his records (1944-45) as chairman of the administrative committee of the Liberal Party. There is also some correspondence (l945) of John L. Childs as state chairman of the Liberal Party.</p> <p>Extensive correspondence is present with party organizers and regional directors (both in the name/subject files and in the counties files including Jules Aisoff, Angelo Cordaro, Eli Diamond, Clifford Dickinson, Raymond Greiner, and E. Joseph Peperone relative to campaign strategies, organizational matters and the efforts of the party to increase its enrollments and voting strength in upstate counties.</p> <p>The counties files contain some enrollment lists. The records of the years 1969-1975 are fragmentary. Some of the records (2 lin. ft.) mainly for the year 1947 and a few records for the years 1957-58 have been damaged by mold and will require extensive physical treatment before they can be used (the damaged records are located in Containers 133-134).</p> <p>The following is a list of names and subjects frequently repeated in this series: annual dinners; A.A. Berle, Jr.; Bronx Co.; Clubs (of LP); Committee at Large (of LP); Angelo Cordaro; Congressional correspondence; County committees; County directors; Ben Davidson-personal; Eli Diamond; Clifford Dickinson; David Dubinsky (mainly correspondence to him); Election campaigns; Raymond Greiner; Inquiries; Kings Co.; Law committee; Letters to legislators; Liberal News; Municipal Affairs Committee; National Legislative Committee; National Legislative Program; New York County; Officers joint correspondence; Platform committee; Policy committee; Joseph M. Pomarlen; Queens County; Radio speeches; Richmond County; Alex Rose (mainly correspondence to him); Spanish Speaking Division; Speaker's bureau; State convention; State executive committee; State law committee; State legislative committee; State legislative program; State organizers; State policy committee; Telegrams; Trade Union Council; Young Committee at Large; and Young Liberals. The files for 1955 and 1958 contain correspondence with the novelist James T. Farrell.</p>"}