Marvin Sanford papers

The majority of the collection is related to Marvin Sanford and his work in socialism, labor unions, and communism. The collection is comprised of 72 manuscripts, most of which are typescripts of articles by various socialist writers including Daniel De Leon, Samuel A. DeWitt, Edward Keating, Gustavus Myers, Emil Seidel, and Norman Thomas. Also included are articles and research notes written by Marvin Sanford. There are 88 pieces of correspondence, most of which are written to Marvin Sanford and chiefly deal with socialism and politics in California. Authors of correspondence include Charles Pierce LeWarne and the World Socialist Party of the United States. The correspondence also includes 44 letters from DeForest Sanford to his son Marvin; these letters, which are written from the Union Printers Home in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where DeForest spent the last years of his life, include some of DeForest's memories of his involvement with the socialist movement, labor unions, and the Llano Colony. The ephemera is comprised of newspaper clippings, and copies of Sanford's publications "Free Society," "The Searchlight," and "The Voice of Militant Labor." The entire collection covers socialism, communism, and union and labor issues, but more specifically the following topics and people are discussed: Edward Bellamy, cooperative societies including the Llano Colony, Eugene V. Debs, Ricardo Flores Magón, the Industrial Workers of the World, Jack London, and Thomas Mooney.