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The material on this Web site represents a small sample of ephemera that documents the three largest and most influential left-wing organizations in the United States in the twentieth century:

  • Socialist Party of America (SPUSA)
  • Communist Party of the USA (CPUSA)
  • Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)

Digitized items include flyers, leaflets, pamphlets, posters, postcards, illustrations, photographs, pins, ribbons, and miscellaneous objects.

It comprises a much larger collection of material accumulated by Richard J. Oestreicher, Associate Professor of History, University of Pittsburgh and recently donated to the University's Archives Service Center. The larger collection includes a much broader range of organizations and political tendencies.

This collection is hosted by the University of Pittsburgh's Digital Research Library.