Socialist Party (U.S.)

Hy Fish Papers

drice — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 16:24:17 -0400

Hy Fish was born June 11, 1913. He lived in Chicago and earned his MBA from the University
of Chicago in 1960. Hy was a Socialist who was active in the Young Peoples Socialist League
where he was the business manager of their monthly newspaper, “The Challenge.” After the Flint sit-down strike began in 1936, Hy was sent to Flint to act as an organizer for the Socialist Party. Awhile later he became a labor education teacher at Roosevelt University in Chicago, IL., and traveled to India and Israel in the 1950s as an economic advisor for the International Labour Office. In the 1960s he left Roosevelt University to work as a self-employed consultant. Hy Fish died July 9, 1994.

The Hy Fish collection consists largely of Socialist publications covering topics such as labor,
Socialism, Communism, post WWI housing issues in the United States, war, religion and
specific labor unions of the 1920s and 1930s. The collection contains materials from the Young Peoples Socialist League (YPSL) and the Socialist Party with correspondence from his years in the YPSL. Some material from the Flint sit-down strike, from his trip to India for a mission on productivity, and his independent consultant work are also included.

Love Letters

drice — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 23:32:36 -0500

Whether you celebrate the 14th of February or not, the day provides a good opportunity to take a closer look at some of the intimate stories contained within the Reuther's collections. While our purpose for collecting personal papers lies in their connections to organizations or social movements that help our understanding of the history of labor, metropolitan Detroit, or Wayne State University, it is often impossible to separate the private person from his/her public accomplishments. There is perhaps no better example of this than the Matilda Robbins Papers and the story of a deep love contained within. read more »

(5210) Matilda (Rabinowitz) Robbins, Group Photo, 1910s

eclemens — Tue, 19 May 2015 12:19:04 -0400

Group shot of women standing in front of a building, location and occasion unknown. I.W.W. organizer Matilda Robbins can be seen in the 4th row, 2nd from the left.

Note: The photo has been identified by a family member as having been taken in Bridgeport, CT in front of one of the two corset factories that Matilda worked in--likely Batchellor Brothers or Warner's.

(5212) Matilda (Rabinowitz) Robbins, Group Photos, 1910s

eclemens — Tue, 19 May 2015 12:19:04 -0400

Group shot of I.W.W. members, location and occasion unknown. Matilda Robbins can be seen standing at center.

(5213) Matilda (Rabinowitz) Robbins, Arrest, 1910s

eclemens — Tue, 19 May 2015 12:19:05 -0400

Candid view of I.W.W. organizer Matilda Robbins, likely taken after her arrest in Detroit, Michigan.

Caption on the back of the photograph reads: "Rabinowitz on the way to the workhouse - Patrol Kindley (illeg.) by police department.

(5214) Matilda (Rabinowitz) Robbins, Portrait, Little Falls, New York, 1913

eclemens — Tue, 19 May 2015 12:19:05 -0400

Snapshot of I.W.W. organizer Matilda Robbins, writing at her desk. Photograph was taken in Little Falls, New York.

(33282) Matilda (Rabinowitz) Robbins, Family, Snapshot, 1910s

eclemens — Tue, 19 May 2015 08:50:46 -0400

Snapshot of Matilda Robbins with her brother, Herman.

Courtesy of the Matilda Robbins Papers

(33283) Matilda (Rabinowitz) Robbins, Portrait, 1910s

eclemens — Tue, 19 May 2015 08:52:44 -0400

Studio portrait of Matilda Robbins, posing with a book.

Courtesy of the Matilda Robbins Papers

[Podcast] Immigrant Girl, Radical Woman: A Memoir of Wobbly Organizer Matilda Rabinowitz Robbins

teller — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 14:42:39 -0400

In a two-episode series, artist Robbin Légère Henderson discusses her exhibition of original scratchboard drawings featured in the illustrated and annotated autobiography of Henderson's grandmother, Matilda Rabinowitz Robbins, a Socialist, IWW organizer, feminist, writer, mother, and social worker. read more »

Hammer & Tongs

kchinery — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 11:06:16 -0500

Processed

New America

kchinery — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 11:47:02 -0500

Processed. Shared volume with Correspondence.

Socialist Call

kchinery — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 10:20:45 -0400

Unprocessed. Preceding title: The Call.