Cannon Papers

[Ilyich]

I was not sure where to put this thread. 'History' seemed appropriate. Mods, feel free to move this to 'Learning,' 'Non-Political,' or 'Chit-Chat' if you must.

Anyway, I was looking at Wikipedia today and reading the article about James P. Cannon. I was surprised to find that his papers are apparently located at the Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison, Wisconsin. Since I happen to be going to Madison tomorrow anyway, I will probably go there. The information given on Wikipedia is unsourced, though. I have questions, now. Is it true that Cannon's papers are located in Madison? Also, why would they be? Did he have some connection with Wisconsin with which I was previously unaware?

[Franz Fanonipants]

archives have strange ways of getting stuff

call ahead, see if you have to make any kind of appointment to get in

[A Marxist Historian]

I was not sure where to put this thread. 'History' seemed appropriate. Mods, feel free to move this to 'Learning,' 'Non-Political,' or 'Chit-Chat' if you must.

Anyway, I was looking at Wikipedia today and reading the article about James P. Cannon. I was surprised to find that his papers are apparently located at the Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison, Wisconsin. Since I happen to be going to Madison tomorrow anyway, I will probably go there. The information given on Wikipedia is unsourced, though. I have questions, now. Is it true that Cannon's papers are located in Madison? Also, why would they be? Did he have some connection with Wisconsin with which I was previously unaware?

How they ended up there is a long story, but yes indeed, that is where they are.

-M.H.-

[Geiseric]

That's so cool, I wish I could see those.

[Grenzer]

Speaking of Cannon, does anyone know where one can find his works?

Obviously not the original, as the OP is talking about, but copies. I'll admit to not knowing much(anything, really) about him, but isn't he supposed to be a pretty important historical figure in American Trotskyism? I've never actually seen any of his writings online or otherwise.

[A Marxist Historian]

Speaking of Cannon, does anyone know where one can find his works?

Obviously not the original, as the OP is talking about, but copies. I'll admit to not knowing much(anything, really) about him, but isn't he supposed to be a pretty important historical figure in American Trotskyism? I've never actually seen any of his writings online or otherwise.

Pathfinder Press published his collected works from 1928 thru 1954, in several volumes. Spartacist Publishing published two additional volumes, for the 1920s and a supplementary volume for the early '30s.

And Pathfinder published a couple other books by him, including "History of American Trotskyism" and "The Struggle for a Proletarian Party."

And most of this is online, at

http://www.marxists.org/archive/cannon/works/index.htm

Also there is Bryan Palmer's famous biography of Cannon, if you want an overall summary.

-M.H.-