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Partido Comunista Mexicano records
Partido Comunista Mexicano
James, Daniel, 1914-
4079104
MS#0982
Spanish; Castilian
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/repositories/2/resources/2872
4 linear feet
8 manuscript boxes
1933-1959
Arrangement
Collection is arranged in 7 series.
Restrictions on Access
This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
Restrictions on Access
This collection has no restrictions.
Summary
Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, lists, and subject files of the Mexican Communist Party (Partido Comunista Mexicano) from the 1950s. Included are organizational records of the national party as well as many local groups, and folders on a great range of topics including workers in the petroleum industry, teachers, relations with other national communist parties, finances, front groups, factionalism within the party, party conferences, party history, and biographical data.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Partido Comunista Mexicano records; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Reproduction Note
Type of reproduction--Photocopies printed from a microfilm
Location of Originals Note
Holder of originals: Originals are presumed to be in the custody of the Mexican government.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--20th Century Fund. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1964. Accession number--M-64.
Ownership and Custodial History
These papers are photocopies printed out from a microfilm of items selected from the files of the Mexican Communist Party Headquarters in Mexico City which was raided by the Mexican government in the Spring of 1959. This microfilm was prepared for the use of Daniel James who was to have prepared a study of the Party for the Twentieth Century Fund.
Processing Information
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 08/--/1989.
Other Finding Aids
The current finding aid contains folder level descriptions from the Legacy Finding aid. The PDF document also contains research reports (An Introduction to The Papers of the Mexican Communist Party; Tentative Report on study of Seized Mexican Communist Documents) written by Daniel James in 1962 under the auspices of the Twentieth Century Fund. For more detailed frame range description within each folder, please consult the legacy finding aid for additional descriptions. The current folder level description finding aid was encoded to satisfy minimal access and requestable function.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Related Materials
James (Daniel) Papers, Mss69, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library
Oil industry workers -- Mexico
Teachers -- Mexico
Communism -- Mexico
World politics
Mexico -- Politics and government -- 1946-1970
Membership lists
Correspondence
Financial records
minutes (administrative records)
Meetings
Mexico -- Foreign relations
Press releases
Reports
Notes (documents)
Letters (correspondence)
Petroleum workers
Communism
James, Daniel, 1914-
Partido Comunista Mexicano
Series I: Organizations and Membership/repositories/2/archival_objects/12195561953-1959ArrangementArranged alphabetically by states.
Membership lists/repositories/2/archival_objects/12195571955-195611Lists of Members, Sympathizers, Addresses/repositories/2/archival_objects/1219558195812Membership lists/repositories/2/archival_objects/12195591956-195813Federal District/repositories/2/archival_objects/12195601957-195914Aguascalientes/repositories/2/archival_objects/12195611956-195825Baja California/repositories/2/archival_objects/1219562195826Coahuila/repositories/2/archival_objects/12195631956-195827Chiapas/repositories/2/archival_objects/12195641956-195828Chihuahua/repositories/2/archival_objects/12195651956-195829Durango/repositories/2/archival_objects/12195661956-1958210Guerrero/repositories/2/archival_objects/12195671958211Scope and ContentsDocuments from PCM file entitled "Guerrero" regarding 1958 election signed by Professor Gonzalo Sosa C.
Jalisco/repositories/2/archival_objects/12195681956-1958212Michoacán/repositories/2/archival_objects/12195691956-1958213Morelos/repositories/2/archival_objects/12195701957-1958214Nuevo León/repositories/2/archival_objects/12195711956-1958215Nayarit/repositories/2/archival_objects/12195721956-1958216Oaxaca/repositories/2/archival_objects/12195731954-1957317Puebla/repositories/2/archival_objects/12195741956-1957318San Luis Potosí/repositories/2/archival_objects/12195751956-1958319Sinaloa/repositories/2/archival_objects/12195761956320Sonora/repositories/2/archival_objects/12195771956-1958321Tamaulipas/repositories/2/archival_objects/12195781956-1958322Veracruz/repositories/2/archival_objects/12195791957-1958323Yucatán/repositories/2/archival_objects/12195801953-1958324Zacatecas/repositories/2/archival_objects/12195811956-1957325State Organization - PCM/repositories/2/archival_objects/12195821957326Series II: Labor Force/repositories/2/archival_objects/12195831956-1958Labor/repositories/2/archival_objects/12195841956-1958327Labor - Agrarian/repositories/2/archival_objects/1219585328Labor - Electrical Workers/repositories/2/archival_objects/12195861957-1958329Labor - Petroleum Workers/repositories/2/archival_objects/12195871957-1958330Labor - Teachers/repositories/2/archival_objects/12195881957331Labor - Frente Obrero/repositories/2/archival_objects/12195891956-1958332Labor - General/repositories/2/archival_objects/12195901956-1958433Series III: Foreign Relations, Press, Propaganda/repositories/2/archival_objects/12195911956-1958Foreign Relations - General/repositories/2/archival_objects/12195921958434Foreign Relations/repositories/2/archival_objects/12195931957435Relations with other CPC/repositories/2/archival_objects/12195941956-1958436ArrangementArranged alphabetically by country.
Discussion of XX CPSU Congress (20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union)/repositories/2/archival_objects/12195951956437Foreign Relations - Press and Propaganda/repositories/2/archival_objects/1219596438Fondo de Cultura Popular/repositories/2/archival_objects/1219597439Press and Propaganda/repositories/2/archival_objects/12195981958440Series IV: Finances/repositories/2/archival_objects/12195991952-1958Finances/repositories/2/archival_objects/12196001958541Finances/repositories/2/archival_objects/12196011957542Financial, Investigations by Control Commission for Finances/repositories/2/archival_objects/12196021957543PCM Financial Records, Monthly Reports/repositories/2/archival_objects/12196031957544PCM Financial Account Cards, Individual Accounts of Party Leaders/repositories/2/archival_objects/12196041957545Finances/repositories/2/archival_objects/12196051954-1955546Finances/repositories/2/archival_objects/12196061953547Finances/repositories/2/archival_objects/12196071952548PCM Control and Security/repositories/2/archival_objects/12196081951-1957549ArrangementControl Commission
PCM Training and Education/repositories/2/archival_objects/12196091957-1958550Relations with other Political Parties/repositories/2/archival_objects/12196101957-1958551Series V: Communist Fronts/repositories/2/archival_objects/12196111956-1958Communist Fronts - Youth, Juventud Comunista de México (JCM)/Communist Youth of Mexico/repositories/2/archival_objects/12196121957-1958552Communist Fronts - Women, Unión Democráticade Mujeres Mexicanas (UDMM)/Democratic Union of Mexican Women/repositories/2/archival_objects/12196131956-1958653Communist Fronts - Peace/repositories/2/archival_objects/12196141957-1958654Communist Fronts - Miscellaneous/repositories/2/archival_objects/12196151956655Series VI: Internal Politics and Conferences/repositories/2/archival_objects/12196161933-1958Materials Concerning PCM Organization/repositories/2/archival_objects/12196171957-1958656Materials Relating to PCM Program/repositories/2/archival_objects/1219618657Materials Relating to the XIII PCM Congress/repositories/2/archival_objects/12196191958658Materials Concerning or Reflecting Fractionalism within PCM/repositories/2/archival_objects/12196201956-1958659PCM Electoral Activities/repositories/2/archival_objects/12196211956-1958660PCM Plenum/repositories/2/archival_objects/12196221957 October661PCM Conference/repositories/2/archival_objects/12196231957 August-September662PCM Conference/repositories/2/archival_objects/12196241957 August-September763PCM Federal District Meeting/repositories/2/archival_objects/12196251957 August764PCM CC Plenum/repositories/2/archival_objects/12196261957 June765PCM CC Plenum/repositories/2/archival_objects/12196271957 May 18-23766PCM CC Plenum/repositories/2/archival_objects/12196281957 May767PCM History/repositories/2/archival_objects/12196291933-1957768Series VII: Biographic Data/repositories/2/archival_objects/12196301956-1958ArrangementArranged alphabetically by last name.
A/repositories/2/archival_objects/1219631769B/repositories/2/archival_objects/1219632770C/repositories/2/archival_objects/1219633871D/repositories/2/archival_objects/1219634872E/repositories/2/archival_objects/1219635873F/repositories/2/archival_objects/1219636874G/repositories/2/archival_objects/1219637875H-M/repositories/2/archival_objects/1219638876N-Q/repositories/2/archival_objects/1219639877R/repositories/2/archival_objects/1219640878S/repositories/2/archival_objects/1219641879T-Z/repositories/2/archival_objects/1219642880Miscellaneous materials of value not included in previous folders/repositories/2/archival_objects/1219643881