Young People's Socialist League
Variant namesThe Young People’s Socialist League (YPSL) has been the name of the youth section of the Socialist Party USA (SP). It originated in New York City in 1907 as the Young People's Socialist Federation, however, by 1918 it became known as the YPSL (members were often referred to as Yipsels). In the 1930s, the majority of the YPSL membership sided with the Militant faction within the Socialist Party, led by Norman Thomas, against the more moderate "Old Guard" linked to the garment industry unions, the Rand School, and the SP's periodical, the New Leader, which withdrew from the SP in 1936 to form the Social Democratic Federation. In that same year, U.S. Trotskyists entered the SP and the YPSL en masse in an attempt to win them to their political program, and within the YPSL, they had considerable success. A number of Yipsels, such as sociologist Daniel Bell, would go on to become prominent intellectuals, in particular within the anti-communist left. The YPSL continued to exist, with some periodic mergers with other organizations and related name changes, into the 1980s, with Trotskyists, and former Trotskyists, playing an important role.
From the guide to the Young People's Socialist League Records, undated, (Tamiment Library / Wagner Archives)
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| referencedIn | Socialist Party (U.S.). Records, 1900-1987. | Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library | |
| referencedIn | Socialist Party (U.S.). Records, 1900-1976. | Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library | |
| creatorOf | AFSCME. Song-sheets and song-books used by labor organizations. | Churchill County Museum | |
| referencedIn | Weintraub, Hyman. Collection of Socialist Party material, ca. 1924-1946. | University of California, Los Angeles | |
| referencedIn | Guide to the Harry Fleischman Papers, 1929-1994 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | J. B. Matthews Papers, 1862-1986 and undated | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | Lash, Joseph P., 1909-1987. Papers, 1934-1978. | Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library | |
| referencedIn | Harvard University Student Strike, : General File, 1969 | Harvard University Archives. | |
| referencedIn | Socialist Party (U.S.). Records of the Socialist Party (U.S.), 1897-1976. | Library of Congress | |
| referencedIn | Julius Bernstein, 1919-. Julius Bernstein Papers 1920-1984 (bulk 1950-1977). | New York University, Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York Labor Records Su | |
| creatorOf | Young Socialist Alliance (U.S.). Records, 1954-1992. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| referencedIn | Young Socialist Alliance (U.S.). Records, 1954-1976, 1980-1985. | Wisconsin historical society | |
| referencedIn | Mendel V. Halushka Papers, 1919-1958 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | George E. Rennar papers, 1933-1972 | University of Washington Libraries Special Collections | |
| referencedIn | Thomas Barton Papers MS 539., 1947-1978, 1960-1974 | Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Alexander, Robert J. (Robert Jackson), 1918-2010. Robert Jackson Alexander papers, 1890-1999 (bulk 1945-1999). | Rutgers University | |
| referencedIn | Charters and Certificates of Affiliation Collection, 1888-1986 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| creatorOf | Young People's Socialist League Records, undated | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | Ernest Erber Papers, 1940s-2000s | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | Morey, R. Hunter, 1940- . Papers, 1962-1967. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| referencedIn | Gershman, Carl. Carl Gershman papers, 1962-1984. | Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library | |
| referencedIn | Students for a Democratic Society records, 1934-1966 (bulk 1946-1966). | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| creatorOf | Young People's Socialist League. [Minor publications]. | Yale University Library | |
| referencedIn | Guide to the Tamiment Library Newspapers, 1873-2014 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | Guide to the Pierson and Alice Ostrow Papers, 1928-1993 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | Vogel, Virgil J. Collection, 1903-1980 | Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library, | |
| referencedIn | John Reed papers, 1903-1967. | Houghton Library | |
| creatorOf | Socialist Party (Wis.). Records, 1897-1955. | Library Council of Metropolitan Milwaukee | |
| referencedIn | Socialist Party (U.S.) Printed Ephemera Collection, 1901-2002 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | Friedan, Betty, 1921-2006. Papers, 1933-1985 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Novik, Morris S., 1903-. Morris Novick Papers. | Cornell University Library | |
| referencedIn | Student Peace Union Records, 1959-1964 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | Julius Bernstein Papers, Bulk, 1950-1977, 1920-1984 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | Fleischman, Harry. Oral histories [sound recording], 1973-1982. | Churchill County Museum | |
| referencedIn | Harry Lopatin Papers and Photographs, Bulk, 1930-1959, 1904, circa 1920-1990 (bulk 1930-1959) | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | Red Falcons of America (Organization). Records, 1932-1938. | Churchill County Museum | |
| referencedIn | Graham, Peter. Memorandum, 1979. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| referencedIn | Socialist Party (U.S.). Socialist Party of America papers, addendum, 1919-1976 (inclusive), [microform]. | Yale University Library | |
| referencedIn | Guide to the Daniel Bell Research Files on U.S. Communism, Socialism, and the Labor Movement, 1886-1980 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | Manson, Jules J. Jules J. Manson papers, 1930s-1980s. | Churchill County Museum | |
| creatorOf | Young People's Socialist League. Records, 1926-1962. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| creatorOf | Young Socialist Alliance. Handbills distributed by Socialist organizations on the University of California, Berkeley campus, 1935-1968. | UC Berkeley Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Red Falcons of America Records, 1932-1938 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | Julius Bernstein Papers, Bulk, 1950-1977, 1920-1984 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | Guide to the Harry Fleischman Papers, 1929-1994 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | International Socialists Records, 1970-1979 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | Myra Tanner Weiss Papers, Bulk, 1952-1963, 1933-1997 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | Socialism history collection, 1910-1956 (bulk 1934-1941). | Kansas State Historical Society | |
| referencedIn | Kruse, William F., 1891-1952. William F. Kruse papers ca. 1915-1940s. | Chicago History Museum | |
| referencedIn | Hyman Weintraub and William Goldberg Collection of Socialist Party Material, ca. 1924-1946 | University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections. |
Bibliographic and Digital Archival Resources
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| associatedWith | Alexander, Robert J. (Robert Jackson), 1918-2010. | person |
| associatedWith | Barton, Thomas. | person |
| associatedWith | Bell, Daniel, 1919- | person |
| associatedWith | Bernstein, Julius, 1919- | person |
| associatedWith | Betty Friedan | person |
| associatedWith | Erber, Ernest, 1913- | person |
| associatedWith | Fleischman, Harry. | person |
| associatedWith | Gershman, Carl. | person |
| associatedWith | Graham, Peter. | person |
| associatedWith | Halushka, Mendel V., 1904-1958 | person |
| associatedWith | International Socialists (U.S.). | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Julius Bernstein, 1919- | person |
| associatedWith | Kruse, William F., 1891-1952. | person |
| associatedWith | Lash, Joseph P., 1909-1987. | person |
| associatedWith | Lopatin, Harry | person |
| associatedWith | Manson, Jules J. | person |
| associatedWith | Matthews, J. B. (Joseph Brown), 1894-1966 | person |
| associatedWith | Morey, R. Hunter, 1940- . | person |
| associatedWith | Novik, Morris S., 1903- | person |
| associatedWith | Ostrow, Alice Scardino, 1915-2001 | person |
| associatedWith | Ostrow, Pierson, 1914-1967 | person |
| associatedWith | Red Falcons of America. | person |
| associatedWith | Red Falcons of America (Organization) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Reed, John, 1887-1920 | person |
| associatedWith | Rennar, George E. | person |
| associatedWith | Socialist Party (U.S.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Socialist Party (U.S.). Youth Committee. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Socialist Party (Wis.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Student Peace Union (U.S.). | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Tamiment Library. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Vogel, Virgil J. | person |
| associatedWith | Weintraub, Hyman | person |
| associatedWith | Weintraub, Hyman. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Weiss, Myra Tanner | person |
| associatedWith | Young Communist League of the U.S. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Young Socialist Alliance (U.S.) | corporateBody |
| Place Name | Admin Code | Country | |
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| United States |
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| Communism |
| Press, Socialist |
| Socialism and youth |
| Socialism and youth |
| Trotskyism |
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