Frances D. and G. Lyman Paine Papers

Collection

Identifier: LP001439

Staff Only

Scope and Content

The papers of Freddy and G. Lyman Paine consist primarily of correspondence related to their radical political interests and activities and material related to the newspaper "Correspondence."

Important subjects in the collection: Afro-American communists Afro-Americans--Civil rights Afro-Americans--Economic conditions Black power Communism--United States Marxism McCarthy-Army controversy, 1954 Radicalism--United States Socialist Workers Party Trotskyism--United States Workers Party

Important correspondents in the collection: Grace Lee Boggs James Boggs Martin Glaberman C. L. R. James Nettie Kravitz Dudley Randall

Dates

1953 - 1976
Majority of material found within 1953 - 1960

Creator

Lyman, Frances D. (Person)

Language of Materials

Material entirely in English.

Access

Collection is open for research.

Use

Refer to the Walter P. Reuther Library Rules for Use of Archival Materials. Restrictions: Researchers may encounter records of a sensitive nature – personnel files, case records and those involving investigations, legal and other private matters. Privacy laws and restrictions imposed by the Library prohibit the use of names and other personal information which might identify an individual, except with written permission from the Director and/or the donor.

History

Frances D. (Freddy), who worked in the garment industry, and George Lyman Paine, Jr. met in 1934, shortly after Mr. Paine, an architect employed by the New York City Housing Authority, finished work on an exhibit for the Museum of Modern Art showcasing New York City slums. This meeting began a 44-year political as well as personal partnership. Lyman was a founding member of the Johnson-Forest Tendency of the Socialist Workers Party (C. L. R. James - Raya Dunayevskaya), which joined with other dissident elements within the party to form the Workers Party in 1940. In 1951, members of the Johnson-Forest Tendency established Correspondence Publishing Co., which issued labor and political pamphlets and the newspaper Correspondence.

Extent

2 Linear Feet (2 SB)

Additional Description

Abstract

Frances D. and G. Lyman Paine enjoyed a forty-four year political and personal partnership. Their papers reflect their radical political interests and activities and include material related to the newspaper "Correspondence."

Arrangement

PLEASE NOTE: Folders are computer-arranged alphabetically in this finding aid, but may actually be dispersed throughout several boxes in the collection. Note carefully the box number for each folder heading.

Transfers

Several audio tapes featuring interviews with Freddy Paine and discussions among Freddy, Lyman and their friends, including a couple relating to C.L.R. James, have been placed in the Archives Audiovisual Department.