Special Collections Division
American Radicalism Collection
Saul Wellman Collection
Named in honor of its donor, Saul Wellman, long time Communist
Party member, Spanish Civil War veteran and political commissar
in the International Brigades, this collection contains materials
collected by Wellman over a thirty year period in which he was
first a party organizer in the Detroit auto plants, and later an
active participant in many New Left political organizations and
movements. Publications and documents of the communist Party,
USA, especially from the 50's, the nearly complete transcript of
Wellman's 1953-54 Smith Act trial, and extensive materials
documenting a wide range of 60's-70's Detroit groups and events
are included.
