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The Lusk Committee:
A Guide to the Records of the Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Seditious Activities: A Guide to the Records Held in the New York State Archives

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Introduction to this Guide

History and Background Information:

The "Red Scare"
Committee Activities
The Committee's Report
Results of the Committee's Investigation

Description of Records:

L0026. Hearing Testimony and Executive Session Transcripts
L0027. Mass Meetings Investigation Files
L0028. Rand School Seized Files
L0029. Suspected Radical Organizations Seized Files
L0030. Industrial Workers of the World Seized Files
L0031. National Civil Liberties Bureau Subpoenaed Files
L0032. Russian Soviet Bureau Seized Files
L0033. Finnish Information Bureau Seized Files
L0034. Draft Report File
L0035. Newspaper Clipping Files
L0036. Suspected Radical Propaganda File
L0037. Legal Papers Relating to the Searches and Prosecutions of Suspected Radical Individuals and Organizations
L0038. Investigation Files
L0039. Investigation Subject files
L0040. Correspondence and Administrative Files
L0041. New York City Maps Outlining Concentrations of Ethnic Groups