Brooklyn Museum Unit of the Communist Party

Scope and Contents This artifical collection contains information on Brooklyn Museum staff events, activities, and demonstrations outside of work, or loosely related to work. It continues to expand and grow. Of special interest is the 1936 newsletter and press release that were created by the Communist Party Unit of the Brooklyn Museum which advocated for the Museum to pay for guards uniforms, as well as for staff to join anti-war and anti-fascist organizations. The newsletter was called Museum...

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This press release was issued to advocate on behalf of the museum guards in order to prevent them from spending their own money on uniforms. The press release points out that the Museum has 100s of dollars to spend on teas and events, but not $500 to spend on uniforms.