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| Size | 7.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 1000 items) |
| Abstract | Junius Irving Scales (1920- ), native of Greensboro, N.C., and graduate of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, was Communist Party chair for North and South Carolina, 1948-1956. Personal and political papers of Junius Scales, including Communist party Papers, a small amount of material about the Progressive Party (1948), personal correspondence, the proceedings of Scales's 1958 trial under the Smith Act, drafts of his two books, and other personal papers. |
| Creator | Scales, Junius Irving. |
| Language | English |
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Biographical Information
Junius Scales, a native of Greensboro, N.C., and graduate of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, was the chair of the Communist Party of North Carolina and South Carolina from 1948 to 1956. He was the first individual imprisoned under the Smith Act for membership in the Communist Party and suspected plotting to overthrow the United States government. He served fourteen months before his sentence was commuted by President John F. Kennedy. A play was written in 1976 about his trial.
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Scope and Content
This collection contains personal and political papers of Junius Scales, including Communist party propaganda, personal correspondence, the proceedings of his trial, drafts of his two books, and other personal papers.
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Series 1. Subjects, circa 1940-1958.
Arrangement: by subject.
Political papers and memorabilia and publications of the Communist Party and of related groups, including the Progressive Party.
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Series 2. Personal Correspondence, 1940-1978.
Arrangement: chronological.
Personal letters both from Scales and to Scales by family and friends. Included are Christmas cards sent to Scales while he was in jail in 1962.
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Series 3. Scales Trial, 1955-1960.
Arrangement: chronological and by trial type.
Publicity, legal correspondence, petitions, and trial proceedings from Scales's trial in 1958.
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Series 4. Book drafts, circa 1970.
Arrangement: by book title.
Drafts of Once Upon a Felon, a book written by Scales, and Rebel with a Lost Cause, written by Scales and Richard Nickson.
| Folder 67-77 |
Once Upon a Felon #04879, Series: "4. Book drafts, circa 1970." Folder 67-77Folder 67Folder 68Folder 69Folder 70Folder 71Folder 72Folder 73Folder 74Folder 75Folder 76Folder 77 |
| Folder 78-82 |
Rebel with a Lost Cause #04879, Series: "4. Book drafts, circa 1970." Folder 78-82Folder 78Folder 79Folder 80Folder 81Folder 82 |
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Series 5. Personal Papers, circa 1940-1978.
Arrangement: by type.
Personal papers of Scales including financial Papers, military records, diaries, Communist School notes, and miscellaneous notes. The war records and papers include a few U.S. Army forms, but mostly consist of guide-books and political pamphlets that Scales acquired in Italy during World War II. The diaries are small volumes in which Scales recorded expenses, appointments, and a few notes.
Processed by: Adera Scheinker, August 1997
Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008
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