PRISM: Political & Rights Issues & Social Movement is a collaborative digitization project of the libraries and special collections departments of Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and the University of Central Florida (UCF). The materials for the digitization project are taken from the FAU Library's Socialist Series Pamphlets from the Special Collections pamphlet collection and the UCF Library's Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection.
The joint collection focuses on a wide range of political and rights issues and social movements. Spanning from the mid 19th century to the late 20th century, the pamphlets and monographs provide insight into the prevailing leftist and liberal views of the times from countries all around the world. In particular, the pamphlet collections offer a focused perspective on the thinking prevalent in the days leading up to World Wars I and II, the impact of the war efforts on general populations, the economic and social recovery after the wars, and perspectives on the turbulent times following.
The Socialist Series in the pamphlet collection of the Florida Atlantic University Library’s Special Collections includes over 1,000 late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century pamphlets published by a wide variety of socialist and communist groups and their critics, both here and abroad. The pamphlets were among the book stock purchased as the library's opening day collection by Florida Atlantic University in the early 1960s from New York publisher and book dealer Burt Franklin. Publication dates run from the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century. Topics discussed in the pamphlets include issues of workers' rights, race and gender, religion, world economics, capitalism, the demise of colonialism, and the emergence of trade unionism. The collection includes publications of the nascent labor union movement, as well as those of its detractors.
We invite you to explore the various writings to gain an understanding of historical economic, political, and social forces that have had an influence on today's societies. The other half of the PRISM collection is available through UCF's digital repository, STARS: Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900 - 1993Submissions from 1918
Der Weg zur Macht; oder, Die Konstruktiven Grundlagen des Sozialismus, Karl Dannenberg
Eugene V. Deb's Canton Speech, Eugene V. Deb's
The aims of labour, Arthur Henderson
The menace of paternalism, Otto Hermann Kahn
A clean peace ; the war aims of British labour, Charles A. MacCurdy
Guilty! Prince Lichnowsky's disclosures, C. A. McCurdy and Karl Max Lichnowsky
Labor unions and the law, Walter Gordon Merritt
Revelations by an ex-director of Krupp's, Dr. Mühlon's memorandum and his letter to Herr von Bethmann-Hollweg, Wilhelm Muehlon
Women and the Labour Party, Marion Phillips
Constitution world's first socialist republic, Socialist Party
Submissions from 1917
The new German empire : a study of German war aims from German sources.
Proceedings of the ninth annual convention of the Metal Trades Department, American Federation of Labor, American Federation of Labor. Metal Trades Department
Peace with security, George Gilbert Armstrong
Food production in France in time of war; supplementary report to the trustees of the Albert Kahn travelling fellowship, Joseph Johnston
Domestic free trade and organized labor, Walter Gordon Merritt
The war of ideas; an address to the Royal Colonial Institute, delivered Dec. 12, 1916, Walter Alexander, Sir Raleigh
Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Pine Lumber Company et al vs. Elbridge H. Neal, individually and as secretary and treasurer of the Joint District Council of New York and vicinity of the Brotherhood of Carpenters, etc., et, United States. Supreme Court.
Submissions from 1916
What is Great Britain doing: An American view
The Manufacture of Munitions, Christopher Viscount Addison
The war business in the United States, American Embargo Conference
Proceedings of the eighth annual convention of the Metal Trades Department, American Federation of Labor, American Federation of Labor. Metal Trades Department
The soul of France : visits to invaded districts, Maurice Barrès
Why Britain is in the war and what she hopes from the future: a speech addressed to the representatives of the foreign press in London on the 23rd October, 1916, Edward Grey, Viscount Grey of Fallodon
A free Europe, Edward Grey, Viscount Grey of Fallodon and Edward Price Bell
La politique nationale, Wincenty Lutoslawski
An appeal to truth, Désiré Mercier
The gathering of the clans : how the British dominions and dependencies have helped in the war, J. Saxon Mills
Racial good will, Robert Moton
What is England doing, Alfred Noyes
Two years of war, Gilbert Parker
Account of a visit to the front, John Edward Redmond
The voice of Ireland: being an interview with John Redmond, M.P. and some messages from representative Irishmen regarding the Sinn Fein rebellion., John Edward, 1856-1918. Redmond
How long will it last, 1916 Reprinted from the New York tribune of the 3rd May
Mercy-workers of the war; an interview with Arthur Stanley, Arthur Stanley
Submissions from 1915
Proceedings of the seventh annual convention of the Metal Trades Department, American Federation of Labor, American Federation of Labor. Metal Trades Department
The Daily mail and the liberal press: a reply to Scaremongerings and an open letter to Lord Northcliffe., A. G. Gardiner
After twelve months of war, Charles F. G. Masterman
The world crisis and missionary work, Edward Caldwell Moore
The Kaiser's responsibility : address given at the Congregational Church, West Hampstead, on May 2nd, 1915, J. Cathcart Wason
Submissions from 1914
Proceedings of the sixth annual convention of the Metal Trades Department, American Federation of Labor, American Federation of Labor. Metal Trades Department
Anarchism: What it really stands for, Emma Goldman
Some recommendations submitted to the United States Commission on industrial relations by the American antiboycott association, Walter Gordon Merritt
The evolution of the German empire, George Lawrence Scherger
Submissions from 1913
Proceedings of the fifth annual convention of the Metal Trades Department, American Federation of Labor, American Federation of Labor. Metal Trades Department
Socialist dialogues and recitations, Josephine R. Cole and Grace Verne Silver
The condemnation of Galileo, Bertrand Louis Conway
The tragedy of women's emancipation, Emma Goldman
The revolutionary I.W.W., Grover H. Perry and Benjamin H. Williams
Jahrbuch der Freien Generation, Pierre Ramus and Kampfesgefahrten der Freiheit
Workmen's accident compensation and insurance in Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Italy: A series of letters, Harold Garrison Villard
The ethics of freedom : you and the other man in the covenant of liberty : an address at the dinner of the Sunrise Club, February 24, 1913, Edwin C. Walker
Submissions from 1912
The principle; editorial from the New York "Sun" [on the confessions of the McNamaras], American Anti-Boycott Association
Socialism unmasked, Catholic Publishing Company
Deutscher Imperialismus, Arthur. Dix
Ziel und Weg der Gesellschaftlichen Umgestaltung, Erich Haag
Capital and labour: a brief sketch of the "Maison Leclaire" and its founder, Mary Harvey Hart
Workmen's Compensation Act, Industrial Accident Board and The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Free speech for radicals : seven essays, Theodore Schroeder
Submissions from 1911
Charles Fourier et sa sociologie sociétaire, Adolphe Alhaiza
Discorsi in fabbrica sull'economia sociale, Mary Marcy
Die Luge des Parlamentarismus und seine Zwerklosiegkeit fur dos Proletariat, Pierre Ramus
Concentration of capital : a Marxian fallacy, W. Tcherkesoff
The United States and neutralization, Cyrus French Wicker
Submissions from 1910
Report of National Secretary to National Congress, May 15, 1910, John Mahlon Barnes
Belgian Labour Party, Belgian labor party
Vos iz relgyon un di obshtorbende emune, Israel Benjamins
Die Gesellschaft ohne Regierung, Edward Carpenter
United States to the International Socialist Congress of Copenhagen August – September, 1910, Daniel De Leon
The Fabien society: Report to the International Congress, Copenhagen 1910, Fabian Society
Report on the movement of the Italian Socialist Party, Italian Socialist Party
XXI_Bulgarian Laborer's Socialdemocrat Party 1907-1910, G. Kyrkoff
Norway report to the international socialist bureau, Nowegian labor party
Generalstreik und direkte Aktion, Pierre Ramus
Roosevelt exposes socialism, Theodore Roosevelt
Servia, Servian Social Democratic Party
Report of the Social Democratic Party to the International Social Bureau, Social Democratic Party
Die Maske Herunter, Wohlstand fur Alle
Die Yrannei der Not, Wohlstand fur Alle
Welchen Wert hat die Bildung für die Arbeiterin? : ein Vortrag, Wally, b. Zepler
Submissions from 1909
Socialism for the Middle Class, H. Russell Smart
Kropotkin, the man and his message, Tom Swan
Submissions from 1908
Tischlein, deck dich fur alle! Eine betrachtung, Joseph Angerbauer
Christianity and socialism. Pan-Anglican papers. Being problems for consideration at the Pan-Anglican Congress, 1908, H. Erskine Hill, Charles. Gore, and D. Eyre
Socialism and the Family, Herbert George Wells
Anarchistische Moral, Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin
Der anarkhizmus, Errico Malatesta
Balfour of Burleigh and Company Why they oppose socialism, W. “Gavroche.†Stewart
Problems and perils of Socialism, J. St. Loe Strachey
Submissions from 1907
Lieder un gedikhte, Joseph Bovshover
Die Freie Generation: Dokumente der Weltanschauung des Anarchismus: Band 2, Heft 2, Die Freie Generation
Die Freie Generation: Dokumente der Weltanschauung des Anarchismus: Band 2, Heft 3, Die Freie Generation
Die Freie Generation: Dokumente der Weltanschauung des Anarchismus: Band 2, Heft 4, Die Freie Generation