Records
Abrams v. United States, 250 U.S. 616 (1919)
Supreme Court affirming Espionage Act convictions of Russian-Jewish anarchists for anti-intervention leaflets; Holmes's 'marketplace of ideas' dissent.
Berkman v. United States, 250 U.S. 114 (1919)
Per curiam affirming Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman's Selective Service Act convictions.
Connection of Certain Department of Labor Employees with the Case of Thomas J. Mooney
Congressional report into Labor Department contacts with the Mooney defense after the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing conviction.
Debs v. United States, 249 U.S. 211 (1919)
Supreme Court opinion affirming Eugene Debs's Espionage Act conviction for the 1918 Canton, Ohio anti-war speech.
General Defense Committee: Release All Class War Prisoners (Broadside)
IWW broadside demanding release of all 'class war prisoners' jailed under wartime Espionage and state criminal-syndicalism statutes; signed by William D. Haywood.
General Defense Committee: Will You Help? Now? (IWW Murder Appeal Broadside)
IWW broadside soliciting defense funds after the lynching of an IWW member; references Centralia and ongoing prosecutions.
Investigation Activities of the Department of Justice (Palmer Report on Radicalism)
Foundational Palmer Raids document — Attorney General Palmer's catalog of radical publications, organizations, and aliens targeted for arrest and deportation.
Report on House Resolution 225 (Mooney Investigation)
House report on H. Res. 225 to investigate the Mooney–Billings prosecution.
Stilson v. United States, 250 U.S. 583 (1919)
Supreme Court affirming Espionage Act conviction of socialist anti-draft organizer David Stilson.
Throttled! The Detection of the German and Anarchist Bomb Plotters
NYPD memoir of WWI-era anarchist and 'preparedness' bombing investigations including the Lexington Avenue and Preparedness Day cases.