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Abstract
Materials include photocopies and color copies of Socialist Party items from the national and local levels: booklet entitled
"What Socialism Will Really Mean to You" by Lawrence Benjamin, published by the Socialist Party, ca. 1936; a 1911 letter requesting
an official charter to become the 6th Ward Branch of the Ohio County Socialist Party which includes names, addresses, and
offices held; an incomplete report from the 6th Ward; Valentine Reuther's business card; two season tickets to the League
for Industrial Democracy Discussion Lectures (1937); a list of names and addresses titled "8th Ward"; Socialist Party accounting
receipts (1911-15); and two blank Socialist Party membership cards. The materials suggest that one of the Reuthers was a member
of the 6th or 8th Ward of Ohio County at this time. Also includes photocopies of articles related to Bill, Valentine, and
Walter Reuther and their connection to Wheeling, West Virginia (1998-2006).
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Thaddeus Podratsky, Collector, Records Regarding the Socialist Party,
A&M 3818, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Valentine Reuther (August 26, 1881-November 1967) emigrated from Germany with his family in 1892. In 1899, Valentine moved
to Wheeling, West Virginia, where he joined a union and began unionist and socialist activities. One of his sons, Wheeling
native Walter P. Reuther (September 1, 1907-May 9, 1970) went on to become a labor union leader for United Automobile Workers.
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