This is a devised collection including various materials related to labor and communism in Grand Rapids, particularly in the 1930s, 1950s and 1960s. The papers were likely originally kept in a vertical file.

Included are fliers for demonstrations and meetings, newsletters and political advertisements related to labor and communist party activities in the 1930s. Newspaper clippings relate to communism in Michigan in the 1940s and 1950s. Papers from the 1960s relate to communism in Michigan, proposed legislation and a film on communism, Operation Abolition.

The demonstration fliers from the 1930s are particularly valuable, as ephemeral fliers like this are frequently not saved. They provide a glimpse into the activities of the organizations that differs from reports in the local newspapers. Also of note is a card advertising Emma Goldman lectures in Grand Rapids in 1912.