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Rand School of Social Science

1906 establishments in New York City1930s disestablishments in New York City1935 disestablishments in New York (state)Defunct schools in New York CityEducational institutions disestablished in 1935
Educational institutions established in 1906Gramercy ParkLabor schoolsPrivate schools in ManhattanSocialism in New York (state)Socialist Party of America

The Rand School of Social Science was formed in 1906 in New York City by adherents of the Socialist Party of America. The school aimed to provide a broad education to workers, imparting a politicizing class-consciousness, and additionally served as a research bureau, a publisher, and the operator of a summer camp for socialist and trade union activists. The school changed its name to the Tamiment Institute and Library in 1935 and it was closely linked to the Social Democratic Federation after the 1936 split of the Socialist Party. Its collection became a key component of today's Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Archives at New York University in 1963.

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Rand School of Social Science
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