McCarthyism: PRIMARY SOURCES

The Senate hearings represent the largest collection of documents related to 
McCarthy’s anti-Communist investigations.

CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO ACCESS THE 5 VOL. AND INDEX SET

Start with the Index to find individual testimonies.
For example, Langston Hughes' testimony is found in Vol. 2 pages 973 to 998.

Extract:
Mr. COHN. Let us see if we can get an answer to this: Have you ever believed in communism? 
Mr. HUGHES. Sir, I would have to know what you mean by com- munism to answer that truthfully, and honestly, and according to the oath. 
Mr. COHN. Interpret it as broadly as you want. Have you ever believed that there is a form of government better than the one under which this country operates today? 
Mr. HUGHES. No, sir, I have not.
Mr. COHN. You have never believed that?
Mr. HUGHES. No, sir.
Mr. COHN. That is your testimony under oath?
Mr. HUGHES. That is right.
Mr. COHN. Have you ever attended a Communist party meeting?
Mr. HUGHES. No, sir, I have not.