Schumm, George, 1856 or 1857-1941

Radical writer, translator, and editor of Radical review and other journals.

From the description of George Schumm papers, 1878-1940. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 66895328

From the description of Papers, 1878-1940. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34491668

Editor, writer, publisher. Cornell University Class of 1881.

George Schumm graduated from Cornell in 1881. Born in Galena, Illinois, the son of German immigrants, he learned the printing trade in San Francisco, where he also published a radical German-language weekly. After working his way through Cornell, he published a number of radical periodicals including The Radical Review (Chicago), Transatlantic (N.Y.), and Liberty (N.Y.). He also served as a proofreader for The New York Evening Post and The Nation. He also translated works by Leo Tolstoy and others. He was described as a "philosophical anarchist."

From the description of George Schumm miscellany, 1878-1911. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 457853374