Nearing, Scott, 1883-1983

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Radical professor; socialist; pacifist during World War I era; author and lecturer; leader of "back-to-the-earth" movement.

From the description of Papers, 1943-1988. (University of Toledo). WorldCat record id: 20061606

American sociologist.

From the description of Letter [manuscript] : Toledo, Ohio, to Eckstein Case, Cleveland, Ohio, 1917 April 18. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647806119

Scott Nearing began his career as a teacher of economics. For many years he was blacklisted by universities and mainstream publishers for his socialist and pacifist ideas, especially his advocacy of draft resistance during World War I. From 1932 until his death in 1983, Nearing was a self-subsistent farmer, author and lecturer.

Nearing was interviewed July 11, 1969 at his farm in Harborside, Maine.

From the description of Oral History Interview, 1969. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122593903

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creatorOf Dana, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1881-1950. Papers, 1914-1950. Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
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referencedIn Barrows family papers, 1861-1931. Houghton Library
referencedIn Gary Snyder Papers, 1910-2003;, (1945-2002 bulk) University of California, Davis. General Library. . Dept. of Special Collections
referencedIn Ostimer, Elinor Pyle. Ostimer collection on Scott Nearing 1917-1964. Ohio University, Alden Library
referencedIn Dynes, Harry B., 1884-1968. [Collection], 1873-1945. Indiana State Library - ISL
referencedIn Rand School of Social Science: Publications, 1914-1955 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn National Council of American-Soviet Friendship Records, Bulk, 1943-1988, 1919-1990 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn Angela Morgan Papers, 1893-1957 Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn John Reed papers, 1903-1967. Houghton Library
referencedIn American Friends of Spanish Democracy records, 1935-1939 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Joseph Barnes Papers, 1923-1970 Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Berger, Victor L., 1860-1929. Papers, 1862-1980. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Socialist Workers Party records, 1914-1980 Minnesota Historical Society
referencedIn Tamiment Library. Tamiment Library manuscript files collection relating to individuals and organizations associated with radicalism, the labor movement, and progressive social action in the United States, 1950-2001 (bulk 1910-1965). Churchill County Museum
referencedIn University of Pennsylvania. University Scrapbook Collection, 1882-1931 (bulk 1885-1915). University of Pennsylvania, Archives & Records Center
referencedIn Stokes, Rose Pastor, 1879-1933. Rose Pastor Stokes papers, 1900-1993 (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn Rand School of Social Science, Dept. of Labor Research records, 1916-1923 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Vanguard Press Records, ca.1925-ca.1985 Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Tamiment Library Manuscript Files, 1749-1988 (bulk: 1910-1965) Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn Vanguard Press. Vanguard Press Records, ca. 1925-ca. 1985. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn League for Industrial Democracy. Pamphlets, 1922-1978. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives
creatorOf Fellowship of Reconciliation, Michigan records, 1940-1957 Bentley Historical Library
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referencedIn Stokes, Rose Pastor, 1879-1933. Rose Pastor Stokes papers, 1900-1993 (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn Dorfman, Joseph, 1904-1991. Joseph Dorfman papers, 1890-1983. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Harris, L. mss., 1931-1977 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
creatorOf Rockwell Kent papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Nearing, Scott, 1883-1983. Correspondence : with Edgar Fahs Smith, 1911. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Solomon, Charles, 1889-1963. Papers, 1916-1962. Churchill County Museum
referencedIn Gawthorpe, Mary Eleanor, 1881-1973. Mary E. Gawthorpe : papers, 1881-1990 (bulk 1907-1933). Churchill County Museum
referencedIn Ella Reeve Bloor Papers MS 19., 1890-1979, 1910-1940 Sophia Smith Collection
referencedIn Rebecca Shelley Papers, 1890-1984 Bentley Historical Library
creatorOf Michigan Fellowship of Reconciliation. Michigan Fellowship of Reconciliation records, 1940-1960. Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Stokes, Rose Pastor, 1879-1933. Papers, 1905-1933. Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
creatorOf Nearing, Scott, 1883-1983. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1918-1933. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf V.F. Calverton papers, 1923-1941. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
creatorOf American Fund for Public Service. American Fund for Public Service records, 1922-1941. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Michigan Fellowship of Reconciliation. Michigan Fellowship of Reconciliation records, 1940-1957. Bentley Historical Library
creatorOf Graves, Anna Melissa, 1875-1964. Papers, 1919-1953. Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
referencedIn Socialist Workers Party records, 1914-1980 Minnesota Historical Society
referencedIn Charles Humboldt papers, 1935-1963 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn National Council of American-Soviet Friendship (U.S.). Records, 1919-1990. Churchill County Museum
referencedIn Papers, 1911-1979. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Earl Browder Papers, 1879-1990 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
creatorOf Nearing, Scott,. Oral History Interview, 1969. Temple University Libraries, Paley Library
referencedIn J. B. Matthews Papers, 1862-1986 and undated David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn Lever, Emil John, 1894-. Oral history interview with E.J. Lever, 1968. Wayne State University. Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs
referencedIn Witter Bynner papers, 1829-1965. Houghton Library
creatorOf Cleghorn, Sarah Norcliffe, 1876-1959. Papers, 1910-1955. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
referencedIn Guide to the Daily Worker and Daily World Photographs Collection, 1920-2001 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn Rose Pastor Stokes papers, 1900-1993 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Lamont, Thomas W. (Thomas William), 1870-1948. Thomas W. Lamont papers, 1894-1948 Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library
referencedIn Frank, Adelaide Schulkind. Papers, 1925-1972 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn V.F. Calverton papers, 1923-1941 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Guide to the Charles Solomon Papers, 1916-1965 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn John Reed papers, 1903-1967. Houghton Library
referencedIn American Fund for Public Service records, 1922-1941 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Joseph Barnes Papers, 1923-1970 Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Harry Weinberger papers, 1915-1944 Yale University Library
creatorOf Nearing, Scott, 1883-1983. Letter [manuscript] : Toledo, Ohio, to Eckstein Case, Cleveland, Ohio, 1917 April 18. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Guide to the Labor Research Association Records, 1914-2009 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn Papers, 1925-1972 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Bloor, Ella Reeve, 1862-1951. Papers, 1890-1973. Smith College, Neilson Library
referencedIn Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946. Booth Tarkington papers [manuscript], 1900-1945. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf American Union Against Militarism. Collected records, 1915-1922. Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
referencedIn Guide to the Labor Research Association Records, 1914-2009 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
creatorOf Nearing, Scott, 1883-1983. Papers, 1943-1988. University of Toledo, William S. Carlson Library
creatorOf Rand School of Social Science, Dept. of Labor Research records, 1916-1923. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Guide to the Mary E. Gawthorpe Papers, 1881-1990 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn Cheston, Emily Fox, 1887-. Oral History Interview, 1969. Temple University Libraries, Paley Library
referencedIn Guide to the Rand School of Social Science Records, 1905-1962 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn Steelink, Nicolaas, b. 1890. Nicolaas Steelink papers, 1912-1953. Wayne State University. Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs
referencedIn Rose Pastor Stokes Papers, Bulk, 1913-1933, 1905-1933 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn Guide to the Labor Research Association Records, 1914-2009 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
creatorOf Hawkins, Oscar F. (Oscar Ferdinand), 1872-1964. Oscar F. Hawkins and family papers, 1888-1963. Minnesota Historical Society Library
creatorOf Adams, James Truslow, 1878-1949. Barrett assorted authors collection, 1814-1947 University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Nearing, Scott, 1883-1983. Correspondence to W. A. Swanberg, 1973-1979. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn New York (State). Legislature. Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Seditious Activities. Suspected radical propaganda file, [ca. 1890-1919]. New York State Archives
referencedIn Ostimer collection on Scott Nearing, 1917-1964 Ohio University
referencedIn Blossom, F. A. (Frederick Augustus), b. 1878. Papers, 1885-1974. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Michigan Fellowship of Reconciliation Records, 1940-1960 Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Humboldt, Charles, 1910-1964. Charles Humboldt papers, 1935-1963 (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn Papers of Mary Ware Dennett Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn American Legion. Jefferson Post No. 15 (Louisville, Ky.). Records of the American Legion Jefferson Post No. 15 (Louisville, Ky.) 1919-1988. The Filson Historical Society
creatorOf Jones, Joseph L. (Joseph Levering), 1851-1920. Papers, 1915-1916. University of Pennsylvania, Archives & Records Center
referencedIn Pennsylvania Child Labor Association (Philadelphia, Pa.). Records, 1905-1915. Temple University Libraries, Paley Library
referencedIn Guide to the Sam Adams Darcy Papers, 1924-1985 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
creatorOf Nearing, Scott, 1883-1983. Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1921. University of Pennsylvania Library
creatorOf American Friends of Spanish Democracy. American Friends of Spanish Democracy records, 1935-1939. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Jacobi, Lotte, 1896-1990. Lotte Jacobi papers, 1898-1986. UNH Durham, Dimond Library
referencedIn Alexander L. Crosby papers, 1921-1980 University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn National Council of American-Soviet Friendship Records, 1919-1990 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn League for Industrial Democracy. League for Industrial Democracy. Pamphlets, 1922-1978. Cornell University Library
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associatedWith Edmonds, Franklin Spencer, 1874-1945. person
associatedWith Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.). Michigan. corporateBody
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associatedWith Fels, Maurice, 1858?-1952. person
associatedWith Fels, Samuel Simeon, 1860?-1950. person
associatedWith Frank, Adelaide Schulkind. person
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associatedWith Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971. person
associatedWith Krauskopf, Joseph, 1858-1923. person
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associatedWith Lamont, Thomas W. (Thomas William), 1870-1948. person
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associatedWith Lewis, William Draper, 1867-1949. person
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associatedWith Michigan Fellowship of Reconciliation corporateBody
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associatedWith National Council of American-Soviet Friendship (U.S.) corporateBody
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associatedWith Pennsylvania Child Labor Committee (Philadelphia, Pa.) corporateBody
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associatedWith Socialist Workers Party. Minnesota Section. corporateBody
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correspondedWith Steelink, Nicolaas, b. 1890. person
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associatedWith Sutherland, John F. person
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associatedWith Tugwell, Rexford G. (Rexford Guy), 1891- person
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associatedWith Weinberger, Harry, 1888- person
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Place Name Admin Code Country
Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Philadelphia (Pa.)
United States
Subject
Children
Universities and colleges
Housing
Organic farming
Pacifists
Socialists
Occupation
Activity

Person

Birth 1883-08-06

Death 1983-08-24

Americans

English

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