Whitaker, Robert, 1863-1944

Robert Whitaker was a Baptist minister in Los Gatos, California. He was politically active in many issues including socialism, communism, pacifism, the labor movement, and the American Civil Liberties Union. He was also a prolific author of articles and poetry contributed to liberal religious and labor journals. He was once arrested under the Criminal Syndicalism Act for participating in a pacifist assembly, and later worked to free from prison Tom Mooney, a labor activist. Whitaker was married to Claire Whitaker and counted among his friends and collegues Upton Sinclair, Jack London, Fanny Bixby Spencer, John Haynes Holmes, and Anna Louise Strong.

From the description of Robert W. Whitaker Collection, 1885-1969. (Graduate Theological Union). WorldCat record id: 54539620