Pennington, Lee Roberts, 1894-1974

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Dates:
Birth 1894-11-19
Death 1974

Biographical notes:

Inspector, United States Federal Bureau of Investigation; assistant director and director, Counter-Subversive Section, National Americanism Commission, American Legion, 1953-1959; adviser, American Security Council.

From the description of Lee Roberts Pennington papers, 1918-1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123419689

Biographical/Historical Note

Correspondence, speeches, reports, memoranda, serial issues, clippings, and other printed matter, relating to communism in the United States, subversive activities in the United States, and investigative activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and private organizations.

From the guide to the Lee Roberts Pennington papers, 1918-1974, (Hoover Institution Archives)

From the guide to the Lee R. Pennington Papers, 1912-1915, 1912-1915, (University of Maryland)

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Subjects:

  • Communism
  • Communism
  • Internal security
  • Internal security
  • Maryland Agricultural College
  • Subversive activities
  • Subversive activities United States
  • Communism
  • Internal security

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  • United States (as recorded)

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