Thomas J. Mooney papers 1916-1924

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Thomas J. Mooney papers 1916-1924

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Thomas Joseph Mooney (1882-1942) was an American labor leader. Mooney's conviction with Warren K. Billings for exploding a bomb during a San Francisco preparedness day in 1916 caused worldwide controversy. Mooney's sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in 1918. Collection consists of letters, telegrams, depositions, and various records (some photocopies) used as exhibits in the trial of Mooney and later used in efforts to release him. Also, press clippings regarding his conviction and imprisonment, 1916-1924, mostly from San Francisco newspapers with some from New York and Washington, D.C.; several labor journals and copies of Tom Mooney's Monthly, 1920, a digest of articles written about Mooney in American newspapers. Also, correspondence with Frank P. Walsh, Mooney's lawyer, and other materials.

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New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6312286

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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Mooney, Thomas J., 1882-1942

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Thomas J. Mooney was born on December 8, 1882 in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Indiana and Massachusetts. A molder by trade, Mooney first came to California in 1908, permanently settling in San Francisco in 1910. There he became involved in the work of the Socialist party and various labor organizing activites. In 1916, Mooney and Warren K. Billings were wrongfully convicted of the Preparedness Day bombing of July 22. Mooney's plight became a cause amongst labor until his eventual release and ...

Billings, Warren K., 1893-1972

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Laborer and union organizer. From the description of Papers of Warren K. Billings, 1899-1973 (bulk 1920-1939). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71014443 Biographical Note 1893, July 4 Born, Middletown, N.Y. 1906 Moved with family to Brooklyn, N.Y. 1908 ...

Walsh, Frank P.

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Francis Patrick Walsh (1864-1939), an American lawyer and political reformer, was one of the chief architects of the legislative struggle against industrial exploitation of children and an advocate of Irish and anti-imperialist causes. He also fought for civil liberties and was a labor partisan and staunch New Dealer. From the description of Frank P. Walsh papers, 1896-1939, bulk (1920-1939). (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122485559 From the guide to the Fran...