Guide to the Harry Fleischman Papers, 1929-1994

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Guide to the Harry Fleischman Papers, 1929-1994

1929-1994

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Harry Fleischman was a lifelong labor and socialist activist. His activities in the Socialist Party included serving as National Chairman of the Red Falcons, regional director of the Indiana-Illinois Socialist Party, and campaign manager for Norman Thomas's presidential campaigns in 1944 and 1948. These experiences informed his book, <i>Norman Thomas: A Biography</i>, published by W.W. Norton in 1964. Fleischman also worked as the labor and political editor of the Voice of America, as the director of labor and race relations at the American Jewish Committee, and was a board member of the Workers Defense League. This collection contains correspondence, typescripts, testimony, transcripts, scrapbooks, memos, photographs and research files. The research files pertain to Fleischman's Norman Thomas biography and to an uncompleted film project on Thomas.

38 Linear Feet in 39 records cartons, and 5 oversize folders.

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