Harry Lopatin Papers and Photographs Bulk, 1930-1959 1904, circa 1920-1990 (bulk 1930-1959)

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Harry Lopatin Papers and Photographs Bulk, 1930-1959 1904, circa 1920-1990 (bulk 1930-1959)

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Harry Lopatin (1911-1999) was a socialist, a journalist who wrote for and edited Socialist Party and labor union publications, a news photographer, and labor union staffer. Collection consists of biographical matter, business correspondence, documents from organizations for which Lopatin served as an officer or was employed by, leaflets, clippings, photographs, artifacts and ephemera, spanning the years between 1904 to 1990, but with most materials falling in the decades of the 1930s through the 1950s.

2.25 linear feet; in 3 manuscript boxes, one oversized box, and one oversized folder.

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6331513

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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