Kenneth P. Neilson: Frederic Ewen Collection 1964-1989

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Kenneth P. Neilson: Frederic Ewen Collection 1964-1989

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Kenneth P. Neilsen is an educator, artist, composer publisher and author, and was a Friend of Frederic Ewen (1899-1989), a professor of English from Brooklyn College who was forced to resign in 1952 because of his progressive politics and resistance to McCarthyism, and who later formed a theater company that produced plays. The collection contains correspondence, notes, apparently for a speech at a memorial service for Ewen, clippings, playbills, and a list of books by Neilson.

0.25 linear feet; (1 box)

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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Ewen, Frederic, 1899-1988

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Frederic Ewen was an author, educator, and a champion for the individuals right to self-expression and intellectual freedom. Frederic Ewen was born on October 11th, 1899 in Lemberg, Austria; he was brought to the United States by his family in 1912 and became a naturalized citizen that same year. Ewen grew up in Brooklyn and attended City College where he graduated in 1921. He then entered Columbia University where he received both a MA and Ph.D. While studying at City College, he began his care...

Neilson, Kenneth P.

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Kenneth P. Neilson is an educator, artist, composer and author. For nearly thirty years he worked for the New York City public school system as a teacher and supervisor. In 1977 he founded All Seasons Art, a multimedia production center which seeks to gain exposure for developing African American and Hispanic artists through a series of exhibitions, publications, concerts and theatrical productions. It also works to develop audience appreciation for the visual, literary and musical arts through ...