University Place Book Shop records, 1930-1994.

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University Place Book Shop records, 1930-1994.

http://findingaids.cul.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-rb/ldpd_4079884

This collection consists of correspondence, business records, and appraisal drafts relating to the University Place Book Shop and its owner and proprietor, Walter Goldwater. The collection also includes material pertaining to Goldwater's involvement in the Marshall Chess Club.

3 linear ft. (6 boxes)

Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6347518

Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Marshall Chess Club

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Goldwater, Walter.

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Walter Goldwater first opened the University Place Book Shop in 1932. He financed the Shop, situated in a loft at 821 Broadway at 12th Street, with the help of a six hundred dollar loan from "a Communist uncle by marriage." Goldwater specialized in African and African American literature, as well as old and rare books. As proprietor of University Place, Goldwater became part of the vibrant community of booksellers whose shops crowded Fourth Avenue from 9th to 14th ...

Shachtman, Max, 1903-1972

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Max Shachtman, founding member of Trotskyite Communist League of America and the Militant; active in communist opposition, 1930-1940. From the description of Max Shachtman correspondence with Leon Trotsky, 1930-1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84159686 From the description of Max Shachtman correspondence with Leon Trotsky, 1930-1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702152214 Max Shachtman was an author, editor and communist leader. Shachtman, a Polish immigrant, ...