John T. Flynn papers 1928-1960

America First Committee

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Private organization to promote United States nonintervention in World War II. From the description of America First Committee records, 1940-1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754868195 ...

Nye, Gerald Prentice, 1892-1971

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Gerald Prentice Nye (1892-1971), newspaper editor and business management consultant, was a U.S. Senator from North Dakota from 1925 to 1945. From the description of Nye, Gerald Prentice, 1892-1971 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10581564 ...

Robnett, George W. (George Washington), 1890-1970

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American author and lecturer; executive director, Church League of America, and National Laymen's Council, 1937-1956. From the description of George W. Robnett papers, 1932-1963. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754870082 Conservative George W. Robnett (1890-1975) was an American author and advertising executive, as well as co-founder and executive secretary of the National Laymen's Council, Church League of America. After founding the organization in 1937, Robnett edited its ...

Flynn, John T., 1882-1964

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John T. Flynn (1882-1964) was a newspaperman, essayist, radio commentator, biographer, and author of books on current affairs. He wrote for a wide variety of periodicals ranging from Harpers to the National Review. From 1940 he was one of the most literate and influential spokesmen among those who saw current events as evidence of a socialistic or communistic conspiracy in politics, religion, economics and communications. Among the many correspondents Flynn cultivated during his career was Burto...

Mason, Frank E.

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Hart, Merwin Kimball, 1881-1962

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Attorney, president of the National Economic Council which actively promoted conservatism in politics and economics, and member of the John Birch Society. From the description of Papers, 1929-1962. (University of Oregon Libraries). WorldCat record id: 19081894 Merwin K. Hart was born in 1881 in Utica, New York and educated at Harvard University from which he was graduated in 1904. He read law and was admitted to the New York bar in 1911. In 1914, he formed the U...

Getts, Clark H.

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Clark H. Getts (b. 1893) was a public relations counsel and booking agent. He established an independent lecture and radio production bureau in 1932 and incorporated his public relations business in 1940. His clients included politicians, statesmen and show business personalities. Getts also produced radio shows including John T. Flynn's "Behind the Headlines," television shows including "Crime Report" and touring musical shows including "Fiesta Mexicana." Among his clients were photographer and...

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

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Herbert Clark Hoover (b. August 10, 1874, Iowa-d. October 20, 1964), thirty-first president of the United States, was born in Iowa, and was orphaned as a child. A Quaker known from his childhood as "Bert" to his friends, he began a career as a mining engineer soon after graduating from Stanford University in 1895. Within twenty years he had used his engineering knowledge and business acumen to make a fortune as an independent mining consultant. In 1914 Hoover administered the American Relief Com...

Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990

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American writer. From the description of Correspondence with Alfred S. Dashiell, 1931-1940. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 51846130 Carl Zigrosser and Lewis Mumford were life-long friends with shared interests in the arts, society and politics. From the description of Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1925-1971, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155902319 Sir Patrick Geddes was a Scottish biologist, sociologi...

Dies, Martin, 1900-1972

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Bone, Homer Truett, 1883-1970

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Homer Truett Bone (1883-1970) was the son of James Milton and Margaret Jane Demaree Bone, and was born near Indianapolis, Indiana. He married Blanche Sly. The Bones moved to Tacoma, Washington, in 1899, and there he had a law practice. In the early 1920s, Bone served as an attorney for Tacoma City Light, the city’s municipally owned utility. He was a Democrat; U.S. Senator, 1932-1944; judge, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, San Francisco, 1945-1954. He was best known for his involve...

American Writers Association.

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Wood, Robert E.

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Wheeler, Burton K. (Burton Kendall), 1882-1975

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Burton Kendall Wheeler was born in Hudson, Mass., on 27 Feb. 1882 and moved to Montana shortly after his graduation from law school in 1905. He began his law career in Butte, serving as U.S. Attorney for Montana from 1913 to 1918 prior to his election to the U.S. Senate in 1922. In 1924 he ran unsuccessfully for vice-president on the Progressive Party presidential ticket. Wheeler is remembered as one of the most powerful senators in Washington, D.C., in the 1930s. Chairman of the Interstate Comm...

Committee for Constitutional Government

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McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957

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