Ammon Hennacy papers 1823-1970 bulk 1945-1970

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Ammon Hennacy papers 1823-1970 bulk 1945-1970

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv79608

The Ammon Hennacy papers (1823-1970, bulk 1945-1970) comprise the personal papers and publications of Hennacy (1893-1970) best known for his work in operating the Joe Hill Hospitality House for transients in Salt Lake City, Utah. Included are correspondence from his daughters, letters to Hennacy's wife, Joan Thomas, from her family, and letters from friends in sympathy of Hennacy's death. Also included are marriage, birth, baptism, and divorce certificates, as well as Hennacy's posters, flyers, and articles against war. Anti-war materials by people other than Hennacy are also included. Also present in the collection are the original manuscript for Hennacy's book, (1970), which was published posthumously; scrapbooks of news clippings from 1951 to 1966; and drawings and paintings by Joan Thomas. The One-Man Revolution in America

3.75 linear feet

eng,

J. Willard Marriott Library. University of Utah Manuscripts Division

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6378667

Related Entities

There are 1 Entities related to this resource.

Hennacy, Ammon, 1893-1970

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6668fx8 (person)

Pacifist/anarchist. From the description of Papers. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154299795 Ammon Ashford Hennacy was born in 1893 in Negley, Ohio, to Benjamin and Lida Fitz-Randolph Hennacy. He married Selma Melms in 1919, they were divorced in 1964, and then he married Joan Thomas. Hennacy was a "Christian-anarchist-pacifist" (as he called himself) who never paid taxes or went to war. He was a conscientious objector in both world wars, and a lifelong anti-war activist. He...