League for Industrial Democracy. Pamphlets, 1922-1978.

Starr, Mark, 1894-1985

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Mark Starr (27 April 1894, Shoscombe – 24 April 1985, New York City) was a British American labor historian and pedagogue. For 25 years he was educational director of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Born in Shoscombe, Somerset he was the son of a staunch Free Methodist coal miner. From 1899 to 1907 he attended St Julian's National School. At age thirteen he began work in the mines, later migrating to South Wales. He joined the Miners' Federation of Great Britain and the Indepe...

Pell, Orlie Anna Haggerty, 1900-1975

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Orlie Pell (December 13, 1900 – April 11, 1975) was an American pacifist, philosopher, and activist. Orlie Anna Haggerty Pell was born in Paris in 1900, and raised in New York City, the daughter of American parents Howland Haggerty Pell and Mary W. Willetts Pell. Her father was a stock broker. She was part of the prominent extended Pell family that included Claiborne Pell, Stephen Hyatt Pell, William Ferris Pell, and Duncan Pell, among others. Pell attended St. Timothy's School in Catonsvi...

Herling, John P. (John Phillip), 1917-

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John Herling, a prominent Washington journalist, syndicated labor columnist, and author graduated from Harvard in 1928 and later became an observer of events in the labor movement and the world of business and government. Until 1934, he worked for the League for Industrial Democracy, and between 1929 and 1940 he served as a director of the Children's Crusade for Children, assisting war refugees in Europe. During the presidential campaigns of 1928, 1932, and 1936, he served as a research assistan...

Saposs, David J., 1886-1968

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David Joseph Saposs (February 22, 1886 – November 13, 1968) was an American economist, historian, and civil servant. He is best known for being the chief economist of the National Labor Relations Board from 1935 to 1940. ...

Matthews, J. B. (Joseph Brown), 1894-1966

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1894, June 28 Born, Hopkinsville, Kentucky 1915 B.A., Asbury College, Wilmore, Kentucky 1915 1921 Methodist Missionary to Java 1917 Marrie...

Raushenbush, Carl

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Shapiro, Morris

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Young, Charles N.

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Withers, William, 1905-1987

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Brooks, Thomas R.

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Cohen, Edward M.

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Meiklejohn, Kenneth

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Bliss, Elizabeth T.

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Lewis, Alfred Baker, 1897-

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Hyman, Sonia Zunser

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Lovett, Robert Morss, 1870-1956

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Epithet: Editor `The Dial' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x000068 Lovett was the chairman of the Sacco-Vanzetti National League, New York, N.Y. From the description of Letter, 1927 Dec. 9, New York, N.Y. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 41876163 ...

Perelman, Norman

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Muste, A. J. (Abraham John), 1885-1967

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Clergyman, pacifist. From the description of Reminiscences of Abraham John Muste : oral history, 1954. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309741542 From the description of Reminiscences of Abraham John Muste : oral history, 1965. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122681124 A.J. Muste (1885-1967). Muste's involvement as a labor organizer began in 1919. When he led strikes in the textile mills of Lawrenc...

Blanshard, Paul, 1892-1980

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Author and social and religious commentator. From the description of Paul Blanshard papers, 1912-1974. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419299 Paul B. Blanshard was an author and a noted social and religious commentator, perhaps best known for his book American Freedom and Catholic Power . Blanshard was born in Fredericksburg, Ohio in 1892. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1914 then did graduate work at Harvard, Columbia, and Union ...

Chase, Stuart, 1888-1985

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Economist and author. From the description of Stuart Chase papers, 1907-1978 (bulk 1931-1955). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981114 Stuart Chase, b. 1888, d. 1985, economist, author, and member of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "brain trust." Robert D. Williamson, editor-in-chief at Silver, Burdett and Co., Newark, N.J. Lola Kovener, autograph seeker who posed as a secretary. From the description of Letters to Robert D. ...

Raushenbush, Stephen, 1896-

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Moe, Finn 1902-1971

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Barbash, Jack.

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Dewey, John

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Kahn, Tom

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Biographical Note 1938, Sept. 15 Born, New York, N.Y. 1955 1957 Attended, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1956 Joined Students for Democratic Action and the Independent Socialist League ...

Manson, Julius

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Harris, Seymour Edwin, 1897-1974

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Epithet: Professor of Harvard University, economist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001123.0x00033e Seymour Edwin Harris (Sept. 8, 1897 - Oct. 27, 1974), economist, teacher, author, and public servant, was born in New York City, the son of Augusta Kulick and Henry Harris. He received his B.A. from Harvard in 1920 and his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1926. His doctoral dissertation was awarded the David A. Wells Prize ...

Lindbom, Tage, 1909-

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Berube, Maurice R.

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Wolfson, Theresa, 1897-1972

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Professor of economics and industrial relations, arbitrator and mediator. From the description of Theresa Wolfson series 7. Files on miscellaneous subjects, 1920-1969. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64755582 From the description of Theresa Wolfson series 2. College files, 1924-1970. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64755590 From the description of Theresa Wolfson series 3. Arbitration and mediation files, 1942-1969. (Cornell Unive...

Bliven, Bruce, 1889-1977

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Author, editor, and journalist. From the description of Papers of Bruce Bliven, 1953-1968. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 148793561 Editor of the New Republic, writer, and lecturer. From the description of Bruce Bliven papers, 1906-1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122571477 Editor of the New Republic, writer, and lecturer. Bliven, born 27 July 1889, received his b.a. in English from Stanford University in 1911. He died 6 May 1977...

Coldwell, M. J. (Major James), 1888-1974

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Ward, Harry Frederick, 1873-1966

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Bauer, John, 1881-

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In addition to being a managing director and one of the founder members of the Los Angeles Community Concert Assn., Bauer also founded the Ojai festivals. From the description of Papers, 1958-1962. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 41359178 ...

Abrams, Charles, 1902-1970

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Housing expert. From the description of Reminiscences of Charles Abrams : oral history, 1964. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122608239 Lawyer, urban housing planner, professor of city planning. Charles Abrams studied at Brooklyn Law School, and was a landlord in Greenwich Village. He became an authority on urban housing, and served as a consultant on various private, state, federal, and international housing projec...

Allen, Devere, 1891-1955

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Senior, Clarence Ollson, 1903-1974

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Clapp, Gordon R. (Gordon Rufus), 1905-1963

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Gordon R. Clapp was the Chairman of the Board of the Tennessee Valley Authority from 1946 to 1954. From the description of Clapp, Gordon R. (Gordon Rufus), 1905-1963 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10573688 Government official. From the description of Papers, 1933-1963. (Harry S Truman Library). WorldCat record id: 70958973 ...

Sering, Paul

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Nehemkis, Peter Raymond

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Feldman, Sandra

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Maslow, Harold

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Levenstein, Aaron, 1910-

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Lash, Joseph P., 1909-1987

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Joseph P. Lash (1909-1987), personal friend of Eleanor Roosevelt, was the author of several works on the Roosevelts. He was active in various youth organizations in the 1930s and 1940s, and worked as a United Nations correspondent and assistant editor of the New York Post. In 1972, Lash received the Pulitzer Prize for his book, Eleanor and Franklin, and later wrote the sequel titled The Years Alone. From the description of Lash, Joseph P., 1909-1987 (U.S. National Archives and Record...

Lend, Evelyn

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Groseclose, Emmett

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Bloomberg, Warner

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Davis, Michael Marks, 1879-1971

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Michael Davis was one of the major figures in health care policy in the United States. He served as chairman of the Executive Committee of the Committee for the Nation's Health (CNH), incorporated in 1946 and abolished in 1956. Davis received a Ph.D. from Columbia in 1906. In Boston and then in New York, Davis led movements to extend dispensary services to people of moderate means. He later served as director of medical services for the Julius Rosenwald Fund and chaired the foundation-funded Com...

Barou, Noel

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Thomas, Norman

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Lane, Winthrop D. (Winthrop David), 1887-1962

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Laidler, Harry W. (Harry Wellington), 1884-1970

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Economist. From the description of Reminiscences of Harry Wellington Laidler : oral history, 1965. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122451940 Harry Laidler, economist, author, educator and socialist activist, was born in Brooklyn, New York, February 18, 1884. He received his B.A. from Wesleyan University (1907) where he was one of the founders of the Intercollegiate Socialist Society. He received a LL.B. from Brooklyn Law School in 1910 and ...

Seidman, Joel

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Weiss, Abraham, 1913-

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Alexander, Robert J. (Robert Jackson), 1918-2010

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Professor of economics at the Middlesex County, New Jersey, campus of Rutgers, the State University. From the description of Papers, [1989?]-1994. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122525319 Professor of economics at Rutgers University whose research interests included all of the Americas to the south of the United States, left-wing political movements, economic development, trade policy, labor movements and labor relations; was graduated from Columbia University with a B.A., 1...

Soule, George

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League for Industrial Democracy.

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The League for Industrial Democracy (LID) was founded in 1905 as the Intercollegiate Socialist Society by democratic socialist intellectuals to bring "education for the new social order" to the nation's campuses, but its name was changed in 1920 to broaden appeal and better reflect aims of social ownership and democratic control of industry. In 1922 Norman Thomas (1884-1968; later the Socialist Party's head and presidential candidate) joined Harry W. Laidler as Co-Director. LID campaigned throug...

Nearing, Scott, 1883-1983

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Radical professor; socialist; pacifist during World War I era; author and lecturer; leader of "back-to-the-earth" movement. From the description of Papers, 1943-1988. (University of Toledo). WorldCat record id: 20061606 American sociologist. From the description of Letter [manuscript] : Toledo, Ohio, to Eckstein Case, Cleveland, Ohio, 1917 April 18. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647806119 Scott Nearing began his career as a t...

Sutch, W. B., (William Ball), 1907-

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Lewisohn, Sam A. (Sam Adolph), 1884-

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Douglas, T.C. (Thomas Clement), 1904-1986

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Epstein, A. (Abraham), 1841-1918

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Kingsbury, John Adams, 1876-1956

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Social worker and social reformer. From the description of John Adams Kingsbury papers, 1841-1966 (bulk 1906-1939). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979825 Biographical Note 1876, Aug. 30 Born, Horton, Kans. 1897 Graduated, Yakima High School, Yakima, Wash. ...

Goldbloom, Maurice

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Counts, George S. (George Sylvester), 1889-1974

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George Sylvester Counts was born on December 9, 1889. His BA from Baker University (1911) in classical studies included the study of history, philosophy, and the natural sciences. He taught for two years in two high schools in Kansas and in 1913 went to the University of Chicago (1913-1916) where he was awarded a Ph. D. magna cum laude, in education and social sciences. Thereafter, he embarked upon a teaching career that took him to various American colleges and universities including Yale Unive...

Neuman, Franz

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Cohen, Felix S., 1907-1953

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Felix Solomon Cohen (1907-1953), lawyer; assistant and associate solictor, Department of Interior; professor of jurisprudence at Yale and The City College of New York; scholar on law, ethics and philosophy, and civil rights of Native Americans and other minorities. From the description of Felix S. Cohen papers addition, 1927-1960 (bulk 1931-1953). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702183050 From the description of Felix S. Cohen papers, 1916-1992. (Unknown). WorldCat record id:...

Gaither, Thomas

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Ise, John, 1885-1969

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Ise received his Mus.B. in 1908, his A.B. in 1910, and his L.L.B. in 1911, all from KU. He received his A.M. in 1912 and his Ph.D. in 1914, both from Harvard. He joined the faculty in 1916, reaching full Professor status in 1920. He retired in 1955 and died in 1969. From the guide to the Personal Papers of John Ise, 1916-1955, (University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library University Archives) ...

Weisenburg, Mina

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Alfred, Helen L.

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