Federal Bureau of Investigation miscellaneous records 1929-1972

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Federal Bureau of Investigation miscellaneous records 1929-1972

Reports, memoranda, and correspondence, relating to investigation of possible subversive activities of the American educators George S. Counts, John Dewey and Harold O. Rugg, and the journalist I. F. Stone. Photocopy.

3 manuscript boxes; (1.2 linear feet)

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6655097

Hoover Institution Archives

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Stone, I. F(Isidor F.), 1907-

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Rugg, Harold Ordway, 1886-1960

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Harold Rugg (1886-1960) was a professor of education at Teachers College, Columbia University and a well-known figure in the Progressive Education Movement. Rugg was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts in 1886. He attended Dartmouth College, receiving an undergraduate (1908) and a graduate degree (1909) in civil engineering. He worked briefly as a civil engineer before teaching civil engineering at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois. While teaching he became interested in the pro...

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...

United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation

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The FBI established this classification when it assumed responsibility for ascertaining the protection capabilities and weaknesses of defense plants. Each plant survey was a separate case file, with the survey, supplemental surveys, and all communications dealing with a plant insofar as plant protection was concerned, filed together. On June 1, 1941, and January 5, 1942, the Navy and Army, respectively, assumed responsibility for surveying defense plants in which they had interests. Thereafter, ...

Dewey, John, 1859-1952

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John Dewey was born on October 20, 1859 in Burlington, Vermont and graduated in 1879 from The University of Vermont. After graduation Dewey taught high school and published in the Journal of Speculative Philosophy. In 1884 Dewey resumed his studies and earned a Ph. D. from John Hopkins University. Although he taught and remained primarily at Columbia University, he also taught or lectured at the University of Chicago, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, University of California, Imp...