Alexander Saxton Papers, 1846-1990 bulk 1936-1990

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Alexander Saxton Papers, 1846-1990 bulk 1936-1990

Alexander Plaisted Saxton (b.1919) taught at UC Berkeley and Wayne State University before joining the Department of History at UCLA in 1968. His writings include (1943), (1948), (1958), (1970), and (1971). The collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, notes, and clippings related to Saxton's professional life, materials related to his teaching in the Department of History at UCLA, and family papers (1846-1943). Grand crossing The great midland Bright web in the darkness The great fear The indispensable enemy: labor and the anti-Chinese movement in California

7 boxes (3.5 linear ft.)

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University of California, Los Angeles. Dept. of History

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Saxton, Alexander

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Biography Alexander Plaisted Saxton was born July 16, 1919 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts; AB, University of Chicago, 1940; MA (1962) and Ph.D (1967), UC Berkeley; after teaching at UC Berkeley and Wayne State University, Saxton began teaching in the Department of History at UCLA in 1968; his writings include Grand crossing (1943), The great midland (1948), Bright web in the darkness (1958), The great fear (1970), and The indispensable en...