Ernst Papanek papers, 1928-1976, bulk (1940-1970).

Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968

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Upton Sinclair was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1878. Sinclair was an American author, novelist, journalist, and political activist who wrote many books in several genres. He is most well-known for his exposé, The Jungle regarding conditions in Chicago's meat packing plants, which influenced the passage of the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906. Much of Sinclair's writing was related to the economic and social conditions of the early twentieth century. He was heavily in...

Brooklyn Training School for Girls (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

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papanek, Ernst

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Educator. From the description of Reminiscences of Ernst Papanek : oral history, 1965. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122587469 Ernst Papanek (1900-1973) was an Austrian-born child psychologist and educator known for his work with refugee children during and after World War II and for his involvement in socialist parties in Europe and the United States. From the description of Ernst Papanek papers, 1928-1976, bulk (1940-1970). ...

Wiltwyck School for Boys (Esopus, N.Y.)

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Patterson, Floyd

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Floyd Paterson, African American professional boxer and olympic gold medalist in 1952. From the description of Document : Floyd Patterson. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82045183 ...

Moch, Jules Salvador, 1893-

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Jules Salvador Moch (1893-1985) was the Minister of the Interior (1947-1948) and Minister of Defense (1950-1951) for France. From the description of Moch, Jules Salvador, 1893-1985 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10582550 Major de sa promotion à Polytechnique et ingénieur de la Marine, Jules Moch (1893-1985) fut député socialiste de la Drôme (1928-1936) et de l’Hérault (1937-1940, 1946-1958, 1962-1967). Avant la guerre, il fit partie d...

Thomas Norman Mattoon, 1884-1968

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Norman Mattoon Thomas (1884-1968), was a leading American socialist, pacifist, author, and six-time presidential candidate on the Socialist Party of America ticket, between 1928 and 1948. Born in Marion, Ohio, he was a graduate of Princeton University, attended Union Theological Seminary, where he became a socialist, and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1911. Thomas opposed the United States' entry into the First World War, a position that earned him the disapproval of many in his soci...

Linn, Edward

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Kreisky, Bruno, 1911-1990

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American Youth for World Service.

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Fromm, Erich, 1900-1980

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Erich Fromm (1900-1980) was a psychoanalyst, author, educator, and social philosopher. He was born in Frankfurt, Germany and emigrated to the United States in 1934. In New York Fromm was associated (until 1939) with the International Institute for Social Research. Fromm authored numerous books including Escape from Freedom which won him acclaim as an author of great brilliance and originality. From the guide to the Erich Fromm papers, 1929-1949, 1932-1949, (The New York Public Librar...

Braunthal, Julius, 1891-

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Born in Vienna 1891, died in Teddington, Great Britain 1972; writer, active in the international social democratic movement; member of the executive committees of the Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei in Österreich (SDAP) and the Republikanischer Schutzbund; imprisoned and tried for high treason in 1934, expelled from Austria in 1935; lived in Belgium 1935-1936; settled in Great Britain in 1938; editor of the Tribune from 1937, the International Socialist Forum 1938-1948; secretary of the Comm...

Unitarian Universalist Service Committee

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The Unitarian Service Committee was formed as a standing committee of the American Unitarian Association in May 1940. Its purpose was to investigate opportunities in America and abroad for humanitarian service. In 1945, the Universalist Service Committee was formed. During and after World War II, these two Committees aided hundreds of displaced persons in occupied countries, allowing many of them to find passage to the United States. In 1961, these two committees joined, and the present-day Unit...

Jonas, Franz

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Jonas wrote as mayor of Vienna; he held that office from 1951 to 1965. From the description of Correspondence to Alma Mahler, 1954, 1959. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155863576 ...

Brown, Claude, 1937-...

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Kilpatrick, William Heard, 1871-1965

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Educator. From the description of Reminiscences of William Heard Kilpatrick : oral history, 1961. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309743599 William Heard Kilpatrick (1871-1965), educator and author, prominent in the field of progressive education, served as professor of mathematics (1897-1906) and acting president (1903-1905) of Mercer University, before accepting a position at Columbia University (1909-1938). From the descripti...

Probst, Otto, 1911-

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