Papers, 1936-1943.

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Papers, 1936-1943.

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Papers consist of clippings related to Schappes' anti-fascist activities at City College in the 1930s and testimony before the Rapp-Coudert Committee in 1941; and miscellaneous broadsides, circulars, announcements, and newsletters concerning City College, 1936-1937.

ca. .5 cubic ft.

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New York (State). Joint Legislative Committee. Rapp-Coudert Committee.

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College of the City of New York (1926-1961). City College

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Schappes, Morris U. (Morris Urman), 1907-

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Born Moishe Shapshilevich in 1907 in Kamenetz-Podolsk, Ukraine, Schappes was raised in Brazil and moved with his parents to New York in 1914. Earning his Bachelor of Arts at City College and his Master of Arts at Columbia University, he joined the faculty of City College as an English lecturer in 1928. As a scholar, Schappes first achieved prominence for his work on the poetry and letters of Emma Lazarus, published in a series of books and monographs between 1944 and 1987. His broader historical...