Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1932-1934.

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...

World Congress Against War (1932 : Amsterdam). American Committee.

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Royce, Edward, 1886-1963

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Composed 1926. First performance Rochester, N.Y., Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, 23 April, 1926, Howard Hanson conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of The fire bringers : a tone poem for orchestra / by Edward Royce. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53893394 ...

Johnson, Oakley C., 1890-....

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University of Michigan student, and later, instructor (1920-1928)who acted as faculty advisor to the Negro-Caucasian Club. Also taught at the City College of New York (1930-32), though dismissed in part for involvement in the radical student Liberal Club. From 1940 to 1944, Johnson worked on the staff of the Daily Worker. From the description of Oakley Johnson papers, 1926-1934, 1966-1969. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 244064958 Scholar; civil rights advocate...

Dailes, Ida.

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Henderson, Donald A.

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Pass, Joseph

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Taub, Belle G.

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House, Roy Temple, 1878-

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Coller, Lee.

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Cowley, Malcolm, 1898-1989

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American editor and writer. From the description of Letter to Matthew Bruccoli [manuscript], 1975 December 30. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812058 From the description of Papers of Malcolm Cowley [manuscript], 1969. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647810601 From the description of Papers of Malcolm Cowley [manuscript], 1936-1955. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647874698 Malcolm Cowley was an influential liter...

Geiser, Carl

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Carl Frederick Geiser was born in Orrville, Ohio on December 10, 1910. He was the oldest of six children and is maternal grandparents raised Geiser and his siblings. In the early 1930s, Geiser wrote press releases and edited International Labor Defense bulletins, organized for the League against War and Fascism, and in 1936 was elected to the National Committee of the Young Communist League. In 1937 Geiser joined the International Brigades and served in the Spanish Civil War. He served as an am...