Staughton and Alice Lynd papers, 1938-2008.

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Staughton and Alice Lynd papers, 1938-2008.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173692654

Papers of a leftist historian and labor lawyer who was prominent in both the civil rights and the anti-war movements. There are also files on Lynd's attempt to bring a leftist perspective to the historical profession and to the American Historical Association. Related files and unprocessed tapes concern interest in oral history and the preparation with his wife of"Rank and File,"a book about ordinary people in the labor movement. Also of interest are the Chicago Police Department's Red Squad file on Lynd and his father, Robert S. Lynd, and part of the Central Intelligence Agency's file on Lynd. Photographs include images related to Freedom Schools in Indianola and Meridian, Miss., 1964, including images of students, a construction project, and convention. The recording is a speech Lynd made on the University of Wisconsin campus in 1972 during a labor teach-in. Additional tapes and discs are unprocessed. The processed portion of this collection is summarized above, dates 1940-1977, and is described in the register. Additional accessions date 1938-2008 and are described below.

8.0 c.f. (20 archives boxes),1 tape recording, and8 photographs; plusadditions of 84.2 c.f.,116 tape recordings,17 photographs,0.8 c.f. of photographs,8 disc recordings, and17 videorecordings.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6922992

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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