Papers, 1888-1967.

La Follette, Robert M. (Robert Marion), 1855-1925

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Robert Marion La Follette Sr. (June 14, 1855 – June 18, 1925), colloquially known as Fighting Bob, was an American lawyer and politician. He represented Wisconsin in both chambers of Congress and served as the Governor of Wisconsin. A Republican for most of his career, he ran for President of the United States as the nominee of his own Progressive Party in the 1924 presidential election. Historian John D. Buenker describes La Follette as "the most celebrated figure in Wisconsin history." Born...

Douglas, Paul, 1892-1976

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Senator. From the description of Reminiscences of Paul Howard Douglas : oral history, 1975. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309732848 From the description of Reminiscences of Paul Howard Douglas : oral history, 1957. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122527416 U.S. Senator (Democrat, Illinois). From the description of Paul H. Douglas papers, 1932-1971. (Chicago History Museum). WorldCat ...

La Follette, Philip Fox, 1897-1965

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Epithet: Governor of Wisconsin British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000815.0x00029b ...

Hadden, R. W. (Robert Watson)

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Amlie, Thomas R., 1897-1973

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Williams, Aubrey Willis, 1890-1965

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Williams was executive director of the Wisconsin Conference of Social Work from 1922 to 1932. He joined the Roosevelt administration in 1933 and left in 1943 to become director of the National Farmers' Union. From 1945 to 1965 he was editor of SOUTHERN FARM AND HOME. From the description of Papers, 1914-1959, 1930-1959 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155525242 Aubrey Willis Williams (1890-1965), social worker, federal official, and civil rights advocate, was born in Sp...

Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.). Political Action Committee

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Crim, H. J.

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Sigman, Samuel, 1899-1976.

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McMurray, John, 1838-1920

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League for Independent Political Action

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The League sought a meaningful alternative to the traditional two party system in United States elections. It was founded in 1929 in Chicago by socialist-oriented liberals for the purpose of starting a new political party; it dissolved in 1936. From the description of Collection, 1930-1932. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 28250046 ...

Amlie, Gehrta.

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Fine, Nathan, 1893-

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Williams, Howard Yolen, 1889-1973

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Reformer and politician. From the description of Papers of Howard Yolen Williams, 1924-1946. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71071583 ...

Union for Democratic Action

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Farmer-Labor Political Federation (Minn.)

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Rodman, Selden, 1909-2002

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Selden Rodman was born February 19, 1909, in New York City. He graduated from Yale College in 1931. In the 1930s, he helped found the journal Common Sense (1932-1946) with Alfred Bingham. During World War II, he served in the foreign nationalities section of the Office of Strategic Services. In 1944, the Haitian government produced his play, The Revolutionists, which lead to a later career as co-director for the Haitian Centre d'Art (1949-1951), promoting Haitian folk art internationally and ini...

Biemiller, Andrew J. (Andrew John), 1906-1982

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Lobbyist. From the description of Reminiscences of Andrew John Biemiller : oral history, 1966. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122569577 Biemiller was a trade union leader, culminating in his role as director of the AFL-CIO Department of Legislation, 1956-1978. During the 1930s he belonged to the Progressive party and was a member of the Wisconsin state legislature, 1937-1941. He was assistant to War Production Board vice-chair Joseph Keena...

Zeuch, William E. (William Edward)

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Olson, Floyd Björnstjerne, 1891-1936

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La Follette, Robert M. (Robert Marion), 1895-1953

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American League Against War and Fascism

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Hard, Herbert A.

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Voorhis, Jerry, 1901-1984

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Horace Jeremiah Voorhis served as a U.S. congressman, and was a pioneer in the cooperative and group health movements. He was executive secretary of the Cooperative Health Federation of America and its successor, Group Health Association of America. From the description of Jerry Voorhis papers, 1947-1974. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63291422 From the guide to the Jerry Voorhis papers, 1947-1974, (University of Minnesota Libraries. Social Welfa...

American Commonwealth Federation.

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Progressive Party (Founded 1934)

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Loeb, James I. (James Isaac), 1908-

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James Isaac Loeb (1908-1992) was born in Illinois. After receiving his Ph.D. from Northwestern University in 1938, Loeb moved to New York City with his wife, Ellen. There, Loeb's belief in the Spanish republican cause and his passionate desire to combat totalitarianism led him into political activism, beginning what turned into a career of public service. A member of the International Labor Solidarity Committee of the Socialist Party, Loeb grew to detest the factionalism that he felt was damagin...

Ryum family.

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Ameringer, Oscar, 1870-1943

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Politician, labor organizer and journalist. Editor of "The Oklahoma Leader", "The American Guardian", "The Illinois Miner". Born in Germany, Aug. 04, 1870. Died Nov. 05, 1943. From the description of Oscar Ameringer papers, 1909-1970, (bulk 1909-1943). (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32320790 These research materials were compiled by George Marshall, a socialist sympathizer who earned a PhD in labor economics at Colum...

Bingham, Alfred M. (Alfred Mitchell), 1905-1998

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Alfred Bingham was born in 1905, the third son of Hiram Bingham III and Alfreda Mitchell Bingham. He graduated from Yale College in 1927 and Yale Law School in 1930. After obtaining his law degree, he embarked on a two year trip around the world, visiting several countries and meeting and interviewing many international figures for American newspapers. Upon his return, he began the progressive journal Common Sense with Selden Rodman, which the two of them owned and operated until it ceased circu...

Amlie family.

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Galloway, George B. (George Barnes), 1898-1967

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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...