Roger N. Baldwin papers, 1885-1991 (bulk 1911-1981)

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Roger N. Baldwin papers, 1885-1991 (bulk 1911-1981)

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Consists of the papers of Baldwin. Baldwin's activities after his retirement (1950) from the ACLU, when he became a director of the International League for the Rights of Man and an adviser on human rights at the United Nations, are reflected in correspondence and subject material. There is correspondence with John Haynes Holmes, Norman Thomas, Herbert H. Lehman, J. Edgar Hoover, Dwight MacDonald, Earl Warren, John F. Kennedy, and such organizations as the Women's International League, the Marshall Civil Liberties Trust Fund, and Americans for Democratic Action. Subjects covered include the Scopes "monkey" trial of 1925, the Sacco-Vanzetti case, the Ku Klux Klan, the Soviet Union, civil rights, and foreign policy. Also included are interviews with Baldwin by others and his own recollections of his long career.

14.25 linear ft. (25 archival boxes, 5 boxes of photographs, 2 oversize boxes)

Princeton University Library

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