Papers, 1946-1956.

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Papers, 1946-1956.

Copies of campaign literature from national and local political campaigns (1947-1956), including literature on Henry A. Wallace's 1948 presidential campaign and on Progressive Party activities in Ohio and Cuyahoga County. Also includes information from liberal groups and labor organizations, publications of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, and copies of the 1951 report of the Ohio Un-American Activities Commission.

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Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard), 1888-1965

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Henry Agard Wallace (October 7, 1888 – November 18, 1965) was an American politician, journalist, and farmer who served as the 11th U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, the 33rd vice president of the United States, and the 10th U.S. Secretary of Commerce. He was also the presidential nominee of the left-wing Progressive Party in the 1948 election. The oldest son of Henry C. Wallace, who served as the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture from 1921 to 1924, Henry A. Wallace was born in Adair County, Iowa in...

Gray, Benjamin J., 1908-

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Member of the Cuyahoga County, Ohio Committee of the Communist Party, and founder and state president of the Project Workers' Union (later the Worker's Alliance). From the description of Papers, 1946-1956. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 18376251 ...

Ohio. Un-American Activities Commission

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Progressive Party (U.S. : 1948)

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Curtis MacDougall was born on February 11, 1903, in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. He started his career as a journalist there at the Fond du Lac Commonwealth-Reporter at the age of fifteen. He received a BA in English from Ripon College in Wisconsin in 1923. He went on to obtain a Master's from Northwestern University in 1926 and a Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of Wisconsin in 1933. After working at several newspapers, he joined the faculty of Northwestern University in 1935. During the depress...

United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America

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District 7 of the United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America (UE) consisted of locals throughout Ohio and are now part of the UE's Eastern Region. From the description of UE National Office records relating to District 7 and District 7 locals, 1936-1990s. (University of Pittsburgh). WorldCat record id: 767644242 District 5 of the United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America (UE) consisted of locals throughout Canada. From the description...