Papers, 1908-1968.

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Papers, 1908-1968.

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Mostly miscellaneous letters and notes chiefly concerning sales of Sinclair's writings; personal business; and Sinclair's interest in socialism. There is brief mention of the establishment of the Sinclair Foundation, 1931; author Gertrude Atherton; and Sinclair's book, A captain of industry.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn, 1857-1948

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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...