General information by and about the Blue Shirt Club of Harvard, 1923.
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Blue Shirt Club of Harvard.
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An undergraduate student organization, the Blue Shirt Club of Harvard was organized in December 1923. Dedicated to wearing blue shirts (rather than white) four times a month, the Club hoped to cut down the laundry bills of its members. Other goals of the organization included condemnation of both the Ku Klux Klan and the use of automobiles by college students. It is unclear how long the Club lasted. One member was Corliss Lamont (AB 1924), son of T.W. Lamont. From the description of ...
Lamont, Corliss, 1902-1995
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John Reed (1887-1920) was an American journalist and revolutionary. He graduated from Harvard College in 1910, joined the staff of The Masses in 1913, was a war correspondent in Mexico and Europe for Metropolitan Magazine, publicist for the Russian Revolution, and head of the American Communist Labor Party. From the guide to the Corliss Lamont papers concerning John Reed, 1910-1967., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Reed (1887-1920) was an Amer...
