Correspondence with Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1942-1944.

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Correspondence with Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1942-1944.

Items relate to the society's publication, Crime news and feature service (for which Sellin served on the editorial board), and the development of the society's Crime prevention manual (which was co-sponsored by the American Prison Association). Primary correspondent is Crime news and feature service managing editor Paul Blanshard.

27 items (79 leaves)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7129962

University of Pennsylvania Library

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Blanshard, Paul, 1892-1980

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Author and social and religious commentator. From the description of Paul Blanshard papers, 1912-1974. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419299 Paul B. Blanshard was an author and a noted social and religious commentator, perhaps best known for his book American Freedom and Catholic Power . Blanshard was born in Fredericksburg, Ohio in 1892. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1914 then did graduate work at Harvard, Columbia, and Union ...

Society for the Prevention of Crime (New York, N.Y.)

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The Society for the Prevention of Crime was founded in 1877 in New York City. It has worked, successively, for the promotion of temperance, for judicial and legislative reform, and for public and legal education. During its most active periods, the Society brought about the formation of of the Lexow Committee to investigate the New York City Police in 1894, contributed to the Albany Crime Commission during the 1930s, and broadcast popular radio programs on criminal behavior, 1946-1948. In 1948 t...

American Prison Association

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