General information by and about the Harvard Browder-Ford Club, 1940.
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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...
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In 1940, Roger Wilcox (AB 1941), Dean Morse (AB 1941), and Joseph Stein formed the Browder-Ford Club to protest the exclusion of Communist candidates, including Earl Browder, from the ballet in 13 states. From the description of General information by and about the Harvard Browder-Ford Club, 1940. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 270753557 ...
Browder, Earl, 1891-1973
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Earl Russell Browder (1891-1973) was General Secretary of the Communist party of the United States during the height of its popularity, in the 1930s and 1940s and twice represented the Party as its candidate for President. Earl Browder was born on May 20, 1891, in Wichita, Kansas. He was the son of William Browder and Martha Jane Hankins Browder. His father was a teacher and farmer who was avidly Populist. Earl Browder had little formal education and went to work to help support the family. At t...
