Papers, 1922-1967 (bulk 1933-1955).

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Papers, 1922-1967 (bulk 1933-1955).

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Collection contains correspondence including letters from Upton Sinclair, Henry Morgenthau, and John L. Lewis; memorandums, meeting summaries, and the final published report of the Inquiry on Cooperative Enterprise; articles, reports, and other materials related to a proposed cooperative mail-order house; correspondence related to pre-World War II efforts to assist European refugees; a proposal by Baker and related correspondence on resolving problems of British debt owed to the United States; and miscellaneous other materials.

1.35 cubic ft. (3 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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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...

Morgenthau, Henry, 1856-1946

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Henry Morgenthau (b. April 26, 1856, Mannheim, German Confederation–d. November 25, 1946, New York City, NY) was born to wealthy parents in Mannheim German where his father had successful cigar factory in German. The family emigrated to the US in 1866. Morgenthau attended City College of New York and Columbia Law School. In the 1910s he became invovled in the Democratic party and donated handsomely to Woodrow Wilson's election campaign in 1912. He was appointed ambassador to Ottoman Empire (1913...

United Federal Workers of America

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United States. Federal Works Agency

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United States Inquiry on Cooperative Enterprise

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Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969

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John L. Lewis was born in Lucas, Iowa in 1880. From 1917 until his death in 1969 he served the United Mine Workers of America, acting as its president from 1920 to 1960. Lewis led in the establishment of the Congress of Industrial Organizations and served as CIO president until his resignation from that post in 1940. From the description of Papers, 1879-1969. [microform] (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64091529 From its founding in 1935 until 1942, the hist...

Baker, Jacob, 1817-1896

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Baker (1895-1967) was managing director of Vanguard Press from 1926-1933. He was an official with the Federal Emergency Relief, Civil Works, and Works Progress Administrations from 1933-1937 and was chairman of the U.S. Inquiry on Cooperative Enterprise from 1936-1937. Baker was president of the United Federal Workers of America from 1937-1940 and during World War II was a planning consultant to the Federal Works Agency. He later became chairman of the board of the Economic Forecasting Institute...