Edward J. Falkowski papers, 1916-1939.

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Edward J. Falkowski papers, 1916-1939.

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Diaries, brochures, labor plays, labor songs, posters, clippings, and other materials relating to Edward J. Falkowski's professional activities.

2.5 linear ft. (5 boxes)

Wayne State University. Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs

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SNAC Resource ID: 7339527

Wayne State University. Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs

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Falkowski, Edward J.

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Labor activist in a variety of jobs including mineworker, newspaperman, and college instructor. From the description of Edward J. Falkowski papers, 1916-1939. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32320862 Edward J. Falkowski (1901-1984) was a journalist, trade unionist, and radical who was politically close to the communist movement in the 1920s-1940s. He was born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania in 1901. As a teenager, Falkows...