Correspondence, with Agnes Inglis, 1917-1918.

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Correspondence, with Agnes Inglis, 1917-1918.

The early letters concern anti-conscription efforts, raising bail and defense funds for Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman and other matters up to their deportation; the later letters relate to Weinberger's writing, gifts to the Labadie Collection, and reminiscences and news of figures in the anarchist movement. Includes copies of letters to Leonard Abbott and Stuart Portner, and from Ben Reitman and B. W. Huebsch.

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University of Michigan

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Weinberger, Harry, 1888-

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Harry Weinberger was born in New York City in 1888. He attended New York University and was admitted to the bar in 1908. A staunch believer in civil liberties, Weinberger defended many aliens, immigrants, anarchists, and other radicals, including Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman, whom he believed had been deprived of their rights. He also developed an expertise in copyright law, representing many writers, including Eugene O'Neill. Weinberger died in 1944. From the description of Ha...

Abbott, Leonard Dalton, 1878-1953

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Note in another hand identifies Abbott as Asst. Ed. of Current Literature. From the description of Note [n.d.] New York. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34366273 Leonard D. Abbott was Executive Chairman of the Modern School. From the description of Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1915-1943, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155902403 ...

Portner, Stuart.

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Berkman, Alexander, 1870-1936

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Alexander Berkman was an anarchist and author. From the description of Papers, 1917-1919. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 477853287 Alexander Berkman (1870-1936) was an anarchist and author, and companion of anarchist Emma Goldman. Born in Russia to wealthy Jewish parents, he migrated to the U.S. in the aftermath of the Haymarket Riot of 1886. He spent fourteen years in prison for his attempted assassination, in 1892, of Henry Clay Frick, edited and p...

Huebsch, B. W. (Benjamin W.), 1876-1964

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Publisher. From the description of Reminiscences of Ben W. Huebsch : oral history, 1955. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309740245 From the description of B. W. Huebsch papers, 1893-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981210 American publisher. From the description of B. W. Huebsch records, 1909-1963. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 496102541 Bi...

Goldman, Emma, 1869-1940

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Emma Goldman (1869-1940) was an anarchist, feminist, author, editor, and lecturer on politics, literature and the arts. She was born in Lithuania and died in Canada. Her lectures and publications attracted attention throughout the U.S. and Europe. She was associated with the anarchist journal Mother Earth from 1906 to 1917 and was imprisoned for publicly advocating birth control in 1916 and pacifism in 1917. In 1919 she was deported to Russia but had to leave because of her criticism of the Bols...

Reitman, Ben L. (Ben Lewis), 1879-1942

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Hobo, physician and anarchist, Ben Reitman (1879-1942) was an advocate for the disadvantaged in Chicago and throughout the country. Reitman left school at age ten to become a hobo. He tramped around the U.S., panhandling and riding the rails until he returned to Chicago and took a job as a laboratory boy. In 1900, he was admitted to the College of Physicians and Surgeons. Reitman started a private practice on Chicago's South Side in 1904. He continued to champion the causes of hobos and the unem...

Inglis, Agnes, 1870-1952.

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Anarchist, social worker, friend of Joseph A. Labadie, and first curator of the Labadie Collection, 1924-1952. From the description of Letters, 1932-1934, to Jack Conroy. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34363858 Anarchist, social worker, friend of J.A. Labadie, and first curator of the Labadie Collection, 1924-1952. From the description of Papers, 1909-1954. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34369551 ...