Commonwealth College files ca. 1920s-1930s : Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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Commonwealth College files ca. 1920s-1930s : Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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Files comprise 182 copies of documents from FBI records pertaining to Commonwealth College, Mena, Polk County, Arknasas, ca. 1920s-1930s. Contains correspondence and memoranda from the United States Department of Justice, United States Senate, Arkansas House of Representatives, Arkansas Chamber of Commerce, Mena, Arkansas, Arkansas Federation of Women's Clubs, and private citizens from Mena and neighboring communities, regarding College's allegedly anti-American and immoral practices; transcripts of testimonies against Commonwealth College; Arkansas Legislature report; Arkansas House of Representatives Hearings, H.Res. 220 Investigation of Communist Propaganda, 1930 and H.Res. 282 Investigation of Un-American Propaganda Activities in the United States, 1938; pamphlet, Communism and Commonwealth College Unmasked, by L.D. Summers, Mena, Arkansas; and newspaper clippings.

.4 linear ft.

University of Arkansas - Fayetteville, University Libraries

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University of Arkansas - Fayetteville, University Libraries

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Commonwealth College (Mena, Ark.)

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Organized in 1923. Its aim was to provide training for young people to work in the labor movement. It was also an experiment in educational self-support, educational democracy, and cooperative living. It closed in 1940. From the description of Commonwealth College records, 1932. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321528 ...