Letters, 1952-1956.

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Letters, 1952-1956.

Consists of letters from Upton Sinclair, 1878-1968, author, to Richard Willard Armour, 1906-1989, professor of English at Scripps College and Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California. They relate in the main to Sincair's writings.

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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...

Armour, Richard, 1906-1989

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Richard Armour, 1906-1989, was an American poet, humorist and author. He was also professor of English at Scripps College (Claremont, Calif.) from 1945 to 1963, dean of faculty at Scripps College, and member of the Board of Trustees at Claremont McKenna College. From the description of Richard Armour collection, 1935-1989. (Claremont Colleges Library). WorldCat record id: 51767456 American author, poet, lecturer, and teacher; d. 1989. From the description of Rich...