Report on the observation of Dreiser Investigating Committee in Harlan and Bell Counties : 1931 Nov. 5-1931 Nov. 10.

Communist Party of the United States of America

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The Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA), a Marxist-Leninist party aligned with the Soviet Union, was founded in 1919 in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution by the left wing members of the Socialist Party USA. These split into two groups, with each holding founding conventions in Chicago in September 1919: one which established the Communist Labor Party, and a second which established the Communist Party of America. In a 1920 Joint Unity Convention, a minority faction of t...

Crawford, Bruce

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Cohen, Lester, 1901-1963

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American novelist and playwright. From the description of Of human bondage : screenplay, 1934 / by W. Somerset Maugham; screen play by Lester Cohen. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34364280 Lester Cohen wrote the screenplay for the film, Of Human Bondage, along with other screenplays and novels. From the description of The dam : typescript, ca. 1940. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 48928801 American writer. ...

Maurer, George

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Walker, Adelaide Miller

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Adelaide Walker was the widow of artist William H. Walker. William Walker was an artist represented at the Weyhe Gallery. From the description of Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1938. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155899738 ...

Sampson, Flem D.

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Pergain, Marie.

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Kuhn, Celia.

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Dreiser Committee.

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Walker, Charles R. (Charles Rumford), 1893-1974

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Walker was born in Concord, New Hampshire in 1893 and served in World War I. His career included stints as assistant and associate editor of the Atlantic Monthly (1922-1923), the Independent (1924-1925), and The Bookman (1928-1929) and as research director for a number of organizations. His own writings were concerned with various aspects of automation and industrial history. He also translated a number of Sophocles' dramas and authored novels and other books, including American Cit...

United mine workers of America

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Levy, Melvin, 1902-1980

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Ornitz, Samuel, 1890-1957

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National Committee for Defense of Political Prisoners.

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International Labor Defense

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Established by the Communist Party of the United States of America as its legal defense arm in 1925 to aid labor, political prisoners, and victims of reactionary violence. Using mass demonstrations and publicity, the International Labor Defense (ILD) conducted national and worldwide campaigns to gather support for its cases. In 1946 the ILD merged with the Civil Rights Congress. From the description of International Labor Defense records, 1926-1946. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122...

Industrial Workers of the World

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The IWW is a labor organization dedicated to uniting laborers around the world into a single large union. From the description of Collection 1916-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 778701431 Established in Chicago in 1905 by sponsors of socialism and the remnants of previous labor unions, including the Knights of Labor, Western Federation of Miners and the American Labor Union, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), or "Wobblies", evolved into a radical industrial unio...

Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970

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American novelist. From the description of One Man's Initiation, 1917, 1968-1969. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63937079 American author, From the description of State of the nation [manuscript], 1944. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647807708 American author. From the description of Screenplay by John Dos Passos [manuscript], 1934 October 15. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647830975 F...

Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945

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Theodore Dreiser was an American literary naturalist and author of two of the most significant works of early twentieth-century American fiction, SISTER CARRIE (1900) and AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY (1925). From the description of The mercy of God : manuscript, [1900-1945?] / by Theodore Dreiser. (Peking University Library). WorldCat record id: 63051908 Editor and author. From the description of Theodore Dreiser papers, 1910-1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71009534 ...

Chescheir, George Maynard, 1954-

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The Dreiser Committee was formed by the novelist Theodore Dreiser in 1931 as a reaction to the working conditions and labor situations of the eastern Kentucky coal miners. Alarmed by the shooting of Bruce Crawford, a member of the National Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners (NCDPP), and concerned over the allegatons of the United Mine Workers of America, the Industrial Workers of the World, and the International Labor Defense's (ILD) contention that Harlan County, Kentucky, coal mi...