Harry E.B. Ault papers, 1899-1956 (bulk 1919-1936).

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Harry E.B. Ault papers, 1899-1956 (bulk 1919-1936).

Business records, legal documents, speeches, questionnaires, lists, minutes, and political pamphlets relating mainly to the management of the Seattle Union Record and Washington State labor politics. Correspondents include the American Federation of Labor, the Federated Press, William Z. Foster, Saul Haas, James B. McNamara, Harvey O'Connor, Terence V. Powderly, W.M. Short, Anna Louise Strong, and the United Mine Workers.

5.46 cubic feet (13 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7411393

University of Washington. Libraries

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McNamara, James B. (James Barnabas), 1882-1941

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James B. NcNamara and his brother were tried and convicted of bombing the Los Angeles Times Building. James H. Maurer was president of the Pennsylvania Federation of Labor. A.J. Muste was chairman faculty at Brookwood, Inc., Katonah, N.Y. From the description of James B. McNamara correspondence from prison with James H. Maurer and Philip Grosser, 1923-1929. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 53865489 John J. and James B. McNamara were...

Haas, Saul.

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Seattle Democratic politician, broadcasting executive, and campaign manager for U.S. Senator Homer T. Bone. Saul Haas worked as a teacher and a reporter, then became managing editor of the Seattle Union Record newspaper in the 1920s. Active with the Democratic Party, he managed Homer T. Bone's senatorial campaign in 1932 and President Franklin D. Roosevelt's campaign in Washington State in 1936. Haas also worked as a customs official, a member of the U.S. War Finance Com...

Short, William M.

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Federated Press

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Between the two World Wars, the Federated Press, among the oldest of such news services in existence, furnished specialized news releases for labor newspapers. From the description of Federated Press records, [ca. 1918]-1955. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 423279796 From the description of Federated Press records, [ca. 1918]-1955, [microform]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 752385077 ...

United mine workers of America

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Ault, Harry E. B. (Harry Erwin Bratton), 1883-1961

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Harry Erwin Bratton Ault was born in Kentucky and at the age of 14, moved with his family to northern Puget Sound to join the socialist colony "Equality", whose cooperative and humanitarian vision had a lasting influence on him. He settled in Seattle, and in 1912 the Central Labor Council made him editor of its newspaper, the Seattle Union Record. Ault served as manager-editor until financial hardship forced it to cease publication in 1928. After the newspaper dissolved, he worked in commercial ...

Central Labor Council of Seattle and Vicinity

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Foster, William Z., 1881-1961

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Chairman, United States Communist Party. From the description of Papers, 1922-1961. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29853708 ...

O'Connor, Harvey, 1897-1987

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Harvey O'Connor was born March 29, 1897 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He attended high school in Tacoma, Washington. During the period from 1918-1924 Mr. O'Connor did editoral work in Seattle. From 1924-1927 he was assistant editor of Locomotive Engineers Journal in Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. O'Connor was a bureau manager for Federated Press from 1927-1930. And from 1935-1937 he was managing editor of People's Press. He was also editor of Ken from 1937-1938 in Chicago. Mr. O'Connor has been active in the...

Powderly, Terence Vincent, 1849-1924

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Terence Vincent Powderly (1849-1924), labor leader and public servant, was the eloquent though flawed leader of the American Labor movement during the struggles of the late 19th century, specifically during his tenure as head of the fledgling Knights of Labor, 1879-1893. He was a committed Irish nationalist, serving as a member of Clan Na Gael and the Irish Land League. He was also a dedicated public servant, on both the local and federal level, with three terms as Mayor of Scranton, 1878-1884, ...

American Federation of Labor

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Labor organization. From the description of American Federation of Labor records, 1883-1925. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980267 ...

Strong, Anna Louise, 1885-1970

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Epithet: US author and socialist in Moscow British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000351.0x0003de Anna Louise Strong was born in Nebraska and educated at Oberlin and the University of Chicago. Later moving to Seattle, she was the editor of the Seattle Union Record. She travelled extensively to Russia and China, and she wrote accounts of those journeys. In 1921 she travelled to famine-struck areas in Russia as part of ...