Papers, 1900-1970.

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Papers, 1900-1970.

Boxes 37-78 include correspondence, manuscripts, notes and research materials, clippings, photographs, and slides of socialist Reuben W. Borough. Includes correspondence with Carl Sandburg, Upton Sinclair, other prominent American socialists, and with Judge Ben Lindsey about his biography, co-authored by Borough. Also includes manuscripts of his published and unpublished articles and speeches, and a large information file on grassroots socialism and politics in Los Angeles and CA.

74 boxes (37 linear ft.)4 oversize boxes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7431397

University of California, Los Angeles

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Borough, Reuben W., 1883-1970

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Borough was the son of an Ohio carriage manufacturer who was active in the Populist movement; he attended the Univ. of Michigan, became a newspaper reporter in Ft. Wayne, IN, and then joined the staff of the Chicago Daily socialist; came to Los Angeles in 1912 where he became a reporter and political editor of the Los Angeles record; became an insurance broker; wrote political pamphlets and joined Upton Sinclair's EPIC (End Poverty in California) campaign for governor, serving as editor of EPIC ...