Charles E. Ruthenberg papers, 1906-1957.

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Charles E. Ruthenberg papers, 1906-1957.

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Socialist Party leader and first secretary general of the U.S. Communist Party, of Cleveland, Ohio. Correspondence (1920-22) with Rachel Ragozin, written during Ruthenberg's prison term; and correspondence, interviews, notes, bibliographic data, clippings, drafts, final ms., and other papers, of Oakley C. Johnson, in connection with his biography of Ruthenberg, The Day Is Coming (1958.).

8.5 cubic ft.

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Ruthenberg, Charles E. (Charles Emil), 1882-1927

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