Papers, 1931-1977.

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...

Whitman, Alden

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Alden Whitman (1913-1990), an American journalist and author, was best known for his work as chief obituary writer for The New York Times. From the description of Alden Whitman papers, 1935-1986. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122517621 From the guide to the Alden Whitman papers, 1935-1986, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Harris, Leon A

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Leon A. Harris, 1926-, is an author and social reformer from Dallas, Texas. From the guide to the Harris, L. mss., 1931-1977, (Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)) Author and social reformer. From the description of Papers, 1931-1977. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 49324793 Leon Harris, a 1941 Texas Technological College graduate and World War II Navy veteran, returned to Lubbock after the war and set up an advertising agency with ...

Cane, Melville, 1879-1980

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Lawyer and poet. From the description of Letters 1936-1957. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 703899109 Lawyer, poet, and Naumburg's brother-in-law. From the description of Correspondence with Margaret Naumburg, 1922-1975. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 63585399 Lawyer, poet. From the description of Reminiscences of Melville Henry Cane : oral history, 1956. (Columbia University In the City of New York). Worl...

Thomas Norman Mattoon, 1884-1968

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Norman Mattoon Thomas (1884-1968), was a leading American socialist, pacifist, author, and six-time presidential candidate on the Socialist Party of America ticket, between 1928 and 1948. Born in Marion, Ohio, he was a graduate of Princeton University, attended Union Theological Seminary, where he became a socialist, and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1911. Thomas opposed the United States' entry into the First World War, a position that earned him the disapproval of many in his soci...

Allatt, Edward, 1924-

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Gottesman, Ronald.

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McWilliams, Carey, 1905-1980

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Carey McWilliams was born December 13, 1905 in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. He completed his Juris Doctorate from the University of Southern California in 1927. From 1927-1938, McWilliams was an attorney at the law firm Black, Hammack in Los Angeles. In 1938, he was appointed as Chief of the Division of Immigration and Housing of the State of California, a position he kept until 1942. During the period from 1945-1955, he began his long association with The Nation, becoming successively contribut...

Sinclair, David, 1901-1987.

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Browder, Earl, 1891-1973

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Earl Russell Browder (1891-1973) was General Secretary of the Communist party of the United States during the height of its popularity, in the 1930s and 1940s and twice represented the Party as its candidate for President. Earl Browder was born on May 20, 1891, in Wichita, Kansas. He was the son of William Browder and Martha Jane Hankins Browder. His father was a teacher and farmer who was avidly Populist. Earl Browder had little formal education and went to work to help support the family. At t...