David Gordon George papers, [ca. 1922]-1976.

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David Gordon George papers, [ca. 1922]-1976.

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The David Gordon George Papers span the years 1919 to 1976, with the bulk of the collection dated between 1935 and 1965, and are organized into the Correspondence, Personal Files, Printed Materials and Writings, Photographic Materials, and Subject Files Series. The collection consists primarily of correspondence and files related to George's involvement in a variety of political and social movements, documenting his early involvement in grassroots socialist and leftist democratic organizing and electoral reform work, decades of involvement with national and regional labor organizations, and his late-life support of anti-communist and socially conservative politics, including segregationist platforms. His complex views on the political and social status of African Americans in the South, particularly in Virginia, are documented in his writings and correspondence. Among the organizations well-represented in the collection are the Southern Electoral Reform League, the Virginia Electoral Reform League, and the United States Information Service. The papers include correspondence with a wide spectrum of national political leaders, from Socialists (Norman Thomas and Victor Berger) to Democrats (Hubert Humphrey and Estes Kefauer) to Conservatives (George Wallace), as well as staff of diverse labor organizations and a number of Virginia politicians across a broad ideological spectrum. Acquired as part of the George Washington Flowers Collection of Southern Americana.

3600 items (7 linear ft.)

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7660749

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Southern Electoral Reform League.

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George Washington Flowers Collection of Southern Americana

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Socialist Party (U.S.)

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George, David Gordon, 1910-1976.

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Virginia historian and journalist. From the description of Papers of David Gordon George [manuscript], 193[?], 1968-1974. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647976473 From the description of Papers of David Gordon George, 193 , 1968-1974. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 60780453 Resident of Richmond, Va., socialist and grassroots political activist in his early life; founder of the Southern Electoral Reform League; later sided with conservat...