Anna Rochester papers, 1880-1958.

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Anna Rochester papers, 1880-1958.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57228091

Collection contains correspondence, literary manuscripts, genealogical materials, and photographs concerning the life and work of Anna Rochester. Correspondence ranges from the personal to the political and includes letters from Ella R. Bloor, Edith McGrath, and Vida Scudder. Collection includes a journal that was kept by her mother for the first 20 years of her life, as well as many photographs from her youth. The majority of the collection concerns Rochester's work as a writer. There are reviews and articles that were written in response to her work as well as letters from publishing companies about her. Many of her first drafts and research materials are also present. The works in this collection include articles, reviews, pamphlets and books.

4.25 linear ft. (12 containers)

University of Oregon Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7760473

University of Oregon Libraries

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Scudder, Vida-Dutton, 1861-1954

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McGrath, Edith

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Rochester, Anna

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Hutchins, Grace, 1885-1969

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Grace Hutchins (1885-1969) was a Communist and radical labor economist who lived and worked in New York City with her partner, Anna Rochester. For several years in the 1920s, they shared a communal home in New York with several other women. Together, Hutchins and Rochester founded the Labor Research Association in 1927. She was the editor of The labor fact book, and she ran for state office in New York on the communist party ticket in 1936 and 1938. Hutchins was active in the labor movement for ...

Bloor, Ella Reeve, 1862-1951

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Radical, labor organizer, socialist, and communist; b. Ella Reeve; married 1st: Lucien Ware; 2nd: Louis Cohen; and 3rd: Andrew Omholt; also known as "Mother Bloor", of Arden, Del. From the description of Papers, 1890-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122404940 "Mother Bloor [Ella Reeve Bloor] speaking at a picnic in Akron, Ohio, 1942" Ella Reeve Bloor, popularly known as "Mother Bloor," was noted for her energetic organizing work on behalf of lab...