John P. Hoerr oral history collection, 1914-2004.

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John P. Hoerr oral history collection, 1914-2004.

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The John P. Hoerr Oral History Collection is a documentation of an investigation into the lives of three men: Harry J. Davenport, Tom Quinn, and Monsignor Charles Owen Rice. During the process of Hoerr's research, he exhausted various resources to obtain the information he desired, and this collection greatly reflects his research process. A large portion of the materials collected during his research relate to the period in American history known as the "Red Scare." Hoerr obtained a portion of his information through oral history interviews with either those men involved or men who had worked with them in passing. In an effort to relate the lives of the three listed men to that period in time, Hoerr's research includes a rather large section of materials related to the UE and the IUE and their questionable Communist involvement during that time. Through his efforts, Hoerr amassed a collection of oral history, newspaper clippings, and an assortment of research notes. The variety of the information in these documents is crucial to retelling the roles of Harry, Tom and Father Rice during the Cold War. Hoerr's research greatly reflects the nature of the time period in the way an individual's life was affected by the accusation of communism.

2.0 linear ft. (3 boxes)

University of Pittsburgh

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University of Pittsburgh

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