Julia Ruuttila Papers, 1878-2004 (bulk 1935-1970).

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities (1934-1975)

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From 1934 to 1937 The U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities began as the Special Committee on Un-American Activities and was also known as the McCormack-Dickstein Committee. The Dies Committee, was created on May 26, 1938, with the approval of House Resolution 282, which authorized the Speaker of the House to appoint a special committee of seven members to investigate un-American activities in the United States, domestic diffusion of propaganda, and all other questions relating thereto...

Oregon State Employees Association

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Gardner, Virginia H. (Virginia Hartwell), 1918-

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Virginia Gardner (1904-1992) was a journalist, a communist, and biographer of Louise Bryant. She was raised in Fort Smith, Arkansas graduated with a B.A. in journalism from the University of Missouri in 1924, then worked at several Midwestern newspapers before joining the Chicago Tribune in 1930. Gardner gradually became a radical, joined the Communist Party c.1937, led the small Newspaper Guild group at the Tribune, and was fired for her union activism in March, 1940. Blacklisted i...

Ruuttila, Oscar.

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Bryant, Louise, 1885-1936

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Louise Bryant was born on December 5, 1885, in San Francisco, California. After graduating from the University of Oregon in 1909, she began her career in journalism as an illustrator, and later the society editor, for the Spectator newspaper in Portland, Oregon. In 1916, Bryant moved to New York City and married the journalist John Reed. After reporting on the war in France for the Bell Syndicate in 1917, Bryant and Reed traveled to Russia and witnessed the revolution there. Her reporting on Rus...

Murnane, Francis J., 1914-1968.

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Francis J. Murnane (1914-1968) was a labor leader in the ILWU Local 8, historical preservationist, Progressive candidate for the Oregon State Legislature in 1948 and secretary of Harry Bridges Defense Committee. From the description of Francis J. Murnane papers [manuscript], 1923-1968. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 729615770 From the guide to the Francis J. Murnane papers, 1923-1968, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library) ...

Ruuttila, Julia 1907-1991

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Julia Ruuttila (1907-1991) was a prominent Northwest labor activist and journalist. She was born in Eugene, Oregon, to John and Ella Godman, who were labor and women's suffrage activists. Ruuttila's labor activism included organizing for the woodworkers' union, and she was instrumental in organizing women's auxiliaries of the woodworkers' and longshoremen's unions. In 1936, Ruuttila created the Free Ray Becker Committee to obtain the release of the last IWW prisoner from the Centralia, Washingto...

Polishuk, Sandy, 1940-

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United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation

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The FBI established this classification when it assumed responsibility for ascertaining the protection capabilities and weaknesses of defense plants. Each plant survey was a separate case file, with the survey, supplemental surveys, and all communications dealing with a plant insofar as plant protection was concerned, filed together. On June 1, 1941, and January 5, 1942, the Navy and Army, respectively, assumed responsibility for surveying defense plants in which they had interests. Thereafter, ...

Industrial Workers of the World

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The IWW is a labor organization dedicated to uniting laborers around the world into a single large union. From the description of Collection 1916-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 778701431 Established in Chicago in 1905 by sponsors of socialism and the remnants of previous labor unions, including the Knights of Labor, Western Federation of Miners and the American Labor Union, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), or "Wobblies", evolved into a radical industrial unio...

Oregon. State Public Welfare Commission

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The Public Welfare Commission was created in 1939 as a result of the combination of duties of the Child Welfare Commission and the State Relief Committee. The Welfare Commission was created in 1919 succeeding the state-aided Child Welfare Committee founded in 1913. The Child Welfare Commission was responsible for licensing institutions which cared for neglected and dependent children, preparing adoption reports for courts, and investigating reports of child abuse and neglect. ...

James, Cheryl L. (Cheryl Louise), 1954-

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Goodman, Irvin, 1897-1958

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Irvin Goodman (1897-1958) was a Portland, Oregon native and was admitted to the Oregon Bar in 1924. From the guide to the Irvin Goodman papers, 1929-1974, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library) Irvin Goodman (1897-1958) was a Portland, Oregon native and was admitted to the Oregon Bar in 1924. Throughtout his career he specialized in criminal law and civil rights cases. From the description of Irvin Goodman papers [manuscript], 1929-...

McDonald, Michael J.

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Ramp, Floyd Cleveland, 1882-1984

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Socialist and communist of Roseburg, Or. who was arrested under the Espionage Act in 1917, and later visited Russia from 1920 to 1922 where he inspected homes for displaced children and managed a collective farm. From the description of Papers, 1874-1973. (University of Oregon Libraries). WorldCat record id: 19891776 ...

International Woodworkers of America

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CIO-affiliated union founded in 1937 by woodworkers in the United States and Canada. In April, 1987, the International Woodworkers of America (IWA) split to form the IWA-U.S. and IWA-Canada unions. The IWA-U.S. is headquartered in Gladstone, Or. From the description of Records, 1936-1987. (University of Oregon Libraries). WorldCat record id: 19796382 ...

International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union

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In the years following World War II, rank-and-file members of the International Longshoremen's Association became increasingly restive as a result of dissatisfaction with union contracts. Finally, in the fall of 1951, a series of unauthorized strikes was climaxed by a twenty-one day wildcat strike in the Port of New York. The strikers included several high-ranking ILA officials and a future president, Thomas Gleason. The strike ended when a board of inquiry to investigate the strike...

Bridges, Harry, 1901-1990

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Harry Renton Bridges, also known as Alfred Renton Byrant Bridges, came to the United States in 1920 from Australia where he had been a seaman and involved in union activities. Bridges continued to be active on the docks in fighting for labor rights and was instrumental in getting the International Longshore Association (ILA), an affiliate of the AF of L, recognized as the bargaining unit for the entire Pacific coast. He became president of ILA Local 34-36 and in 1936 its Pacific Coast preside...

Bertram, Maurice.

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