Papers, 1943-1955.

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Papers, 1943-1955.

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Papers (1943-1955) of Norman Thomas (1884-1968) relate to the Carlo Tresca Memorial Committee, of which he was chairman. A left-wing anti-fascist and editor of Il Martello, Tresca was murdered in 1943. The Memorial Committee published a pamphlet in 1945 discussing the case and demanding that the murder be solved. The collection includes pamphlet page proofs, press releases, newspaper clippings, and correspondence relating to the Tresca case.

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Carlo Tresca Memorial Committee (N.Y.)

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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...

Tresca, Carlo, 1879-1943

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Carlo Tresca (1879-1943), was an Italian-born anarchist, who emigrated to the United States in 1904. He was a labor organizer, including with the Industrial Workers of the World, a journalist, and editor, notably of Il Proletario, the official newspaper of the Italian Socialist Federation, and of Il Martello, an anti-fascist newspaper. An opponent of both fascism and Stalinism, he was assassinated in New York City in 1943. From the guide to the Carlo Tresca "Autobiography" (typescrip...