Eugene V. Debs papers, 1834-1945, bulk 1877-1927. [microform]

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Eugene V. Debs papers, 1834-1945, bulk 1877-1927. [microform]

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Correspondence includes incoming and outgoing letters, telegrams, postcards, and memoranda of Eugene V. Debs and various members of his family. Published writings include editorials, articles, essays, letters to editors, epigrams, anecdotes and other printed materials produced for the general newspaper and periodical press, as well as for labor and socialist publications; also included are letters and speeches as a labor "agitator" and socialist presidential candidate, as well as Dept. of Justice materials concerning Debs' speeches. Scrapbooks were compiled by Eugene Debs and by his brother Theodore in his capacity as his brother's secretary and office manager and contain newspaper clippings, magazine articles and leaflets concerning Debs' speeches and political activities, as well as his imprisonment; also included are materials collected by Debs for research purposes.

21 microfilm reels.

Cornell University Library

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