Letters 1919-1926.

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Letters 1919-1926.

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Consists primarily of the letters of Eugene Victor Debs, 1855-1926, socialist leader, to Mabel (Dunlap) Curry, 1868-1947, secretary to Debs. The letters are concentrated in the years that Debs served a sentence in the Atlanta Penitentiary for conviction under the Espoinage Act of 1917 and 1918. The letters of 1945 relate to the writing of a biography of Debs by Irving Stone. Several snapshots and photographs of Debs, from 1897-1922, and a folder of printed pieces complete the collection.

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Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926

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Eugene Victor "Gene" Debs (November 5, 1855 – October 20, 1926) was an American socialist, political activist, trade unionist, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and five times the candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States. Through his presidential candidacies as well as his work with labor movements, Debs eventually became one of the best-known socialists living in the United States. Early in his political career, Debs...

Curry, Mabel Dunlap, 1868-1947.

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Secretary. From the description of Letters 1919-1926. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 703897742 ...