Louis Freeland Post papers, 1864-1940 (bulk 1900-1922).

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Louis Freeland Post papers, 1864-1940 (bulk 1900-1922).

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Correspondence, diary, manuscripts of articles and books, biographical material, scrapbooks, printed matter, and other papers relating to Post's career as an author, journalist, and public official. Subjects include an alleged buried treasure in South Africa, the civil rights of radicals, Henry George, Ku Klux Klan trials in South Carolina, single tax, society and progress, and Swedenborgianism (New Jerusalem Church). Documents the attempted impeachment of Post as U.S. assistant secretary of labor because of his policies relating to the deportation of political dissidents and radicals. Includes manuscripts of Post's unpublished autobiography, Living a Long Life Over Again; The Deportations Delirium of Nineteen-Twenty : A Personal Narrative of an Historic Official Experience (1923); and The Prophet of San Francisco : Personal Memories & Interpretations of Henry George (1930). Also includes articles written for various newspapers and national magazines. Correspondents include William Jennings Bryan and the Hackettstown Gazette.

600 items.11 containers.1 microfilm reel.

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