Paul F. Sifton and Claire G. Sifton papers, 1912-1980.

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Paul F. Sifton and Claire G. Sifton papers, 1912-1980.

Correspondence, diaries, writings, subject files, family papers, printed matter, and miscellany relating to the Siftons' literary, labor, and governmental careers. Includes material relating to their joint authorship of plays in the social theater genre; Paul Sifton's work with the Dept. of the Interior and the War Manpower Commission; his lobbying for the National Farmers' Union, the Union for Democratic Action, the National Council for a Permanent Fair Employment Practice Committee, and the United Automobile Workers; and general joint efforts on behalf of various social causes. Correspondents include Esther Root Adams, Brooks Atkinson, Helen Gahagan Douglas, Paul H. Douglas, Walter Frank, Ruth Howe, Heinrich Kranz, James Loeb, David Loth, Norma Millay, Adrienne Morrison, Reinhold Niebuhr, James G. Patton, Roy Reuther, Victor Reuther, Walter Reuther, Carl Rose, Leah Salisbury, Herman Shumlin, and Herbert Bayard Swope.

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