Virgil Vogel papers, 1936-1990.

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Virgil Vogel papers, 1936-1990.

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Correspondence and research notes of Virgil J. Vogel, a professor at Truman College, who specialized in American Indian history, the history of medicine, and the origins of American place names. In addition, the collection includes topical files of new clippings, brochures, notes, etc. related to local, national, and international topics, with an emphasis on socialism and labor, particularly the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Collection also includes copies of a newsletter by Vogel, named The Oar, and copies of "letters to the editor" that Vogel sent to newspapers in the U.S. and abroad.

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Industrial Workers of the World

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The IWW is a labor organization dedicated to uniting laborers around the world into a single large union. From the description of Collection 1916-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 778701431 Established in Chicago in 1905 by sponsors of socialism and the remnants of previous labor unions, including the Knights of Labor, Western Federation of Miners and the American Labor Union, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), or "Wobblies", evolved into a radical industrial unio...

Harry S. Truman College (Chicago, Ill.)

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Charles H. Kerr Company

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Chicago labor and socialist publishing house founded in 1886 by Charles Hope Kerr. The firm is best known for its editions of socialist classics, including the first American Enlish language edition of Karl Marx's Das Kapital, and its periodical, the International Socialist Review. Kerr authors included such well-known radicals as Eugene Debs, Mother Jones, Jack London, Mary E. Marcy, Joe Hill, Clarence Darrow, Sen Katayama, Antonio Labriola, V.I. Lenin, Frederich Engels...

Vogel, Virgil J.

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Virgil J. Vogel was a professor at Truman College, who specialized in American Indian history, the history of medicine, and the origins of American place names. In the early 1980s, Vogel was involved in the revitalization of the Charles H. Kerr Company, a publisher of leftist political tracts, based in Chicago since 1886. From the description of Virgil Vogel papers, 1936-1990. (Chicago History Museum). WorldCat record id: 717316756 Chicago professor and author of books on Am...