Eugene Barnett speaks on Centralia, Washington, Armistice Day, 1919.

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Eugene Barnett speaks on Centralia, Washington, Armistice Day, 1919.

Eugene Barnett delivers an address regarding the Centralia Massacre of Armistice Day, 1919 in Centralia, Washington, in which members of the Industrial Workers of the World labor union, referred to as "Wobblies", clashed with members of the American Legion.

1 sound disc (34 min.) : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.

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University of Michigan

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Barnett, Eugene E.

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Eugene E. Barnett grew up in Florida; studied at Emory College, Vanderbilt University, and the University of North Carolina; and spent 26 years as an official with the YMCA in China. From the description of Eugene E. Barnett memoir, 1888-1936 [manuscript]. (East Carolina University). WorldCat record id: 650817675 Eugene Barnett was born in Leesburg, Florida in 1888. He began his YMCA career as a student secretary at the University of North Carolina, where he was a graduate s...

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...