Suspected radical propaganda file, [ca. 1890-1919].

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Suspected radical propaganda file, [ca. 1890-1919].

This series consists of an important collection of propaganda materials gathered by the committee during its investigation of radical individuals and organizations in the years following World War I. The series contains approximately 1,500 printed items, including 1,200 English and foreign language pamphlets. This collection is a significant resource for examining the development of socialist thought and action during the early part of the century.

10.9 cu. ft.Copies: 31 microfilm reels; 35mm.

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The Rand School of Social Science, a school for workers and socialists, was estalished in 1906 with funds from the will of Mrs. Carrie Rand under the leadership of George D. Herron. Until its closing in 1956, the Rand School offered a variety of courses on contemporary topics, traditional subjects and socialist theory taught by intellectual leaders of the socialist movement, distinguished academicians and trade union leaders. In a climate of anti-radical feeling after World War I, the Rand Schoo...

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Sanial, L. b. 1836.

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Sullivan, J. W. 1848-1938.

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Marcy, Mary, 1877-1922

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Chappell, Winifred L.

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Richardson, N. A. (Noble Asa), 1858-

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Atkinson, Henry A., 1877-1960.

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Lenin, V. I.

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Shedd, Kendrick Philander, 1876-1953.

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Haywood, Big Bill, 1869-1928

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Recht, Charles, 1887-1965

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Charles C. Recht (1887-1965) was born in Bohemia to Jewish parents, emigrated to the United States at age thirteen, and graduated from New York University Law School in 1910. He served as general counsel for the New York Bureau of Legal Advice, which provided free legal service to men who resisted the new draft laws related to the entry of the United States into World War I. Recht also represented many radicals who faced deportation at that time, and later served as an officer of a Communist Par...

Tippy, Worth M. 1866-1961.

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Salvation Army of America

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Warbasse, Agnes D. (Agnes Dyer), 1877-1945

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Lewis, Austin, 1865?-1944

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Biographical Sketch Austin Lewis was a lecturer, writer and attorney with law offices in San Francisco and Oakland. He devoted his career to so-called radical causes, such as the pardon of Tom Mooney and Warren K. Billings and the repeal of California's criminal syndicalism law, and to defense of civil liberties in general, usually involving persons with little or no money. He helped organize the Northern California Branch of the American Civ...

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Professor of obstetrics, College of Physician and Surgeons of the Western District, University of the State of New York. From the description of Letter, undated : [Fairfield, New York]. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35663729 ...

Eastwood, Frank M.

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Stallard, S. M.

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American journalist and author. From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated : Washington, D.C., 23 September 1960, to Joan Peyser, 1960 Sept. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270992594 Lippmann was an American journalist and author. From the description of Walter Lippmann letters to Hazel Albertson, 1910-1982. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612206746 From the guide to the Walter Lipmann letters to Hazel Albertson, 1910-1982., (H...

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Tucker, Irwin St. John, 1886-1982

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Irwin St. John Tucker (1886-1982) was an Episcopal priest as well as a socialist and journalist. Tucker worked as a journalist for The Christian Socialist and Chicago Herald-American. At the time of his retirement from the Herald-American in 1954, Irwin Tucker was the paper's religion editor. He also contributed poetry, under the pseudonym Friar Tuck, to the Chicago Tribune. Tucker was also a former literature director for the American Socialist Party, and was active in socialist causes in Chica...

Morris, Robert C.

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Slayton, J. W. (John W.)

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Riebe, Ernest

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Johnson, Frederick Ernest, 1884-

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Sawdon, H.E.

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Tridon, André, 1877-1922

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Williams, Albert Rhys, 1883-1962

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Pannekoek, Anton, 1873-1960

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Lafargue, Paul, 1842-1911

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Olin, John M. 1851-1924.

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Germer, Adolph

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Organizer for the United Mine Workers and later, the CIO. From the description of Oral history interview with Adolph Germer, 1960. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321347 Mr. Germer was born in Welan, Germany In 1881 and came to the United States in 1888. His father was a miner, and Adolph went to work in the coal mines of Staunton, Illinois, when he was eleven years old. He joined the United Mine Workers of America ...

Wilshire, Gaylord, 1861-1927

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