William Walling papers, 1871-1962
William English Walling, Albert J. Beveridge, Francis Biddle, Bruce Bliven, Clarence Darrow, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Glenn Frank, John P. Frey, Samuel Gompers, William Raymond Green, Hamilton Holt, Herbert Hoover, William Lyon Mackenzie King, Jack London, Raymond Moley, Edward Alsworth Ross, Henrik Shipstead, Upton Sinclair, Rose Pastor Stokes, William H. Taft, Albert Thomas, Anna Strunsky Walling, Matthew Woll
Microfilm copy of papers of the noted liberal author and lecturer on social and economic problems, and a founder of the Intercollegiate Socialist Society, the Women's Trade Union League, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Correspondence, 1871-1962, deals primarily with family affairs, but occasional letters discuss the breakdown of Czarist rule in Russia and the development of revolutionary spirit in Poland and Russia (1905-1906), race riots in Springfield, Illinois (1909), the Socialist Party and its problems prior to and during World War I, and the Negro and trade unions (1929). Some references to American Federation of Labor policies and conventions are also scattered in the correspondence. The collection also contains typewritten copies of a few of Walling's articles and speeches on labor, the national economy, racial problems, and foreign relations, as well as newspaper clippings and miscellaneous materials pertaining to his career
Microform, English, 1871
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[approximately 1,000 items]
81947204
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Microfilm, Madison, Wisc., State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1965, 3 microfilm reels : negative ; 35 mm