Subject: Communism -- United States / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1950">1950</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1954">1954</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Extent:: 33 boxes
Abstract:: The Roger Nash Baldwin Papers document the life and career of Roger Baldwin (1884-1981), a prominent and active American civil libertarian for almost all of his prodigiously long life. Baldwin is remembered first and foremost as a founder of the American Civil Liberties Union. Many of the papers in this collection document his involvement with the conscientious objection movement that served as the forerunner to the ACLU and with the Union itself. He served as both its executive director from its foundation in 1920 to his retirement in 1950 and as an advisor from that date until his death in 1981. However, Baldwin cast his net much wider than just the ACLU. During the 1920s and 1930s, he was involved with various left-wing political organizations, including the Industrial Workers of the World. Following the end of World War II, he served as an advisor to the U.S. Army and the United Nations in Germany, Austria, Japan, and Korea, guiding the establishment of democracy in those...(see more)

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

Extent:: .01 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: This collection surrounds the controversy around the trial and execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. The collection consists of numerous press releases after the trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, article clippings and correspondence form various newspapers.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Extent:: 113 boxes, 6 items, and 58.5 linear feet
Abstract:: Louis Adamic was an author deeply concerned with American immigrants and their experiences in the "melting pot." This collection consists of papers of Adamic, including manuscripts of his books, short stories, articles, and lectures, as well as sketches, paste-ups, and proofs of Adamic's own journal T & T. Also included are correspondence, subject files, and works of other writers.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Extent:: 4 boxes
Abstract:: The Paul D. Tillett, Jr. Papers contain research material Tillett compiled for his study entitled, "Social Costs of the Loyalty Program." The never-published research contended that the loyalty-security programs of the federal government profoundly affected political and social institutions within the United States. In particular, Tillett asserted that the government initiated and executed the loyalty-security programs without regard for the long-term effects on individuals and institutions.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers [Contact Us]

Extent:: 0.83 linear ft. (10 linear in.)
Abstract:: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana was a writer and pacifist who taught comparative literature at Columbia University from 1912 until 1917. Dana lost his teaching post as an opponent of American participation in World War I. Dana continued to advocate civil liberties and the rights of conscientious objectors.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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