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Kerr, Charles H., 1860-1944

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1860 - 1944

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Allen Ruff Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Ruff
Abstract

Publications and working papers of Ruff, mostly in preparation for his book "We Called Each Other Comrade": Charles H. Kerr and Company, Radical Publishers (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1997). The bulk of the material is photocopied documents used in research.

Dates: 1855-1997

Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Kerr
Abstract

Business records (financial, stock, and customer order files), manuscripts, author information, and publishing, production, and promotion information for the Charles H. Kerr Company, the oldest labor and socialist publishing house in the United States. The collections also includes some information about The Socialist Party, The Proletarian Party, unions, and radical organizations, primarily in the United States.

Dates: 1885-1999

Filtered By

  • Subject: Manuscripts, American X
  • Subject: Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago X

Additional filters:

Subject
Book catalogs -- 1851-1900 1
Book catalogs -- 1901-1950 1
Book catalogs -- 1951-2000 1
Card files -- 1951-2000 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Newspapers 1