Publishers and publishing
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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
Fred Thompson Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Thompson
Abstract
Correspondence, writings, publications, photographs, etc. of Fred W. Thompson, I.W.W. official and historian, and president of the Charles H. Kerr Company. A radical in his native Canada, Thompson came to the United States in 1922 and joined the I.W.W. He remained an active member for over 65 years. In the 1970s, he joined a Kerr Publishing Company rescue effort. There is considerable correspondence with Wobblies, some addressed to Franklin H. Rosemont, and also photographs of union...
Dates:
1915-1997; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1985