Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)Warren K Billings papers, 1899-1973
Personal name
Main title
- Warren K. Billings papers, 1899-1973 (bulk 1920-1939).
Links
Links
- Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010159
- Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010159.3
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Description
- 2,600 items.
- 14 containers plus 1 oversize.
- 5.6 linear feet.
Access advisory
- Open to research.
Finding aids
- Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010159
Local shelving no.
- 0408G
- Oversize 5:7
Biography/History note
- Laborer and union organizer.
Organized/Arranged
- Arranged in seven series. Series 1: Family Correspondence, 1916-1971; Series 2: General Correspondence, 1920-1972; Series 3: Legal File, 1914-1965; Series 4: Subject File, 1922-1949; Series 5: Miscellany, 1899-1973; Series 6: Addition, 1957; and Series 7: Oversize, 1971.
Summary
- Correspondence, legal files, printed matter, newspaper clippings, and other papers relating primarily to the 1916 bombing conviction of Billings and Thomas J. Mooney and subsequent attempts by Billings and others to have them pardoned. Includes papers relating to the Industrial Workers of the World, Billings's activities in the union movement, especially in California, his life in Folsom State Prison, and his activities on behalf of the civil liberties of Vern Smith and Communist Party leader Earl Browder. Correspondents include his wife, Josephine Rudolph Billings, Roger Nash Baldwin, Rose Baron, George Thomas Davis, John Frederick Finerty, Mary Gallagher, Madeline Wieland Gross, Henry T. Hunt, John G. Lawler, Lena Morrow Lewis, Vito Marcantonio, Fremont Older, Herbert Resner, Paul Ritchie, and Paul Scharrenburg.
LC Subjects
- Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981--Correspondence.
- Baron, Rose--Correspondence.
- Billings, Josephine Rudolph--Correspondence.
- Browder, Earl, 1891-1973.
- Davis, George Thomas, 1907-2006--Correspondence.
- Finerty, John Frederick, 1885-1967--Correspondence.
- Gallagher, Mary, 1883-1965--Correspondence.
- Gross, Madeline Wieland--Correspondence.
- Hunt, Henry T.--Correspondence.
- Lawler, John G.--Correspondence.
- Lewis, Lena Morrow--Correspondence.
- Marcantonio, Vito, 1902-1954--Correspondence.
- Mooney, Thomas J., 1882-1942.
- Older, Fremont, 1856-1935--Correspondence.
- Resner, Herbert--Correspondence.
- Ritchie, Paul--Correspondence.
- Scharrenburg, Paul, 1877-1969--Correspondence.
- Smith, Vern, 1892-
- Communist Party of the United States of America.
- Folsom Prison.
- Industrial Workers of the World.
- Civil rights.
- Labor disputes--California.
- Prisoners--California.
- Prisons--California.
- Radicalism--United States.
- Labor unions--California.
- Laborers.
- Union organizers.
Notes
- Collection material in English.
Acquisition source
- Gift, Gertrude Anderson, 1975.
- Gift, Leon R. MacLean, 1980.
Constituent unit
LCCN
- mm 76056614
Other standard no.
- MSS56614
Repository
- Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
Type of material
- Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
Item Availability
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- Manuscript Reading Room (Madison, LM101)
Status
- Not Charged
CALL NUMBER
Request in
- Manuscript Reading Room (Madison, LM101)
Status
- Not Charged
