Reminiscences of Roger Nash Baldwin, 1954

Biographical Note

Political reformer

Scope and Contents

Teacher of sociology, Washington University, 1906-09; pioneering work in probation, social and political reform movements, St. Louis, 1906-1917; pacifist organizations in New York (N.Y.), conscientious objectors, Free Speech League, Theodore Schroeder; American Civil Liberties Union: formation and development, 1920-1950, cooperation with other organizations, defense policies, publicity tactics, relations with New Deal; celebrated cases: Mooney-Billings, Scottsboro, Sacco-Vanzetti; contact with anarchists; Industrial Workers of the World, 1910-1920; William D. Haywood; Negro rights; Indian independence movement, India League; travel abroad and work for international agencies, 1924-1954; visits to Russia, postwar Japan, Korea, and Germany The digital version, created from the microfiche edition, also includes Thomas F. Hogan's 1963 interview. The 1963 interview was conducted for the Oral History Research Office as a continuation of the first interview. Subjects addressed in the 1963 interview include: International League for the Rights of Man; United Nations, world tour, 1959; impressions of Margaret Sanger, Krishna Menon, Madame Pandit, Jawaharlal Nehru, Eleanor Roosevelt. The digital version also includes the accompanying archival documents that were included in the microfiche edition

Subjects

• American Civil Liberties Union.
• Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981--Interviews.
• Civil rights--United States.
• India League of America.
• Industrial Workers of the World.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Pacifism.
• Phillips, Harlan B., interviewer.
• Reformers--Interviews.
• Sacco-Vanzetti Trial, Dedham, Mass., 1921.
• Social problems--United States--20th century.
• United States--Race relations.
• Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.)

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Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1972