Newberry Library - A-I, correspondence for Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company, Fred Thompson papers, 1971-1992

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User-Contributed Transcription Sept. 18, 1979Chas. H. Kerr Publishing Company600 W. Jackson Blvd,,Chicago, Ill.Attention Burt RosenGentlemen: Some months ago I wrote to you requesting the return of my manuscript and the $1000.00 given toward publication of same, to which I have received no reply. In view of the fact that neither you nor An Illinois Labor History see their way [?] to publish it, I want to make several dozen of mimeograph copies and hereby demand return of my manuscript and the $1000.00 given to Kerr & Co. Should you fail to answer this letter, I will be compelled to take legal action.Yours [?signature: James S Abrams?]To Burt Rosen: I am asking for [?] to pick up my Zenith Television which you failed to repair or sell for me as you suggested. [signature: ?James S Abrams?]

Open book A-I, correspondence for Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company, Fred Thompson papers, 1971-1992

Title A-I, correspondence for Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company, Fred Thompson papers, 1971-1992

Date 1971-1992

Language English

Subjects Industrial Workers of the World, Labor unions, Publishers and publishing

Description 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 members.

Archival Collection Title Fred Thompson papers

Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated

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Call Number Midwest MS Thompson Box 3 Folder 185

BibID 9911452248805860

Size 4120px × 6656px 156.95 MB

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Filename 9911452248805867_midwest_ms_thompson_box_003_fl_185_001_001.tif

Unique Identifier NL15IOJ

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