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Unknown, Fred Thompson correspondence, 1960-1986

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Title Unknown, Fred Thompson correspondence, 1960-1986

Date 1960-1986

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.

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User-Contributed Transcription 224 Caselli AveSan Francisco 14, CalifMay 11, 60Dear Fred,One of the last things I did before I left school was to address an envelope to you so that I could send you the Boose folktale reference. Here I am 2000 miles away and some months later with said envelope on my desk.Here goes: B. A. BOTKIN, A Treasury of American Anecdotes, N.Y., Random House, 1957. Page 200-201 has Boose's tale, "The Non-Union Calf's Head." Page 301 in a note tells that Botkin collected it August 31, 1950 in Portland, Oregon.You might enjoy reprinting it in the l. W. I have already sent to Botkin the I. W. stories on Boose's death in 1959. It would be interesting to get a letter or comment on the origin of the tale or any variants.Now I'll give you a brief report on my activity since we last talked to each other. From school I returned home for a brief visit in late January. On Feb 12 I returned to Chicago to help launch Glazer's book. I spent a month on the road lecturing on laborlore. My trip took me from Chicago to Carbondale, Ill., Bloomington, Ind., Columbus, Ohio, Cornell and Rutgers Universities, N.Y.C. and Washington D.C. and home via Detroit for a visit to Solidarity House.

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Archival Collection Title Fred Thompson papers

Link to Catalog View finding aid | View record

Call Number Midwest MS Thompson Box 1 Folder 88

BibID 9911452248805860

Projects Tag IMLS Cares 2020

Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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