Name
Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 (Interviewee)
Phillips, Harlan B (Interviewer)
Title
Reminiscences of Roger Nash Baldwin, 1954
Abstract
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, rel ations 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
Collection Name
Individual interviews oral history collection
Subjects
Reformers; Pacifism; Civil rights--United States; Sacco-Vanzetti Trial, Dedham, Mass., 1921; Social problems--20th century.--United States; United States Race relations; Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981; Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.); American Civil Liberties Union; Industrial Workers of the World; India League of America
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
1954
Physical Description
1066 pages
Note (Biographical)
Political reformer
Note
Interviewed by Harlan B. Phillips
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Catalog Record
15166215
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-0d13-mq62
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.