Reminiscences of Roger Nash Baldwin, 1954
- 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.