Irving Pokempner Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000132
Various socialist, radical, left-wing, and miscellaneous periodicals, newspapers, pamphlets, and leaflets collected by Mr. Pokempner, a Detroit businessman with a life-long interest in movements of social and economic reform. Periodicals include New Masses (1931-41), International Press Correspondence (1932-37), American Socialist Monthly (1936). and International Review (1936-38).
Dates
- 1937 - 1959
Creator
- Pokempner, Irving (Person)
Language of Materials
Material entirely in English.
Access
Collection is open for research.
Use
Refer to the Walter P. Reuther Library
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Extent
5 Linear Feet (10 MB)
Abstract
Various socialist, radical, left-wing, and miscellaneous periodicals, newspapers, pamphlets, and leaflets collected by Mr. Pokempner, a Detroit businessman with a life-long interest in movements of social and economic reform. Periodicals include New Masses (1931-41), International Press Correspondence (1932-37), American Socialist Monthly (1936). and International Review (1936-38).
Arrangement
Folders are arranged by title and chronologically thereunder.
Acquisition
The collection of periodicals and newspapers was placed in the Archives of Labor History and Urban Affairs in December of 1965 by Mr. Pokempner.
Processing History
Processed and finding aid written by Walter P. Reuther Library.
Creator
- Pokempner, Irving (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Irving Pokempner Papers
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Processed by Walter P. Reuther Library.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Walter P. Reuther Library Repository
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