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American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California, (includes clippings on Sinclair at Liberty Hill in San Pedro), undated

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 10:8

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

Includes CSULB Manuscript and extended acknowledgement section of Leon Harris’ Upton Sinclair biography, American Rebel (1975); manuscript drafts and related materials for the Sinclair biography, Radical Innocent by Anthony Arthur; and includes proofs, typescript, reviews, correspondence relating to Upton Sinclair, A Descriptive Annotated Bibliography by John Ahouse. Subjects include: ACLU of Southern California, Phil Bevis, Sinclair bibliography entries, correspondence with Lauren Coodley, Robert O. Hahn correspondence, Helicon Hall, Dieter Herms correspondence, Homes of Upton Sinclair, Melville Kress, articles by Ahouse, Julian “Bud” Lesser re Eiesenstein Mexico film, Liberty Hill, Long Beach and Sinclair, Greg Mitchell correspondence and articles, EPIC gubernatorial campaign, Sinclair’s Monrovia, California house, movies, New Jersey cabin, obituaries, Oil!, poetry, Signal Hill, circa, David Sinclair, the Upton Sinclair Quarterly/Newsletter (issues and other materials, 1977-1997), Irving Stone, theater, and Lanny Budd.

Also includes photographs of Sinclair and many original news clippings relating to Sinclair (1905-1929 and 1934-1965). Videotapes of documentaries and films. Audio recordings of oral history of Sinclair.

Original EPIC newspapers include: Upton Sinclair’s End Poverty Paper (Feb 1934-May 1934), Upton Sinclair’s EPIC News (May 28, 1934-May 27, 1935), Upton Sinclair’s National EPIC News (June 10, 1935-January 13, 1936), The EPIC News (January 27, 1936-December 1941).

Various oversized articles, posters. These materials are in Box 23, and have been moved to the Map Drawer.

Dates

  • undated

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

Collection material is primarily in English.

Access

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Extent

From the Series: 6.5 Linear Feet ([13 boxes])

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections Repository

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