Title: John M. Work Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1958, undated

Creator:

• Work, John M. (John McClelland), 1869-1961

Call Number: Milwaukee Micro 25; Micro 869

Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm)

Repository:

Housed at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries’ Archives Department / Milwaukee Area Research Center; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:

Two typewritten autobiographical manuscripts by John M. Work, an editor of the socialist Milwaukee Leader, describing his career from about 1869 to 1942, together with two manuscripts of other published and unpublished writings.

Language: English

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John M. Work was educated at Washington Academy in Washington, Iowa, Monmouth (Illinois) College, and Columbian University (now George Washington University), from which he earned a law degree in 1892. He practiced law in Des Moines, Iowa until 1900, when he joined the Socialist Party and became a full-time lecturer and party organizer. Until 1910, Work lectured throughout the United States; from 1911-1923 he was secretary of the Socialist Party.

Work headed the editorial page staff of the Milwaukee Leader, under editor Victor Berger, for 25 years until the paper suspended publication in 1942. In addition, he wrote six books and several Socialist pamphlets and ran for public office many times during the early 1900s. He died in January, 1961.

Following Work's death, his personal papers, including correspondence (circa 1910-1960), scrapbooks of clippings and reminiscences, photographs, and books were presented by his daughter to the Milwaukee Public Library.

This microfilm edition of Work's papers consists of four manuscripts: “Midland Memories” (358 pages), “Glances at My Life,” “Face the Future” (181 pages), and “The Hope of the World” (77 pages). “Face the Future” was copyrighted in 1958.

Acquisition Information

Presented by John M. Work, Mrs. Earl A. Weeks, and Marvin Holz, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1958 and 1966. Accession Number: M67-1

Processing Information

Reprocessed for microfilming by Menzi Behrnd-Klodt, March 1981.

Reel   1 Frame   1-388	“Midland Memories”
Reel   1 Frame   389-958	“Glances at My Life”
Reel   1 Frame   959-1147	“Face the Future”
Reel   1 Frame   1148-1229	“The Hope of the World”