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Summary Information
Louise R. Berman Papers
1929-1959
- Berman, Louise R., 1908-1977
Mss 416; PH 6634
2.5 cubic feet (8 archives boxes), 0.1 cubic feet of ephemera (4 folders) and 14 photographs (3 folders) in 1 archives box
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Papers of Louise R. Berman, a California social activist and philanthropist mainly concerned with the various left wing causes and organizations for which she worked and to which she contributed financially. Included are correspondence, speeches, reports, policy statements, minutes, publications, clippings, ephemera, and photographs. Files on social action organizations, 1931-1959, comprise almost the entire collection and relate to groups such as the American-Russian Institute, the Civil Rights Council of Northern California, the Democratic Youth Federation of California, the Rosenberg Foundation, and various other civil rights, civil liberties, political, peace, and anti-fascist organizations. Letters from prominent people in the arts and politics occur throughout. Personal papers, 1929-1958, include correspondence written during a 1933 trip to Russia and clippings and copies of testimony during her two appearances before the House Committee on Un-American Activities in 1948 and 1949.
English
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