This collection of papers consists of one box of correspondence and other miscellaneous papers relating to Flynn's work during the years 1917 through 1923. Included in the correspondence is material relating to legal efforts to prevent deportation of aliens or to secure the release from prison of others accused of political crimes. There are copies of letters and petitions to various governmental officials including Presidents Wilson and Harding and various Cabinet members. There are also letters, or copies of letters, from persons confined in the Federal prisons or at Ellis Island awaiting deportation. These letters describe the conditions of the particular place of detention as well as descriptions of the ship board conditions of deportees. The bulk of the material falls between 1919 and 1922, the period after World War I when fear of foreign elements, and Communism particularly, was the greatest.
This collection is also available on microfilm.
