Ray Becker imprisonment related letters
Scope and Contents Note
The Ray Becker imprisonment related letters collection 1935; 0.03 cobic feet) consists of two autograph letters signed by John Dos Passos June 1 and 4, 1935, to Kate Crane-Gartz, accompanied by a four-page autograph letter to Dos Passos from Ray Becker dated January 22, 1935. Dos Passos writes to the Pasadena heiress and supporter of workers' causes, Kate Crane-Gantz, about the case of Ray Becker, the last of the I.W.W. "Wobblies," to be in prison in the aftermath of the 1919 Armistice Day massacre at Centralia, Washington.
Dates
- Creation: 1935
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Extent
0.03 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Provenance
Accession 2019-0157, Purchased 18 February 2019; President’s Fund (Clifton Waller Barrett), 2018/2019.
Genre / Form
- Title
- Ray Becker imprisonment related letters
- Author
- Ellen Welch
- Date
- 4 February 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States