Research Catalog

Frank P. Walsh papers

Title: Frank P. Walsh papers, 1896-1939, bulk (1920-1939)
Author: Walsh, Frank P.
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Description

168 linear feet (151 boxes, 94 v.)

Subjects

Genre/Form

Photoprints.
Posters.
Diaries.
Scrapbooks.

Access (note)

Restricted access;

Additional Formats (note)

available on microfilm;

Source (note)

Maloney, William J.

Biography (note)

Francis Patrick Walsh (1864-1939), an American lawyer and political reformer, was one of the chief architects of the legislative struggle against industrial exploitation of children and an advocate of Irish and anti-imperialist causes. He also fought for civil liberties and was a labor partisan and staunch New Dealer.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

Finding aid available in repository.

Processing Action (note)

Cataloged

Call Number

MssCol 3211

OCLC

NYPW92-A246

Author

Walsh, Frank P.

Title

Frank P. Walsh papers, 1896-1939, bulk (1920-1939)

Additional Formats

Iron League Erectors Association and National Erectors Association minutes, etc., 1903-1920; and miscellaneous exhibits material available on microfilm; New York Public Library.

Summary

Collection consists of correspondence, 1907-1939, with professional and political colleagues, friends, family, and others. There also are correspondence and papers, 1915-1939, concerning Irish affairs, the Committee on Industrial Relations, Louise Bryant, the Democratic National Committee, National Progressive League for F.D.R., the 1929 strike of textile workers in Passaic, N.J., the Spanish Civil War, and the Tom Mooney case. The rest of the collection consists of papers relating to Walsh's legal practice; some photographs of Walsh, his family, Eamon De Valera and others; a few posters dealing with Tom Mooney; and clippings, periodicals, newsletters, bulletins and other printed material about civil liberties, the Democratic Party, the Spanish Civil War, the National Woman's Party, child labor, the labor movement, and World War I and the Paris Peace Conference.

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

Francis Patrick Walsh (1864-1939), an American lawyer and political reformer, was one of the chief architects of the legislative struggle against industrial exploitation of children and an advocate of Irish and anti-imperialist causes. He also fought for civil liberties and was a labor partisan and staunch New Dealer.

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