Research Catalog

Jessie Lloyd O'Connor papers

Title
  1. Jessie Lloyd O'Connor papers, 1909-1983.
Supplementary content
  1. Finding Aid
Author
  1. O'Connor, Jessie Lloyd, 1904-

Details

Additional authors
  1. Lloyd, Lola Maverick, 1875-1944.
  2. O'Connor, Harvey, 1897-1987.
  3. Schwimmer, Franciska.
  4. Schwimmer, Rosika, 1877-1948.
  5. Wynner, Edith.
  6. Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.
Description
  1. 2 linear feet (5 boxes).
Summary
  1. Jessie Lloyd O'Connor's papers reflect her personal life, her journalism career, and her involvement with many progressive organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union, the American League Against War and Fascism, and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. Schwimmer-Lloyd Collection.
Subject
  1. Journalists > United States
  2. Posters
  3. Photographs
  4. Diaries
  5. Soviet Union > Foreign public opinion, American
  6. Soviet Union > Description and travel
  7. Pacifism
  8. Labor movement > United States
  9. Labor journalism > United States
  10. Civil rights
  11. Federated Press
  12. O'Connor family
  13. Lloyd family
  14. O'Connor, Jessie Lloyd, 1904-
Genre/Form
  1. Diaries.
  2. Photographs.
  3. Posters.
Call number
  1. MssCol 4803
Note
  1. Forms part of the Schwimmer-Lloyd Collection.
Access (note)
  1. Restricted access;
Biography (note)
  1. Jessie Lloyd O'Connor was a journalist and pro-labor activist from the 1920s until her death in 1988.
Author
  1. O'Connor, Jessie Lloyd, 1904-
Title
  1. Jessie Lloyd O'Connor papers, 1909-1983.
Restricted access
  1. Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Biography
  1. Jessie Lloyd O'Connor was a journalist and pro-labor activist from the 1920s until her death in 1988. O'Connor wrote predominantly for the Federated Press, a labor and union-oriented news service, and in collaboration with her husband, the radical journalist Harvey O'Connor.
Finding aids
  1. Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
Location of other archival materials
  1. The major collection of Jessie Lloyd O'Connor's papers is found in the Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
  2. Papers of other Lloyd family members which include correspondence of Jessie Lloyd O'Connor are also housed in the Manuscripts and Archives Division, New York Public Library.
Connect to:
  1. Finding Aid
Occupation
  1. Journalists United States.
Added author
  1. Lloyd, Lola Maverick, 1875-1944.
  2. O'Connor, Harvey, 1897-1987.
  3. Schwimmer, Franciska.
  4. Schwimmer, Rosika, 1877-1948.
  5. Wynner, Edith.
  6. Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.
Research call number
  1. MssCol 4803
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