Oscar H. Swede Papers

Period 1927-1943
Total size   0.02 m.
Consultation Not restricted

Biography

Born in 1900, died in Bournemouth, Great Britain 1942; conscientious objector during the First World War, became involved with Freedom (New Series) in 1934, and was responsible for the revival of relations between this rival group and the original Freedom and with Freedom Press; withdrew from political activities at the end of the 1930s due to ill-health.

Content

Correspondence (also by Dorian Swede) with Ewing C. Baskette 1941-1943, Agnes Inglis 1935-1943, Thomas H. Keell 1934-1937, Benjamin R. Tucker 1934 and others; a letter from Emma Goldman to Joe Goldman 1934; typescript of `To my Godfathers and Godmothers in Economics' 1927 and typescript of an article by S. Pfeiffer n.d.; notes; a few printed and processed documents, including `Memorandum on the policy of the No More War Movement' 1933.