Guide to the Ernest Rice McKinney Papers, 1929-1935, 1942 AIS.1963.04
1929-1935
Metadata Details
- Title
- Papers of Ernest Rice McKinney, 1929-1942 (bulk 1929-1935, 1942), Ernest Rice McKinney papers, 1929-1942, McKinney papers, 1929-1942, Unemployed Citizens League Educational bulletin, This month, Pittsburgh courier
- Creator
- Subject
- McKinney, Ernest Rice , 1886-, Socialist Workers Party., Unemployed Citizens' League of Allegheny County., Pennsylvania Unemployed League. Allegheny County Division., Manchester Industrial Center (Pittsburgh, Pa.), African American social workers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, African American journalists--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Social workers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Journalists--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Socialists--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Socialism, Unemployed--United States, Pittsburgh (Pa.)--Social conditions
- Description
- This collection is comprised of correspondence, newspaper clippings, a scrapbook and articles by McKinney, cartoons, and miscellaneous material ranging from publications to newsletters. Some of McKinney's papers are located at Harvard University and an oral history was conducted at Columbia University., Papers of Ernest Rice McKinney, 1929-1935, 1942, AIS 1963:04, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh., Gift of Hugh Cleland, October 15, 1963., Born in Malden, West Virginia, in 1886 , McKinney, also known under the pseudonym David Coolidge, was the son of coal miner. At different points in his life McKinney endeavored a variety of jobs which included becoming editor of, This Month; a columnist for the Pittsburgh Courier (1932); Executive Secretary of the Unemployed Citizens' League of Allegheny County (1933); a Social Worker; and Assistant to the Director, Kingsley House. In 1916 an oral history conducted at Columbia University resulted in McKinney writing a 116 page book of memoirs published by Harvard University,The Reminiscences of Ernest Rice McKinney. The memoir deals with the development of the National Unemployed League, depression days; organizing steel workers for CIO, membership in the Workers' Socialist Party; upgrading African Americans in industry; Working Men's Welfare Committees; Workers Party of the United States (Trotskyist Group) and its relationship to Communist and Socialist Parties; and McKinney's resignation from Workers Party., Finding aid available in repository and on Internet; Folder level control; http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?type=simple;c=ascead;view=text;subview=outline;didno=US-PPiU-ais196304
- Publisher
- Contributor
- McKinney, Ernest Rice , 1886-, Columbia University Oral History Research Office., University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
- Date
- 1929-1935
- Type
- Collection, Social workers-Letters., Social workers-Clippings., Social workers-Political cartoons., Social workers-Monographs., Social workers-Periodicals., Social workers-Personal papers-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh., Journalists-Personal papers-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh.
- Format
- Identifier
- pitt:US-PPiU-ais196304, oclc: 30385139, pitt: US-PPiU-ais196304
- Source
- Language
- eng
- Relation
- Oral history program, http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?type=simple;c=ascead;view=text;subview=outline;didno=US-PPiU-ais196304, pdcp_noharvest
- Coverage
- Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, United States, Pittsburgh (Pa.)
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