Generation After (Milwaukee, Wis.); Jews -- Poland -- Education; Jews -- Poland -- Religious life; Jews -- Poland -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Jews -- Poland -- Social life and customs -- 20th century; Jews -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee --...
Edward Fisher describes coming of age in a Jewish family in Buchach, Poland, during the 1930s and early 1940s, including his experiences in Zionist organizations. Index follows transcript.
Architecture -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; College buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; College campuses -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Marquette University -- Buildings; Universities and colleges -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee;
A Milwaukee Journal article which provides information about the William Plankinton mansion, the Plankinton family, and the structure's time as an icon on the Marquette campus, written upon the event of the building's pending destruction.
Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History; McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957; World War, 1939-1945
Senator McCarthy tells a story from his military service in the Pacific during World War II. McCarthy served with a Marine dive bombing squadron. He recounts a dramatic speech made by an unnamed chaplain to pilots and gunners who were about to...
Antinuclear movement -- United States; Catholic Worker Movement; Civil defense drills -- United States; Day, Dorothy, 1897-1980; Hennacy, Ammon, 1893-1970; Pacifism -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church; Pacifists -- United States; Peace --...
Article written by Dorothy Day describing her experiences protesting the 'Operation Alert' civil defense drill. The protest resulted in the arrest of several protestors, including Day. The front page of the newspaper also displays an illustration...
Marquette University -- History; College presidents -- Inauguration; Magee, William M. -- Inauguration, 1928;
Lux Ignatiana: an inaugural ode composed for and recited at the ceremonies on the occasion of the inauguration of William M. Magee, S.J., as president of Marquette University, 23 April, 1928
Reprint of a Milwaukee Magazine article about the Elizabeth Plankinton Mansion, describing the history of the building and providing photographs of some of the more notable architectural details.
Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History; Bullitt, William C. (William Christian), 1891-1967; Korean War, 1950-1953; MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964; McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957; Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971;...
Senator McCarthy criticizes the Truman administration for ordering the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet to prevent Chinese Nationalist forces from blockading Communist ports on mainland China. Drawing on the testimony of Ambassador Bullett and General...
Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History; Blattenberger, Raymond, b. 1892; McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957; McCarthyism; Rothschild, Edward; United States. Government Printing Office;
Senator McCarthy warns of the threat posed by communists in the Government Printing Office. He discusses the case of Edward Rothschild, a GPO employee and alleged communist sympathizer, who had testified before McCarthy's committee in August 1953....
Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History; Army-McCarthy Controversy, 1954; Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Prisoners and prisons; McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957; McCarthyism; Peress, Irving;
Senator McCarthy discusses the case of Irving Peress, a former U.S. Army dentist with alleged ties to communism. McCarthy's subcommittee questioned Peress as part of its investigation of communists in the U.S. Army conducted in late 1953 and early...
Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971; Amerasia; Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History; Grew, Joseph C. (Joseph Clark), 1880-1965; McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957; McCarthyism; Puerifoy, John; Service, John S. (John Stewart), 1909-1999; United...
Senator McCarthy criticizes the State Department for its handling of John Stewart Service, a State Department specialist on China. Service was one of the first targets of McCarthy's anti-communist campaign. He had been indicted for espionage in...
Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History; Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975; Hurley, Patrick J. (Patrick Jay), 1883-1963; Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959; McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957;
Senator McCarthy describes the alleged role played by General George C. Marshall in the fall of Nationalist China to Communist forces. McCarthy discusses the secret instructions that guided the General's mission to China at the end of World War II....
Antinuclear movement -- United States; Catholic Worker Movement; Civil defense drills -- United States; Day, Dorothy, 1897-1980; Pacifism -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church; Pacifists -- United States; Radicals -- United States;
Dorothy Day writing about her arrest in a letter to Jack English, a former member of the New York Catholic Worker community who assumed the religious name of Charles when he entered the Trappist order.
Generation After (Milwaukee, Wis.); Jews -- Austria -- Education; Jews -- Austria -- Religious life; Jews -- Austria -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Jews -- Austria -- Social life and customs -- 20th century; Jews -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee --...
Greta Frankl describes her upbringing in an affluent Jewish home in Vienna, Austria, during the 1920s and 1930s. Index follows transcript.
Generation After (Milwaukee, Wis.); Jews -- Czechoslovakia; Jews -- Ukraine -- Education; Jews -- Ukraine -- Religious life; Jews -- Ukraine -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Jews -- Ukraine -- Social life and customs -- 20th century; Hasidism...
Louis Koplin describes growing up in a Jewish family in Svalyava, Ukraine (formerly Czechoslovakia) during the late 1920s and 1930s, including the strong Zionist movement in his city. Index follows transcript.
Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History; Hiss, Alger; Institute of Pacific Relations; Jessup, Philip C. (Philip Caryl), 1897-; Lattimore, Owen, 1900-1989; McCarran, Pat, 1876-1954; McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957; McCarthyism; McMahon,...
Senator McCarthy describes the discovery, in February 1951, of a cache of documents stored in a barn outside of Lee, Massachusetts. The documents originated with the Institute of Pacific Relations (IPR), an international organization dedicated to...
Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971; Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History; Cold War; Lane, Arthur Bliss, 1894-1956; McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957; Poland -- History -- 1945-; Potsdam Conference (1945); Teheran Conference (1943); Yalta Conference...
Senator McCarthy describes the alleged betrayal of Poland by the U.S. government since the end of World War II. He criticizes Secretary of State Dean Acheson and the Truman administration for approving a $90 million loan to Poland's post-war...
Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971; Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History; Duran, Gustavo; McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957; McCarthyism; McMahon, Brien, 1903-1952; Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972; Tydings, Millard E. (Millard Evelyn), 1890-1961;...
Senator McCarthy presents evidence against Gustavo Duran, a former State Department official with alleged ties to communism. Duran was an early target of McCarthy's anti-communism, and the senator often discussed Duran's case in public speeches...
Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History; Lincoln Day addresses; McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957;
Senator McCarthy recites a favorite quotation from Abraham Lincoln, in which Lincoln asserted that the United States could only be destroyed from within and never by a foreign army. He follows the quotation by suggesting that the United States is...
African American authors; African American dramatists; African American novelists; African American poets; African American political activists; Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967; Portrait photographs; Stage Door Canteen