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Carlos Cortez - Fifth Estate magazine with article on Cortez, 2005

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 384

Scope and Contents note

From the Series:

Materials related to notable IWW members Carlos Cortez, Joe Hill, and Jack Sheridan. Carlos Cortez was best-known as an IWW artist, poet, and columnist who created many of the most recognizable images for IWW publications. His materials include periodicals and a few flyers for exhibits. Joe Hill was a legendary figure in the IWW, a songwriter and member whose songs for the movement are still performed today. He was considered a martyr of the labor movement after being killed in prison in Utah in 1915. Materials related to Hill include a program for his memorial in Chicago in 1915, and various publications which contain stories about Hill. There is one also folder of materials pertaining to Jack Sheridan, a longtime Wobbly who was active as platform speaker and soapbox speaker in New York and later in Chicago. A frequent contributor to the Industrial Worker, he was also involved in Chicago's Dill Pickle Club in the 1920s. The folder contains clippings, a newsletter, and a flyer for one of his speaking engagements.

Dates

  • Creation: 2005

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The Franklin and Penelope Rosemont collection of IWW publications and ephemera is open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 5 folders at a time maximum, and items in each folder will be counted before and after delivery to the patron (Priority I).

Repository Details

Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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