Finding Aid for the EPIC News periodicals collection 0170

Jacqueline Morin

USC Libraries Special Collections

2022 January

Doheny Memorial Library 206

3550 Trousdale Parkway

Los Angeles, California 90089-0189

specol@usc.edu

URL: http://libraries.usc.edu/locations/special-collections

Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections

Title: EPIC News periodicals collection

Creator: Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968

Creator: End Poverty League

Identifier/Call Number: 0170

Physical Description: 3.88 Linear Feet 3 boxes

Date (inclusive): 1936-1946

Abstract: This collection consists of 1936-1946 issues of writer, activist, and politician Upton Sinclair's (1878-1968) and the End Poverty League's publication EPIC News.

Language of Material: English.

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Scope and Contents

This collection consists of writer, activist, and politician Upton Sinclair's (1878-1968) and the End Poverty League's publication EPIC News. End Poverty in California (EPIC) was part of Sinclair's 1934 Democratic gubernatorial campaign and gained momentum following his defeat through the support of the End Poverty League. EPIC News detailed Sinclair's ideas for public works programs and tax reform plans. The paper was continued by supporters of Upton Sinclair and the End Poverty Movement in Los Angeles and central California, 1934-46.

Issues from 1936-1946 are present.

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Advance notice required for access.

Rights Statement for Archival Description

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Preferred Citation

[Box/folder no. or item name], EPIC News periodicals collection, Collection no. 0170, California Social Welfare Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of B. O. Bertelson, 1955

Processing Information

Collection is processed.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

California -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals

United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945

California -- Newspapers

End Poverty League -- Periodicals