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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Title: Fanny Bixby Spencer and Nicolaas Steelink correspondence
Creator:
Spencer, Fanny Bixby, 1879-1930
Creator:
Steelink, Nicolaas, 1890-
Identifier/Call Number: MS.R.050
Physical Description:
0.2 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): circa 1920-1930
Abstract: This collection consists of photocopies of the correspondence between Fanny Bixby Spencer (a philanthropist, pacifist, and
playwright) and Nicolaas Steelink during and following his imprisonment at San Quentin (1920-1922) for "criminal syndicalism"
due to his activities with the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). The original letters form part of the Nicolaas Steelink
Collection in the Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs at Wayne State University.
Language of Material:
English
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Fanny Bixby Spencer and Nicolaas Steelink correspondence. MS-R050. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries,
Irvine, California. Date accessed.
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collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Philip P. Mason of Wayne State University, 1979.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection consists of photocopies of the correspondence between Fanny Bixby Spencer (a philanthropist, pacifist, and
playwright) and Nicolaas Steelink during and following his imprisonment at San Quentin (1920-1922) for "criminal syndicalism"
due to his activities with the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). The original letters form part of the Nicolaas Steelink
Collection in the Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs at Wayne State University.