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BANC MSS C-B 467
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Austin Lewis Papers,
creator:
Lewis, Austin, 1865?-1944
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS C-B 467
Physical Description:
5.5 linear feet
(4 cartons, 1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1909-1944
Abstract: Relating primarily to his interest in civil liberties, to various causes including efforts to free Tom Mooney and Warren Billings
and to repeal California's criminal syndicalism law, and to his legal career. Includes correspondence, MSS of his writings
and lectures, legal files, and clippings.
Language of Material: English
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Collection is open for research.
Austin Lewis was a lecturer, writer and attorney with law offices in San Francisco and Oakland. He devoted his career to so-called
radical causes, such as the pardon of Tom Mooney and Warren K. Billings and the repeal of California's criminal syndicalism
law, and to defense of civil liberties in general, usually involving persons with little or no money. He helped organize the
Northern California Branch of the American Civil Liberties Union and served as its counsel and on the Advisory Committee.
The papers relate mainly to his career. The bulk of them were given to The Bancroft Library in 1952 by Saxon A. Lewis and
Mrs. Ralph H. Sliter. Some additional correspondence came from Mrs. Mary H. Hutchinson in 1965.
A key to arrangement follows.
[Identification of item], Austin Lewis Papers, BANC MSS C-B 467, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Labor -- California
Lewis, Austin, 1865?-1944
Civil rights.
Legal documents -- California.
Lawyers -- California.
Labor movement -- California.
Labor unions and socialism -- California.