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Title: Lawrence Dennis papers
Date (inclusive): 1921-1975
Collection Number: 84036
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
24 manuscript boxes, 1 card file box
(10.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence and writings relating to fascist and isolationist movements in the United States, and to American politics
and foreign policy. Includes copies of the newsletters edited by L. Dennis, and subscription records.
Creator:
Dennis, Lawrence, 1893-1977
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Acquisition Information
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1984.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Lawrence Dennis papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
1893 December 25 |
Born, Atlanta, Georgia |
1915-1917 |
Served at Plattsburg, commissioned 2nd Lt. U.S. Army (August 1917) |
1918-1919 |
Served with American Expeditionary Force |
1921-1927 |
U.S. Department of State. Posts in Haiti, Romania, Honduras (1925) and Nicaragua (1926-1927) |
1927-1930 |
Employed by J. & W. Seligman & Co., bankers, New York City |
1932 |
Author,
Is Capitalism Doomed?
|
1936 |
Author,
The Coming American Fascism
|
1936-1939 |
Employed by E. A. Pierce & Co., brokers, New York City |
1939-1942 |
Editor and publisher of
The Weekly Foreign Letter
|
1940 |
Author,
The Dynamics of War and Revolution
|
1944-1947 |
Tried for sedition, 1944; case dismissed, 1947 |
1946 |
Author (with Maximilian J. St. George),
A Trial on Trial
|
1946-1972 |
Editor and publisher of
The Appeal to Reason
|
1969 |
Author,
Operational Thinking for Survival
|
1977 August 20 |
Died, Spring Valley, New York |
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence and writings relating to fascist and isolationist movements in the United States, and to American politics
and foreign policy. Includes copies of the newsletters edited by L. Dennis, and subscription records.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Fascism -- United States
Journalists
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Neutrality -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century