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Title: Lawrence Dennis Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1921-1975
Collection number: 84036
Creator:
Dennis, Lawrence, 1893-
Collection Size:
24 manuscript boxes
(10 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Correspondence and writings, relating to fascist and isolationist movements in the U.S., and to American politics and foreign
policy. Includes copies of the newsletters edited by L. Dennis, and subscription records.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Language:
English.
Collection open for research.
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[Identification of item], Lawrence Dennis Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution
Archives.
Fascism--United States.
United States--Politics and government.
United States--Foreign relations.
United States--Foreign relations--20th century.
United States--Neutrality.
United States--Politics and government--20th century.
Journalists.
| 1893, Dec. 25 | Born, Atlanta, Georgia |
| 1915-1917 | Served at Plattsburg, commissioned 2nd Lt. U.S. Army, Aug. 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, Aug. 20 | Died, Spring Valley, New York |