The Papers of Robert Whitaker 1885-1918 1901-1917

Collection context

Summary

Extent:
1.25
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains sermon outlines, fiction and nonfiction essays, articles, flyers, and poetry.

Biographical / historical:

Robert Whitaker was a pastor, pacificist, political acitivist, and writer. He was born in 1863 in Padiham, Lancashire, England, and died in Los Gatos, CA in 1944. In 1869 he moved with his family to the United States. After attending Andover Newton Theological School, Whitaker served as a missionary in Mexico from 1887-1888. He went on to hold several pastorates in the western United States including Oakland, CA, Seattle, WA, and Los Gatos, CA.

Whitaker was heavily involved in Socialist and Labor organizations and was acquainted with other agitators such as Eugene Debs, Upton Sinclair, Jack London, and Fanny Bixby Spencer. He spent considerable energy agitating for Socialist causes and to this end founded several presses such The Progressive Publishing Company, U.F.I. Press, and Whitaker and Ray, Co.

Arrangement:

The collection has been divided into six series: Series I. Nonfiction; Series II. Fiction; Series III. Lectures and Sermon Outlines; Series IV. Flyers; Series V. Periodicals; Series VI. Poetry/Verse,

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Activists
Pacifists
Poetry
Socialism

Access and use

Location of this collection:
SFSU - J. Paul Leonard Library
1630 Holloway Ave, Room 610
San Francisco, CA 94132-4030, US
Contact:
(415) 469-6100