Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Tom Mooney and Warren K. Billings Collection
- Dates:
- 1901-1970
- Abstract:
- Consists of documents, photographs, newsclippings, correspondence and other materials related to the trials, convictions and multiple appeals of Thomas Mooney and Warren K. Billings for the 1916 Preparedness Day Bombing in San Francisco. Materials also include bound trial transcript volumes, a copy of Estolv E. Ward's manuscript, The Gentle Dynamiter (later published), an unpublished manuscript by Thomas M. McDade on the case, and additional research files on violence and labor defense, particularly related to the history of the United Mine Workers.
- Extent:
- 17.86 cubic feet (34 boxes)
- Language:
- Languages represented in the collection: English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Tom Mooney and Warren K. Billings Collection, larc.ms.0212, Labor Archives and Research Center, San Francisco State University.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Consists of documents, photographs, newsclippings, correspondence and other materials related to the trials, convictions and multiple appeals of Thomas Mooney and Warren K. Billings for the 1916 Preparedness Day Bombing in San Francisco. Materials also include bound trial transcript volumes, a copy of Estolv E. Ward's manuscript, The Gentle Dynamiter (later published), an unpublished manuscript by Thomas M. McDade on the case, and additional research files on violence and labor defense, particularly related to the history of the United Mine Workers.
- Acquisition information:
- Collection was received from University of Wyoming, and contains materials donated from three sources: Warren K. Billings, Estolv E. Ward, and Thomas M. McDade. Billings donated 35 bound volumes; Ward donated a manuscript of The Gentle Dynamiter (later published); and Thomas M. McDade donated most, if not all other materials, consisting mainly of his research files for a book on the Mooney–Billings case, 1964–1965, and a manuscript of the book which was never published.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Labor Archives and Research Center staff.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged as received.
- Physical location:
- Collection is available onsite.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2016-03-09 18:52:30 +0000 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to the Labor Archives and Research Center. All requests for permission to publish or quote from materials must be submitted in writing to the Director of the Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Labor Archives and Research Center as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Tom Mooney and Warren K. Billings Collection, larc.ms.0212, Labor Archives and Research Center, San Francisco State University.
- Location of this collection:
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J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 4601630 Holloway AveSan Francisco, CA 94132-1722, US
- Contact:
- (415) 405-5549