Rowland Hill Harvey (1889-1943) was a social worker in Chicago and Los Angeles (1910-15), and later, an associate professor of history at UCLA. He wrote Samuel Gompers, Champion of the Toiling Masses (1935) and Robert Owen, Social Idealist (1949). The collection consists of manuscripts and printed material documenting Rowland Hill Harvey's publications and talks on American history.

Harvey was born on March 24, 1889 at Battle Creek, Iowa; social worker in Chicago and Los Angeles, 1910-15; BA (1918) and MA (1920), University of Southern California; Ph.D, Stanford University, 1923; instructor in history, University of Iowa, 1924; instructor in history (1924-25), assistant professor (1925-30), then associate professor, UCLA; wrote Samuel Gompers, Champion of the Toiling Masses (1935) and Robert Owen, Social Idealist (1949); he died on March 10, 1943.

2 boxes (1 linear ft.)

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