- unitid
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{"value"=>"3211", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"MssCol 3211", "type"=>"local_call"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1896-1939", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1896/1939"}
{"value"=>"1920-1939", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1920/1939"}
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1896
- date_inclusive_end
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1939
- keydate
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1896
- date_start
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1896
- date_end
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1939
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Frank P. Walsh papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"168 linear feet (151 boxes, 94 v.)"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</span> <span class=\"addressline\">Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Francis Patrick Walsh (1864-1939), an American lawyer and political reformer, was one of the chief architects of the legislative struggle against industrial exploitation of children and an advocate of Irish and anti-imperialist causes. He also fought for civil liberties and was a labor partisan and staunch New Dealer. Collection consists of correspondence, 1907-1939, with professional and political colleagues, friends, family, and others. There also are correspondence and papers, 1915-1939, concerning Irish affairs, the Committee on Industrial Relations, Louise Bryant, the Democratic National Committee, National Progressive League for F.D.R., the 1929 strike of textile workers in Passaic, N.J., the Spanish Civil War, and the Tom Mooney case. The rest of the collection consists of papers relating to Walsh's legal practice; some photographs of Walsh, his family, Eamon De Valera and others; a few posters dealing with Tom Mooney; and clippings, periodicals, newsletters, bulletins and other printed material about civil liberties, the Democratic Party, the Spanish Civil War, the National Woman's Party, child labor, the labor movement, and World War I and the Paris Peace Conference."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"Materials in English"}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Frank P. Walsh papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Walsh, Frank P", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Francis Patrick Walsh (1864-1939) was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He was a noted lawyer, civil libertarian, labor partisan, and a staunch New Dealer. He was one of the chief architects of the legislative struggle against industrial exploitation of children, and an advocate of Irish and anti-imperialist causes.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Frank P. Walsh Papers consist of correspondence, 1907-1939, with professional and political colleagues, friends, family, and others. There are also correspondence and papers relating to Irish affairs, the Committee on Industrial Relations, Louise Bryant, the Democratic National Committee, National Progressive League, the 1929 strike of textile workers in Passaic, New Jersey, the Spanish Civil War, and the Tom Mooney case. The remainder of the collection consists of papers relating to Walsh's legal practice, photographs, posters, and scrapbooks of clippings and printed materials.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Donated by the Walsh family, 1941</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Richard Salvato, May 1985</p>"}
- altformavail
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{"value"=>"<p>Iron League Erectors Association and National Erectors Association minutes, etc., 1903-1920; and miscellaneous exhibits material available on microfilm; New York Public Library</p>"}
- extent_statement
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168 linear feet (151 boxes, 94 v.)
- date_bulk_start
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1920
- date_bulk_end
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1939