Thomas J. Mooney papers

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 2047", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"2047", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Thomas J. Mooney papers"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1916-1924", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1916/1924"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".5 linear foot (1 box)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1916

date_inclusive_end

1924

origination

{"value"=>"Mooney, Thomas J., 1882-1942", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Thomas Joseph Mooney (1882-1942) was an American labor leader. Mooney's conviction with Warren K. Billings for exploding a bomb during a San Francisco preparedness day in 1916 caused worldwide controversy. Mooney's sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in 1918.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Collection consists of letters, telegrams, depositions, and various records (some photocopies) used as exhibits in the trial of Mooney and later used in efforts to release him. Also, press clippings regarding his conviction and imprisonment, 1916-1924, mostly from San Francisco newspapers with some from New York and Washington, D.C.; several labor journals and copies of Tom Mooney's Monthly, 1920, a digest of articles written about Mooney in American newspapers. Also, correspondence with Frank P. Walsh, Mooney's lawyer, and other materials.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"MSS 42M28"}

{"date"=>"1942"}

keydate

1916

prefercite

{"value"=>"Thomas J. Mooney papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Thomas Joseph Mooney (1882-1942) was an American labor leader. Mooney's conviction with Warren K. Billings for exploding a bomb during a San Francisco preparedness day in 1916 caused worldwide controversy. Mooney's sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in 1918. Collection consists of letters, telegrams, depositions, and various records (some photocopies) used as exhibits in the trial of Mooney and later used in efforts to release him. Also, press clippings regarding his conviction and imprisonment, 1916-1924, mostly from San Francisco newspapers with some from New York and Washington, D.C.; several labor journals and copies of Tom Mooney's Monthly, 1920, a digest of articles written about Mooney in American newspapers. Also, correspondence with Frank P. Walsh, Mooney's lawyer, and other materials.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

.5 linear feet (1 box)

date_start

1916

date_end

1924

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