Generation After (Milwaukee, Wis.); Jews -- Germany -- Education; Jews -- Germany -- Religious life; Jews -- Germany -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Jews -- Germany -- Social life and customs -- 20th century; Jews -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee --...
Rudolph David describes coming of age in a Jewish family in Dortmund, Germany, ca. 1917-1937, including his experiences in Zionist groups. Index follows transcript.
Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History; Army-McCarthy Controversy, 1954; Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Prisoners and prisons; McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957; McCarthyism; Peress, Irving;
Senator McCarthy discusses the case of Irving Peress, a former U.S. Army dentist with alleged ties to communism. McCarthy's subcommittee questioned Peress as part of its investigation of communists in the U.S. Army conducted in late 1953 and early...
Antinuclear movement -- United States; Catholic Worker Movement; Civil defense drills -- United States; Day, Dorothy, 1897-1980; Hennacy, Ammon, 1893-1970; Pacifism -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church; Pacifists -- United States; Peace --...
Article from the Catholic Worker newspaper, written by Dorothy Day, about the second arrest for protesting the mandatory 'Operation Alert' civil defense drill in New York City, which was held on July 20, 1956.
Blum, Virgil C; Foreign study -- Ireland; Marquette University; University College, Dublin;
Typewritten letter from Marquette University Junior, Mary Jeanne Bowen, to Rev. Virgil C. Blum, S.J., chairman of Marquette's Junior Year Abroad program. Bowen is reporting on her second term studying at University College, Dublin, Ireland. This...
Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History; Blattenberger, Raymond, b. 1892; McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957; McCarthyism; Rothschild, Edward; United States. Government Printing Office;
Senator McCarthy warns of the threat posed by communists in the Government Printing Office. He discusses the case of Edward Rothschild, a GPO employee and alleged communist sympathizer, who had testified before McCarthy's committee in August 1953....
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969; Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Prisoners and prisons; McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957; McCarthyism; Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Senator McCarthy criticizes fellow Republicans for placing party above country by allowing U.S. foreign aid to be sent to allied nations who are trading with Communist China. McCarthy denies that he is attacking President Eisenhower. He claims that...
Antinuclear movement -- United States; Catholic Worker Movement; Civil defense drills -- United States; Day, Dorothy, 1897-1980; Hennacy, Ammon, 1893-1970; Pacifism -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church; Pacifists -- United States; Peace --...
Two letters written by Dorothy Day, from jail, to her fellow Catholic Worker, Charles McCormack. Day had been arrested for protesting the mandatory 'Operation Alert' civil defense drill in New York City on July 12, 1957.
Typescript of homily by Marquette University President Rev. John P. Raynor, S.J. at a mass celebrating Mother Teresa, during which she was presented the Pere Marquette Discovery Medal, the university's highest honor, June 13, 1981
Generation After (Milwaukee, Wis.); Jews -- Romania -- Education; Jews -- Romania -- Religious life; Jews -- Romania -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Jews -- Romania -- Social life and customs -- 20th century; Jews -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee --...
George Donat describes life growing up in a middle class Orthodox Jewish home in Cluj, Romania, during the 1920s and 1930s. Index follows transcript.
Generation After (Milwaukee, Wis.); Jews -- Poland -- Education; Jews -- Poland -- Religious life; Jews -- Poland -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Jews -- Poland -- Social life and customs -- 20th century; Jews -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee --...
Fela Lichtman, survivor of Auschwitz Concentration Camp, describes growing up in a Jewish family in Olkusz, Poland, in the years prior to the World War II. Index follows transcript.
Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971; Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History; Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.); Democratic Party (U.S.); Korean War, 1950-1953; McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957; Presidents -- United States -- Election --...
Senator McCarthy denounces the slogan -- "You ain't ever had it so good" -- used by the Adlai Stevenson presidential campaign. He argues that the Democrats are celebrating a wartime prosperity that is being purchased at a high cost in American...
Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History; McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957; McCarthyism;
Senator McCarthy likens the investigation of communists to his skunk hunting duties as a farm boy in Wisconsin. McCarthy included this story in many speeches to illustrate his belief that there was no clean or easy way to root out communists from...