The Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan
Author : Bentley Historical Library
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Page : 7 pages
File Size : 10,20 MB
Release : 1984*
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Author : Bentley Historical Library
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Page : 7 pages
File Size : 10,20 MB
Release : 1984*
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Author : Bentley Historical Library
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Page : 8 pages
File Size : 32,10 MB
Release : 2007
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Page : 60 pages
File Size : 33,11 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Historical libraries
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Author : Bentley Historical Library
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Page : 42 pages
File Size : 32,14 MB
Release : 2009
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Author : Bentley Historical Library
Publisher : Ann Arbor : University of Michigan
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 35,99 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Manuscripts
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Author : Friends of the Bentley Historical Library
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Page : 1 pages
File Size : 32,51 MB
Release : 200?
Category : Michigan
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Page : 32 pages
File Size : 42,18 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Archival materials
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Page : 192 pages
File Size : 14,40 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Historical libraries
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Author : Bentley Historical Library
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Page : 112 pages
File Size : 18,22 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Detroit (Mich.)
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Author : Steve Batterson
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 29,67 MB
Release : 2023-08-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1685900356
Exposes the destruction of academic careers—and the complicity of educational institutions—in McCarthy's America The Prosecution of Professor Chandler Davis tells the true tale of a mathematician who found himself taking an involuntary break from chalking equations to sit opposite a row of self-righteous anti-Communist congressmen at the height of the McCarthy era. Courageously asserting the First Amendment to confront a system rapidly descending into fascism, Davis testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). He became one of a small number of left wingers who served time for contempt of Congress. In this fascinating and disturbing narrative, author Steve Batterson takes a deep dive into extant archival records generated by the FBI, HUAC, the University of Michigan, and repositories holding the papers of former Supreme Court justices. He examines the plights of six faculty and graduate students—including three future members of the National Academy of Sciences—whose careers were disrupted by the anticommunist actions of a wide range of personnel at the University of Michigan. He focuses on the seemingly conflicting Supreme Court decisions on labor leader John Watkins and Vassar College Psychology instructor Lloyd Barenblatt. And he examines the role played in the trial by Felix Frankfurter, a longtime Associate Justice on the Supreme Court, close advisor of Franklin D. Roosevelt, and co-founder of the ACLU. In the process, Batterson exposes the ways that McCarthy’s righteous emissaries relied on all kinds of institutions in 1950s America—from Hollywood studios to universities—to sabotage the careers of anyone with a trace of “Red.”