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Robert E. Burke collection, 1892-1994

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Burke, Robert E. (Robert Eugene), 1921-1998
Title
Robert E. Burke collection
Dates
1892-1994 (inclusive)
Quantity
60.43 cubic feet (68 boxes plus 2 oversize folders and 1 oversize vertical file)
Collection Number
2874, 4128
Summary
Professor of history, University of Washington, and collector of labor and New Deal related materials
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
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Languages
English
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Biographical Note

Robert E. Burke was a history professor at University of Washington from 1958 until 1993. Burke acquired this collection during his research, which often focused on studies of progressive and radical politics in California and the United States during the New Deal.

The Washington Commonwealth Federation was created in 1935 from efforts of the Commonwealth Builders. It was a coalition of organized labor, local Democratic Party clubs, advocates of technocracy, and old-age pension supporters. It operated as a left-wing political organization that sought to control the Democratic Party of of Washington state. For most of its history, it focused on drafting, supporting, and endorsing candidates for local, state and federal public offices, and lobbying public officials in pursuit of its own policy agenda. The Federaton was often a center of controversy because of the dominant role played by the Communist Party in setting Federation policy, and because many of its members were also members of the Communist Party. Hugh DeLacy, the Federation's president from 1938 to 1945, was elected to Congress from Seattle in 1944. His election was a high point for the organization, but also left it with a leadership crisis. Having achieved some of its goals in effecting Democratic Party unity and change, the WCF dissolved in 1945.

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Content Description

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Use of the Collection

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Organized into 5 accessions.

  • Accession No. 2874-002, Robert E. Burke collection, 1934-1945
  • Accession No. 2874-004, Robert E. Burke collection, 1892-1960
  • Accession No. 4128-001, Robert E. Burke collection, 1947-1990
  • Accession No. 4128-002, Robert E. Burke collection, 1910-1994
  • Accession No. 4128-003, Robert E. Burke collection, 1959

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

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Personal Names

  • Bridges, Harry, 1901-1990
  • Burke, Robert E. (Robert Eugene), 1921-1998--Archives
  • Hicks, John D
  • Johnson, Hiram, 1866-1945
  • Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
  • Scripps, E.W

Corporate Names

  • Hearst Newspapers

Other Creators

  • Personal Names

    • Bone, Homer Truett, 1883-1970 (creator)
    • Coffee, John Main, 1897- (creator)
    • Costigan, Howard (creator)
    • DeLacy, Hugh, 1910-1986 (creator)
    • Dill, Clarence C. (Clarence Cleveland), 1884-1978 (creator)
    • Jackson, Henry M. (Henry Martin), 1912-1983 (creator)
    • Magnuson, Warren G. (Warren Grant), 1905-1989 (creator)
    • Pennock, William J. (William Jonathan), -1953 (creator)
    • Pettus, Terry, 1904- (creator)
    • Rabbitt, Thomas C., 1905-1961 (creator)
    • Smith, Martin F. (Martin Fernard), 1891-1954 (creator)
    • Wallgren, Monrad C. (Monrad Charles), 1891-1961 (creator)

    Corporate Names

    • American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born (creator)
    • American Red Cross (creator)
    • Central Labor Council of Seattle and Vicinity (creator)
    • Commonwealth Builders (Organization : Wash.) (creator)
    • Democratic Party (King County, Wash.) (creator)
    • Democratic Party (U.S.) (creator)
    • Democratic Party (Wash.) (creator)
    • International Labor Defense (creator)
    • International Woodworkers of America, International. Local 3-47, Salkum (creator)
    • Japanese American Committee for Democracy (creator)
    • Ku Klux Klan (1915- ). Crown Point Klan #1 (Seattle, Wash.) (creator)
    • Labor's Non-Partisan League (creator)
    • National Conference on Constitutional Amendment (creator)
    • National Federation for Constitutional Liberties (creator)
    • United States. Farm Security Administration (creator)
    • Washington Commonwealth Federation (creator)
    • Washington Old Age Pension Union (creator)
    • Washington Pension Union (creator)
    • Washington State Federation of Labor (creator)
    • Washington State Social Security Council (creator)
    • Workers Alliance of Washington (creator)

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Subject Terms

  • Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
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