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Repository: St. Louis Mercantile Library Special Collections
Title: Smith Act Pamphlet
Date: circa 1950
Extent: 1.0 pamphlet
Location note: Vault -- vertical files
Language: English
Abstract: One pamphlet regarding the jailing of five St. Louis citizens jailed under the "Smith Thought Control Act."
Immediate Source of Acquisitions Note: University of Missouri - Kansas City Special Collections.
Scope and Content note: One pamphlet regarding the five Saint Louisians jailed under the "Smith Thought Control Act" (possibly the Smith Act, or Alien Registration Act of 1940, which saw radicals, communists, and civil rights leaders indicted, under Title I of the act, Subversive Activities).
The five Saint Louisians jailed were: Bill Sentner, trade-union leader; Marcus Murphy, civil rights activist; James Forest, working class activist; Dorothy Forest, civil rights activist; and Bob Manewitz, trade unionist.
The pamphlet also contains propaganda against the Veiled Prophet and the VP Parade.
Controlled Access Headings:
Geographic Name(s)
- Saint Louis (Mo.)
Subject(s)
- Korean War, 1950-1953
- Veiled Prophets of Saint Louis (Order : Mo.
Conditions Governing Access note: This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use note: Some of the material in this collection may be photocopied, digitally scanned or photographed, subject to condition and the judgment of Library staff. Library staff members reserve the right to deny reproduction services for any reason at any time.
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Preferred Citation note: The preferred citation for this collection is "From the collections of the St. Louis Mercantile Library at UM - St. Louis."