Eugene P. Link papers,
- Author:
- Link, Eugene P., 1907-
- Call Number:
- MSS APAP-025 local
- Abstract:
- Correspondence with Herbert Aptheker, Lee H. Ball, Merle Curti, Buell Gallagher, Corliss Lamont, and others, 1941-91; lecture notes and course papers, 1951-1977; and research files on Harry F. Ward (1873-1966), American medical history, and other subjects, n.d. Link retained the records of the Religious Freedom Committee for the years 1955-64, including minutes of its Administrative Committee, financial and membership records, its newsletter "Religious Freedom News", and occasional publications. The Religious Freedom Committee was an interfaith, interracial group founded in New York City to work for the free exercise of religion under the First Amendment.
- Historical Note:
- American historian. Eugene P. Link received a B.D. from Union Theological Seminary, 1933, and a Ph. D., from Columbia University, 1941; he taught history at the State University of New York Colleges at New Paltz, 1950-63, and Plattsburg, 1964-77, among other schools. Link has had a life-long interest in unionism, joining the American Federation of Teachers in 1930s and United University Professions in the 1970s.
- Physical Description:
- 7.0 cu. ft
- Access Terms:
- Access to the collection is unrestricted.
- Notes:
- Part of the Archives of Public Affairs and Policy Collection. local
- Subjects:
- Freedom of religion United States, Medicine United States History, Labor unions New York (State), History Study and teaching, Historians United States, Freedom of religion, Historians, History Study and teaching, Labor unions, and Medicine
- Genres/Forms:
- History, Correspondence. ftamc, and Minutes. ftamc
- Names:
- Link, Eugene P., 1907-, Ward, Harry Frederick, 1873-1966, Gallagher, Buell, Aptheker, Herbert, 1915-2003, Ball, Lee H, Curti, Merle (Merle Eugene), 1897-1996, Lamont, Corliss, 1902-1995, Aptheker, Herbert, 1915-2003, Curti, Merle (Merle Eugene), 1897-1996, Lamont, Corliss, 1902-1995, and Ward, Harry Frederick, 1873-1966
- Corporate Names:
- Religious Freedom Committee, American Federation of Teachers, United University Professions (Association : N.Y.), American Federation of Teachers, and United University Professions (Association : N.Y.)
- Geographic Terms:
- New York (State) and United States
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