Item Information

Letter from Edwin I. Stearns to Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins on the Whispering Campaign against Perkins

Dublin Core

Title

Letter from Edwin I. Stearns to Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins on the Whispering Campaign against Perkins

Subject

Perkins, Frances, 1880-1965

Description

In this “Personally Written” letter to Perkins, the Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Caldwell, New Jersey, asks “Why have you stopped alien deportations?” calling for her to give a “full biographical statement,” and asking “Why is your official family so filled with subversive jewish personalities?”

Creator

Stearns, Edwin I.
Perkins, Frances, 1880-1965

Date

April 13, 1936

Language

eng

Additional Item Metadata

Provenance

Gift of Frances Perkins

MODS

Key Date

1936-04-13

Type of Date

ex

Place of Origin

Caldwell, New Jersey

Form/Genre

correspondence

Repository Name

nnc-rb

Shelf Location

Box 104

Notes

Original filename: 090074212.tif

Language of Cataloging

eng

Digital Origin

rd

Collection

Frances Perkins Papers

Citation

Stearns, Edwin I. and Perkins, Frances, 1880-1965, “Letter from Edwin I. Stearns to Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins on the Whispering Campaign against Perkins,” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed April 26, 2024, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/perkins/item/439.

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