Mellie and Herbert S. Calvert Papers

Posted June 15th, 2009 by abarker
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Accession Number: 
LP000778
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As a delegate of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), Herbert Calvert served on the Organization Committee chartered by the Soviet Council of Labor and Defense to form the Siberian industrial labor colony known as the Autonomous Industrial Colony of Kuzbas. As president of the American Committee of Kuzbas Mr. Calvert recruited American skilled workers and artisans for the colony. The papers of Herbert and Mellie Calvert consist primarily of an unpublished manuscript written by Mr. and Ms. Calvert relating the founding and history of the Kuzbas colony.

Date: 
1920-1973, bulk 1921-1926
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