Guide to the Heber Blankenhorn Papers, 1919-1937 AIS.1966.15

Arrangement

Repository
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Title
Heber Blankenhorn Papers
Creator
Blankenhorn, Heber
Collection Number
AIS.1966.15
Extent
0.625 Linear Feet (1 box)
Date
1919-1937
Abstract
This collection deals particularly with Heber Blankenhorn's writings on the Steel Strike of 1919-1920 and the Somerset Coal Strike of 1922-1923. The collection includes correspondence, memoranda, interviews, testimony, and background data produced by the Commission of Inquiry of the Interchurch World Movement of North American Steel Strike of 1919.
Language
English .
Author
Archives Service Center Staff. Revisions occurred to the finding aid as a part of the encoding process in June 2003.
Publisher
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Address
University of Pittsburgh Library System
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Biography

Heber Blankenhorn was born in Orville, Ohio on March 26, 1884. Blankenhorn received an A.B. from the College of Wooster in 1905 and A.M. from Columbia University in 1910. He worked as a reporter and assistant city editor for the New York Evening Sun from 1900-1914. In 1919 he became the co-director for the Bureau of Industrial Research. Blankenhorn then went on to become a foreign correspondent with the international staff of Labor. He also worked as an assistant to Senator Robert F. Wagner and as industrial economist to chairman and the 1st and 2nd National Labor Boards. In his later career Blankenhorn directed the United Auto Workers (UAW) investigation into the attempted murders of Victor and Walter Reuther and he returned to the staff of Labor. Also during this time he married Ann Washington Crafton in 1936 and authored two books, Adventures in Propaganda (Boston, 1919) and The Strike for Union (New York, 1923). Blankenhorn died January 1, 1956 in Alexandria, Virginia.

Scope and Content Notes

This collection includes correspondence, memoranda, interviews, testimony, background data produced by the Commission of Inquiry of the Interchurch World Movement of North American Steel Strike of 1919, and copies of sub-committee reports used as a basis for its Report on the Steel Strike (New York: Harcourt, 1920) and Public Opinion and the Steel Strike (New York: Harcourt 1921). Blankenhorn's writings are of particular importance because of their addition to our understanding of the Steel Strike of 1919-1920 and the Somerset Coal Strike of 1922-1923 and their significance to the Western Pennsylvania region. The bulk of the material covers the period 1919-1922.

Access Restrictions

No restrictions.

Acquisition Information

The collection was a gift of Mrs. Heber Blankenhorn (Ann Blankenhorn) September 9, 1966.

Previous Citation

Heber Blankenhorn Papers, 1919-1937, AIS.1966.15, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh

Preferred Citation

Heber Blankenhorn Papers, 1919-1937, AIS.1966.15, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Archives Service Center Staff in 1971.

Copyright

Permission for publication is given on behalf of the University of Pittsburgh as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Subjects

    Corporate Names

    • Interchurch World Movement of North America. Commission of Inquiry

    Personal Names

    • Blankenhorn, Heber

    Other Subjects

    • Labor -- Pennsylvania -- Somerset County
    • Strikes and lockouts -- Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Somerset County
    • Social action
    • Labor
    • Personal papers

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