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Collection Overview
Title: Ewing Cannon Baskette Papers, 1808, 1820-1976
ID: 01/01/MSS00005
Primary Creator: Baskette, Ewing Cannon (1902-1958)
Extent: 262.5 Cubic Feet
Arrangement:
Series 1: Correspondence
Series 2: Writings
Series 3: Vertical Files
Series 4: Ewing Baskette Personal Files
Series 5: Books (books formerly owned by Baskette can be found by searching "Ewing Cannon Baskette" in the Advanced Search of our catalog.)
Subjects: Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939, Spanish Civil War Collections (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library)
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Papers of Ewing C. Baskette, lawyer, librarian and bibliographer. Includes modern speeches, letters and manuscripts on cases dealing with anarchism, the Centralia case, communal living, syndicalism, socialism, the International Workers of the World, freedom of expression and censorship. Baskette's complementary book and pamphlet collection on censorship and intellectual freedom (cataloged separately) contains approximately 10,000 volumes.
Biographical Note
Ewing Cannon Baskette, lawyer and librarian, owned the largest private collection on civil liberties and freedom of expression in the United States.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Access Restrictions:
Open to researchers.
Use Restrictions:
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This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgement, fulfillment of the order would damage materials or involve violation of copyright law.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Correspondence, 1821-1976],
[Series 2: Writings],
[
Series 3: Vertical Files],
[
Series 4: Ewing C. Baskette],
[
Series 5: Books],
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All]
- Series 2: Writings
- Sub-series 1: Published Works
- Folder 1
- Item 1: Baskette, Ewing C. Moon and Moonlight. 1p.
- 5 copies.
- Item 2: Baskette, Ewing C. Moon and Moonlight. By Ewing C. Baskette (1902-1958).
- 4 copies
- Item 3: Baskette, Ewing C. I mark only Sunny hours. 1p.
- note: 1 piece.
- Item 4: Baskette, Ewing C. J.S.A. Salt and Pepper Shaker. vol. 2. no. 30. The James-Sanford Agency. 6p., 1929
- 2 copies
- Item 5: Baskette, Ewing C. Upset Dope To Win Half Mile In Southern Intercollegiate Meet As Team Won Title. Illinois State Register. 9p., 1955
- Item 6: Baskette, Ewing C. Classic Work of Galileo Republished. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 38., 1953
- note: Reviewed by Ewing C. Baskette. 2 copies.
- Item 7: Baskette, Ewing C. Freedom of Expression. Antiquarian Bookman. vol. 6. no. 1. 1p., 1953
- 3 copies
- Sub-series 2: Manuscript Drafts
- Folder 1
- Item 1: Baskette, Ewing C. The Greek Festivals. Alice Zimmern. T.G. Tucker. 8p.
- Item 2: Baskette, Ewing C. The Proposed Roads to Freedom. 14p.
- Sub-series 3: Notebooks
- Folder 1
- Item 1: Baskette, Ewing C. Compositions.
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Correspondence, 1821-1976],
[Series 2: Writings],
[
Series 3: Vertical Files],
[
Series 4: Ewing C. Baskette],
[
Series 5: Books],
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All]