Eli Jaffe Collection
Scope and Contents
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Labor organizer and author. Subject Files (1935-1995) which include newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and original correspondence relating to Jaffe's stint as an organizer for the Workers Alliance in depression-era Oklahoma. This collection also includes the following published and unpublished writings: "Ten Brave Years" a ten year history of The Albert Einstein College of Medicine; "One Act Plays" a bound collection of plays; "Short Stories" a bound collection of stories based on Jaffe's Oklahoma experiences; "The Iron Room" an original three-act play based on Jaffe's four month imprisonment in the Oklahoma County jail; and "Daisyfresh" an original screenplay.
Dates
- 1935-1995
Restrictions on Access
Available for public access.
Extent
.66 ft. (.66 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Eli Jaffe.
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Authors Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Clark, Stanley J., 1876-
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Communism -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cunningham, Sis, 1909-2004
- Drama Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Dramatists Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Friesen, Gordon, 1909-1996
- Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967
- Henderson, Caroline A. (Caroline Agnes), 1877-1966
- Jaffe, Eli
- Jaffe, Wilma Lewis
- Jones, Joe, 1909-1963
- Labor disputes -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Labor unions -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Little Dies Committee
- Oklahoma -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Shaw, Alan
- Shaw, Nena Beth
- Wood, Ina
- Wood, Ward
- Workers Alliance of America
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu
