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Lewis Allan Typescript
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Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 29 Sep 2008
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Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 29 Sep 2008
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Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Allan, Lewis, 1903-1986. |
| Title: | Lewis Allan Typescript |
| Dates: | Undated |
| Quantity: | 1 item (SC) |
| Abstract: | Typescript for a play, "Song of Freedom," by the author of the poem and song "Strange Fruit." |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Lewis Allan was the pen name of Abel Meeropol (1903-1986), a Jewish American writer and poet. He wrote numerous songs and poems, including hit songs for Frank Sinatra and Peggy Lee, and taught at DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx. One of his pieces, the anti-lynching poem "Strange Fruit," was performed by Billie Holliday, set to music written by Meeropol; the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1978. Meeropol and his wife were also the adoptive parents of the young sons of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
The Lewis Allan Typescript consists of the typescript for a play, "Song of Freedom," on the International Workers Order and the role of immigrants in America.
"The opponent of free education are also the enemies of the freedom of the slaves and the rights of women. You pay lip service to the first, but you have no more use for it than you have for the abolition of slavery and sex equality. The three are inseparable."
"Song of Freedom," Lewis Allen
One item.
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Persons
Allan, Lewis, 1903-1986.
Corporate Bodies
International Workers Order -- In literature.
Associated Titles
Song of freedom.
Subjects
Radicalism in literature.
Theater -- Political aspects.
Genres and Forms
Scripts (documents)
Occupations
Dramatists.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Lewis Allan Typescript,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Purchased from the Peter Graham Fund for Radicalism in Literature and Art, 2008.
Writings
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| SC 237 | "Song of Freedom" undated - typescript | ||||||||||