Collection Name: Bloor, Ella Reeve
Collection Dates: 1862-1951
Repository Name: Smith College, Sophia Smith Collection,
Northampton MA
NIDS Fiche Number: 4.99.1
LC Reference: 90798033
Type: Papers
Dates: 1890-1973
Extent: ca. 6 linear ft. (ca. 2100 items)
Description: Radical, labor organizer, socialist, and
communist; b. Ella Reeve; married 1st: Lucien Ware; 2nd: Louis Cohen; and 3rd:
Andrew Omholt; also known as "Mother Bloor", of Arden, Del. Correspondence
(1890-1957) with family and friends, relating to Bloor's experiences as labor
organizer, her participation in strikes, organizing for the Socialist and
Communist parties, duties as member of the National (1932-1948) and other
committees of the Communist Party, U.S.A., support for the Daily Worker,
women's rights, and other subjects; itinaries (1920s-1942); biographical
materials concerning Bloor and family members; writings; notes; and other
papers. Family members and prominent socialists, communists, and radicals
represented include her third husband, Andrew Omholt; and sons, Harold and
Hamilton Disbrow Ware and Carl and Richard Reeve; and Earl Browder, Elizabeth
Gurley Flynn, William Foster, Lem Harris, Bill Haywood, William Bross Lloyd,
Scott Nearing, Kate Richards O'Hare, Paul Robeson, Anna Louise Strong,
Norman Thomas, and Anita Whitney. Purchased from Thomas and Richard Edwards,
1981.
Index Terms: NUCMC
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