Edwin J. Lukas papers

Edwin Lukas was a lawyer, author, criminologist and civil rights activist. The collection primarily documents Lukas' private life and his work with the American Jewish Committee from 1950 to 1968. It includes correspondence, speeches, articles, book reviews, drafts for a civil rights case boo...

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Main Author: Lukas, Edwin J. (Edwin Jay) 1902-1973 (Creator)
Collection:Edwin J. Lukas Papers
Collection Number:MSS032
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
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Online Access:Link to finding aid
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520 |a Edwin Lukas was a lawyer, author, criminologist and civil rights activist. The collection primarily documents Lukas' private life and his work with the American Jewish Committee from 1950 to 1968. It includes correspondence, speeches, articles, book reviews, drafts for a civil rights case book, and sound recordings. 
541 1 |a Gift of Christopher Lukas, 11 March 1975. jsj 05/17/04: accessions log states that accession 1975-016 is also attributed to Dennis Clark. (ml 6/25/04: presumably this is an error.) 
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