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Whoa Emma!! an anarchist visits Calgary, 1907.(Biography)
One of the most notable visitors to Alberta in the early part of the 20th century was an orator named Emma Goldman, or "Red Emma". She was America's most famous radical orator, whose speeches had inspired the assassination of U.S. President McKinley in 1901. Goldman spent two days in Calgary, a visit that is barely noted in the many studies of her long life as North America's foremost advocate of the idealistic philosophy of anarchism. The speech she gave in her one public appearance incorporated many of the major radical issues of the era--including labour agitation, the emancipation of women, class differences, and her major thesis--changing ideas about the role of the ...
- Casket Of President McKinley
- Picture from: Getty Images Hulton Archive September 18, 1901 700+ words
...Hulton Archive Getty Images 09-18-1901 Casket Of President McKinley Full Size JPG (2349 KB) The casket of American politician...attending the Pan American Conference in Buffalo, New York. His interment is in Canton, where he started his...
- Assassination of President McKinley.(assassin Leon Czogolz)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: History Today Cavendish, Richard September 1, 2001 700+ words
...they thought he was either a police spy or a lunatic. Czogolz was executed in the electric chair in the prison at Auburn, New York State, on October 29th, 1901, calm to the last. He was quoted as saying, `I killed the president because he was the enemy...
- 'President McKinley's paper' evolves.(Election '96: How We Did, What We Did)
- Magazine article from: The Masthead Winerip, Michael March 22, 1997 700+ words
In 177 years Canton, Ohio's, newspaper, The Repository, had never endorsed a Democrat for president. "President McKinley's paper," they called it, and it really was, owned by his wife's family. In the 1896 presidential election...
- President McKinley's canes to go to Poland library.
- Newspaper article from: Vindicator (Youngstown, OH) May 25, 2007 700+ words
Byline: Alison Kemp May 25--POLAND -- Canes that belonged to President William McKinley will be relocated from the Poland Village Hall to just across South Main Street, at the Poland library. The two canes, each about 3 feet long, are now displayed in a wood case in Mayor Ruth Wilkes' office. The
- President McKinley's ancestral home, Dervock.
- Picture from: NYPL Digital Gallery unknown January 1, 1934 700+ words
- President McKinley signing the ultimatum.
- Picture from: NYPL Digital Gallery Thulstrup, Thure de,1848-1930--Artist January 1, 1934 700+ words
- Mourning for President McKinley, Wall Street West from William St., September...
- Picture from: NYPL Digital Gallery Galloway, Ewing--Photographer January 1, 1934 700+ words
- Milburn Residence where President McKinley died, Buffalo, N.Y.
- Picture from: NYPL Digital Gallery unknown January 1, 1934 700+ words