Charles Joseph Antoine Labadie

Born: 04/18/1850   Paw Paw
Died: 10/07/1933
Parents: Anthony Cleophis and Euphosyne Angelique Labadie
Spouse: Sophie Elizabeth Archambeau, his first cousin
Children: Laura, Charlotte, Laurance
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Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
- Articles in labor and radical journals such as the Detroit Socialist Labor Review, Detroit Times, Lansing Sentinel, Advance Labor Leaf, Detroit News, Detroit Spectator, Detroit Citizen, Industries Gazette, Grand Rapids Workman, Detroit Union, and others
- Booklets of essays and verse
- Labadie Collection of radical literature is housed at the University of Michigan. The collection thus preserved is today regarded as among the finest accumulations of 19th Century radical ephemera in the United States. Non Fiction Adult
What is the aim or goal of your writing: Beginning in the early 1900s, Labadie’s extensive collection of labor literature was sought by several universities for the growing field of labor scholarship. Labadie chose the University of Michigan, where it formed the nucleus of the renowned Labadie Collection, considered the most comprehensive repository of radical literature in the United States.

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Attended
- Left because he refused to join the ROTC
University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia , MO

Career:

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- American labor organizer, anarchist, social activist, printer, publisher, essayist, and poet.
Clerk Detroit Water Works Detroit
Printer Detroit Post and Tribune Detroit

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