Oral history interview with Monroe and Lil Sweetland [Sound Recording 01]
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- 1976-08-17
Part of Oral history interview with Monroe and Lil Sweetland
Tape 1, Side 1. This oral history interview with Monroe and Lil Sweetland was conducted by their daughter, Barbara Sweetland, on August 17, 1976. In this interview, the Sweetlands discusses their college experiences. Monroe Sweetland talks about attending Cornell University and Syracuse Law School in New York. Lil Sweetland discusses attending Smith College in Massachusetts. They both discuss meeting through their political activism while in New York; their reasons for being anti-war during the lead-up to World War II; and their involvement with the Socialist Party.
Sweetland, Lil M. (Lillie Megrath), 1912-1985