-----Original Message----- From: H-Net Labor History Discussion List [mailto:H-LABOR at H-NET.MSU.EDU] On Behalf Of Seth Wigderson Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 10:23 AM To: H-LABOR at H-NET.MSU.EDU Subject: Memorial for Paul Avrich, Riverside Chapel, NYC, Feb 22
From: Arieh Lebowitz <ariehnyc at prodigy.net> Subject: Memorial for Paul Avrich, Riverside Chapel, NYC, Feb 22nd 12:45 pm
Radical historian, Paul Avrich, died last week. He was 74.
Paul Avrich was born in New York City on August 4, 1931.
There is to be a service at the Riverside Chapel in New York City, on Amsterdam at about 78th street at 12:45 on Wednesday the 22nd. Please pass this along to some who might have known him.
There's a biographical / memorial sketch here: http://www.pressaction.com/news/weblog/full_article/avrich02212006/ reprited from another web source here http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20060220094433788
He was a noted historian and professor who authored many books on anarchist history, including books on the Haymarket Riot, the Modern School Movement, the Russian Revolution and a collection of oral interviews with American anarchists titled Anarchist Voices. Avrich was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize several times and in 1984 he won the Philip Taft Labor History Award.
Arieh Lebowitz