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Garland Fund
The American Fund for Public Service, commonly known as the Garland Fund, was a philanthropic organization established in 1922 by Charles Garland (philanthropist), Charles Garland. The fund, administered by a group of trustees headed by Roger Nash Baldwin, Roger Baldwin of the American Civil Liberties Union, ultimately disbursed some $2 Million to a variety of Far-left politics, radical and left wing institutions, including the Federated Press labor news agency, news service, the Vanguard Press publishing house, ''The New Masses'' magazine, ''The World Tomorrow (magazine), The World Tomorrow'' magazine, and to the legal defense fund associated with the 1926 Passaic Textile Strike, as well as a host of similar projects. The fund was terminated in 1941. Institutional history Establishment of the fund In 1920, Charles Garland (philanthropist), Charles Garland informed the executor of his father's estate that he would refuse to accept a $1 Million inheritance from the estate (law) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Garland 1922
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was ''Churl, Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinisation of names, Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as ''Carolus (other), Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch language, Dutch and German language, German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
