Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1893, July 4 | Born, Middletown, N.Y. |
| 1906 | Moved with family to Brooklyn, N.Y. |
| 1908 | Graduated from high school |
| 1908-1912 | Worked at numerous odd jobs between frequent stints of unemployment |
| 1911 | Convicted and given suspended sentence for possession of burglar's tools |
| 1912-1913 | Lived on the road while traveling to San Francisco, Calif. |
| 1913 | Convicted and imprisoned for one year on a charge of possession of dynamite during an electrical workers' strike |
| 1914-1916 | Blacklisted by employers because of his union activities |
| 1916 | Convicted on a charge of planting a homemade bomb during a San Francisco, Calif., Preparedness Day parade Given a life sentence and sent to Folsom State Prison, Folsom, Calif. |
| 1926 | Warren K. Billings Committee for Pardon organized |
| 1939 | Billings Defense Committee organized Billings' sentence commuted by Governor Culbert L. Olson of California |
| 1940 | Married Josephine Rudolph |
| 1941 | Chairman, Northern California Citizens Committee to Free Earl Browder |
| 1947-1949 | Chairman, Vern Smith Defense Committee |
| 1955 | Delegate, AFL-CIO convention |
| 1961 | Pardoned by Governor Edmund G. Brown (1905- 1996) of California |
| 1972, Sept. 4 | Died, Redwood City, Calif. |