The librarian spies
Subtitle: Philip and Mary Jane Keeney and cold war espionage
By: Rosalee McReynolds and Louise S. Robbins.
Contributors: Robbins, Louise S.
Publisher: Praeger Security International
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9780275994488
Subjects: Keeney, Philip O. -- 1891-1962; Keeney, Mary Jane, -- b. 1898; Spies -- United States -- Biography; Communism -- United States; Subversive activities -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Espionage -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Espionage, Soviet -- United States -- History; Librarians -- United States -- Biography; Cold War
Genres: Biography.
Description: "In 1950, Senator Joseph McCarthy declared that the State Department was a haven for communists and traitors. Among famous targets, like Alger Hiss, the senator also named librarian Mary Jane Keeney and her husband Philip, who had been called before the House UnAmerican Activities Committee to account for friendships with suspected communists, memberships in communist fronts, and authorship of articles that had been published in leftist periodicals." -- dust jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Philip; title: Mary Jane; title: The librarians; title: Struggle; title: Progressive Librarians' Council; title: The spies at home; title: The spies abroad; title: Caught in the web; title: Un-Americans; title: Guilt and association.