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The Nation, records, 1879-1974 (inclusive), 1920-1955 (bulk).

Title: The Nation records, 1879-1974 (inclusive), 1920-1955 (bulk).

Records of the weekly magazine, The Nation, primarily during the editorship of Freda Kirchwey.

ArchivalResource: 34 boxes (42.5 linear ft.)

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Cedric Belfrage Papers, Bulk, 1945-1985, 1922-1990, (Bulk 1945-1985)

Title: Cedric Belfrage Papers Bulk, 1945-1985 1922-1990, (Bulk 1945-1985)

Cedric Belfrage, socialist, author, journalist, translator, and co-founder of the , was born in London in 1904. His early career as a film critic began at Cambridge University, where he published his first article in (1924). In 1927 Belfrage went to Hollywood, where he was hired by the and as a correspondent. Belfrage returned to London in 1930 as Sam Goldwyn's press agent. Returning to Hollywood, he became politically active, joining the Hollywood Anti-Nazi League, co-editing a left literary magazine, . Belfrage joined the Communist Party in 1937, but withdrew his membership a few months later. Thereafter, he maintained a friendly but critical relationship. In 1948, he wrote for and helped found the (later Guardian) to which he would remain affiliated until the 1960's. Belfrage was summoned in 1953 to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), and in 1955, he was deported back to his native England. Belfrage then travelled to Cuba in 1961, and in 1962, travelled throughout South America finally settling in Cuernavaca, Mexico. In 1973, Belfrage returned to the U.S. for the first time since 1955, on a publicity tour for a new book. Belfrage continued to write extensively until his last years. He died in Mexico on June 21, 1990. National Guardian Kinematograph Weekly New York Sun Film Weekly The Clipper National Guardian NOTE: This collection is housed offsite and advance notice is required for use.

ArchivalResource: 15.5 linear feet; (29 boxes)

http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/tamwag/tam_143/tam_143.html View

Belfrage, Cedric, 1904-. Papers, 1922-1990 (bulk 1945-1985).

Title: Papers, 1922-1990 (bulk 1945-1985).

The papers span the years 1922-1990 and consist mainly of Belfrage's writings (seven linear feet), and correspondence. The writings include articles, travel notes, translation, short fiction and non-fiction essays, book manuscripts and research files, and related correspondence. Although this is the largest series in the collection, it does not fully reflect Belfrage's career as an author since there is little information on many of his published books. The collection also contains correspondence (mostly incoming), documentation of Belfrage's political activities, and biographical materials. The collection provides substantial information about the early part of Belfrage's life as a Hollywood film critic (1920's-1930's), but very little about his subsequent activity in Germany as a press control officer for the U.S. army (1944-1945), though he maintains correspondence with Emil Carlebach, Buchenwald survivor and Communist. His trip to Southeast Missouri in 1948 is very well documented in the form of writing and research for his unpublished manuscripts on the Sharecroppers Strike of 1939, and its leaders Owen Whitfield and Thad Snow. Belfrage's next major project, the founding of the National Guardian in the fall of 1948, is well documented. The collection also provides documentation of his deportation case and time in jail. The next period in his life, as editor-in-exile for the National Guardian, during which he travelled extensively as a journalist, is less well covered. The main forms of documentation are his articles, travel notes, and correspondence. The collection covers more thoroughly the final period of Belfrage's life, from the time he settled in Mexico in 1973 to his death in 1990.

ArchivalResource: 13.5 linear ft.

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