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Wechsler, James Arthur, 1915-1983. Papers, 1935-1983.

Title: Papers, 1935-1983.

Papers, 1935-1983, of James Wechsler, a columnist and editor for the "New York Post," an active advocate of civil liberties, and the author of several books, including "The Age of Suspicion," which concerns the McCarthy era and the author's leftist connections. Subjects of Wechsler's memoranda include Che Guevara, Arthur Goldberg, Dean Rusk, and U Thant. Also included is his testimony from the McCarthy hearings in 1953.

ArchivalResource: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes); plusadditions of 20.0 c.f.1 tape recording, and22 photographs.

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Joseph Alsop and Stewart Alsop Papers, 1699-1989, (bulk 1937-1989)

Title: Joseph Alsop and Stewart Alsop Papers 1699-1989 (bulk 1937-1989)

Authors and journalists. Correspondence, writings, interviews, notes, subject files, office files, financial papers, family papers, clippings, printed material, and other papers relating primarily to Joseph Alsop's family and personal life; acquaintance with prominent politicians, public figures, writers, and scholars; work as a journalist; World War II experiences in China; and research and writing as an art historian. Includes material relating to Joseph and Stewart Alsop's business partnership in the “Matter of Fact” column, Joseph Alsop's memoirs, Stewart Alsop's travels, and the Alsop family.

ArchivalResource: 114,000 items; 324 containers plus 1 classified; 130.5 linear feet; 8 microfilm reels

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Schiff, Dorothy, 1903-1989. Dorothy Schiff papers, 1904-1989, bulk (1950s-1970s).

Title: Dorothy Schiff papers, 1904-1989, bulk (1950s-1970s).

Collection contains editorial, operational, business, and legal files of the New York Post and Schiff's personal files and family letters.

ArchivalResource: 139.04 linear feet (289 boxes)

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Series 1, Subseries 1, Sub-subseries 1. Leon Davis interviews

Title: Series 1, Subseries 1, Sub-subseries 1. Leon Davis interviews

Interviews with Leon Davis discuss his personal background and personality and the politics, history and leaders of 1199. Discussed are working conditions in hospitals and organizing campaigns; relations between 1199 and other unions; hospital management, boards of trustees and administrations; politicians and public figures; and the Charleston, S.C. hospital strike of 1969. Davis' biographical reminiscences include his experience as a boy in Russia; his high school education in Hartford, Ct.; part-time employment during the Depression; his attendance at the Columbia University College of Pharmacy; and jobs in pharmacies in Brooklyn and Harlem. He speaks of organizing a union of unemployed pharmacists (1929-1932); his political beliefs and his affiliations with radical politics; strategies in organizing retail drugstores in comparison to industrial organization; 1199 relations and affiliations with the Retail Clerks, AFL-CIO, New York City Central Labor Council, and Grocery Clerks Local 830; and the racial, ethnic and occupational composition of the drugstore union. The formation of the Pharmacists' Union of Greater New York is recounted, as is the conduct of strikes (1932-1934). Also discussed are racial discrimination, civil rights and the organizing of black drug workers (1938-1945); the effects of red-baiting and McCarthyism on 1199 leadership (1948-1951); the YMCA campaign; the Taft-Hartley affidavits; the relationship between union leadership and rank and file; the relationship of District 65 of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) with the CIO; the conduct of membership meetings and officer elections; effects of the radical politics of the union's leadership on rank and file; worker participation in union administration; union democracy; grievance handling; the administration of collective agreements; the identification of blacks and minority workers with 1199; Davis' testimony before the Kirsten Committee; political pluralism in 1199; relations between Davis and Mayor La Guardia; police interference; scabs; and the conduct of strikes and pickets. Davis also discusses the strike against the Whelan drugstore chain; unifying and coordinating membership in widespread geographic areas; union administration during World War II; CIO organizing and craft identification; the political orientation of the Trade Union Unity League; income redistribution through changes in Social Security legislation; the effects of the Russian Revolution on social history; post-Stalin Soviet communism; 1199's commitment to organizing unskilled and minority workers; the centralization of authority and membership participation in union bureaucracy; working class solidarity and politics; the role of delegate meetings in setting union policies and decision making; and the effects of wage increases on workers' willingness to strike. Also examined in this interview is the history of the national organizing committee; the coordination of leadership of the union divisions; and roles and duties of organizers; Davis' contacts with Elliott Godoff and Godoff's contacts with the United Public Workers of America and the Teamsters; the assignment of Ted Mitchell and Godoff to the leadership of the hospital organizing campaign; organizing proprietary hospitals; the rationale and strategy of 1199's hospital organizing campaign; Godoff's organizing strategy and personality; Mitchell's background in the Drug Division and his ability to relate to workers; Godoff's position in Maimonides Hospital; Armando Ramirez' background in District 65; Moe Foner's public relations contacts; 1199's public image; coordination of 1199 leadership and District 65 support staff; participation of Bill Taylor, Harry Van Arsdale, Godoff and Davis in the hospital strike settlement (1962); and Davis' and Godoff's roles in hospital leadership. Also discussed are working conditions in hospitals, including a comparison of wages for hospital, clothing and automobile workers; a unified hospital system; national health insurance; the national health care system; strategies in organizing small and large hospitals; the establishment of contacts in hospital departments; hospital organizational structure; demonstrations and wildcat strikes; signing of membership cards; organizing meetings; workers' rights; election conduct; the settlement with Montefiore Hospital; workers' resistance to unionization; the organizing activities of Al Kosloski, Morris Hodara, Marshall Dubin, Hiram Berenger, and Leo Provasti; rank and file leadership; the racial composition of hospital departments and supervisory staffs; hiring practices; black and Puerto Rican leadership; the informal groups and solidarity among Puerto Rican leaders; Mayor Wagner's role in the settlement with Montefiore Hospital; and the strategy for organizing Jewish Hospitals. Davis also analyzes the 1959 settlement and establishment of the Permanent Administrative Committee (PAC); the non-arbitrable issue of patient care; work assignment and job design; the union's effect on worker stability, turnover, absenteeism, and morale; strike conduct; wages; working conditions; boycott of the cafeteria; recognition elections; support by the Drug Division and District 65 during hospital strikes; the administration of collective agreements; the PAC as an obstacle to collective negotiations; Beth-El Hospital's opposition to the PAC; jailings, arrests and court injunctions; effects of the Beth-El Hospital strike on passage of New York State's collective bargaining legislation; and the union's position on compulsory arbitration and the no-strike pledge. Also discussed is union administration under the PAC; mandatory mediation under the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; Van Arsdale's role on the PAC; PAC investigation committees on hospital standards; grievance handling; dues collection; the role of third party payers in hospital collective negotiations and ability to pay; job security; promotions; worker satisfaction; pre-paid medical plans; the strategic role of nurses in the operation of the hospital; professional identification of nurses and pharmacists; coordination of collective agreements; joint collective negotiations; the compatibility of the values, goals and strategies of the civil rights movement with those of hospital organizing; financial and manpower contributions from District 65; and collective negotiation strategies. The discussion of relations between 1199 and other unions includes Victor Gottbaum's position on hospital shutdowns; Van Arsdale's opinion on 1199's opportunity to develop trade unionism in New York City and to organize unskilled black and Puerto Rican workers; Van Arsdale's and Mike Quill's influence on Mayor Wagner's labor relations policies; Van Arsdale's relationship with Governor Rockefeller; and the role of the New York City Central Labor Council and member unions in the organizing of New York City hospitals. Other interorganizational matters include jurisdictional disputes between 1199 and the Service Employees International Union, Local 144, concerning organizing New York City voluntary hospitals; the position of the A.F. of L. and the New York City Central Labor Council on these disputes; cooperation between 1199 and the Professional Nurses Association; Van Arsdale's background in the construction trades movement and his role in the development of welfare and education benefits and the determination of hours of work; George Meany and A.F. of L. opposition to collective bargaining legislation with compulsory arbitration and a no-strike pledge; and Bayard Rustin's political position and his relationship with 1199. Issues concerning politicians and public figures include Davis' relationship with Mayor John Lindsay; Lindsay's labor relations policies and his influence on the $100 per week minimum wage settlement; Moe Foner's connections with Jimmy Wechsler, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Doris Schiff; the impact of hospital strikes (1959-1962) on the passage of collective bargaining legislation for hospital workers; 1199's endorsement of Governor Rockefeller's re-election campaign; and the nature of political commitments between labor and politicians. Topics pertaining to hospital management, administration and boards of trustees include the fiscal policies of voluntary hospitals; the administration of municipal hospitals and the merit system; the political influence of hospital boards of trustees; relations between Montefiore and Mount Sinai Hospitals; Montefiore Hospital's relations with Jewish philanthropists; a comparison of Russian and Jewish philanthropists; historical background of the New York Hospital Board; the opposition of hospital boards and administrations to unionization; the authoritarian management policies of hospitals; hospital representation on the PAC; and personnel policies of PAC hospitals. Issues regarding the 1969 hospital strike in Charleston, S.C. include strike fines; support from the Catholic church; white community support and reaction to the strike; the role of Jewish merchants and business interests in the South; Bill Saunders' role in community leadership; 1199's attempts to build a strong organization; the relationship of militant blacks and striking hospital workers; violence and police interference; and the involvement of the FBI.

ArchivalResource: 5 transcripts (191 p.)

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Series 1, Subseries 1, Sub-subseries 2. Moe Foner interview

Title: Series 1, Subseries 1, Sub-subseries 2. Moe Foner interview

Foner discusses the history of 1199, its policies and politics; its organizing activities; relations with other unions and public figures; hospital working conditions and labor relations in the health care industry; union leadership and administration; and 1199 strikes of hospitals in New York City and Charleston, S.C. Moe Foner discusses the history of 1199, its policies and politics; its organizing activities; relations with other unions and public figures; hospital working conditions and labor relations in the health care industry; union leadership and administration; and 1199 strikes of hospitals in New York City and Charleston, S.C. Interview with Moe Foner regards his personal background; the social and political history of 1199 (1932-1976); the founding of the Pharmacists' Union of Greater New York; affiliations and disaffiliations of AFL-CIO unions; the racial composition and ethnic composition of the Drug Division; the organizing of 2,000 drugstores and the administration of resultant collective bargaining agreements; Elliott Godoff's personality, his experience in organizing hospital workers, his background in the United Public Workers of America (UPWA) and the Teamsters, and his decision to join 1199 (1958). Foner also discusses the radical element in the CIO and in District 65 of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU); the relationship of UPWA and RWDSU; 1199's historical role in social politics, cultural and social programs; union militancy and goal setting; the red-baiting of union leaders; and George Meany's and Ray Corbett's (AFL-CIO) stand on collective bargaining legislation, compulsory arbitration and the no-strike pledge. Also discussed are Bayard Rustin's and Harry Van Arsdale's participation in hospital organizing; the relationship between Van Arsdale and Leon Davis; Van Arsdale's role in acquiring Mayor Wagner's pledge of financial support for a strike settlement; Van Arsdale's role in the AFL-CIO merger; A. Philip Randolph's and Rustin's role in the alliance between 1199 and civil rights organizations; RWDSU's participation in 1199's organizing campaign, including the activities of Bob Burke, David Livingston, Aberdeen David, Armando Ramirez, Max Greenberg, Max Steinbach, Bernie Stevens, Bill Michaelson and Joella Thomas; District 65 reaction to the growth of 1199 and challenges to the International board; and Van Arsdale's contacts with Mayor Wagner and New York City judges regarding strike settlement. Included also are discussions of the participation and opinions of various public figures and politicians on hospital unionization, passage of collective bargaining legislation and relations with Moe Foner. These individuals include: Eleanor Roosevelt, Herbert Lehman, Jimmy Wechsler, the Sulzbergers, Evans Clark (professor of economics, Princeton University), Frieda Kirchway (editor, THE NATION), Victor Riesel, Alfred Rose (Mount Sinai Hospital), Arnold Beichmans (professor, University of Massachusetts), Doris Schiff, Mayor Wagner, John Connorton, Paul Screvane, Saul Corbin, Anthony Carlino, Governor Rockefeller, Hank Paley, Murray Kempton, Benjamin Buttenwieser, Helen Buttenwieser, James Healey, and Cardinal Spellman. Organizations discussed in this context include the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and the Congress of Racial Equality. Foner also discusses working conditions in hospitals; grievances relating to unionization and the conduct of organizing campaigns and strikes; wages; hours of work; working conditions; turnover rates; arbitrary supervisory policies; the hierarchy of unskilled vs. skilled hospital jobs; patient care; Foner's role in public relations, Davis' position as overall leader, and the assignment of Godoff and Ted Mitchell as leaders of the hospital organizing campaign; the allocation of Drug Division funds for the hospital organizing campaign; the participation of Drug Division members in hospital organizing activities; raising workers' consciousness; mobilizing the Crack of Dawn Brigade; donations and contributions by the public and the labor movement to the strike fund; strike benefits; the morale of strikers; and the operation of hospitals with volunteer and scab labor. Other topics discussed include the strategy employed in organizing professional and technical workers and the viewpoints of such workers on social politics; service workers' consciousness of changing working conditions; raising rank and file to leadership positions; Mitchell's role as a black organizer; the strategy of assigning organizers by geographic areas and ethnic background; solidarity among black and Puerto Rican workers; patient care and safety; 1199 policies and contacts in public relations; the preparation and distribution of leaflets; 1199 support for Governor Rockefeller's re-election; 1199 lobbying activities for passage of collective bargaining legislation for hospital workers; ethical questions concerning unions and strikes in hospitals and the denial of protective collective bargaining legislation; strike conduct and pickets; the decision to organize six Jewish hospitals; the signing of membership cards; mobilizing workers' committees through hospital departments; the reinstatement of strikers; the jailing of Leon Davis; the creation of crisis strike conditions in order to gain collective bargaining rights; strike settlements; 1199's position on national health issues; training and upgrading funds; union democracy; leader self-evaluation; record retention and research on union administration; union finances; and evolutionary changes in the union organizational structure. Issues pertaining to the nature of hospitals and the health care industry include the organizational structure, administration and locus of ownership and financing of religious, public, voluntary and proprietary hospitals; the influence of philanthropists on the administration of voluntary hospitals; protective coverage of hospital workers by the Wagner Act (1935) and the Taft Hartley Act (1947); the influence of third party payers, philanthropists, public opinion, clergymen and politicians on unionization of the health care industry; the Greater New York Hospital Association (GNYHA) position on unionization; opposition to unionization by Jewish philanthropic elites and the Catholic Archdiocese; Catholic and Protestant philanthropic interests; the politics of municipal health care delivery systems; Catholic hospitals and the Archdiocese; the ethnic composition of hospital boards; a comparison of Russian and Jewish hospitals; and the role of boards of trustees in hospital administration. Other topics discussed include hospital strategies to avoid unionization; a comparison of New York City and upstate health care systems; GNYHA's opposition to unions; industry-wide collective bargaining in the health care industry; the establishment of the Permanent Administrative Committee (PAC); the William H. Davies Committee; union administration under the PAC; communication between union administration and workers through newsletters, dues collection and grievance handling; 1199's strategy to block Beth-El Hospital membership on the PAC; and reorganization of the PAC with labor representatives. Issues pertaining to the organization of Montefiore Hospital (1958) include establishment of organizing committees and contacts by departments; organizing meetings; shift scheduling and organizing meetings; supervisors' interference with organizing activities; community support for hospital workers; media publicity; mobilization of civil rights and community leaders; Foner's interpretation of Martin Cherkasky's politics and views on the labor movement; the role of the labor movement in the Montefiore settlement; the key role of service workers; and activities of various organizers and mediators in the dispute. Topics relating to the Charleston, S.C. hospital workers' strike (1969) include contacts with Isaiah Bennett (RWDSU); participation of 1199 members Henry Nicholas, Godoff, Turner and Davis; meetings between SCLC, 1199 and hospital workers; the racial composition of hospital workers and strikers; the development of the strike into a national civil rights issue; contacts between Stanley Levitson, 1199 and the SCLC; the training of SCLC members as 1199 organizers; the decline of SCLC after the death of Martin Luther King; Andrew Young's role as SCLC representative; the organization of boycotts and demonstrations; and media coverage of the strike. Also mentioned is the intervention of Strom Thurmond, U.S. Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare, U.S. Dept. of Labor, U.S. Office of Civil Rights Compliance, James Farmer, Ted, Bob, and Ethel Kennedy, Walter Mondale, Daniel Moynihan, John Ehrlichman and Charles Shultz; Federal government pressure on Charleston Medical College to comply with the Civil Rights Act; jailing of Ralph Abernathy and the strike settlement; violence; and SCLC connections with Mary Moultries.

ArchivalResource: 4 transcripts (247 p.)

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New York Times Company records. Arthur Hays Sulzberger papers, 1823-1999

Title: New York Times Company records. Arthur Hays Sulzberger papers 1823-1999

Arthur Hays Sulzberger was the publisher of xxThe New York Timesxx from 1935 until 1961 and chairman of the board of The New York Times Company from 1961 until 1968. While he was publisher, circulation of The Times almost doubled; the editorial page developed a reputation for strong opinions; news events were subjected to more analysis and coverage of specialized topics was strengthened; new sections and departments were created for food, fashion, and women; and the overall style of the paper became less rigid and more aesthetically pleasing. The papers document Sulzberger's life and career at xxThe New York Timesxx, with the majority of the collection relating to Sulzberger's 26 years as president and publisher of the paper. Included in the collection are correspondence with family members, friends, colleagues, world leaders, and other dignitaries; memoranda regarding the business of the newspaper, including Sulzberger's notes of praise and criticism to his editors, managers, and writers; reports on his meetings with world leaders, including Winston Churchill, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Harry S. Truman; and photographs of Sulzberger, his family, business trips, vacations, and The Times' buildings.

ArchivalResource: 129.9 linear feet; 297 boxes, 10 volumes

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Lillian Hellman Papers TXRC05-A10005., 1904-1984 (bulk 1934-1984)

Title: Lillian Hellman Papers 1904-1984 (bulk 1934-1984)

The Lillian Hellman papers comprise manuscripts, correspondence, legal documents, business records, appointment books, scrapbooks, and clippings.

ArchivalResource: 119 boxes, 38 oversize boxes, 2 oversize folders, 9 galley files (68 linear feet)

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Minow, Newton N., 1926-. Papers, 1954-1965.

Title: Papers, 1954-1965.

Papers of a Federal Communications Commission chairman (1961-1963) who focused national attention on the responsibilities of the television industry with his "vast wasteland" speech to the NAB in 1961. Other significant correspondents include Robert F. Kennedy, Edgar Kobak, Lawrence B. Laurent, Herbert H. Lehman, Lee Loevinger, Clare Boothe Luce, Edward P. Morgan, Edward R. Murrow, Gaylord Nelson, Maurine B. Neuberger, Richard M. Nixon, William Proxmire, James Reston, Eleanor Roosevelt, Robert W. and David Sarnoff, Dore Schary, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Howard K. Smith, Merriman Smith, Lawrence E. Spivak, Frank Stanton, Sylvestor L. Weaver, Jr., James A. Wechsler, Adlai E. Stevenson, and many others. Other parts of the collection consist of articles, speeches, interview transcriptions, biographical press releases, speeches related to mass communications by individuals other than Minow, clippings, drafts of his book "Equal Time: The Private Broadcaster and the Public Interest" (1964), and three volumes of an organization and management study of the FCC, 1962. The film and sound recordings relate to Minow's many appearances before media organizations and on radio and television. The processed portion is summarized above, dates 1954-1965, and is described in the register. Additional accessions are described below.

ArchivalResource: 23.6 c.f. (59 archives boxes),25 tape recordings, and11 films; plusadditions of 1 tape recording and170 photographs.

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Jerome New Frank papers, 1918-1972 (bulk 1929-1957)

Title: Jerome New Frank papers

The papers consist of correspondence, legal material (including opinions, decisions, calendars, memoranda, and other papers), writings, speeches, Yale course materials, and family and personal papers of Jerome N. Frank, lawyer, government official during the New Deal, author, legal philosopher, teacher, and federal judge. The papers reflect Frank's wide range of activities, interests, and associations, and include important correspondence with many well known government officials, lawyers, philosophers, educators, authors, and judges. The papers and correspondence reflecting Frank's interest in and advocacy of "legal realism," the papers dealing with the politics and programs of the New Deal, and the papers relating to "Learned Hand's Court," the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals are arranged in this collection.

ArchivalResource: 105.25 linear feet

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Jerome New Frank papers, 1918-1972 (bulk 1929-1957)

Title: Jerome New Frank papers

The papers consist of correspondence, legal material (including opinions, decisions, calendars, memoranda, and other papers), writings, speeches, Yale course materials, and family and personal papers of Jerome N. Frank, lawyer, government official during the New Deal, author, legal philosopher, teacher, and federal judge. The papers reflect Frank's wide range of activities, interests, and associations, and include important correspondence with many well known government officials, lawyers, philosophers, educators, authors, and judges. The papers and correspondence reflecting Frank's interest in and advocacy of "legal realism," the papers dealing with the politics and programs of the New Deal, and the papers relating to "Learned Hand's Court," the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals are arranged in this collection.

ArchivalResource: 105.25 linear feet

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Wechsler, James Arthur, 1915-. Reminiscences of James Arthur Wechsler : oral history, 1968.

Title: Reminiscences of James Arthur Wechsler : oral history, 1968.

Reminiscences of Adlai Stevenson: presidential campaign, 1952, governor of Illinois, Ambassador to the United Nations, reactions to his death; writing about Stevenson; correspondence with Stevenson regarding Dominican crisis, Vietnam; speech writer for Stevenson.

ArchivalResource: Transcript: 21 leaves.Tape: 1 reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122481245 View

Ruth Fischer papers, 1925-1961 (inclusive) 1940-1961 (bulk)

Title: Ruth Fischer papers

Papers of German politician and Communist Party leader Ruth Fischer.

ArchivalResource: 167 boxes and 1 volume (84 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00448/catalog View

Robert G. Spivack Papers, 1931-1970, (bulk 1936-1970)

Title: Robert G. Spivack Papers 1931-1970 (bulk 1936-1970)

Journalist. Correspondence, articles, book projects, columns, newsletters, newspapers, material relating to speaking engagements, topical files, records of organizations, scrapbooks, printed matter, and miscellaneous material relating to Spivack's career as a newspaper reporter, syndicated columnist, and newsletter publisher and to his participation in student groups and other organizations seeking the intervention of the United States in World War II prior to the Pearl Harbor attack.

ArchivalResource: 16,800 items; 48 containers plus 2 oversize; 19.2 linear feet

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Joseph L. Rauh Papers, 1913-1994, (bulk 1950-1984)

Title: Joseph L. Rauh Papers 1913-1994 (bulk 1950-1984)

Lawyer, civil rights activist, and civil libertarian of Washington, D.C. Chiefly legal files together with correspondence, memoranda, minutes of meetings, oral history interviews, speeches, writings, subject files, appointment books, and other papers relating to Rauh's career as a public interest lawyer handling cases pertaining to civil rights, civil liberties, and labor disputes. Includes files relating to his activities with Americans for Democratic Action and to his participation in Hubert H. Humphrey's presidential campaign in 1960.

ArchivalResource: 107,650 items; 290 containers; 115.8 linear feet

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Labor Leadership Assembly for Peace. Records, 1960-1972.

Title: Records, 1960-1972.

Records, mainly 1965-1972, of the first national labor organization involved in protesting the war in Vietnam.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 c.f. (3 archives boxes); plus.additions of 49 photographs.

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Evjue, William Theodore, 1882-1970. Papers, ca. 1880-1969.

Title: Papers, ca. 1880-1969.

Subject files of the founder, editor, and publisher of the Madison, Wisconsin, "Capital Times," including both personal and professional correspondence, clippings, memoranda, financial material, posters, and speeches. Among the prominent correspondents are Robert S. Allen, Arthur J. Altmeyer, Herbert L. Block, Arthur Brisbane, William Jennings Bryan, John R. Commons, Leo T. Crowley, August Derleth, Irving Dilliard, William O. Douglas, Zona Gale, John Gunther, Hubert H. Humphrey, Hans V. Kaltenborn, C. Estes Kefauver, John F. Kennedy, Robert M. La Follette, Sr. and Jr., David E. Lilienthal, Wayne L. Morse, Gaylord Nelson, George W. Norris, Drew Pearson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Morris H. Rubin, Carl Sandburg, Adlai E. Stevenson, Harry S Truman, Millard E. Tydings, Henry A. Wallace, Wendell L. Willkie, James A. Wechsler, and Frank Lloyd Wright. The processed portion is summarized above and is described in the register. Additional accessions are described below.

ArchivalResource: 70.2 c.f. (169 archives boxes); plus.additions of 0.3 c.f.,419 photographs,8 posters,14 cartoons, and2 pieces of ephemera.

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McGinley, Phyllis, 1905-1978. Lillian Hellman Papers, 1904-1984 (bulk 1934-1984).

Title: Lillian Hellman Papers, 1904-1984 (bulk 1934-1984).

The Lillian Hellman papers comprise manuscripts, correspondence, legal documents, business records, appointment books, and clippings. Series I includes notes for and multiple drafts of all Hellman's plays and memoirs. Drafts of film scripts, original and adaptations, by Hellman and others, are included in the series, along with articles, interviews, speeches, teaching files, and editorial work. Series II contains Hellman's professional and general correspondence, principally from 1934 to her death. Personal correspondence is largely absent. Correspondents include Leonard Bernstein, Kermit Bloomgarden, Don Congdon, Dashiell Hammett, Max B. Hellman, John Hersey, Stanley M. Isaacs, Diane Johnson, Robert Lantz, Katherine Lederer, Harry Levin, Little, Brown and Company, Archibald MacLeish, Bernard Malamud, John F. Melby, New York Times, R. D. Orlova, Dorothy Parker, Richard Poirier, Herman Shumlin, Margaret Tallichet, Hanna Weinstein, and Richard Wilbur. Series III Other Papers is the largest series and contains Hellman's appointment books from 1956 on, along with an extensive collection of scrapbooks and clippings. Notebooks describing foreign travel between 1944 and 1980 and a group of address books are also present in the series. Series IV, Legal and Financial Papers, includes documents and correspondence concerning Hellman's acquisition and administration of Dashiell Hammett's literary estate, along with materials relating to Hellman's investments, personal taxes, and household expenses. Series V, Works by and Papers of Others, includes short pieces about Lillian Hellman, a small group of materials relating to Dorothy Parker, and a collection of documents on Hellman assembled by various federal government agencies between 1940 and 1975.

ArchivalResource: 157 boxes (68 linear feet).

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Benton, William, 1900-1973. Papers, 1951-1961.

Title: Papers, 1951-1961.

Correspondence of Senator William Benton of Connecticut relating to his efforts to have Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin expelled from the United States Senate for a number of reasons, but primarily in relation to tactics used by McCarthy in his fight against communism. The collection is divided into two general sections. The first, correspondence with the general public in 1951-1952, relates to Benton's introduction of a resolution to investigate McCarthy and to McCarthy's lawsuit against him for libel and slander. The second section contains photocopies of Benton's correspondence with colleagues and associates relating to his later protests against McCarthy and to Benton's support for the Committee for an Effective Congress and the "Joe Must Go" movement in Wisconsin. Benton's correspondents included Dean G. Acheson, Louis Bean, Marquis W. Childs, August Derleth, James E. Doyle, Ralph E. Flanders, LeRoy Gore, Carl Hayden, Thomas C. Hennings, Paul Hoffman, Max Lerner, Joseph R. McCarthy, A.S. Mike Monroney, Wayne Morse, Edward R. Murrow, Drew Pearson, James Reston, Eleanor Roosevelt, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Harry S. Truman, Arthur V. Watkins, and James Wechsler.

ArchivalResource: 2.0 c.f. (5 archives boxes)

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Learned Hand papers

Title: Learned Hand papers

Materials relating to Hand's private and public life, his activities as an alumnus of Harvard University, his friendship with Felix Frankfurter, and to the Hand family. Includes material on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, New York City; information on the Progressive movement (1909-1914) and the beginnings of the New Republic and its early staff; and transcripts of oral-history interviews conducted by Gerald Gunther of Stanford Law School and others, of Judge Hand, his family and associates.

ArchivalResource: 116 linear feet linear feet (in 235 boxes and 18 paige boxes)

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Lerner, Max, 1902-2001. Max Lerner papers, 1927-1992 (inclusive).

Title: Max Lerner papers, 1927-1992 (inclusive).

The papers consist of correspondence, speeches, writings, and other papers (including research and teaching materials, photographs, memorabilia, newspaper and periodical clippings, books, and radio and television tapes) of Max Lerner, an American educator, author, lecturer, historian, and political scientist. The papers focus on Lerner's public life and career with very little material on his personal or family life. The papers document Lerner's close association with Justice Felix Frankfurter and Harold J. Laski, his controversial writings on homosexuality, his work with the Democratic Party during Adlai Stevenson's presidential campaigns, his work on behalf of Jewish causes and Zionism, and his activities during the "red scare" of the 1950s.

ArchivalResource: 96.50 linear ft.

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Max Lerner papers, 1927-1998

Title: Max Lerner papers 1927-1998

The papers consist of correspondence, speeches, writings, and other papers, (including research and teaching materials, photographs, memorabilia, newspaper and periodical clippings, books, and radio and television tapes) of Max Lerner, an American educator, author, lecturer, historian, and political scientist. The papers focus on Lerner's public life and career with very little material on his personal or family life. The papers document Lerner's close association with Justice Felix Frankfurter and Harold J. Laski, his controversial writings on homosexuality, his work with the Democratic Party during Adlai Stevenson's presidential campaigns, his work on behalf of Jewish causes and Zionism, and his activities during the "red scare" of the 1950s.

ArchivalResource: 102.79 linear feet (185 boxes)

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Nancy Wechsler papers, 1935-2007.

Title: Nancy Wechsler papers, 1935-2007.

The Nancy Wechsler Papers collects a portion of the work and interests of lawyer Nancy Wechsler. The collection holds her writings, work with professional organizations, correspondence, and work with several government organizations including accusations pertaining to her loyalty while doing this work. Of particular note are the oral histories Wechsler gave and the memoir she wrote detailing her family's history, Communist experience, legal work, and public affairs. The oral histories and memoir also cover her civil rights work and work as a copyright and intellectual property lawyer. The collection also contains Wechsler's FOIA file.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear ft. (4 document boxes, 1 flat box)

http://findingaids.cul.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-rb/ldpd_10391992 View

John Mason Brown papers, 1922-1967.

Title: John Mason Brown papers

Papers of American author and drama critic John Mason Brown.

ArchivalResource: 144 boxes (36 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00655/catalog View

McMillin, Miles J., 1913-1982. Papers, 1938-1959.

Title: Papers, 1938-1959.

Subject files of an editor and publisher of the Madison, Wisconsin, "Capital Times," primarily consisting of correspondence, telegrams, draft articles and speeches, notes, clippings, and court documents. Several files concern his invesigations of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy and Congressman Alvin O'Konski and the articles he wrote on Wisconsin politics for other papers such as the "New York Times." Prominent correspondents include August Derleth, Ruben Levin, William Proxmire, and James Wechsler.

ArchivalResource: 1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes) and6 photographs.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173692668 View

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.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00189/catalog View

Wiggins, James Russell, 1903-2000. Papers, 1908-1985.

Title: Papers, 1908-1985.

Correspondence, diaries (1959-1960), interviews, speeches, office memoranda, notes, press releases, articles, newsletters, reading files, conference proceedings, legal briefs, plans, clippings, photos, and other papers. Includes Wiggins family papers; papers (1957-1965) of John Foster Dulles; and material relating to Wiggins's service as military intelligence officer during World War II, as U.S. ambassador to United Nations (1968-1969), world travels, Los Angeles Times and other newspapers and syndicates, claims of North American Indians, and his affiliation with University of Minnesota and various U.S. colleges and universities. Persons and organizations represented include Katharine Graham, Philip L. Graham, Arthur Hays Sulzberger, James A. Wechsler, American Antiquarian Society, American Society of Newspaper Editors, and Gridiron Club (Washington, D.C.).

ArchivalResource: 66 ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28411202 View