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

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

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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 His trip to Southeast Missouri in 1948 is very well documented in the form of writing and research for his unpublished manuscripts on the Sharecroppers Strike of 1939, and its leaders Owen Whitfield and Thad Snow.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.

13.5 linear ft.

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