John Reed papers, 1903-1967 (inclusive), 1910-1920 (bulk).

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John Reed papers, 1903-1967 (inclusive), 1910-1920 (bulk).

The bulk of the collection is correspondence and manuscripts of John Reed and material pertaining to the Russian Revolution and radical movements in the U.S. and Europe. The correspondence is from Reed's student days at Harvard and his various stints as a traveling reporter, especially his years in Russia. Includes 99 letters and telegrams to Louise Bryant. The manuscripts consist of notes, drafts, and galley proofs for his articles and plays, both published and unpublished. Includes a partial manuscript with revisions of Ten Days That Shook the World with an original draft of Lenin's forward in English, and notebooks Reed kept while in Mexico and Russia. Material on the Russian Revolution consists of proclamations, appeals, decrees, speeches, and reports, mostly translated into English, with two boxes of French bulletins. Also contains a large collection of contemporary, left-wing pamphlets, magazines, and newspapers; correspondence and manuscripts of Louise Bryant; manuscripts by others including articles by Marsden Hartley on artists and other subjects, poems by Eugene O'Neill, and manuscripts about John Reed; personal photographs and ones from Mexico and Russia; legal documents pertaining to Reed's personal and professional life; programs; passes; scrapbooks; and correspondence of the Harvard Alumni John Reed Committee.

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