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

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

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Records of the liberal weekly magazine, the Nation, primarily during the editorship of Freda Kirchwey. Other editors and contributors represented include Julio Alvarez del Vayo, Robert Bendiner, Harold C. Field, J. King Gordon, Margaret Marshall, Carey McWilliams, Lillie Shultz, Maxwell Slutz Stewart, I.F. (Isidor F.) Stone, Jerry Tallmer, and Hugo Van Arx. Significant issues documented in the collection include bans on the Nation, the atomic era, political refugees, the Philippines, and Spain and the Spanish civil war. Types of material present include correspondence, memoranda, articles, photographs, notes, a few galley and page proofs, one drawing, clippings, and other printed material. Over half of the collection is correspondence with subscribers, supporters, and writers, the remainder comprising fund raising, business, financial and legal records.

36 cartons (44.5 linear ft.)

Houghton Library

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Kirchwey, Freda, 1893-1976

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Mary Frederika "Freda" Kirchwey (September 26, 1893 – January 3, 1976) was an American journalist, editor, and publisher strongly committed throughout her career to liberal causes (anti-Fascist, pro-Soviet, anti-anti-communist). From 1933 to 1955, she was Editor of The Nation magazine. Mary Frederika "Freda" Kirchwey (September 26, 1893 – January 3, 1976) was an American journalist, editor, and publisher strongly committed throughout her career to liberal causes (anti-Fascist, pro-Soviet, anti-a...

Field, Harold C.

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Van Arx, Hugo.

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Nation (New York, N.Y. : 1865)

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The Nation, a liberal weekly magazine of politics and culture, has been published continuously since its founding in 1865 by Edwin Lawrence Godkin. Freda Kirchwey (1893-1976) joined the Nation's International Relations Section in 1918; in 1937 she purchased the magazine from Maurice Wertheim. The Nation Associates was created in 1943 as the magazine's nonprofit publishing, educational, and fund raising arm. Kirchwey's "militantly liberal" editorship was marked by perpetual financial crisis and l...

Shultz, Lillie

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Bendiner, Robert.

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Journalist. From the description of Reminiscences of Robert Bendiner : oral history, 1994. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 269254355 ...

Stone, I. F. 1907-1989.

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Kirstein, George G.

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Clark, Evans, 1888-1970

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Gordon, J. King

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Macleish, Archibald

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Archibald MacLeish (1892-1982) was an American poet. Kaiser is a professor of comparative literature at Harvard. From the description of Letters to Walter Jacob Kaiser, 1955-1957 and undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612367921 MacLeish (1892-1982) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American poet, playwright, teacher, librarian of Congress, and public official. He was also Boylston professor at Harvard (1949-1962). From the description of Scratch : manu...

Alvarez del Vayo, Julio, 1891-

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Tallmer, Jerry

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McWilliams, Carey, 1905-1980

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Carey McWilliams was born December 13, 1905 in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. He completed his Juris Doctorate from the University of Southern California in 1927. From 1927-1938, McWilliams was an attorney at the law firm Black, Hammack in Los Angeles. In 1938, he was appointed as Chief of the Division of Immigration and Housing of the State of California, a position he kept until 1942. During the period from 1945-1955, he began his long association with The Nation, becoming successively contribut...

Catholic Church

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During much of Doctor José Gaspar de Francia's dictatorship (1814-1840), Paraguay was without a bishop and the church was harrassed. From the description of Libro de providencias, ordenes, y autos : por Dn. Juan Antonio Riveras, cura rector de la parrequial de la Villeta : manuscript, 1804-1857. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612746619 An antiphonary is a book containing sacred vocal music, both the antiphons of the breviary, and the musical notes. An antiphon it...

Stewart, Maxwell S. (Maxwell Slutz), 1900-1990

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Marshall, Margaret Ann

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Margaret Roberts Marshall was the third wife of Christopher Marshall (1740-1806). From the description of Daybook and ledger : manuscript, 1809-1812. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 63646472 ...

Blanshard, Paul, 1892-1980

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Author and social and religious commentator. From the description of Paul Blanshard papers, 1912-1974. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419299 Paul B. Blanshard was an author and a noted social and religious commentator, perhaps best known for his book American Freedom and Catholic Power . Blanshard was born in Fredericksburg, Ohio in 1892. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1914 then did graduate work at Harvard, Columbia, and Union ...

Roth, Andrew, 1919-2010

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