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Part 1 (U.S. Mss 59AN, Audio 1094A, Audio 1264A, Micro 912, HB 444-449, CB 015): Original Collection, 1929-198517.2 cubic feet (42 archives boxes and 1 card box), 5 reels of microfilm (35 mm), 2 disc recordings, 6 cassette tape recordings, 6 reels of 35 mm film, and 1 reel of 16 mm film The Bessie Papers are arranged as BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL, CORRESPONDENCE, HOLLYWOOD TEN RECORDS, and WRITINGS. BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL includes brief biographies and obituaries; a longer biographical work by Pamela Feinsilber, a graduate student in English literature at San Francisco State University; bibliographies of Bessie's writings; and some film, radio, and television contracts. (Several additional research papers about Bessie and the Hollywood Ten may be found scattered within the correspondence.) Also part of the series is Bessie's typically meticulous accounting of his professional income from 1926 through 1985, together with an inventory of trips he took during his career which exhibits the same personality characteristic. The folder of notes filed here contains copies of the inventories prepared by Alvah and later by Dan Bessie to accompany the shipment of Bessie's papers to Wisconsin. These lists, which are in many cases an item level inventory of the deposited material, contain useful information about Bessie as well as many of the individuals with whom he was associated. The biographical clippings, which are available only on microfilm, consist of newspaper and magazine articles in which Bessie was mentioned. Also part of the biographical series are six cassette recordings of taped reminiscences, some apparently prepared in reply to letters or tapes Bessie received from biographer Jerrold I. Zinnamon. (The footnotes in Zinnamon's thesis suggest that the cassettes in the collection are not all of the taped interviews he made with Bessie. On one of these tapes entitled “The $64 Question” Bessie answers the question of whether he was a member of the Communist Party. Cassette 6 is actually not a reminiscence but a dictated response to a letter Bessie had received from an unidentified correspondent about the book Contempt of Congress and other topics.) Bessie's CORRESPONDENCE is extensive, for he was an enthusiastic and faithful letter writer. The material, however, primarily dates from the late 1950s to the year of Bessie's death. As a result, research on his role in the Spanish Civil War, the blacklisting era, and other aspects of his early life cannot be studied through contemporary correspondence. Nevertheless, researchers on these subjects will find the series is useful to their study, for these topics continued as vital and prominent themes in Bessie's later letters. The correspondence generally includes carbons of letters sent by Bessie (and even of postcards he sent!), as well as the letters he received. Although the files include many personal letters from friends and professional associates, there are virtually no exchanges with his family during any period in his life, and the few letters of this type that are included primarily consist of correspondence with his son Dan Bessie when they were collaborating on a film project. Letters from prison to family members, which form a striking part of several of the collections of other members of the Hollywood Ten held by WCFTR, are completely absent. The correspondence is divided, as it was by Bessie himself, into two sections: general correspondence and subject correspondence, both of which are then filed alphabetically. The general correspondence consists of exchanges with individuals and is arranged by last name, while the subject correspondence includes correspondence with publishers and organizations, correspondence concerning Bessie's writings (which is most often arranged by title), and topical material (e.g. protest letters and research requests). In arranging the papers prior to transmittal to WCFTR, the Bessies did not apply these filing distinctions consistently, and as a result researchers will find correspondence with some individuals in both the general correspondence and in appropriate subject categories. The general correspondence consists of separate files for individuals with whom Bessie corresponded often and combined files (e.g. A, B, C) for individuals with whom he corresponded less frequently. Correspondents in this section include publishers and agents (such as Angus Cameron and Maxim Lieber); other members of the “unfriendly nineteen” and other victims of the blacklist (Herbert Biberman, John Henry Faulk, Paul Jarrico, Albert Kahn, Howard Koch, Ring Lardner, Jr., John Howard Lawson, Albert Maltz, and Dalton Trumbo); political activists (such as Herbert Aptheker, Ed Asner, Dorothy Healey); actors, entertainers and individuals in the motion picture industry (Woody Allen, Kaye Ballard, Lenny Bruce, Jaime Camino, Morris Carnovsky, and Bette Davis); fellow members of the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade (VALB); and literary figures ranging from nationally and internationally prominent authors to writers who were primarily known in the San Francisco area (James Aronson, Martha Gellhorn, Ralph Gleason, Stefen Heym, Cyra MacFadden, Herbert Matthews, Arthur Miller, Vladimir Pozner, George Seldes, and Studs Terkel). The largest portion of the letters in the subject correspondence concerns editorial matters, some filed by publisher and some filed by title, and when several projects involved the same publisher, by the name of the publisher. Correspondence with the foreign publishers of Bessie's articles and books is a prominent aspect of the section. Novels, which are well documented by correspondence, include Inquisition in Eden, Men in Battle, Solo Flight, The Symbol, and The Un-Americans. Bessie's work as a writer for film and television is less well represented here, although there are materials on his disputed screen writing credit for Smart Woman and on the ABC Movie of the Week that was made from The Symbol. Bessie's experiences as a writer during the period of the blacklist are documented in correspondence with the San Francisco International Film Festival, the San Francisco Mime Troupe, and the Limelighters. (Bessie wrote publicity for all three.) Other correspondence concerns film projects, grant applications requesting financial support for writing and film projects, protest letters to public and corporate officials, and his employment by the hungry i nightclub. Also here are fan mail, letters concerning Bessie's deteriorating health, sympathy letters received by Sylviane Bessie after his death, and letters indicating Bessie's support for various causes. The folders entitled research questions consist of queries received from scholars and students of literary and political history, together with copies of Bessie's replies. (More extended research correspondence such as his many exchanges with Jerry Zinnamon are filed in the General Correspondence.) Of particular interest in the Subject Correspondence is the mail concerning Bessie's efforts to secure copies of records kept about him by the federal government, together with the complete file that he received in response to his Freedom of Information request. The HOLLYWOOD TEN RECORDS are mainly printed or mimeographed materials relating to the HUAC hearings and trials and the blacklisting era. Legal briefs originally in this series have been compared to the very complete legal files that are part of the Biberman-Sondergaard Papers held by WCFTR. As a result of extensive duplication, only one brief which Bessie had annotated (presumably for Helen Clare Nelson) has been retained in the Bessie Papers. Notable among the remaining Hollywood Ten materials in the Bessie collection is a script for the mass meeting held for the Ten prior to their departure for Washington and the script for Hollywood Fights Back. The correspondence here includes letters written by Bessie as early as 1948 that describe the impact of the blacklist on his career and numerous exchanges with Biberman, Lester Cole, and attorney Robert Kenny concerning the suits and legal cases with which members of the Ten were individually and jointly involved after their release from prison. Also of interest here is Helen Clare Nelson's correspondence with Dore Schary about the producer's role in the blacklist, letters of support received from Hugh Bryson of the Marine Cooks and Stewards Union, and a letter from Rex Stout, a New York acquaintance, in which he refused to help Bessie. The section of miscellaneous Hollywood Ten statements and speeches includes some budget material prepared for the defense effort and a copy of Biberman's “Films on Fire.” Also included is a 16mm print of the film The Hollywood Ten, about motion picture industry writers accused of subversive activities. Bessie's WRITINGS are arranged alphabetically by genre (articles, books, film scripts, miscellaneous writings, radio scripts, reviews, short stories, speeches, television scripts, and theatrical scripts) and thereunder alphabetically by title. Some book and motion picture files include variant drafts, although the number of titles in the collection with multiple drafts is limited. When they exist (primarily for Inquisition in Eden, One For My Baby, Smart Woman, The Symbol, The Very Thought of You, and “The Last Volunteer”) this material is chronologically arranged. Researchers will find a great deal of overlap between genre in Bessie's work, and it is evident that he frequently reworked the same title or concept in several categories. A bibliography of Bessie's published writings (including some his film, theater, and book reviews) that was last reviewed by Bessie in 1983 is filed with the Biographical Material. Non-fiction articles, which are available only on microfilm, primarily consist of the final printed works, and only a few items are represented by variant drafts. Occasionally some correspondence is included with the drafts, most often letters from readers of “Letters to the Editor” columns in which letters from Bessie had appeared. Articles Bessie wrote for foreign journals are generally preceded by his English-language version of the story. Prior to their shipment to WCFTR the articles and columns were grouped into scrapbooks by Alvah and Dan Bessie, one scrapbook for each magazine and newspaper in which Bessie's work frequently appeared (the Brooklyn Daily Eaqle, In These Times, Marin Life, New Masses, People's World) and the remainder grouped together chronologically. The general scrapbook covers the period from 1930 to 1980. Of special note among the articles is the long piece, “Hesitation Waltz,” about the Bessies' 1976 visit to post-Franco Spain which appeared in In These Times, as well as an alternate draft of the same story that was rejected by Atlantic Monthly. Also useful are the many pieces he wrote for New Masses about Spain and the special feature (and draft) of “This is Your Enemy,” as well as his interviews with Morris Carnovsky and Hanns Eisler about Spain and his “Hollywood Letter” column which was published by New Masses after Bessie went to California as a screenwriter. In the tentatively-titled “Weekly Review” file is a regular column “The Root Of It” which Bessie wrote for a left-wing youth newspaper during the early 1940s under the name William Root. The articles in the scrapbooks representing publications in which Bessie appeared only occasionally cover many topics, with autobiographical pieces appearing with increasing frequency as Bessie emerged during the 1960s and 1970s as a sort of radical celebrity. Also of special interest here is a lengthy, undated obituary of the blacklisted actor-screenwriter Nedrick Young, who allowed Bessie to use his name for Cross of Gold. Present for Bessie's books are revisions and working drafts of manuscripts, research materials, and published volumes. First-edition, English-language editions of Bread and a Stone, The Un-Americans, and Men in Battle, which were received prior to 1978 were transferred, under the policy then in effect in the SHSW Archives to the University of Wisconsin's Memorial Library, where they are currently available. Because of an altered policy for handling published volumes received with manuscript collections, subsequent editions of these books, including many foreign language editions, that were received from the donor after 1978 have been retained as part of the manuscript collection. (They are catalogued in the SHSW Library catalog, although they are stored with the Bessie Papers.) Among Bessie's writings for film are final and draft scripts for produced and unproduced films, original motion picture stories (including Operation Burma for which he received an Oscar nomination), ghost writings, and educational films. Particularly interesting here are projects on which Bessie collaborated with Jaime Camino, his son Dan, and Lenny Bruce. Writings for television and radio are comparatively small segments of the collection, as is the section of miscellaneous writings. The latter includes courses he taught at the People's Education Center, some letters to the editor, poetry, and translations. Also grouped here is another scrapbook (available only on microfilm) comprised of samples of Bessie's writings in various genre. In order to facilitate their microfilm preservation the reviews in the Bessie Papers have been subdivided into two categories: reviews of his works by others and reviews written by Bessie. Reviews of Bessie's writings are grouped alphabetically by genre (books and films only) and then arranged by title. Writing under various pseudonyms, Bessie had a very active career as a reviewer of films, theater, and books which is documented in the papers almost exclusively by the final, printed columns. The majority of these reviews were collected by the donors into scrapbooks, one for each of the journals for which Bessie was a regular reviewer; publications in which his reviews appeared only occasionally are arranged together chronologically. Because the scrapbooks were in deteriorating physical condition the originals were microfilmed for preservation, after which the original clippings were destroyed. The reviews by Bessie have been grouped by genre and then alphabetically by publication name. Among the most extensively documented publications are the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, for which Bessie worked as assistant editor of the Sunday magazine section; the Daily People's World of San Francisco, for which he became a reviewer following the implementation of the Blacklist; and New Masses. Because Bessie regularly reviewed only film and theater for New Masses, his book review of For Whom the Bell Tolls for that paper has been filed with the New Masses non-fiction articles. Researchers interested in The Symbol, Bessie's fictionalized account of the life of Marilyn Monroe, should consult his reviews of Monroe's films and biographies of her by others; these are comparatively numerous and scattered through this section of the collection. Researchers should note that many of the reviews for Scribners written during the early 1930s were pasted on the back of letters that he received, and that these letters also appear on the microfilm. Bessie's short stories are generally documented in the papers only by published versions. (Much of Bessie's early fiction that appeared in Book and Scribners was republished in 1982 together with a previously unpublished novella, “The Serpent was Subtil,” under the title Alvah Bessie's Short Fiction; because the stories appeared without alteration, only the new introductory matter for that volume appears in the books section of the manuscript collection. The speeches section is divided into general speeches and statements dealing with Spain. The early speeches in both categories are generally represented by typed drafts (some extensively edited), while later speeches and public appearances are also documented by press notices and publicity. A few of the public appearances that Bessie made during the last years of his life are documented only by publicity. The general speech files include a number of addresses made by Bessie during the Hollywood Ten era, together with a full mimeographed transcript of the May 17, 1943, “Erase infamy” rally at Madison Square Garden at which he spoke. This section also includes some undelivered remarks prepared for a jury and a recording of Bessie's appearance before HUAC in 1947. The file of speeches on Spain includes general discussions of the situation in Spain as it existed during the 1940s and 1950s; during the 1970s Bessie's emphasis began to shift to recollections of his own experiences.
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Series: Biographical Material
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Box
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1
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Bibliographies
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Biographies
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Box
1
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2
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Biographical sketches
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Box
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3
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Biography by Pamela Feinsilber, 1990
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Micro 912
Reel
1
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Clippings : Filmed without a counter.
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U.S. Mss 59AN
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4-5
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Contracts for films, radio, and television
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Box
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6-7
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Financial records, 1926-1985
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Box
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8
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Notes of Alvah Bessie and DB on Bessie papers
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Recorded interviews
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1094A/1
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March 7, 1977, Interview with Bessie biographer Jerrold I. Zinnamon concerning Bessie's birth and childhood
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1094A/2-3
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March 14, 1977, Autobiographical interview for unidentified interviewer
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1094A/4
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April 30, 1977, Interview with Zinnamon
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1094A/5
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May 21, 1977, Interview with Zinnamon
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1094A/6
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November 18, 1977, Dictated letter to unknown sender, regarding Contempt of Congress and general topics
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U.S. Mss 59AN
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9
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Travel records
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Box
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10
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Biographical miscellany regarding Dan Bessie, 1973
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Series: Correspondence
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Subseries: General Correspondence
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Box
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A - General
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Box
2
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2-3
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Albrecht, Joachim, 1968-1985
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Box
2
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4
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Allen, Richard Sanders, 1972-1979
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Box
2
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5
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Amery, Al, 1983-1984
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Box
2
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6
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Anderson, Bruce, 1984-1985
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Box
2
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7-8
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B - General
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Box
2
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9
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Baker, Carlos, 1962-1969
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Box
2
Folder
10
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Baraff, Jack, 1975-1985
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Box
2
Folder
11
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Bessie, Eva, Helen, and Clar, 1950
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Box
2
Folder
12
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Bruce, Lenny, 1959-1960, undated
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Box
2
Folder
14
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Buck, Janet Rollins, 1979-1982
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Box
2
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13
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Burnett, Mary (first wife), undated
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Box
3
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1
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C - General
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Box
3
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2-5
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Camino, Jaime, 1964-1985
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Box
3
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6-7
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Cameron, Angus, 1957-1983
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Box
3
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8
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Carnovsky, Morris, 1966-1984
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Box
3
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9
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Cherry, Arthur B., 1977-1978
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Box
3
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10
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Culodny, Robert, 1975-1984
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Box
3
Folder
11
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D - General
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Box
4
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1
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Davis, Bette, 1941-1978
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Box
4
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2
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DeMarco, Gordon, 1979-1983
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Dyer, Frank
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Box
4
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3-9
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1977-1982
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Box
5
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1-2
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1983-1984
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Box
5
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3-4
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E-F - General
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Box
5
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5
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Feinsilber, Pamela, 1982-1983
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Box
5
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6
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Ferguson, Linda, 1975-1976
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Box
5
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7-9
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Fishman, Moe (VALB), 1953-1977
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Box
5
Folder
10
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Frewin, Anthony, 1969-1970
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Box
6
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1
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Fredriksson, Gunnar, 1971-1979
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Box
6
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2-3
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Fritchman, Stephen and Frances, 1962-1981, undated
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Box
6
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4
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G - General
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Box
6
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5
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Gellhorn, Martha, 1959-1982
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Box
6
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6
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Gleason, Ralph and Jean, 1966-1978
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Box
6
Folder
7
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Grunblatt, Jacques, 1976-1985
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Box
6
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8
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Gubern, Roman, 1968-1973
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Box
6
Folder
9
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H - General
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Box
6
Folder
10
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Healey, Dorothy, 1967-1983
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Box
6
Folder
11
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Hecht, Randy, 1984-1985
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Box
6
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12
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Heffley, Wayne, 1967-1983
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Box
6
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13
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Herr, Allen H., 1975-1981
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Box
7
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1-2
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Heym, Stefan and Gertrude Geblin, 1961-1977
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Box
7
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3
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Holt, Pat, 1982-1985
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Box
7
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4-5
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I-J - General
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Box
7
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6
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Jackson, Gabriel, 1969-1983
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Box
7
Folder
7
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K - General
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7
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8
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Keil, Doris, 1971-1976
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Box
7
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9-10
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Kozar, Thomas, 1978-1983
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Box
7
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11
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L - General
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Box
7
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12
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Lamb, Leonard, 1976-1983
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Box
7
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13
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Landis, Arthur, 1966-1985
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Box
8
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1
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Lardner, Ring, Jr., 1955-1985
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Box
8
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2
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Lavery, Emmet, Jr. 1975-1979
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Box
8
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3
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Leyda, Jay, 1965-1978
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Box
8
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4
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Lieber, Maxim, 1956-1965
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Box
8
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5
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Lish, Francis, 1976-1985
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Box
8
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6
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Lohr, Helga, 1962-1969
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Box
8
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7
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Lowry, Mary, 1982-1984
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Box
8
Folder
8
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Lurie, Frieda and Helena Romanova, 1961-1981
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Box
8
Folder
9
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M - General
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Box
8
Folder
10
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MacFadden, Cyra, 1978-1985
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Box
8
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11
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Magee, Betty, 1981-1983
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Box
8
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12
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Mainwaring, Deborah, 1977-1983
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Box
8
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13
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Maltz, Albert, 1946-1985
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Box
8
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14
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Margolis, Ken, 1966-1967
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Box
9
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Martin, Fredericka, 1975-1984
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Box
9
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2
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Martin, Wolfgang, 1973-1984
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Box
9
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3
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Matthews, Herbert L., 1973-1977
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Box
9
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4
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Meeropol, Abel, 1977-1978
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Box
9
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5
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Mendelson, Maurice, 1977-1982
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Box
9
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6
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Menuhin, Moshe, 1967, 1969
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Box
9
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7
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Miller, Arthur, 1960-1965
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Box
9
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8
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Miller, Gabriel, 1977-1985
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Box
9
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9
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Paper on The Symbol and The Sex Symbol, undated
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Box
9
Folder
10
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N - General
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Box
9
Folder
11
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Navasky, Victor S., 1966-1985 : Includes transcript of blacklisting symposium with John Henry Faulk, Ring Lardner Jr., Millard Lampell, January 22, 1967.
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12
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Noble, Iris, 1969-1982, undated
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Box
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13
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O - General
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9
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14
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Obadal, Richard Simon, 1977-1978
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15
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Ortiz, Jorge Diaz, 1965-1971
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P - General
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Peet, John and Georgia, 1966-1983
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10
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Pozner, Vladimir, 1972-1983
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Box
10
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2-3
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Prenn, Samuel B., 1973-1983
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Box
10
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4
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R - General
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10
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5
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Rabinovitch, John David, 1981-1985
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10
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Raskin, Gene and Francesca, 1969-1981
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Box
10
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7
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Robbins, Albert (VALB), 1972-1977
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Box
10
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8
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Robinson, LeRoy, 1977-1981
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Box
10
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9
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Rojas, Carlos, 1970-1974
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10
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10
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Rosenstone, Robert A., 1964-1975
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Rumsey, Susan L.
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10
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11
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1978-1981
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11
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1
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1982-1985
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Box
11
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2-3
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S - General
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11
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4
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Sawada, Noriko (widow of Harry Bridges), 1983-1984
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Box
11
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5
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Schlichting, Alexan et al., 1961-1966
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Box
11
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6
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Seldes, George, 1968-1985
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Box
11
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7
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Sentz, Ross G., 1979-1981
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11
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8
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Shedd, Margaret, 1974-1983
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Box
11
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10
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Sherman, Jory, 1966-1968, 1975, 1978, 1981
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Box
11
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9
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Shifrin, Roy, 1978-1981
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Box
11
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11
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Solomon, Barbara Proust, 1975-1984
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Box
12
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Stevenson, Janet, 1978-1979
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Box
12
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2
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Stewart, Cameron, 1965-1968
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12
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3-5
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Sullivan, Monica, 1976-1978?
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Box
44
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Postcards, 1978-1985
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Box
12
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7
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T - General
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Box
12
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8
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Terkel, Studs, 1976-1983
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12
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9-10
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U-V - General
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12
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11
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Vail, Earl F., 1977-1982
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12
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12
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Vallejo, Felipe, 1969-1972
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12
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13
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W - General
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12
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14
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Wallach, Hy (VALB), 1975-1976
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12
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15
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Winans, A.D., 1984-1985
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12
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16
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Winter, Nina, 1979-1982
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Wolff, Milton
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12
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1953-1970
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13
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1971-1980
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13
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Wolin, Merle, 1977-1982, undated
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13
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3
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Wyatt, Fred, 1968-1981
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13
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Y-Z - General
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Zinnamon, Jerrold I.
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1959, 1965, 1975 : Includes “Chronicle of Terror,” Mimeo script by Jerrold I. Zinnamon, undated, and typed outline for “Faces of Evil.”
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1977-1983
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Box
14
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Bessie-Trumbo “contretemps,” 1970-1971
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Box
14
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Thesis, 1978
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Box
14
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3
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Unidentified correspondence
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Subseries: Subject Correspondence
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14
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4
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Academy of Independent Scholars, 1978-1982
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Agents, 1966-1979
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14
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General, 1966-1979
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Box
14
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7
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Abrahams, Williams, 1976-1983
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15
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Alcoholism film project, 1977-1978
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Box
15
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Associated writing programs, 1978
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15
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3
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Birthday cards, 1984-1985
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Box
15
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4
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Bread and a Stone, 1941-1983
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Box
15
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5
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British Broadcasting Company, 1962-1973
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Box
15
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6
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Buro fur Urheber-Rechte, 1961-1969
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Box
15
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7
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Cellartemps, 1974-1977
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Box
15
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8
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Chandler and Sharp, 1974-1976
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Box
15
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9
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Condolences and sympathy letters to Sylviane, 1985-1987
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Curtis Brown, Ltd.
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Box
15
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10
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General, 1969
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Box
15
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11
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Elizabeth Mowat, 1965-1969
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Martha Winston
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Box
15
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12-14
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1962-1966
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Box
16
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1-2
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1967-1970
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Box
16
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3
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Dilia (Czechoslovakian publisher), 1960-1981
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Box
16
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4
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Dwell in the Wilderness, 1935-1948
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Editors and publishers
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Box
16
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5-11
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A-K
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Box
17
Folder
1-4
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L-W
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Box
17
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5-7
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Endorsements and sponsorships, 1955-1984
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Box
17
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8
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The Enemy Among Us television project, 1980-1981
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Box
17
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9
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Fan letters, 1941-1983
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Box
18
Folder
1
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Film Comment, 1965-1973
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Box
18
Folder
2
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Filmsense, Inc., 1969-1970
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Box
18
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3
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Film projects, miscellaneous, 1958-1977
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Box
18
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4
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Florida Atlantic University, 1978-1980
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Box
18
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5
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Ford Foundation, 1959
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Freedom of Information
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Box
18
Folder
6
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Correspondence, 1976-1980
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Box
18
Folder
7-10
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Documents received via FOIA, 1948-1972
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Box
19
Folder
1
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Miscellany
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Box
19
Folder
2
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Frontier, 1960-1963
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Box
19
Folder
3-4
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The Good Fight, 1984-1985
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Box
19
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5
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The Good Fight (VALB documentary), 1980-1984
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Box
19
Folder
6
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Grant applications, 1961-1984
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Box
19
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7
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Heart attack, 1966
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Box
19
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8
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Heart of Spain, 1942, 1950-1952
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Box
19
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9
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Hecht, Joe, article for New Masses, 1943-1945
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Box
19
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10
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Hemingway, Ernest, regarding Fifth Column, 1940
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Box
19
Folder
11
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Henschelverlag (German publisher), 1972-1976
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Box
20
Folder
1
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Hollywood on Trial, 1976
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Box
20
Folder
2
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Hollywood Ten (Penumbrum Films documentary), 1982-1985
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Box
20
Folder
3
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Hollywood Ten paper by Suzanne Osredker, 1985
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Box
20
Folder
4
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Hollywood Ten thesis by William J. Falk, 1978
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Box
20
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5
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The Hostages, 1969-1970
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Box
20
Folder
6
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Humanitas Prize, 1974-1975
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Box
20
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7
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Hungarian publishers, 1968-1982
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Box
20
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8
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hungry i (unfair labor practices suit), 1963-1964
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Box
20
Folder
9
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Indian rock art grant proposal, 1978-1979
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Box
20
Folder
10
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International Brigade documentary, 1982-1983
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Box
20
Folder
11
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In These Times, 1977-1981
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Box
20
Folder
12
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International writers meeting in Berlin, 1965
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Inquisition in Eden
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Box
20
Folder
13
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1962-1964
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Box
22
Folder
1-3
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1965-1975
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Box
21
Folder
4
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The Limelighters, 1961
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Box
21
Folder
5
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Das Magazine, 1961-1973
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Box
21
Folder
6
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Marin Life, 1976-1977
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Box
21
Folder
7
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Medical correspondence (Kaiser Group), 1975-1985
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Men in Battle/Spain Again
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Box
21
Folder
8
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General, 1939-1943
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Box
21
Folder
9
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Chandler/Sharp, 1973-1980
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Box
21
Folder
10
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Ediciones ERA Publishers (Mexico), 1966-1983
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Box
21
Folder
11
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Seven Seas Books, 1959-1960
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Box
21
Folder
12
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The Nation (includes Carey McWilliams), 1972-1980
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Box
21
Folder
13
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National Guardian, 1961-1965
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Box
21
Folder
14
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National Endowment for the Arts, 1976-1984
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Box
21
Folder
15
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National Writers Union, 1982-1985
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One For My Baby
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Box
22
Folder
1
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Correspondence, 1961-1964
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Box
22
Folder
2
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Research and reviews, 1962-1981
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Box
22
Folder
3
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Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1984-1985
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Box
22
Folder
4
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Pacific area travel project, 1964
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Box
22
Folder
5
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Pacific Arts and Utters award, 1984
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Box
22
Folder
6
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La Pasionara (Dolores Ibarruri), 1978
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Box
22
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7
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Personal appearances and speeches, 1947-1973, 1978-1979
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Box
22
Folder
8
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Pinnacle Books, 1976-1979
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Box
22
Folder
9
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Positif, 1961-1961
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Box
22
Folder
10-12
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Protest letters, 1946-1983
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Box
23
Folder
1-2
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Research requests, 1949-1982
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Box
23
Folder
3
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Rosenberg support projects, 1976, 1985
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Box
23
Folder
4
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San Francisco International Film Festival (Irving M. Levin), 1963-1965
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Box
23
Folder
5
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San Francisco Mime Troop, 1965
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Box
23
Folder
6
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San Francisco Review of Books, 1979
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Box
23
Folder
7
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Screen Writers Guild dispute over credit for Smart Woman, 1943-1948
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Seven Seas Books
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Box
23
Folder
8-9
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Gertrude Gelbin Heym, 1960-1977
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Box
23
Folder
10
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Kay Pankey, 1970-1975
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Box
23
Folder
11
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Social Security, 1965-1985
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Solo Flight
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Box
23
Folder
12
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Chandler and Sharp, 1980-1986
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Box
23
Folder
13
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Concepts and content, 1981-1982
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Box
23
Folder
14
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Contributors, 1981-1982
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Box
23
Folder
15
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Fundraising, 1981-1982
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Box
24
Folder
1
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Reception, 1982-1983
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Box
24
Folder
2
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Spain Again, Miscellany, 1979-1981 : See also Men in Battle.
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The Symbol
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Box
24
Folder
3-6
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Correspondence, 1960-1973
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Box
24
Folder
7
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Credit dispute, 1973-1974
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Box
24
Folder
8
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Curtis Brown regarding Symbol/S-Bomb, 1965-1968
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Box
24
Folder
9-10
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Reprints and ABC Movie of the Week, 1972-1975
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Box
24
Folder
11
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Producers and directors, 1966-1970
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Box
24
Folder
12
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Spanish edition, 1974-1984
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Box
24
Folder
13
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This Is Your Enemy, 1942-1944
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Box
25
Folder
1
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Thompson, Robert, circa 1953
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The Un-Americans
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Box
25
Folder
2
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General, 1947-1965, 1985
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Box
25
Folder
3-5
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Cameron and Kahn, 1953-1962
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Box
25
Folder
6
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Unemployment, 1963-1974
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Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade (VALB)
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Box
25
Folder
7-8
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General, 1954-1985
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Box
25
Folder
9
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VALB and Jews, 1979-1980
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Box
25
Folder
10
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The Volunteers film project, 1971-1972
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Box
25
Folder
11
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Volk und Welt publishers, 1961-1971
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Box
25
Folder
12
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Wakeford/Orloff (Dan Bessie), 1969
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Box
25
Folder
12a
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Wallace and Sheil Agency, 1980-1981
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Box
25
Folder
13
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Workman Publishing Company (regarding Bette Davis), 1978-1979
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Box
26
Folder
1
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Writers Guild of America, 1973-1977
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Box
26
Folder
2
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Young, Nedrick, 1968-1969
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Series: Hollywood Ten Records
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Box
26
Folder
3
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District Court brief (annotated by Alvah Bessie)
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Box
26
Folder
4
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Correspondence, 1947-1973
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Box
26
Folder
5-6
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Publicity material, 1947-1964
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Box
26
Folder
7
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Shrine meeting, October 15, 1947
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Box
26
Folder
8
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Hollywood Fights Back, 1947
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Box
26
Folder
9
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“The Way We Really Were,” 1974
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Box
26
Folder
10
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Statements and speeches
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CB 015
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The Hollywood Ten, film about the Hollywood Ten
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Series: Writings
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Micro 912
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Articles (Non-fiction) : Filmed without a counter.
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Reel
1
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In These Times, 1976-1978
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Reel
1
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Marin Life (“Commentary”), 1976-1977
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Reel
1
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New Masses, 1940-1947
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Reel
1
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People's World, 1946-1968
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Reel
1
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Weekly Review, “The Root of It,” 1942-1943
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General chronological file
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Reel
1
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1930-1965
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Reel
2
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1966-1980, undated
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U.S. Mss 59AN
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Books
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Box
27
Folder
1
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Alvah Bessie's Short Fiction, Introduction
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Bread and a Stone
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Box
27
Folder
2-4
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Typewritten draft by Alvah Bessie (annotated), circa 1940
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Box
27
Folder
5-6
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Published volumes, 1941, 1948, 1983
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Box
27
Folder
7
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Research
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HB 444-449
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Hard Traveling, Film written and directed by Dan Bessie based on Bread and a Stone, 1985
Shire Films, 1985. Written and directed by Dan Bessie. Produced by Helen Garvy.
Set in California in 1940, this is a love story told in flashback between an intelligent widow with two young sons and a sensitive illiterate laborer. The couple marries and soon after, he is arrested for murder and then is executed. Stars J.E. Freeman, Ellen Geer, and Barry Corbin.
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U.S. Mss 59AN
Box
28
Folder
1
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Dwell in the Wilderness, Published volume, 1935
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The Free World
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Box
28
Folder
2
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Prison Love Song and Other Captive Verse, Mimeo draft (annotated), 1950-1951
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Box
28
Folder
3
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Typed draft, circa 1950-1951
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The Free World (Novel)
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Box
28
Folder
4
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Preliminary material, circa 1954, 1966, undated
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Box
28
Folder
5
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Draft of first 100 pages, 1966
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Box
28
Folder
6
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“Checkpoint,” Typed draft by Julian Leonard, 1966
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Box
28
Folder
7
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Research and rough material, notes, undated
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The Good Fight
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Box
28
Folder
8
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Prospectus, 1985
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Box
29
Folder
1-3
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Original manuscript
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Box
29
Folder
4
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Cut material
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The Heart of Spain
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Box
29
Folder
5-7
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Typed draft, 1952
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Box
29
Folder
8
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Cut material
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Box
29
Folder
1
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Inquisition in Eden
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Box
30
Folder
1-3
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“The Real Tinsel,” Typed first draft (annotated), 1962-1963
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Box
30
Folder
4-5
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“The Humblest Hour,” 2nd draft (annotated), 1963-1964
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Box
30
Folder
6
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Notes, deletions, corrections, circa 1965
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Box
30
Folder
7
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Unpublished chapter, circa 1965
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Box
30
Folder
8-9
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Seven Seas paper back edition, 1967
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Box
30
Folder
10
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Foreign language editions
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Box
30
Folder
11
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Published Russian excerpts
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Men in Battle/Spain Again
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Box
31
Folder
1
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Printed version of second edition, 1954
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Box
31
Folder
2
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Reprint, first draft, 1968
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Box
31
Folder
3
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Reprint, revised edition of first draft, 1968-1974
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Box
31
Folder
4-5
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Typesetter's copy, 1974
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Box
31
Folder
6
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Paperback edition, 1977
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Box
32
Folder
1
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Foreign language editions, 1969, 1980
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Box
32
Folder
2
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Revisions and cut materials
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Box
32
Folder
3
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Photo research
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One for My Baby
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Box
32
Folder
4
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“Night People,” Typed draft of first 90 pages by Dan Noble, circa 1959
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Box
32
Folder
5
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Typed second draft, 1961
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Box
32
Folder
6-8
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Typed revision, 1961-1962
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Second revision, 1962-1965
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Box
32
Folder
9
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Pages 1-113
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Box
33
Folder
1-2
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Pages 114-321
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Box
33
Folder
3-5
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Final typed revision
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Box
33
Folder
6
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Notes and cut material
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Box
33
Folder
7
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The Serpent Was More Subtil (short novel), Typed draft (annotated), 1968
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The Symbol
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Box
33
Folder
8-9
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“The S Bomb,” Typed draft (annotated), 1964-1965
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Carbon draft, 1967
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Box
33
Folder
10
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Part I
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Box
34
Folder
1
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Part II
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Box
34
Folder
2
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Galley proof (corrected pages only), 1967
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Box
34
Folder
3-6
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Foreign editions
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Box
35
Folder
1
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Solo Flight, Incomplete typed draft, 1940
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Box
35
Folder
2
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Songs of Bilitis, Volume translated by Alvah Bessie, 1926
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The Un-Americans
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Box
35
Folder
4
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Outline, 1947
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Box
35
Folder
5-8
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Typed draft (annotated), 1952-1954
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Box
36
Folder
1-2
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Foreign language editions
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Box
35
Folder
3
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“Wasteland,” Novel prospectus, undated
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Films
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Box
36
Folder
3
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“An American Hero,” Story idea by Alvah Bessie, 1945
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“Angel and the Grave”
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Box
36
Folder
4
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“Killer's Grave,” Typed script by Lenny Bruce, undated
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Box
36
Folder
5
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Typed draft (annotated) by Lenny Bruce (Alvah Bessie), undated
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Box
36
Folder
6
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“Cross of Gold,” Treatment, undated
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Box
37
Folder
4
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“Dissolve To,” Treatment by Alvah Bessie, undated
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Box
36
Folder
7
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“Early Bird,” Mimeo treatment by Tom Chapman and Alvah Bessie, 1949
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Box
36
Folder
8
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Educational shorts, 1956-1980
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Box
37
Folder
1
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Espana Otra Vez (Spain Again), Mimeo script (annotated) and revisions
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Box
37
Folder
2
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“Father Punish Me,” Typed script (annotated) by Lenny Bruce and Alvah Bessie, 1959
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Box
37
Folder
3
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“The Degenerate!”, Mimeo script by Lenny Bruce and Alvah Bessie, 1959
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Box
37
Folder
5
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“The Ghosts of Berchtesgaden,” Treatment by Alvah Bessie, Howard Koch, and Emmet Lavery, 1945
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Box
37
Folder
6
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“The Golden Calf,” Mimeo treatment by Alvah Bessie, 1946
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The Hostages
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Box
37
Folder
7
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Typed first draft (annotated), 1969
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Box
37
Folder
8
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Second draft (revisions of November 10, 1969 - January 12, 1970)
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Box
37
Folder
9
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Third draft (revisions of January 26 - February 17, 1970)
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Box
37
Folder
10
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Fourth draft (revisions of December, 1970 - January, 1971)
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Box
37
Folder
11
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Hotel Berlin, Typed draft by Jo Pagano and Alvah Bessie, 1944
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Box
37
Folder
12
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“I Should Cry,” Mimeo treatment, undated
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In Time for Peace
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Box
37
Folder
13
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Typed script by Alvah Bessie, 1948
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Box
37
Folder
13
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Mimeo script, 1948
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Box
38
Folder
1
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“Invasion,” Mimeo outline by Jo Pagano and Alvah Bessie, 1944
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Joaquin
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Box
38
Folder
2
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Outline (annotated) by Alvah Bessie and Dan Bessie, 1973
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Box
38
Folder
3
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Typed draft (annotated) by Alvah Bessie, October 10 - December 15, 1974
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Box
38
Folder
4
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Mimeo script, circa 1974
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Box
38
Folder
5
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Deleted pages, undated
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Keep Your Nose Down
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Box
38
Folder
6
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Treatment by Alvah Bessie, 1945
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Box
38
Folder
7
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Typed script by Alvah Bessie, 1945-1946
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The Last Volunteer
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Box
40
Folder
4
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“Class of '37,” Treatment by Arthur Landis, 1972
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Box
40
Folder
5
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“The Volunteers,” Typed script by Arthur Landis, 1973
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Box
40
Folder
6
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Treatment by Alvah Bessie, 1972
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Box
40
Folder
7
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Incomplete typed draft, undated
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Box
40
Folder
8
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Typed draft, February 25, 1974
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Box
40
Folder
9
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Typed script by Alvah Bessie, Landis, (and Dan Bessie?)
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Box
40
Folder
10
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Mimeo script by Alvah Bessie and Arthur Landis, undated
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Box
38
Folder
8
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“The Last Volunteer,” Mimeo script by Alvah Bessie, Dan Bessie, and Arthur Landis, 1975
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Box
38
Folder
9
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“Love in Our Time,” Outline, 1946
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Box
38
Folder
10
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Northern Pursuit, Mimeo script by Alvah Bessie and Frank Gruber, April-June 1943
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Objective Burma
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Box
38
Folder
11
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Original story by Alvah Bessie, 1944
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Box
38
Folder
12
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Mimeo script by Ranald MacDougall and Lester Cole, April-May 1944
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“One For My Baby”
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Box
39
Folder
1
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Typed script (annotated) by Alvah Bessie, June 15, 1972
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Box
39
Folder
2
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Revisions from missing second draft
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Box
39
Folder
3
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Typed third draft script, 1972
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Box
39
Folder
4
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“The Only Child,” Two treatments by David Daniels, 1958
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Box
39
Folder
6
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“Rip Van Winkle,” Outline, 1973
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Box
39
Folder
5
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Ruthless. “Prelude to Night,” Mimeo script by Alvah Bessie (annotated), April-July 1946
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Box
39
Folder
7
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“The S Bomb,” Mimeo script by Jerrold Zinnamon, undated
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Box
39
Folder
8
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Scenarios (“The Frightened Pilot,” “The Gold Bug,” “The Three Bears”), 1945-1951
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Smart Woman
|
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Box
39
Folder
9
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Third draft script by Alvah Bessie, September 8, 1947
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Box
39
Folder
10
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Mimeo script by Alvah Bessie, Louis Morheirn, and Herbert Margolis, (with multiple revisions to November 11, 1947)
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Box
39
Folder
11
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“Spider Web,” Typed translation by Alvah Bessie, 1945
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Box
39
Folder
12
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“This is Your Home,” Script by Alvah Bessie, undated
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Box
39
Folder
13
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“The Un-Americans,” Typed script by Alvah Bessie, undated
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Box
40
Folder
1
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“Undertow,” Typed script by Alvah Bessie and Leonhard Frank, March 13, 1945
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The Very Thought of You
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Box
40
Folder
2
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Typed script by Alvah Bessie, August 16, 1943
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Box
40
Folder
3
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Mimeo script by Alvah Bessie and Delmer Daves, March 2-4, 1944
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Box
41
Folder
1
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“Without Fear or Favor,” Typed treatment by Alvah Bessie, October 19, 1943
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Miscellaneous writings
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Box
41
Folder
2
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Courses taught, undated
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Box
41
Folder
3
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International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, Pamphlets and press releases, 1951-1956
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Box
41
Folder
4
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Letters to the editor
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Box
41
Folder
5
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Poetry
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Box
41
Folder
6
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San Francisco International Film Festival, Press releases, 1964
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Micro 912
Reel
2
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Scrapbook of writings in mixed genre, 1921-1955
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U.S. Mss 59AN
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Radio
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Box
42
Folder
1
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Thirty Minute Theatre, “The Best Policy,” Mimeo script by Alvah Bessie, March 5, 1963
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Box
42
Folder
2
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“Words Are Bullets,” New Masses broadcast, January 3, 1943
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The Un-Americans
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Box
42
Folder
3
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Mimeographed Czech radio script, 1975
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Box
42
Folder
4
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Typed BBC radio script (annotated) by Alvah Bessie, 1963-1964
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Box
42
Folder
5
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Typed East German radio script, 1974
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Micro 912
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Reviews of Bessie's writings : See also Reel 1, Segment 2.
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Books
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Reel
2
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Bread and a Stone
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Reel
2
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Dwell in the Wilderness
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Reel
2
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Heart of Spain
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Reel
2
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Inquisition in Eden
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Reel
3
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Inquisition in Eden (continued)
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Reel
3
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Men In Battle
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Reel
3
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One For My Baby
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Reel
3
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The Un-Americans
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Reel
3
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Films
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Reel
3
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Short Stories
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Television
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Reel
3
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The Sex Symbol
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Reel
3
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God in Asia
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Reviews by Bessie
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Book reviews
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Reel
4
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Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1936-1937, undated
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Reel
4
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People's World, 1948-1968
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Reel
4
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Saturday Review of Literature, 1931-1935, undated
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Reel
4
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Scribner's, 1931-1935, undated
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Reel
5
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General book reviews, 1931-1983
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Film reviews, 1940-1942
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Reel
5
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New Masses, 1940-1942
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Reel
5
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People's World, 1955-1964
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Reel
5
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General film reviews, 1942, 1960-1966
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Theatre reviews
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Reel
5
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New Masses, 1939-1943
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Reel
5
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People's World, 1956-1966
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U.S. Mss 59AN
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Short stories
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Box
41
Folder
8-9
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1929-1977, undated
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Box
41
Folder
10-11
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“American Underground” (two versions)
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Box
41
Folder
12
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Japanese translation of “Soldier, Soldier”
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Speeches
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Box
42
Folder
6-8
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General, 1943-1983
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Box
42
Folder
9-10
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Speeches on Spain, 1946-1983
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1264A/1
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Recording of Bessie's HUAC testimony, October 28, 1947 : Also Disc 201A.
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U.S. Mss 59AN
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Television
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Box
42
Folder
11
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Bread and a Stone, Slovak language script, circa 1976-1978
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Box
42
Folder
12
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“I Can't Sleep,” Three draft scripts by Alvah Bessie, 1965
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Box
42
Folder
13
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“The Owl-Glass Mystery,” Typed script by Alvah Bessie, 1974
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The Symbol
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Box
43
Folder
1
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Outline, pre-January 29, 1973 draft
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Box
43
Folder
2
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Outline, January 29, 1973 draft
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Box
43
Folder
3
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Rough draft with notes
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Box
43
Folder
4
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Typed draft by Alvah Bessie, February-July 1973
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Box
43
Folder
5
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Typed draft, post July 1973
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Box
43
Folder
6
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Typed draft with network notes, August 1973
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Box
43
Folder
7
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Mimeo shooting script, November 26-30, 1973
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Box
43
Folder
8
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“To Kill A Man,” Typed treatment by David E. Daniels and Helen Clare Nelson (two versions), 1948, 1960
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Box
43
Folder
9
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“The Un-Americans,” Typed script by Alvah Bessie, 1961
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Theatre
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Are You Now, or Have You Ever Been
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Box
43
Folder
10
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Typed script by Alvah Bessie, 1966
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Box
43
Folder
11
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Typed script by Alvah Bessie and John Hancock; research, undated
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M95-070
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Part 2 (M95-070): Additions, 1950-1951 0.1 c.f. (1 folder) : Copies of letters from Alvah Bessie to his sons, David and Daniel, while he was in prison, 1950-1951; a poem written by him, “For My Sons”; an undelivered address to the jury; and his statement to the judge of the District Court, June 20, 1950.
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M95-071
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Part 3 (M95-071): Additions, circa 1929-19903.9 c.f. (3 record center cartons, 2 archives boxes, and 1 oversize folder) : Additions, which comprise the Bruce Rubenstein Collection of the Alvah Bessie Archives, circa 1929-1990. Included is correspondence (originals and carbon copies) especially between Bessie and his sons David and Daniel; typed film and play scripts; outlines; novels; stories and articles; a 16mm film The Hollywood Ten (1950; script by the 10; produced by Paul Jarrico; directed by John Berry); and a pair of bookends. Box 1 contains items numbered 1-82. Box 2 contains items numbered 83-156. Box 3 contains items 10, 11, 84, 87, 94, 95, 108-110, 119, 123, 137. Items 94 and 136 are housed separately. Items 76, 88, and 91 were not received.
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Unnumbered Items
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Box
4
Folder
A
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Miscellaneous letters, cards, clippings
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Box
4
Folder
B
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5 stories by Alvah Cecil Bessie (ACB), 1932-1937
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Box
4
Folder
C
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Pamela Ellen Feinsilber--M.A. thesis, San Francisco State University, 1990
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Box
4
Folder
D
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Unidentified fragment
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Dave Bessie/ACB correspondence
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Box
4
Folder
E
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1981-1986
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Box
4
Folder
F
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1953-1969
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Box
4
Folder
G
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1969-1971
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Box
4
Folder
H
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1971-1974
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Box
5
Folder
I
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Dave Bessie/ACB correspondence, 1975-1978
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Box
5
Folder
J
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1979-1984
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Box
5
Folder
K
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1984-1986
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Box
5
Folder
L
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Letters to Helen Clare Nelson Bessie from ACB, 1940-1980
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Box
5
Folder
M
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Unidentified correspondence, found with items 39-54
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Box
5
Folder
N
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Spain Again (press kits, including synopses and photos)
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Box
5
Folder
O
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Correspondence, ACB/Dan Bessie regarding Bread and a Stone, August-November 1982
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Item
1
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Original carbon story, Rip Van Winkle, adaptation by Alvah Bessie, 1976 : This list derives from a photocopy of Bruce Rubenstein's inventory of his donation. Asterisked items were not received with the accession.
36 typed pages plus handwritten changes
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Item
2
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The Only Child, Original typed story treatment by Alvah Bessie 33 pages, handwritten changes
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Item
3
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Original typed screenplay by Alvah Bessie of The Hostages 117 pages, handwritten changes
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Item
4
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Story Magazine, January-February 1940, and , November 1933, with articles by Alvah Bessie entitled, “My Brother, My Son,” and “No Final Word”
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Item
5
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Eight magazine articles by Alvah Bessie, 1929-1934 (early in his career)
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Item
6
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Original correspondence of Alvah Bessie to his son, Daniel, 1963-1985 Hundreds of typed and written pages
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Item
7
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Original correspondence of Alvah Bessie to his son, David, and from David to Alvah Bessie, 1955-1980 Hundreds of pages
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Item
8
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Original adaptation into Slovak of Bread and a Stone, broadcast between 1976 and , 1978, Bratislava 85 pages, handwritten changes
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Item
9
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Neamericane, Slovak adaptation of Bread and a Stone 133 pages
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Item
10
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Gott in Asien, original German screenplay by Alvah Bessie 70 pages, handwritten changes
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Item
11
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Die Aufrechten (The Un-Americans), original television adaptation in German by Alvah Bessie 132 pages, handwritten changes
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Item
12
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Unfinished original typed manuscript, Culture and the People's War 16 pages, handwritten changes
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Item
13
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Unfinished original typed article, “What You Can Do” 37 pages, handwritten changes
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Item
14
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Unfinished original typed article, “Dress Rehearsal” 9 pages, with signature of Alvah Bessie
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Item
15
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Unfinished typed original article, “You Can Fly,” by Julian Leonard (Alvah Bessie) 5 pages
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Item
16
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Original unfinished typed review of Richard Wright's Native Son 4 pages handwritten changes
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Item
17
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Original unfinished typed article entitled “Since the Wrights” 9 pages and handwritten changes
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Item
18
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Original unfinished typed article entitled “North to America,” by Mikhail Gromov (Alvah Bessie) 11 pages with handwritten changes
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Item
19
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Original unfinished typed article on the opera, “No For An Answer” 3 Pages, with signature
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Item
20
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Original unfinished article, typed
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Item
21
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Typed and signed original article on Cole vs. Loew's and reflections on Hollywood Ten cases, January 20, 1949 4 pages
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Item
22
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Original typed and signed article, “Letter to the Editor,” February 16, 1954 5 pages
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Item
23
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Original typed and signed article for Masses and Mainstream, “From Spain to Washington” 9 pages
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Item
24
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Original typed and signed “We Ten,” January 18, 1948, setting out of the reasons why the Hollywood Ten challenged the law and Congress 9 pages, handwritten changes
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Item
25
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Original typed article, “I Am in Contempt of Congress” 3 pages
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Item
26
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Original typed article, “Thoughts While Awaiting Judgment,” on the Hollywood Ten, October 3, 1949 2 pages, signed
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Item
27
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Original undated typed article “It Happened to Us-It Can Happen To You,” signed with a signed letter of Ben Margolis, Attorney for the Hollywood Ten, March 29, 1950 8 pages
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Item
28
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Original typed and signed article, 1965, and typed re-write signed with handwritten changes on attending an international writers meeting in Germany 12 pages
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Item
29
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Original typed and signed article for Pravda, September 27 5 pages
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Item
30
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Original TLS (typed letter signed) of Alvah Bessie to Jean-Paul Sartre, July 20, 1953, discussing the Rosenberg Case 9 pages
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Item
31
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Original typed analysis of Norman Mailer, June 1965 5 pages, signed
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Item
32
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Original typed statement for Attorney Francis J. McTernan by Alvah Bessie upon McTernan being summoned before the Naval Board of Inquiry 2 pages, signed initials
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Item
33
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Original articles to The New Republic and San Francisco Chronicle
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Item
34
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Original typed article, “Movies Are Worse Than Ever,” October 1965 8 pages, signed
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Item
35
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Original typed article, January 16 4 pages
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Item
36
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Original typed review, March 7
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Item
37
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Original typed review of We Have Not Forgotten for California Living Magazine, March 9, 1981, and reply 5 pages
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Item
38
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Original typed story with handwritten changes entitled “The Witches of Hollywood,” undated 14 pages
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Item
39
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Typed correspondence with Henry Moe of the Guggenheim Foundation regarding grants, 1934
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Item
40
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TLS to Steve Nelson, December 28, 1984, with ALS (autographed letter signed) reply and another TLS, , January 8, 1985 with ALS reply 5 pages
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Item
41
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TLS from Jessica Mitford (DECCA), October 31, 1966 to Alvah Bessie 1 page
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Item
42
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TLS from Robert Kenny to Alvah Bessie, October 10, 1966 1 page
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Item
43
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2 ALS of Albert Maltz to Alvah Bessie, 1958 and 1966 3 pages
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Item
44
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TLS of John Henry Faulk- to Alvah Bessie, October 8, 1982, and TLS reply from Alvah
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Item
45
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TLS, October 3, 1966 from Kay Boyle to Alvah Bessie 1 page
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Item
46
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TLS from Albert Kahn to Alvah Bessie, February 20, 1974
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Item
47
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TLS, June 26, 1965 postcard from Steve Nelson
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Item
48
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Typed certification from VALB designating Alvah Bessie as the official reporter and historian-observer for VALB to the 40th Reunion in Italy, October 9-10, 1976, and signed by Steve Nelson, Commander and T. Wallach, Executive Secretary 1 page
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Item
49
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TLS, December 4, 1965, to Norman Corwin with TLS reply 1 page
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Item
50
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TLS, June 9, 1974, from Ring Lardner to Alvah Bessie, and one TLS reply concerning the Rosenberg Memorial 2 pages
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Item
51
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Three poems by Helen Sobell and ALS note
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Item
52
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The Soul Book by Malvina Reynolds, inscribed to Alvah Bessie
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Item
53
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TLS to Art Hoppe Newsman of the San Francisco Chronicle, February 12, 1985, and reply note
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Item
54
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Two TLS from Edward Asner to Alvah Bessie with replies, 1984
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Item
55
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Original Academy Award (Original Story)-Objective Burma, December 31, 1945, with seal
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Item
56
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Carbon screenplay of Honesty 57 pages
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Item
57
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Archive material, 1973-1979
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Item
58
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TLS from Bessie welcoming international writers and directors to a conference, April 6, 1956 1 page, signed
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Item
59
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TLS of speech at John Lawson Memorial, September 8, 1977 4 pages, signed
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Item
60
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TLS speech at , 1955 Lawson Dinner 1 page
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Item
61
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TLS from Adrian Scott to the rest of the Hollywood Ten concerning a message to them all by Jules Dassin, April 3, 1956 1 page
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Item
62
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One TLS from Stephen Fritchman to Alvah Bessie, May 6, 1964, and reply signed statement
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Item
63
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TLS from T. Cheng, editor of Foreign Languages Press, Beijing, China, April 8, 1957, and TLS reply
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Item
64
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Invitations honoring Edward Barsky, Joe North, and one for the Daily Worker
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Item
65
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Original telegram from the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee, June 2, 1954, plus 1 TLS from their Executive Board 2 pages
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Item
66
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TLS from Freedom Ways, December 30, 1967, signed by Ossie Davis, James Baldwin, William Sloan Coffin, Pablo Casals and Basil Davidson, requesting sponsorship of Alvah Bessie for the magazine 1 page
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Item
67
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Signed article on Harry Bridges, written by Alvah Bessie and signed by Harry Bridges
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Item
68
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VALB poster handbill from a VALB meeting on January 5, 1951
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Item
69
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TLS from Hollywood Writers Mobilization to Alvah Bessie, November 17, 1944 1 page
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Item
70
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TLS from C. Galjano, Secretary General De Autores De Espano, with envelope and one TLS reply, October 26, 1970 2 pages
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Item
71
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TLS to Bob Kenny from Alvah Bessie, undated, and one TLS to Alvah Bessie from Attorney Richard Siegel, , January 17, 1952 2 pages
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Item
72
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Original typed play, 1954, Are You Now-? 150 pages with handwritten changes, signed
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Item
73
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Archive of several typed internal Communist Party memos of Alvah Bessie using his party name, N.A. Daniels, 1955, 1956 75 pages
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Item
74
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Original certified judgment and Commitment of U.S. vs. Bessie
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Item
75
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Original copy of Alvah Bessie's clemency petition, November 27, 1950 and Department of Justice TLS to Alvah Bessie regarding clemency and parole records
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Item
*76
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Original story idea by Helen Clare Nelson (Bessie), The Hollow Man, undated 10 pages with corrections
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Item
77
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Twelve unfinished plays, stories, articles Approximately 75 total pages, most signed with handwritten changes
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Item
78
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Original play, The Night People 321 pages, signed
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Item
79
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Original teleplay, I Can't Sleep, August 1965 60 pages, signed
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Item
80
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Screenplay, 1950 31 pages, plus revised edition with adaptation notes
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Item
81
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Revised screenplay, One for My Baby, with handwritten changes, plus 10 page schedule of changes, May 16, 1984
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Item
82
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Original script, Jeanne d'Arc, August 12, 1972 Signed, with carton and reply, TLS photo
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Item
83
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Photocopy of One For My Baby with handwritten notes of Alvah Bessie
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Item
84
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Teleplay, The Un-Americans, Berlin, 1961, , August 30, 1961 100 pages, with handwritten changes
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Item
85
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Typed radio-play of The Un-Americans 88 pages, with handwritten notes of Alvah Bessie and his home address stricken
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Item
86
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Original short fiction, “The Free World” 120 pages, typed and signed with hand changes
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Item
87
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Photocopy of Spain Again 75 pages, handwritten changes
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Item
*88
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Archive of Spain Again 120 pages : Primarily in Spanish, including 10 page typed synopsis. Includes letters to and from Bessie to the film's director, letters to and from Milt Wolff and others.
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Item
89
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Original photo of Abraham Lincoln Brigade members leaving on ship to Spain, 8¾″x6½″, 22 signed on back
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Item
90
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Alvah Bessie's stationery 30 pages
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Item
*91
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Original correspondence by and between Alvah and Eva Bessie and his mother, 1930 to 1985, much about the black list and Hollywood Ten About 1,000 pieces
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Item
92
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Original screenplay Joaquin, with handwritten changes and letter from Dan Bessie regarding Joaquin 103 pages
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Item
93
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Original carbon of novel, One For My Baby 376 pages
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Item
94
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Original cover art work and mock up by Bessie of Bread and a Stone Mounted [in oversize folder]
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Item
95
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Russian postcard, mounted with Stalin quote
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Item
96
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Original manuscript, The Snake Friend, typed, with letter to Jerry Zinnamon 23 pages
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Item
97
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Archive of letters, et cetera, to and from Jerry Zinnamon, Ring Lardner, Jr., Dalton Trumbo, et cetera, including Save the American Eagle, Bubo Virginianus and The Serpent Was More Subtle; half from Bessie About 700 pieces
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Item
98
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Archive correspondence between Alvah Bessie and his grandson, Joseph Bessie, 1974-1985
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Item
99
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Photocopy of Campo Abierto by Max Aub with original correspondence with Will Kirkland, the illustrator, 1982, signed, several ALS
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Item
100
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Revised original manuscript The Hesitation Waltz 25 pages, with handwritten changes, signed
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Item
101
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TLS to Paul Mazursky and signed reply TLS 2 pages
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Item
102
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Four TLS, signed from Lester Cole, 1964, great substance in letters
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Item
103
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Two TLS and 1 page reply from Carl Marzani, 1967, signed
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Item
104
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TLS to Phil Gersh, June 21, 1982 and , July 6, 1982, and one page reply signed
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Item
105
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Small archive of correspondence by and between Alvah Bessie and Walter Matthau, February 1982-June 1982
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Item
106
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TLS from Milton Berle and two notes from Alvah Bessie to Milton Berle, signed, 1982
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Item
107
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TLS to Woody Allen with 2 page ALS reply from Woody Allen, 1982
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Item
108
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Framed photo and ALS from author Pablo Neruda to Alvah Bessie 8"x10"
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Item
109
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Archival material from author Stephen Heym from , 1978 to 1985 200 pages
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Item
110
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Framed photo of Angus Cameron with ALS on back 8"x10"
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Item
111
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2 TLS from Albert Maltz to Alvah Bessie, good content, 1980
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Item
112
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Archive of letters from Alvah Bessie to Milton Wolff on matters relating to VALB, Hollywood Ten, and politics, 1981-1984 30 signed letters
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Item
113
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TLS from George Seldes and TLS reply from Alvah Bessie signed, 1983 2 pages
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Item
114
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Agreement between Lenny Bruce and Alvah Bessie, September 2, 1959 1 page, signed
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Item
115
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Typed original article, “Bill Bailey, Belchite-One Man's View” 30 pages, handwritten changes
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Item
116
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Small archive on The Passionate War by Peter Wyden, letters, clippings, et cetera
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Item
117
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First draft, The Symbol, teleplay 103 pages, typed, handwritten changes
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Item
118
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Final shooting script of The Sex Symbol, ABC Movie of the Week, November 26, 1973 90 pages, signed with handwritten changes
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Item
119
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Original manuscript radio play, Honesty, typed, September 26, 1961, with handwritten changes with German original manuscript Ehrlichkeit, typed, handwritten changes, with press release 75 total pages
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Item
120
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Script and first draft of film, Try It-You'll Like It, May 2, 1980 30 pages, typed, signed, handwritten changes
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Item
121
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Original typed manuscript, The Serpent Was More Subtle, 1969 151 pages, handwritten changes
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Item
122
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Original manuscript, Dwell in the Wilderness, published 1935, Alvah Bessie's first novel 540 typed pages, handwritten changes
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Item
123
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Hollywood On Trial ( 1948), 1st edition with ripped desk jacket Signed by Alvah Bessie and inscribed by seven Hollywood Ten members, plus the author
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Item
124
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Small archive of July 12, 1961, visit to Hotel Newa, Berlin, Germany, for international conference of writers
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Item
125
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Three TLS from author and editor Kyle Chrishton, August 1938 - September 1938, great content 8 pages, all signed
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Item
126
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ALS article for Pravda, August 23, 1961 5 pages, signed
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Item
127
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TLS testimonial for his friend Dr. Richard Lippman, undated 2 pages, signed
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Item
128
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Four ALS from Spanish Censors to Alvah Bessie, May 15, 1938, , May 25, 1938, , July 20, 1938, and , August 26, 1938, great content 4 pages
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Item
129
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TLS from Alvah Bessie to his girlfriend while he was in Spain, August 10, 1938, with Spanish censor notice
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Item
130
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TLS from Chu Teh, Commander-in-Chief of 18th Group Army (Red Chinese Army head, second to MHO), September 8, 1944 Signed, on Army letterhead
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Item
131
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Alvah Bessie's typed address to the jury in his Contempt of Congress trial 13 pages, signed, handwritten changes
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Item
132
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18 ALS and TLS from Alvah Bessie in prison to his children, July 20, 1950-April 14, 1951 Signed
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Item
133
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TLS to his children, April 12, 1950, just before going to prison in which he talks about his values, Hollywood Ten matters and socialism and communism 8 pages, signed
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Item
134
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Typed TLS from Alvah Bessie, June 20, 1950, read at his sentencing 2 pages, signed
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Item
135
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Three TLS from Hubert Humphrey to Alvah Bessie, 1965 and 1966 on Vice-Presidential stationery, regarding Vietnam Signed
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Item
136
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Original film, The Hollywood Ten ( 1950), script by the Ten, produced by Paul Jarrico, directed by John Berry, includes Dmytryk 15 minutes
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Item
137
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Original wood book markers of Alvah Bessie with Hammer and Sickle and his initials with inscription on side, 1942, from Tom McEwew, Canadian Communist author and leader
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Item
138
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Archive of correspondence concerning The Hostages, between Alvah Bessie and Dan Bessie and others, 1970-1975 About 50 letters
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Item
139
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Unpublished original manuscript, Easier Than Walking, by Alvah Bessie 16 typed pages, handwritten changes, signed
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Item
140
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Alvah Bessie's family recollections and history, October 1974, with initialed two-page TLS, , May 19, 1983 12 typed pages with handwritten changes
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Item
141
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Archive of John Lawson; includes 1955 Tribute to Lawson booklet inscribed by Lawson, letter from Lawson, 4-page TLS memorial speech by Alvah Bessie at Lawson's memorial, signed September 8, 1977
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Item
142
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Six TLS from “Jo” on Frisbie Case
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Item
143
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Starting detective article and articles on Frisbie Case
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Item
144
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Two letters to Mary Burnett (Bessie's first wife), undated, 1940s
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Item
145
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One-page TLS, signed, from Attorney Joseph Inghacium, May 28, 1941, to Alvah Bessie regarding Frisbie Case, plus letter and petition regarding case
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Item
146
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TLS from Alvah Bessie to publisher regarding Frisbie Case, August 5, 1941 2 pages, signed
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Item
147
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TLS to Harold Frisbie from Minister F.A. Smith, February 25, 1941 2 pages
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Item
148
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Notes of Alvah Bessie on Bread and a Stone 3 pages
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Item
149
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Two letters to Mary Burnett (Bessie's first wife) regarding Frisbie Case
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Item
150
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TLS from Mary Burnett to Alvah Bessie, October 17, 1940, good content on Frisbie Case and personal matters 1 page, signed
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Item
151
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Notes and news article on Bread and A Stone
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Item
152
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Updated version of Bread and A Stone written as film treatment 30 pages, with signed photo pages
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Item
153
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Photo of Goya print initialed by Alvah Bessie with notes
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Item
154
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Original typed screenplay, Museum, by Alvah Bessie, January 8, 1974 14 pages, signed
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Item
155
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Typed manuscript, first draft of Many Waters, July 12, 1971 16 pages, handwritten changes
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Item
156
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Typed manuscript Life and Death, September 8, 1971 16 pages, with handwritten changes
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M95-128
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Part 4 (M95-128): Additions, 1938-1983 0.1 c.f. (1 folder) : Additions (photocopies), 1938-1983, consisting of Alvah Bessie's analyses of his marriages to Mary Burnett and to Helen Clare Nelson; letters to his grandson, Joseph David Bessie; a letter to son David Bessie with Alvah's thoughts on the breakup of David's second marriage; correspondence received by Alvah in Spain during the Civil War in 1938; a partial summary of Alvah's employment history; and several miscellaneous letters.
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M98-001
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Part 5 (M98-001): Additions, 1930-1985 1.0 c.f. (1 record center carton) and 4 photographs : Additions, 1930-1985, to the Bruce Rubenstein Collection of the Alvah Bessie Archive, including biographical material; clippings and notes; personal and professional correspondence; manuscripts of writings by Alvah Bessie; and four personal photographs. Of note is correspondence between Alvah and his wife and daughter while he was in prison, 1950-1951.
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Series: Biographical
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1
Folder
1
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Clippings, vitae, financial notes, et cetera, 1940-1985
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Box
1
Folder
2
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HUAC-related items, 1949-1955 : Subpoenas, documents prepared for attorneys, statements and court speeches, petitions, parole board documents, et cetera
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Box
1
Folder
3
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Gabriel Miller on Alvah Bessie, 1977-1982 : Reviews of Alvah Bessie books and introductions to his works by Gabriel Miller.
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Series: Correspondence
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Box
1
Folder
4-5
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Alvah Bessie/Helen Bessie/Eva Bessie Correspondence, 1950-1951 191 letters (including a few inserts) : Correspondence exchanged between Alvah Bessie, his wife Helen Clare Nelson Bessie, and their daughter Eva (aged 6 in 1950) from just before Alvah Bessie's sentencing for contempt of Congress in June 1950 to his release from Texarkana Prison in April 1951 (the entire correspondence was sent to Eva Bessie Wilson by Alvah Bessie in 1968).
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Box
1
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6-7
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Alvah and Sylviane Bessie's Letters to Eva Bessie Wilson and her family, 1965-1986 117 letters : Correspondence from Alvah and Sylviane Bessie to Alvah's daughter Eva, her husband Wes Wilson, and their children (the Wilsons' side of the correspondence is not included).
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Miscellaneous professional correspondence : Exchanges of letters (usually the letters received by Alvah Bessie and carbons of his own letters) between Alvah Bessie and others concerning matters of politics, writing, publishing, screenwriting, employment, et cetera. The correspondence falls into a series of discrete groups of letters over a short period on a particular topic, and these groups have been foldered here by correspondents in chronological order of the beginning of the correspondence.
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Box
1
Folder
8
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Henry Moe of the Guggenheim Foundation, 1935-1950, on Alvah Bessie's Guggenheim Writer's Award
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Box
1
Folder
9
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Ernest Hemingway, open letter from the Veterans of the Lincoln Brigade, 1940
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Box
1
Folder
10
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Henry Shine, regarding a projected anti-Hitler magazine, 1941
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Box
1
Folder
11
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Luther Adler, regarding publishing matters, 1948
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Box
1
Folder
12
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Elia Kazan, regarding producing a play by Alvah and Helen Clare Nelson Bessie, 1948
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Box
1
Folder
13
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Ramón Sender, regarding his novel The King and the Queen, 1948
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Box
1
Folder
14
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Screen Writer's Guild, regarding Alvah Bessie's membership, 1951
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Box
1
Folder
15
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Herbert [?], regarding writing for L'écran Français/Les Lettres Françaises, May 19, 1952
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Box
1
Folder
16
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Morris [?] of the International Longshore Workers Union, regarding Alvah Bessie's employment by the Union, 1953
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Box
1
Folder
17
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People's World magazine, notes for articles and correspondence about book reviews, 1956
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Box
1
Folder
18
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Harry Bridges, regarding Alvah Bessie's position with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, 1958
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Box
1
Folder
19
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Dalton Trumbo and Angus [?] of Cameron Associates, regarding a film or novel drawing on Alvah Bessie's night-club experiences, 1958
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Box
1
Folder
20
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Oronite statement, returned by Cuban revolutionary management, 1961
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Box
1
Folder
21
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Herb Caen, regarding a gossip column item on Alvah Bessie, 1961
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Box
1
Folder
22
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San Francisco Chronicle, regarding an article on the Rosenberg case, 1965
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Box
1
Folder
23
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David and Daniel Bessie, and Jaime Camino, regarding the screenplay for the film The Hostages, 1971-1975
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Box
1
Folder
24
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Time magazine, in response to an article about Charles Chaplin, 1972
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Box
1
Folder
25
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Robert Crichton, regarding his father, Kyle Crichton, 1975
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Box
1
Folder
26
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Victor Navasky, about his HUAC research, 1975
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Box
1
Folder
27
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Ring Lardner, Jr., in response to a review of his book My Family Remembered, 1976
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Box
1
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28
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Ring Lardner, Jr., Lester Cole, Albert Maltz, and the San Francisco Chronicle, in relation to an article by Lardner, 1978
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Box
1
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29
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Lester Cole, in relation to his book Hollywood Red, 1982
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Box
1
Folder
30
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PEN American Center (especially Kathy Boyle), regarding a possible award for Alvah Bessie, 1982
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Box
1
Folder
31
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Martha Gellhorn, principally about a television documentary-drama on Ernest Hemingway in Spain, 1982-1985
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Box
1
Folder
32
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Edward Anser, about an appeal on behalf of El Salvador trade-unionists, 1984
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Box
1
Folder
33
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Ring Lardner, Jr., in relation to his book, All for Love, 1985
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Box
1
Folder
34
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Lou Gottlieb, about the introduction to a performance of some of Alvah Bessie's songs, 1985
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Series: Writings of Alvah Bessie
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Miscellaneous unpublished manuscripts
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Box
1
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35
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“The Ballad of the International Brigade”: libretto for oratorio or radio ballad, undated
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Box
1
Folder
35
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Untitled play about the Spanish Civil War, undated
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Box
1
Folder
35
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Jules Roy, The Horses of the Sun, translated by Sylviane and Alvah Bessie, undated
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Box
1
Folder
35
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“Condena,” poem in Spanish by Rafael Alberti, December 8, 1970, with translation by Alvah Bessie, as “Sentence”
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Novels
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Box
1
Folder
36
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Chapter from The Un-Americans with preface for publication in The Contemporary Reader, undated, 1950s
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Short stories
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Five short stories by Alvah Bessie with unsigned cover letter to “Bruce” [Rubinstein] from Dan or David Bessie
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Box
1
Folder
37
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“Like Father,” 1935
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Box
1
Folder
37
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“Libation,” 1935
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Box
1
Folder
37
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“The Professor's Friend,” undated
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Box
1
Folder
37
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“Problem in Design,” 1936
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Box
1
Folder
37
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“Vermont Landscape: 1931”
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Box
1
Folder
38
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“American Underground,” by Peter Redman [pseudonym?], 1950
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Box
1
Folder
38
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“In French,” undated
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Box
1
Folder
38
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“I Am Mr. Russki,” undated
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Box
1
Folder
39
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“Bubo virginanus” (first published in Alvah Bessie's Short Fictions, 1982)
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Poetry
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Unbound Typescripts
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Box
1
Folder
40
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“Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?”, undated
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Box
1
Folder
40
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“The Co-Existence Blues,” 1956
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Box
1
Folder
40
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“Five Prison Poems” ( August 10, 1951-titles: “White Night,” “For My Dead Brother,” “A Song for the New Year”-two versions, “For Mr. Lincoln,” “The Free World”)
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Box
1
Folder
40
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“Five Songs for Spain” (Missing titles: “Lamentations, For My Dead Brother”; Present titles: 2. “Memory of Battle,” 1951; 3. “Flamenco,” , 1952; 4. “The Dead Past,” , 1952; 5. “For Steve Nelson,” , 1953)
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Box
1
Folder
40
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“For My Daughter,” undated
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Box
1
Folder
40
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“For My Dead Brother/Love and Live,” undated
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Box
1
Folder
40
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“For My Sons,” undated
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Box
1
Folder
40
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“For the Political Prisoners,” December 30, 1953) 3 versions
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Box
1
Folder
40
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“Getting Short,” undated
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Box
1
Folder
40
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“I Am Addicted to You,” undated
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Box
1
Folder
40
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“June 19, 1953,” undated
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Box
1
Folder
40
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“Miltown Blues” ( 1956), and copy with “Miltown” crossed out and replaced with “Valium” throughout
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Box
1
Folder
40
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“Outside Looking In,” 1951
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Box
1
Folder
40
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“Parole Board,” undated
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Box
1
Folder
40
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“Rest Room,” October 21 with Los Angeles Times, , October 20, 1949, clipping on arrest of Dalton Trumbo for drunkenness
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Box
1
Folder
40
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“Those Subversive Blues,” verse play, 1960
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Box
1
Folder
40
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Untitled, January 1, 1956
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Box
1
Folder
41
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The Free World (and other captive verse) by Alvah Bessie (introduction, April 9, 1951) Bound typescript of poetry collection
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Film stories and screenplays
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Box
1
Folder
42
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Cross of Gold, 1950 story by Alvah Bessie(?) Inscribed “Black market original ... sold by Ned Young”.
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Box
1
Folder
43
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Executive Action, screenplay by Dalton Trumbo, revisions by Alvah Bessie, May 1973; letter concerning Executive Action from Alvah Bessie, , May 9, 1973 Annotated cylostyled typescript of screenplay with revises inserted
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Box
1
Folder
44
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The “S” Bomb, screenplay by Jerrold I. Zinnamon [and Alvah Bessie, uncredited], 1956
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Box
1
Folder
45
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To Kill a Man, Film Treatment by Alvah Bessie and Helen Clare Nelson [Bessie] based on Bessie's novel Bread and a Stone, undated, but before Alvah Bessie's imprisonment
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Box
1
Folder
46
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The Un-Americans, screenplay by Alvah Bessie from his novel, undated
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Box
1
Folder
47
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The Wasteland, film story by Alvah Bessie, registered April 28, 1976
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Box
1
Folder
48
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Without Fear or Favor, screenplay by Alvah Bessie, October 6 - November 18, 1943
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Miscellaneous articles and a speech
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Box
1
Folder
49
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“Wanted: A People's War” ( undated, but during World War II)
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Box
1
Folder
49
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“A Hero for this Month,” undated, but , late 1940s or 1950s : Newspaper article on Joseph Rosmarin
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Box
1
Folder
49
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“Casablanca Revisited,” article, 1979
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Box
1
Folder
49
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“Fanning the Flames of Discontent,” text of speech to First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles, May 29, 1983
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Unpublished Articles
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Group of typescripts originally in folder labeled “unpublished”
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Box
1
Folder
50
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Open letter by Alvah Bessie calling for purchase of War Bonds, January 19, 1942
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Box
1
Folder
50
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“There's a Difference,” short article by Alvah Bessie, with letter from Frances Pinduck reporting rejection by Liberty magazine, January 5, 1943
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Box
1
Folder
50
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“Wings of Victory,” film review, undated, but early 1940s
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Box
1
Folder
50
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Untitled review of film All the King's Men, undated but contemporary with the release of the film
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Box
1
Folder
50
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“The Touchstone (Franco Spain and America since 1939),” unpublished pamphlet, undated (, 1950 or 1951, by internal evidence)
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Box
1
Folder
50
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Letter of resignation by Alvah Bessie from the Communist Party of the USA, February 15, 1957 Carbon draft
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Box
1
Folder
50
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Unpublished reviews of various books on the Spanish Civil War commissioned by Ramparts and San Francisco Chronicle (, 1966-1967)
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Box
1
Folder
50
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Review of Studs Terkel's Hard Times, commissioned but not published by Scanlan's Monthly, March 30, 1970
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Autobiographical Writings
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Box
1
Folder
51
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“Where are you, Leon Ansbacher?” (autobiographical essay), undated Photocopy
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Box
1
Folder
51
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“Slice of Life: Prospectus for a Memoir,” by Alvah Bessie, July 15, 1981 Carbon typescript
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Box
1
Folder
52
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“Sequel (to Inquisition in Eden)”: correspondence with Carey McWilliams of The Nation, 1972, concerning writing reviews for the magazine and possible sequel to Inquisition in Eden; 1951 clippings on Edward Dmytryk's switching sides; , 1972 clippings about Dmytryk and letters to the press by Alvah Bessie; corrected proof of “Sequel”
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Series: Photographs : 4 snapshots, separated from Letters of Alvah and Sylviane Bessie to Eva Bessie Wilson and her family.
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Box
1
Folder
53
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Hôtel-Dieu, Beaune (Burgundy), May 22, 1979 : Enclosed with Alvah Bessie to Eva Bessie-Wilson, July 4, 1979.
3"x4" color print, inscribed on reverse, “... also known as L'Hospice de Beaune”
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Box
1
Folder
53
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Alvah Bessie, 1980 : Enclosed with Alvah Bessie to the Wilsons, August 26, 1980.
3"x4" color print, inscribed on reverse
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Box
1
Folder
53
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Alvah and Sylviane Bessie, November 1982 : Enclosed in Alvah Bessie to the Wilsons, December 22, 1982.
3"x4" color print, inscribed on reverse, “At a cocktail party recently in Ross”
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Box
1
Folder
53
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Adam and Alvah Bessie, June 1982 : Enclosed with Alvah Bessie to the Wilsons, July 26, 1982.
3"x4" color print, inscribed on reverse, “2 (Adam) and 78 (Alvah)”
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M99-106
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Part 6 (M99-106): Additions, 1972-1979 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) : Additions, 1972-1979, including scripts, drafts, notes, and correspondence between Alvah Bessie, Daniel Bessie, and Arthur S. Landis for an uncompleted film to be titled The Last Volunteer.
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M2002-064
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Part 7 (M2002-064): Additions, 1936-1991 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes), 9 photographs, and 62 audio recordings (38 reel-to-reel tapes) : Additions, 1936-1991, consisting of miscellaneous personal papers, writings, and news clippings (1936-1991); photographs of the campaign on behalf of the Hollywood Ten (1949-1950); and sound recordings (1947-1985) including Bessie's testimony before HUAC, but mostly interviews with him or talks he gave.
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Series: Legal Documents, Correspondence, et cetera
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Box
1
Folder
1
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Letters from Dan Bessie to Ben Brewster (Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research), 2001, describing the contents of the accession
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Box
1
Folder
2
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Divorce papers, 1938
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Box
1
Folder
3
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Draft cards and correspondence regarding draft, 1943
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Box
1
Folder
4
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Pilot's license and flight log books, 1937-1948
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Box
1
Folder
5
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Address book, undated
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Box
1
Folder
6
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Accounts, 1939-1947, in a steno pad; note of loans, , 1962
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Box
1
Folder
7
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Draft of a letter by Alvah Bessie to Naomi ? about her research into McCarthyism, undated; letters to Glen Petrie, , April 28, 1935 and , November 15, 1936 (found in copy of book The Sons of Bilitis given to Petrie by Alvah Bessie and bought in a second-hand bookshop by Dan Bessie, , October 1999)
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Series: Books by Alvah Bessie
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Box
1
Folder
8
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Men in Battle, originally published by Scribners, New York : Clippings of reviews of the 1939 edition; a note written by the author for the 1954 edition, published by the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in 1954, together with clippings of reviews; a list of publication dates up to 1970, with extracts from reviews (jacket copy for the 1977 edition?); clippings of reviews of the edition by Pinnacle Books, 1977.
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Box
1
Folder
9
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Men in Battle and Spain Again, the first, originally published in 1939 by Chandler and Sharp, Corte Madera, California, in 1975 : Clippings of reviews of the two books together.
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Box
1
Folder
10
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The Un-Americans (New York: Cameron Associates, 1957) : Clippings of reviews.
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Box
1
Folder
11
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Inquisition in Eden (New York: Macmillan, 1965) : Clippings of reviews.
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Box
1
Folder
12
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The Symbol, novel by Alvah Bessie (New York: Random House, 1967) : Clippings of reviews of the novel (including a column by Bessie himself on the reception) and of the television play The Sex Symbol Bessie adapted from it, broadcast by ABC in 1974; correspondence about the residuals to The Sex Symbol, 1975.
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Box
1
Folder
13
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Spain Again (Corte Madera, California: Chandler & Sharp, 1975) : Two pages from chapter 5 and carbon typescript of pages 236-272 (marked “dup” in pencil).
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Box
1
Folder
14-15
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One for My Baby, novel by Alvah Bessie (New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1980) : Clippings and typescripts of reviews; correspondence, mostly 1974-1975, a few items up to 1982, mostly on a possible screen adaptation.
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Box
1
Folder
16-17
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Alvah Bessie's Short Fictions (Solo Flight and The Serpent Was More Subtil): (Corte Madera, California: Chandler and Sharp, 1983) : Correspondence, bank statements and receipts for the savings account set up to take the subscriptions whereby this collection of previously published Alvah Bessie stories was published; prospectus, press releases, and reviews.
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Box
1
Folder
18-19
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One Man in His Time, unfinished and unpublished autobiography : Drafts, research materials.
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Box
1
Folder
20
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Untitled short story, undated : Incomplete typescript marked “dup”.
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Series: Pamphlets by Alvah Bessie
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Box
1
Folder
21
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This Is Your Enemy: A Documentary Record of Nazi Atrocities against Citizens and Soldiers of Our Soviet Ally (Front Line Fighters Fund, 1942)
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Box
1
Folder
21
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Mr. Smith Went to Washington (California Emergency Defense Committee, 1951)
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Box
1
Folder
21
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Would You Be an Informer (A Letter from the County Jail), signed by Oleta O'Connor Yates ( July 1952)
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Box
1
Folder
21
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Look, You Do Have a Choice for U.S. Senator (Joint Action Committee of Northern California Unions, September 1952)
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Box
1
Folder
21
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Steve Nelson, A Tribute by 14 Famous Authors, including Alvah Bessie (Provisional Committee to Free Steve Nelson, undated, but probably , 1952)
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Box
1
Folder
21
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The Everlasting Bridges Case (International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, May 1955)
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Series: Articles by Alvah Bessie
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Box
1
Folder
22
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“Pie in the Eye Opens San Fran Film Fest,” Entertainment World 1, number 6 ( November 7, 1969): 4-5 (anonymous) Clipping
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Box
1
Folder
22
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“A Couple of Conferences That Weren't Covered,” The Realist, number 61 ( August 1965): 5, 8-9 Copy of the issue
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Box
1
Folder
22
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“Remembering Jack London,” Fiction Monthly 2, number 5 ( January 1985): 9-10 Copy of the issue
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Box
1
Folder
22
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Obituary of Helen Clare Nelson, San Francisco Chronicle ( May 4, 1981) Clipping with corrections
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Box
2
Folder
1
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Alvah Bessie's columns in Marin Life and In These Times, 1976-1978 Clippings
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Series: Speeches by Alvah Bessie
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Box
2
Folder
2
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“American Film in 1960,” delivered at the First Unitarian Church, Los Angeles, California, January 1, 1961
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Box
2
Folder
2
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“The Spanish Civil War and the American Inquisition,” delivered at Rice University, Texas, and other Oklahoma and Texas venues, January-February 1979
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Series: Occasional Writings by Alvah Bessie
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Box
2
Folder
3
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Letters to the press (also clippings of the articles, et cetera, that occasioned the letters), 1956, 1975-1982
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Series: Miscellaneous
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Box
2
Folder
4
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Brief mentions of Alvah Bessie in the press, 1951-1982 Clippings
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Box
2
Folder
5
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“The hungry i” : Clippings on this San Francisco cabaret, at which Alvah Bessie served as stage manager and announcer, 1957-1963, mostly by Don Asher.
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Box
2
Folder
6
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Appearances and Events: clippings and correspondence on lectures, interviews, et cetera, by Alvah Bessie, 1962-1985
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Short articles, interviews, and mentions in non-U.S. publications
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Box
2
Folder
7
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“Durch den spanischen Spiegel,” Das Magazin, 16, nummer 1 (Berlin, DDR: January 1969): 50-2
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Box
2
Folder
7
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“Le privilège,” Almanache de l'Humanité (Paris, 1983); Filmihullu (Eiripaino, Lahti, Finland: , May 1976), special issue on the Hollywood blacklist (pictures of Bessie, no article on or by him)
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2
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7
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Enric Satue, “El discreto encanto del diseño gráfico USA (I),” CNU (Barcelona: 1974) : Article on Milton Wolff, citing Alvah Bessie.
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2
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7
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Pierre Lachat, “'Ich bin nicht dies! ich bin nicht das! ich gehöre zu nichts! ich glaube an nichts! ich kritisiere nichts!': Hollywood und die unamerikanischen Umtriebe,” Tagesanzeiger Magazin, 7 (Zürich: January 19, 1972): 29-33
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2
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7
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“Legal gelyncht,” Der Spiegel, 27 (BRD: June 28, 1971)
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2
Folder
7
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Ricardo Muñoz Suay, “Una columna: Aquellos testigos,” Fotogramas, 24, numero 1012 (Barcelona/Madrid: March 8, 1968): 3
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Box
2
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7
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Alvah Bessie, “Susan Aldridge, sie ruhe in Frieden!” Das Magazin, 14, nummer 6 (Berlin, DDR: June 1967): 6-9, 72
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Box
2
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7
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Alvah Bessie, “Blick in die literarische Unterwelt der USA,” Sonntag, nummer 21 (Berlin, DDR: 1966): 12; nummer 23 (, 1966): 23
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Box
2
Folder
7
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Alvah Bessie, “Leonhard Frank in Hollywood,” Das Magazin (Berlin, DDR: undated): 21-3
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Box
2
Folder
7
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“Eine Stimme des anderen America, interview mit Alvah Bessie,” Neues Deutschland (Berlin, DDR: March 20, 1965)
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Box
2
Folder
7
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“Kontakt und Austausch: BZ-Interview mit Alvah Bessie,” Berliner-Zeitung (Berlin, DDR: May 13, 1965)
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Box
2
Folder
7
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Alvah Bessie, “Nenne es Liebe,” Das Magazin, 10, nummer 3 (Berlin, DDR: March 1963): 6-11
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Box
2
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7
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Alvah Bessie, “Soldaten,” Das Magazin, 9, nummer 7 (Berlin, DDR: July 1962): 20-3
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Box
2
Folder
7
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Klaus Bellin, “Unsere Hoffnung ist die DDR,” Junge Welt, 15, nummer 240B (Berlin, DDR: October 10, 1961)
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Box
2
Folder
7
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“Internationale Spanienkundgebung,” Neues Deutschland (Berlin, DDR: July 16, 1961)
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Box
2
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8
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Alvah Bessie Oral History interview : Correspondence between Sylviane Bessie, Dan Bessie and Roy Rosenzweig and others at George Mason University regarding Alvah Bessie oral history, 1985 and 1992
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Series: Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade (VALB)
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Box
2
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9
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Text of speech by Alvah Bessie for VALB 39th anniversary dinner, Spenger's Grotto, Berkeley, California, February 8, 1976 Typescript
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Box
2
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9
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Sam Spiller, “Remembering Alvah Bessie and Aaron Lopoff”: handwritten draft of article; letters from Sam Spiller to Dan Bessie, 1991
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Box
2
Folder
9
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Al Amery: letter to Dan Bessie, August 8, 1991, enclosing card and letter from Alvah Bessie to Al Amery, , January 12, 1984, and , December 30, 1984
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2
Folder
9
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John L. Simon: letter to Dan Bessie, August 2, 1991, enclosing photocopies of letters from Alvah Bessie to Simon, , 1980, and a catalog page on One for My Baby Bessie sent to Simon
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Box
2
Folder
9
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Congratulatory messages printed in a booklet for the VALB 39th Anniversary dinner, Berkeley, California, February 8, 1976
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Box
2
Folder
9
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Moe Fishman: letter to Dan Bessie, November 26, 1991
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Box
2
Folder
9
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The Volunteer (Organ of the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade), 12, number 1 ( May 1990), with letter from George Kaye about Alvah Bessie's depiction of Irving Norman in Men in Battle
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Series: Writings of Others
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Box
2
Folder
10
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Helen Clare Nelson, “The Case of the Contemptuous Wife” Photocopy of pages 27-38 of a volume published by Mainstream, New York, 1948
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WCFTR Name File/Hollywood Ten
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Series: Photographs : 9-8"x10" black-and-white photographs, 1949-1950, showing Alvah Bessie and other members and supporters of the Hollywood Ten during the campaign to free them (see letter from Dan Bessie with descriptions).
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Series: Sound Recordings : Descriptions of the contents of the following tape recordings derive from the labels on the tapes and tape boxes, not from an audition.
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Subseries: Quarter-Inch Reel-To-Reel Tape, Seven-Inch Reels
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1442A/1
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“The Page St. Players, July 26-27, 1953. Eva Bessie. Alvah Bessie. Madame X (X. Claire Nelson)”
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1442A/2
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“Alvah Bessie. Berlin-Leipzig. July 1961. Side One-English (Berlin)-copied from 7½ ips master. Side Two-German (Leipzig)-copied from 30 ips master. Side Two-French (Berlin)-copied from 3¾ ips master. This tape to be played at 7½ ips. Half track. 165 Corbett Avenue, near 17th.”
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1442A/3
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“KPFA- March 5, 1965-Inquisition. Inquisition in Eden. 3¾ ips. Full track.”
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1442A/4
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“ March 25, 1965. KXKX-FM-Inquisition.”
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1442A/5
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“1. Contact-WKYC- August 16, 1965-10:05-11.05 p.m. American Inquisition. Tape #1 of 3 7½”
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1442A/6
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“2. Contact-WKYC- August 16, 1965-11.05-11.30 p.m. American Inquisition. Tape #2 of 3 7½”
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1442A/7
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“3. Contact-WKYC- August 16, 1965-11.30 p.m.-12:00 M. Tape #3 of 3 7½”
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1442A/8
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“KFAX (San Francisco), February 28, 1967-4:45 & 11.30 p.m. Author-Alvah Bessie. Interviewed by Bob Furry on KFAX, San Francisco, , February 22, 1967”
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1442A/9
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“A8359. KCBS. Alvah Bessie dub (Mel Hatton February 23, 1967). Speed: 7½. Date recorded: Friday, , February 25, 1967”
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1442A/10
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“1.30-2:00 p.m. 7½ KSFO. March 1, 1967. Jack Carney”
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1442A/11
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“WERE (Cleveland), March 9, 1967. Bill Gordon Interview March 9, 1967 (recorded , February 22, 1967 in San Francisco).”
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1442A/12
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“KTIM, October 14, 1974. Jorie Parr. Interview-Alvah Bessie-Jorie Parr. KTIM radio (San Rafael, California), October 14, 1974. SYMBOL on TV & other matters. 21 minutes” Actually five-inch tape in seven-inch box
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1442A/13
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“5846: Spain & Hollywood 10. Alvah:-4, 4 minute programs were used on all 180 stations on our program called 'All Things Considered' on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday- November 11, 12, 13, and 14 [1975]-the long piece will be used one day this month. Best, Ken.”
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1442A/14
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“KIIS (Los Angeles), November 16, 1975, 8:00-8:30 ... Boyd Britton. Spain Again”
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1442A/15
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“KPFA, November 28, 1976Spain-interview with Helga-Lohe-Bailey. 30 minutes-5 last minutes!”
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Subseries: Quarter-Inch Reel-To-Reel Tape, Five-Inch Reels
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1442A/16
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“HUAC-October 28, 1947 (AB). Alvah Bessie. Unamerican Committee Testimony. October 28, 1947. 3¾ ips”
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1442A/17
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“FUCLA & March 14, 1965. AB. March 14, 1965-playing speed 3¾” per second. Louis Mumford's letter to the President: read by Lloyd Gough. 'The Continuing Inquisition,' Alvah Bessie. First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles. Recorded by George W. Bishop. Reel number 90808”
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1442A/18
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“KQED March 27 & , March 31, 1967. 3¾ ips. Symbol-30 min. KQED-SF-TV (James Dey)-Audio. 27 & March 31, 1967.”
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1442A/19
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“Sex Symbol 1. Sex Symbol Tape #1 (Agatha Murphy opening statement missing). ABC MOW September 17, 1974. 8:30-10:00 pm WDT”
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1442A/20
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“Sex Symbol 2. Sex Symbol Tape #2.”
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1442A/21
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“Sex Symbol 3. Sex Symbol Tape #3.”
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1442A/22
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“Sex Symbol 4. Sex Symbol Tape #4 (about 30 seconds missing between tapes).”
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1442A/23
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“Sex Symbol 5. Sex Symbol Tape #5.”
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1442A/24
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“Men & Spain, KTIM radio, San Rafael, California, April 15, 1975. Spain Again & Men in Battle. Interview with Jorie Parr ... KTIM, San Rafael, California AM 1510, April 15, 1975, 9:30 PDT”
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Subseries: Quarter-Inch Reel-To-Reel Tape, Three-Inch Reel
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1442A/25
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“SHF on AB-FUCLA- March 14, 1965”
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Subseries: Cassette Tapes
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1442A/26
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“Alvah Bessie / Peter Caroll 'Book Talk' Part I,” undated
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1442A/27
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“Alvah Bessie / Peter Caroll 'Book Talk' Part II,” undated
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1442A/28
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“HUAC Hearing-San Francisco City Hall- May 13, 1960-testimony of Tyler Brooke-Salud!”
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1442A/29
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“Alvah Bessie, May 19, 1970”: A and B
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1442A/30
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“Alvah Bessie, May 19, 1970”: C and D
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1442A/31
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“Alvah Bessie, May 19, 1970”: E and F
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1442A/32
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“Men & Spain: KPOO, San Francisco, March 27, 1975, 89.5 FM, 9-10 a.m. Dave Whitaker”
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1442A/33
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“'Jim Eason Show' KGO Radio, 1pm, May 9, 1975” (Side One and Side Two)
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1442A/34
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“Alvah Bessie-1 hour interview 'Eason Show' KGO, May 9, 1975” (Side One and Side Two)
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1442A/35
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“KPFA-FM (94.1), Berkeley, California, June 26, 1975. Roundtable, Spain, Frances Emley (Mod), Milt. Wolff, Juan Duran, AB, 45 minutes”
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1442A/36
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“NBC News. Liberty Act 1. March 30, 1976-9:30 pm (PDT) Trumbo & A.B.”
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1442A/37
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“KPIX. Evening-Alvah Bessie & Lester Cole- December 1, 1976, San Francisco. Evening-Alvah Bessie and Lester Cole-December 1, 1976.”
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1442A/38
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“KQED, Open Studio, Hollywood Blacklist ... 30 minutes, April 5, 1977. KQED-Open Studio-Hollywood Blacklist-Side One”
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1442A/39
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“Bessie Seminar, November 7, 1977, Sacramento-California State University: Side One-Bessie seminar in Sacramento Room-2:30, November 7, 1977; Side Two-2:30 seminar (continued)” ,
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1442A/40
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“'From Spain to Washington', California State University-Sacramento, November 7, 1977: Side One-Bessie lecture: November 7, 1977, 'From Spain to Washington'; Side Two-Discussion following Bessie lecture; November 7, 1977”
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1442A/41
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“Bessie, Alvah Tape #1. Interviewed by Rollins, Peter, 1979”
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1442A/42
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“Bessie, Alvah Tape #2. Interviewed by Rollins, Peter, 1979”
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1442A/43
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“Bessie, Alvah Tape #3. Interviewed by Rollins, Peter, 1979”
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1442A/44
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“Bessie, Alvah Tape #1. Interviewed by Rollins, Peter, 1979”
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1442A/45
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“Bessie, Alvah Tape #2. Interviewed by Rollins, Peter, 1979”
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1442A/46
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“Bessie, Alvah Tape #3. Interviewed by Rollins, Peter, 1979”
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1442A/47
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“A. Alvah Bessie Appearance OSU 6th Annual Filmathon, February 2, 1979” and “B. Alvah Bessie Visits Creative Writing Class of Gordon Weaver, Oklahoma State University, , February 1, 1979”
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1442A/48
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“Alvah Bessie Appearance OSU 6th Annual Filmathon, February 2, 1979. Side One-UNC Conference , 1978. William Colby, CIA, reflects on Vietnam Pacification.” and “Side Two-Alvah Bessie at Oklahoma State University, , February 2, 1979”
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1442A/49-52
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“Alvah Bessie interview (probably 1980) conducted by Jonathan Solody, for Brandeis University for VALB Archives,” Tapes One-Four
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1442A/53
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“Interview, Michael Krasny, KTIM-San Rafael radio, Sunday, July 6, 1980, 9-10 a.m. WDT. A-Alvah Bessie, July 6, 1980; B-Alvah Bessie, July 6, 1980 KTIM”
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1442A/54
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“AB-'Insight' KRE, 1400 AM, October 16, 1980, Berkeley, January Sweetzer”
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1442A/55
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“'Are you now or have you ever been ... ?' Symposium, October 18 & 19, 1980. Panel: 'Impact of McCarthyism on Arts & Mass Media'. Catalog #604A, Side A & B. © Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute, Not to be reproduced or distributed without permission” : This recording is protected by copyright. See the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
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1442A/56
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“'Are you now or have you ever been ... ?' Symposium October 1980. Panel: 'Impact of McCarthyism on Arts & Mass Media'. Comments & Discussion Catalog #604A, this side only. © Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute, Berkeley, California, 1980, not to be reproduced or distributed without permission from MCLI” : This recording is protected by copyright. See the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.
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1442A/57
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“National Public Radio-88.5 (KQED-FM), San Francisco, regarding Spain, interview by Sanford Unger, 5 p.m., February 27, 1981,” Side One
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1442A/58
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“Civil War Vet (Spanish), Bessie /Unger, Aired: February 27, 1981, 5 pm PDT, KQED-FN (SF) 88.5,” Side Two
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1442A/59
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“ January 31, 1982, Alvah Bessie WALTZ-by Frank Dyer with Carolyn Fitzgerald”
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1442A/60
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“Lawson & Arts TV Program, November 16, 1983, Guest: Alvah Bessie, 28 minutes. Alvah Bessie, 28 minutes; Guest on Lawson & Arts (November 16, 1983), Pacific Arts & Letters”
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1442A/61
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“Alvah Bessie 1984, care of Peter Carroll-KPFA”
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1442A/62
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“Milt Wolff, Al Richmond, October 1985”: A and B
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M2003-100
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Part 8 (M2003-100): Additions, 1943-1983 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes) and 2 cassette tape recordings : Additions, 1943-1983, consisting of material relating to the publication of Bessie's notebooks kept while serving with the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, documentation of unproduced films, Joaquin and The Last Volunteer, and other miscellaneous materials.
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Series: Miscellaneous
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1
Folder
1
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Documents relating to Alvah Bessie's service with the Civil Air Patrol, 1943-1945; contracts, correspondence and press releases regarding the reprint of Alvah Bessie's novel Bread and a Stone and his Short Fictions in , 1983; scripts by Alvah Bessie for two films, Many Waters (eventually produced and directed by Dan Bessie as Tierra del Sol) and an unproduced film on nutrition
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Series: Spanish Civil War Notebooks : Material relating to the publication in 1998, edited by Dan Bessie, of the notebooks Alvah Bessie kept while serving with the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain in 1938, and on which his 1939 book, Men in Battle, was based.
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Box
1
Folder
2
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Correspondence between Dan Bessie, the governors of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives, and members of Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, including Harry Fisher, Moe Fishman, Len Levenson, and Milton Wolff, about the publication project; draft preface, reader's report and proposal
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Box
1
Folder
3
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Typescript of the notebooks as submitted for publication
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Box
1
Folder
4
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Page proofs
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Series: Joaquin : Unproduced film written by Alvah Bessie from a story by Dan Bessie and Severo Perez.
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Box
1
Folder
5
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Annotated draft script; final script, 1974
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Series: The Last Volunteer : Unproduced screenplay by Alvah Bessie and Arthur H. Landis, revised by Dan Bessie. See also the audio cassettes in this accession.
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Box
1
Folder
6
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Correspondence on the project, 1973-1975, mostly letters from Alvah Bessie, also from Arthur Landis, Dan Bessie, Milton Wolff, Martin Ritt
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Box
1
Folder
7
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The Volunteers, a film-story treatment by Alvah Bessie, February 12, 1972
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Box
1
Folder
8
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Continuity outlines, 1974
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Box
1
Folder
9
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Alvah Bessie's first draft, undated Photocopy of script
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Box
2
Folder
1
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“Final AB-AL & DB version, & re-worked by Dan, 1980” Heavily annotated typescript
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Box
2
Folder
2
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“1985 version,” “original story by Arthur H. Landis, screenplay by Alvah Bessie with Dan Bessie” Cyclostyled script
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Box
2
Folder
3
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“Pages revised and removed prior to , 1985 revision by Dan Bessie.”
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Box
2
Folder
4
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“Semi-Final Draft”/”Not final draft”, “original story and screenplay by Alvah Bessie, Arthur H. Landis, Dan Bessie” Cyclostyled script
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Sound Archive
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Audio recordings with comments on the script for Dan Bessie's attention, dictated by Arthur Landis 2 cassette tapes
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M2006-068
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Part 9 (M2006-068): Additions, 1961-1985 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) : Additions, 1961-1985, consisting of correspondence with the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research (WCFTR); writings; and contributions to films, produced and unproduced, in collaboration with Daniel Bessie.
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Series: Correspondence
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1
Folder
1
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Correspondence with the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research, 1961-1985
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Series: Spanish Civil War Notebooks
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Box
1
Folder
2
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Materials relating to the publication of Alvah Bessie's Spanish Civil War Notebooks, 2001 : Proofs of publisher's advertisements; correspondence between Dan Bessie and the University Press of Kentucky; draft of Michael Bessie's preface; clean typescript of final manuscript.
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Series: Articles
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Box
1
Folder
3
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“A Life-long Love Affair with Miss Bette Davis” Carbon typescript, with hand-written emendations by editor, inscribed “for the movie-star book, Danny Peary, editor, Workman Publishing Company, 1978”
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Box
1
Folder
4
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“We've Been Waiting a Long Time,” article on Spain, 1975 Carbon typescript with hand corrections
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Series: Screenplays
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The Hostages (screenplay by Alvah Bessie from the novel by Charles Israel)
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Box
1
Folder
5
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Typescript with revision to , March 1970
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John Brown (unproduced film for the Learning Garden)
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Box
1
Folder
6
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Notes by Alvah Bessie, typescript, undated
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Rip Van Winkle (unproduced feature film)
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Box
1
Folder
7
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Outline, by Alvah Bessie, annotated typescript, undated
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“Jeanne d'Arc” (unproduced episode of television series The Interview, written for Jane Fonda, for production by Group Four)
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Box
1
Folder
8
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Script by Alvah Bessie, August 12, 1972 Carbon typescript
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Joaquin (unproduced feature film)
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Box
1
Folder
9
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Correspondence, research clippings, outline ( undated), screenplay by Alvah Bessie from a story by Dan Bessie and Severo Perez, , undated
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