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Series: Correspondence
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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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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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1
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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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1
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9
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Ernest Hemingway, open letter from the Veterans of the Lincoln Brigade, 1940
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1
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10
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Henry Shine, regarding a projected anti-Hitler magazine, 1941
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1
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11
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Luther Adler, regarding publishing matters, 1948
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1
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12
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Elia Kazan, regarding producing a play by Alvah and Helen Clare Nelson Bessie, 1948
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1
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13
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Ramón Sender, regarding his novel The King and the Queen, 1948
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1
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14
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Screen Writer's Guild, regarding Alvah Bessie's membership, 1951
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1
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15
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Herbert [?], regarding writing for L'écran Français/Les Lettres Françaises, May 19, 1952
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1
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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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1
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17
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People's World magazine, notes for articles and correspondence about book reviews, 1956
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1
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18
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Harry Bridges, regarding Alvah Bessie's position with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, 1958
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1
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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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1
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20
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Oronite statement, returned by Cuban revolutionary management, 1961
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1
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21
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Herb Caen, regarding a gossip column item on Alvah Bessie, 1961
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1
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22
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San Francisco Chronicle, regarding an article on the Rosenberg case, 1965
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1
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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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1
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24
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Time magazine, in response to an article about Charles Chaplin, 1972
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1
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25
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Robert Crichton, regarding his father, Kyle Crichton, 1975
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1
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26
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Victor Navasky, about his HUAC research, 1975
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1
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27
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Ring Lardner, Jr., in response to a review of his book My Family Remembered, 1976
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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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1
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29
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Lester Cole, in relation to his book Hollywood Red, 1982
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1
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30
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PEN American Center (especially Kathy Boyle), regarding a possible award for Alvah Bessie, 1982
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1
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31
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Martha Gellhorn, principally about a television documentary-drama on Ernest Hemingway in Spain, 1982-1985
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1
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32
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Edward Anser, about an appeal on behalf of El Salvador trade-unionists, 1984
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1
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33
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Ring Lardner, Jr., in relation to his book, All for Love, 1985
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1
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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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