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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
Folder
2
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Biographical sketches
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Box
1
Folder
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
Box
1
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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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1
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A - General
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Box
2
Folder
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
Folder
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
Folder
13
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Burnett, Mary (first wife), undated
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Box
3
Folder
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
Folder
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
Folder
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
Folder
4
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G - General
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Box
6
Folder
5
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Gellhorn, Martha, 1959-1982
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Box
6
Folder
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
Folder
12
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Heffley, Wayne, 1967-1983
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Box
6
Folder
13
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Herr, Allen H., 1975-1981
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Box
7
Folder
1-2
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Heym, Stefan and Gertrude Geblin, 1961-1977
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Box
7
Folder
3
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Holt, Pat, 1982-1985
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Box
7
Folder
4-5
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I-J - General
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Box
7
Folder
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
Folder
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
Folder
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
Folder
2
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Lavery, Emmet, Jr. 1975-1979
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Box
8
Folder
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
Folder
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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9
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12
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Noble, Iris, 1969-1982, undated
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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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9
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15
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Ortiz, Jorge Diaz, 1965-1971
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P - General
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17
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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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Box
11
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1
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1982-1985
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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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17
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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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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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13
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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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Box
15
Folder
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
Folder
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
Folder
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
Folder
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
Folder
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
Folder
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
Folder
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
Folder
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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