Summary Information

Title: Joseph R. Starobin Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1932-1979

Creator:

• Starobin, Joseph R. (Joseph Robert), 1913-1976

Call Number: Mss 592

Quantity: 5.4 c.f. (14 archives boxes)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers of Joseph Starobin, a leftist writer, university professor, and activist who associated with many Communist Party leaders throughout the world and who attempted to arrange peace talks between North Vietnam and the United States during the Vietnam War. He served as a professor of political science at York University in Toronto from 1968 to 1976; edited and wrote for Communist publications, including The New Masses (1939-1942) and The Daily Worker (1942-1954); and was a member of the Communist Party from 1934 to 1954. The collection consists primarily of personal, business, and political correspondence, with the bulk of materials dating from 1954 to 1976. Included are letters from political scientist Zbigniew Brzezinski, Senator J.W. Fulbright, columnist James B. Reston, historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., and a 1962 letter from author Doris Lessing. Also included are manuscripts and writings by Starobin and others, and subject files.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00592

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