Rubin Levin Papers, 1920-1981

Summary Information

Title: Rubin Levin Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1920-1981

Creator:
  • Levin, Rubin, 1902-1981
Call Number: Mss 761; Micro 1163; Disc 189A

Quantity: 2.0 c.f. (5 archives boxes), 2 reels of microfilm (35mm), and 2 disc recordings

Repository:
Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Papers, mainly 1925-1955, of Rubin Levin, a labor journalist who was associated with the Milwaukee Leader and other Wisconsin newspapers during the 1930's and who was editor of Labor from 1953 to 1981. Included are biographical materials; personal correspondence exchanged with friends and family; a few papers of his wife Bertha Greenberg Levin, who worked as a free-lance publicist during the 1930's; and subject files concerning Labor, the Labor Press Association, and Milwaukee politics and government. The personal correspondence includes many letters to and from his wife written in 1938, the year of his first work in Washington, D.C., and her first pregnancy and a few letters concerning a brother associated with Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin. Levin's writings include unpublished articles and stories; a literary journal kept during the 1920's when he traveled widely through the United States, Canada, and Europe; published free-lance articles; and a collection of his newspaper work which is available only on microfilm.

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Language: English

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