Helen Willa Samuels Papers, 1940-2011,  (bulk 1972-2004)

Contents List

Container Title
Series: 1. Collection on Howard Fast, 1932-1977
Scope and Content Note: This series contains materials collected by Frank Campenni documenting Howard Fast's political activism in the United States from the 1930s to the 1960s. Correspondence includes photocopies of letters and other written communications to and from family, personal, political, and publishers. Manuscripts include both published and unpublished non-fiction, plays, and short stories. None of the literary manuscripts are original documents; all are reproductions of typescripts. Newspaper clippings, which date from the 1930s through the 1960s, specifically focus on Howard Fast and his social and political involvements.
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Folder   1
Advertisements, Literature, 1950-1954, undated
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Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee, 1945, 1948, undated
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Book Royalties, 1949-1970
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Copyright and Contracts, 1941-1957, undated
Correspondence
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A-B, 1932-1935, 1941-1958
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Advertising and Publishing, Spartacus, 1951-1952, undated
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Awards and Honors, 1934-1938, 1945-1953
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C, 1934, 1951-1955
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Communist Party, Separation, 1957
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D, 1933-1939, 1945-1953, 1960
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Editors, Miscellaneous, 1948, 1953-1954
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Family, 1950, undated
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Family, Bette Fast, 1945, 1950, undated
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Fan Mail, 1945-1946, 1949-1953, undated
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F-G, 1945-1947, 1956-1959
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Film Studios, 1944-1948, 1961-1962
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J-K, 1935, 1942, 1952, 1956
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L, 1941-1946, 1950-1958, undated
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M-N, 1932, 1937-1952, 1957-1965
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P, 1945
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Passport Division, 1944-1955
Personal
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Albert Maltz, 1944, 1946-1957
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Department of Justice, 1950
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Edward North, 1945-1946
Political
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Folder   7
Congressional Candidate, 1952-1953, undated
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Folder   9
May Day, 1947, 1950-1957, undated
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Folder   10
McCarran Act, 1950-1952, 1955
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Folder   11
Miscellaneous, 1942, 1945, 1957
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Folder   12
Morton Sobell, 1954-1955, undated
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Peace Councils, 1949-1950, 1955-1956
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Rosenberg Case, 1952-1953, undated
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Steve Nelson, 1954-1955, undated
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Wallace for President, 1948, undated
Publishers
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Crown Publishing, Inc., 1957-1958, 1964, 1969
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Duell, Sloan, and Pearce, Inc., 1936, 1939-1945, 1948
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Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1937-1939, 1948
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Hebrew Publishing Company, 1941, 1948-1949, 1952, 1957
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The John Day Company, 1934-1936
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John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1954, 1957-1958
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Literary Magazines, 1935-1948, 1951, 1956
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Little Brown and Company, 1944-1948
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Little Brown and Company, 1949-1953
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The MacMillian Company, 1935, 1951
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McIntosh and Otis, Inc., 1937-1938, 1940
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Negro Digest, 1944-1945
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Simon and Schuster, Inc., 1936, 1938-1941, 1949, 1956
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William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1968-1970
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R-S, 1935-1954, 1956-1964
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Universities, 1940, 1949, 1953-1958
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V-W, 1933-1942, 1950, 1957, 1961, undated
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Election Campaign, 1952
Election Campaign
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Expenses, 1952
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Letterhead, undated
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Resolutions, 1948, undated
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Wallace for President, 1948
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Flyers and Pamphlets, Miscellaneous, 1952, undated
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Invitations, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republic, 1951, 1954-1955, undated
Manuscripts
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Annabelle, undated
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Benjamin Franklin Part III, 1973
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Busman's Holiday, undated
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Citizen Tom Paine, 1976
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The Clients, undated
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The Crossing, undated
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Farewell Dimitrios, undated
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The Hammer undated
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The Hessian, undated
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High Place, undated
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In the Beginning, undated
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The Judge, undated
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The Long Road to Glory, undated
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Naked God, undated
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The Novelist, undated
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The Puppet Show, undated
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Folder   3
Sam Houston Part I, 1975
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Folder   4
The Trap, 1977
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May Day, 1946-1953
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McCarran-Winter Bill, undated
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Folder   7
Miscellaneous Publications, 1937-1939, 1945-1952
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Miscellaneous Publications, 1954-1958, 1964, undated
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Musical Score, undated
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Folder   2
Mundt Bill, undated
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Folder   3
National Council of the Arts and Profession, 1948-1953, undated
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Nelson, Steve, 1952-1955, undated
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Newspaper Clippings, 1947-1948, 1950
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Newspaper Clippings, 1952-1954
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Newspaper Clippings, 1956-1957
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Newspaper Clippings, 1958-1959, 1967
Newspaper Clippings
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Foreign Language, 1956-1957, undated
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Folder   10
New York Times, 1942-1960
Reviews
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A-C, 1943-1947, 1964
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Folder   12
Cunningham, E.V., 1965-1967
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D-M, 1942-1956
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N-P, 1937-1942, 1951-1963
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R-T, 1941-1952, 1966
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U-V, 1960
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Personal and Family Papers, 1903, 1914, 1924, 1931-1936, undated
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Folder   2
Poems, 1953, undated
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Folder   3
Radio Broadcast, Agreements and Transcripts, 1948-1952
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Rosenberg, Ethel and Julius, 1953
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Sobell Committee, 1953-1954
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Subpoena, 1953
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World Council of Peace, 1955, undated
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World War II, 1942-1945
Series: 2. Dissertation Materials, 1937-1977
Scope and Content Note: The bulk of this series consists of Frank Campenni's research for his Ph.D. dissertation, Citizen Howard Fast. These files include Campenni's oral history interviews with Fast. In the interviews, Fast discusses his involvement with the United States Communist Party, primarily during the 1940s and 1950s, his participation in various Party activities, and his relationship with prominent Communist Party Members, such as Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Eugene Dennis, and William Z. Foster.
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Folder   1
Biographical Notes, 1937, undated
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Folder   2
Correspondence, 1965, 1968-1969, 1974-1975
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Dissertation, Citizen Howard Fast Introduction-Bibliography, 1971
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Dissertation Outline, undated
Manuscripts
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Biography, Chapters 1-8, undated
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Howard Fast: Phoenix from the Forties, undated
Oral History
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Oral History Questions, undated
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1967 December 1 Transcript
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1968 April 12 Transcript
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1968 April 15 Transcript
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1968 April 16 Transcript
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1973 January 3 Transcript
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Audio   1-2
1973 March 13-14 Recording
Physical Description: Audio cassette 
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1973 March 13-14 Transcript
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Folder   1
1974 August 19 Transcript
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Audio   4
1977 Recording
Physical Description: Audio cassette 
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Folder   2
1977 Transcript
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Audio   3
Undated Recording
Physical Description: Audio cassette 
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Folder   3
Undated Transcript