Alvah Bessie Papers, 1929-1991

Container Title
Series: Correspondence
Subseries: General Correspondence
Box   2
Folder   1
A - General
Box   2
Folder   2-3
Albrecht, Joachim, 1968-1985
Box   2
Folder   4
Allen, Richard Sanders, 1972-1979
Box   2
Folder   5
Amery, Al, 1983-1984
Box   2
Folder   6
Anderson, Bruce, 1984-1985
Box   2
Folder   7-8
B - General
Box   2
Folder   9
Baker, Carlos, 1962-1969
Box   2
Folder   10
Baraff, Jack, 1975-1985
Box   2
Folder   11
Bessie, Eva, Helen, and Clar, 1950
Box   2
Folder   12
Bruce, Lenny, 1959-1960, undated
Box   2
Folder   14
Buck, Janet Rollins, 1979-1982
Box   2
Folder   13
Burnett, Mary (first wife), undated
Box   3
Folder   1
C - General
Box   3
Folder   2-5
Camino, Jaime, 1964-1985
Box   3
Folder   6-7
Cameron, Angus, 1957-1983
Box   3
Folder   8
Carnovsky, Morris, 1966-1984
Box   3
Folder   9
Cherry, Arthur B., 1977-1978
Box   3
Folder   10
Culodny, Robert, 1975-1984
Box   3
Folder   11
D - General
Box   4
Folder   1
Davis, Bette, 1941-1978
Box   4
Folder   2
DeMarco, Gordon, 1979-1983
Dyer, Frank
Box   4
Folder   3-9
1977-1982
Box   5
Folder   1-2
1983-1984
Box   5
Folder   3-4
E-F - General
Box   5
Folder   5
Feinsilber, Pamela, 1982-1983
Box   5
Folder   6
Ferguson, Linda, 1975-1976
Box   5
Folder   7-9
Fishman, Moe (VALB), 1953-1977
Box   5
Folder   10
Frewin, Anthony, 1969-1970
Box   6
Folder   1
Fredriksson, Gunnar, 1971-1979
Box   6
Folder   2-3
Fritchman, Stephen and Frances, 1962-1981, undated
Box   6
Folder   4
G - General
Box   6
Folder   5
Gellhorn, Martha, 1959-1982
Box   6
Folder   6
Gleason, Ralph and Jean, 1966-1978
Box   6
Folder   7
Grunblatt, Jacques, 1976-1985
Box   6
Folder   8
Gubern, Roman, 1968-1973
Box   6
Folder   9
H - General
Box   6
Folder   10
Healey, Dorothy, 1967-1983
Box   6
Folder   11
Hecht, Randy, 1984-1985
Box   6
Folder   12
Heffley, Wayne, 1967-1983
Box   6
Folder   13
Herr, Allen H., 1975-1981
Box   7
Folder   1-2
Heym, Stefan and Gertrude Geblin, 1961-1977
Box   7
Folder   3
Holt, Pat, 1982-1985
Box   7
Folder   4-5
I-J - General
Box   7
Folder   6
Jackson, Gabriel, 1969-1983
Box   7
Folder   7
K - General
Box   7
Folder   8
Keil, Doris, 1971-1976
Box   7
Folder   9-10
Kozar, Thomas, 1978-1983
Box   7
Folder   11
L - General
Box   7
Folder   12
Lamb, Leonard, 1976-1983
Box   7
Folder   13
Landis, Arthur, 1966-1985
Box   8
Folder   1
Lardner, Ring, Jr., 1955-1985
Box   8
Folder   2
Lavery, Emmet, Jr. 1975-1979
Box   8
Folder   3
Leyda, Jay, 1965-1978
Box   8
Folder   4
Lieber, Maxim, 1956-1965
Box   8
Folder   5
Lish, Francis, 1976-1985
Box   8
Folder   6
Lohr, Helga, 1962-1969
Box   8
Folder   7
Lowry, Mary, 1982-1984
Box   8
Folder   8
Lurie, Frieda and Helena Romanova, 1961-1981
Box   8
Folder   9
M - General
Box   8
Folder   10
MacFadden, Cyra, 1978-1985
Box   8
Folder   11
Magee, Betty, 1981-1983
Box   8
Folder   12
Mainwaring, Deborah, 1977-1983
Box   8
Folder   13
Maltz, Albert, 1946-1985
Box   8
Folder   14
Margolis, Ken, 1966-1967
Box   9
Folder   1
Martin, Fredericka, 1975-1984
Box   9
Folder   2
Martin, Wolfgang, 1973-1984
Box   9
Folder   3
Matthews, Herbert L., 1973-1977
Box   9
Folder   4
Meeropol, Abel, 1977-1978
Box   9
Folder   5
Mendelson, Maurice, 1977-1982
Box   9
Folder   6
Menuhin, Moshe, 1967, 1969
Box   9
Folder   7
Miller, Arthur, 1960-1965
Box   9
Folder   8
Miller, Gabriel, 1977-1985
Box   9
Folder   9
Paper on The Symbol and The Sex Symbol, undated
Box   9
Folder   10
N - General
Box   9
Folder   11
Navasky, Victor S., 1966-1985
Note: Includes transcript of blacklisting symposium with John Henry Faulk, Ring Lardner Jr., Millard Lampell, January 22, 1967.
Box   9
Folder   12
Noble, Iris, 1969-1982, undated
Box   9
Folder   13
O - General
Box   9
Folder   14
Obadal, Richard Simon, 1977-1978
Box   9
Folder   15
Ortiz, Jorge Diaz, 1965-1971
Box   9
Folder   16
P - General
Box   9
Folder   17
Peet, John and Georgia, 1966-1983
Box   10
Folder   1
Pozner, Vladimir, 1972-1983
Box   10
Folder   2-3
Prenn, Samuel B., 1973-1983
Box   10
Folder   4
R - General
Box   10
Folder   5
Rabinovitch, John David, 1981-1985
Box   10
Folder   6
Raskin, Gene and Francesca, 1969-1981
Box   10
Folder   7
Robbins, Albert (VALB), 1972-1977
Box   10
Folder   8
Robinson, LeRoy, 1977-1981
Box   10
Folder   9
Rojas, Carlos, 1970-1974
Box   10
Folder   10
Rosenstone, Robert A., 1964-1975
Rumsey, Susan L.
Box   10
Folder   11
1978-1981
Box   11
Folder   1
1982-1985
Box   11
Folder   2-3
S - General
Box   11
Folder   4
Sawada, Noriko (widow of Harry Bridges), 1983-1984
Box   11
Folder   5
Schlichting, Alexan et al., 1961-1966
Box   11
Folder   6
Seldes, George, 1968-1985
Box   11
Folder   7
Sentz, Ross G., 1979-1981
Box   11
Folder   8
Shedd, Margaret, 1974-1983
Box   11
Folder   10
Sherman, Jory, 1966-1968, 1975, 1978, 1981
Box   11
Folder   9
Shifrin, Roy, 1978-1981
Box   11
Folder   11
Solomon, Barbara Proust, 1975-1984
Box   12
Folder   1
Stevenson, Janet, 1978-1979
Box   12
Folder   2
Stewart, Cameron, 1965-1968
Box   12
Folder   3-5
Sullivan, Monica, 1976-1978?
Box   44
Postcards, 1978-1985
Box   12
Folder   7
T - General
Box   12
Folder   8
Terkel, Studs, 1976-1983
Box   12
Folder   9-10
U-V - General
Box   12
Folder   11
Vail, Earl F., 1977-1982
Box   12
Folder   12
Vallejo, Felipe, 1969-1972
Box   12
Folder   13
W - General
Box   12
Folder   14
Wallach, Hy (VALB), 1975-1976
Box   12
Folder   15
Winans, A.D., 1984-1985
Box   12
Folder   16
Winter, Nina, 1979-1982
Wolff, Milton
Box   12
Folder   17
1953-1970
Box   13
Folder   1
1971-1980
Box   13
Folder   2
Wolin, Merle, 1977-1982, undated
Box   13
Folder   3
Wyatt, Fred, 1968-1981
Box   13
Folder   5
Y-Z - General
Zinnamon, Jerrold I.
Box   13
Folder   6
1959, 1965, 1975
Note: Includes “Chronicle of Terror,” Mimeo script by Jerrold I. Zinnamon, undated, and typed outline for “Faces of Evil.”
Box   13
Folder   7-10
1977-1983
Box   14
Folder   1
Bessie-Trumbo “contretemps,” 1970-1971
Box   14
Folder   2
Thesis, 1978
Box   14
Folder   3
Unidentified correspondence
Subseries: Subject Correspondence
Box   14
Folder   4
Academy of Independent Scholars, 1978-1982
Agents, 1966-1979
Box   14
Folder   5-6
General, 1966-1979
Box   14
Folder   7
Abrahams, Williams, 1976-1983
Box   15
Folder   1
Alcoholism film project, 1977-1978
Box   15
Folder   2
Associated writing programs, 1978
Box   15
Folder   3
Birthday cards, 1984-1985
Box   15
Folder   4
Bread and a Stone, 1941-1983
Box   15
Folder   5
British Broadcasting Company, 1962-1973
Box   15
Folder   6
Buro fur Urheber-Rechte, 1961-1969
Box   15
Folder   7
Cellartemps, 1974-1977
Box   15
Folder   8
Chandler and Sharp, 1974-1976
Box   15
Folder   9
Condolences and sympathy letters to Sylviane, 1985-1987
Curtis Brown, Ltd.
Box   15
Folder   10
General, 1969
Box   15
Folder   11
Elizabeth Mowat, 1965-1969
Martha Winston
Box   15
Folder   12-14
1962-1966
Box   16
Folder   1-2
1967-1970
Box   16
Folder   3
Dilia (Czechoslovakian publisher), 1960-1981
Box   16
Folder   4
Dwell in the Wilderness, 1935-1948
Editors and publishers
Box   16
Folder   5-11
A-K
Box   17
Folder   1-4
L-W
Box   17
Folder   5-7
Endorsements and sponsorships, 1955-1984
Box   17
Folder   8
The Enemy Among Us television project, 1980-1981
Box   17
Folder   9
Fan letters, 1941-1983
Box   18
Folder   1
Film Comment, 1965-1973
Box   18
Folder   2
Filmsense, Inc., 1969-1970
Box   18
Folder   3
Film projects, miscellaneous, 1958-1977
Box   18
Folder   4
Florida Atlantic University, 1978-1980
Box   18
Folder   5
Ford Foundation, 1959
Freedom of Information
Box   18
Folder   6
Correspondence, 1976-1980
Box   18
Folder   7-10
Documents received via FOIA, 1948-1972
Box   19
Folder   1
Miscellany
Box   19
Folder   2
Frontier, 1960-1963
Box   19
Folder   3-4
The Good Fight, 1984-1985
Box   19
Folder   5
The Good Fight (VALB documentary), 1980-1984
Box   19
Folder   6
Grant applications, 1961-1984
Box   19
Folder   7
Heart attack, 1966
Box   19
Folder   8
Heart of Spain, 1942, 1950-1952
Box   19
Folder   9
Hecht, Joe, article for New Masses, 1943-1945
Box   19
Folder   10
Hemingway, Ernest, regarding Fifth Column, 1940
Box   19
Folder   11
Henschelverlag (German publisher), 1972-1976
Box   20
Folder   1
Hollywood on Trial, 1976
Box   20
Folder   2
Hollywood Ten (Penumbrum Films documentary), 1982-1985
Box   20
Folder   3
Hollywood Ten paper by Suzanne Osredker, 1985
Box   20
Folder   4
Hollywood Ten thesis by William J. Falk, 1978
Box   20
Folder   5
The Hostages, 1969-1970
Box   20
Folder   6
Humanitas Prize, 1974-1975
Box   20
Folder   7
Hungarian publishers, 1968-1982
Box   20
Folder   8
hungry i (unfair labor practices suit), 1963-1964
Box   20
Folder   9
Indian rock art grant proposal, 1978-1979
Box   20
Folder   10
International Brigade documentary, 1982-1983
Box   20
Folder   11
In These Times, 1977-1981
Box   20
Folder   12
International writers meeting in Berlin, 1965
Inquisition in Eden
Box   20
Folder   13
1962-1964
Box   22
Folder   1-3
1965-1975
Box   21
Folder   4
The Limelighters, 1961
Box   21
Folder   5
Das Magazine, 1961-1973
Box   21
Folder   6
Marin Life, 1976-1977
Box   21
Folder   7
Medical correspondence (Kaiser Group), 1975-1985
Men in Battle/Spain Again
Box   21
Folder   8
General, 1939-1943
Box   21
Folder   9
Chandler/Sharp, 1973-1980
Box   21
Folder   10
Ediciones ERA Publishers (Mexico), 1966-1983
Box   21
Folder   11
Seven Seas Books, 1959-1960
Box   21
Folder   12
The Nation (includes Carey McWilliams), 1972-1980
Box   21
Folder   13
National Guardian, 1961-1965
Box   21
Folder   14
National Endowment for the Arts, 1976-1984
Box   21
Folder   15
National Writers Union, 1982-1985
One For My Baby
Box   22
Folder   1
Correspondence, 1961-1964
Box   22
Folder   2
Research and reviews, 1962-1981
Box   22
Folder   3
Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1984-1985
Box   22
Folder   4
Pacific area travel project, 1964
Box   22
Folder   5
Pacific Arts and Utters award, 1984
Box   22
Folder   6
La Pasionara (Dolores Ibarruri), 1978
Box   22
Folder   7
Personal appearances and speeches, 1947-1973, 1978-1979
Box   22
Folder   8
Pinnacle Books, 1976-1979
Box   22
Folder   9
Positif, 1961-1961
Box   22
Folder   10-12
Protest letters, 1946-1983
Box   23
Folder   1-2
Research requests, 1949-1982
Box   23
Folder   3
Rosenberg support projects, 1976, 1985
Box   23
Folder   4
San Francisco International Film Festival (Irving M. Levin), 1963-1965
Box   23
Folder   5
San Francisco Mime Troop, 1965
Box   23
Folder   6
San Francisco Review of Books, 1979
Box   23
Folder   7
Screen Writers Guild dispute over credit for Smart Woman, 1943-1948
Seven Seas Books
Box   23
Folder   8-9
Gertrude Gelbin Heym, 1960-1977
Box   23
Folder   10
Kay Pankey, 1970-1975
Box   23
Folder   11
Social Security, 1965-1985
Solo Flight
Box   23
Folder   12
Chandler and Sharp, 1980-1986
Box   23
Folder   13
Concepts and content, 1981-1982
Box   23
Folder   14
Contributors, 1981-1982
Box   23
Folder   15
Fundraising, 1981-1982
Box   24
Folder   1
Reception, 1982-1983
Box   24
Folder   2
Spain Again, Miscellany, 1979-1981
Note: See also Men in Battle.
The Symbol
Box   24
Folder   3-6
Correspondence, 1960-1973
Box   24
Folder   7
Credit dispute, 1973-1974
Box   24
Folder   8
Curtis Brown regarding Symbol/S-Bomb, 1965-1968
Box   24
Folder   9-10
Reprints and ABC Movie of the Week, 1972-1975
Box   24
Folder   11
Producers and directors, 1966-1970
Box   24
Folder   12
Spanish edition, 1974-1984
Box   24
Folder   13
This Is Your Enemy, 1942-1944
Box   25
Folder   1
Thompson, Robert, circa 1953
The Un-Americans
Box   25
Folder   2
General, 1947-1965, 1985
Box   25
Folder   3-5
Cameron and Kahn, 1953-1962
Box   25
Folder   6
Unemployment, 1963-1974
Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade (VALB)
Box   25
Folder   7-8
General, 1954-1985
Box   25
Folder   9
VALB and Jews, 1979-1980
Box   25
Folder   10
The Volunteers film project, 1971-1972
Box   25
Folder   11
Volk und Welt publishers, 1961-1971
Box   25
Folder   12
Wakeford/Orloff (Dan Bessie), 1969
Box   25
Folder   12a
Wallace and Sheil Agency, 1980-1981
Box   25
Folder   13
Workman Publishing Company (regarding Bette Davis), 1978-1979
Box   26
Folder   1
Writers Guild of America, 1973-1977
Box   26
Folder   2
Young, Nedrick, 1968-1969