James Arthur Wechsler Papers, 1935-1983

Container Title
Series: James Wechsler Personal Files
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Age of Suspicion, correspondence regarding, 1953-1954
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Messages - calls
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Correspondence with senators and congressmen, 1953
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Wechsler at the McCarthy hearings, Booklets of coverage of
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McCarthy hearings, Duplicates of press coverage of the
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Age of Suspicion, Miscellaneous correspondence regarding, 1953-1962
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Radio and television transcripts, 1953
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Age of Suspicion, Memos regarding
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American Society of News Editors (ASNE), 1953
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Speeches, 1949-1951
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Tex and Jinx radio program, 1953
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Rauh and Schlesinger, 1953
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Harper's Magazine, 1948
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Permission to quote, 1953
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Author Meets the Critics, 1954
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“Yes but didn't come off” appearances which fell through, 1951-1961
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In a Darkness by James Wechsler, correspondence with readers, 1973-1975
Physical Description: 3 folders 
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Got books, copies of Age of Suspicion sent to readers
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In a Darkness correspondence with readers, 1971-1978
Physical Description: 3 folders 
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Age of Suspicion, Correspondence with readers regarding, 1962-1963
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Speeches and arrangements, 1952
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Age of Suspicion, Correspondence against, 1953-1954
Statements
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American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other groups in support of Wechsler, 1953
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James Wechsler, on completion of McCarthy testimony, 1953
Age of Suspicion
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Correspondence supporting, 1953
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Correspondence with newspapermen regarding, 1953
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Releases of, 1953
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Correspondence, 1953-1954
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Speeches and arrangements, 1953-1954
Physical Description: 2 folders 
Research files
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Used for The Progressive piece on Stevenson
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Used for “The Establishment”
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Letters and press clippings, 1960-1968
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Reviews of Reflections of an Angry Middle-Aged Editor
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Duplicates of hearings, 1949-1953
Physical Description: 3 folders 
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Walter Winchell duplicates, 1952-1955
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Foreign language press clippings on James Wechsler testimony
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Clippings and copies of clippings regarding McCarthyism and press freedom
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Unlabeled
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After hearings press clippings regarding James Wechsler's appearance, 1953-1957
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Grand Union ban of James Wechsler, 1982
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James Wechsler testimony at McCarthy hearings, 1953
Correspondence supporting
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Pro-acknowledged
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Pro-not acknowledged
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Pro-anonymous
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Pro-acknowledge with form letter
Physical Description: 4 folders 
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Exhibits
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Printed series, “The One Man Mob,” New York Post series on McCarthy, 1951
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James Wechsler at McCarthy hearing correspondence and analysis, 1951, 1953
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Press clippings on McCarthy and McCarthyism, magazines and newspapers, 1951-1953
Physical Description: 2 folders 
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Transcripts of broadcasts on McCarthyism, 1952-1953
Correspondence regarding James Wechsler testimony at McCarthy hearings, 1953
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Anti-acknowledged
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Anti-not acknowledged
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Anti-anonymous
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[Writers' opinions equivocal]
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Dorothy Schiff incoming
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Replies to form
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Requests for transcripts of Wechsler hearing
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Thank you letters for press clippings
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Press pamphlets and clippings, 1952-1953
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McCarthy hearings, Transcripts of James Wechsler's appearance at, 1953
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James Wechsler in the press
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James Wechsler record notes on interviews, 1940, 1961-1974
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Personal file, 1946-1970
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Colliers Yearbook article on McCarthy by Wechsler
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Biographical “Staring the Editors” listeners' correspondence, 1951-1954
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Speeches arrangements, 1960
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Speech material
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McCarthy subject file
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Speeches arrangements, 1963
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James Wechsler personal files and correspondence
Note: Includes letters from Robert Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson.

Physical Description: 2 folders 
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Family correspondence, 1949-1977
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Pro-acknowledged letters, 1953-1954
Physical Description: 2 folders 
Single issues of The Progressive with articles by James Wechsler
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1962, September, October, November
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1963, February, March, April, June, July, September, October
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1964, January, February, May, June, July, September, October
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1965, March, April, May, July, September, October
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1966, January, February, March, April, July, September, December
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1967, January, March, May, August, September, December
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1968, January, February, April, May, June, August, September, November
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1969, March, May, November
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1970, January, May
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Bound volumes of The Progressive, 1967, 1970
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Books by James Wechsler
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Labor Baron: A Portrait of John L. Lewis
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Revolt on the Campus, 1935
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War: Our Heritage, with Joseph P. Lash, 1936
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War Propaganda and the United States, with Harold Lavine, 1940
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In a Darkness, 1972
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Typed, annotated working draft of In a Darkness
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Typesetting copy of In a Darkness
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Three notebooks
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New York Post nominations for Heywood Broun Award, “Title I Slum Project” and “J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI,” 1959
Physical Description: 2 folders 
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New York Post nomination for Heywood Broun Award, “Title I Slum Project,” 1960
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Personal scrapbooks of clippings and copies, 1940, 1949-1953
Physical Description: 2 volumes