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The Inventory
of the
Joseph North
Collection
#292
Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center
Box 1
Box 2
North, Joseph
M,1nuscripts
ARTIST AND CRUSADER ( the Biography of Robert Minor) /!
typescript and carbon with many holo. corr. 506):.
Holo. title with author's signature
'KJ l EH /:.h'E S1J1.RANGERS ( autobiogcaphy)
tygescript with rnany h.:ilo. corr. 285•.f.
Correspondence (arranged and Jisted cbronoluGically)
1956 - 1966 total of 10 pieces, one not r'lu.Led.
Fast) Howard TIS 1956 Mirch 26 (plus xerox copy)
Brooks) Van Wyck AIS · 1958 Aug 3 ( plus xerox copy)
Ward, Harry AIS 1963 Oct 24
Pritt, D. N. AIB 1963 Oct 26 (plus xerox copy)
Co~_r1an, M::xcris TIS 1965 Earch 21
Bm·tis, Zelda TIS 1966 Feb 7
Baker, Carlos AIS 1966 Jvarch 17 (St. Patrick's
Conroy, Jack TIS 1966 M:i,y 12
Mitford, Jessica TIS (2.f.) 1966 July 23
Day)
vassilev) Peter AIB (Secy for Cult. Affairs - legation of
I
Peoples Rep. of Bulgaria)
correspondence :from Joseph North (carbons) to the following:
Yev.tushe:nko Yevegny (Russian Poet)
Voznesensky 7 8 66
Lurie) Frieda 7/8.66
Romanov-a, Ee1ena 7, 8 66
1 18 66 I .
printed invit1l;ion to Mr. and Mrs. J. North from the Permenant
Repref,entati ve of the USSR to the UN to attend 49th anniversary
C'eleiJ,·.1,'.,::m of the Oct, Revolution 11 1
Box 2
Box 1
P-.cinted page from New World Paperback book catalogue advertising J. N. 's
NO MEN ARE STRANGERS
"American Dialogue" Nov - Dec 166 issue J. N. Editor plus 2 articles by J. N.
1. "Reflections on an Asian Hillside"
2. "The Edi tor's Speech in Azerbaijan"
t;orre~pondence
North, Joseph
Addenda, 1968
Baker, Carlos AlS St. Patrick's Day, 1966.
Printed Items
l. 11u.s.s.R.t I Saw the New lfantt American DJ~ Autumn, 1967 2 copies.
2. 11Reflectins on a Asian Hillside 11 Ar~_r~ Dfalog Nov.-Dec. 1966.
C9rrcsJ?ondence
Merton, Father Thol!l.S Typescript, l p.
Invitation to reception by U.N. Seco Gencrrtl, Nov. 17,
Phan Tu (N .L.F., Sout_h Vietnam) AIB May 30, 1967
Matthevrs, Herbert TIB Sept. 8, 196 7 o
Baruch, Bern«.rd M. TLS July 21, 1964 o
North, Joseph
Addenda May, 1968
Box 1. Correspondence 1934-66. 46 TLS and 24 ALS to J.N. (arranged chronologically) 3
and 5 TL (carbon) from J.N.
Steffens, Lincoln TLS, Sept. 28, 193~
Shipley, R.B.
Gordon, Archie
2 TLS
TLS
March 20, 1943, April 3, 1943
Jan. 23, 1946
Schlossberg, Sarah; Carmela W.; 11 Evelyn We~er; Treppel, Ruth; Luerr, Bertha
TLS March 16, 1945 signatures on letter.
Goman, Lloyd TLS March 26, 1946
Barron, Samuel TLS March 18, 1947
Miller, Louise ALS Dec. 10, 1948
Sillen, Sam TLS Jan 20, 1948
Pritt, D. N. TLS Jan. 26, 1948
Lamont, Corliss TLS Jan. 16, 1948
"Ella" ALS April 20, 1949
Brown, Lloyd L. TLS Feb. 25, 1949
Pollitt, H. (Sec. to Communist party) TLS
Ellis, Betty Marie TLS Jan. 24, 1949
Connors, John Jr. TLS April 18, 1949
Connors, John Jr. TLS April 18, 1949
Eakens, David ALS July 17, 1951
Ward, Harry F. ALS Feb. 6, 1951
"Abe" TLS Sept. 17, 1951
Nelson, Steve ALS May 7, 1952
Feb. 16, 1949
Comrad Medical DoctorALS postcard Dec. 13, 1952
"Elizabeth" ALS Dec. 3, 1953
"A Reader" ALS Dec. 9, 1953
"Nancy" ALS Nev. 9, 1954
Joseph North
Box 3 Platner, Florence ALS 7/16/54
"M" ALS Dec. 28, 1954
"Nancy" ALS Dec. 25, 1954
"Charlotte" ALS Dec. 27, 1954
Richmond, A.L. TLS Dec. 21, 1954
Leiskoul, F. L. FLS June 16, 1954
"Winnie" ALS no date
Maltz, Albert TLS July 5, 1955
Kraus, Henry TLS Aug. 2, 1955
Carroll, Esther ALS Sept 3, 1955
Schlichting TLS Aug. 11, 1955
''Maxine'' May Day 1955
"Rene"
TLS
TLS Monday night Sept. 27, 1955
"Esther and Harry" ALS Monday
Strausberger, Grete W. TLS Nov. 8, 1955
Janka, TLS April 27, 1955
s Hochachungvoll TLS 8/16/55
" Marion, Betty TLS Nov. 5, 1955
Davis, Benjamin ALS May 31, 1955
Maxine TLS Aug. 16, 1955
Rubin, Daniel TLS Dec. 23, 1958
Buckman, Rachel TLS Dec. 18, 1958
Lowenfels TLS March 2, 1959
Humboldt, 6harles TLS Jan. 8, 1959
Suller, Chaim TLS Jan. 9, 1959
Fraser, John H. ALS Feb. 9, 1959
"Alice" ALS Oct. 20
"Joe" TLS Oct. 2nd
Joseph North
Box 3 Kahn, Joe ALS
Ack Kick TLS
Robinson, Frank
Jan. 15
April 25
ALS no date
North,Susan ALS no date
2. Notepad holograph, 20 pp. "Hospital - Dec. 2, 1947" notes for book
3. Notepad, holograph 24 pp. 1st page "Shy Clandess~sat under Washington Univ.
4. "New Masses" Broadcast April 25, 1943 typescript 6 pp.
5. Memorabilia 24 items; including press passes, invitations,
MANUSCRIPTS
NORTH., JOSEPH
Addenda October 1968
Box 1) "Apartheid In the News" by Walter Lowenfels. Typescript with holo. corrections. 4
3 pp. With !LS to JN from Lowenfels, June 14, 1968.
2) "Joseph North's Truthful ci Valiant Book", translation of review of NO MEN
ARE STRANGERS by JN, Moscow, 1959. Holo. note by JN.
3) Untitled article by JN. Typescript with holo. corrections. 7 pp. Aug. 1, 1963.
4) Article on Herr Springer by JN. Typescript with holo. corrections. 4 pp.
5) Article on American l,iterary figures by JN. Typescript with holo. corrections. 4 pp.
6) "The German Young" by JN. Typescript with holo. note. 3 pp. April 18, 1968.
7) Untitled article by JN for SOVIET magazine. Typescript with holo. corrections. 5 pp.
April 16, 1968. 3 Xerox copies added.
8) "The New Year is still young ... " Article by JN. 1 p. holograph. Typescript 4 PP•:;
carbon added.
9) "Writers of the World Uniting" by JN. Typescript with holo. corrections. 4 pp.
10) "The greatest crime of all. .. " Article by JN. 1964. Typescript with a holo.
note. 5pp.
11) "We marched through the streets of our town ... " Article by Joseph North. 1964.
Typescript with a holo. note. 4 pp.
12) "From the outset the paper championed ... " Article by JN. Typescript, 2 pp.
13) "One quarter million Negroes stood before the Lincoln shrine today ... " Article
by JN. Typescript, 3 pp.
14) "Life is short and art is long ... " Article by JN. April 4, 1964. Typescript
with holo. corrections. 3 pp.
15) "Springtime not only brings daffodils ... 11 Article by JN. Typescript with holo.
corrections. 5 pp.
Joseph North
Box 4
16) "It is possible for some to become disheartened in this beaut:lfu.L A1·,1erica
Article by JN. Typescript with halo. corrections. 5 pp.
17) "One rr,ay have differences with Senator John O. Pastore ... " Article by JN
Aug. 27, 1968. Typescript with halo. corrections. 5 pp.
II
\8) "Johnny has gone to the fair ... " Article by JN. April 26, 1964. Typescript
with halo. corrections. 5pp.
19) "Pete Seeger - Ambassador with a Guitar". Article by JN. TYpescript with
halo. corrections. 4 pp.
20) "I mentioned in my previous column ... " Article by JN. 1964. Typescript. 3 pp.
21) "The Mayor of the nation's greatest city ... " Article by JN. 1964. Typescript.
4 PP•
22) "So you are back home ... " Article by JN. 1964. 4 pp.
23) "No Men Are Strangers" Article by JN. typescript. 4 pp.
24) I MEET THE VICTORIOUS REBELS". by JN. Typescript with halo. corrections. 65 pp.
Forward: An Alert. 1 p. typescript with holo. corrections.
25) "I flew to Cuba shortly after ... " Pamphlet by JN on Cuban Revolution of 1959.
Typescript with halo. corrections, 26 pp. Carbon typescript laid in.
CORRESPONDENCE
Morris, Edita TLS to JN. May 14, 1968
Seeger, Pete. TLS to JN. July 3, 1968
Lawson, John Howard TLS to JN. June 23, 1968
de Siqubeiros, Angelica A. TLS to JN. June 18, 1968.
JN's membership card in the Author's Guild, Inc.
61 published pieces by JN.
A) Manuscripts
NORTH, JOSEPH
Addenda: December 1969
Box 1) Memoranda on the history of AMERICAN DIALOG 1967. Typescript with 9
holograph corrections, 5 pp.
2) "A Woman". Essay for JN's NO MEN ARE STRANGERS column. Carbon typescript, 3 pp.
3) "Two Universities, one in New York and the other in New England, have
asked me for my manuscripts ... ". Essay. Typescript with holograph
corrections, 3 pp.
4) "I Saw Dal'chau". For NEW MASSES, May 22, 1945. Carbon typescript, 8 pp.
(2 copies).
5) "You Stay on this planet ... " for JN's NO MEN ARE STRANGERS column.
Typescript, 4 pp.
6) "1964 enters the land like an immigrant. .. ". Typescript with profuse
holograph corrections, 6 pp.
7) "The Cuban Revolution is five years old ... ". Typescript with holograph
corrections, 7 pp.
8) "Only those who reach for their gun ... ". Typescript, 3 pp.
9) "You could never think about Bob Minor ... ". Essay for JN's NO MEN ARE
STRANGERS column. Carbon typescript, 3 pp.
10) Israeli piece by Peter Seeger in form of a letter to family. May 22, 1967.
Typescript (xerox copy), 12 pp.
11) "Good God, where will there be an end to pollution?". Typescript, 3 pp.
12) "It was hard for me to decide on the topic for this week's column".
Typescript with holograph corrections, 3 pp.
13) "From the Underground". Essay for JN's NO MEN ARE STRANGERS column. Carbon
typescript, 4 pp.
14) "The Work Shop". Carbon typescript, 3 pp.
page 2
NORTH, JOSEPH Addenda: December 1969
Box 9 15) "Meyer Levin wrote a memorable story ... ". Essay for JN's NO MEN ARE
STRANGERS column. Carbon typescript, 3 pp.
Box 5
16) 'I.It was a time of ceaseless agitation ..• " Article for Moscow LITERARY
GAZETTE. Typescript with holograph corrections, 6 pp.
17) "The Case for Optimism". Typescript with holograph corrections, 9 pp.
18) "The Tide is running toward Kennedy". Carbon typescript, 1 p.
19) "Elimination of poverty, racism, war ... ". Typescript with holograph
corrections, 2 pp.
20) Report to 18th National Convention, Communist Party, USA. Mimeograph, 7 pp.
21) "A World Cultural Conference in 1967". Carbon typescript, 2 pp.
22) NEW MASSES: AN ANTHOLOGY OF THE REBEL THIRTIES. International Publishers, 1969.
a) Typescript with holograph corrections and printer's marks, 342 pp.
b) Unused pages. Typescript with holograph corrections and xerox pages, 216 pp.
23) "Al Capone Wouldn't Strike". Carbon typescript, 2 pp.
24) "A Communist looks at the Depression". ]::ssay for the NEW REPUBLIC. Carbon
typescript with hblograph corrections, 4 pp.
25) "Chain Gang Governor". Crbon typescript, 20 pp.
26) "Every age produces its characteristic literature.". Carbon typescript,
5 pp. (2 copies).
27) "When Herndon finishes telling you his story ... ". Carbon typescript, 14 pp.
28) "The Comm!,'mist Party Convention". Carbon typescript, 15 pp.
29) "Tax Collector's Exit". Carbon typescript, 6 pp.
30) "The EArth Rumbles". Carbon typescript, 8 pp.
31) "Hoover Hands Down Bloody Thursday". Carbon typescrit, 7 pp.
32) Foreword to ANTHOLOGY OF PROLETARIAN LITERATURE, 1935. Carbon typescript, 6 pp.
33) "Every age produced its characteristic literature ... ". Carbon typescript
with holograph corrections, 7 pp.
Box 5
page 3
NORTH, JOSEPH Addenda: December 1969
34) "Detroit Worker, 1937 Model, Fights For a Living Wage". Typescript with
holograph corrections, 6 pp.
35) "Detroit Labor Hitting on all Cylinders". Carbon typescript, 9 pp. (For
SUNDAY WORKER, April 4, 1927).
36) "Frankenstein in Steel". Carbon typescript with holograph corrections, 6 pp.
37) "The Marching Miners of Illinois". For NEW MASSES, November 1932. Carbon
typescript with holograph corrections, 18 pp.
38) "What put me in mind ... ". Typescript with holograph corrections, 6 pp.
39) "As the enterprising cartoon above shows ... ". For WORLD MAGAZINE, 1969.
Typescript with holograph corrections, 3 pp.
40) Speech for University of Maryland Poetry Conference, 1969. First draft.
Typescript with holograph corrections, 26 pp.
41) "Draft Resolution for projected writer's conference". No date. Typescript
with holograph corrections (xerox copy), 9 pp.
42) "There is an old Negro spiritual in our country ..• ". Typescript with
a holograph notation, 5 pp.
43) "When it looked bad for the libraries of New York ..• ". For WORLD MAGAZINE.
July 4, 1969. Typescript with holograph corrections, 15 pp.
44) "Decades packed into years and years into weeks". Typescript with holograph
corrections, 6 pp.
45) Eulogy delivered at funeral service of Mrs. Earline Balton, mother-in-law
of JN, No date. Typescript with holograph corrections, 3 pp.
46) Foreworld for FROM THE NEW MASSES: AN ANTHOLOGY.
a) Typescript with holograph corrections, 9 pp.
b) Carbon typescript, 7 pp.
47) Holograph notes for profile on movie director Lionel Ragosir, 13 pp.
48)"Preface to New Masses Anthology, from my original notes .•. ". Typescript with
holo~rRnh rnrr~rr;nna 1Q nn_
Box 6
page 4
NORTH, JOSEPH Addenda:=December 1969
49) "Somewhere in my past ... ". Typescript with holograph corrections, 11 pp,
50) "Angry ARts and Angry Men". For Festival of Angry Arts, 1968. Mimeograph, 5 pp
51) "I men an old acquaintance ... ". For NOVOSTI (Czechoslovakia). Autumn, 1968.
a) Typescript with holograph corrections, 6 pp.
b) Carbon typescript, 6 pp.
51) "Watching astronauts". 1968, Holograph, 2 pp.
52) "Unused fragment of introduction to my forthcoming book on the Thirties".
January 31, 1969. Typescript with holograph corrections, 5 pp.
53) Speech at Journalists Congresss, Liverpool, England, 1969, Typescript with
profuse holograph corrections and notes, 10 pp.
54) "Original article and notes on Communists, USA and Republican Spain".
For POLITICAL AFFAIRS, August-September 1969. Typescript with holograph
corrections, 27 pp.
55) "Guilt in Vietnam". For WORLD MAGAZINE. December 5, 1969. Typescript with
holograph corrections, 16 pp.
56) "Biographies of literary figures". Typescript with holograph corrections, 5 pp
57) "A Credo and Some Highlights" For THE JOURNALIST (Moscow). Xerox copy of
a typescript with holograph corrections on the copy, 13 pp.
58) "I don't know if you have ever heard of Bernard Mittelman". Typescript
(Incomplete), 1 pp.
59) Holograph notes for articles, 3 pp.
60) "The Soviet Union and The Struggle for Freedom". Mimeograph with a
holograph notation, 2 pp.
61) "A Tentative New Theory of Cancer". Holograph, 2 pp.
62) Poems by JN's students in the Neighborhood College of Pratt Institute.
Typescript, 3 pp. With a holograph notation by JN,
63) Notes for an editorial in WORLD. Holograph, 4 pp,
page 5
NORTH, JOSEPH Addenda: December 1969
Box 6 64) "Telex and the Truth" by Boris Barkor. Mimeograph, 11 pp. Quoting JN.
65) "What better way to celebrate Whitman's sesquicentennial ... ". V U
Thermofax, 1 pp
66) "Spain". For 50th Anniversay edition of POLITICAL AFFAIRS, 1969.
Typescript with holograph corrections, 18 pp. Holograph notation by JN.
6 7) "I am in style. Hong Kong flUri'. ••• ". Essay for DAILY WORLD MAGAZINE. Typescript
with holograph corrections, 2 pp.
68) "What, my friend asked ... ". Essay for DAILY WORLD MAGAZINE. November 19, 1969.
Typescript with holograph corrections, 8 pp.
69) "How They Saw Lenin". Speech delivered October 1969. At World Conference
of Journalists, Leningrad. Carbon typescript with holograph notation by JN, 3 pp.
70) Speech in response ~o 65th brithday celebration tendered JN on October 1969
by Local 65, Astor Place, New York. Typescript WQth holograph corrections, 17 pp.
71) "On Walt Whitman's 150th Birthday". Essay for AMERICAN DIALOGUE. Typescript
with holograph notation by JN, 2 pp.
72) "This is probably an appropriate time ..• ". Incomplete piece on Ho Chi Minh.
Typescript, 1 p.
73) "Only the wilfully blind fail to see ... ". Typescript with profuse holograph
corrections, 3 pp.
74) "Lenin in Smolny". Typescript with holograph corrections, 18 pp.
75) "You have all read the news ..• " Typescript with holograph corrections, 8 pp.
76) "The Irresistable Tide of Black Liberation". Xerox copy of a typescript, 6 pp.
77) "Youth of Woodstock". Essay for DAILY WORLD.
a) Typescript with holograph corrections, 6 pp.
b) Additional typescript with holograph corrections, 10 pp.
NORTH, JOSEPH Addenda; December 1969
Box B) ASSIGNMENT U.S.A. Proposed book by JN, as yet unpublished. 6
page 6
The manuscript consists of clippings of some two hundred "Assignment USAhl
columns from the DAILY WORKERwritten by JN in 1953 and 1954.
Box C) Correspondence. 8
1) 154 ALS, TLS and postal cards to JN from family, friends, associates, and
admirers, 1965-1969. Included are:
Aptheker, Herbert (Marxist). TLS to JN. FEbruary 21, 1969.
Bessie, Alvah (novelist). 2 postal cards to JN. April 5 and May 10, 1969.
Geismar, Maxwell (Critic). TLS to JN. June 30, 1969.
Hemingway, Mary'(Mrs. ERnest). TLS to JN. November 23, 1969; TLS to
James S. Allen. November 23, 1969.
Kondraskov, Stanislav (US Corresponaent). TLS and telegram to JN.
March 23, 1966; July 7, 1969.
Lawson, John Howard (Author). TLS to JN. JUly 8, 1968.
Matthews, Herbert L. (Foreign Correspondent). ALS to JN, November 26, 1969.
Holograph manuscript by Matthews re: North laid in, 1 P!
Seeger, Peter (Folk singer). 2 TLS to JN. February 4 and February 19, 1969.
Szent-Gyorgyi, Albert (Nobel scientist). ALS to JN. October17, 1969.
Wertham, Frederic (Social activist). TLS to JN. November 21, 1969. Typescript
of 1 p. laid in.
2) Michael Gold folder. (Mr. Gold, author, commentator, died in 1967 and
JN arranged a memorial meeting in Town Hall, New York, June 16. The folder
contains notes by JN (chairman of the event), tributes in the form of letters
to JN, and manuscripts of the speeches delivered. Included are:
a) Untermeyer, Louis. TLS to JN. June 7, 1967.
b) Typescript by John Howard Lawson titled "The Stature of Michael Gold", 9 pp.
c) Typescript by JN titled "So the man is gone", 3 pp.
NORTH, JOSEPH Addenda:December 1969
page 7
Box D) Galleys . 9
1) NEW MASSES:AN ANTHOLOGY OF THE REBEL THIRTIES. International Publishers, 1969.
2) AMERICAN DIALOG. Winter issue, 1968-1969 (Soviet-American Friendship issue).
Box E) Printed pieces by Jbl. 7
Clipped articles from various U.S. and Soviet journals and newspapers, 1932-
1969. 68 items.
Box 8 F) Printed pieces about JN. 1969. 34 itef\15.
Box 9 G) Printed materials of organizations in which JN is interested, 41 items.
H) Promotional materials for AMERICAN DIALOG. 13 items.
Box 10
Notes
Articles
NORTH, JOSEPH
Addenda: January 1971
1) For Daily World. Article sent from Havana by North covering
Seventh World Congress of the Internationa.l Organization of
Journalists. Labelled "84".
Carbon typescript, 1 p.
2) "Draft of Talk onMgela Davis". Xerox of typescript, 4 pp.
3) "Into the 1970's". Typescript, 1 p.
4) 11Negro and White in Cuba". Typescript, 6 pp.
5) 11No Men Are Strangers 11 labelled "Original of Column No Men Are
Strangers (1966) 11• Typescript with holograph corrections, 5 pp.
6) 110riginal of Article on Captain Mulzac (Review of his book) 11•
Typescript with holograph corrections, 9 pp.
7) 11Review of Book by Herbert Aptheker (1966)". Typescript with
holograph corrections, 10 pp.
8) Untitled article beginning 11There is a significant line ••. 11
Typescript, 4 pp.
Notes on 11 Women 1 s Rights 11, Vietnam Visit, various speeches.
Holograph, 48 pp.
"What Are We Doing in China?". Pamphlet, December 1945.
NORTH, JOSEPH Addenda: January 1971
Guillfu1, Nicolas (President of Union de Escritores y Artistas
de Cuba). TLS to Paul Emerson,
November 2, 1970.
Geismar, Maxwell. TN, December 17, 1970.
2) Business Letters.
a) 10 letters, some TL, some CTL. Some are signed.
1967-1968.
b) Letters from publishers, lecture invitations and confirmations,
advertisements, bank statements, invoices, book order lists,
meeting notices, CTL replies from JN. 40 items.
NORTH, JOSEPH Addenda: January 1971
Printed Materials about North
page 2
1) "The Rebel Thirties" by Oakley C. Johhnson in Political Affair~,
August 1970. Review of North's NEW MASSES.
2) "Letters to the Editor" of Daily World. One writer mentions North.
Printed items used for research
1) Authors Guild Bulletin, May-June 1970,
2) Bulletin, ~entral Medical Group of Brooklyn, Summer 1970.
3) Community College Social ScienceQuarterly, Fall 1970.
4) Daily World, January 27, 1971.
5) Gramma, May 31, 1970. Cuban Communist Party Publication.
6) Exhibition guide for Artist "Leong" labelled "My Son-in-Law".
7) Mainstream, June 1962.
8) Operation War Shift- Position Paper. Published by the
American-Korean Friendship and Information Center,
9) 2 Tour guides to Russia-Usbekistan and Greater Sochi.
Correspondence
1) Personal, arranged chronologically, 1963-1970. 23 letters.
Including:
Baker, Car/las. RLS, March 27, 1966 with carbon reply from JN,
October 14, 1966.
Bessie, Alvah. TNS, December 17, 1969.
Lowenfels, Walter. TLS, January 31, 1970.and TLS, July 2, 1970. TN, September 18, 1970.
Geismar, Maxwell. TLS, February 25, 1970.
Box 11:
NORTH, Joseph
Addenda: July 1972
I. Manuscripts
A. Books
1. NO MEN ARE STRANGERS. International Publishers, 1958.
Carbon typescript with holo. corr., 77 p. (incomplete).
(Folder Ill)
2. Introduction for book on Cuba. Typescript with holo.
corr., 10 p. (#2)
B. Journalism Articles
1. Titled articles: (Folder t/3)
a) "A Few Thoughts about the 35 Years", ca. 1971.
1) Typescript photocopy with holo. corr., 5 p.
2) Photocopy of typescript with holo. corr., 5 p.
b) "Some Lessons of the Angela Davis Victory", 1972.
Typescript photocopy with holo. corr., 6 p.
c) "What Neither Bombs Nor Blackout Can Kill", 1972.
Typescript with holo. corr., 16 p.
d) "Paging Bernard Shaw", August 1963. Carbon type
script, 3 p.
e) "The Muse Gets Locked Up". Carbon typescript with
holo. corr., 4 p.
f) "Some Reflections on an Historic Congress", June 1969.
Photocopy of typescript with holo. corr., 5 p.
North, Joseph
g) "Journey through Cuba", 1971. Photocopy of type
script with bolo, corr. & photocopy of printed, ca,
60 p.
h) "Lenin and Americans". Photocopy of typescript with
bolo. corr., 19 p.
2. Untitled Articles: (Folder 114)
a) "Gales reaching hurricane intensity ••• ", 1971.
Photocopy of typescript with halo. corr., 18 p.
b) "The Angeles Davis Day rally ••• 11, 1971. Photocopy
of typescript with halo, corr., 2 p.
c) "A great battlefield ••• ", ca. 1971. Typescript, 2 p.
d) "They called Ohio •••• 11, Feb. 1972. Typescript with
halo. corr., 8 p.
e) "In an airraid sheltero,,,", ca. 1970. Typescript
with halo. corr., 3 p.
f) "The New Year enters ••• ", ca. Jano 1964. Carbon type
script, 5 p.
g) "Amidst the floodstream, •• ", ca. Dec. 1963. Carbon
typescript with halo. corro, 6 p.
h) "The function of literature ••• ", ca. 1970. Typescript
with bolo. corr., 15 p.
i) "It is my opinion •••• ", March 1963. Typescript with
halo, corr., 2 p.
page 2
j) "Henry Winston, born 60 years ago ••• ", Typescript, 16 p.
k) "Maybe 12,000 were arrested •••• ", ca. May 1971. Type
script with halo. corr., 5 p.
North, Joseph
1) "I am a son of ••• ", Autumn 1959. Carbon typescript
with holo. corr., 5 p.
m) "Sorrow hangs over •••• ", Nov. 1963. Typescript &
carbon typescript with holo. corr., 4 p.
page 3
n) "The proper study of ••• "," Typescript with holo. corr.,
8 p.
o) "I am about to give ••• ", Carbon typescript with holo,
corr., 4 P•
p) "The long battle ebbs ••• ", Oct. 1963. Carbon type
script, 3 p.
q) "The appetite grows with ••• ", Oct. 1963. Typescript
& carbon typescript with holo. corr., 8 p.
r) "Oddly enough, a journey ••• ", ca. 1968. Photocopy of
typescript & printed, with holo. corr., 12 p.
s) "American Dialog carried a •••• ", 1970. Typescript
with holo. corr., 15 p.
t) "Times change and men ••• ", ca. Jan. 1970. Carbon
typescript, 2 p.
u) "When I called on Lenin •••• ". Typescript, 10 p.
v) "Men have been going ••• ", ca. 1959. Typescript with
holo, corr., 7 p.
w) "Aeroflot jets that brought ••• ", ca. Jan. 1971. Galley
proofs.
x) "For more than a decade ••• ", 1964. Carbon typescript,
3 P•
North, Joseph
y) "A shocking development at ••• ", ca. 1966. Carbon
typescript with holo. corr., 1 p.
z) "The frosty night sparkled .•• ". Typescript with holo.
corr., 4 p.
3. Incomplete Untitled Articles: (Folder 115)
page 4
a) "The crescendo rises steadily ••• ", ca. 1971. Typescript
with holo. corr., 9 p.
b) "Perhaps the most radical. •• II ca. 1971. Typescript '
with holo. corr., 6 p.
c) "The first record of ••• II Typescript, 1 P• . d) "Two workingmen are running ••• ", ca. 1968. Typescript,
2 p.
e) "Maybe the first thing ••• ". Typescript, 4 p.
f) "Every man comes"°.", 1972. Typescript, 3 p.
g) II ••• the Parliament of man ••• II 1971. Typescript, 6 P• ' h) "A colleague of the American ••• ". Typescript, 3 P•
i) "Comrade Winston says in ••• ", 1972. Typescript, 12 P•
j) II ••• the GiaLam airport ••• II Carbon typescript with . holo. corr., 6 p.
k) "My friend called on me •••. ", ca. 1968. Typescript with
holo. corr., 3 p.
4. Miscellaneous Articles' Pages: (Folder 116)
Typescript & carbon typescript, with holo. corr., 35 p.
C. Speeches (Folder 117)
1. Address before the IOJ, Jan. 5, 1971. Holograph, 2 p. on
1 leaf.
North, Joseph
Box 12:
2. Draft of Talk on Angela Davis, Dec. 9, 1971.
a) Photocopy of typescript with holo. corr., 5 p.
b) Typescript with holo. corr., 5 p.
c) Carbon typescript with holo. corr., 5 p.
3. Remarks at CP National Committee Meeting, Nov. 23, 1970.
Holograph, 8 p.
4. Remar\s re Art Shields, ca. Nov. 1968. Typescript with
holo. corr., 6 p.
5. Remarks re 1960 campaign. Carbon typescript, 9 p.
6. Remarks re Rockwell Kent, ca. 1971. Photocopy of type
script with holo. corr., 3 p.
7. Speech by JN on his birthday, Oct. 1969. Photocopy of
typescript with holo. corr., 23 p. (2 copies)
D. Articles in Spanish re Cuba. (Folder #8)
Typescript with holo. notations, ca. 50 p.
E. Publicity re JN. (#1)
Typescript photocopy with holo. corr., 4 p.
F. Misc. Typescript Notes. (t/2) ca. so P•
G. Misc. Holograph Notes. (113) ca. 200 p.
H, Memoranda, office notes, & advertisements re DAILY WORLD and
DIALOG, (1/4)
page 5
Typescript with holo. corr., carbon typescript, & typescript
photocopy, ca. 100 p.
I. Notes and Resolutions re Communist Party. (#5)
Typescript, carbon typescript, & typescript photocopy with
holo. corr., ca. 50 p.
North, Joseph
J. Manuscripts not by JN. (Folder #6)
1. "My Communist Friend Joe". Henry Borovik. 1971.
a) Typescript & holograph, 6 p. on 4 leaves.
b) Typescript photocopy, 3 p.
2. "Sunday in Birmingham, Alabama". Edi th Segal. Nov. 1963.
Carbon typescript, 1 p.
3. "The Scourge of the Swastika". Daniel North. Jan. 1960.
Carbon typescript, 3 p.
4. "The Intellectual Anarchism in the Western World". 0lavi
Linnus. Apr. 1969.
a) Carbon typescript with bolo. corr., 10 p.
b) TLS to JN from 0L, Apr. 18, 1969.
5. "Five Difficulties in Writing the Truth". Bertolt Brecht.
Translated by Charles c. Davis.
a) Typescript with bolo. corr., 17 p.
b) Letter: Davis, Charles C., TLS, May 4, 1968.
6. 3 School papers by Nora North (daughter). Typescript with
teacher's bolo. notations, 29 p.
7. "Four by Lowenfels". Jack Lindeman. Typescript, 5 p.
II. Correspondence
Box 13: 1937 (Folder #1) - 2 Telegrams
1938 (Folder #2) - 1 TL, 12 Telegrams, 1 Holograph note
1951 (Folder #3) - 1 ALS
page 6
North, Joseph page 7
1958 (Folder #4)
2 ALS, 1 Postcard, 1 CTL, 1 Telegram, 1 Misc.
Incl: Brooks, Van Wyck, ALS (Postcard), Sept. 27
1959 (#5)
2 Postcards, 10 Telegrams, 3 ALS, 1 TLS, 3 Misc.
1960 (#6)
2 Postcards, 3 TLS, 1 TL photocopy
1963 (#7)
11 ALS, 18 TLS, 1 Postcard, 13 Telegrams, 2 TL, 1 TLS mimeo,
8 Misc,
Incl: Lowenfels, Walter, 3 ANS Nov. l, 2, 11 TLS Nov. 13.
1964 (#8)
Willis, Edwin E. (MC-La.), 2 Telegrams, July 3, 11; also:
Subpoena to appear before HUAC, May 24, signed by
Willis.
6 CTL, 5 TLS, 10 ALS, 1 TLmimeoS, 1 TL, 4 Telegrams, 1 Postcard,
4 Misc.
Incl: Aragon, Louis (author), ALS, June 30
1965 (#9)
Geismar, Maxwell, TL (typed signature), Mar. 9
Robeson, Paul - Untitled statement for AMERICAN DIALOG on
civil rights, Barry Goldwater, & nuclear warfare.
Typescript, 1 p., signed.
1 TL mimeo, 1 TL mimeo s, 2 CALS, 6 TLS, 1 Postcard.
1966 (#10)
3 ALS, 9 CTL, 1 ANS, 16 TLS, 2 CALS, 1 TL photocopy, 1 TLS
photocopy, 1 Misc.
North, Joseph page 8
Box 14:
Incl: Aptheker, Bettina (author), ALS, May 11
Bessie, Alvah (author), TLS, June 2
1967 (1/11)
16 TLS, 9 CTL, 2 CTLS, 3 ALS, 1 Postcard, 1 CALS, 5 Misc.
Incl: Arnoni, M. s., CTLS to Harold Cannner, Dec. 29, 1966
Lowenfels, Walter, 2 TLS - Oct. 31, Nov. 1
Martin, Jay (Yale), TLS re Nathaniel West biography,
Feb. 18, 1967
Morris, Edita, TLS, Dec. 28
Manuscripts, carbon typescript:
1) New Masses Checklist 1940-Jan. 1948.
List of general articles by date, p. 1-9.
2) Mainstream Checklist 1947-1963.
List of pieces by date, p. 10-21.
3) New Masses Checklist "First Draft" 1934-1939.
a) General Articles, 4 p.
b) Literary Verse, 5 p.
1968 (Folder #1)
1 TLS photocopy, 5 CTL, 3 TLS, 3 ALS, 1 AN, 1 TL, 1 Postcard,
1 TL photocopy S, 3 Misc.
Incl: Bly, Robert (poet), ALS Postcard, postmarked Oct. 23
Geismar, Maxwell, TLS photocopy, Jan. 3
Lowenfels, Walter, AN, postmarked Sept. 27
1969 (112)
14 TLS, 9 TL, 9 ALS, 4 Postcards, 1 Telegram, 1 ALS photocopy,
2 TLS photocopies, 2 CTL, 9 Misc.
North, Joseph page 9
Incl: Aptheker, Bettina (author), ALS, Nov. 24
Bessie, Alvah (author), TLS postcard, Dec. 8
Geismar, Maxwell, 3 TL (typed signature), July 26-
Dec. 10
Ignatow, David (poet), TLS, Dec. 24
Lowenfels, Walter, 3 TLS, 1 ALS, 5 TN, Feb. 4-Nov. 1
Matthews, Herbert, ALS photocopy, Apr. 13
Silver, Rollo, ALS, Dec. 7
1970 (//3)
1 Postcard, 1 TL mimeo, 1 Misc.
1971 (114)
8 TLS, 1 ALS, 1 TNS, 1 TL photocopy, 1 ALS photocopy, 1 TL,
2 TLS mimeo, 1 TL mimeo S, 10 Misc.
Incl: Geismar, Maxwell, TL, June 19
Lowenfels, Walter, TNS, March; TLS, Mar. 25
1972 (1/5)
2 TL, 3 TLS, 2 ALS, 1 Postcard, 10 Misc.
Incl: Lowenfels, Walter, TL, Feb. 6
Greeting Cards 1960-1971 (#6)
40 Cards
Not Dated (117)
16 ALS 2 Telegram drafts
2 ANS 10 TLS
3 Photographs 1 TL photocopy s
11 TL 1 TLS mimeo
4 CTL 1 ALS photocopy
1 TLS photocopy
3 Postcards
2 Telegrams
28 Misc.
North, Joseph page 10
Box 15:
Incl: Josephson, Matthew (author), TLS, Apr. 21 [1964]
Lowenfels, Walter, TLS, "Saturday"; TLS, Apr. 14
Schevill, James, "A Stock-Taking, A Changing Inventory,
For Whitman" - Poem. Typescript, 4 p.
Szent-Gyorgi, Albert, ALS photocopy (see Box 8 also)
III. Printed Material
A. AMERICAN DIALOG. 1966-1971. 3 issues. (Folder #1)
B. DAILY WORLD. 1968-1972. 19 issues - some incomplete. (//2)
c. Book Reviews & Publicity re JN. 1963-1971. 12 pieces. (fl 3)
D. HUAC. (1/4)
1. Rules of Procedure. 1961.
2. Printed transcript of JN's testimony. Dec. 7, 1959.
E. Articles by JN. (//5)
1. "Cuba's Revolution". Pamphlet, with Spanish translation.
1959.
2, "An American Reflects on Lenin". POLITICAL AFFAIRS, July
1969.
3. "The Light that Never Failed". POLITICAL AFFAIRS, Dec. 1966.
4. Articles on American & foreign newspapers. 1961-1971. 16
pieces.
Boxes 16-18: F. Miscellaneous Printed. Pamphlets, newspapers, broadsides,
reports, magazines, etc, ca. 200 pieces.
Box 19: IV. Memorabilia
1. Airline Tickets. 4 pieces. (Folder #1)
North, Joseph page 11
2. Membership cards & press passes. 14 pieces. (#2)
3. Misc. financial. 1959-1972. ca. 75 pieces. (//3)
4. Souvenirs of Daniel North's wedding. 1962. 4 pieces. (#4)
5. 3 photographs of family & friends. 4 negatives of artwork
by Lydia Gibson. Reproduction of portrait of Robert Minor
by Lydia Gibson. (115)
6. Records concerning driver's license & vaccinations. 1960-
1963. 7 pieces. (1/6)
7. Cards, tickets, etc. 11 pieces. (117)
Box20
Box21
Box22
C01Tespondence, 1956- 1959. Manuscript fragments. Newspaper clippings.
North, Joseph 5/20/82
Preliminaty Listing
Financial, tax, estate materials, 1940- 1969. Manuscript.
Con-espondence, 1951- 1959. Includes ALS from Davis, Ben, 12/5/59.
Box 23:
North, Joseph July 11, 1983
Preliminary Listing
Published articles written by JN for The Worker and The Daily Worker, 1948-1953
Miscellaneous drawings Miscellaneous printed matter
Box 24: Aliicles by JN for The Worker and Daily People's World, 1952-1954 Articles for New Masses, 1934-1948 Audio reel: "A Month In Cuba, JN" Part 2 of 2 Audio reel: "Mike Gold on Becoming a Writer," Provincetown Theatre, 9/66 Partial Ms. re: Cuba. Typescript, p. 1-66; p. 1-25 Printed matter re: Vietnam Essays/articles
Box 25: Russian and English magazines Correspondence, 195 6-1973 Books reviews of JN books Photographs of South Vietnam, 1972
Box 26: Bound volumes of New Masses, 1939 Subject files:
Communist Paiiy, USA Printed articles by JN Press packet for Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Correspondence, 1958-1975
Geismar, Maxwell
Lowenfels, Walter
TNS, Oct. 22, 1963 TNS, June 24, 1966 TNS, Dec. 27, 1966 TNS, March 5, 1967 TNS, April 1, 1967 TLS, May 27, 1959 TLS, May 18, 1966
1
Box 27: International Ladies Garment Workers Union research material Essays/articles by JN Index to New Masses Anthology C01Tespondence, 1964-197 6
Geismar, Maxwell TNS, May 28, 1968 TNS, Dec. 28, 1975
Financial papers: bank statements, royalties, Social Security documents Subject Files:
, DailyWorld Congress of American Writers New Masses Artists and Social Change
Notebooks
Box 28: Photographs
-Havana -Stalingrad -Leningrad Cemetery -Hanoi, 1972 -Volgograd, 1969; July 1973
Printed matter by JN Mss. of articles and essays written by JN Notebooks Calendar, 1976
Box 29: Telex reports by JN Mss. of articles and speeches written by JN Subject File: World Congress of Peace Forum, Oct. 1973 Russian/English magazines
Box 30: Correspondence to Charles Keller, 1946-1948 Correspondence, 1964-197 4
Geismar, Maxwell
Lowenfels, Walter
Russell Bertrand
TLS, March 28, 1965 TLS, March 4, 1966 TLS, Dec. 7, 1970 TNS, Jan. 7, 1974 TNS,Jan. 12, 1974 TLS, July 13, 1966 TNS,Jan. 7, 1974 TNS, Sept. 15, 1964
2
TNS, March 12, 1964 Printed articles written by JN from Helsinki, 1971 Mss of articles written by JN Printed matter in Russian
Box 31: Correspondence, 1970-1975
Geismar, Maxwell
Book proposals
TLS, Feb. 7, 1964 CTL, May 26, 1966 TNS, Aug. 21 ,1966 TNS, July 14, 1966 TNS,Nov. 17, 1967 TNS, Dec. 12, 1967
Articles for New Masses, 1934-1938 Material re: work-related cancer in Russia Unidentified book MS. Carbon typescript, 271p. Re: factory workers Unidentified book MS re: International Ladies Garment Workers Union,
Typescript with holograph c01rections, p. 140-425 Telex reports, 30th Anniversary of Hanoi; Daily world Material re: American Dialog Notebooks
Box 32:
"Eyewitness." Mimeo typescript, 67p. "Democracy" Review of "unity" Material for quality of life article Subject Files
The Daily World American Dialog Cultural Tour, 1968
Royalty statements Printed matter
Various holograph notebooks Correspondence, 1965-1970
Includes: Hemingway, Mary Mimeo TLS, Jan. 23, 1969 Lowenfels, Walter TNS, March 12, 1968
Manuscripts and notes for articles [ mainly for An1erican Dialog] Bulletins and newsletters Russian magazines Press releases Flyers Advertisements and reviews of JN books
3
Printed articles by JN Communist Party of America Political Committee reports and minutes, 1970 Personal papers: health records, receipts, contract for NO MEN ARE
STRANGERS, Vol. II, with Dilia, 8/29.61, business cards, postcards Material re: Nikita Khrushchev's visit to the United States Various Russian medals Russian-American dictionary
Box 33: Subject Files
International Scientific Symposium: The Role of Scientists and their Organizations in the Struggle for Disarmament. Moscow, 15-19 July 1975
Correspondence, 1969-197 4 Telexes of articles written by JN from Russia for Daily Worker Magazine Translations of articles appearing in the Soviet press, 1975 News releases, rep01is, transcripts from various Communist organizations in the U.S. Photographs taken in Moscow Scrapbook put together by the staff of The Worker as a testimonial to Joseph N01ih.
Contains c01Tespondence from editors ofleft-wing publications
Box 34: Printed matter by JN Mss. of articles/essays written by JN C01Tespondence, 1942-1972 Personal papers: receipts, certificate of naturalization, passports Subject Files
Organizations-cultural and peace Mexican trip, 1968 Walter Lowenfels Writing Workshop
Datebook, 1966
Box 35: Articles/notes for Daily World, 1973-1974 Correspondence: 19 54-197 6 Notebooks Printed articles by JN Slides of Leningrad Record album (label in Russian) Film reel: "Bernie Stone, 12/12/42)
Box 36: Printed articles for The Daily Worker, 1967 Correspondence, 1967-1972
4
Daily planner, 1963
Box 37: Articles and magazines in Russian Mss. of articles for Daily World, 1972-1974. Articles and notes on Vietnam Articles, 1934-1940 written by others for New Masses Book Ms., 141p. Carbon typescript Correspondence, 195 8-197 4 Material re: Vassily Petrovich Vinogradov Miscellaneous notes Material re: Central Brooklyn Neighborhood College Conference Minutes and reports from Communis Party meetings, 1974 Music scores
Box 38: Mss. of articles written by JN Subject files:
Box 39:
Chile Gromyko speech, 11/7/74 Communist Party, USA
Russian political cartoons Essays/articles/speeches written by JN Proofs: "What Everyone Should Know About the USSR" by JN Correspondence, 1966-197 6
Geismar, Maxwell Lowenfels, Walter
Personal papers Photographs of Russia
Box 40: New Masses (bound)
May- December, 1940
TNS, July 22, 1976 Mimeo TLS, March 31, 1967
January- April, 1941; May- August, 1941 (2 copies); September- December, 1941 January- April, 1942
Box 41: May- August, 1942 (2 copies); September- December, 1942 (3 copies) January- December, 1943
New Masses (bound) Box 42:
January- December, 1944
5
January- June, 1945 (2 copies); July- December, 1945 July- December, 1947- 1948
Box 43: January- March, 1934 May- August, 1937 September- December, 1938 January- April, 1939 Januaty- December, 1946; January- June, 1946- 1947 July- December, 1947-1948
Box 44: Mss. of articles/essays written by JN Correspondence, 1938-1956
Geismar, Maxwell
Personal papers Printed articles by JN
TNS, Oct. 2, 1970 TNS, Dec. 20, 1970
6
Added to Box 34 (7 /11/83)
I. Correspondence. A. Personal.
North, Joseph 6/14/01
Preliminary Listing
1. TL from Boris Polevoi to JN, 1 p., 4/19/70.
II. Photographs. A. 1 color print, signed (illegible), with inscription on back, dated 7 /17 /71.
North, Joseph (6/14/01) Page 1 of 1
North, Joseph 5/8/03
Preliminary Listing
I. Printed Material (1915-1943).
Box45 A.
C.
(North, Joseph 5/8/03)
Political Pamphlets. [F.1] 1. "Left Wing Communism: An Infantile Disorder," by Vladimir I.
Lenin, 95 p. 2. "State And Revolution," by Vladimir I. Lenin, 108 p. 3. "Wage-Labour and Capital," by Karl Marx, 48 p. 4. "Foundations of Leninism," by Joseph Stalin, 125 p. 5. "From Socialism to Communism in the Soviet Union," by Joseph
Stalin, 63 p. 6. "A Letter to American Workers," by Vladimir I. Lenin, 23 p. 7. "Socialism and the Working Woman," by James O'Neal, 30 p. 8. "The Future of the Ango- Soviet- American Coalition," by Earl
Browder, 15 p. 9. "From the Garden of Eden to Dumbarton Oaks," 14 p. 10. "Marxist Study Courses," Lesson 1 and 2, 47 p. 11. "State and Revolution," 108 p. 12. "The New World," 41 p. Newspapers. [F. 2] 1. New Masses, 4/20/1943-7/13/1943, 10 issues. 2. Weekly Review, Vol. 8, No. 9-19, 3/2/1943-5/11/1943, 10 issues,
incomplete.
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