The Inventory of the Joseph North Collection #292archives.bu.edu/finding-aid/finding_aid_122530.pdf · typescript and carbon with many holo. corr. 506):. Holo. title with author's

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


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


34) "Detroit Worker, 1937 Model, Fights For a Living Wage". Typescript with


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.


40) Speech for University of Maryland Poetry Conference, 1969. First draft.


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.


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


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


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.


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.


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•


7) 11Review of Book by Herbert Aptheker (1966)". Typescript with


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


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


b) "Perhaps the most radical. •• II ca. 1971. Typescript '


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.


3. "The Scourge of the Swastika". Daniel North. Jan. 1960.


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.


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.


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.


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)


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.


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


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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Documents

The Inventory of the Joseph North Collection #292archives.bu.edu/finding-aid/finding_aid_122530.pdf · typescript and carbon with many holo. corr. 506):. Holo. title with author's