Guide to the Peter Gulbrandsen Papers, 1917-1954

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Arts and Humanities --Journalism History --History, California --General

Guide to the Peter Gulbrandsen Papers, 1917-1954

Collection number: BANC MSS C-B 341

The Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, California

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The Bancroft Library.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu

Encoded by:: Eva Garcelon

Collection Summary

Collection Title: Peter Gulbrandsen Papers,

Date (inclusive): 1917-1954

Collection Number: BANC MSS C-B 341

Creator: Gulbrandsen, Peter, 1890-

Repository: The Bancroft Library

Berkeley, California 94720-6000

Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

Abstract: Correspondence reflecting his interests in various humanitarian and liberal causes and in Scandinavian (particularly Danish) organizations, his association with the Society of Friends, and his writing and translating; manuscripts and clippings of articles written by him; biographical sketches and personalia; miscellaneous printed material relating to the League Against Yellow Journalism, the Society of Friends, Scandinavian organizations, etc.

Languages Represented: English

Information for Researchers

Access

Collection is open for research.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Peter Gulbrandsen papers, BANC MSS C-B 341, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Biography Note

Peter Gulbrandsen was born in Denmark in 1890, came to the United States in 1924, and settled permanently in California in 1929. A journalist by profession, he contributed to various Danish language newspapers, wrote feature atticles for magazines and newspapers on Scandinavian affairs, and edited The Pacific Coast Scandinavian. Well known in Danish-American circles, he lectured frequently and did translating work at the University of California.

Scope and Content Note

His papers, which he gave to the Bancroft Library over a period of years, 1937 to 1954, consist of correspondence reflecting his interest in various humanitarian and liberal causes, and in Scandinavian (particularly Danish) organizations, his association with the Society of Friends, and his writing and translating; manuscripts of his writings; clippings of articles written by him; biographical sketches and personalia; clippings, pamphlets and miscellaneous printed material relating to the League Against Yellow Journalism, Society of Friends, Scandinavian organizations, etc.

Box 1

Letters written by Gulbrandsen, 1943-1952

Arranged chronologically.

Letters written to him

Arranged alphabetically by name of person or organization, with a miscellany of single letters at the beginning of the file. A partial list of correspondents is included with this report. At the end of the file are four special folders: correspondence relating to his proposal to aid starving children of Europe, 1946; correspondence with Danish and other Scandinavian consulates, organizations, newspapers, etc. ; correspondence with Danish/Norwegian publishers concerning Max Eastman's Artists in Uniform; and correspondence with Society of Friends—members organizations, etc.

Box 2

Personalia; biographical sketches; clippings re Gulbrandsen, etc.

Articles written by Gulbrandsen (MSS and clippings); letters to editors written by him, etc.

Material relating to Denmark, Danish and Scandinavian organizations, etc.

The Hidden Hoover Letter — an interview with Lucy Gulbrandsenby Charles Malamuth [concerning Herbert C. Hoover]

California Writers Club (notices, bulletins, etc.)

League Against Yellow Journalism (miscellaneous printed material)

Upton Sinclair; EPIC (miscellaneous items, including Gulbrandsen article, Who Is Behind Upton Sinclair)

Friends, Society of (bulletins and other printed material)

Miscellany

Correspondance Miscellany

Berkeley Peace Council

Letter, n.d.

California. University, Berkeley. International House

Letter, Aug. 12, 1935.From Allen C. Blaisdell, director.

California Conference for Repeal of the Criminal Syndicalism Act

Letter, June 19, 1936

Chicago Newspaper Guild

Letter, Dec. 28, 1938.Relative to the strike against Hearst's Chicago Evening American and the Herald and the Examiner.

Committee on Militarism in Education

Letter, Sept. 23, 1938. Relative to the strike against Hearst's Chicago Evening American and the Herald and the Examiner.

Commonwealth Club

Letter, Mar. 11, 1937.From William A. Sturm,

Creel, George, 1876-l953

Letter, Sept. 10, 1937. Writing as U. S. Commissioner, United States Golden Gate International Exposition Commission.

Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955

Letter, n.d. A form letter appeal for the American Committee for Spanish Freedom.

Forester, Cecil Scott, 1899-1966

Letter, Oct. 19, 1953

Harcourt, Brace and Company, Inc.

Letter, May 18. 1934. Concerning permission to translate a portion of The Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens into Danish.

Hemingway, Ernest, 1898-1961

Letter, Feb. 13, 1940.A form letter written on behalf of the American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born.

Hutchinson, Paul S.

Letter, Dec. 11, 1950

Joesten, Joachim

Letter, July 17, 1944

Johnson, Hiram Warren, 1866-1945

Letter, Mar. 30, 1929

Knowland, William Fife, 1908-

Letter, Feb. 9, 1951

Krutch, Joseph Wood

Letter, July 27, 1949

Lawrence, Ernest Orlando, 1901-1958

Letter, Oct. 31, 1946.Addressed to Edward Johnson Foundation, Inc.

Marx, Guido H.

Letter, Feb. 6, 1933

National Foundation Press, Inc.

Letter, Mar. 22, 1932. Relative to Herbert Hoover.

Pacific Weekly

Letter, July 3, 1935.From N. K Bassett.

Pearson, Drew, 1897-

Letter, May 15, 1944

Steffens, Lincoln, 1866-1936

Letter, July 2, 1934

Thompson, Dorothy, 1894-1961

Letter, Nov. 10, 1943

Tolan, John Harvey, 1877-1947

Letter. Feb-23, 1940

Western Worker

Letter, Mar. 30, 1933. From Samuel A. Darcy. Relative to the campaign to free Tom Mooney.

Winter, Ella

Letter, Oct. 30, 1936

Individual Correspondents

Bennett, Arnold

2 letters, 1917-1920. Letter, Apr. 8, 1917, is a photocopy of a letter addressed to Lucy [Gulbrandsen?]. Letter, July 24, 1920, is written by his secretary.

Caen, Herbert Eugene, 1916-

2 letters, n.d.

Calverton, Victor Francis, 1900-

2 letters, 1936-1937

Downey, Sheridan. 1884-1961

3 letters, 1934-1939. Two were written by his secretary.

Eastman, Max, 1883-

6 letters, 1934. Primarily concerning Gulbrandsen's translating of Eastman's Artists in Uniform.

Hersholt, Jean

6 letters, 1932-1946. In Danish.

Jackson, Joseph Henry, 1894-1955

3 letters, 1946-1954

Knopf (Alfred A.) Inc.

2 letters, 1934. Concerning Danish-Norwegian rights of Max Eastman's Artists in Uniform.

Mooney, Thomas Joseph, 1882-1942

2 letters, 1933-1936. Photocopies. Also: photocppy of a letter, Nov. 18, 1932, from Tom Mooney Molders' Defense Committee.

Rolph, James, 1869-1934

2 letters, 1928-1931

Roosevelt, Eleanor (Roosevelt), 1884-1962

2 letters, 1946

Sinclair, Upton Beall, 1878-

10 letters, 1932-1951. Two are photocopies; one, a typed transcript. Also: a volume containing record prints of 26 Sinclair letters, primarily to Gulbrandsen, 1933-1941, relating for the most part to the EPIC campaign; and photocopies of three letters (including one written by Lucy Gulbrandsen) relative to the campaign.

Stone, Irving, 1903-

3 letters, 1945.

Wilson, Jackson Stitt, 1868-1942

2 letters, 1933