Finding Aid of the Eva Robin Papers LSC.1216
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Title: Eva Robin papers
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1216
Physical Description:
2.4 Linear Feet
(6 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1887-1959
Abstract: Eva Robin was born in Russia around
1877 and came to the U.S. with her family when she was six years old. She served as
president of the Delaware Equal Suffrage Association and the National Council of Jewish
Women in Wilmington. She was also involved in the Marshall Stillman Movement. The collection
consists of Robin's literary manuscripts, correspondence, notes, a scrapbook, photographs,
and ephemera. Some of the material relates to her husband, Dr. Albert Robin, who was noted
for his work in pathology and bacteriology. The collection also contains diaries,
correspondence, and essays related to her visits to Russia during the 1930s.
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Henrietta Portugal (Mrs. Guy Endore), 1978.
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Biography
Eva Robin was born in Russia around 1877 and came to the U.S. with her family when she was
six years old; grew up in New York and later moved to Wilmington, Delaware, after her
marriage to Dr. Albert Robin; she visited Russia twice during the 1930s; president, Delaware
Equal Suffrage Association; president, National Council of Jewish Women in Wilmington; she
was also involved in the Marshall Stillman Movement.
Biographical Narrative
Eva Robin was born in Russia around 1877 and emigrated to the United States with her
parents and sisters when she was 6 years old. She grew up in New York and later moved to
Wilmington, Delaware after her marriage to Dr. Albert Robin. He was noted for his work in
pathology and bacteriology and was personal physician to the Du Ponts.
Eva Robin was actively involved in the social issues of the day. The areas which concerned
her most were child welfare and prison reform. She was President of the Delaware Equal
Suffrage Association, President of the National Council of Jewish Women in Wilmington and
was also involved with the Marshall Stillman Movement. In these and other capacities, she
made an extensive number of speeches, wrote a great number of articles and sent letters to
the newspapers. Much of this material is present in the collection. It makes an important
contribution to an understanding of the early women's rights movement and to the social
milieu of the early 20th century.
During the 1930's, Mrs. Robin became greatly interested in the communist system of Soviet
Russia. She made two visits to Russia and during her stay kept detailed diaries of her
observations. The Russian material in this collection is comprised of these diaries along
with correspondence, essays and memorabilia. It is useful for an American viewpoint of
Stalinist Russia.
One of Eva Robin's elder sister was the mother of author Guy Endore. The collection is a
gift of Mrs. Guy Endore.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of literary manuscripts, correspondence, notes, a scrapbook,
photographs, and ephemera of Eva Robin. Some of the material relates to her husband, Dr.
Albert Robin, who was noted for his work in pathology and bacteriology. Also includes
materials related to Eva Robin's involvement with the Delaware Equal Suffrage Association,
National Council of Jewish Women in Wilmington, Delaware, and the Marshall Stillman
Movement. Contains typescripts of reviews and articles by Robin, including an interview with
Diego Rivera (1936). Correspondents include Valerian Ivanovich Mezhlauk (6 items), Felix
Frankfurter, Irénée Du Pont, and Dorothea Frances Canfield Fisher. The collection also
contains diaries, correspondence, and essays related to her visits to Russia during the
1930s.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Women civic leaders--Delaware--Archival resources.
Diaries.
Personal Papers.
ca. 1916-1960
Physical Description: [Box 1]
Box 1
"Mrs. Eva Robin scrapbook of published material beginning with Hotel Barbizon
- Plaza, New York City."
September 14,
1931.
Physical Description: (1 item, 50 leaves)
Scope and Contents
The scrapbook is comprised mostly of newspaper clippings. These are articles and
letters by and about E. Robin on various topics. Contrary to the cover title, the
material dates from 1916. The scrapbook also contains: programs, pamphlets,
photographs, calling cards and other ephemera.
General
(Frail)
Box 1
"Newspaper Clippings,"
ca. 1928-1952.
Physical Description: (Leaf binder, 28
leaves)
Scope and Contents
Consists mostly of newspaper clippings of articles by or about E. Robin. Some
material is by other people writing on topics with which she was concerned. Also
contains programs, announcements and other ephemera.
General
(Frail)
Box 1, Folder 1
Family correspondence.
1928.
Physical Description: (2 items)
Scope and Contents
Letter from Annette Robin to E. Robin, letter from E. Robin to her children.
Box 1, Folder 2
March 15, 1941.
Physical Description: (1 item)
Box 1, Folder 2
October 10,
1951.
Physical Description: (1 item)
Box 1, Folder 2
January 19,
1937.
Physical Description: (1 item)
Box 1, Folder 3
"American Soviet Dinners from "
1933-1939.
Box 1, Folder 3
2 seating plans.
Physical Description: (12 leaves and 11
leaves)
Box 1, Folder 4
"On Board the Santa Rosa"
Box 1, Folder 4
Diary.
July 9-September 6,
1933.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 48
leaves)
Scope and Contents
ER describes her cruise to Cuba and Mexico.
Box 1, Folder 5
"En route to the Hague on the 'American Trader' as a delegate to the Peace
Conference..."
Box 1, Folder 5
Diary.
August 17-September 13,
1937.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 23
leaves)
Box 1, Folder 5
Den Fredespalais. Poem (2 versions).
Physical Description: (Typescript, 1 leaf
each)
Box 1, Folder 6
Miscellaneous Autobiographical Material
Scope and Contents
2 labels
re autobiography:
Box 1, Folder 6
Account of childhood experiences.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 5pp.)
Box 1, Folder 6
Autobiographical account.
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript, incomplete, leaves
21-78)
Box 1, Folder 7
"The Long? Long Ago,"
n.d.
Physical Description: (11 leaves)
Scope and Contents
4 incomplete versions.
Box 1, Folder 7
Letter to E. Robin.
October 7,
1958.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 2
leaves)
Scope and Contents
re his book,
The
Honorable Mr. Nixon and the Alger Hiss Case
.
(This letter is written on the verso of the First copy of "The Long? Long
Ago")
Box 1, Folder 7
"These 45 great states of U.S. of America is my beloved world,"
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript, incomplete, 2
leaves)
Box 1, Folder 7
[Journal?].
June 20-22,
1957.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 3
leaves)
Box 1, Folder 7
List of paintings in E. Robin's drawing room.
June 16, 1959.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 1 leaf)
Russian Material
Physical Description: [Boxes 2-3]
Scope and Contents
Eva Robin made two trips to the Soviet Union: in 1931 accompanied by her daughter
Annette and again in 1934 with her friend Florentine Sutro.
Box 2, Folder 1
Diary,
[1931].
Physical Description: (Typescript, 117
leaves)
Box 2, Folder 1
Letter to "Editor V.O.K.S." from E. Robin.
August 12, 1931.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 4 leaves)
Box 2, Folder 2
"My Russian Notebook." By Eva Robin,
[1934]
Physical Description: (Typescript, carbon copy,
approximately 200 leaves)
Box 2, Folder 3
"My Russian Diary." By Eva Robin,
[1934].
Physical Description: (Typescript, incomplete, 114
leaves)
Scope and Contents
Original manuscript for publication.
Box 2, Folder 4
"My Russian Diary." By Eva Robin,
[1934].
Physical Description: (Typescript, carbon copy,
incomplete, 110 leaves)
Scope and Contents
Manuscript for publication.
Box 2, Folder 5
2 letters from Random House
re rejection of E.
Robin's "Russian Diary" for publication.
1935, 1936.
Box 2, Folder 6
Miscellaneous correspondence.
Physical Description: (20 items)
Scope and Contents
Includes: letters, postcards (some of which are blank).
Box 2, Folder 7
Photographs.
Physical Description: (Approximately 40)
Scope and Contents
Also a list of "possible illustrations."
Box 2, Folder 8
Miscellaneous memorabilia.
Scope and Contents
Includes: poems, souvenir guides, itineraries.
Box 3, Folder 1
Correspondence with Valeriy I. Mezhlauk.
1934.
1934.
Scope and Contents
Labels
re Mezhlauk:
3 letters and a telegram from Mezhlauk to E. Robin. 1934.
1 letter (carbon copy) from E. Robin to Mezhlauk. 1934.
General
(See also
Books at the end of this box)
Box 3, Folder 2
"Heroes of the Russian Revolution.." By Eva Robin.
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript, total of 109
leaves)
Scope and Contents
Manuscript.
Box 3, Folder 3
"Some who Paid for Russia's Emanicipation". By Eva Robin.
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript with pencil
corrections, 10 leaves)
Scope and Contents
Manuscript accompanied by 6 photographs with captions.
Miscellaneous Manuscripts:
Box 3, Folder 4
"A new Road to Life or the part Youth is playing in the Reconstruction of
the Union of the Socialist Soviet Republics."
Physical Description: (Typescript, 22pp.)
Box 3, Folder 4
"Russian Education under Sovietism."
Physical Description: (Typescript, 21
leaves)
Box 3, Folder 4
"What are the things Men live by and work for?"
Physical Description: (Typescript, 29
leaves)
Box 3, Folder 4
Essay on the history and government of the USSR.
Physical Description: (Typescript, carbon copy, 14
leaves)
Box 3
Le Bilan de l'Execution de Premier Plan
Quinquennial. Moscow: la commission du Plan d'etat de l'
U.R.S.S.
.
1934.
Scope and Contents
Also, accompanying letter from Valeryi I. Mezhlauk.
Box 3
The Second Five year Plan. Moscow:
co-operative Publishing Society of foreign workers in the
USSR
.
1936.
Scope and Contents
Also, accompanying letter from Valeryi I. Mezhlauk.
Miscellaneous Manuscripts
Physical Description: [Boxes 4-5]
Scope and Contents
Includes lectures, speeches and essays written by Eva Robin. Some of the items are a
result of her activities in various organizations, others are a result of her concern
with various comtemporary social issues.
Much of the material is undated but indications are that it covers the period from ca.
1916 to ca. 1960.
The material is arranged alphabetically by subject, except for the miscellaneous
material in box 5.
General
(See also scrapbook of published material and newspaper clippings in Box 1)
American Ethical Union
Physical Description: [Box 4]
Box 4, Folder 1
"Celebration of the Fortieth Anniversary of the Ethical Culture Movement in
America. New York City. "
May 14th to 21st,
1916.
Physical Description: [Program, 10pp.]
Box 4, Folder 1
Speech "read at a dinner at Ethical Society " By E. Robin.
May 17, 1916.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 2
leaves)
Box 4, Folder 1
Announcement of "A Course of Lectures under the auspices of the American
Ethical Culture Union."
Physical Description: (Printed card, 3
copies)
Box 4, Folder 1
Newspaper clippings
re the Ethical Culture
Union.
ca. 1915.
Physical Description: (6 items)
Book Reviews and Literary Criticism
Physical Description: [Box 4]
Box 4, Folder 2
The Bent Twig. Review by E.
Robin.
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 48
leaves)
Box 4, Folder 2
Rough Hewn. Review by E.
Robin.
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 26
leaves)
Box 4, Folder 3
"The Life of Anatole France." Essay by E. Robin.
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript with pencil
corrections. Incomplete, 15 leaves)
Box 4, Folder 3
"Anatole France." By E. Robin.
March 25, 1924.
Physical Description: (Typescript with pencil
corrections, 18 leaves)
Scope and Contents
"Read... Century Club Current Events Class."
Box 4, Folder 4
The Scarlet Letter. Review by E.
Robin.
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript, incomplete. 3
leaves)
Box 4, Folder 4
Colas Breugnon. Review by E.
Robin.
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript with corrections in
ink. Incomplete, 44 leaves)
Child Care and Welfare
Physical Description: [Box 4]
Box 4, Folder 5
"A Plea for the organization of a Child's Welfare Bureau..."
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 2 copies: 10
leaves, 13 leaves, incomplete)
Box 4, Folder 5
Speech "Read before the Century Club... "
July 3 [1957].
Physical Description: (Typescript, 14
leaves)
Box 4, Folder 5
Speech.
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 10
leaves)
Box 4, Folder 5
Statement [Part of a speech?].
Physical Description: (Typescript, 1 leaf)
Box 4, Folder 5
"The Home Training of Our Young Children,"
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 30
leaves)
Communism
Physical Description: [Box 4]
Box 4, Folder 6
Essay.
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 6
leaves)
Crime and Prison Reform
Physical Description: [Box 4]
General
(See also: Marshall Stillman Movement, and Juvenile Crime in this box)
Box 4, Folder 7
Scrap containing a poem by Oscar Wilde.
Box 4, Folder 7
Newspaper clipping
re Soviet
prisons.
November 17,
1929.
Box 4, Folder 7
Child, Washburn.
Battling the
Criminal
. Review by Eva Robin.
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 10
leaves)
Box 4, Folder 7
Speech "Written for Richardern Park Club... "
February 16-26
Physical Description: (Typescript, 13
leaves)
Box 4, Folder 7
Speech "Read before a Mother's Group,"
November 1,
1929.
Physical Description: (Typescript, carbon. 15
leaves)
Box 4, Folder 7
Speech.
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 35
leaves)
Box 4, Folder 8
Essay.
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 12pp.)
Box 4, Folder 8
"Crime and Punishment,"
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 33
leaves)
Box 4, Folder 8
"Crime,"
August 1930.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 35
leaves)
Scope and Contents
Concerns the International Prison Congress, Prague, Czechoslovakia.
Box 4, Folder 8
Photograph of American representatives to the International Prison
Congress.
Council of Jewish Women, Wilmington Section
Physical Description: [Box 4]
Scope and Contents
(Includes items for other Jewish organizations)
Box 4, Folder 9
Monthly calendars.
January 1924-May
1927.
Physical Description: (Printed cards, 25
items)
Scope and Contents
Incomplete series; some duplicates.
Box 4, Folder 9
Speech, made upon election as president of the Wilmington Council of Jewish
Women.
June 1924.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 1 leaf)
Box 4, Folder 9
"Annual report of the first year of her incumbency as President of the
W.S.C.J.W."
May 4, 1925.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 4
leaves)
Box 4, Folder 9
Part of a speech.
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 1 leaf)
Box 4, Folder 10
Speech.
December 1,
1925.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 11pp.)
Box 4, Folder 10
Speech.
May 25, 1926.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 2
leaves)
Box 4, Folder 10
Speech.
May 26, 1926.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 4
leaves)
Box 4, Folder 10
Speech.
December 6,
1926.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 15
leaves)
Box 4, Folder 10
Speech.
April 29, 1931.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 6
leaves)
Box 4, Folder 10
Lecture about Israel Zangwill.
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 23
leaves)
Education
Physical Description: [Box 4]
Box 4, Folder 11
Debate with the Superintendant of Public Schools. Delaware.
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 24
leaves)
Box 4, Folder 11
Speech concerning the George Washington Memorial Building Fund.
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 6
leaves)
Box 4, Folder 11
Essay.
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 7
leaves)
Juvenile Crime and Reform
Physical Description: [Box 4]
Box 4, Folder 12
Speech.
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 4 leaves, 2
leaves)
Scope and Contents
2 versions.
Box 4, Folder 12
Essay.
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 18pp.)
Box 4, Folder 12
Letter to the editor of the
Nation
(Published).
January 11,
1932.
Physical Description: (Typescript, carbon copy. 6
leaves)
Marshall Stillman Movement
Physical Description: [Box 4]
Scope and Contents
Eva Robin was actively involved with the Marshall Stillman Movement during the 1920s
and 1930s. The organisation was concerned with prison reform. Eva Robin served as the
executive secretary of the Women's Auxiliary, M.S.M. for a period of time.
Box 4, Folder 13
"The Burning Question of the Day."
Scope and Contents
2 versions.
Box 4, Folder 13
1) Typescript with corrections in ink.
n.d.
Physical Description: (10 leaves)
Box 4, Folder 13
2) "Read before the Brooklyn Chapter of the Daughters of the American
Revolution,"
March 21,
1929.
Physical Description: (Typescript with corrections
in ink. 12 leaves)
Box 4, Folder 13
Speech given at Lake Placid.
July 23, 1929.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 21 leaves,
incomplete. Carbon copy, 20 leaves, incomplete.)
Box 4, Folder 13
Essay.
January 15,
1930.
Physical Description: (Typescript, carbon, 20
leaves)
Box 4, Folder 13
Essay.
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 20
leaves)
Box 4, Folder 13
Essay.
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 7
leaves)
Nazism
Physical Description: [Box 4]
Box 4, Folder 14
"Radio Talk for Anti-Nazi Group,"
June 18, 1935.
Physical Description: (Typescript, with pencil
corrections, 6 leaves)
Organizational Activities
Physical Description: [Box 5]
Scope and Contents
Consists of material relating to miscellaneous organizations, some of which are
unidentified.
General
(See also: American Ethical Union, Council of Jewish Woman, Marshall Stillman
Movement and Women's Suffrage)
Box 5, Folder 1
Newspaper clipping
re Federation of Women's
Clubs.
Box 5, Folder 1
Speech at a Y.M.C.A. Rally.
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 6
leaves)
Box 5, Folder 1
Speech.
May 18, 1927.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 5pp.)
Box 5, Folder 1
Speech.
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 5
leaves)
Box 5, Folder 1
Speech.
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 4pp.)
Box 5, Folder 2
"Interview with Diego Rivera,"
April 5, 1936.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 8
leaves)
Women's Suffrage and Women's Rights
General
(See also scrapbook in box 1)
Box 5, Folder 3
Speech to the Delaware Equal Suffrage Association.
n.d.
Physical Description: (4 leaves.
Typescript)
Box 5, Folder 3
"Does the Hand that Rocks the Cradle Rule the World?"
[April 25,
1916].
Physical Description: (Typescript, 19
leaves)
Box 5, Folder 3
Lecture on women's suffrage.
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 12
leaves)
Box 5, Folder 3
Story of the National Amendment for Woman
suffrage
. New York: National Woman Suffrage Publishing
Company.
1919.
Physical Description: (Pamphlet, 38pp.)
Box 5, Folder 3
Lecture on "the apathy of the woman voter,"
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript 6
leaves)
Box 5, Folder 3
Speech. Mothers' Day.
May 10, 1925.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 3
leaves)
Box 5, Folder 3
"Ideal Womanhood,"
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 15
leaves)
Box 5, Folder 4-10
Manuscript for "Facets of New York"
Scope and Contents
Consists of a collection of interviews conducted by Eva Robin.
The accompanying envelope indicates that this is the first original copy and that
the manuscript was refused publication.
Arrangement follows the "index" made by E. Robin. Some of the items listed in the
"index" are not present in the collection, so the list in the register should be
referred to.
Box 5, Folder 4
Index to "Facets of New York."
Physical Description: (Typescript, 1
leaf)
Box 5, Folder 5
The Young Old Mother.
Physical Description: (5 leaves)
Box 5, Folder 5
The Window Cleaner.
Physical Description: (10 leaves)
Box 5, Folder 5
The Treadmill.
Physical Description: (9 leaves)
Box 5, Folder 5
Balance Sheet Psychology: A Banker Talks.
Physical Description: (15 leaves)
Box 5, Folder 5
The Waitress.
Physical Description: (11 leaves)
Box 5, Folder 5
The Prostitute.
Physical Description: (15 leaves)
Box 5, Folder 5
Clinkers: How Poor Poverty Makes Life.
Physical Description: (4 leaves)
Box 5, Folder 6
Stale.
Physical Description: (5 leaves)
Box 5, Folder 6
Seeing is Believing: In Gotham's Waters.
Physical Description: (10 leaves)
Box 5, Folder 6
Seeing is Believing: The Farmer in the Dell.
Physical Description: (11 leaves)
Box 5, Folder 6
Groping in the Dark: The First Hand of the Law.
Physical Description: (11 leaves)
Box 5, Folder 6
Groping in the Dark: The Reformer.
Physical Description: (12 leaves)
Box 5, Folder 6
One of God's Creatures.
Physical Description: (4 leaves)
Box 5, Folder 7
Balance Sheet Psychology: Now One of Us.
Physical Description: (12 leaves)
Box 5, Folder 7
Park Loiterers.
Physical Description: (6 leaves)
Box 5, Folder 7
The Last Flicker.
Physical Description: (12 leaves)
Box 5, Folder 7
In Search of One of Father Devine's Angels.
Physical Description: (25 leaves)
Box 5, Folder 8
With Chalk and Ruler - Ousted.
Physical Description: (15 leaves)
Box 5, Folder 8
Settlement House People: the Bonus Family.
Physical Description: (7 leaves)
Box 5, Folder 8
The Haves: a Woman in the Upper Brackets.
Physical Description: (8 leaves)
Box 5, Folder 8
Bucketted from the Lower Depths.
Physical Description: (13 leaves)
Box 5, Folder 8
By Land and Sea.
Physical Description: (16 leaves)
Box 5, Folder 9
A Man of Good Will.
Physical Description: (13 leaves)
Box 5, Folder 9
Dead End.
Physical Description: (12 leaves)
Box 5, Folder 9
Bought and Paid For: the "Freedom" of the Press.
Physical Description: (10 leaves)
Box 5, Folder 9
A Dog's Life.
Physical Description: (6 leaves)
Box 5, Folder 9
A Young Clergyman Au Courant.
Physical Description: (10 leaves)
Box 5, Folder 10
The Voice of Literature and Art.
Physical Description: (11 leaves)
Box 5, Folder 10
We Eat Them while Still Alive.
Physical Description: (15 leaves)
Box 5, Folder 10
Youth Militant.
Physical Description: (10 leaves)
Box 5, Folder 10
Foreword.
Physical Description: (2 leaves)
Box 5, Folder 10
Quoted from "Seeds of Tomorrow." By Mikhail Sholokhov.
Physical Description: (1 leaf.)
Box 5, Folder 10
Palms Up: The Taxi Driver.
Box 5, Folder 11
"Bitter Sweets!"
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 9
leaves)
Box 5, Folder 11
"Contentment Through Self-Expression,"
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 4pp. and
7pp.)
Scope and Contents
2 versions.
Box 5, Folder 11
"Count L.N. Tolstoy's Relation to Church and State,"
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 16
leaves)
Box 5, Folder 12
"Cultural Backgrounds for Conversation,"
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript, Original and
carbon copy. Each 35 leaves)
Box 5, Folder 12
"The Inarticulate Middle-Aged,"
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 9
leaves)
Box 5, Folder 13
[Tuberculosis].
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 26
leaves)
Box 5, Folder 13
"War!"
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 2
leaves)
Box 5, Folder 13
"What of Tomorrow? An All-day Sucker for American Youth,"
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 8
leaves)
Box 5, Folder 13
"You May Drive Out Nature with a Pitchfork but she will Inevitably
Return,"
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 12
leaves)
Box 5, Folder 14
"Raymond Robins Crusader." In
The
Nation
.
October 30,
1954.
Physical Description: (2pp.)
Scope and Contents
2 articles by Williams A. Williams & Albert Rhys Williams.
Biographical Material on Dr. Albert Robin
Physical Description: [Box 6]
Scope and Contents
This box consists of material collected by Eva Robin in preparation for a biography of
her late husband. Dr. Albert Robin. Dr. Robin was usually referred to as "Abe." by
family and friends. There appears to have been two periods when Mrs. Robin was actively
collecting material for the proposed biography: first in the early 1930's, then again in
the mid 1950's.
The material includes: correspondence, newspaper clippings and several biographical
accounts by Eva Robin.
Box 6, Folder 1-4
"Russian and Yiddish letters to and from Abe of the Long Ago,"
ca. 1890-ca.
1895.
Scope and Contents
Includes holographic correspondence from Dr. Robin and Morris Einstein, Eva Halpern,
Max Robin, Louis Ruben-stein. The notebook in folder 4 was included with this
material.
General
(Title from envelope)
Box 6, Folder 1
Correspondence.
1890-1892.
Box 6, Folder 2
Correspondence.
1893-1895.
Box 6, Folder 4
Notebook apparently kept by Albert Robin.
ca. 1887.
Box 6, Folder 5-6
Outgoing letters from Albert Robin.
ca. 1901-1918.
Physical Description: (Holograph, some have notations
in pencil presumably done by E. Robin.)
Box 6, Folder 5
To Luba Robin Goldsmith.
1901-ca. 1903.
Physical Description: (6 items)
Box 6, Folder 5
To Luba and Milton.
n.d.
Physical Description: (2 items)
Box 6, Folder 5
To Milton Goldsmith.
1913.
Physical Description: (1 item)
Box 6, Folder 5
To unidentified persons.
July 2, 1918.
Physical Description: (1 item)
General
(See also folder 11 for correspondence with Luba)
Box 6, Folder 6
To Eva Robin.
ca. 1918-1926.
Physical Description: (7 items)
Scope and Contents
These letters were contained in an envelope marked "precious" and "for A's
biography."
Box 6, Folder 7
Letters from Eva Robin to Luba.
1901 and 1916.
Physical Description: (3 items)
Box 6, Folder 8
Condolence letters.
December 1927-January
1928.
Physical Description: (13 items)
Scope and Contents
Consists of letters of condolence and resolutions passed on the death of Dr. Robin by
friends and organizations to which he belonged.
Box 6, Folder 9
Citation from the Physicians and Surgeons Hospital. Wilmington.
n.d.
Physical Description: (1 item)
Box 6, Folder 9
Obituary for Dr. Robin.
n.d.
Physical Description: (Typescript, carbon copy, 2
leaves)
Box 6, Folder 9
Albert Robin's certificate of naturalization.
Physical Description: (Copy)
Scope and Contents
Legal document with typewritten notes, presumably done by E. Robin.
Box 6, Folder 9
"Copy of an item used in Every Evening. "
April 13.
Physical Description: (Typescript, carbon copy, 1
leaf)
Scope and Contents
This is an announcement that Eva Robin is collecting material for a biography of her
husband and requests readers to send her any material they might have.
Box 6, Folder 10
"Newspaper clippings about Dr. A.R.,"
ca. 1903-1930.
Box 6, Folder 11
"For the Boys About Dad"
Scope and Contents
Consists of various items contained in an envelope marked with the above title.
Box 6
Letters from Dr. Albert Robin to:
Box 6, Folder 11
Luba Robin Goldsmith.
1913 and
1915.
Physical Description: (2 items)
Box 6, Folder 11
Luba and Milton.
1913.
Physical Description: (1 item)
Box 6, Folder 11
Milton Goldsmith.
1919.
Physical Description: (1 item)
Box 6
Letters to Eva Robin from:
Box 6, Folder 11
The American College of Physicians.
1927.
Physical Description: (1 item)
Box 6, Folder 11
Howard A. Kelly.
1932.
Physical Description: (1 item)
Box 6, Folder 11
Irénée Du Pont.
1956.
Physical Description: (1 item)
Box 6, Folder 11
Article about Dr. Robin from
American Men of
Science
.
Physical Description: (Copy. Typescript, 1
leaf)
Box 6, Folder 12
Correspondence concerning the collection of data for Dr. Robin's
biography.
April 1932
Box 6, Folder 12
Letter to E. Robin.
April 13, 1932.
Box 6, Folder 12
Letter to E. Robin.
April 12, 1932.
Box 6, Folder 12
Letter to E. Robin.
April 17, 1932.
Box 6, Folder 12
Letter from E. Robin to the Medical Alumni.
April 11, 1932.
Physical Description: (Carbon copy)
Box 6, Folder 12
Letter from E. Robin.
April 11, 1932.
Physical Description: (Carbon copy)
Box 6, Folder 12
2 letters to E. Robin.
April 13 and 27,
1932.
Box 6, Folder 12
Letter to E. Robin.
April 12, 1932.
Box 6, Folder 12
Article about Dr. Robin from
American Men of
Science
.
Physical Description: (Carbon copy, typescript, 1
leaf)
Correspondence Concerning the Collection of Data for Dr. Robin's
Biography.
1954-1956
Box 6, Folder 13
Letter to E. Robin.
October 18,
1954.
Box 6, Folder 13
Letter from E. Robin.
December 7
1956.
Physical Description: (Carbon copy)
Box 6, Folder 13
Letter to E. Robin.
May 14, 1954.
Physical Description: (Original and a carbon
copy)
Scope and Contents
N.B. on the verso of the carbon copy is an account of the Robins' friendship with
the Nearings, presumably by E. Robin.
Box 6, Folder 13
Letter from E. Robin.
April 9, 1956.
Physical Description: (Copies of newspaper articles
about Dr. Robin.)
Box 6, Folder 13
Letter to E. Robin.
April 16, 1956.
Physical Description: (Copies of newspaper articles
about Dr. Robin.)
Box 6, Folder 13
Copies of newspaper articles about Dr. Robin.
Box 6, Folder 14
University of Delaware, Memorial Library. Reports.
April 1899-April
1902.
Physical Description: (7 copies)
Scope and Contents
These items were prepared by Dr. Robin in his capacity as pathologist and
bacteriologist to the Delaware State Board of Health.
Box 6, Folder 15
"Your Father, Grandfather Great-Grandfather." By E. Robin.
n.d.
Physical Description: (Original copy in a loose leaf
folder. 50 leaves, incomplete typescript)
Box 6, Folder 16
"Your Father, Grandfather and Great-Grandfather." By E. Robin.
n.d.
Physical Description: (2 carbon copies. Each 50 leaves,
and incomplete. Typescript)
Box 6, Folder 17
"Your Father: The Idealist." By E. Robin.
n.d.
Physical Description: (Original copy and 2 carbon
copies. Each is 29 leaves, and incomplete. Typescript)
Box 6, Folder 18
Miscellaneous biographical accounts of Dr. Albert Robin, apparently by E.
Robin.
Physical Description: (Typescript, 39
leaves)
