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Scope and Content of Collection
Title: Joseph Freeman papers
Date (inclusive): 1904-2009
Collection Number: 80159
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
, German
, Russian
Physical Description:
209 manuscript boxes, 3 card file boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 1 slide box, 1 album box, 38 envelopes, 2 sound discs, memorabilia
(91.3 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Writings, bound manuscripts, correspondence, printed matter, notes, and photographs relating to Freeman's life, the relation
between communism and art and literature, and to communism in the United States, Mexico, and the Soviet Union. Sound use copies
of sound recordings available.
Creator:
Freeman, Joseph, 1897-1965
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Box 191 and OCM11 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of the collection is open for research;
materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the
collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1980.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Joseph Freeman papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
1897 October 9 |
Born, Piratin, Poltawa, Ukraine |
1904 |
Immigrated to the United States |
1919 |
A.B., Columbia University |
1920-1921 |
Reporter,
Chicago Tribune and
New York Daily News (in Paris and London)
|
1921-1923 |
Assistant Editor,
Liberator
|
1924 |
Publicity Director, American Civil Liberties Union |
1925 |
Author,
Dollar Diplomacy (with Scott Nearing)
|
1925-1931 |
Correspondent for Tass (intermittent) |
1926 |
Co-founder and Editor,
New Masses
|
1926-1927 |
Trip to Russia as
New Masses Moscow correspondent
|
1929 |
Trip to Mexico as
New Masses Mexico correspondent Married Ione Robinson
|
1930 |
Author,
Voices of October (with Joshua Kunitz and Louis Lozowick)
|
1931-1933 |
Editor,
New Masses
|
1931-1933 |
Speaking and fundraising trips in the United States for the John Reed Clubs and the Communist Party, including accompanying
Boris Pilynak to Hollywood (1931) and Henri Barbusse on a tour of the Midwest (1933)
|
1932 |
Author,
The Soviet Worker
|
1932 |
Divorced Ione Robinson |
1934 |
Co-founder,
Partisan Review
|
1936 |
Author,
American Testament
|
1936-1937 |
Editor,
New Masses
|
1937 |
Attended Mexican Writers Conference as delegate of the League of American Writers |
1938 |
Married Charmion von Wiegand |
1939 |
Left the Communist Party |
1940-1942 |
Publicity Director, American Civil Liberties Union |
1943 |
Author,
Never Call Retreat
|
1943-1945 |
Researcher,
Information Please (radio show), including a U.S.O. tour in the summer of 1945
|
1947 |
Author,
The Long Pursuit
|
1948 |
Publicity Director, Poet's Theatre |
1948-1952 |
Staff member, Edward L. Bernays (public relations firm) |
1953-1961 |
Staff member, Executive Research, Inc. (public relations firm) |
1965 August 8 |
Died, New York City |
Scope and Content of Collection
Writings, bound manuscripts and drafts, essays, correspondence, printed matter, notes, notebooks, poems, inscribed books,
and photographs relating to Freeman's life, the relation between communism and art and literature, and to communism in the
United States, Mexico, and the Soviet Union. Includes manuscript labeled "survey" with autobiographical notes about Freeman's
time in Moscow in the 1920s and mentions Maxim Litvinov. Includes correspondence between Karl von Wiegand and family. Sound
use copies of sound recordings available.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Sound recordings
Slides (Photography)
Communism -- Mexico
Communism -- United States
Journalists
Communism
Soviet Union -- Politics and government
Communism and art
Communism and literature