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Max Eastman - Articles by (clippings)., 01/01/1927-12/31/1937

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 36
Identifier: 72141

Collection-level Scope and Content Note

From the Collection:

The papers of Katherine Biddle are organized into nine series: 1. Individuals - Correspondence with notable individuals, including composers, musicians, poets and writers (see biographical note below for a list of names). 2. Alphabetical correspondence - Frequent correspondents, arranged by name. 3. Chronological correspondence - Arranged alphabetically by year. 4. Literary associations, publications and publishers - Related correspondence files. Of particular note are files relating to the Library of Congress. 5. Major works - Correspondence and files relating to published works, “Outside of the World” (1930); “Bright Mariner” (1933); T”ime Has No Shadow” (1936); “Lament for the Stolen” (1938); “Plain Chant for America” (1942); “The Other Journey” (1959); and “Sojourner Truth” (c.1948). 6. Manuscripts - Poetry, articles and reviews, lectures and radio talks. 7. Subject and personal files - Includes research material on topics of personal interest, biographical information, appointment books. 8. Photographs - Of special interest are several scrapbooks and loose leaves from scrapbooks containing photographs of Katherine Biddle and the Biddle family. This series includes clippings of journal and newspaper reviews of Biddle's works. 9. Music scores - The collection includes several autograph music scores, as well as sheet music, by well-known composers, Will Marion Cook, Aaron Copland, Robert Nathaniel Dett, Esther B. Frost, Mary Howe, Elmo Russ, Sydney King Russell, and William Grant Still. Note that correspondence with Francis Biddle has been processed in the third part of the Biddle Family Papers, entitled, Biddle Family Letters.

Dates

  • 01/01/1927-12/31/1937

Collection-level Access Restrictions

Access to this collection is by permission from the Biddle family. Please contact Booth Family Center for Special Collections for further information.

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Extent

From the Collection: 34 Linear Feet (65 Hollinger boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Container Summary

Clippings of printed articles by Max Eastman: - "The Cult of Unintelligibility," (in "Harper's Monthly Magazine," n.d.). - Review of Max Nomad's "Johann Most" (in "The Modern Monthly," April 1937). - "An Open Letter to the Nation," letter to the editor re execution of former Bolshevik chiefs in Moscow, (in "The Modern Monthly," April 1937). - "What is the Truth about Bolshevism," (in "The Smokers Companion," June 1927).

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

EASTMAN, MAX - ARTICLES RE BOLSHEVISM 1927-37: Printed Item

BOLSHEVISM - ARTICLES BY EASTMAN, MAX 1927-37: Printed Item

EASTMAN, MAX - ARTICLES BY (1927-37): Printed Item

Repository Details

Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository

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