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Ruth Epperson Kennell papers, 1915-1970
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Kennell, Ruth Epperson
- Title
- Ruth Epperson Kennell papers
- Dates
- 1915-1970 (inclusive)19151970
- Quantity
- 13.5 linear feet, (9 containers)
- Collection Number
- Ax 872
- Summary
- Ruth Epperson Kennell (1889-1977) was an author who has a long and varied career, which included many years spent in the Soviet Union. The collection includes book manuscripts, short stories, screenplays, magazine articles, and general correspondence. Kennell was secretary to Theodore Dreiser.
- Repository
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University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
UO Libraries--SCUA
1299 University of Oregon
Eugene OR
97403-1299
Telephone: 5413463068
spcarref@uoregon.edu - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open to the public.
Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room.
Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
- Additional Reference Guides
- See the Current Collection Guide for detailed description and requesting options.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Ruth Epperson Kennell, author, was born in Oklahoma City, September 21, 1893, to Julius and Sara Ellen Seeger Epperson. Her Family was relatively poor and her father died of tuberculosis when Kennell was still quite young. Thereafter, she and her mother moved to the San Francisco Bay area as young Ruth's own health was poor. Kennell attended the University of California at Berkeley in 1913, but did not obtain a degree. She married Frank Risley Kennell, a teacher, in 1917.
Kennell had a long and varied writing career, which included ten years spent in the Soviet Union. She began as a children's librarian in the Richmond (California) Public Library (1914-1917). In 1922, she and her husband, Frank, joined the American Colony Kuzbas in Kemerovo, Siberia. The Kuzbas experiment was designed to provide American personnel and techniques to post-revolutionary Russians engaged in rebuilding and industrializing their strife-torn country. Kennel reluctantly left her baby son, James, in the care of his paternal grandmother, Kate Kennell, in order to participate in the Kuzbas colony.
After two years as Kuzbas, serving as librarian and secretary to the colony, Kennell joined the staff of the International Library in Moscow as a reference librarian (1925-1927). In 1927-1928, she was selected to serve as secretary and guide to Theodore Dreiser as he toured the Soviet Union. Her final years in Russia were spent as Russian correspondent for the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA). She also wrote articles on the Kuzbas colony and facets of the life in Moscow for The Nation Magazine.
After returning to the U.S., Ms. Kennell concentrated on writing books and short stories for children, often based in Russia, including Vanya of the streets (1931), The Boy, Nikolka (1943) and Adventure in Russia: The Ghost of Khirgizia (1947). Her story, The Secret Farmyard (1956) was based on her second son's (David) real experience. In 1969, she wrote the well-known account of her experience with Drieser, Theodore Drieser and the Soviet Union. The writing of a book on the American Colony Kuzbas in Siberia occupied her last years.
Ruth Epperson Kennell died in 1977.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The first section of the Kennell's collection is comprised of manuscripts for books, articles and short stories, with related notes and reference material. Researchers who desire first-hand autobiographical material are advised to read the manuscripts for Kuzbas: a Romantic Chronicle, in which Kennell recounts her life experiences.
The correspondence section reveals Kennell's wide range of contacts and acquaintances. She received letters from conservative Christian friends as well as the intellectual, politically sophisticated activists one might expect. Of special interest are Kennel's long, detailed, almost diary- like letters to her relatives at the Kuzbas colony, the hardships of living in Russia, the condition of life for the Russian population and to events in her own often turbulent, personal life. The letters, combined with Kennell's trip diaries are articles written by her as Russian correspondent, will provide the researcher with a rich source of material on both the leftist political movement of the period and on post-revolutionary Russia.
The correspondence between Kennel, her husband and various relatives and friends reveals some of the questions, doubts, and conflicts of individuals trying to replace Victorian values in their personal lives. Emancipation of woman from confining sex roles was a prevailing issue among leftists woman in the 1920s.
Other highlights of the correspondence section are original letters from Theodore Dreiser, Pearl J. Buck and H.L. Mencken (for whom Kennell wrote several articles). The Dreiser correspondence is of great interest, as he and Kennell maintained contact for the rest of his life. In one letter, Ms. Kennel criticizes Dreiser severely for his attitude toward woman, as expressed in a book he had written.
Also included in the collection are photographs of the Kennell family and of Russia, stories by Frank Kennell and Ruth. Kennell's mother, Ella Epperson Tosh, assorted essays, clippings and articles on Russia, copies of Ms. Kennell's published books and some miscellaneous personal material.
The Kennell Papers are doubly valuable for its fine assortment of manuscripts and working material from a successful author, and for the personal correspondence and diaries which express the perspective of an active American socialist from the 1920s through the McCarthy era and on into the Vietnam war.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Ruth Epperson Kennell Papers, Ax 872, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Collection is organized into six series: Series I: Book manuscripts and related materials Series II: Short stories and screenplays Series III: Magazine-length articles Series IV: Short articles and newspaper articles Series V: Correspondence Series VI: Biographical and personal materials
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series I: Book manuscripts and related materials, 1928-1975Return to Top
This series includes materials related to Kennell's full length books for both children and adults. Other materials filled with manuscripts and drafts include correspondence, background research material, press clippings, reviews, notes, editor's changes, and sample illustrations. All additional material is filled under the manuscript title.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1-5 | Adventure in Russia |
1947-1948 |
| 1 | 6-8 | American Family Robinson |
1935, 1938 |
| 1 | 9-11 | The Children's Railroad |
1939, 1943 |
| 1 | 12-14 | Comrade One-Crutch |
1932 |
| 1 | 15-19 | Factory Train to Soviet Asia |
1943-1944, 1975 |
| 1 | 20-21 | Home Room 219 |
1940-1941 |
| 1 | 22-34 | The Kuzbas Story |
1928-1976 |
| 2 | 1-12 | The Kuzbas Story |
1928-1976 |
| 2 | 13-16 | Kuzbas: A Romantic Chronicle |
1930 |
| 2 | 17-22 | The Montezuma Story |
1948-1961 |
| 3 | 1-2 | No Villain |
undated |
| 3 | 3-6 | The Secret Farmyard |
1953-1973 |
| 3 | 7-12 | Seventy-Seven Days that Shook
Dreiser |
1967-1969 |
| 3 | 13-16 | Stories Zenia Told Me |
undated |
| 3 | 17-22 | Theodore Dreiser and the Soviet
Union |
1928-1969 |
| 4 | 1-21, 62 | Theodore Dreiser and the Soviet
Union |
1928-1969 |
| 4 | 22-25 | Vanya of the Streets |
1929-1931 |
Series II: Short stories and screenplays, 1935-1953Return to Top
This series includes materials related to Kennell's short stories and screenplays. In addition to manuscripts and drafts, this series also includes published copies of her work, correspondence, summaries, and source material.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 4 | 26 | Army Women |
undated |
| 4 | 27 | "As Clay in the Potter's Hand" |
1942 |
| 4 | 28-29 | The Borrowed Perambulator |
1939 |
| 4 | 30 | "The Broken Windows" |
1939 |
| 4 | 31 | "Carper the Crow" |
undated |
| 4 | 32 | "Certain Inalienable Rights" |
1936 |
| 4 | 33 | "The Christmas Fire" |
undated |
| 4 | 34 | "The Christmas Message in the
Snow" |
1944 |
| 4 | 35 | "The Christmas Spirit" |
1935 |
| 4 | 36 | "A Clandestine Divorce" |
undated |
| 4 | 37 | "Commencement" |
1936 |
| 4 | 38 | "The Cotton Pickers" |
1937 |
| 4 | 39 | "Dad's Night" |
1936 |
| 4 | 40 | "The Decoy" |
1940 |
| 4 | 41 | "The Derelict Ducks" |
1936 |
| 4 | 42 | "Desert Samaritan" |
1938-1939 |
| 4 | 43 | "The Dog that Found his
Master" |
1936 |
| 4 | 44 | "Easter" |
1939 |
| 4 | 45 | "Elsa's Revenge" |
1943 |
| 4 | 46 | "Evening Hymn" |
1936 |
| 4 | 47 | "Fedora's Trouble" |
1936-1943 |
| 4 | 48 | "Finders Keepers" |
1947 |
| 4 | 49 | "Flash" |
1940 |
| 4 | 50 | "The Forbidden Christmas
Trees" |
1938 |
| 4 | 51 | "Forty Boys and Antonio" |
1939 |
| 4 | 52 | "Fountain of Youth" |
undated |
| 4 | 53 | "The Friendship Coat" |
1944 |
| 4 | 54 | "Ghosts of the Past" |
undated |
| 4 | 55 | "The Girl at Summit Boys
School" |
undated |
| 4 | 56 | "Haircut Deferred" |
undated |
| 4 | 57 | "The Happy Exiles" |
undated |
| 4 | 58 | "Hens in Specs" |
1939 |
| 4 | 59 | "Her Husband's Portrait" |
1940 |
| 4 | 60 | "His Brother's Keeper" |
1936 |
| 4 | 61 | "The Immortal Railroad" |
1942 |
| 5 | 1 | "Insurance Man" |
1937 |
| 5 | 2 | "The International Spirit" |
1936 |
| 5 | 3 | "In the Clouds" |
undated |
| 5 | 4 | "Kippie, Kippie, Kippie" |
undated |
| 5 | 5 | "The Law Breaker" |
1936 |
| 5 | 6 | "The Life Guard" |
1941 |
| 5 | 7 | "Lisa's Song" |
1941 |
| 5 | 8 | "Little Farm Next Door" |
1937 |
| 5 | 9 | "The Lost Child" |
1937 |
| 5 | 10 | "The Lost Indian Spearhead" |
1952 |
| 5 | 11 | "Lubov" |
undated |
| 5 | 12 | "The Magic Box" |
1943 |
| 5 | 13 | "The Magic Christmas Tree" |
1937 |
| 5 | 14 | "The Magic Horse" |
1936, 1939 |
| 5 | 15 | "The Magic Light" |
1937 |
| 5 | 16 | "The Message in the Snow" |
1942-1943 |
| 5 | 17 | "Mr. Hammond Solves His Own
Problems" |
1936 |
| 5 | 18 | "My Pets" |
undated |
| 5 | 19 | "The Mystery of Hidden Houses" |
1942 |
| 5 | 20 | "The Neighbor on the Ground
Floor" |
1939 |
| 5 | 21 | "New Altars" |
1934-1935 |
| 5 | 22 | "No Dogs Allowed" |
1942 |
| 5 | 23 | "Not Strictly Business" |
1930 |
| 5 | 24 | "On the Way to California" |
1940 |
| 5 | 25 | "The Perennial Drought
Sufferers" |
undated |
| 5 | 26 | "The Perfect Hiding Place" |
1944-1946 |
| 5 | 27 | "The Phantom Masquerade" |
1939 |
| 5 | 28 | "The Poison Oak Mystery" |
1940 |
| 5 | 29 | "Prussian Snowdrop" |
1945 |
| 5 | 30 | "The Psychologists Wife" |
undated |
| 5 | 31 | "A Real Bedtime Story" |
undated |
| 5 | 32 | "The Red Geranium" |
1938 |
| 5 | 33 | "The Rest Home" |
1935 |
| 5 | 34 | "The Right Boy" |
1937 |
| 5 | 35 | "Rough Landing" |
1937 |
| 5 | 36 | "Saucy Pete the Parakeet" |
1953 |
| 5 | 37 | "The Secret Weapon" |
1944 |
| 5 | 38 | "The Shipwrecked Baby" |
1938 |
| 5 | 39 | "Stories My Mother Told Me" |
1935 |
| 5 | 40 | "Stories by Ella Epperson, b. 1864 - d.
1957" |
undated |
| 5 | 41 | "Strange Survival" |
1946 |
| 5 | 42 | "Strangers and Foreigners" |
1941 |
| 5 | 43 | "The Strike" |
1936 |
| 5 | 44 | "Test Tube Triangle" |
1955 |
| 5 | 45 | "The Thanksgiving Baskets" |
1935 |
| 5 | 46 | "Thanksgiving in Siberia" |
1937 |
| 5 | 47 | "They All Come to Moscow" |
1933 |
| 5 | 48 | "The Time Cheater" |
undated |
| 5 | 49 | "Transplanted Village" |
1943 |
| 5 | 50 | "Unto One of the Least of
These" |
undated |
| 5 | 51 | "Vacation on a Russian Farm" |
undated |
| 5 | 52 | "Village Girl" |
undated |
| 5 | 53 | "The Village Treasure" |
1945 |
| 5 | 54 | "When the Century Plants
Bloomed" |
1936 |
| 5 | 55 | "Who Is My Neighbor?" |
1937-1938 |
| 5 | 56 | Wonder Tales of New Russia |
undated |
Series III: Magazine-length articles, 1923-1970Return to Top
This series includes materials related to journalistic articles Kennell wrote from 1928 to 1975 for publication in magazines. Many of her works were printed in national publications, such as the Nation, Atlantic Monthly, and Cosmopolitan. Unpublished works are also included in this series.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 5 | 57 | "America Rediscovered" |
1929 |
| 5 | 58 | "Americans in the Soviet Land" |
1929 |
| 5 | 59 | "Children of the Streets" |
undated |
| 5 | 60 | "Christlike Charity" |
undated |
| 5 | 61 | "Cinema Art Escapes from
Hollywood" |
1928 |
| 5 | 62 | "Cultural Life in the Soviet
Capital" |
1927 |
| 5 | 63 | "Defending Russia - A Letter" |
1939 |
| 5 | 64 | "End of Kuzbas" |
1929 |
| 5 | 66 | "A Famous Russian of Negro
Blood" |
1946 |
| 5 | 67 | "The Fate of Genius in
America" |
undated |
| 5 | 68 | "How an American Realist Looked at
Russia" |
undated |
| 5 | 69 | "How America Looks to Me After Six Years
in Russia" |
undated |
| 5 | 70 | "Is America Dry?" |
undated |
| 5 | 71 | "A Kuzbas Chronicle" |
1923 |
| 5 | 72 | "Kuzbas: A New Pennsylvania" |
1923 |
| 5 | 73 | "Kuzbas in 1924" |
1924 |
| 5 | 74 | "Kuzbas Tells Its Own Story" |
1923 |
| 5 | 65 | "Library Work in Russia" |
1928 |
| 5 | 75 | "News from Hollywood" |
1929 |
| 5 | 76 | "On Leaving Russia" |
1936 |
| 5 | 77 | "Pioneer Life on the Soviet
Frontier" |
1931 |
| 5 | 92 | Possible Illustrations for
articles |
undated |
| 5 | 78 | "Reunion in Finland" |
1939 |
| 5 | 79 | "Return to America after Six Years in
Soviet Russia" |
undated |
| 5 | 80 | "Marrying Around the World:
Russia" |
1934 |
| 5 | 81 | "The Russian Children's
Theater" |
1943-1944 |
| 5 | 82 | "Social Consciousness in
Children" |
1946 |
| 5 | 83 | "Some Striking Differences Between the US
and the Soviet Union" |
undated |
| 5 | 84 | "Soviet Family Life in Theory and
Practice" |
undated |
| 5 | 85 | "Subway Etiquette" |
1936 |
| 5 | 86 | "The Theater in the Soviet
Union" |
undated |
| 5 | 87 | "Theodore Dreiser and the Soviet
Union" |
1970 |
| 5 | 91 | "Two Years in Siberia" |
1929 |
| 5 | 93 | Untitled manuscripts |
1929 |
| 5 | 88 | "Women are Mammals" |
1937 |
| 5 | 89 | "Women in Soviet Russia" |
1928 |
| 5 | 90 | "Women in Present Day" |
undated |
Series IV: Short articles and newspapers articles, 1923-1937Return to Top
This series includes drafts and published copies of short journalistic and literary articles written by Kennell from 1923-1970. Like her long form works, most articles in this series focus on her experience living in the Soviet Union in the interwar period.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 6 | 5 | "The Adventures of an American Girl in
Soviet Russia" |
1928 |
| 6 | 2 | "Actors Under the Soviet
Union" |
1931 |
| 6 | 29 | Book reviews |
1921-1970 |
| 6 | 7 | "Caviar" |
1936 |
| 6 | 4 | "The Good that has Come Out of the Russian
Revolution" |
1928 |
| 6 | 3 | "In the Heart of Siberia" |
1932 |
| 6 | 6 | "How Moscow Stages a
Demonstration" |
undated |
| 6 | 8 | "Industrializing the Russian
Kitchen" |
undated |
| 6 | 9 | "The Mysterious Death of the Soviet Poet
Laureate" |
1930 |
| 6 | 10 | "A New Wonderland of Travel" |
1937 |
| 6 | 1 | "Our Russian Correspondent" |
1937 |
| 6 | 11 | "The Russian Experiment" |
undated |
| 6 | 12 | "Russia's Children of the
Streets" |
1929 |
| 6 | 13 | "Russia's Unique Effort to Get Along
Without Home Cooking Like Mother's" |
1930 |
| 6 | 14 | "Russia's Woman Andy Mellon" |
1930 |
| 6 | 15 | "The Servant Problem in
Moscow" |
1929 |
| 6 | 16 | "Soviet Satisfied with 'Free Love'" |
undated |
| 6 | 17 | "Strange Stories of Soviet Stage
Stars" |
1931 |
| 6 | 18 | "Sunflower Seeds" |
1936 |
| 6 | 19 | "Ten First Ladies of the Soviet
Land" |
undated |
| 6 | 20 | "Train Service in Russia" |
1936 |
| 6 | 28 | Untitled articles for the NEA |
1931 |
| 6 | 21 | "Vacationing in Bolshevik
Land" |
1929 |
| 6 | 22 | "Where Women are Really Equal" |
1932 |
| 6 | 23 | "A Woman General" |
1929 |
| 6 | 24 | "Women in Soviet Russia" |
1928 |
| 6 | 25 | "Women's Battalions on the Soviet
Industrial Front" |
undated |
| 6 | 26 | "Women's Style Troubles in
Russia" |
1931 |
| 6 | 27 | "Young Russia" |
1934 |
Series V: Correspondence, 1916-1975Return to Top
The correspondence series includes letters to and from Kennell's wide range of contacts and acquaintances. Of special interest are Kennel's long, detailed, almost diary- like letters to her relatives at the Kuzbas colony, the hardships of living in Russia, the condition of life for the Russian population and to events in her own often turbulent, personal life. Other highlights of the correspondence section are original letters from Theodore Dreiser, Pearl J. Buck and H.L. Mencken.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 6 | 40 | A |
1922-1971 |
| 6 | 41 | Amlie, Millie |
1932-1953 |
| 6 | 42 | B |
1939-1959 |
| 6 | 44 | Bullard, R.W. |
1931-1945 |
| 6 | 43 | C |
1939-1968 |
| 6 | 46 | Calvert, Mellie |
1922-1976 |
| 6 | 45 | Clyman, Rhea |
1957-1960 |
| 6 | 47 | D |
1926-1972 |
| 6 | 48 | Dembo, Rosa |
1964-1971 |
| 6 | 49 | Dinaniov, Sergei |
1928-1931 |
| 6 | 50-53 | Dreiser, Theodore |
1928-1945 |
| 6 | 54 | E |
1928-1941 |
| 6 | 55 | Edson, Peter |
1930-1957 |
| 6 | 56 | Epperson, Helen and Heber |
1917-1973 |
| 6 | 57 | Epperson, Robert |
1922-1960 |
| 6 | 58 | F |
1924-1974 |
| 6 | 59 | Fritsch, Margaret |
1968-1975 |
| 6 | 60 | G |
1923-1970 |
| 6 | 61 | Gorn, Amelia Perlmutter |
1941-1975 |
| 6 | 62 | Griffiths, David and Linette |
1970-1975 |
| 6 | 63 | H |
1966-1970 |
| 6 | 64 | J |
1928-1956 |
| 6 | 65 | K |
1922-1971 |
| 6 | 66 | Kennell, Beatrice |
1938-1973 |
| 6 | 67 | Kennell, David and Wilma |
1943-1961 |
| 9 | 1-3 | Kennell, Frank |
1916-1952 |
| 6 | 68 | Kennell, James |
1929-1975 |
| 7 | 1 | Knudsen, Jack |
1967-1973 |
| 7 | 2 | L |
1929-1974 |
| 7 | 3 | Lambkin, Cyril |
1928-1968 |
| 7 | 4 | M |
1928-1970 |
| 7 | 5 | Mencken, H.L. |
1929-1932 |
| 7 | 6 | Mazkewitsch, David and Gita |
1947-1970 |
| 7 | 7 | Mc |
1917-1971 |
| 7 | 8 | McFarland, Wilma |
1934-1946 |
| 7 | 9 | McGrath, Vera Washburn |
1934-1975 |
| 7 | 10 | N |
1939-1969 |
| 7 | 11 | National League of American Pen
Women |
1947 |
| 7 | 12 | O |
1926-1975 |
| 7 | 14 | O'Callaghan, M. |
1924-1970 |
| 7 | 13 | O'Neill, Charles |
1946-1975 |
| 7 | 15 | P |
1936-1957 |
| 7 | 16 | Pederson, Inga and Al |
1966-1971 |
| 7 | 17 | Peixotto, George |
1935-1937 |
| 7 | 18 | Plumb, Mona and Jim |
1923-1971 |
| 7 | 19 | Podusor, Marta and Sasha |
1971-1975 |
| 7 | 20-21 | Preikshas, Anna |
1966-1975 |
| 7 | 22 | R |
1924-1967 |
| 7 | 23 | Rathborne, Nellie |
1941-1973 |
| 7 | 25 | Roberts, Holland |
1969-1972 |
| 7 | 24 | S |
1923-1973 |
| 7 | 25 | Seckar, Alvena |
1949-1975 |
| 7 | 26 | Selivanova, Nina |
1952-1967 |
| 9 | 4 | Shipman, Sam |
1924-1926 |
| 7 | 27 | Smith, Jessica |
1949-1973 |
| 7 | 28 | Sullivan, Hattie |
1951-1970 |
| 7 | 29 | T |
1947-1969 |
| 7 | 30 | Tanner, Iona B. |
1958-1968 |
| 9 | 6-8 | Tosh, Ella Epperson |
1922-1945 |
| 7 | 31 | U |
1969-1970 |
| 7 | 32 | V |
1940-1969 |
| 7 | 33 | W |
1917-1970 |
| 7 | 34 | Ward, Ethel and Walter |
1945-1971 |
| 7 | 35 | Wood, Junius B. |
1928-1969 |
| 7 | 36 | Y |
1936 |
| 7 | 37 | Z |
1970-1975 |
| 7 | 38 | First name only correspondence |
1923-1970 |
Series VI: Biographical and personal materials, 1922-1975Return to Top
This series includes biographical information about Ruth Epperson Kennell, as well as a collection of personal ephemera primarily related to her travels and life in Russia. A few examples of Kennell's more political work, particularly material collected for an exhibit on nuclear disarmament, as well as unfinished essays are included in this series.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 9 | 9 | Articles about American
authors |
circa 1930 |
| 7 | 44 | Articles in Russian |
circa 1920 |
| 6 | 36 | Bibliography |
1947 |
| 8 | 12 | Birthday, greeting, and anniversary
cards |
1950-1974 |
| 8 | 16 | Block, L.A. A Pocket Guide to the Soviet
Union. Moscow: Veneshtorgisdat |
1932 |
| 8 | 13 | Book jackets |
1927-1931 |
| 8 | 3-5 | Clippings and notes related to
Russia |
1928-1937 |
| 6 | 31 | "Contemporary Authors" listing:
Biographical information |
1975 |
| 8 | 1-2 | Diaries and personal accounts of
trips |
1931-1971 |
| 7 | 43 | Essays on the U.S.S.R. |
1931 |
| 6 | 35 | Fragments of adult stories and
plays |
undated |
| 6 | 37 | Frank Kennell stories |
undated |
| 8 | 10 | Frank Kennell obituaries |
1970 |
| 6 | 30 | General notes on writing |
1929-1940 |
| 7 | 40 | "H Stands for Humanity," Nuclear
Disarmament Exhibit materials |
1959-1961 |
| 6 | 32 | Juvenile writers session material, "In
Defense of Culture," Fourth American Writers Congress, New York
City |
1941 |
| 7 | 39 | Mooney Case - Records for
Dreiser |
1918, 1926-1928 |
| 7 | 41 | Nemmy Sparks - Notes and
articles |
1973 |
| 8 | 6 | Newspaper articles - Rosevelt's
death |
1945 |
| 8 | 7 | Newspaper clippings |
1937-1970 |
| 8 | 9 | Passports and travel ephemera |
1923-1952 |
| 8 | 11 | Photographs |
1926-1975 |
| 7 | 42 | Political comments and essays |
1923-1941 |
| 8 | 14-15 | Postcards |
1928-1975 |
| 9 | 10 | Press clippings scrapbook |
1928-1970 |
| 7 | 46 | Russian newspapers |
circa 1927 |
| 7 | 45 | Russian posters |
circa 1932 |
| 6 | 38 | Selivanova, Nina, "Outcast of the
Desert" |
1951-1952 |
| 6 | 39 | Simone, Andre, "J'Accuse" |
circa 1940 |
| 6 | 34 | Story telling records, notes, and
stories |
undated |
| 6 | 33 | Typed notes and stories from
Russia |
1922 |
| 8 | 8 | Unidentified 'confession' |
undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Children's literature, American--Authorship
- Socialists--Correspondence
- Women authors, American--20th century
- Women socialists--United States--Biography
Personal Names
- Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973
- Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945
- Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956
Geographical Names
- Soviet Union--Description and travel
Form or Genre Terms
- Manuscripts for publication
- Motion picture plays
- Screenplays
