Lincoln Steffens papers, 1863-1936

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Series II

Series II, added in 1978, contains catalogued and uncatalogued letters to Steffens and Ella Winter; duplicate copies of Steffens' edited letters; manuscripts of articles, essays and book drafts by Steffens and others; diaries, datebooks and address books of Steffens and others; miscellaneous manuscripts and documents relatidg to Steffens; photographs, including several by Edward Weston; and miscellaneous printed material. Among the many prominent correspondents are Clarence Darrow, Jo Davidson, Robinson Jeffers, Emma Goldman, Ezra Pound, Theodore Roosevelt and Upton Sinclair.


Subseries II.1. Cataloged Correspondence

(Also available on microfilm, Series II, Reel 1.)



Box 52 Austin, Mary Hunter


Box 52 Barnett, Joseph


Box 52 Barry, John Daniel


Box 52 Bird, William


Box 52 Bliven, Bruce


Box 52 Boni, Albert


Box 52 Bontecou, Susan


Box 52 Bourke-White, Margaret


Box 52 Briggs, George A.


Box 52 Brooks, John Graham


Box 52 Burrows, Peggy Palmer


Box 52 Cagney, James


Box 52 Canby, Henry Seidel


Box 52 Cantwell, Betsy (Mrs. Robert)


Box 52 Cantwell, Robert


Box 52 Clarke, Joseph Ignatius Constantine


Box 52 Constantine, Arthur


Box 52 Coons, Alvin


Box 52 Cowley, Malcolm


Box 52 Creel, George


Box 52 Darcy, Samuel Adams


Box 52 Darrow, Clarence


Box 52 Darrow, Ruby (Mrs. Clarence)


Box 52 Davidson, Jo


Box 52 Davidson, Yvonne (Mrs. Jo)


Box 52 Debs, Eugene V.


Box 52 Dreiser, Theodore


Box 52 Field, Sara Bard


Box 52 Filene, Edward Albert


Box 52 Fisher, H. H.


Box 52 Flavin, Martin


Box 52 Force, James G.


Box 52 Foster, William Z


Box 52 Frank, [Glenn]


Box 52 Frederick, J. George


Box 52 Freeman, Joseph


Box 52 Garland, Hamlin


Box 52 Garret, Garet


Box 52 Goldman, Emma


Box 52 Goldschmidt, Hans


Box 52 Hale, John E.


Box 52 Hall, Bolton


Box 52 Hall, Gilman


Box 52 Hapgood, Hutchins


Box 52 Hapgood, Norman


Box 52 Harcourt, Alfred


Box 52 Hart, Henry


Box 52 Havel, Hippolyte


Box 52 Hawthorne, Julian


Box 52 Hickok, Guy


Box 52 Hicks, Granville


Box 52 Hollis, Henry French


Box 52 Hollister, Dot Steffens (Mrs. John James)


Box 52 Hollister, Jane B.


Box 52 Hopper, James


Box 52 Howe, Frederic Clemson


Box 52 Huebsch, Ben W


Box 52 Jeffers, Robinson


Box 52 Jeffers, Una


Box 52 Kallen, Horace Meyer


Box 52 Kawakami, K.K.


Box 52 Kellogg, Paul U.


Box 52 Kennerley, Mitchell


Box 52 Keogh, Andrew


Box 52 Knopf, Alfred A


Box 52 Knox, Frank


Box 52 Krudewolf, Johann Friedrich


Box 52 La Follette, Fola


Box 52 Leonov, Leonid Maksimovich


Box 52 Lewis, Fay


Box 52 Lindsay, Ben B


Box 52 Liveright, Horace


Box 52 McClure, Samuel Sidney


Box 52 McNamara, J.B.


Box 52 Marland, Ernest Whitworth


Box 52 Martin, John


Box 52 Mencken, Henry Louis


Box 52 Minor, Robert


Box 52 Mooney, Tom



Box 53 Nobbes, Etta B. ("Gussie")


Box 53 Older, Fremont


Box 53 Perkins, Frances


Box 53 Pettigrew, Richard Franklin


Box 53 Polk, Frank Lyon


Box 53 Pound, Ezra Loomis


Box 53 Reed, John


Box 53 Rolph, James, Jr.


Box 53 Roosevelt, Franklin Delano


Box 53 Roosevelt, Theodore


Box 53 Sandburg, Carl


Box 53 Schroeder, Theodore


Box 53 Shepard, Elliott F.


Box 53 Sholokhov, Mikhail Aleksandrovich


Box 53 Sinclair, Upton


Box 53 Smith, Harrison


Box 53 Steffens, Joseph


Box 53 Steffens, Lincoln


Box 53 Stein, Leo


Box 53 Stone, Harlan Fiske


Box 53 Strong, Anna Louise


Box 53 Suggett, Allen H.


Box 53 Suggett, Laura Steffens (second Mrs. Allen H.}


Box 53 Van Loon, Kendrik Willem


Box 53 Walsh, Richard J.


Box 53 Wheeler, John N


Box 53 Winter, Ella


Box 53 Wood, Charles Erskine Scott


Box 53 Wyzanski, Charles E., Jr.


Box 53 Young, Art


Box 53 Young, Owen D.


Subseries II.2. Uncataloged Correspondence



Box 54 Letters to Steffens, A-Z

(These are also available on the following microfilm reels - Series II--Correspondence, Reel 1 (A-G) and Reel 2 (H-Z) )


Letters by Steffens, 1889-1936

(Edited typescript copies)



Box 55 1889-1915



Box 56 1916-1924



Box 57 1925-1936


Box 57 Hemingway, Ernest (To)


Box 57 Hollister, Jane B. (To)



Box 54 Correspondence of Werner Brandes about Lincoln Steffens, (Photocopies)


Subseries II.3. Manuscripts, Documents, and Photographs--Cataloged

(Also available on microfilm; Series II. Manuscripts, Documents, and Photographs, Reel 1, except for "Notes for Ethics.")


A-R



Box 58 Bontecou, Susan


Box 58 Cantwell, Robert


Box 58 Davidson, Jo


Box 58 Dos Passos, John


Box 58 Francis, David R.


Box 58 Jeffers, Robinson


Box 58 Morley, Christopher


Box 58 Phillips, John S.


S-End



Box 59 Steffens, Joseph


Box 59 Steffens, Josephine Bontecou (first Mrs. Lincoln)


Box 59 Steffens, Lincoln


Box 59 Stone, Harlan Fiske


Box 59 Throckmorton, Cleon


Box 59 Weston, Edward


Box 59 Winter, Ella


Box 59 Wood, Charles Erskine Scott


Subseries II.4. Manuscripts--Uncataloged

(Also available on microfilm; Series II. Manuscripts, Documents, and Photographs, Reels 1-2)


Box 59 Steffens, Lincoln


Box 59 Student Comments on a Speech by Steffens.


Box 59 Autobiography--Items About


Box 59 Manuscripts and items about Steffens, by Ella Winter and others


Box 59 Writings--Miscellaneous manuscripts and documents about.


Box 59 Manuscripts and Notes--Miscellaneous and Unidentified


Box 59 Mimeographed Material--Miscellaneous


Subseries II.5. Diaries, Books, and Date Books, (28 volumes)

(Also available on microfilm; Series II. Manuscripts, Documents, and Photographs, Reels 2-3)



Box 60 Bontecou, Susan. Diary, 1911, (1 volume)


Steffens, Josephine Bontecou (first Mrs. Lincoln)


Box 60 Diaries, 1883-1899, (11 volumes)


Box 60 Address Books, (2 volumes)


Steffens, Lincoln


Box 60 Diary, 1906, (1 volume)


Box 60 Address Books, 1905 and Undated, 1905, Undated, (8 volumes)


Box 60 Date Books, 1919-1931, (8 volumes)


Box 60 Subseries II.6. Documents and Miscellaneous Items--Uncataloged

(Also available on microfilm; Series II. Manuscripts, Documents, and Photographs, Reel 3)


Documents



Box 61 1863-1894--Regarding Krudewolf Estate and Family.


Box 61 1894--Regarding Krudewolf Estate and Family--Correspondence with W. Lorenz.


Box 61 1890-1891--German, Miscellaneous


Box 61 1905-1906--Deeds, Titles, etc. (Connecticut property)


Box 61 1917-1920--Russian


Box 61 Insurance


Box 61 Passports and Visas


Box 61 Steffens, Josephine Bontecou (first Mrs. Lincoln)


Box 61 Miscellaneous


Box 61 Calling Card


Box 61 Memorabilia


Box 61 Miscellaneous


Subseries II.7. Photographs

(Also available on microfilm; Series II. Manuscripts, Documents, and Photographs, Reel 4)



Box 62 Lincoln Steffens--Miscellaneous


Box 62 Lincoln and Pete Steffens (some with Ella Winter and others)


Box 62 Lincoln Steffens, Sara Bard Field, C.E.S. Wood - Los Gatos, California


Pete Steffens


Box 62 (Childhood) - miscellaneous o.


Box 62 (Adulthood) - miscellaneous


Box 62 Pete Steffens and Ella Winter


Box 62 Ella Winter


Box 62 Jo Davidson


Box 62 Miscellaneous Persons and Places


Subseries II.8. Printed Materials

(Not available on microfilm)



Box 63 Clippings, 2 folders


Box 63 Steffens, Lincoln--Writings. Printed copies.


Box 63 Miscellaneous