Benjamin Stolberg papers, 1914-1951

Benjamin Stolberg papers, 1914-1951

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#1208
Bib ID:
4079371 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Stolberg, Benjamin, 1891-1951
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
24 boxes (24 boxes 2 volumes 1 portfolio)
Language(s):
English .
Access:
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Description

Summary

Papers of Stolberg include correspondence files, notes and manuscripts of his writings, and files of clippings and periodicals in which his articles appeared. His writings deal with the labor movement, economics, the Socialist Party, and other liberal causes of the period between the wars. The extensive correspondence in the collection includes letters from Lewis Corey, Herbert Hoover, Sinclair Lewis, H.L. Mencken, Ayn Rand, Norman Thomas, and Leon Trotsky.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into three series.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Benjamin Stolberg papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Stolberg, David. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1976. Accession number--M-76.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 09/--/89.

Revision Description

2009-06-26 File created.

2014-04-15 XML document instance revised by Catherine C. Ricciardi

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Biographical / Historical

Author and journalist in the field of American labor. Stolberg was editor of THE BOOKMAN, a columnist for the NEW YORK EVENING POST, and a contributor to the NEW YORK TIMES, the NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE, the Scripps-Howard newspapers, and numerous magazines. He was a member of the Commission of Inquiry on Leon Trotsky investigating the Moscow trials.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Autographs (manuscripts)
Name
Corey, Lewis
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956
Rand, Ayn
Socialist Party (U.S.)
Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968
Trotsky, Leon, 1879-1940 (Title of work: Commission of Inquiry on Leon Trotsky.)
Place
United States -- Social conditions
Subject
Authors
Economics
Journalism
Journalists
Labor movement -- United States
Moscow Trials, Moscow, Russia, 1936-1937
Socialism
Trials (Political crimes and offenses) -- Russia (Federation)
Working class -- United States

Series I: Correspondence


Box 1

Adamic, Louis


Box 1

Allen, Devere


Box 1

Atkinson, Brooks


Box 1

Baldwin, Roger Nash


Box 1

Beard, Charles Austin


Box 1

Boudin, Louis B.


Box 1

Boyd, Thomas


Box 1

Brisbane, Arthur


Box 1

Browder, Earl Russell


Box 1

Budenz, Louis Francis


Box 1

Bunche, Ralph Johnson


Box 1

Butler, Nicholas Murray


Box 1

Chambers, Whittaker


Box 1

Colum, Padraic


Box 1

Corey, Lewis


Box 1

Dahlberg, Edward


Box 1

Dell, Floyd


Box 1

Dewey, John


Box 1

Dewey, John and others


Box 1

Dos Bassos, John


Box 1

Dreiser, Theodora


Box 1

Dubinsky, David


Box 1

Du Bois, William E.B.


Box 1

Eastman, Max


Box 1

Edman, Irwin


Box 1

Farrell, James T.


Box 1

Frank, Waldo


Box 1

Frankfurter, Felix


Box 1

Green, William


Box 1

Gunther, John


Box 1

Hoover, Herbert


Box 1

Hoover, John Edgar


Box 1

Hull, Cordell


Box 1

Jaszi, Oscar


Box 1

Kennedy, Joseph Patrick


Box 1

Krebs, Richard Julius Herman ("Jan Valtin")


Box 1

Krutch, Joseph Wood


Box 1

LaGuardia, Fiorello H.


Box 1

Lament, Corliss


Box 1

Lasker, Bruno


Box 1

Laski, Harold J.


Box 1

Lewis, John Llewellyn


Box 1

Lewis, Sinclair


Box 1

Lippmann, Walter


Box 1

Luce, Clare Boothe


Box 2

Macdonald, Dwight


Box 2

MacLeish, Archibald


Box 2

McFee, William


Box 2

Maltz, Albert


Box 2

Marshall, Lenore Guinzberg


Box 2

Maule, Harry


Box 2

Mencken, Henry Louis


Box 2

Menjou, Adolphe Jean


Box 2

Nevins, Allan


Box 2

Niebuhr, Reinhold


Box 2

Perkins, Maxwell


Box 2

Rand, Ayn


Box 2

Randoph, Asa Philip


Box 2

Rice, Elmer


Box 2

Rivera, Diego


Box 2

Schulberg, Budd W.


Box 2

Schuster, Max Lincoln


Box 2

Stone, Irving


Box 2

Strachey, Evelyn John St. Lee


Box 2

Taft, Robert Alphonso


Box 2

Thomas, Norman Mattoon


Box 2

Thompson, Dorothy


Box 2

Trotsky, Leon


Box 2

Van Doren, Mark


Box 2

Villard, Oswald Garrison


Box 2

Wapner, Robert Ferdinand


Box 2

Wilkins, Roy


Box 2

Willkie, Wendell Lewis


Box 2

Wilson, Edmund


Box 2

Young, Art


Box 3

Correspondence Files A-B


Box 4

Correspondence Files C-D


Box 4a

Correspondence Files D-G


Box 4b

Correspondence Files G-M


Box 5

Correspondence Files I-L


Box 6

Correspondence Files M-N


Box 7

Correspondence Files O-R


Box 8

Correspondence Files S


Box 9

Correspondence Files S


Box 10

Correspondence Files T-Z

Series II: Manuscripts


Box 11

College Papers


Box 11

Autobiographical notes


Box 11

Miscellaneous Notes and Manuscripts


Box 12

Subject File


Box 13

Scrapbooks


Box Flat Box 575

Scrapbooks, 1933-1936


Box Flat Box 576

Scrapbooks, 1936-1940


Box 14

Financial records


Box 14

Notebooks and directories


Box 24

Photographs

Series III: Printed Material


Box 15

Clippings


Box 16

Clippings


Box 17

Periodicals with contributions by Stolberg


Box 18

Periodicals with contributions by Stolberg


Box 19

Periodicals with contributions by Stolberg


Box 20

Periodicals with contributions by Stolberg


Box 21

Periodicals with contributions by Stolberg


Box 22

Periodicals


Box 23

Printed Material