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Series I: Correspondence, 1952-1990, undated
Series V: Teaching, circa 1970-1981
Series VIII: Books From James's Library
Addition to the Papers, 2017

C. L. R. James papers, 1933-2001, bulk 1948-1989

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Series I: Correspondence, 1952-1990, undated

James corresponded with a wide swath of individuals—heads-of-state and political radicals; established scholars and intellectuals, and students; as well as family and friends. The correspondence in this series reflects that wide-range of correspondents; the number of letters exchanged with any one individual represented here, however, tends to be small. The largest cache of correspondence in this series is between Robert Hill and James.

The topics within the correspondence are wide-ranging as well: the letters of the 1950s are full of references to American politics, popular culture, and the writings of Melville; by the 1960s more of James' correspondence concerns political movements in the West Indies and in Africa; and most of the 1970s correspondence is related to teaching, invitations to conferences and requests to give talks or lectures.

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Box 1 Folder 1 to 5 1952, 1957, 1961-1964, 1966-1969, 5 folders

Box 1 Folder 6 to 12 Incoming, 1970-1986, undated, 7 folders

Box 1 Folder 13 Incoming--Cards, circa 1970s-1984

Box 1 Folder 14 to 17 Outgoing, 1970-1987, undated, 4 folders

Box 1 Folder 18 Outgoing--Dictations, circa 1970s

Box 1 Folder 19 Facts, Statement of, circa 1978

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Box 1 Folder 20 Addai-Sebo, A. K., 1982

Box 1 Folder 21 Bell, Daniel, 1953 March


Box 2 Folder 1 Berger, John, 1969

Box 2 Folder 2 Birnberg, B. M. & Co.--Regarding Selma James, 1982-1983

Box 2 Folder 3 Boggs, Grace Lee--regarding Melville, 1951 April

Box 2 Folder 4 Buhle, Paul, 1969-1973, 1982-1984

Box 2 Folder 5 Clarke, Leroy, 1973

Box 2 Folder 6 Daddario, Filomena, 1957-1958, 1961, 1976, 1991

Box 2 Folder 7 Editor, Letters to the, 1963, 1967, 1982-1983

Box 2 Folder 8 Geismar, Max, 1953, 1961-1967

Box 2 Folder 9 to 10 Glaberman, Martin, 1961-1983, 2 folders

Box 2 Folder 11 Gorman, William, 1972-1976

Box 2 Folder 12 Guerin, Daniel, 1968

Box 2 Folder 13 Guevara, Che--regarding, circa 1967

Box 2 Folder 14 Harris, Wilson, 1964-1977

Box 2 Folder 15 to 20 Hill, Robert, 1971-1990, 6 folders

Box 2 Folder 21 Kravitz, Nellie, 1963 March

Box 2 Folder 22 Lamming, George, 1957, 1961-1970

Box 2 Folder 23 Manley, Norman and Michael, 1957-1961, 1977, undated

Box 2 Folder 24 Mariners, Renegades and Castaways--from Lewis Mumford, Lionel Trilling, and Mark Van Doren, 1952-1953

Box 2 Folder 25 Meksin, Isa-Kae, 1964-1970

Box 2 Folder 26 to 27 Murray, Jim, 1981-1990, undated, 2 folders

Box 2 Folder 28 Naipaul, V. S., 1962, 1964

Box 2 Folder 29 Nkrumah, Kwame, 1957, 1962-1963

Box 2 Folder 30 Paine, Lyman, 1976

Box 2 Folder 31 [Robinson, ANR], Arthur--regarding PNM (People's National Movement) Tribunal, 1961 March

Box 2 Folder 32 Turner, Terisa, 1975-1979


Box 3 Folder 1 Webb, Constance and Robert, Jr. (photocopies), 1956-1957, undated

Box 3 Folder 2 Webb, Constance and Robert, Jr., 1963-1969

Box 3 Folder 3 Webb, Constance and Robert, Jr.--Letters to Nobbie, circa 1950s

Box 3 Folder 4 [Williams, Eric] "Bill", 1957-1960