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Call No.: MC 280
Repository: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute
Creator: FREDA KIRCHWEY, 1893-1976
Title: Papers, 1871-1972
Quantity: 27 file boxes, 18 photograph folders, 2 oversize folders, 1 folio+ folder, 1 folio folder 1 reel microfilm.
Abstract: Correspondence, diaries, speeches, etc., of Freda Kirchwey, journalist, editor, and publisher of The Nation.

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BIOGRAPHY

Freda Kirchwey (Mary Frederika Kirchwey), journalist, was born at Lake Placid, New York, on September 26, 1893, one of four children of George Washington and Dora Child (Wendell) Kirchwey. Her father was a noted criminologist and dean of Columbia University's School of Law. FK attended the Horace Mann School in New York City, and received her B.A. from Barnard College in 1915. She spent a year as a general reporter and Sunday feature writer for the New York Morning Telegraph, 1915-1916, and later became a member of the editorial staff of a New York magazine, Every Week, 1917-1918. After a short stint with the Sunday Tribune in 1918, FK joined The Nation, a liberal weekly magazine, and except for a leave of absence in 1929-1932, remained there until she retired in 1955.

FK began her career at The Nation clipping articles for the International Relations Section, but soon advanced to associate editor. She served as managing editor from 1922 to 1938, also becoming vice-president in 1922. She was literary editor, 1928-1929; editor, 1932-1937; editor and publisher, 1937-1943; and editor, 1943-1955.

FK left The Nation in 1955, but continued to support many liberal causes, serving as vice-chairman of the Committee for a Democratic Spain, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, and the Committee for World Development and World Disarmament. FK was also a member of other groups, including the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the American Civil Liberties Union, the League of Women Voters, and the International League for the Rights of Man. In recognition of her contribution to liberal opinion in the United States, FK received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Rollins College in 1944; she was also made Chevalier of The French Legion of Honor in 1946.

FK married Evans Clark (1888-1970), director of the Twentieth Century Fund and editor for The New York Times in 1915. Of their three sons only Michael Kirchwey Clark (1919- ) survived childhood. The Clarks traveled widely in Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East, but maintained their home in New York city until 1970, when Evans Clark died while on vacation in Nyon, Switzerland. After Clark's death, FK lived first with her sister, Dorothy Kirchwey Brown in Boston, Mass., and then in Nova Scotia. She died in a St. Petersburg, Florida, nursing home, on January 3, 1976.

THE NATION

The Nation, one of the oldest continuing weekly magazines in the United States, was founded by Edwin Lawrence Godkin in 1865 to "inquire critically into the 'state of the Nation' and the world at large." The Nation of Godkin's era attacked the Granges, the Populists, trade union, socialists, and suffragists; it was not until 1918 that Oswald Garrison Villard, grandson of William Lloyd Garrison, having purchased the magazine from a group of stockholders, began to transform it into a leading voice of liberal opinion (see #362-363).

In January 1933, editorial control and management of The Nation passed to a board of four editors that included FK. In 1935 Villard sold The Nation to banker Maurice Wertheim, who in turn sold it to FK two years later. FK became editor and publisher but, plagued by deficits resulting from the increase in prices brought on by World War II, decided to transfer ownership to The Nation Associates, a non-profit membership corporation founded in 1943. FK remained president of The Nation Associates, and with director Lillie Schultz worked to raise funds both to cover The Nation's deficit and to pay for forums, dinners, conferences, and reports that supported important liberal causes. Following The Nation's ninetieth birthday in 1955, FK approved the sale of the magazine to George Kirstein and turned over editorial control to Carey McWilliams.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

The Freda Kirchwey collection consists of six series, each arranged chronologically. There are some papers from FK's early life, but most of the collection covers the period 1937-1971.

The addendum to the papers of Freda Kirchwey (MC 280) is similar in scope and content to the main body of the collection. The folders are arranged in the same order as those in the main collection, with references to comparable series, sub-groups, or folders wherever applicable.

The collection is arranged in six series:

• Series I. PERSONAL, 1902-1972 (#1-100)
• Series II. THE NATION, 1918-1956 (#101-226)
  • A. Administration (#101-134)
  • B. Editorial (#135-166)
  • C. Correspondence (#167-226)
• Series III. THE NATION ASSOCIATES, 1943-1955 (#227-246)
• Series IV. JULIO ALVAREZ DEL VAYO (1891-?), 1940-1970 (#248-290)
• Series V. PROFESSIONAL PAPERS, 1914-1971 (#291-365)
• Series VI. PHOTOGRAPHS, 1890s-1968 (#366-383f+)
• Addendum. (#384-434)

Series I, Personal, contains biographical information, writings, family material, correspondence with friends, travel reports, diaries and day books. There is considerable information about the Clark children, and particularly about the death of Jeffrey in 1930. There is extensive correspondence between FK and Evans Clark, the most illuminating of which is a series of letters written during Jeffrey Clark's final illness in 1930. The diaries are incomplete, but the day books provide a useful record of FK's activities.

Series II, The Nation, consists of papers FK collected as editor and publisher of the magazine. (The papers of The Nation, 1873-1906, are at the New York Public Library. The papers of The Nation, 1935-1950, and of Oswald Garrison Willard (1872-1949), 1886-ca.1949, are at Houghton Library, Harvard University.) Few papers date from before 1933, when she became a member of the controlling editorial board. The administrative papers describe her involvement with the legal, financial, and staff problems of The Nation, including various libel suits. Much of the editorial and correspondence subseries illustrates the issues on which The Nation focused, such as the rise of fascism in Europe, the New Deal, the political consequences of World War II, and post-war anti-communism. The correspondence with prominent journalists (including John Gunther, I.F. Stone, and Louis Fischer) reveals not only the difficulties in securing information from government and private sources in the United States and overseas, but also provides material that never reached print. The reader correspondence is equally informative; it describes the split among liberals over such controversial issues as Roosevelt's attempt to pack the Supreme Court, and the gradual abandonment of isolationism in favor of collective security in the late 1930's.

Series III, The Nation Associates, documents the group's promotion of major liberal issues supported by FK and The Nation. There are some administrative papers, but the bulk of the series contains correspondence, United Nations and general reports, and printed material that describes The Nation Associates' activities in behalf of the establishment of the State of Israel and the overthrow of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco. The correspondence between FK and director Lillie Schultz discusses not only The Nation Associates' programs, but also provides insight into the difficulties of generating support, including financial support, for a liberal magazine during the postwar era.

Series IV, Julio Alvarez del Vayo (1891-?), politician and journalist, was the last foreign minister of the Republican government of Spain, and began contributing to The Nation in 1940 (see #248, 251, 252). As foreign editor of The Nation he worked closely with FK; the extensive correspondence reveals their long professional and personal friendship. This series also contains some of del Vayo's private papers, including other professional correspondence, writings, and two folders that document his difficulties with the United States Immigration Service due to his reputation as a prominent Spanish socialist.

Series V, Professional Papers, contains correspondence, speeches, and reports relating to FK's work with organizations other than The Nation. There is considerable material from FK's trips abroad, where she met with major government and socialist leaders, and also articles by and about FK, several awards, and notes for a book about The Nation that was never published.

Series VI, Photographs, includes portraits of FK, family pictures, and pictures of The Nation staff and of various dinners and conferences. Several are not identified.

Addendum. The addendum to the papers of Freda Kirchwey (MC 280) is similar in scope and content to the main body of the collection. The folders are arranged in the same order as those in the main collection, with references to comparable series, sub-groups, or folders wherever applicable.

ADDITIONAL CATALOG ENTRIES

CONTAINER LIST

After restrictions were lifted, the collection remained reboxed as below. Formerly restricted folders are now in Cartons 1-2 and Box 3. There are no boxes 4 or 5.

• Carton 1. 1-46
• Carton 2. 47-100, 392-397
• Box 3. 384-391
• Box 6. 101-116
• Box 7. 117-130
• Box 8. 131-140
• Box 9. 141-159
• Box 10. 160-173
• Box 11. 174-192
• Box 12. 193-211
• Box 13. 212-229
• Box 14. 230-244
• Box 15. 245-262
• Box 16. 263-275
• Box 17. 276-287
• Box 18. 288-300
• Box 19. 301-317
• Box 20. 318-331
• Box 21. 332-349
• Box 22. 350-365, 398-406
• Box 23. 407-421
• Box 24. 422-433

Folders 366-383f+ are filed in the photograph drawer.

GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS

• DCWK: Dora Child (Wendell) Kirchwey (FK's mother)
• DKB: Dorothy (Kirchwey) Brown (FK's sister)
• EC: Evans Clark (FK's husband)
• FK: Freda Kirchwey
• GK: George Kirchwey (FK's father)
• KK: Karl Kirchwey (FK's brother)

INVENTORY

• SERIES I. PERSONAL, 1902-1972. 1-100.
  • 1. Biographical. Mainly entries for Who's Who, etc. Includes biography of Evans Clark.
  • 2-7: Writings by, or probably by, FK.
    • 2. Early letters, writings, 1902-1913. Includes letter to mother from FK, recopied by Mrs. Kirchwey, and stories.
    • 3. Zoology drawings, 1915.
    • 4. Poem: Three Prayers to Demeter, n.d.
    • 5. Writings, n.d.
    • 6. Short stories, n.d.
    • 7. Notes, 1939, n.d.
  • 8. Spoof: I Married a Printer's Devil, n.d. Probably written by Evans Clark.
  • 9. Western Ballads. Probably typed by FK, n.d.
  • 10. Printed cartoons, n.d. Collected by FK.
  • 11. Letters from Mrs. Margaret Kellogg Smith about Michael and Jeffrey Clark from Chestertown, Md., summer, 1927.
  • 12. Picture drawn by Jeffrey Clark, n.d.
  • 13. Condolence letters re: death of Jeffrey Clark, March 1930.
  • 14. Condolence letters re: death of Jeffrey Clark, April 1930.
  • 15. Autopsy report re: Jeffrey Clark, July 1930.
  • 16. Financial (bills, etc.), 1940-1948, n.d.
  • 17. Taxes: correspondence, 1937-1945.
  • 18. Legal, 1942-1950, n.d.
  • 19-26: Correspondence between FK and Evans Clark.
    • 19. Re: Jeffrey Clark's illness, January-March 1930.
    • 20. 1936.
    • 21. 1941-1942.
    • 22. 1943, 1945-1946.
    • 23. From FK in San Francisco, 1945.
    • 24. From FK during trips to Europe and Israel, 1946, 1950.
    • 25. Europe, summer 1948.
    • 26. n.d.
  • 27-32: Other family correspondence, etc.
    • 27. FK to sister, Dorothy Kirchwey Brown, 1934-1955.
    • 28. Dorothy Kirchwey Brown to FK, 1950-1971.
    • 29. Family, 1910-1971 (scattered).
    • 30. Condolence letters re: deaths of George Kirchwey (father), and Karl Kirchwey (brother), 1942-1943.
    • 31. Condolence letters re: death of Evans Clark, 1970.
    • 32. Evans Clark obituary from Twentieth Century Fund Annual Report, 1970.
  • 33-45: Correspondence with friends.
    • 33. 1921, 1948-1968.
    • 34. 1968-1971.
    • 35. Hugo Van Arx, 1959-1962.
    • 36. Hugo Van Arx, 1963-1972.
      For correspondence with Hugo Van Arx re: The Nation see #108-110.
    • 37. Marguerite Focillon, 1955-1963, n.d.
    • 38. Marion Hess, 1946, 1955-1956, 1962-1972, n.d.
      See also #317, 319, 320.
    • 39. Joseph Wood Krutch, 1969-1970.
    • 40. Ouida Meyer, 1959-1972.
    • 41. Nina Miness, 1959, 1971.
    • 42. S.K. Ratcliffe, 1937, 1954-1962.
    • 43. Olga Vambery, 1952-1961.
    • 44. Mark and Dorothy Van Doren, 1959-1960, 1965, 1971.
      See also #185.
    • 45. Caroline Whiting, 1946-1968, 1972.
  • 46. General correspondence, 1937-1942.
  • 47. General correspondence, 1952-1970.
  • 48-67: FK and Evans Clark. Travel reports and notes.
    For travel information re: The Nation, see #343-352.
    • 48. Wyoming, 1921.
    • 49. Jamaica via Havana, 1936.
    • 50. Mexico via Miami, 1937.
    • 51. Guatemala via New Orleans, 1938.
    • 52. South America and Lesser Antilles, 1938-1939.
    • 53. Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Cuba, 1940.
    • 54. Brazil, Central America, Mexico 1941.
    • 55. Mexico, 1945.
    • 56. Argentina and Brazil, 1946.
    • 57. Panama and Cuba, 1947.
    • 58. Puerto Rico, 1948-1949.
    • 59. Virgin Islands, 1950-1951.
    • 60. Europe and North Africa, 1953.
    • 61. Tobago, Venezuela, Cuba, and Puerto Rico, 1954.
    • 62. Algiers, 1955.
    • 63. Geneva, Paris, London, Rome, and Algiers, 1956.
    • 64. Puerto Rico, 1960.
    • 65. London, Velden, Salzburg, Geneva, Les Gets, Biarritz, 1960.
    • 66. Puerto Rico, 1962.
    • 67. Switzerland, France, and England, 1963.
  • 68. Evans Clark's passports.
  • 69v-74v: Diaries.
    • 69v. FK. December 1909-December 1911.
    • 70v. FK. January-February 1918.
    • 71v. FK. January-March 1930.
    • 72v. FK. June-November 1935.
    • 73v. Evans Clark, 1928-1929.
    • 74v. Evans Clark, 1933.
  • 75v-87v: Day books.
    • 75v. 1943.
    • 76v. 1946.
    • 77v. 1950.
    • 78v. 1951.
    • 79v. 1952.
    • 80v. 1953.
    • 81v. 1957.
    • 82v. 1958.
    • 83v. 1958.
    • 84v. 1959.
    • 85v. 1961.
    • 86v. 1962.
    • 87v. 1965.
  • 88-100: Desk calendars; blank days removed.
    • 88. 1940.
    • 89. 1942.
    • 90. 1943.
    • 91. 1944.
    • 92. 1946.
    • 93. 1947.
    • 94. 1948.
    • 95. 1949.
    • 96. 1950.
    • 97. 1951.
    • 98. 1952.
    • 99. 1953.
    • 100. 1954.

• SERIES II. THE NATION, 1918-1956. 101-226.
  • IIA. Administration. 101-134.
    • 101. Maurice Wertheim purchase and sale of The Nation, 1935-1937.
    • 102. Sale to The Nation Associates, Inc., 1943.
    • 103-120: Business and financial.
      • 103-110: Hugo Van Arx.
        • 103. Proposed merger of The Nation and the New Republic, 1947-1952
        • 104. Plan to reduce The Nation staff, 1950.
        • 105. Limited partnership, 1951-1953.
        • 106. Limited partnership. Legal papers and correspondence, 1954-1955.
        • 107. FK resignation, 1955.
          See also #202.
        • 108. 1934-1940.
        • 109. 1941-1946.
          See also folio+ folder.
        • 110. 1947-1952.
      • 111. Martin Solow, 1953.
      • 112. Payroll and deficits, 1919, 1924-1956 (scattered).
      • 113. Financial reports, 1937-1944, 1955-1956.
      • 114. Subscribers' contributions, 1943.
      • 115. Financial correspondence and memoranda, 1952-1955.
      • 116. Roper Poll, 1939.
      • 117. Promotion and circulation, 1952-1957.
      • 118. Distribution, 1952.
      • 119. Staff lists, 1918-1932, 1955.
      • 120. Staff memoranda, 1942-1955.
    • 121-130: Legal.
      • 121. Pepper and Siegel (law firm) correspondence, 1951-1955.
      • 122. Slade libel threat, 1937-1938.
      • 123. Wildermann libel suit, 1937-1938.
      • 124. Ban of The Nation by the New York City Board of Education, 1948-1950.
      • 125. New Leader libel suit, 1951, 1954.
      • 126. New Leader libel suit, 1955.
      • 127. Controversy re: Peter Viereck article, 1951.
      • 128. "The Informer," 1954.
      • 129. Matusow case, 1955.
      • 130. Indictments, 1955.
    • 131-134: Newspaper Guild.
      • 131. Classification and salary schedules.
        SHELVED: 435o folio+ folder.
      • 132. Contracts, 1948-1952.
      • 133. Payroll and wage schedules, 1952, n.d.
        See also folio+ folder.
      • 134. Correspondence re: negotiations and grievances, 1949-1955.
  • IIB. Editorial. 135-166.
    • 135-145: Correspondence and articles.
      • 135. FK notes, 1918-1919.
      • 136. Oswald Garrison Villard, 1933-1949.
      • 137. Maurice Wertheim, 1933-1943.
      • 138. Maxwell Stewart, 1934-1946.
      • 139. Letter re: Maxwell Stewart, 1936.
      • 140. Maxwell Stewart, 1951.
      • 141. Raymond Gram Swing, 1935-1936. 1962.
      • 142. Carey McWilliams, 1949-1955.
      • 143. Robert Bendiner, 1950.
      • 144. Contributors, 1923-1934, 1940, 1945.
      • 145. Contributors, 1953-1955.
    • 146-151: Plans and reports.
      • 146. Editorial Planning, 1931.
      • 147. Proposed Nation Committee on Restriction of Nazi Activities, 1939.
      • 148. Editorial planning, 1951-1953, 1955.
      • 149. Program for The Nation, 1951.
      • 150. Program for The Nation, 1952.
      • 151. Program Supplement, 1953.
    • 152. Memoranda, 1923, 1941, 1952.
    • 153-166: Subject file.
      • 153. Red Totalitarianism, 1939.
      • 154. Chances of Victory issue, 1941.
      • 155. Dies issue, 1942.
      • 156. Political Warfare Section, 1942.
        See also folio+ folder.
      • 157. 1942 elections.
      • 158-161: Labor issue.
        • 158. Office memoranda, 1943.
        • 159. Articles, 1943.
        • 160. Correspondence, March-May 1943.
        • 161. Correspondence, May-September 1943.
      • 162-165: 1944 election.
        • 162. Memoranda and reports.
        • 163. Column: Polls, Propaganda, and Politics.
        • 164. Correspondence.
        • 165. Bureau of Applied Social Research: Report and Correspondence
      • 166. 1948 election.
  • IIC. Correspondence. 167-226.
    • 167-184: Correspondence with The Nation journalists and contributors.
      • 167. John Gunther, 1931-1936.
      • 168-173: Louis Fischer.
        • 168. 1932-1934.
        • 169. 1935-1936.
        • 170. 1937-1938.
        • 171. 1939.
        • 172. 1942-1945.
        • 173. Resignation, 1945.
          See also #216.
      • 174-176: Mauritz Hallgren.
        • 174. February-April 1933.
        • 175. May-September 1933.
        • 176. October 1933-April 1934.
      • 177. Henry Villard, 1935.
      • 178. I.F. Stone, 1939-1944.
      • 179. Leo Wolman (?), 1930's.
      • 180. Pietro Nenni, 1941-1942.
      • 181. Andrew Roth, 1948.
      • 182. Allen Fields, (late) 1940's.
      • 183. Requests for book reviews and other articles, 1938-1943.
      • 184. Potential contributors, 1947, 1952.
    • 185-203: Business correspondence.
      • 185. Dorothy (?) Van Doren, 1934.
      • 186. Ernest Gruening, 1933, 1939.
      • 187. J.W. Gitt, 1940.
      • 188. Jacob Billikopf, 1940-1945.
      • 189. Harold Ickes, 1940-1945.
      • 190. George W. Norris, 1942-1944.
      • 191. Bass Yarling, 1943-1944.
      • 192. Doris Wolson Tanz, 1947-1949. See also #33.
      • 193. Harrv E. Sharkey, 1947-1949.
      • 194. Alger Hiss-Noel Field, 1948.
      • 195. Dr. Homer Jack, 1950-1951.
      • 196. General correspondence, 1934-1956. Includes letter from Franklin D. Roosevelt.
      • 197. Congratulations to FK re: becoming editor, 1937.
      • 198. Re: Trip to England, 1943-1944.
        See also #343 & 344.
      • 199. Letters of Acknowledgment from famous people, 1948-1950. Includes letter from Dwight Eisenhower.
      • 200. Correspondence with Commentary re: Granville Hicks article, 1951.
      • 201. Re: Benjamin Franklin Award to The Nation, 1955.
      • 202. Re: The Nation's 90th Anniversary, 1955.
      • 203. Re: FK resignation, 1955-1956.
        See also #107.
    • 204-226: Correspondence with readers.
      • 204. New format, 1936.
      • 205. Court-packing, 1937.
      • 206. Pro-Villard, 1937-1938.
      • 207. Anti-Villard, 1937-1938.
      • 208. General, 1938.
      • 209. House of Morgan, by Randolph Phillips, 1938-1939. Includes correspondence with lawyers.
      • 210. Red Star and Swastika, 1939.
      • 211. Father Coughlin, 1939.
      • 212. Wendell Willkie, 1940.
      • 213. Mexico articles by Richard Rovere, 1942; includes correspondence with Pablo Neruda.
      • 214. Fascist press, 1942.
      • 215. Balance of Power article by J. Alvarez del Vayo, 1942.
      • 216. Louis Fischer's resignation, 1945.
        See also #173.
      • 217. General. 1947, 1952-1953, 1955.
      • 218. Americans for Democratic Action-Progressive Citizens of America, 1947.
      • 219. Arthur Schlesinger review of James Burnham book, 1947.
      • 220-222: Henry Wallace.
        • 220. December 1947-January 1948.
        • 221. February 1948.
        • 222. March 1948-July 1948.
      • 223. Cardinal Mindzenty, 1949.
      • 224. Joseph McCarthy, 1952.
      • 225. 1952 election. Includes list of people receiving October 18 issue.
      • 226. The Nation spoof, n.d.

• SERIES III. THE NATION ASSOCIATES. 1943-1955. 227-246.
  • 227. Story of The Nation Associates. Pamphlet.
  • 228. Organization and function.
  • 229. Reorganization plan, 1944-1951.
  • 230. Financial reports, 1953-1955.
  • 231. Fund-raising, 1952-1955.
  • 232. Programs of The Nation Associates, 1949-1953.
  • 233. Memoranda and reports, 1950-1953.
  • 234. United Nations reports, 1946, 1948-1949.
  • 235. List of dinners and conferences, 1944-1955.
  • 236. List of publications, 1945-1954.
  • 237. Palestine. Correspondence, 1943-1948.
  • 238. Palestine. Reports and memoranda, 1947-1948.
  • 239. Palestine. Printed materials, 1944-1947.
  • 240. Israel. Correspondence, 1948-1951.
  • 241. Israel. Reports and memoranda, 1948-1954.
    See also #330, 348, 351 & 352.
  • 242. Spain. Correspondence, 1945-1950.
  • 243. Spain. Reports and memoranda, 1945-1950.
    See also #328.
  • 244. Correspondence between Lillie Schultz and FK, 1942-1949.
  • 245. Correspondence between Lillie Schultz and FK, 1950-1955.
  • 246. General correspondence, 1952-1953.
  • 247. Newsclipping, n.d.

• SERIES IV. JULIO ALVAREZ DEL VAYO. (1891-?), 1940-1970. 243-290.
  • 248. Biographical.
    See also #251 and #252.
  • 249. Detention at Ellis Island. Official papers and correspondence February 1952.
  • 250. Immigration case, 1952-1953.
  • 251. "Last Optimist" correspondence, 1949.
  • 252. "The Exile" article, 1963.
  • 253-290: Correspondence.
    • 253. Basil Davidson, 1950-1951.
    • 254. Readers re: articles, 1950-1953.
    • 255. Gazette and Daily, York, Pennsylvania, 1950-1953.
    • 256. General, 1950-1953, 1958.
    • 257. Personal, 1954-1955.
    • 258-275: Correspondence with FK and The Nation. Contents is both professional and personal.
      • 258. 1940-1945.
      • 259. 1947-1950.
      • 260. 1947.
      • 261. 1948.
      • 262. Telegrams, 1948.
      • 263. 1949.
      • 264. Telegrams, 1950-1953.
      • 265. April-September, 1950.
      • 266. April 1950-December 1951.
      • 267. 1951-1956.
      • 268. August-September 1951.
      • 269. October 1951-January 1952.
      • 270. 1952-1954.
      • 271. April-June 1953.
      • 272. July-December 1953.
      • 273. 1954.
      • 274. March-May 1955.
      • 275. June-September 1955.
    • 276-290: Correspondence with FK.
      • 276. 1956.
      • 277. Articles, 1957.
      • 278. January-June 1957. Includes articles.
      • 279. June-December 1957.
      • 280. 1958.
      • 281. 1959.
      • 282. 1960.
      • 283. September 1960-September 1961.
      • 284. January-November 1962.
      • 285. February-July 1963.
      • 286. December 1963-September 1964.
      • 287. September 1964-September 1965.
      • 288. January-May 1966.
      • 289. April 1967-October 1968.
      • 290. January 1969-March 1970.

• SERIES V. PROFESSIONAL PAPERS, 1914-1971, 291-365.
  • 291-320: Organizations, Mostly correspondence.
    • 291. General correspondence, 1934-1938.
    • 292. General correspondence, 1940-1972.
    • 293. Committee memberships: accepted, 1950-1953.
    • 294. Committee memberships: not accepted, 1950-1953.
    • 295. Sponsorships and endorsements, 1942, 1950-1956, 1962.
    • 296. Emergency Committee in Aid of Political Refugees from Nazism, 1935-1937.
    • 297. Workers' Defense League and National Unemployment League, 1936-1937, 1948.
    • 298. Anti-Fascist and anti-Nazi groups. 1937-1938.
    • 299. Descendants of the American Revolution, 1937-1938.
    • 300. Civil liberties, 1946-1949.
    • 301-303: Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.
      • 301. Correspondence, 1948-1962.
      • 302. Meetings, 1962.
      • 303. Report, 1962.
    • 304. American Friends Service Committee, 1956-1959.
    • 305. Southern Conference Educational Fund, 1957-1962.
    • 306. Re: abolition of House Un-American Activities Committee, 1960-1961.
      See also #331-333.
    • 307. American Association for the United Nations, Inc., 1948, 1961
    • 308. Committee for World Development and World Disarmament, 1954-1958, 1964.
    • 309-320: Committee for a Democratic Spain.
      • 309. Agenda and Minutes, 1966-1968.
      • 310. Financial, 1962-1966.
      • 311. Memoranda, 1967-1968.
      • 312. Articles and statements, 1961, n.d.
      • 313. Rome Conference, 1961.
      • 314. Senate Committee statement, 1961-1962.
      • 315. Jurists Report, 1962-1963.
      • 316-320: Correspondence.
        • 316. 1960-1961.
        • 317. 1962.
        • 318. 1963-1964.
        • 319. 1965-1966.
        • 320. 1967-1969, n.d.
  • 321-327: Speeches and related correspondence.
    • 321. Speaking engagements: requests, 1946-1953.
    • 322. Speaking engagements: not accepted, 1937-1938.
    • 323. Speaking engagements: not accepted, 1950-1954.
    • 324. Speeches, 1939-1944.
    • 325. Speeches, 1945-1948.
    • 326. The Nation Associates Dinner Forum, 1947.
    • 327. Speeches, n.d.
  • 328-334: Subject file.
    • 328. Spain, 1936-1938.
      See also #242 & 243.
    • 329. Puerto Rico, 1940.
    • 330. Israel, 1947, 1958.
      See also #237-241, 348, 351 & 352.
    • 331-333: House UnAmerican Activities Committee.
      See also #306.
      • 331. Excerpts from transcripts mentioning FK, 1941.
      • 332. Twentieth Century Fund investigation, November 1952.
      • 333. First Amendment, 1956-1961.
    • 334. Cuba -- medical aid, 1961-1963.
  • 335-342: Correspondence.
    • 335. 1934-1951.
    • 336. 1955-1959.
    • 337. 1960-1964.
    • 338. 1955-1971.
    • 339. Otto Nathan, 1955-1960, 1972.
    • 340. Boris Pregel, 1958-1959.
    • 341. David Wesley, 1958-1961.
    • 342. Michael Wrezin, 1961-1962.
  • 343-352: Travel correspondence and notes during trips taken for professional reasons.
    For information relating to vacations, see #48-67.
    • 343. England: plans, 1942-1943.
    • 344. England, 1943.
    • 345. General, 1943-1948.
    • 346. Argentina and Brazil, 1946.
    • 347. Europe and Egypt, 1946.
    • 348. Israel, 1946.
      See also #237-241, 330.
    • 349. Poland, 1948.
    • 350. Europe, 1950.
    • 351. Israel, 1956.
    • 352. Israel, 1965.
  • 353. Articles by FK, 1914, 1916, 1935.
    For articles by FK in Morning Telegraph & Every Week in 1915-1918, see microfilm M-28.
  • 354-357: Articles about FK.
    • 354. 1943-1946.
      See also 435o, and folio folder.
    • 355. 25th Anniversary Dinner of FK at The Nation, 1944.
    • 356. 1944 and n.d.
      See also 435o.
    • 357. FK and Israel, etc., 1946-1947.
      See also 435o.
  • 358. Chevalier Award, 1946.
  • 359. Theta Sigma Phi Award, 1950.
  • 360. Who's Who of American Women certificate, 1967.
  • 361-363: Book by FK about The Nation.
    • 361. Correspondence, 1943-1944, 1956, 1959-1963.
    • 362. History of The Nation, 1948, 1952. Mostly notes.
    • 363. History of The Nation, 1955. Outline.
  • 364. Plans for new magazine, 1957.
  • 365. Budget for magazine, n.d.

• SERIES VI. PHOTOGRAPHS, 1890s-1968. 366-383o and 434
  FILED IN PHOTOGRAPH DRAWER.
  • 366. Childhood and family, 1890's-1915 (?).
  • 366a. Two photographs of Sing Sing Prison, New York, n.d.
  • 367. Portraits of FK, 1903-1960's.
    See also Folio Box Ph 3.
  • 368. FK and Evans Clark, 1953, n.d.
  • 369. Michael Clark, n.d.
  • 370. Friends, 1950, n.d.; Pablo Casals (?) and Randolph Paccard (?), and Miriam Van Waters. Includes one folio photographs.
    See also folder 383+.
  • 371. Abroad and/or with foreign dignitaries, 1940's, n.d.
  • 372. Receiving honorary degree from Rollins College, 1944.
    For certificate see 435o.
  • 373. FK at The Nation office, n.d.
  • 374. The Nation staff, n.d.
    See also Folio Box Ph 3.
  • 375. Julio Alvarez del Vayo, 1948-1968.
  • 376. Other individual staff members, 1961, 1968, n.d. Joseph Wood Krutch, Robert Bendiner, pictures sent by Hugo Van Arx.
  • 377. Anti-Franco Rally sponsored by The Nation Associates, January 1945, and dinner in honor of Dr. Thomas Mann, sponsored by The Nation Associates, June 25, 1945.
  • 378. FK's Twenty-fifth Anniversary at The Nation, 1944.
  • 379. American Jewish Committee Dinner, 1948. Includes Eleanor Roosevelt.
  • 380. United Nations Ball, 1949.
  • 381. Unidentified meeting in Mexico, n.d.
  • 382. Miscellaneous, n.d.
  • 383f+. Photograph of dinner honoring Eleanor Roosevelt on the occasion of the Seventy-fifth Anniversary of The Nation, May 1940.

• Series: ADDENDUM.
  • 384-397: Personal.
    See also SERIES I (#1-100).
    • 384. Autograph album pages, 1871-1872, probably belonging to DCWK.
    • 385. Biographical. Includes short ms. autobiography for The Nation centennial issue.
      See also #1, 430.
    • 386. Sketches and drawings.
      See also #3.
    • 387. Stories and play.
      See also #5, 6.
    • 388. Letters to FK from EC, 1915.
      See also #19-26.
    • 389-395: Other family correspondence.
      See also #27-29.
      • 389. DCWK to FK, 1904-1916.
      • 390. FK, DKB et al. to DCWK, 1879, 1925.
      • 391. GK to DCWK, 1925.
      • 392. GK to FK, 1905-1915.
      • 393. DKB to FK, 1903-1918, 1947.
        See also #27-28.
      • 394. KK to FK and DCWK, 1902-1925 (scattered).
      • 395. Family, general, 1897-1915, mostly to FK.
    • 396-397: Correspondence with friends.
      See also #33-45.
      • 396. 1901-1916.
      • 397. 1939-1967.
  • 398-417: The Nation.
    See also SERIES II (#101-226).
    • 398. Proposed merger of The Nation and The New Republic, 1942.
      See also #103.
    • 399-401: Business and financial.
      See also #108-120, 433.
      • 399. Business correspondence, 1939-1942, 1951.
      • 400. Memorandum by Evans Clark on Nation promotion, 1939.
      • 401. FK notes and lists, probably 1940s-60s.
    • 402-403: Legal.
      See also #121-130.
      • 402. Controversy re: article by Peter Viereck in Atlantic Monthly, 1940.
      • 403. Amerikai Magyar Nepszava libel, 1943.
    • 404. Correspondence with Doris Stone re: Waldo Frank article on Mexico, 1939.
      See also 437o.
    • 405-406: 75th anniversary issue, 1940.
      • 405. Planning.
      • 406. Correspondence.
    • 407-413: Correspondence with The Nation journalists and contributors.
      See also #167-84.
      • 407. Charles Curtis Munz, 1939.
      • 408. Leslie Roberts, 1951.
      • 409. Alvin Rosenfeld, 1951. Includes draft of article.
      • 410. Lord Boyd-Orr, 1952.
      • 411. Herbert Matthews, 1952. Includes draft and proof of article, ALS from Stephen Spender.
        See also 437o.
      • 412. Arnold Silver, 1952.
      • 413. Potential contributors, 1934-1952.
        See also #184.
    • 414. General correspondence with The Nation, 1939-1952.
      See also 435o and 437o.
    • 415. Correspondence with The New York Times, 1939-1940.
    • 416-417: Correspondence with readers.
      See also #204-226.
      • 416. RE: Andre Gide obituary, 1951. Mainly correspondence with Erika Mann, includes articles re: Thomas Mann.
      • 417. General, 1939-1943.
  • 418. Letters to Lillie Schultz re: FK, 1949-1951. See also #244-245.
  • 419. Correspondence of Julio Alvarez del Vayo with FK and The Nation, 1946-1947, n.y. See also #258-275.
  • 420-433: Professional Papers.
    See also SERIES V (291-365).
    • 420-424: Organizations.
      See also #291-320.
      • 420. General correspondence with World Center for Women's Archives, Mary Beard, and Inez H. Irwin, 1936-1939.
      • 421. General correspondence, 1940-1967.
        See also folio+ folder.
      • 422. Mainly correspondence between FK and Harold Weston re: Civilian Rehabilitation Corps, also other correspondence, 1941-1943.
      • 423. Proposed merger of Americans for Democratic Action and Progressive Citizens of America, 1947.
      • 424. Committee for a Democratic Spain. Correspondence, n.d.
        See also #309-320.
    • 425. Dinner Forum dispute, 1952.
      See also #326.
    • 426-427: Subject file.
      See also #328-334.
      • 426. Spain, 1939-1940, n.d.
        See also #328.
      • 427. Leon Trotsky, n.d.
    • 428. Correspondence, 1939-1960 (scattered).
      See also #335-338.
    • 429. Articles by FK, n.d.
      See also #353, microfilm M-28.
    • 430. Articles about FK, 1913-1971.
      See also #354-357.
    • 431-433: Book by FK about The Nation.
      See also #361-363.
      • 431. Correspondence with publisher, 1964-1965.
      • 432. Notes, probably for FK's history of The Nation.
        See also #362.
      • 433. Letters from Adeline to FK, 1965, enclosing minutes of meetings of Board of Directors, 1921-1924, photocopies, and financial records, 1919-1928, 1939, some originals.
        See also folio+ folder.
  • 434. Miscellaneous photographs.
    See also SERIES VI (#366-383).
    Five photos FILED IN PHOTOGRAPH DRAWER.
  • folio+ folder. Certificate of Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters to FK from Rollins College, 1944.
  • Oversize items removed from the following folders:
    • folio+ folder #109. The Nation: Income, Expenditures, Net Earnings, and ABC Data, 1928-1942.
    • folio+ folder #131. Classification and salary schedules from the Newspaper Guild, n.d.
    • folio+ folder #133. Classification data, c. 1946.
    • folio+ folder #156. Articles re: Kilsoo Haan, 1942.
    • 435o. #354. Articles about FK, 1943-1946.
    • 435o. #356. Article re: FK, 1944.
    • 435o. #357. Article re: FK, 1946; article by FK, "Amendments Needed to The Atlantic Pact," 1949.
    • 435o. #414. Article re: award to The Nation from the Lincoln University School of Journalism, 1952.
    • folio+ #421. Petition to repeal the McCarran Act, 1965.
    • folio+ #433. Balance sheet for The Nation, 1939.
  • 436. Plaque from the National Committee for Labor Israel and the Pioneer Women to FK, 1949.
  • 437o. Proofs of articles from The Nation removed from #404, 411, and 414.

SELECTED CORRESPONDENTS' INDEX

• Abramovitz, Anne - 385
• Aldrich, Winthrop W. - 199
• Allen, Jay - 426
• Anthony, Susan B. II - 300
• Arnold, Thurman - 201
• Auden, W.H. - 183
• Baldwin, Roger - 292, 328
• Baruch, Bernard M. - 292
• Beard, Charles - 183
• Beech, Gould - 196
• Bendiner, Robert - 143, 212, 404
• Billikopf, Jacob - 188
• Blanshard, Paul - 196
• Bliven, Bruce - 197, 328, 398
• Boas, Franz - 298
• Boeckel, Florence - 197
• Boyd-Orr, Elizabeth, Lady - 410
• Boyd-Orr, 410, 418, 428
• Boyle, Kay - 183
• Braden, Anne - 305
• Braden, Carl - 305
• Brevis, Harry J. - 406
• Brown, Dorothy Kirchwey - 27, 28, 390, 393
• Buell, Raymond Leslie - 204
• Burlingham, Charles - 183
• Cadden, Joseph - 320
• Camp, Katherine L. - 421
• Carner, Lucy P. - 301
• Catt, Carrie Chapman - 291
• Celler, Emanuel - 414
• Chapman, Oscar L. - 240
• Chase, Stuart - 414
• Cherrington, Ben M. - 420
• Chertak, Dorothy - 317, 318, 319
• Clark, Evans - 19-26, 388, 398
• Clark, Senator Joseph S. - 317
• Connolly, Cyril - 183
• Crum, Bartley - 203, 218
• Davidson, Basil - 253
• Dean, Vera - 304
• de Galindez, Jesus - 145
• de Kauffman, Henrik - 183
• del Vayo, Julio Alvarez - 253-290, 419
• del Villar, Melitta - 334
• de Rougemont, Denis - 183
• de Salegui, Mario - 316
• Dewey, John - 199
• Dingle, Jean - 413
• Dos Passos, John - 183
• Duell, Charles - 196
• Durr, Clifford J. - 196, 203
• Easton, Elizabeth - 196
• Eban, Aubrey (later Abba Eban) - 240
• Eichelberger, Clark - 237
• Eisenhower, Dwight D. - 199
• Ernst, Morris - 197, 203
• Evjue, William J. - 224
• Farrell, James T. - 414
• Field, Harold C. - 408, 409
• Field, Noel - 194
• Fields, Allen - 182
• Fischer, Louis - 168-173
• Fisher, Dorothy Canfield - 196, 414, 418
• Focillon, Marguerite - 37
• Frank, Waldo - 145, 203, 318
• Gannett, Lewis - 196, 406, 414
• Gilmartin, Aron S. - 297
• Gimbel, Eleanor S. - 292
• Gitt, J.W. - 187, 220, 255
• Glassgold, Cook - 320
• Goldberg, Arthur - 397
• Gore, Albert - 301
• Graham, Frank P. - 320
• Gray, Gordon - 199
• Greenbaum, Edward - 197
• Gruening, Ernest - 34, 145, 186, 320, 397
• Gunther, John - 167, 197
• Habe, Hans - 183
• Habicht, Hermann - 196
• Hallgren, Mauritz - 174-176
• Hammett, Dashiell - 300
• Harrimann, Averell - 318
• Hazlitt, Henry - 197
• Henson, Francis - 296
• Hess, Marion - 38, 317, 319 320
• Higgins, James - 255
• Hiss, Alger - 194
• Hitt, Evelyn - 196
• Holmes, John Haynes - 205, 206, 214
• Howe, Quincy - 291, 298
• Hubbard, Mary Coates - 428
• Hutchinson, Dr. Dorothy - 301
• Ickes, Harold - 189, 199
• Isaacs, Stanley M. - 300
• Jack, Dr. Homer - 195
• James, Concha Romero - 420
• Jessup, Philip C. - 199
• Johnson, Alvin - 204, 291
• Kaufman, George S. - 406
• Kaufman, M - 403
• Keating, Senator Kenneth - 318
• Kellogg, Paul U. - 406
• Kenyon, Ross - 196
• Keynes, John Maynard - 406
• Kirchwey, Dora Wendell - 389
• Kirchwey, George Washington - 391, 392
• Kirchwey, Karl - 394
• Knopf, Alfred - 196, 335
• Krutch, Joseph Wood - 39, 203
• Laidlaw, Harriet Burton - 414
• Landauer, Walter - 418
• Laski, Harold - 197
• Lehman, Herbert - 295, 330, 336, 421
• Lerner, Max - 406
• Lewis, John L. - 199
• Litvinoff, Mmme. Maxim - 183
• Lodge, Henry Cabot - 199
• Lord, Clifford - 197
• Lovett, Robert Morss - 183, 291
• Luce, Henry R. - 215
• McCormick, Barney - 196
• McFee, William - 183
• McGrath, Howard - 199
• MacLeish, Archibald - 197, 225, 406
• McMahon, Brien - 199
• McWilliams, Carey - 142, 224, 316, 336, 337, 338, 423, 428
• Magnes, Judah - 428
• Mangabeira, Octavio - 215
• Mann, Erika - 416
• Mann, Klaus - 183, 406
• Mann, Thomas - 292
• Margolies, D. Selig - 211
• Maritain, Jacques - 183
• Marshall, Thurgood - 295
• Mather, Kirtley F. - 413
• Matthews, Francis P. - 199
• Matthews, Herbert L. - 411
• Meacham, Stewart - 304, 316
• Meisel, James H. - 406
• Mencken, H.L. - 183
• Metzger, Delbert E. - 413
• Meyer, Albert - 196
• Meyer, Annie Nathan - 428
• Meyer, Ouida - 40, 197
• Miller, Irving - 293
• Mills, C. Wright - 316
• Miness, Nina - 41
• Montor, Henry - 417
• Morgenthau, Hans J. - 413
• Morgenthau, Henry - 237, 295
• Morison, Samuel Eliot - 183
• Morris, Ira - 145, 319
• Munz, Charles Curtis - 407, 417
• Murrow, Edward R. - 199
• Myrdal, Gunnar - 256
• Nathan, Otto - 203, 298, 318, 320, 339
• Neff, Beatrice - 426
• Nenni, Pietro - 180
• Neruda, Pablo - 213
• Nevins, Allan - 225
• Niebuhr, Reinhold - 215, 216, 293
• Nixon, Russell - 317, 318
• Norris, Senator George W. - 190, 406
• Norton, William Warder - 417
• Orwell, George - 183
• Oxnam, G. Bromley - 414
• Paine, Ethel - 397
• Parker, Dorothy - 328
• Patton, James - 203
• Pell, Orlie - 301
• Pepper, Curtis - 413
• Perlmeter, Irving - 217
• Phillips, Randolph - 209
• Pickett, Clarence - 304, 316
• Pike, Bishop James A. - 316
• Podell, David - 398
• Pregel, Boris - 223, 340
• Randolph, A. Philip - 300
• Rao, Shiva - 413
• Ratcliffe, S.K. - 42
• Roberts, Leslie - 408
• Roosevelt, Eleanor - 196, 305, 316
• Roosevelt, Franklin D. - 196
• Rosenblatt, William - 145, 218, 256
• Rosenfeld, Alvin - 409
• Rosengarten, Isaac - 420
• Rotch, Helen - 414
• Roth, Andrew - 181
• Rovere, Richard - 413
• Rowan, Carl T. - 301
• Russell, Bertrand - 183
• Ryan, William G. - 426
• St. John, Robert - 183
• Schlesinger, Arthur Jr. - 183 (missing, 4/1984)
• Schultz, Lillie - 224, 237, 240, 242, 244, 245, 321, 351, 352, 418, 423, 428
• Sharett, Moshe - 237, 240
• Sharkey, Harry E. - 193
• Shertok, Moshe - see Sharett, Moshe
• Shirer, William - 316
• Short, Joseph - 421
• Shotwell, James - 307
• Silver, Alan - 413
• Silver, Arnold - 412
• Sinclair, Upton - 420
• Sklar, Robert A. - 337
• Sloan, John - 183
• Smith, Jessica - 420
• Spender, Stephen - 411
• Starr, Lynford - 33
• Stevenson, Adlai E. - 225, 318
• Stewart, Maxwell - 138-140
• Stolberg, Ben - 197
• Stone, Doris - 404, 420
• Stone, I.F. - 178, 256, 294, 397, 414
• Storrow, James J. Jr. - 428
• Straight, Michael - 203, 215, 295
• Straus, Nathan - 197
• Sulzberger, Arthur Hays - 197, 204, 415
• Sulzberger, Iphigene - 292
• Swing, Raymond Gram - 141, 197, 202, 215
• Tanz, Doris Wolson - 33, 192
• Taylor, C. Fayette - 420
• Thackrey, T.O. - 256
• Thomas, Norman - 213, 214
• Thompson, Dorothy - 294
• Thurber, James - 183
• Tree, Marietta - 310
• Truman, Harry S - 225, 249
• Urban, Mary - 420
• Vambery, Olga - 43
• Vambery, Rustem - 33, 403
• Viereck, Peter - 402
• Van Doren, Dorothy - 44, 185, 197
• Van Doren, Irita - 197
• Van Doren, John - 203
• Van Doren, Mark - 44, 397, 428
• Van Loon, Hendrik - 177
• Viereck, Peter - 402
• Villard, Henry - 177
• Villard, Oswald Garrison - 136 205, 406
• Wagner, Senator Robert F. - 196
• Walker, Kenneth C. - 406
• Wallace, Henry A. - 196
• Wallach, Sidney - 420
• Weinberg, Helen - 34, 317, 319, 320
• Weisgal, Meyer - 33, 246
• Weizmann, Chaim - 237
• Welles, Sumner - 196
• Wertheim, Maurice - 137, 205
• Wesley, David - 256, 341
• Weston, Harold - 422
• White, Walter - 197
• White, William Allen - 197, 335
• Whiting, Caroline - 45
• Willkie, Wendell - 183, 212
• Williams, Aubrey - 203, 305, 338
• Winiewicz, Jozef - 256
• Wolman, Leo - 179
• Woolley, Mary Emma - 422
• Wrezin, Michael - 342
• Wright, Richard - 183
• Wubnig, Arthur - 145
• Yarling, Bass - 191
• Zilliacus, Konni - 145