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Herbert Aptheker Papers M1032 http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf467nb0bh No online items Guide to the Herbert Aptheker Papers M1032 Processed by Stephan Potchatek with assistance from Renee Mende and Steven Mandeville-Gamble; machine-readable finding aid created by Steven Mandeville-Gamble Department of Special Collections and University Archives 2000 ; revised 2020 Green Library 557 Escondido Mall Stanford 94305-6064 specialcollections@stanford.edu URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc Guide to the Herbert Aptheker M10321637 1 Papers M1032 Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives Title: Herbert Aptheker Papers Creator: Aptheker, Herbert Identifier/Call Number: M1032 Identifier/Call Number: 1637 Physical Description: 103 Linear Feet(approx. 200 boxes, 2 oversize folders) Date (inclusive): 1842-2003 (bulk 1934-1994) Date (bulk): 1934-1994 Scope and Content The collection contains Herbert Aptheker's professional correspondence with other academics, Marxist scholars, as well as his correspondence from his presidency of AIMS [The American Institute of Marxist Studies] with people interested in Marxism ; manuscripts, printed articles, and books written by Aptheker; family correspondence and information on the Aptheker family in general and Bettina Aptheker in particular; the research files and manuscripts belonging at one time to W.E.B. Du Bois and given to Aptheker at the time that Du Bois moved to Ghana in the early 1960's; and the manuscripts and supporting documents related to A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE NEGRO IN THE UNITED STATES, Vols. 1-7. Biography Dr. Herbert Aptheker, historian and lecturer, was born in Brooklyn, New York, on July 31, 1915 to Benjamin and Rebecca (Komar) Aptheker. He married Fay Aptheker on Sept. 4, 1942; they had one daughter, Bettina Aptheker, an author and historian in her own right. Aptheker received his B.S. in 1936, an A.M. in 1937, and his Ph.D. in 1943, all from Columbia University. He also holds a Ph.D. (honorary) from Martin Luther U., Halle, Germany , 1966 and a DHL (honorary), University of Massachusetts, 1996. He edited Masses and Mainstream from 1948 through 1952 and Political Affairs from 1952 through 1963. He was director of the American Institute for Marxist Studies, New York City, from 1964-1985. He was a professor at Hostos Community College, CUNY, 1971-1977, and has lectured extensively throughout the United States and Europe from 1941 through the present. He was a visiting lecturer in the Department of History at Bryn Mawr College, 1969-1971; in addition, he was a visiting lecturer at University of Massachusetts from 1971-1972, Yale University, 1976, University of California at Berkeley Law School, 1978-1991, University of Santa Clara, 1982-1983; and a visiting professor of Afro-American Studies at University of California at Berkeley, 1984. He has written and published extensively, and is the author of To Be Free : Studies in American Negro History, 1948, rev. ed. 1992, World of C. Wright Mills, 1960, Soul of the Republic, 1964, Negro Slave Revolts in the United States, 1939, Negro in the Civil War, 1938, Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion, 1966, Mission to Hanoi, 1966, Labor Movement in the South During Slavery, 1954, The Truth about Hungary, 1957, The Nature of Democracy, Freedom, and Revolution, 1967, History of the American People, 3 vols., 1959, 1960, Essays in the History of the American Negro, rev. edit., 1964, Era of McCarthyism, 1955, Dare We Be Free?, 1960, American Foreign Policy and the Cold War, 1962, American Negro Slave Revolts, 1943, rev. edit., 1963, 1993, American Civil War, 1961, Urgency of Marxist-Christian Dialogue, 1970, Afro-American History : the Modern Era, 1971, Annotated Bibliography of the Published Writings of W.E.B. Du Bois, 1973, Early Years of the Republic, 1783-1793, 1976, The Unfolding Drama : Studies in U.S. History, 1979, Racism, Imperialism, and Peace, 1987, Abolitionism : A Revolutionary Movement, 1989, The Literary Legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois, 1989, Marxism : Demise or Renewal, 1990, Anti-Racism in U.S. History, 1992. In addition to these original writings, he has edited numerous works, including Disarmament and American Economy, 1960, One Continual Cry, 1965, Marxism and Democracy, 1964, And Why Not Every Man, 1961, Marxism and Alienation, 1965, Documentary History of the Negro People in the United States, Vols. 1-7, 1951-1994, Marxism and Christianity, 1967, Autobiography of W.E.B. Du Bois, 1968, The Correspondence of W.E.B. Du Bois, Vol. I, 1973, Vol. II, 1976, Vol. III, 1978, The Published Writings of W.E.B. Du Bois, 40 vols., 1973-1986, Education for Black People (Du Bois), 1973, Prayers for Black Folk (Du Bois), 1980, Against Racism : 1887-1961 (Du Bois), 1985. Aptheker ran for the U.S. Congress in 1966 as the Independent Peace candidate; he also ran for the U.S. Senate in 1976 as the Communist Party candidate. He served to major F.A. AUS, 1942-1946, ETO. He served as a Guggenheim Fellow from 1946 to1947, and he received grants from the Social Science Research Council, 1961, the Rabinowitz Foundation, 1965, and the American Council of Learned Studies, 1974. He holds memberships in the American Historical Association and the Association for the Study of Negro Life, which awarded him its History Award in 1939 and 1969. Preferred Citation: Guide to the Herbert Aptheker M10321637 2 Papers M1032 [Identification of item], Herbert Aptheker Papers, M1032, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif. Immediate Source of Acquisition Purchased, 1998, 2000, 2003; gift of Herbert Aptheker, 2002; gift of Bettina Aptheker, 2003, 2005, and 2009. Conditions Governing Use While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns. Conditions Governing Access Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. Accession 2002-251 (9 linear feet, includes correspondence, photographs, and audiovisual materials), 2003-221 (3 linear feet), and 2005-227 (2 linear feet, includes 32 audio cassettes, 2 video cassettes, and additional correspondence) are closed until processing is complete. Subjects and Indexing Terms Washington, Booker T. American Institute for Marxist Studies Aptheker, Bettina Aptheker, Fay Aptheker, Herbert Lynd, Staughton Series 1. Correspondence 547221 Arrangement note Arranged chronologically by year and thereunder alphabetically. A small portion is arranged alphabetically at the end of the series. Scope and Contents note No Subnote Content box 1, folder 1 Correspondence, 550651 1934 - 1936 box 1, folder 2 Correspondence, 550649 1937 box 1, folder 3 Correspondence, 550647 1938 box 1, folder 4 Correspondence, 550645 1939 box 1, folder 5 Correspondence, 550643 1940 box 1, folder 6 Correspondence 550641 1940 box 1, folder 7 Correspondence, 550639 1941 box 1, folder 8 Correspondence, 550637 1941 box 1, folder 9 Correspondence, 550635 1942 box 1, folder 10 Correspondence, 550633 1942 box 1, folder 11 Correspondence 550631 1943, 1944, 1945 box 2, folder 1 Correspondence, 550629 1945 box 2, folder 2 Correspondence, 550627 1946 box 2, folder 3 Correspondence, 550625 1946 box 2, folder 4 International Publishers, 550623 1946 - 1948 box 2, folder 5 Misc. correspondence, 550621 1946 box 2, folder 6 Correspondence, 550619 1946 - 1947 box 2, folder 7 Correspondence, 550617 1947 box 2, folder 8 Misc. correspondence, 550615 1947 box 2, folder 9 Misc. correspondence & clippings, 550613 1947 - 1948 box 2, folder 10 Misc. correspondence, 550611 1948 box 2, folder 11 Correspondence, 550609 1948 box 2, folder 12 Correspondence, 550607 1948 Guide to the Herbert Aptheker M10321637 3 Papers M1032 Series 1. Correspondence 547221 box 3, folder 1 Correspondence, 550605 1948 box 3, folder 2 Misc. correspondence, 550603 1949 box 3, folder 3 Misc. correspondence, 550601 1949 box 3, folder 4 Correspondence, 550599 1950 box 3, folder 5 Correspondence, 550597 1950 Scope and Contents note Includes 2 tls from W.E.B. Du Bois. Subjects and Indexing Terms Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edw box 3, folder 6 Correspondence, 550595 1950 Scope and Contents note Includes 2 tls from W.E.B. Du Bois. Subjects and Indexing Terms Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edw box 3, folder 7 Correspondence, 550593 1952 Subjects and Indexing Terms Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edw box 3, folder 8 Correspondence, 550591 1953 box 3, folder 9 B, 550589 1953 Subjects and Indexing Terms Buckman, Rachel Buchman, Harold Borleau, Pierre box 3, folder 10 C, 550587 1953 Subjects and Indexing Terms Cartlett Mora, Elizabeth box 3, folder 11 D, 550585 1953 Subjects and Indexing Terms Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edw Dimow, Lillian [Connecticut Co Derr, Elizabeth box 3, folder 12 E, 550583 1953 Subjects and Indexing Terms Elkins, Alfreda box 3, folder 13 G, 550581 1953 Subjects and Indexing Terms Government Printing Office Gottesman, Max Goodman, Crockett, Eden & Robb Guide to the Herbert Aptheker M10321637 4 Papers M1032 Series 1. Correspondence 547221 box 3, folder 14 H, 550579 1953 Subjects and Indexing Terms Monthly Review Huberman, Leo Holton, John L. Harvey, Louise Hare, Alvin Hart, A. Richard Pennsylvania Civil Rights Conference box 3, folder 15 M, 550577 1953 Subjects and Indexing Terms McCarthy, Joseph R. Mitchell, Broadus U.S. Senate. Subcommittee on Investigations box 3, folder 16 N, 550575 1953 Subjects and Indexing Terms Nordholt, J.W. Schulte Columbia University Nevins, Allan box 3, folder 17 P, 550573 1953 Subjects and Indexing Terms Civil Rights Congress Patterson, William box 3, folder 18 R, 550571 1953 Subjects and Indexing Terms Bates College California Labor School Roberts, Holland Rudwick, Elliott Morgan box 3, folder 19 S, 550569 1953 Subjects and Indexing Terms Sigal, Clancy Schneiderman, Harry Who's Who in World Jewry box 3, folder 20 T, 550567 1953 Subjects and Indexing Terms Thurston, John H.
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