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Bertram David Wolfe Papers http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf838nb2m6 Online items available Register of the Bertram David Wolfe papers Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff Hoover Institution Library and Archives © 1999, 2010, 2016 434 Galvez Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-6003 [email protected] URL: http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives Register of the Bertram David 77029 1 Wolfe papers Title: Bertram David Wolfe papers Date (inclusive): 1903-2000 Collection Number: 77029 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives Language of Material: English Physical Description: 184 manuscript boxes, 2 card file boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 35 envelopes, 6 microfilm reels, 5 videocassettes, 13 sound tape reels, 8 sound cassettes(85.4 Linear Feet) Abstract: Writings, correspondence, notes, memoranda, clippings, other printed matter, and audiovisual material relating to Marxism; the international communist movement; communism in the Soviet Union, the United States, and elsewhere; literature and art in the Soviet Union and in Mexico; and the Mexican artist Diego Rivera. Includes some papers of Rivera and papers of Ella Wolfe, wife of Bertram D. Wolfe. Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org. Creator: Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957 Creator: Wolfe, Bertram D. (Bertram David), 1896-1977 Creator: Wolfe, Ella Hoover Institution Library & Archives Access Box 183 closed; use copies available in Box 12. The remainder of the collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least two business days in advance of intended use. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. Acquisition Information Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives between 1977, with increments received from 1982 to 2015. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Bertram David Wolfe papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives. Alternate Forms Available Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org. 1896 Born, Brooklyn, New York January 19 1916 B.A., College of the City of New York 1917 Married Ella Goldberg 1917-1919 Member, Socialist Party 1919-1929 Member, Communist Party, U.S.A. 1925-1928 Agitation and Propaganda Director, Communist Party 1928-1929 U.S. Representative, Executive Committee, Communist International 1929-1940 Affiliated with Lovestoneite opposition party 1931 M.A., Columbia University 1939 Author, Diego Rivera: His Life and Times 1948 Author, Three Who Made a Revolution 1950-1954 Chief Ideological Adviser, International Broadcasting Division, U.S. Department of State 1956 Author, Six Keys to the Soviet System 1957 Author, Khrushchev and Stalin's Ghost 1961-1962 Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of California, Davis 1963 Author, The Fabulous Life of Diego Rivera 1965 Author, Marxism: 100 Years in the Life of a Doctrine, and Strange Communists I Have Known 1966-1977 Senior Research Fellow, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace 1967 Author, The Bridge and the Abyss: The Troubled Friendship of Maxim Gorky and V. I. Lenin 1969 Author, An Ideology in Power: Reflections on the Russian Revolution 1977 Died, Palo Alto, California February 21 Scope and Content of the 2015 Incremental Materials Register of the Bertram David 77029 2 Wolfe papers The 2015 increment consists of biographical materials, correspondence, writings, photographs, printed matter, and a subject file largely related to Bertram Wolfe. Received from a family member, this increment includes letters, writings, and other materials sent by Wolfe to members of his family, including his brothers Paul and Henry and his niece Evelyn (Rinna), as well as Wolfe's subject file on communist/USSR apologists. Subjects and Indexing Terms Russian literature Audiotapes Video tapes Communism -- United States Communism Soviet Union -- Politics and government Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 Art -- Mexico Communism and culture Communist International Communist Party of the United States of America Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, 1870-1924 Marx, Karl, 1818-1883 box 1 Biographical File 1919-1977 Scope and Contents note Biographical data and writings, memorabilia, correspondence, clippings, and notices of speeches relating to the life of Bertram D. Wolfe, arranged by subject. General box 1, folder 1 Autobiographical statements 1939-1972 General Physical Description note: Holographs and typescripts. box 1, folder 2 Bibliographies undated General Physical Description note: Typescripts. box 1, folder 3 Biographical sketches 1946-1976 Scope and Contents note Typescript, printed copies, and correspondence. box 1, folder 4 Biography 1975 Scope and Contents note Butler, Joel P., "Bertram D. Wolfe: Radical Visions, but Few Illusions," typescript. box 1, folder 5-6 Clippings 1943-1977 General Physical Description note: Printed copies. box 1, folder 7 Correspondence 1946-1976 box 1, folder 8 Eulogy 1977 Scope and Contents note Hook, Sidney, "A Farewell to Bertram D. Wolfe," typescript. Register of the Bertram David 77029 3 Wolfe papers Biographical File 1919-1977 General box 1, folder 9 Miscellany 1919-1975 Scope and Contents note Notes, notices of awards, certificates, etc. box 1, Notices of lectures 1927-1976 folder 10-11 General Physical Description note: Typescript, mimeograph, and printed copies. box 1, folder 12-13 Communist parties 1922-1936 Scope and Contents note Correspondence, minute questionnaire response, memorabilia, membership cards, and dues cards (typescript and printed) relating to the membership of Bertram D. Wolfe in the Communist Party and Communist Party (Opposition) and to his expulsion from the Communist Party. box 1, folder 14 Russian opinion 1967-1972 Scope and Contents note Newspaper and periodical articles (printed in Russian), with translations (typescript), relating to the assessment of the scholarly work of Bertram D. Wolfe by Russian writers. box 1, folder 15 Spain, visit to 1937 Scope and Contents note Passes, safe-conducts, and letters of introduction (holograph and typescript in Spanish, Catalan and English), relating to the visit of Bertram D. Wolfe to Spain during the Spanish Civil War. box 1, folder 16-17 Voice of America 1949-1954 Scope and Contents note Correspondence, memoranda, clippings, applications, performance ratings, interrogatory testimony, and loyalty statement (typescript, mimeograph and print) relating to the work of Bertram D. Wolfe for the Voice of America, to allegations regarding his loyalty to the government, and to governmental investigations of his loyalty. Correspondence 1913-1977 Scope and Contents note Correspondence of Bertram and Ella Wolfe, arranged alphabetically by correspondent. box 2, folder 1 Unidentified (10) 1937-1974 box 2, folder 2 Abramovitch, Raphael (1) 1947 box 2, folder 3 Abreu Gomez, Emilio (1) undated box 2, folder 4 Accuracy in Media (2) 1973 box 2, folder 5 Acheson, Dean (1) 1950 Register of the Bertram David 77029 4 Wolfe papers Correspondence 1913-1977 box 2, folder 6 Ad Hoc Committee for Intellectual Freedom (3) 1973 box 2, folder 7 Ad Hoc Protest Committee (2) 1975 box 2, folder 8 Adamiak, Richard (1) 1970 box 2, folder 9 Aguirre, Jose Antonio de (2) 1944 box 2, folder 10 Akron, Ohio, University of (1) 1969 box 2, folder 11 Alba, Victor (3) 1964-1970 box 2, folder 12 Albertini, G. (4) 1966-1974 box 2, folder 13 Alexander, Robert J. (11) 1948-1971 box 2, folder 14 Alfred A. Knopf Company (10) 1944-1967 box 2, folder 15 Allen, Martha Rutledge (1) 1956 box 2, folder 16 Allen, Richard V. (3) 1966-1969 box 2, folder 17 Allen, Mrs. William Dangaix (1) 1946 box 2, folder 18 Almond, Gabriel A. (1) 1971 box 2, folder 19 Ambrose, Paul B. (2) 1971-1972 box 2, folder 20 America First Committee (2) 1941 box 2, folder 21 American Academy of Arts and Sciences (3) 1975 box 2, folder 22 American Academy of Political and Social Science. Annals (2) 1969 box 2, folder 23 American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (13) 1967-1974 box 2, folder 24 American Association of University Women (2) 1944 box 2, folder 25 American Bar Association (3) 1964-1966 box 2, folder 26 American Book Company (1) 1963 box 2, folder 27 American Council for World Freedom (1) 1976 box 2, folder 28 American Foundation for Continuing Education (2) 1959 box 2, folder 29 American Heritage Publishing Company (3) 1959-1968 box 2, folder 30 American Jewish Committee (1) 1951 box 2, folder 31 American Jewish Year Book (1) 1952 box 2, folder 32 American Mercury (21) 1944-1950 box 2, folder 33 American Political Science Review (7) 1967-1975 box 2, folder 34 American Slavic and East European Review (4) 1957-1958 box 2, folder 35 American University, Washington, D.C., Special Operations Research Office (2) 1959 box 2, folder 36 American Writers Association (2) 1947-1949 box 2, folder 37 Andrade, Juan (3) 1940 box 2, folder 38 Andreski, Stanislav (2) 1973 box 2, folder 39 Antioch Review (14) 1961-1971 box 2, folder 40 Arab World (3) 1945 box 2, folder 41 Arahata, Kanson (3) 1956-1960 box 2, folder 42 Armstrong, David (2) undated box 2, folder 43 Aron, Raymond (2) 1965-1972 box 2, folder 44 Aronson, Gregor (4) 1959 box 2, folder 45 Arquer, Jordi (1) 1940 box 2, folder 46 Arrow, Kenneth J. (2) 1975 box 2, folder 47 Ascher, Abraham (9) 1967-1975 box 2, folder 48 Atlantic Monthly (2) 1959 box 2, folder 49 Australian Association for Cultural Freedom (1) 1958 box 2, folder 50 Authors Guild (2) 1947-1969 box 2, folder 51 Avakumovic, Ivan (1) 1957 box 2, folder 52 Avineri, Shlomo (1) 1967 box 2, folder 53 Avrich, Paul (3) 1974 box 2, folder 54 Azrael, Jeremy R. (1) 1971 box 2, folder 55 Baarslag, Karl (7) 1966-1970 box 2, folder 56 Baer, Louis Shattuck (1) 1971 box 2, folder 57 Baevsky, Sonya (2) 1976 box 2, folder 58 Bailes, Kendall E. (1) 1974 box 2, folder 59 Bailey, Helga L. (2) 1972 box 2, Balabanoff, Angelica (190) 1941-1965 folder 60-62 box 3, folder 1 Baldwin, Hanson W.
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