Series I: Personal Papers

Subseries A: Spanish Civil War

Language of Materials

English.

Associacio d'Amics de la Unio-Sovietica: Membership Card, 1938, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Billeting Pass, Nov 1938

Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Carnet Militar, 1938, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Christmas Greetings: Issued by International Brigades, 1938, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Citations and Certificates of Merit issued by: International Brigade; Ministerio de la Guerra (Spanish Army); Socors Roig de Catalunya; Union de Muchachas, 1938, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Bridges, Harry to Archie Brown, Sep 1938

Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Brown, Archie to Esther (Hon) Brown, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Brown, Archie to Esther (Hon) Brown, Feb 1938-May 1938

Box: 1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Brown, Archie to Esther (Hon) Brown, Jun 1938-Jul 1938

Box: 1, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Brown, Archie to Esther (Hon) Brown, Aug 1938-Sep 1938

Box: 1, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Brown, Archie to Esther (Hon) Brown, Oct 1938-Dec 1938

Box: 1, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Brown, Esther (Hon) to Archie Brown, Sep 1938

Box: 1, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Brown, Frank (Bimbo) to Archie Brown, Nov 1937-May 1938

Box: 1, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Brown Frank (Bimbo) to Esther (Hon) Brown, Apr 1938

Box: 1, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Eggen, Julius Jack Leonard to Esther Brown, Sep 1936

Box: 1, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: International Association of Machinists to Archie Brown, Oct 1938

Box: 1, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Male, Douglas to "Mother", undated , Nov 1938, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Smith, Oliver to Archie Brown, Jan 1939

Box: 1, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Villar, Jose to Archie Brown, Dec 1938

Box: 1, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

English - Spanish Grammar (Prepared for the English-speaking units of the International Brigades), 1938, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Orders of the Day (photocopies), Feb 1937-Nov 1937

Box: 1, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Our Fight (15th Brigade Newsletter), Aug 1938

Box: 1, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Postcard: Fleet of the Spanish Republic (inscribed by "Jim"), undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sailing Ephemera: Berthing and Dining Cards, 1938, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Socors Roig de Catalunya: Membership Card, 1938, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Spanish Communist Party: Membership Card, 1938, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Voice of the Federation (Maritime Federation of the Pacific): "Archie Brown Sends More Word from Spain," clipping, 1938, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Volunteer for Liberty (Annotated with Spanish and American signatures), Sep 1938

Box: 1, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries B: World War II

Language of Materials

English.

Brown, Esther: Military Pass, 1945, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Brown, Archie to Douglas Brown, 1944-1945, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Brown, Archie to Esther (Hon) Brown, Jun 1944-Aug 1944

Box: 1, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Brown, Archie to Esther (Hon) Brown, Sep 1944-Oct 1944

Box: 1, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Brown, Archie to Esther (Hon) Brown, Nov 1944-Dec 1944

Box: 1, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Brown, Archie to Esther Brown, Jan 1945-Feb 1945

Box: 1, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Brown, Archie to Esther (Hon) Brown, Mar 1945-Apr 1945

Box: 1, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Brown, Archie to Esther (Hon) Brown, May 1945-Jun 1945

Box: 1, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Brown, Archie to Esther (Hon) Brown, Jul 1945-Aug 1945

Box: 1, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Brown, Archie to Esther (Hon) Brown, Sep 1945-Oct 1945

Box: 1, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Brown, Archie to Esther (Hon) Brown, Nov 1945-Jan 1946

Box: 1, Folder: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Brown, Esther (Hon) to Archie Brown, 1945, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Dobbs, Benjamin to Archie Brown, Nov 1945

Box: 1, Folder: 41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Lucid, John (Jack) to Archie Brown (V-Mail), Aug 1943-Dec 1943

Box: 1, Folder: 42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Odette to Archie Brown (in French and English), Oct 1945

Box: 1, Folder: 43 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Documents and Ephemera: Safe Conduct Pass, Ration Card, Receipts, Nazi Propaganda, Letter (German and French), 1944-1945, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 44 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Dog Tags, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 45 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Graphic Work: Satirical Cartoon of Army Life (in pencil), undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 46 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Military Documents: Pay Record, Ration Card, Personnel Record, Immunization Register, Certificate of Captured Equipment, 1944-1945, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 47 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Selective Service Classification Cards, 1940-1944, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 48 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

World War II: Armed Forces Periodicals [See Series III: Oversize Material], 1945, inclusive

Subseries C: General

Language of Materials

English.

Anti-Semitism: Articles, 1965-1982, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Black, Elaine: Clippings and Leaflet (photocopies), 1935, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Brown, Archie: Communist Party Membership Book, 1944, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Brown, Archie: Identity and Membership Cards, undated , 1986, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Brown, Archie: Retirement Testimonial, 1977, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Brown, Archie: "San Francisco Labor Activist Archie Brown" (Master's Thesis by Timothy Wiese), 1999, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Brown, Archie: Union and Membership Cards; Dues Book; Pay Stubbs, undated , 1936-1944, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Brown, Archie: Young Communist League: Membership Card and Delegate Ticket, 1935 , 1937, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Brown, Esther: Membership and Picket Cards, Certificates, HS Diploma, Clipping, undated , 1935-1945 , 1982, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Brown Family: Birth and Anniversary Announcements; Report Card, 1937-1955 , 1986, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Citizens Exchange Corp: Soviet Amity Trip, 1969, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Communist Party Campaign Literature (San Francisco): Archie Brown for Congress, 4th District, 1940, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Communist Party: Clippings, undated , 1961-1981, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Brown, Archie to Esther (Birthday Cards and Notes), undated , 1940-1990, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Brown Children (Susan, Douglas, Stephanie), undated , 1949-1952 , 1990, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Crank Letters, undated , 1962, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: General, undated , 1942-1987, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Hall, Gus, 1977, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Matlin Family to Esther Brown, undated , 1935-1938, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA): FBI File and Correspondence, 1962-1978, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

House Committee on Un-American Activities: San Francisco Hearings and Protest, 1960-1961, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

House Committee on Un-American Activities: San Francisco Hearings and Protest: Clippings [See Series III: Oversize Material], 1960, inclusive

International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU), undated , 1938-1974, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Landrum-Griffin Act: Archie Brown Indictment and Appeal, 1961-1965, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Landrum-Griffin Act: Archie Brown Indictment and Appeal: Clippings, 1961-1965, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Mementos and Artifacts: Package of Germany Cigarettes, Two Small Flags with Five-pointed Star, undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Partido dels Comuniste de Catalunya: Pamphlet and Stickers, 1984, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Repatriation of Greek Political Refugees: International Conference, 1979, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

San Francisco County Campaign Committee, Communist Party: Archie Brown for Congress, 4th District: Leaflet, 1940, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Schneiderman-Darcy Defense Committee, [1952]

Box: 2, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Travel: Germany, France, Belgium, Soviet Union, 1966, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Travel: Spain, Greece, Naples, Kiev (Notes and Correspondence), 1979, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Wofsy, Leon: "What's Happening to Soviet Socialism", 1989, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Workmen's Time Book, 1939-1940, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)