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Guide to the August Claessens Papers TAM.021

Series I. Correspondence, 1911-1963, 1911-1963, inclusive

Scope and Content Note

Series I consists of letters and telegrams containing information on socialist publications and activities, Claessens's 50th birthday and 25th year as a Socialist Party member, and other personal matters. Several letters from Claessens emphasize the importance of humor in public speaking. Some of the prominent correspondents in this series include Morris Hillquit, Otto Branstetter, Leo Steinke, Esther Friedman, Carl Sandburg, Charles Edward Russell, and Adolf A. Berle, Jr.

Correspondence, 1911, inclusive

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

General note

(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV:A

Correspondence, 1912, inclusive

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

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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV:A

Correspondence, 1913, inclusive

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

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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV:A

Correspondence, 1918, inclusive

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

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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV:A

Correspondence, 1920, inclusive

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

General note

(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV:A

Correspondence, 1921, inclusive

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

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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV:A

Correspondence, 1927-1928, inclusive

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

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(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV:A

Correspondence, 1934, inclusive

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

General note

(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV:A

Correspondence, 1935, inclusive

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

General note

(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV:A

Correspondence, 1937, inclusive

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

General note

(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV:A

Correspondence, 1938, inclusive

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

General note

(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV:A

Correspondence, 1941, inclusive

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

General note

(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV:A

Correspondence, 1943-1944, inclusive

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

General note

(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV:A

Correspondence, 1945, inclusive

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

General note

(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV:A

Correspondence, 1946, inclusive

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

General note

(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV:A

Correspondence, 1948, inclusive

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

General note

(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV:A

Correspondence, 1950, inclusive

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

General note

(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV:A

Correspondence, 1951, inclusive

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

General note

(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV:A

Correspondence, 1952, inclusive

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

General note

(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV:A

Correspondence, 1953, inclusive

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

General note

(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV:A

Correspondence, 1954, inclusive

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

General note

(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV:A

Correspondence, 1955, inclusive

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

General note

(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV:A

Correspondence, 1963, inclusive

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

General note

(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV:A

Hilda Claessens Correspondence, 1915, undated, inclusive

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

General note

(Socialist Collections Reel 56) Frame XIV: B

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