William John Fielding Papers
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William Fielding (1886-1974) was an author, editor, and sexologist. He left school before completing the eighth grade and worked at various manual labor jobs. In 1906, he enrolled in bookkeeping and accounting courses, and in 1909 was hired as secretary for the Tiffany Company, from which he retired in 1963. Fielding served as a trustee for the Tiffany Foundation from 1946. By 1913, Fielding had articles published in the New York Call, a newspaper of the Socialist Party, and began taking classes at the Rand School of Social Science, also a socialist institution. He became interested in social problems and birth control and wrote a number of books and pamphlets on sexology and psychology. The collection contains correspondence, typescripts of Fielding's autobiography, All the Lives I Have Lived (Dorrance & Co., 1972), essays, reviews, poetry, and case histories. The case histories consist of correspondence with readers of Fielding's work in sexology and psychology who wrote to him for advice on personal matters, e.g., masturbation, homosexuality, transvestism, lesbians, birth control, impotence, frigidity, fetishes, nervous disorders and phobias. The correspondence series concerns Fielding's work at Tiffany's; his personal life and reflections; and his interest in and work relating to sexology, psychology, free thought, and other social issues.
Historical/Biographical Note
William J. (William John) Fielding (1886-1974) was an author, editor, and sexologist. Born in New Jersey, he left school before completing the eighth grade and first worked in blast furnaces and then as a sandhog, boring tunnels under the Hudson River. In 1906, he decided to prepare for a clerical career rather than continuing hard manual labor. That same year, he enrolled in bookkeeping and accounting courses, and in 1909 was hired as secretary for the Tiffany Company. By 1913, Fielding had articles published in the New York Call and began taking classes at the Rand School of Social Science. He became interested in social problems and birth control and wrote a number of books and pamphlets on sexology and psychology, thirty of which were published over the years in the Little Blue Books series, including a thirteen-volume series, "Rational Sex" (Emanuel Haldeman-Julius, publisher). Fielding also published articles in The New York Call, the daily newspaper of the Socialist Party. He served as editor and literary editor of the Newark Leader (1915-22), as editor of Know Thyself (1913-24), and was active in Socialist Party politics in New Jersey throughout the 1920s. He also corresponded with Alfred Korzybski regarding the latter's theories of general semantics and mathematical reasoning. In 1942, Fielding was appointed secretary-treasurer of the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, and in 1946 he became a trustee. Fielding retired from Tiffany in 1963 and published his autobiography All the Lives I Have Lived in 1972.
Chronology:
1908: Began his life-long relationship with Joseph Lewis
1909: Hired as secretary by George Heydt, then advertising manager for Tiffany Company.
1913-1915: Emanuel Haldeman-Julius was on the staff of the socialist newspaper, The New York Call and published articles by Fielding.
1914: Bought copies of The Woman Rebel by Margaret Sanger at an Emma Goldman meeting. As a grassroots supporter, he distributed copies of the book, and his writings began to reflect themes of social hygiene. By 1920, Joseph Lewis introduced Fielding to Dr. William J. Robinson, editor of Critic and Guide.
1914: George Heydt became secretary to the president and several vice-presidents at Tiffany and Fielding moved up the corporate ladder as Heydt's secretary
1918: Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation formed
1913-late 1920s: Attended classes on economics, sociology and psychology at the Rand School, and participated in the Socialist Party politics in New Jersey.
1915-1918: Editor of the Newark Leader
1919-1930: The Little Blue Books were published by Emanuel Haldeman-Julius and gained wide popularity through mass distribution. Fielding contributed thirty titles to the series, including a thirteen-volume series on "Rational Sex" and other works in sexology and psychology.
1920: Introduced to A. Korzybski's theories of general semantics and mathematical reasoning.
1919-1922: literary editor of Newark Leader
1913-1924: editor of Know Thyself
1925: attended Sixth International Neo-Malthusian and Birth Control Conference as a member of the advisory council of the American Birth Control League
1933-1934: met Havelock Ellis and Norman Haire.
1942: Moved to Long Island. Appointed secretary-treasurer of the Louis Tiffany Foundation.
1946: Appointed trustee of the Tiffany Foundation
Late 1940's: Became involved with Ethical Humanism
1963: Retires from Tiffany.
1972: Publication of his autobiography, All the Lives I Have Lived (Dorrance and Co.).
Arrangement
The collection is organized into three series. Folders are arranged alphabetically.
Series I. Case Histories, 1923-1963
Series II. Correspondence, 1912-1986
Series III. Writings, 1911-1973 Series IV. Addendum, undated
Scope and Content Note
The papers contain correspondence; typescripts of Fielding's autobiography, All the Lives I Have Lived; essays, reviews, and poetry; and case histories from Fielding's work as a sexologist. The case histories consist of correspondence with readers of Fielding's work in sexology and psychology who wrote to him for advice on personal matters, e.g., masturbation, homosexuality, transvestism, lesbians, birth control, impotence, frigidity, fetishes, nervous disorders and phobias. The correspondence series, which comprises the majority of the collection, concerns Fielding's work at Tiffany's; his interest in and work relating to sexology, psychology, free thought, and other social issues; and his personal reflections. Prominent correspondents include Harry Benjamin, Havelock Ellis, Andre Fridon, E. Haldeman-Julius, Joseph Lewis, Alfred Korzybski, Martin J. Martin, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, William J. Robinson, Victor Robinson, Margaret Sanger, Samuel Schmalhausen and Marie C. Stopes. Notable organizations represented include the American Birth Control League, American Social Hygiene Association, Ethical Humanist Societies of Greater New York, Eugenics Educational Society, Freethinkers of America, Society for Constructive Birth Control (Great Britain), Thomas Paine Foundation, Thomas Paine Society, and Tiffany and Company. The collection reflects Fieldings diverse pursuits, clarifies the course of his career, and documents the personal history of an aging, middle-class individual living in America between 1960-1973.
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Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection, created by William John Fielding was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder.
Preferred Citation
Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date; William John Fielding Papers; TAM 069; Box number; Folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by William John Fielding, 1974. The accession number associated with this gift is 1974.005.
One poster was found in the repository in 2014. The accession number associated with this material is 2014.161.
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Processing Information
Photographs were separated from this collection during initial processing and were established as a separate collection, the William John Fielding Photographs (PHOTOS 060). In 2013, the photograph collection was reincorporated into the William John Fielding Papers (TAM 069).
Repository
Series I. Case Histories, 1923-1963, inclusive
Scope and Content Note
Series I: Case Histories contains 49 case histories dated from 1923 to 1963. The case histories consist of correspondence with readers of Fielding's work in sexology and psychology who wrote to him for advice on personal matters (e.g. masturbation, homosexuality, transvestism, lesbians, birth control, impotence, frigidity, fetishes, nervous disorders and phobias), with Fielding's annotations.
Case Histories: List, undated
Case B1: B., W.E. / Age 50, 2 letters. SJF classifies as a "homosexual" but he is actually an active transvestite and potential transsexual. Contains description of lifestyle; desires to have children and questions surgical remedies, 1926, inclusive
Case B1: Photographs (three photographs, one in men's and two in women's attire), 1926, inclusive
Case B2: B., E. F. / Age 18, masturbation., 1954, inclusive
Case B3: B., C. J. / Age 18, finds himself impotent after a physical injury; considers sex-gland transplantation to relieve condition but finds cost of operation prohibitive, 1928, inclusive
Case B4: B., F. A. / Age 19, what are the risks of pregnancy without penetration and explain the characteristics of spermatozoa, 1933, inclusive
Case B5: B., E. R. [re Blue Book on Homsexuality] / No age, commends WJF's book on homosexuality and asks that his name be left confidential, 1925, inclusive
Case C1: C., J. / "Very important Homosexual Case": narrative of JC's voyeurism re: his lesbian wife, his own interaction with male homosexuals and the suggestions of an acquaintance re: the institutionalization of homosexuals, 1923, inclusive
Case C2: C., A. M., 1921, inclusive
Case D1: D., R. / Male homosexual, details case history, wants information on European "clubs.", 1926, inclusive
Case D2: D., E., 1943, inclusive
Case E1: E., E. F. / Treatise on bisexuality; cross-tabulations of feminine and masculine characteristics, 1930, inclusive
Case E2: E., H. M. / Age 22, underdeveloped genitals, student at Annapolis, mentions fears of not fitting the military model (i.e., machismo), 1937, inclusive
Case F1: F., A. W. / Age 21, re: the evolution of his relationship with a woman; mutual masturbation and theories of the long term effects of coitus interruptus, 1935, inclusive
Case F2: F., D. / No age, Can anything increase the size of male reproductive organs?, 1947, inclusive
Case F3: F., C. / Minister, partial impotence, 1934, inclusive
Case F4: F., J. / re: The physiology of erection and stimulation, 1929, inclusive
Case F5: F., N. / Age 39, celibate all her life, daughter of prudish parents, now having an affair with a younger man, 1928, inclusive
Case G1: G., E. / Age 23, Idaho lesbian, lonely and doesn't know where to meet others of her kind, 1932, inclusive
Case G2: G., Mrs. I. / Married seven years but has never had an orgasm, has tolerated the sex act as a man's pleasure and undergone chemo-therapy, 1930, inclusive
Case G3: G., C.S. / No age, question regarding intercourse: specific distinction between copulation, fornication et al. terminology; ratio of penis to vagina size as related to women's pain, 1940, inclusive
Case H1: H., M. / Questions whether neurosis is hereditary because his girlfriends family is highly problematic, 1930, inclusive
Case J1: J., J. / Ejaculation precox, 1932, inclusive
Case K1: K., G. / Age 19, has never had intercourse with a woman and can't climax with women; masturbates; has become effeminate and threatens suicide, 1926, inclusive
Case K2: K., R. A. / Case history of childhood development, Tridon's influence and socialism, 1924, inclusive
Case L1: L., C. / Age 23, 2 letters. Homosexual who wants to be 'normal'; happily married; describes masturbatory behavior, lack of attraction to women and fetish for fully dressed males with their fingernails exposed, 1928, inclusive
Case L2: L., Henry B. / Age 29, illness for 3.5 years has plagued him with numerous symptoms and diagnosis (frequent urination, glycosurea, stomach disorders, lost spirit), 1925, inclusive
Case L3: L., W. / Homosexual, "Uranian type"; wants to meet others of his class; encloses photo of himself with typed verse by "Riley" on back, 1929, inclusive
Case M1: Mrs. C. M. / Young married woman with phobia of looking people in the eyes, undated
Case M2: M., C. / Age 65, married, describes wife's Oedipal condition. (WJF seems to have misclassified this as "Homosexuality case"), 1923, inclusive
Case N1: N., H. J. / Homosexual, recounts childhood recollections, masturbation, nocturnal emission in sleep, 'heat attacks' of the prostrate glands, 1930, inclusive
Case P1; P., G. / Age early 60's, symptoms of neurasthenia and anxiety neurosis, 1945, inclusive
Case P2: P., S. / re: Myths of masturbation, 1929, inclusive
Case P3: P., C. D. / Attorney writing for an anonymous woman client, re: masturbation, 1940, inclusive
Case P4: P., W.E. / re: WJF's publication of an incorrect astronomical statement, 1930, inclusive
Case P5: "Men Who Make Passes" [at women]: Clipping, 1933, inclusive
Case R1: R., B. N. / Age 39, is pregnancy advisable at her age?; is there any way to postpone menopause?, 1930, inclusive
Case R2: R., R. / Age 25, what effects does coitus interruptus have over a prolonged period of time?; will his penis be rendered useless?, 1932, inclusive
Case R3: R., Mrs. H. E. / Life history; phobias of marriage, snakes; relation with mother; had withdrawn from work, 1923, inclusive
Case S1: S., A. / Age 26, anxiety and sexual neurosis; mental and physical masturbation, has never been "with" a woman but is engaged to be married, 1926, inclusive
Case S2: S., E. C. / Age 42, divorced, series of sex questions re: his ex-wife's abortions and coldness to him, coitus interruptus, condoms, 1925, inclusive
Case S3: S., S. / b. 1898, childhood sexuality, masturbation, excessive periods of depression, doesn't know if he's fit for marriage, 1925, inclusive
Case S4: S., M. E. / No age, questions re: reproductive anatomy; includes diagrammatic reply from WJF, 1939, inclusive
Case Histories: S5 S., V. Contents: a "specialist" recommended that he abstain from sex and practice masturbation to relieve illness, 1931, inclusive
Case S6: S., J. / Complaints of large, loosely suspended testicles; WJF recommends cold water sitz baths before and after sex, 1936, inclusive
Case S7: S., A. J. / Fears that he will not be able to have simultaneous orgasms with his future wife, 1932, inclusive
Case T1: T., D. / Age 24, male homosexual, pacifist, socialist, lonely, loves children, 1938, inclusive
Case W1: W., W., 1931, inclusive
Case W2: W., R. J. / Re: the future of psychiatry as a profession, 1933, inclusive
Case Y1: Y., G. V. / Found WJF's Little Blue Book on menopause extremely enlightening, 1927, inclusive
Case Z1: Z., I. / Age 24, married, no children; unable to have orgasm. Must a woman discharge at the same time as the male discharges seminal fluid in order to conceive?, 1931, inclusive
Original Case Histories, 1923-1963, inclusive
Series II. Correspondence, 1912-1986, inclusive
Scope and Content Note
The bulk of Series II: Correspondence consists of personal correspondence between Fielding and less famous colleagues, readers, researchers, and friends. In his later years, these provide summaries of his career that are more personal than his autobiography, including letters that describe Fielding's struggle with emphysema and arthritis and his wife's affliction with cerebral artereo-sclerosis. Fielding also had personal correspondence with well-known individuals like Upton Sinclair (1918-1928), John Haynes Holmes (1938), Ralph Bunche (1955) and J. W. Fulbright (1965). Scattered throughout is printed ephemera relating to sexology, psychology, and other matters.
This series also documents Fielding's participation in the American Social Hygiene Association, The American Birth Control League, the Eugenics Educational Society, the Society for Constructive Birth Control and Racial Progress, the Ethical Humanist Societies of Greater New York, the Freethinkers of America, and the Thomas Paine Foundation through correspondence with officials and members of these organizations. Among Fielding's correspondents in the Birth Control, Sexual Reform and Psychology movements between 1917 and 1972 were Drs. William J. Robinson, Harry Benjamin, Victor Robinson, Samuel Schmalhausen, and Andre Tridon. Other correspondents include Marie C. Stopes, Margaret Sanger, and Havelock Ellis. His relationship with Emanuel Haldmann-Julius, owner and editor of the Little Blue Books, is evident in correspondence with Haldmann-Julius, his family, and his biographers (1919-1973). Issues of free thought and rationalism are discussed in correspondence with Joseph Lewis (1923-1968), Alfred Korzybski (on general semantics and mathematical reasoning, 1921-1933), Martin J. Martin (1966-1971), and Madalyn Murray O'Hair (1969-1971).
Fielding's expertise in Tiffany artworks and the history of the Tiffany firm generated considerable correspondence with collectors and other parties interested in the authenticity of pieces and his own collection. Fielding's employment at Tiffany's also placed him in the position of ex-officio income tax consultant for the company's executives and for Emelia Tiffany. Letters from John D. Rockefeller (1922), Helen Keller (1928), and Barry Goldwater (1959) were acquired through his affiliation with Tiffany.
This series also includes a small number of photographs, likely removed from Fielding's personal correspondence.
Clippings, 1935-1969, inclusive
Correspondence: "A", 1920-1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Ackerson, John, 1968-1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Ackley, Sheldon and Helen, 1951-1972, inclusive
Correspondence: American Ethical Union, 1964-1968, inclusive
Correspondence: American Humanist Association, 1968-1971, inclusive
Correspondence: American Rationalist, 1964-1973, inclusive
Correspondence: American Social Hygiene Association, 1920
Correspondence: "B", 1927-1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Baird, William, 1971-1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Barad, Emil and Lillian, 1968-1971, inclusive
Correspondence: Beals, Sarita, 1953, inclusive
Correspondence: Benjamin, Harry, 1934-1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Benjamin, Jack, 1970-1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Biersted, Sonja, 1969-1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Borgstede, Margaret, 1963-1970, inclusive
Correspondence: Brown, Hugh A., 1963-1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Burns, Ann, Sep-Oct 1968
Correspondence: "C", 1921-1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Cameron, William and Molly, 1942-1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Cancialdi, Lewis, 1950-1972, inclusive
Correspondence: The Churchman, 1970-1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Copeland, Faye, 1949-1968, inclusive
Correspondence: Cummings, Robert, 1968
Correspondence: "D", 1919-1967, inclusive
Correspondence: Daniels, Dr. Ann, 1955-1963, inclusive
Correspondence: De Gruson, Gere [Curator, Haldeman-Julius Collection], 1970-1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1958-1970, inclusive
Correspondence: Dorbin, Arthur (Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island), 1958-1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Dorrance and Co. [Publisher of Fielding Autobiography], 1921-1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Dunn, James, 1957-1971, inclusive
Correspondence: "E", 1918-1970, inclusive
Correspondence: Ellis, Havelock, 1927-1934, inclusive
Correspondence: Ericson, Edward, 1964-1968, inclusive
Correspondence: Ethical Culture Society of Long Island, 1955-1969, inclusive
Correspondence: Euthanasia Educational Fund, Inc., 1972
Correspondence: Euthanasia Society of America, Inc., 1940-1967, inclusive
Correspondence: "F", 1920-1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Fielding Family and Personal, 1949-1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Fielding Family and Personal, Business and Medical, 1955-1986, inclusive
Correspondence: Fielding Family and Personal: Kurzweil, Lester Esq., 1970, inclusive
Correspondence: Fielding Family and Personal: Mesh Family, 1964-1971, inclusive
Correspondence: Fielding Family and Personal: Pastore, Evelyn and Pat, 1969
Correspondence: Fielding Family and Personal: Reber Family, 1967-1972
Correspondence: Fielding Family and Personal: Rothstein, Dr. Daniel, 1964-1969, inclusive
Correspondence: Fielding Family and Personal: Thomas, Elsie and Gladys Otto, 1954-1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Fielding Family and Personal: Zampano, Janet and Frank, 1967-1969, inclusive
Correspondence: Franklin, Dr. Leo, 1936
Correspondence: "G", 1919-1973, inclusive
Correspondence: "H", 1916-1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Haldeman, Henry, 1966-1967, inclusive
Correspondence: Haldeman-Julius, Emanuel, 1919-1951, inclusive
Correspondence: Haldman-Julius, Sue, 1925, 1961-1974, inclusive
Correspondence: Harder, Fred, 1951-1958, inclusive
Correspondence: Hart, Charles, 1952-1966, inclusive
Correspondence: Hendrie, William, 1966-1969, inclusive
Correspondence: Herder, Dale. M., 1971-1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Hoffman, Robert, 1965-1968, inclusive
Correspondence: Hubbard, Elbert, 1912-1915, inclusive
Correspondence: Humanist Society of Greater New York, 1969-1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Hurd, Peter, July 1 ????
Correspondence: "I", 1938-1971, inclusive
Correspondence: Isenberg, Max, 1953-1966, inclusive
Correspondence: "J", 1947-1972, inclusive
Correspondence: "K", 1920-1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Karsner, David Fulton, 1917-1922, inclusive
Correspondence: Kelly, C.F. and Edith, 1917-1924, inclusive
Correspondence: Kemp, Robert, 1969-1971, inclusive
Correspondence: Kirkpatrick, George, 1916-1926, inclusive
Correspondence: Korzybski, Alfred, November 1922-September 1933, inclusive
Correspondence: "L", 1915-1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Lamm, Lawrence, 1960-1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Leemans, Robert, 1965-1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Lewis, Joseph, 1923-1942, inclusive
Correspondence: Lewis, Joseph, 1943-1959, inclusive
Correspondence: Lewis, Joseph, 1961-1969, inclusive
Correspondence: Lindsey, Ben, 1939-1942, inclusive
Correspondence: "M", 1933-1971, inclusive
Correspondence: Maddaloni, Arnold, 1959-1965, inclusive
Correspondence: Manhoff, Charles, 1963-1965, inclusive
Correspondence: Marquardt, John, 1960-1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Martin, Martin J., 1964-1972, inclusive
Correspondence: McKnight, George, editor "American Minds in Miniature." Includes: "Taking Sex Lore out of America's Back Alley" (3 pp.), 1931-1932, inclusive
Correspondence: Mead, Margaret, undated
Correspondence: Meagher, John, 1918-1919, inclusive
Correspondence: Meyer, Edward, 1955-1967, inclusive
Correspondence: Mitchell, Harold and Henry Winter, 1972-1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Monteith, William and Winnie, 1952-1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Morrell, Robert, 1970, inclusive
Correspondence: Moore, Louis de B., 1969-1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Morris, E. Denton, 1966-1971, inclusive
Correspondence: "N", 1919-1970, inclusive
Correspondence: New York Society for General Semantics (Allan Flass, President), 1961-1962, inclusive
Correspondence: New York Times, 1922-1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Nisbet, Mr. and Mrs. Alex, 1964-1969, inclusive
Correspondence: New Zealand Rationalist Association, 1963-1973, inclusive
Correspondence: "O", 1952, inclusive
Correspondence: O'Hair, Madalyn Murray, 1969-1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Olsen, Frieda, 1956-1972, inclusive
Correspondence: "P", 1918-1966, inclusive
Correspondence: Paine, Thomas Foundation, 1937-1971, inclusive
Correspondence: Paine, Thomas Society, 1971-1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Paiz, Joan, 1969-1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Paris, Dr. Sam; Mary and Delta Paris, 1961-1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Paul, Nishan and Lucy, 1964-1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Pi Gamma Mu, 1928-1936, inclusive
Correspondence: Publisher Rejection Letters, 1935-1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Progressive World, 1961-1973, inclusive
Correspondence: "Q", 1952, inclusive
Correspondence: "R", 1918-1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Reiss, Louis and Mona, 1949-1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Reitmeister, Dr. Louis, 1970-1971, inclusive
Correspondence: Reuben, Jack, 1956-1971, inclusive
Correspondence: Robinson, Dr. Victor, 1920-1921, inclusive
Correspondence: Robinson, Dr. William, 1917-1932, inclusive
Correspondence: Russell, Bertrand, 1958, inclusive
Correspondence: Ryan, William, 1969-1973, inclusive
Correspondence: "S", 1921-1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Sanford, Natalie and Sandy, 1952-1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Sanger, Margaret, 1917-1929, 1963-1966, inclusive
Correspondence: Sauer, Emile, 1963, inclusive
Correspondence: Schiltz, Joseph, 1963, inclusive
Correspondence: Schmalhausen, Samuel, 1923-1928, inclusive
Correspondence: Sessions, Alanson, 1918, inclusive
Correspondence: Seto, Yoshinao, 1920-1922, inclusive
Correspondence: Shatter, Fritzie and Saul, 1958-1978, inclusive
Correspondence: Shapiro, Irma, 1972-1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Shulmin, Herman, 1931-1970, inclusive
Correspondence: Shur, Cantor and Ira, 1960-1967, inclusive
Correspondence: Sinclair, Upton, 1918-1928, inclusive
Correspondence: Smith, Harold and Belle, 1957-1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Smith, Ramsey, 1921-1925, inclusive
Correspondence: Smith, William Hawley, 1920-1922, inclusive
Correspondence: Society for Ethical Culture (N.Y.), 1948-1972, inclusive
Correspondence: South Australia (the McCalls, the Camerons, etc.), 1968-1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Spock, Dr. Benjamin, 1966-1977, inclusive
Correspondence: Sprott, Florilda, 1970, inclusive
Correspondence: Stein, Gordon, 1968-1970, inclusive
Correspondence: Stein, Otto, March 1971-August 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Stix, Dr. Louis, 1952-1968, inclusive
Correspondence: Stopes, Dr. Marie, 1920-1927, inclusive
Correspondence: Surkenik, Julia, 1971-1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Swanson, Joanne, 1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Swasey, Robert, 1924-1926, inclusive
Correspondence: Sylvester, Belle and Arnold, 1961-1971, inclusive
Correspondence: "T", 1919-1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Thompson, Muriel and Tom, 1968-1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Thor, Milton, 1961-1969, inclusive
Correspondence: Tiffany Enterprises (Alphabetical by Correspondent), 1916-1973, inclusive
Correspondence: Tiffany Family and Foundation, 1918-1971, inclusive
Correspondence: Tolstoy, Count Leo Jr., Letter to Louis TIffany, October 1926, inclusive
Correspondence: "U", 1963-1969, inclusive
Correspondence: "V", 1920-1971, inclusive
Correspondence: Vining, Kay, 1965-1972, inclusive
Correspondence: "W", 1917-1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Wakefield, Sherman, 1938-1971, inclusive
Correspondence: Weber, Mary Louise, 1961-1972, inclusive
Correspondence: Weston, Ross Allen, 1965-1968, inclusive
Correspondence: Whitten, K.M., 1965-1967, inclusive
Correspondence: Wood, Charles, 1915-1923, inclusive
Correspondence: Wortman, Fred, 1952, inclusive
Correspondence: "Y", 1970-1972, inclusive
Personal Photographs, circa late 1950s-1970s, inclusive
Series III. Writings, 1911-1973, inclusive
Scope and Content Note
Series III: Writings contains two typescripts of Fielding's autobiography, All the Lives I Have Lived (Dorrance and Co., 1972), and other published and unpublished works, including poems, essays, and reviews written by Fielding over the years, several on free thought and freethinkers. Fielding's writings also include the unpublished typescripts "The Plight of the Aged Middle-Class Sick," the personal history of an aging, middle-class individual in America between 1960 and 1973, "Thomas Paine Returns to Thetford," and "Reminiscences About Alfred Korzybski."
Writings: "Abortion, Murder and the Godly" (W.J.F), Progressive World, 1969, inclusive
Writings: "All the Lives I Have Lived" (Manuscript, W.J.F.), 1972, inclusive
Writings: "All the Lives I Have Lived" (Duplicate Manuscript, W.J.F.), 1972, inclusive
Writings: "All the Lives I Have Lived" Correspondence and Reviews, 1968-1973, inclusive
Writings: "Arrested, I Waived Extradition" (W.J.F.), undated
Writings: "Atheism is a Positive Philosophy" (W.J.F.), Progressive World, 1972, inclusive
Writings: Autobiographical Material (letters, etc) Used in Connection with the Publication of "All the Lives I Have Lived", 1920-1972, inclusive
Writings: "Birth Control in America" by David M. Kennedy (Review, W.J.F.), undated
Writings: "Burns the Rebel..." (W.J.F.), undated
Writings: "A Century of Turbulent Activities" (Review, W.J.F.), undated
Writings: by Correspondents, 1952-1970, inclusive
Writings: "The Corruptiveness of Power" (W.J.F.), Progressive World, 1968, inclusive
Writings: "The Decline and Fall of Romerica" (W.J.F.), undated
Writings: "Flight from Reality" (W.J.F.), Ethical Outlook, May 1956, inclusive
Writings: "Government by Gimmick" (W.J.F.), The Churchman, undated
Writings: "I Returned from the Dead: Some Personal and Philosophical Reflections There On" (W.J.F.), The Age of Reason Magazine, September 1965, inclusive
Writings: "I Would Not Care to Be That Man" (W.J.F.), undated
Writings: "Joseph Lewis: A Reminiscence" (W.J.F.), American Rationalist, January 1969, inclusive
Writings: "Joseph McCabe: A Career Extraordinary" (W.J.F.), The American Rationalist, undated
Writings: "A Long Neglected American Patriot Emerges from Obscurity: Button Gwinnett Reveled as an Amazing, Enigmatic Personality" (Typescript, W.J.F), undated
Writings: "Margaret Sanger: Pioneer of the Future" by Emily Taft Douglas (Review, W.J.F.), Progressive World, September 1970, inclusive
Writings: "The New 'God is Dead' Theologians" (W.J.F.), The American Rationalist, undated
Writings: "A Night Without Dick" (W.J.F.), undated
Writings: "The Paradox of the Roman Catholic Hierarchy" (W.J.F.), The American Rationalist, 1966, inclusive
Writings: "Periodic Cataclysms of the Earth" (W.J.F.), The Age of Reason Magazine, November 1967, inclusive
Writings: "The Plight of the Aged Middle-Class Sick" (W.J.F.), undated
Writings: Poetry by W.J.F., 1913-1967, inclusive
Writings: Printed Ephemera Relating to Psychology, Sexology, and Other Matters (early 1920s), 1918-1934, inclusive
Writings: "Reminiscences About Alfred Korzybski", 1962, inclusive
Writings: Richards, Kenneth, "The Rotating Earth to be Belted to the Wheels of a Super Industrialism: Prediction of Primal Power Sources in Another Century" (Manuscript), 1911, inclusive
Writings: "Satisfactions of an Ethical Society" (W.J.F.), The Age of Reason Magazine, September 1968, inclusive
Writings: "The Scotch Under a Microscope" (W.J.F.), The Modern Thinker 7:4 (1935): 30-34, December 1935, inclusive
Writings: Sketch Book Magazine (W.J.F, Dramatic Editor; also includes articles by W.J.F), 1927-1932, inclusive
Writings: "The Sordid Picture of a Corrupted Land" (W.J.F.), Progressive World, September 1966, inclusive
Writings: "The Tarnished Presidency" (W.J.F.), undated
Writings: "Thomas Pain Returns to Thetford" (W.J.F., typescript), undated
Writings: "To Be Fully Alive" by Arnold Maddaloni (Review, W.J.F.), undated
Writings: "What Are Your Dreams Trying to Tell You" (W.J.F.) Journal of Living 17:12, pp 79-98, January 1952, inclusive
Writings: "What if Christ Had Never Lived? Assuming, Of Course, That He Had" (W.J.F.), The American Rationalist, 1970, inclusive
Series IV. Addendum
Poster, undated
Scope and Content Note
The front of the poster is titled "Know Thyself" with text by William John Fielding and E. Haldeman-Julius. The backs of the poster is titled "Life and Letters" with text by E. Haldeman-Julius. The poster is an advertisement for subscription to these publications.
