Series II: Correspondence, 1937-1994, inclusive
Scope and Content Note
Series II contains Riesel's correspondence with labor leaders, political leaders and government officials, fellow journalists, and his friends and political associates. Prominent individuals include Allen Dulles, Max Eastman, Arthur Goldberg, Sidney Hook, J. Edgar Hoover, Hubert Humphrey, Jay Lovestone, George Meany, Richard Nixon, Bertrand Russell, Budd Schulberg, and Norman Thomas.
Subseries A: General, 1937-1994, inclusive
Correspondence, undated
Box: 7, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1937-1945
Box: 7, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1946-1958
Box: 7, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1959-1963
Box: 7, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1964
Box: 7, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1965
Box: 7, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1966
Box: 8, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1967
Box: 8, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1968
Box: 8, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1969
Box: 8, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1970
Box: 8, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1971
Box: 8, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1972
Box: 8, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1973
Box: 9, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1974
Box: 9, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1975
Box: 9, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1976
Box: 9, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1977-1980
Box: 9, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1981-1994
Box: 9, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Subseries B: Addendum, 1946-1991, inclusive
Correspondence, 1946-1950
Box: 9a, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1951-1953
Box: 9a, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1954
Box: 9a, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1955
Box: 9a, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1956-1957
Box: 9a, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1958-1962
Box: 9b, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1963-1965
Box: 9b, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1966-1968
Box: 9b, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1969-1970
Box: 9b, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1971-1972
Box: 9b, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1973-1974
Box: 9b, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1975-1976
Box: 9c, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1977-1978
Box: 9c, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1979-1981
Box: 9c, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1982-1983
Box: 9c, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1984-1985
Box: 9c, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1986-1991
Box: 9c, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, additional, 1975-1979
Box: 9D, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, additional, 1980-1983
Box: 9D, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, WNEW TV, 1970-1978
Box: 9D, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Subseries C: Friendlies, 1950-1983, inclusive
"Friendlies", undated
Box: 10, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Friendlies", 1950-1951
Box: 10, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Friendlies", 1952
Box: 10, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Friendlies", 1953
Box: 10, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Friendlies", 1954-1966
Box: 10, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Friendlies", 1967-1970
Box: 10, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Friendlies", 1971-1973
Box: 11, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Friendlies", 1974-1983
Box: 11, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Subseries D: Correspondence - Government, 1945-1984, inclusive
Dulles, Allen, 1959
Box: 11, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
FBI, 1945-1964
Box: 11, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
FBI, 1965-1973
Box: 11, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
FBI, 1974-1982
Box: 11, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
White House, 1954-1984
Box: 11, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Subseries E: Correspondence - Journalism Career, 1943-1985, inclusive
ABC Radio/TV, 1968-1969
Box: 12, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Address book, 1950s -1980s
Box: 12, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, 1967-1978
Box: 12, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Association of Radio-TV News Analysts, 1964-1976
Box: 12, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Barrows, Jim, 1980-1983
Box: 12, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Channel 5, 1971-1978
Box: 12, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Contact lists New York and Washington, undated
Box: 12, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Dow Chemical Magazine, 1973-1976
Box: 12, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Publishers, 1967-1973
Box: 12, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Publishers, 1974-1976
Box: 13, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Publishers, 1977-1985
Box: 13, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Publishing contracts, 1956-1981
Box: 13, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Radio, 1943-1951
Box: 13, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Radio/TV, 1957-1968
Box: 13, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Radio Broadcasts, 1968-1972
Box: 13, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Trip to Africa: Newsletter and Correspondence, 1959-1960
Box: 13, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Trip to Europe: Newsletter and Correspondence, 1961
Box: 14, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Weiss (Public Relations), 1961-1971
Box: 14, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
WEVD Radio, 1965-1981
Box: 14, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Subseries F: Correspondence - Guest Columnists, 1960-1979, inclusive
Guest Columnists and Travel Correspondence, 1960-1962
Box: 14, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Guest Columnists and Travel Correspondence, 1963
Box: 14, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Guest Columnists, 1968
Box: 14, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Guest Columnists, 1969
Box: 14, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Guest Columnists, 1970
Box: 15, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Guest Columnists, 1971-1972
Box: 15, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Guest Columnists, 1973
Box: 15, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Guest Columnists, 1974-1976
Box: 15, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Guest Columnists, 1977-1979
Box: 15, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Subseries G: Correspondence - Syndicated Column, 1958-1986, inclusive
Syndicated column, 1958-1972
Box: 15, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Syndicated column, 1968-1974
Box: 16, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Syndicated column, 1973-1974
Box: 16, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Syndicated column, Correspondence, 1975-1977
Box: 16, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Syndicated column, Correspondence, 1978-1986
Box: 16, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Syndicated column, typescripts, 1966-1982
Box: 16, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Syndicated column, typescripts, 1983-1986
Box: 16, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
