Paul Buhle Papers
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Paul Buhle is a scholar of radicalism in the United States and the Caribbean, with particular emphasis on its cultural manifestations, and of the Immigrant Left. This collection documents his political and intellectual life, including his interest and involvement in the antiwar movement, the activism of the New Left, the "radical history" movement of the 1970s, and efforts to create a "radical humor movement." Materials include correspondence, published and unpublished writings, Buhle's collection of satirical and other humor publications, and research files on radical immigrant communities and Afro-Trinidadian historian and social theorist CLR James.
Biographical Note
Paul Buhle (1944- ) is a scholar of radicalism in the United States and the Caribbean, with particular emphasis on its cultural manifestations, and of the Immigrant Left. Buhle was born in Urbana, Illinois, attended the University of Illinois (B.A., 1966), the University of Connecticut (M.A., 1967), and the University of Wisconsin - Madison (Ph.D., 1975). Buhle taught at the Cambridge-Godard School (1971–1973), the Rhode Island School of Design, and Brown University (1995-), where he is currently Faculty Emeritus.
Buhle was an active participant in the New Left of the 1960s and 1970s. He was a spokesperson for the University of Illinois' chapter of Students for a Democratic Society's (SDS) antiwar and civil rights activities. Buhle was the founding editor, along with Mary Jo Buhle, of the journal Radical America (1967–1999), which began as an unofficial organ of SDS and focused on issues such as civil rights, women's liberation, working class radicalism, and the anti-war movement. During the 1970s the journal began to shift its focus toward the issues and priorities of the New Left, as opposed to the more traditional values of the "Old Left." Buhle also founded Cultural Correspondence (1977–1983), a popular culture studies journal. For a brief period Buhle was a member of the Socialist Labor Party. In 2006 and 2007, he became one of the founding figures of the new Students for a Democratic Society, and more recently a leader of the Movement for a Democratic Society.
Buhle is the author or editor of numerous books, including Students for a Democratic Society: A Graphic History (2008); Wobblies! A Graphic History of Industrial Workers of the World (2005); Radical Hollywood: The Untold Story Behind America's Favorite Movies (2002); Images of American Radicalism (1998); The Immigrant Left in the United States (1996); Encyclopedia of the American Left (1990); Marxism in the United States: Remapping the History of the American Left (1987); C.L.R. James, His Life and Work (1986); and Labor's Joke Book (1985). Buhle was also one of the organizers of and chief contributors to the Oral History of the American Left (1984-), a project of the Tamiment Library at NYU. He co-founded the Rhode Island Labor History Society and produced Vanishing Road Island and Underground Rhode Island.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into four series, two of which have been further arranged in subseries. The series and subseries arrangement of the materials is as follows:
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- Series 1, Correspondence, 1965-1993
- Series 2, Research Files, 1911-1992
- Subseries 1, Immigrant Left Files, 1911-1989
- Subseries 2, CLR James Files, 1939-1992
- Series 3, Graphic Materials, 1884-2000
- Series 4, Writings, 1964-1992
- Subseries 1, Unpublished Writings, 1964-1992
- Subseries 2, Published Writings, 1966-1991
Scope and Content Note
This collection documents the political and intellectual life of Paul Buhle, including his interest and involvement in the antiwar movement, the activism of the New Left, the "radical history" movement of the 1970s, and efforts to create a "radical humor movement." Materials in this collection also document Buhle's research on radical immigrant communities, his research on Afro-Trinidadian historian and social theorist CLR James, and the founding and activities of his journals, Radical America and Cultural Correspondence. The collection also contains Buhle's writings, including journalism for many leftist publications, numerous book reviews, unrealized essay drafts, and undergraduate and graduate school papers.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright (and related rights to publicity and privacy) to materials in this collection created by Paul Buhle 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; Paul Buhle Papers; TAM 171; box number; folder number;
Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012, New York University Libraries.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials were donated by Paul Buhle in circa 1986. The accession number associated with this gift is 1995.010.
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Processing Information Note
Materials were places in new acid-free folders and boxes. Original order of series and subseries was maintained as much as possible. Folder titles and dates have been applied by the archivist. At one point the materials had been divided into the Paul Buhle Papers and the Social Humor Collection; these were combined back into one collection based on the material's content and nature of the original donation.
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Series I, Correspondence, 1965-1993, 1966-1993, inclusive
Language of Materials
Scope and Content Note
This series consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence between Paul Buhle and numerous individuals on subjects such as the historiography of labor movements, the emergence of popular culture criticism, the role of humor in radical political movements, the activities of Buhle's journals, Radical America and Cultural Correspondence, and the possible ways to refigure Marxism and socialism in the late 20th-century. Frequent correspondents include Franklin Rosemont, founder of the Chicago Surrealist Group; political writer and theorist Paul Berman; Trotskyist political theorist Alan Woods; labor historian David Montgomery; Thomas H. Fiehrer, Southern historian and editor of Plantation Society in the Americas; anarchist poet and historian Dan Georgakas; Jewish editor and humorist Larry Bush; and anarchist cartoonist Jay Kinney. Other correspondents include actors Edward Asner and Eddy Albert; writers and theorists Frederic Jameson, Stuart Hall, Malcom Cowley, CLR James, Marge Piercy, Irving Howe, Ring Lardner, Jr., Edward Said, Alexander Saxton, and David Platt; labor, social, and cultural historians Herbert Gutman, Eric Foner, William Appleman Williams, David Brody, Phillip Foner, Herbert Aptheker, George Lipsitz; artists Art Spiegelman, R. Crumb, Bill Griffith, Maurice Kish; leftist political activists H.L. Mitchell, Gil Green, Will Weinstone, Joseph Starobin, and Paul Novick; editors of publications like the Village Voice, Nation, Seven Days, Morgn Freiheit, and Jewish Forward; as well as numerous poets, labor movement veterans, leftwing political activists, and radical scholars.
Arrangement
Series is arranged chronologically.
1965-1972, 1966-1972, inclusive
1973, 1973, inclusive
Jan 1974-Nov 1974, Jan 1974-Nov 1974, inclusive
Dec 1974, Dec 1974, inclusive
Jan 1975-Mar 1975, Jan 1975-Mar 1975, inclusive
Apr 1975-Jun 1975, Apr 1975-Jun 1975, inclusive
Jul 1975-Sep 1975, Jul 1975-Sep 1975, inclusive
Oct 1975-Nov 1975, Oct-Nov 1975, inclusive
Dec 1975, Dec 1975, inclusive
Jan 1976-Feb 1976, Jan 1976-Feb 1976, inclusive
Mar 1976-Jun 1976, Mar 1976-Jun 1976, inclusive
Jul 1976-Nov 1976, Jul 1976-Nov 1976, inclusive
Dec 1976, Dec 1976, inclusive
Jan 1977-May 1977, Jan 1977-May 1977, inclusive
Jun 1977-Dec 1977, Jun 1977-Dec 1977, inclusive
Jan 1978-Aug 1978, Jan 1978-Aug 1978, inclusive
Sep 1978-Dec 1978, Sep 1978-Dec 1978, inclusive
1979, 1979, inclusive
Jan 1980-Jun 1980, Jan 1980-Jun 1980, inclusive
Jul 1980-Dec 1980, Jul 1980-Dec 1980, inclusive
Jan 1981-Jun 1981, Jan 1981-Jun 1981, inclusive
Jul 1981-Nov 1981, Jul 1981-Nov 1981, inclusive
Dec 1981, Dec 1981, inclusive
Jan 1982-Aug 1982, Jan 1982-Aug 1982, inclusive
Sep 1982-Dec 1982, Sep 1982-Dec 1982, inclusive
Jan 1983-Jul 1983, Jan 1983-Jul 1983, inclusive
Aug 1983-Dec 1983, Aug 1983-Dec 1983, inclusive
1984, 1984, inclusive
Jan 1985-Aug 1985, Jan 1985-Aug 1985, inclusive
Sep 1985-Dec 1985, Sep 1985-Dec 1985, inclusive
Jan 1986-Jun 1986, Jan 1986-Jun 1986, inclusive
Jul 1986-Nov 1986, Jul 1986-Nov 1986, inclusive
Dec 1986, Dec 1986, inclusive
Jan 1987-Jul 1987, Jan 1987-Jul 1987, inclusive
Oct 1987-Dec 1987, Oct 1987-Dec 1987, inclusive
1988, 1988, inclusive
1989, 1989, inclusive
1990, 1990, inclusive
1991, 1991, inclusive
1992, 1992, inclusive
1993, 1993, inclusive
Series II, Research Files, 1911-1992, 1911-1992, inclusive
Arrangement
Series is arranged into two subseries, both of which are arranged alphabetically.
Subseries I, Immigrant Left Files, 1911-1989, 1911-1989, inclusive
Scope and Content Note
Materials in this subseries consist of Buhle's research concerning immigrant radicalism in the 19th-century, with specific focus on Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Slovenian, and Ukrainian immigrant communities.
Arrangement
Subseries is arranged alphabetically.
Czechoslovakia: "Czechs in Cleveland: A Study in Ethnic Socialism, 1902-1938" by Gregory M. Stone, Nov 21, 1983, inclusive
Czechoslovakia: "Free Thought and Socialism in the Czech Community in Chicago, 1875-1887" by Richard Schneirov, circa 1984, inclusive
Czechoslovakia: "A Study of Radicalism in the Bohemian-American Community" by Joseph Chada, circa 1954, inclusive
Finland: Interviews, 1976-1982, inclusive
Finland: Secondary Sources, 1976-1980, inclusive
France: "Socialism in America: The French-speaking Coal Miners" by Ronald Creagh", circa 1988, inclusive
Greece: General, circa 1985, inclusive
Greece: "The Greeks in America" by Dan Georgakas, 1987, inclusive
Hungary: General, undated
Hungary: Newspapers: Bermunkás, 1924-1931, inclusive
Hungary: Newspapers: Magyar Jova, circa 1941, inclusive
Hungary: Newspapers: Új Elöre, 1922, inclusive
Hungary: Newspapers: Új Elöre, 1924-1926, inclusive
Hungary: Newspapers: Új Elöre, 1928-1936, inclusive
Hungary: Newspapers: Others, 1911-1931, inclusive
Hungary: Secondary Sources, 1977-1985, inclusive
Lithuania: "US Left and Labor Movements: The Role of the Lithuanians" by Rudolph Baranik, undated
Poland: General, undated
Poland: Dziennek Lodwy (People's Daily) articles, 1907, inclusive
Poland: Notecards, undated
Poland: "Packingtown Polonia: The Polish Worker and the Development of Community in Chicago's Stock Yard District" by Dominic A. Pacyga, Oct 10, 1981, inclusive
Poland: "Polish-American Socialism, 1880-1950" by Mary Eleanor Cygan (1 of 2 folders), 1989, inclusive
Poland: "Polish-American Socialism, 1880-1950" by Mary Eleanor Cygan (2 of 2 folders), 1989, inclusive
Poland: World War I, undated
Russia: General (1 of 2 folders), undated
Russia: General (2 of 2 folders), undated
Russia: Notes by Maria Woroby (1 of 2 folders), undated
Russia: Notes by Maria Woroby (2 of 2 folders), undated
Slovenia: "In Unity is Strength: A History of the Slovene National Benefit Society, 1904-1985" by Joseph Stipanovich (1 of 2 folders), 1985, inclusive
Slovenia: "In Unity is Strength: A History of the Slovene National Benefit Society, 1904-1985" by Joseph Stipanovich (2 of 2 folders), 1985, inclusive
Ukraine: General (1 of 2 folders), undated
Ukraine: General (2 of 2 folders), undated
Ukraine: Newspapers, 1914-1922, inclusive
Subseries II, CLR James Files, 1939-1992, 1939-1992, inclusive
Scope and Content Note
Materials in this subseries include correspondence, newspaper articles, unpublished writings, and published writings concerning Buhle's relationship with and research on the Afro-Trinidadian historian and social theorist CLR James. The subseries contains correspondence between Buhle, James, James' ex-wife Constance Webb, Guyanese writer Wilson Harris, poet E. Ethelbert Miller, historian Noel Ignatiev, historian George Rawick, and other individuals involved in James' personal and professional life. The subseries also includes materials concerning Buhle's biography of James, including notes, preliminary drafts, and reviews. Also included are essays, obituaries of James, correspondence concerning the formation of the CLR James Society, and a chapter of James autobiography, My Life with Women.
Arrangement
Subseries is arranged alphabetically.
Correspondence: CLR James and Constance Webb Pearlstien: General, Sep 1939-Sep 1948, inclusive
Correspondence: CLR James and Constance Webb Pearlstien: General, Nov 1948-Jul 1984, inclusive
Correspondence: CLR James and Constance Webb Pearlstien: "Autobiography of a Man By Himself" (1 of 2 folders), 1944, inclusive
Correspondence: CLR James and Constance Webb Pearlstien: "Autobiography of a Man By Himself" (2 of 2 folders), 1944, inclusive
Correspondence: CLR James and Paul Buhle, 1970-1983, inclusive
Correspondence: Paul Buhle and others about CLR James (1 of 2 folders), 1972-1992, inclusive
Correspondence: Paul Buhle and others about CLR James (2 of 2 folders), 1975-1992, inclusive
Interviews, 1981-1986, inclusive
Newspaper Clippings, 1981-1992, inclusive
Obituaries, 1989-1990, inclusive
Reviews of Paul Buhle's work on CLR James, Aug 1982-May 1991, inclusive
Unpublished CLR James writings (1 of 2 folders), undated
Unpublished CLR James writings (2 of 2 folders), undated
Unpublished writings on CLR James (not by Paul Buhle), 1969-1991, inclusive
"The West Indian at Home and Abroad: My Experience with Women," by CLR James, circa 1970, inclusive
Writings and speeches by CLR James, 1962-1968, 1981, inclusive; 1962-1968, bulk
Writings and drafts on CLR James by Paul Buhle, May 1984, inclusive
Series III, Graphic Materials, 1884-2000, 1884-2000, inclusive
Scope and Content Note
Materials in this series document Buhle's research interest in graphic non-fiction materials as artistic medium, radical humor produced in the 1970s and 1980s, and his involvement in the effort to create a radical humor movement. Materials consist of numerous American and European satirical publications, including substantial materials from the surrealist humorists, Yiddish humorists, the Texas-based Church of the SubGenius, and the Italian New Left of the 1970s and early 1980s. The series also includes materials from Buhle's lectures and exhibits on radical humor, including the 1982 Radical Humor Show at New York University and the traveling Radical Humor Exhibit (1982-1985).
Arrangement
Series is arranged alphabetically.
Existence and Location of Originals Note
Series contains a substantial amount of photocopied cartoons and other graphic materials from a variety of institutions. The location of original items is sometimes indicated on the document; however, the location of some original items is unknown.
Adventures of Henry Dubb, circa 1912
Aero, undated
Aftershock, 1981, inclusive
The Agribiz Game, circa 1979, inclusive
Air Pirates Funnies, 1972, inclusive
Ameringer, Oscar, Aug 1925-Apr 1939, inclusive
Ammunition, 1983, inclusive
Appeal to Treason, 1982-1983, inclusive
Art Not War, circa 1980, inclusive
The Austin Iconoclast Magazine, 1964, inclusive
Babushkin's Digest, Jan 1985-May 1987, inclusive
Lee Baxandall and Naturalism, Jun 1989, inclusive
Edward Bellamy, 1938, inclusive
Berkeley cartoons, circa 1960, inclusive
Bermack, Richard, undated
Billboards of the Future, circa 1980, inclusive
A Bridge Too Far, undated
Bulletin of the I.S. Gay Caucus, Jul 1971, inclusive
The Capital Times, Jul 13, 1973, inclusive
Church of the Subgenius, 1971-1979, inclusive
Church of the Subgenius, 1980-1982, inclusive
Church of the Subgenius, 1983-1985, inclusive
Church of the Subgenius, undated
Collectors' Network News, Sep 1977-Dec 1977, inclusive
Comical Funnies, 1980, inclusive
Communism cartoons, undated
Communist Cartoons, 1982, inclusive
Crawford, J., undated
Cronaca Souversiva, Jan 20, 1917, inclusive
Crumb, R., Mar 1981, inclusive
Corsaren, Nov 1978, inclusive
Cultural Correspondence, 1974-1978, inclusive
Cultural Correspondence, 1979-1980, inclusive
Cultural Correspondence, 1981-1985, inclusive
"Curious George Goes to Shul!", undated
Cynical Man, Apr 15, 1982, inclusive
"Dance of Love" by Vaga Verdaqus, Feb 25, 1979, inclusive
The Dawn, 1914-1919, inclusive
Demonstrations, 1934, inclusive
Der Arme Teufel, 1884-1888, inclusive
Diamond, Abby, 1969, inclusive
Did God Ordain the Holocaust?, 1981, inclusive
Diversión, circa 1975, inclusive
Earth First!, undated
Economy cartoons, undated
The End of the World's Fair, Jan 1983-May 1984, inclusive
Estuary Press catalog, 1991, inclusive
Feminist cartoons, undated
Finnish Americana, 1992, inclusive
First Strike?, 1983, inclusive
Friends of Progress record and tape club, 1982, inclusive
Freeze and Scream, 1982, inclusive
Funny Couch, 1983, inclusive
Good Morning, 1919-1921, inclusive
Groucho Marxism, 1980, inclusive
Hawaiian graphics, 1909, 1945, inclusive
"Health and Laughter", 1984, inclusive
"History of the Left Set to Supremes' Songs", Dec 30, 1982, inclusive
Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees, AFL-CIO, Local 5 (Honolulu, Hawaii), 1994, inclusive
House of Humor and Satire, Nov 1982-Feb 1984, inclusive
Howe, Irving and Michael Harrington, Jun 17, 1984, inclusive
"Humor in Art" exhibit at Pyramid Gallery, Rochester, NY, 1982, inclusive
If, 1991, inclusive
Il Male, Apr 1978-Oct 1979, inclusive
Il Male, Nov 1979-Apr 1980, inclusive
Il Male, May 1980-Aug 1980, inclusive
Il Proletario, 1915-1921, inclusive
"In Good Conscience: The Radical Tradition in 20th-Century American Illustration", 2000, inclusive
Inside Joke, May 1982-Jun 1982, inclusive
International Dictionary of Obscenities, May 1984, inclusive
International Humor Movement, 1982, inclusive
An International Treasury of Leftwing Humor, 1945, inclusive
Jim's Letter, Apr 26, 1980, inclusive
Labor cartoons, 1873-1933, undated, inclusive
Labor's Joke Book by Paul Buhle, Feb 1985, inclusive
Laser Project, circa 1983, inclusive
Less Newspoems, 1971, inclusive
Lovecraft, H.P., Aug 1990, inclusive
Lyons, Lisa, 1968, inclusive
Mangan, Sherry, 1983, inclusive
The Match!, 1985, inclusive
May Day, 1936, inclusive
The Mill Hunk Herald, 1983-1984, inclusive
Molot, May 15, 1921, inclusive
Moorish Science Monitor, 1987, inclusive
Mother Jones posters, 1993, inclusive
Mucus, 1984-1985, inclusive
Nadir, Moishe, circa 1961, inclusive
The National Grange Order of the Patrons of Husbandry, undated
New York Pioneer, 1887, 1894, inclusive
Not Available Comics, 1983, inclusive
Perlman, Freddy, circa 1968, inclusive
Photographic prints (1 of 2 folders), undated
Photographic prints (2 of 2 folders), undated
Playboy, Jan 1983, inclusive
Pop-Iliev, Jordan, circa 1970-1980, inclusive
Post New York Post, Nov 1984, inclusive
Processed World, 1982, inclusive
"Protect the Rights of the Unconceived" by Don Fitz, Mar 1983, inclusive
The Puma Blues, 1986-1987, inclusive
The Puma Blues, 1987-1989, inclusive
Radical America, 1969, inclusive
Radical Humor, Oct 1982, inclusive
Radical Humor Art Show (1 of 2 folders), 1982, inclusive
Radical Humor Art Show (2 of 2 folders), 1982, inclusive
Radical humor festival, 1982, inclusive
Radical humor lecture and slide show, circa 1984, inclusive
The Radical Rag, 1968, inclusive
Real Hep! Comics, 1981, inclusive
The Realist, 1962, inclusive
The Rebel Worker, Jun 1966, inclusive
Red Sky Blue Sky, Sep 1970, inclusive
Religion cartoons, undated
Rhode Island Voice, 1982, inclusive
Rhubarb, 1982-1984, inclusive
The Rip-Saw Mother Goose by Henry M. Tichenor, 1912, inclusive
Rius (Eduardo del Rio), circa 1976, inclusive
Rumbles!, 1980, inclusive
Search and Destroy, 1977-1979, inclusive
Shevchenko, Taras, Mar 1964
Shmate, 1983, inclusive
Sinister Wisdom, 1977, inclusive
Socialism cartoons, 1901-1979, inclusive
The Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research, 1994, inclusive
Space City!, 1971, inclusive
Square Pegs, undated
Students for a Democratic Society, Aug 19, 1968, inclusive
Surrealist movement, 1969-1973, inclusive
Surrealist movement, 1979-1989, inclusive
Suvanto, K.A., undated
Tacky World, 1982, inclusive
Talkin' Union: Music, Lore, and History, Dec 1985, inclusive
Tongue, 1983, inclusive
Twisted Image, 1982, inclusive
The Tuber's Voice: The Couch Potato Newsletter, 1980-1984, inclusive
"Underground Comix" essay by Don Schenker, undated
"Urban Humor in Houston", undated
The Vanguardian, circa 1978, inclusive
"Voices of the Left, 1870-1960" exhibit catalog, 1960, inclusive
Wage Slave World News, Jan 1989, inclusive
Weirdo, 1982, inclusive
"What's the Use in Laughing?" Country Life, 1978, inclusive
John Greenleaf Whittier, 1888, inclusive
Win, 1977, inclusive
Winds of Change, Aug 1980-Sep 1981, inclusive
Wood, Wally, circa 1967, inclusive
Workers' Democracy, 1985, inclusive
World War 3 Illustrated, 1984-1986, inclusive
Yiddish cartoons, 1913-1943, inclusive
Series IV, Writings, 1964-1992
Arrangement
Series is arranged into two subseries, both of which are arranged chronologically.
Unpublished Writings, 1964-1992, 1964-1992, inclusive
Scope and Content Note
Materials in this subseries consist of unpublished writings by Buhle. Materials include papers and essays written by Buhle as an undergraduate and graduate student, including his Master's and PhD theses. Also included are notebooks, drafts of essays, and lecture notes about the activities of Radical America, its transformation from a graduate student journal associated with Students for a Democratic Society to an established political publication, and its efforts to reformulate its political orientation as the publication developed. Other materials in this subseries include syllabi and notes for two classes at the Cambridge Goddard Graduate School, as well as notes exchanged with journalist Dave Wagner concerning popular culture studies and labor history in Rhode Island.
Arrangement
Subseries is arranged chronologically.
Undergraduate writings: Outlines, 1964-1965, inclusive
Undergraduate writings: Papers, 1965-1968, inclusive
Undergraduate writings: Papers, undated
Undergraduate writings: Thesis draft, circa 1966, inclusive
Graduate school writings: Book reviews, 1966-1967, inclusive
Graduate school writings: Exams, circa 1967-1968, inclusive
Graduate school writings: Lecture notes, circa 1967-1968, inclusive
Graduate school writings: Papers: General, 1967-1968, inclusive
Graduate school writings: Papers: "Realignment in the 1930s", 1967, inclusive
Gradute school writings: "Louis C. Fraina, 1894-1953" [Master's thesis] (1 of 2 folders), 1968, inclusive
Gradute school writings: "Louis C. Fraina, 1894-1953" [Master's thesis] (2 of 2 folders), 1968, inclusive
Editorials and op-eds, 1964-1977, inclusive
Students for a Democratic Society, 1967-1969, inclusive
Essay: "American Liberalism: Some Questions", Jun 1968, inclusive
Radical America notebooks, 1969, inclusive
Radical America notebooks, 1970, inclusive
Essay: "Resynthesis", 1970, inclusive
Essays on Melvyn Dubofsky, 1970, inclusive
Essay: "Marcuse and the New Left", 1970, inclusive
Criticism of Paul Buhle, circa 1968-1970, inclusive
Socialist Scholars Conference, 1970, inclusive
Autobiographical writings, 1970-1973, inclusive
Essay: "Marxism in the United States: 39 Propositions", Nov 1971, inclusive
Unfinished popular culture project for Institute of Policy Studies, 1971-1972, inclusive
Radical America Boston writings, Aug 1971-Jun 1973, inclusive
Essay on American Marxism, 1972, inclusive
Essay on readings for class on American radicalism, 1972, inclusive
Reflections on Radical America, 1972, inclusive
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) history conference, Apr 15, 1972, inclusive
Essay on Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), 1972, 1990, inclusive
Essay: "Debsian Socialism: An Overview", 1973, inclusive
Essay on Marxism and popular culture for Popular Culture Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1973, inclusive
Speech draft: "Factory and Society", Dec 12, 1973, inclusive
"Man and Woman in America" social history project, 1973, inclusive
Essay on Radical America, 1974-1976, inclusive
Essay on Critical Interruptions: New Left Perspectives on Herbert Marcuse, 1975, inclusive
Essay on Harvey Swados and Stan Weir, 1975, inclusive
Essay on New Left: May Day Manifesto, 1975, inclusive
Essay on state capitalism, circa 1975, inclusive
Essay on television, 1975, inclusive
Essay on Third Party Footprints, 1975, inclusive
Essays on James Weinstein (1 of 2 folders), 1975, inclusive
Essays on James Weinstein (2 of 2 folders), 1975, inclusive
Essay on The Young Lukacs by Andrew Arato and Paul Breines, 1975, inclusive
Speech drafts: Marxism, circa 1975, inclusive
Speech drafts: Socialist literature, circa 1975, inclusive
Essay: "Studies in Radical History, 1975, inclusive
Speech drafts: MARHO forum, 1975-1977, inclusive
Essay on Herbert Gutman, 1976, inclusive
Essay on popular front culture, 1976, inclusive
Essay: "Finns in America", circa 1976, inclusive
Essay: "Historians, Culture, and the Lower Classes", circa 1976, inclusive
Essay ideas research memos, Aug 1976, inclusive
Essay: "Red, White, Blue, Revolutionary", 1976, inclusive
Rhode Island Labor History Forum, 1976-1978, inclusive
The Oral History of the American Left, after 1976
Essay: "Gridironing on Bluto", 1977, inclusive
Television documentary on social movements in New York [Never made], 1977, inclusive
Essay on R. Crumb, 1977, inclusive
Essay: "Notes on the New Comics", 1977, inclusive
Essay: "Pullman: Focus on Social Confrontation", Mar 1977, inclusive
Essay: "Socialist Sentimentalism", Sep 1977, inclusive
Interview questions, 1979, inclusive
Essay: "American Labor's Pioneer Authors", 1980, inclusive
Essay on Italian Americans, 1980, inclusive
Essay on Lawrence Ferlinghetti, circa 1980, inclusive
Essay: "Left Culture in the United States", circa 1980, inclusive
Essay: "Return of the Comix", 1980, inclusive
Essay: "America Looks Forward to Election Day", Sep 1980, inclusive
Essay: "Worker Culture/Radical Cultures", Sep 1980, inclusive
Essay: "Peace Culture/Popular Culture/Left Culture", 1980-1982, inclusive
Essay: "Consumers Consumed", circa 1982, inclusive
Essay: "Radicalism Renewed?", circa 1982, inclusive
Essay: "Humor in the American Left: Old Immigrant Meets New Upon the Plain of Meloncholy Fantastia", circa 1983, inclusive
Essay: "In Sam Liptzin's Library", 1983, inclusive
Essay: "Old Wounds", circa 1983, inclusive
Lecture on television, 1984, inclusive
Unpublished letter on Socialist Action, Apr 12, 1984, inclusive
Essay: "The Vanished Yiddish Soul of C and W", 1984, inclusive
Essay: "Maurice Kish, Nightside Dreamer", 1984-1986, inclusive
Essay: "Anarchism and American Labor", 1985, inclusive
Essay on science fiction, circa 1985, inclusive
Essay: "The Left, the National Question, and Immigrant Radicalism in the United States", 1985, inclusive
Essay: "Marxism in the United States", 1985-1986, inclusive
Essay: "Culture and Revolutionary Struggle: Legacy and Prospects", circa 1986, inclusive
Essay: "Liberation Theology and Marxism: A Mediation", circa 1986, inclusive
Essay: "DSA: A Cultural Program", circa 1987, inclusive
Essay on the Immigrant Left, circa 1987, inclusive
Essay: "The Radical Tradition", 1990, inclusive
Lectures on Yiddish, circa 1992, inclusive
Incomplete drafts and outlines, 1970-1990, inclusive
Essay on CLR James [incomplete], undated
Essay on television detectives, undated
Lecture on New Unionism, undated
Essay: "Moshe Nadir and the Soul of Yiddish Humor", undated
Essay: "Overview of 1877-1890", undated
Published Writings, 1966-1991, 1966-1991, inclusive
Scope and Content Note
Materials in this subseries consist of Buhle's published writings, including articles and book reviews in scholarly journals and leftwing political newspapers on topics such as the history of American radicalism, radicalism in popular culture, and recent developments in labor history scholarship.
Arrangement
Subseries is arranged chronologically.
