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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

Box: 4, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Czechoslovakia: "Free Thought and Socialism in the Czech Community in Chicago, 1875-1887" by Richard Schneirov, circa 1984, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Czechoslovakia: "A Study of Radicalism in the Bohemian-American Community" by Joseph Chada, circa 1954, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Finland: Interviews, 1976-1982, inclusive

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

Finland: Secondary Sources, 1976-1980, inclusive

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

France: "Socialism in America: The French-speaking Coal Miners" by Ronald Creagh", circa 1988, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Greece: General, circa 1985, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Greece: "The Greeks in America" by Dan Georgakas, 1987, inclusive

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

Hungary: General, undated

Box: 5, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hungary: Newspapers: Bermunkás, 1924-1931, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hungary: Newspapers: Magyar Jova, circa 1941, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hungary: Newspapers: Új Elöre, 1922, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hungary: Newspapers: Új Elöre, 1924-1926, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hungary: Newspapers: Új Elöre, 1928-1936, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hungary: Newspapers: Others, 1911-1931, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hungary: Secondary Sources, 1977-1985, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Lithuania: "US Left and Labor Movements: The Role of the Lithuanians" by Rudolph Baranik, undated

Box: 5, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poland: General, undated

Box: 5, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poland: Dziennek Lodwy (People's Daily) articles, 1907, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poland: Notecards, undated

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

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

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

Poland: "Polish-American Socialism, 1880-1950" by Mary Eleanor Cygan (1 of 2 folders), 1989, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poland: "Polish-American Socialism, 1880-1950" by Mary Eleanor Cygan (2 of 2 folders), 1989, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poland: World War I, undated

Box: 6, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Russia: General (1 of 2 folders), undated

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

Russia: General (2 of 2 folders), undated

Box: 6, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Russia: Notes by Maria Woroby (1 of 2 folders), undated

Box: 6, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Russia: Notes by Maria Woroby (2 of 2 folders), undated

Box: 6, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Slovenia: "In Unity is Strength: A History of the Slovene National Benefit Society, 1904-1985" by Joseph Stipanovich (1 of 2 folders), 1985, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Slovenia: "In Unity is Strength: A History of the Slovene National Benefit Society, 1904-1985" by Joseph Stipanovich (2 of 2 folders), 1985, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Ukraine: General (1 of 2 folders), undated

Box: 6, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Ukraine: General (2 of 2 folders), undated

Box: 6, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Ukraine: Newspapers, 1914-1922, inclusive

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

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

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

Correspondence: CLR James and Constance Webb Pearlstien: General, Nov 1948-Jul 1984, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: CLR James and Constance Webb Pearlstien: "Autobiography of a Man By Himself" (1 of 2 folders), 1944, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: CLR James and Constance Webb Pearlstien: "Autobiography of a Man By Himself" (2 of 2 folders), 1944, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: CLR James and Paul Buhle, 1970-1983, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Paul Buhle and others about CLR James (1 of 2 folders), 1972-1992, inclusive

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

Correspondence: Paul Buhle and others about CLR James (2 of 2 folders), 1975-1992, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Interviews, 1981-1986, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Newspaper Clippings, 1981-1992, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Obituaries, 1989-1990, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Reviews of Paul Buhle's work on CLR James, Aug 1982-May 1991, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Unpublished CLR James writings (1 of 2 folders), undated

Box: 7, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Unpublished CLR James writings (2 of 2 folders), undated

Box: 7, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Unpublished writings on CLR James (not by Paul Buhle), 1969-1991, inclusive

Box: 7, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"The West Indian at Home and Abroad: My Experience with Women," by CLR James, circa 1970, inclusive

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

Writings and speeches by CLR James, 1962-1968, 1981, inclusive; 1962-1968, bulk

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

Writings and drafts on CLR James by Paul Buhle, May 1984, inclusive

Box: 8, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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