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Series IV: Correspondence, 1932-2004, inclusive

Extent

4.25 Linear Feet in 4 record cartons and 1 manuscript box.

Scope and Contents

This series contains James Jackson's correspondence, as well as some third party correspondence. Notable correspondents include Carl Bloice (Daily World), Benjamin Davis, Eugene and Peggy Dennis, W.E.B. Du Bois, Simon Gerson, Gus Hall, Ollie Harrington, Hosea Hudson, Pablo Neruda, John Pittman, Ed Strong, Henry Winston, and Carl Winter.

Arrangement

This series is divided into four subseries.

Subseries IV:A: Chronological Correspondence, 1932-2004, inclusive

Language of Materials

English.

Correspondence, Chronological, Undated, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1932, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1933, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1936, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1937, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1940, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1943, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1945, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1946, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1948, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1950, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1951, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 26, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1952, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1953, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1954, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1955, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1956, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1957, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 26, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1958, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1959, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1960, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1961, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1962, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1963, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 26, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1964, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1965, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1966, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1967, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1968, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1969, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 43 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1970, inclusive

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

Correspondence, Chronological, 1970s, inclusive

Box: 26, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1971, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1972, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1973, inclusive

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

Correspondence, Chronological, 1974, inclusive

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

Correspondence, Chronological, 1975, inclusive

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

Correspondence, Chronological, 1976, inclusive

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

Correspondence, Chronological, 1977, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1978, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1979, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1980, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1980s, inclusive

Box: 26, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1981, inclusive

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

Correspondence, Chronological, 1982, inclusive

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

Correspondence, Chronological, 1983, inclusive

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

Correspondence, Chronological, 1984, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1985, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1986, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1987, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1988, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1989, inclusive

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

Correspondence, Chronological, 1990, inclusive

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

Correspondence, Chronological, 1990s, inclusive

Box: 26, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Chronological, 1991, inclusive

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

Correspondence, Chronological, 1992, inclusive

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

Correspondence, Chronological, 1993, inclusive

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

Correspondence, Chronological, 1994, inclusive

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

Correspondence, Chronological, 1995, inclusive

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

Correspondence, Chronological, 1996, inclusive

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

Correspondence, Chronological, 1997, inclusive

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

Correspondence, Chronological, 1998, inclusive

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

Correspondence, Chronological, 1999, inclusive

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

Correspondence, Chronological, 2000, inclusive

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

Correspondence, Chronological, 2001, inclusive

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

Correspondence, Chronological, 2002, inclusive

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

Correspondence, Chronological, 2003, inclusive

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

Correspondence, Chronological, 2004, inclusive

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

Correspondence, Chronological, Undated, inclusive

Box: 26, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries IV:B: Alphabetical Correspondence, 1936, 1955-1993, inclusive

Language of Materials

English.

Correspondence, Alphabetical: A - B, Undated, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Alphabetical: Bloice, Carl, 1982-1992, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Alphabetical: C - D, Undated, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Alphabetical: Castro, Fidel - letters to, 1961-1968, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Alphabetical: Chandra, Romesh, Undated, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Alphabetical: Davis, Ben, 1955, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Alphabetical: Dennis, Gene, 1965, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Alphabetical: Dennis, Peggy, 1963-1967, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Alphabetical: Du Bois, W.E.B., 1961-1963, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Alphabetical: Du Bois, W.E.B., Applying for Membership in the CPUSA, 1961, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Alphabetical: E - H, Undated, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Alphabetical: Evans (re: Sale of Ollie Harrington Drawings), 1991, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Alphabetical: Foster, William Z., 1960, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Alphabetical: Gerson, Simon, 1981-1993, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Alphabetical: Gorbachev, Mikhail (Letter to), 1991, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Alphabetical: Hall, Gus, Undated, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Alphabetical: Harrington, Ollie, 1977-1993 , Undated, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Alphabetical: Hudson, Hosea, 1980-1986, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Alphabetical: I - J, Undated, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Alphabetical: Jackson, Jesse, 1983, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Alphabetical: K - L, Undated, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Alphabetical: M - O, Undated, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Alphabetical: Murphy, George (re: "Black Delegation Visits the USSR"), 1972, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Alphabetical: Neruda, Pablo, 1966-1967, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Alphabetical: P - S, Undated, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Alphabetical: Pittman, John, 1966-1984, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Alphabetical: "Pharmacy", 1969-1970, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 43 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Alphabetical: Retirement Dispute, 1992, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 44 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Alphabetical: Strong, Ed, 1936, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 45 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Alphabetical: T - Z, Undated, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 46 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Alphabetical: West, Jim, Undated, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 47 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Alphabetical: Winston, Henry, 1961-1986, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 48 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence: Alphabetical: Winter, Carl, 1956-1957 , 1990, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 49 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries IV:C: Third Party Correspondence, 1957-1997, inclusive

Language of Materials

English.

Correspondence, Third Party: A - E, 1966-1997, inclusive

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

Correspondence, Third Party: Azikiwe, Nnamdi, 1965, inclusive

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

Correspondence, Third Party: Chandra, Romesh, 1988, inclusive

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

Correspondence, Third Party: Davis, Angela, Undated, inclusive

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

Correspondence, Third Party: Du Bois, W.E.B., 1961, inclusive

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

Correspondence, Third Party: F - K, 1957-1996, inclusive

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

Correspondence, Third Party: Hall, Gus, 1971-1983, inclusive

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

Correspondence, Third Party: Harrington, Ollie, 1990, inclusive

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

Correspondence, Third Party: Hudson, Hosea, 1981, inclusive

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

Correspondence, Third Party: Jackson, Daniel, 1968, inclusive

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

Correspondence, Third Party: L - R, 1960-1996, inclusive

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

Correspondence, Third Party: Pittman, John, 1959 , 1978, inclusive

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

Correspondence, Third Party: S - Z, 1968-1991, inclusive

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

Correspondence, Third Party: Williams, Robert F., Letter to Fidel Castro, 1966, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, Third Party: Winston, Henry, 1962-1986, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries IV:D: Esther and James WWII Letters, 1943-1946, inclusive

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

This series contains letters between Esther and James after he entered the army in 1943 and served in the China Burma India Theatre for eighteen months. During this time James and Esther corresponded daily between 1944 and 1945 (and some earlier letters from 1943). A small amount of letters with James' father, James E. Jackson Sr., and letters from Louis and Dorothy Burnham are also in this seris.

Burnham, Louis and Dorothy to James E. Jackson, 1943-1945, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Clippings, 1944-1945, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jackson, Esther Cooper to James E. Jackson, Undated, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jackson, Esther Cooper to James E. Jackson, 1943, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jackson, Esther Cooper to James E. Jackson, Jan 1944-Aug 1944

Box: 6, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jackson, Esther Cooper to James E. Jackson, Sep 1944-Dec 1944

Box: 6, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jackson, Esther Cooper to James E. Jackson, Jan 1945-Feb 1945

Box: 6, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jackson, Esther Cooper to James E. Jackson, Mar 1945-Apr 1945

Box: 6, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jackson, Esther Cooper to James E. Jackson, May 1945-Jun 1945

Box: 6, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jackson, Esther Cooper to James E. Jackson, Jul 1945-Aug 1945

Box: 6, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jackson, Esther Cooper to James E. Jackson, 1946, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jackson, James E. to Esther Cooper Jackson, Undated, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jackson, James E. to Esther Cooper Jackson, 1943, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jackson, James E. to Esther Cooper Jackson, 1944, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jackson, James E. to Esther Cooper Jackson, Jan 1994-Feb 1944

Box: 6, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jackson, James E. to Esther Cooper Jackson, Mar 1994-Apr 1944

Box: 6, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jackson, James E. to Esther Cooper Jackson, May 1944-Jun 1944

Box: 6, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jackson, James E. to Esther Cooper Jackson, Jul 1994-Aug 1944

Box: 6, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jackson, James E. to Esther Cooper Jackson, Sep 1944-Oct 1944

Box: 6, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jackson, James E. to Esther Cooper Jackson, Nov 1944-Dec 1944

Box: 6, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jackson, James E. to Esther Cooper Jackson, Jan 1945

Box: 6, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jackson, James E. to Esther Cooper Jackson, Feb 1945

Box: 6, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jackson, James E. to Esther Cooper Jackson, Mar 1945

Box: 6, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jackson, James E. to Esther Cooper Jackson, Apr 1945

Box: 6, Folder: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jackson, James E. to Esther Cooper Jackson, May 1945

Box: 6, Folder: 40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jackson, James E. to Esther Cooper Jackson, Jun 1945

Box: 6, Folder: 41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jackson, James E. to Esther Cooper Jackson, Jul 1945

Box: 6, Folder: 42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jackson, James E. to Esther Cooper Jackson, Aug 1945

Box: 6, Folder: 43 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jackson, James E. to Esther Cooper Jackson, Sep 1945

Box: 6, Folder: 44 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jackson, James E. to Esther Cooper Jackson, Oct-45-Jan-46

Box: 6, Folder: 45 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jackson, James E. to Family, 1943-1945, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 46 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jackson, James E. Sr. to James E. Jackson, 1943-1945, inclusive

Box: 6, Folder: 47 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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