4078870Charles Yale Harrison papers4078870Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-07-30 20:20:14 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard2021-06-15EAD document created by CCR. Rare Book and Manuscript Library Charles Yale Harrison papers Harrison, Charles Yale, 1898-1954 4078870 MS#0560 English . /repositories/2/resources/2650 7 linear feet 14 boxes 4 oversize items 1920-1954 Physical Medium

Material base and configuration--Audio tapes

 Physical Medium

Material base and configuration--Sound recordings

 Arrangement

Cataloged and Arranged.

 Restrictions on Access

The following boxes are located off-site: Boxes 1A-14. You will need to request this material from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

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This collection has no restrictions.

 Summary

Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, memorabilia, and scrapbooks. Correspondence ranges from personal, family, literary, and fan mail to that dealing with political issues and public housing. Correspondents include Whittaker Chambers, Clarence Darrow, Ruby Darrow, John Dos Passos, Max Eastman, Joseph Freeman, Michael Gold, Upton Sinclair, and Robert F. Wagner. There are manuscript versions for many of Harrison's novels and stories, some of which are unpublished. The memorabilia include tapes and recordings of Harrison's interviews and readings of his works. Scrapbooks consist primarily of newspaper clippings relating to his books, public housing, labor relations, and socialism. Also, copies of some of his books in various editions and translations.

 Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Charles Yale Harrison papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Rossner, Judith. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1974. Accession number--M-74.

 Biographical / Historical

American author.

 Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 06/--/89.

 Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

 American literature -- 20th century Public housing Industrial relations Socialism Scrapbooks Authors, American Chambers, Whittaker Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938 Darrow, Ruby, 1869-1957 Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970 Eastman, Max, 1883-1969 Freeman, Joseph Gold, Michael Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968 Wagner, Robert F Series I: Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/1318366Subseries I.1: Cataloged Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/1318367Chambers, Whittaker/repositories/2/archival_objects/13183681Darrow, Clarence/repositories/2/archival_objects/13183691Darrow, Ruby (Mrs. Clarence)/repositories/2/archival_objects/13183701Dos Passos, John/repositories/2/archival_objects/13183711Eastman, Max/repositories/2/archival_objects/13183721Freeman, Joseph/repositories/2/archival_objects/13183731Gold, Michael/repositories/2/archival_objects/13183741Sinclair, Upton/repositories/2/archival_objects/13183751Wagner, Robert F. (1877-1953)/repositories/2/archival_objects/13183761Subseries I.2: Arranged Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/1318377A - Z/repositories/2/archival_objects/13183781Scope and Contents

September 1974 addition to the collection.

Series II: Uncataloged Folders/repositories/2/archival_objects/1318379Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.

Unidentified; A - B/repositories/2/archival_objects/13183801AC/repositories/2/archival_objects/13183811AA Child is Born/repositories/2/archival_objects/13183821AD/repositories/2/archival_objects/13183831ADarrow--Copies of letters to and from/repositories/2/archival_objects/13183841AE/repositories/2/archival_objects/13183851AF/repositories/2/archival_objects/13183861AFan Mail/repositories/2/archival_objects/13183871AG/repositories/2/archival_objects/13183881AGenerals Die in Bed/repositories/2/archival_objects/13183891AH/repositories/2/archival_objects/13183901AHarrison--Copies of outgoing letters/repositories/2/archival_objects/13183911AHousing (bound)/repositories/2/archival_objects/13183921AJ - K/repositories/2/archival_objects/13183931AL/repositories/2/archival_objects/13183941AM - R/repositories/2/archival_objects/13183951AS/repositories/2/archival_objects/13183961ASacco / Vanzetti related letters/repositories/2/archival_objects/13183971AScottsboro Boys related letters/repositories/2/archival_objects/13183981AT-Z/repositories/2/archival_objects/13183991ASeries III: Manuscripts/repositories/2/archival_objects/1318400Scope and Contents

Includes Bibliography of Charles Yale Harrison.

Arent, Arthur. One Third of a Nation/repositories/2/archival_objects/131840119382Scope and Contents

Mimeographed playscript for Living Newspaper

Beauvoir, Simon de. Translated Excerpt/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184022Bergler/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184032Harrison, Charles Yale/repositories/2/archival_objects/1318404The Art of Soft Food Cookery/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184052 folders2The Betrayers/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184062 folders2Between Now and Tomorrow/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184072A Child is Born/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184082AThe Common Man/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184092AClarence Darrow/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184103Dark Side of the Moon/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184114Dark Side of the Moon/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184125The Earth Will Open/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184135Generals Die in Bed/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184145Scope and Contents

Play

Generals Die in Bed/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184155Scope and Contents

Novel

Meet Me on the Barricades/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184166More Lives Than One/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184176No Season to Weep/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184187Nobody's Fool/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184197Scope and Contents

Play

Nobody's Fool/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184207Scope and Contents

Novel

Thank God for my Heart Attack/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184217There are Victories/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184227There are Victories/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184238Two Days/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184248A Wall Street Portrait/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184258Miscellaneous--Short Stories, Articles, Fragments/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184268Miscellaneous--Editorials, Letters to Editors, Interviews/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184278Journal/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184288Dream Transcripts & Psychoanalytic Journal/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184298Re: Trotsky/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184308Bibliography of Chales Yale Harrison/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184318Note Cards/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184328Series IV: Documents and Memorabilia/repositories/2/archival_objects/1318433Financial Documents/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184348Legal Documents/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184358Documents--Miscellaneous/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184368Press Releases/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184378Series V: Photographs/repositories/2/archival_objects/1318438Charles Yale Harrison/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184398Housing/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184408USSR/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184418Miscellaneous/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184428Unidentified/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184438Series VI: Recordings/repositories/2/archival_objects/1318444Generals Die in Bed--Tape Recording/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184458APhonograph Record: Bill Leonard with Charles Yale Harrison (CBS)/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184468 September 194815Series VII: Printed Materials/repositories/2/archival_objects/1318447Clippings, pamphlets, periodicals, and other printed materials/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184488ASeries VIII: Scrapbooks/repositories/2/archival_objects/1318449Scrapbooks/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184502 items8AScrapbooks/repositories/2/archival_objects/13184515 items9Scrapbook/repositories/2/archival_objects/131845212Scrapbook/repositories/2/archival_objects/131845313Scrapbook/repositories/2/archival_objects/131845414Series IX: Printed Copies of Harrison's Books/repositories/2/archival_objects/1318455Printed Copies of Harrison's Books/repositories/2/archival_objects/131845610Printed Copies of Harrison's Books/repositories/2/archival_objects/131845711