Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Joseph Freeman papers
Freeman, Joseph, 1897-1965
4079704
MS#0456
English
/repositories/2/resources/3454
4 linear feet
9 boxes
1920-1965
Arrangement
Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged.
Restrictions on Access
This collection is located on-site.
Restrictions on Access
This collection has no restrictions.
Summary
Correspondence, manuscripts, drawings, documents, photographs, clippings, and other printed materials. Most of Freeman's own letters are written to Anne Williams Feinberg, his secretary. Among the cataloged correspondence are: Sherwood Anderson, Margaret Bourke-White, Erskine Caldwell, John Dos Passos, Theodore Dreiser, Langston Hughes, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Lincoln Steffens. There is the manuscript of his book NEVER CALL RETREAT.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Joseph Freeman papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
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--Freeman, Joseph. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1952. Accession number--M-1952.
Biographical / Historical
Poet, editor, and critic. Freeman graduated from Columbia University in 1919 with an A.B. He was an editor of "New Masses" from 1926 until 1937; an editor of "The Liberator" and of "Partisan Review;" a foreign correspondent for the "Chicago Tribune" the "New York Herald Tribune" and "Tass." He was the author of NEVER CALL RETREAT, AN AMERICAN TESTAMENT, and other works. Later in life he worked in the field of public relations. His wife, Charmion von Wiegand, was an abstract painter.
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Joseph Freeman, 1952.
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Charmion von Wiegand, 1980.
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Anne Feinberg, 1982.
Processing Information
Entered in AMC 10/04/90.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Authors, American
Poets, American
American literature
Advertisements
Articles
Drawings (visual works)
Lectures
Manuscripts (documents)
Notebooks
Photographs
Poems
Proofs (printed matter)
Reviews (documents)
Scrapbooks
Scripts (documents)
Songs
Critics
Editors
Poets
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941
Bourke-White, Margaret, 1904-1971
Caldwell, Erskine, 1903-1987
Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970
Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 1892-1950
Steffens, Lincoln, 1866-1936
Freeman, Joseph, 1897-1965
Series I: Correspondence and Miscellaneous/repositories/2/archival_objects/1228081Cataloged Correspondence and Drawings/repositories/2/archival_objects/1228082Anderson, Sherwood/repositories/2/archival_objects/12280831Bodenheim, Maxwell/repositories/2/archival_objects/12280841Bourke-White, Margaret/repositories/2/archival_objects/12280851Brown, Gladys/repositories/2/archival_objects/12280861Caldwell, Erskine/repositories/2/archival_objects/12280871Dahlberg, Edward/repositories/2/archival_objects/12280881Dehn, Adolph/repositories/2/archival_objects/12280891Dos Passos, John/repositories/2/archival_objects/12280901Dreiser, Helen Richardson/repositories/2/archival_objects/12280911Dreiser, Theodore/repositories/2/archival_objects/12280921Ficke, Arthur Davison/repositories/2/archival_objects/12280931Freeman, Joseph/repositories/2/archival_objects/12280941Gannett, Lewis Stiles/repositories/2/archival_objects/12280951Gropper, William/repositories/2/archival_objects/12280961Harcourt, Alfred/repositories/2/archival_objects/12280971Herbst, Josephine Frey/repositories/2/archival_objects/12280981Hughes, Langston/repositories/2/archival_objects/12280991Humphries, Rolfe/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281001Kent, Rockwell/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281011Komroff, Manuel/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281021Millay, Edna St. Vincent/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281031Richter, Hans/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281041Riding, Laura/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281051Steffens, Lincoln/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281061Rivera, Diego/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281071Siqueiros, David A./repositories/2/archival_objects/12281081Tate, Allen/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281091Varèse, Edgar/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281101Miscellaneous Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281111Miscellaneous Document/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281121Photographs/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281131Printed, miscellaneous/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281141Series II: Manuscripts and Printed Works by Freeman/repositories/2/archival_objects/1228115An American Testament/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281162Scope and Contents3 printed copyies and reviews. t.ms. has been added.
The Birds/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281172AScope and Contentsxerox of printed copy
[Book Reviews by Joseph Freeman]/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281182AScope and Contentst. ms. and printed copies.
Born Again/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281192AScope and Contentst. ms., carbon, of screenplay.
Collected Poems/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281203Scope and Contents2 bound copies of carton t. ms.
Collected Poems/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281214Scope and ContentsBound copy of t. ms.
[drawings]/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281224Scope and Contentsa. ms.
The Fire is Falling/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281234Scope and Contentst. ms.
The Forbidden Tree/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281244Scope and Contentst. ms.
The Geometric Line in the Art of Mondrian and Kandinsky/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281254Scope and Contentst. ms.
Hurray for Everything?/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281264Scope and ContentsPrinted copy of magazine article.
Letters from Sergei Dinamov/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281274Scope and ContentsPrinted copy of magazine article.
Murder Monopoly/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281284Scope and ContentsPrinted copy of magazine article.
The Minotaur/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281294Scope and ContentsFor film by Hans Richter.
Never Call Retreat/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281305Scope and Contentst. ms.
Never Call Retreat/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281316Scope and Contentst. ms., proofs, reviews, advertising, etc.
Paradise Forever: Part Three/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281327Scope and Contentst. ms.
[poems - untitled]/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281337Scope and Contentsa. ms. and t. ms.
Portrait of Michael Hague: American Poet/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281348Scope and Contentst. ms.
A Prophet of Doom/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281358Scope and ContentsPrinted copy of magazine article.
The Rainbow/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281368Scope and Contentst. ms. and notebook.
The Search for Ancestors/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281378Scope and ContentsPrinted copy of newspaper column.
A Simple Conversation/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281388Scope and Contentst. ms.
[songs]/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281398Scope and Contentst. ms.
Spring Came on Forever/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281408Scope and Contentst. ms.
The Stroke of Noon/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281418Scope and ContentsCarbon t. ms. of poems.
The Vision of the Thirties/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281428Scope and ContentsPrinted copy of lecture.
Walt Whitman/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281438Scope and Contentst. ms. of screenplay.
What a World!/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281448Scope and ContentsPrinted copies of newspaper column.
[Untitled Manuscripts]/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281458Scope and Contentsa. ms. and t. ms.
Scrapbook of Freeman's newspaper columns/repositories/2/archival_objects/12281468