Meyer Schapiro letters and manuscripts of Whittaker Chambers and James Thomas Farrell, 1923-1991

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Series I: Cataloged Correspondence



Box 1 Buckley, William Frank, Jr., 1925- To Meyer Schapiro, Switz., 24 Feb. 1967, 1 page t.l.s.

[Signed by Secretary; with copy of related letters]


Box 1 Chambers, Whittaker, 1901-1961 To Meyer Schapiro, [v.p.], [1924-1953], 44 a.l.s., 1 a.l., 9 t.l.s., 18 t.l., 2 a.p.c.s., 1 p.l.

[Reading copies]


Box 1 Chambers, Whittaker To the Politburo of the Communist Party USA, [n.p.], [Early 1937], 1 ms.l.

[Reading Copies; "Dictated by WC," in the hand of Meyer Schapiro?; 2 photocopies and 1 typewritten transcript]



Box 2 Chiaromonte, Nicola To Meyer Schapiro, [New York?], 2 Aug & [summer] 1944, 1 a.l.s., 1 t.l.s.


Box 2 Corman, Cid To Meyer Schapiro, Kyoto, 25 July 1983, 2 t.l.s.


Box 2 Farrell, Hortense Alden (Mrs. James T.) To Meyer Schapiro, v.p., [1938] - 1944, 5 t.l.s.


Box 2 Farrell, Hortense Alden (Mrs. James T.) To Mr. and Mrs. Meyer and Lillian Milgram Schapiro, Rheims & Chartres, July [ca.l] - 8, 1938, 2 a.p.c.s.

[Signed by "Hortense and Jim"]


Box 2 Farrell, James T. To Meyer Schapiro, [v.p.], 11 Dec 1937 - 29 May 1944, 389 t.l.s., 69 t.l., 3 a.p.c.s., 25 a.l.s., 1 t.pc.



Box 3 Farrell, James T. To Meyer Schapiro, [v.p.], 2 June 1944 - 24 Aug 1974, 257 t.l.s., 24 t.l., 2 a.p.c.s., 174 a.l.s.



Box 4 Farrell, James T. To Meyer Schapiro, [v.p.], 5 Feb 1976 - 1 June 1979, 86 t.l.s., 3 t.l., 3 t.p.c.s., 6 a.l.s.


Box 4 Mitchell, Frances To Meyer Schapiro, New York, [ca. 1950], 2 t.l.s.


Box 4 Schapiro, Meyer To James T. Farrell, [New York], [June - July 1938?], 1 t.l.

[With 3-page draft in the author's hand]