Series I includes both personal and professional correspondence: letters written to Bourne by his friends, and letters from magazines and publishers regarding his writings.
Box 1
Abbott, Leonard D.
Box 1
Addams, Jane
Box 1
Amidon, Beulah
Box 1
Anderson, Frances B.
Box 1
Andersen, Olivia Cushing
Box 1
Another of Them
Box 1
Anthony, Katherine
Box 1
Antin, Mary
Box 1
Atkinson, Mabel
Box 1
Austin, Gertrude
Box 1
Babbitt, Irving
Box 1
Bacall, Mabel C.
Box 1
Ball, S.
Box 1
Balmary, Henri
Box 1
Barr, Simon
Box 1
Barrus, Clara
Box 1
Beard, Charles A.
Box 1
Benjamin, Samuel Greene Wheeler
Box 1
Behneke, Norman L.
Box 1
Benjamin, Everett
Box 1
Black
Box 1
Bligh, M. A.
Box 1
Bligh, Stanley M.
Box 9
Bligh, Stanley M.
Box 1
Blogg, Mathe
Box 1
Boardman, Samuel
Box 1
Bougie, Celestin
Box 1
Bourne, B. F.
Box 1
Bourne, Edith E.
Box 1
Bourne, Randolph S., 1911-1914
Box 2
Bourne, Randolph S., 1915-1918
Box 9
Bourne, Randolph S. letters to Agnes de Lima, undated, (2 folders)
Box 9
Bourne, Randolph S. letter to Frederick P. Keppel, 1914 January 9
Box 9
Bourne, Randolph S. letter to Alyse Gregory, 1916 January 21
Box 9
Bourne, Randolph S. letters to Esther Cornell, 1916 November 20-circa 1917, (4 folders)
Box 9
Bourne, Sara Randolph
Box 2
Bower, Lucy Scott
Box 2
Broderick, Vincent L.
Box 2
Brooks, Van Wyck
Box 9
Brooks, Van Wyck
Box 2
Burroughs, John
Box 2
Carter, Elizabeth
Box 2
Cazamian, Louis
Box 2
Chase, Harry
Box 2
Choron, Alice A.
Box 2
Clarke, C. L.
Box 2
Clasquin, Pierre
Box 2
Colby, Elbridge
Box 2
Cole, J. J.
Box 9
Colum, Padraic
Box 2
Coombs, Evangeline
Box 2
Cory, Herbert Ellsworth
Box 2
Croly, Herbert
Box 3
Dana, Harry
Box 3
Davis, Charles Moreau
Box 3
Dawson, Edgar
Box 3
Dean, Elizabeth
Box 9
Dean, Elizabeth
Box 3
de Lima, Agnes
Box 3
Demorest, William C.
Box 3
de Wetter, Louise
Box 9
de Wetter, Louise
Box 3
Dewey, Evelyn
Box 3
Dickinson, G.
Box 3
D'Orqe, Jeanne
Box 3
Douglas, Prudence W.
Box 3
Draper, E. L.
Box 3
Draper, J. M.
Box 3
Durand, Frances E.
Box 3
Dupuy, Helen
Box 3
Durand, Rene
Box 3
E., R. G.
Box 3
Eastman, Max
Box 3
Eaton, Mary
Box 3
Eddy, L. J.
Box 3
Eliot, Samuel A., Jr.
Box 3
Eliot, Thomas D.
Box 3
Elliott, H. W.
Box 3
Ellis, Havelock
Box 3
Elsasser, Henry Wolfgang
Box 3
Erskine, John
Box 9
Erskine, John
Box 3
Fechheimer, Clara R.
Box 3
Fenninger, Natalie
Box 9
Fenninger, Natalie
Box 3
Ficke, Arthur Davison
Box 3
Filler, Louis
Box 3
Fligelman, Fjrieda
Box 3
Foner, Philip S.
Box 3
Forshaw, F. E.
Box 3
Frank, Waldo
Box 3
Frank, Waldo and Margaret
Box 3
Fry, Elisabeth
Box 3
Fuller, Harold de Wolf
Box 3
Gallaud, Rene
Box 3
Galsworthy, John
Box 3
Garland, Hamlin
Box 3
Gavin, Edgerton
Box 3
Gleason, Arthur
Box 3
Gourlie, John C.
Box 3
Greenman, Walter F.
Box 3
Greenslet, Ferris
Box 3
Gregory, Alyse
Box 3
Griesser, Marjorie
Box 3
Guillon, Marguerite
Box 4
Hackett, Francis
Box 4
Hamburger, Louise Loeb
Box 9
Harris, Mark
Box 4
Hayes, Carlton
Box 4
Henle, James
Box 4
Hobart, Ethel
Box 4
Hobson, John
Box 4
Hoyt, F. S.
Box 4
Hurlbutt, Mary E.
Box 4
Hutchings, F. G. B.
Box 4
Iaccaci, Mabel
Box 4
Igo, Harold
Box 4
Jacques, Caggie P.
Box 4
James, Edward Holton
Box 4
James, Louisa
Box 4
Johnson, Alvin
Box 4
Jones, Perree
Box 4
Jordan, David Starr
Box 4
Kallen, Horace Meyer
Box 4
Kane, Thomas A. M.
Box 4
Kapp, Marie F.
Box 4
Kearney, George F.
Box 9
Kelly, Florence
Box 4
Kenny, L. L.
Box 4
Keppel, Frederick Paul
Box 4
Keyser, Cassius Jackson
Box 4
Knisely, Burton
Box 4
Knot, Raymond
Box 4
Koerner, Leon
Box 4
Laidler, Harry W.
Box 4
Lane, Margaret
Box 4
Larsen, Hanna Astrup
Box 4
Lerner, Max
Box 4
Lewis, Read
Box 9
Lewis, Read
Box 4
Lindsay, Vachel
Box 4
Lippmann, Walter and Macgowan, Kenneth R.
Box 4
Littell, Philip
Box 4
Lowell, Amy
Box 4
Lum, Charles M.
Box 9
Lundquist, Frances
Box 4
Luttinger, Paul
Box 9
McMahon, Arthur
Box 4
McMahon, Arthur
Box 4
Martin, Prestonia Mann
Box 4
Matthews, Brander
Box 4
Mebane, Daniel
Box 4
Messer, Mary
Box 4
Mitchell, Eileen
Box 4
Mumford, Lewis
Box 4
Myers, T. Hafetead
Box 4
Nasmyth, Florence G.
Box 4
Odell, George Clinton Densraore
Box 4
Ogden, Rollo
Box 4
O'Neele, Eleanora
Box 4
Oppenheim, James
Box 4
Parry, Carl E.
Box 4
Parsons, Elsie Clews
Box 9
Parsons, Elsie Clews
Box 4
Perry, Lawrence
Box 4
Phillips, Charles F.
Box 4
Phillips, John Sanburn
Box 4
Pilpel, Marion
Box 4
Piper, Margaret Rebecca
Box 4
Poore, Charles P.
Box 4
Poyntz, Juliet Stuart
Box 4
Quick, Herbert
Box 4
R. S., Order & Stock Dept., General Electric
Box 4
Rayner, Rhoda B.
Box 4
Rehbeux Bros.
Box 9
Rinehart, Mary Roberts, and other members of the Authors' League of America, Inc.
Box 4
Robinson, James Harvey
Box 4
Robinson, Karl Davis
Box 4
Robinson, Mabel
Box 4
Rodman, Henrietta
Box 4
Romains, Jules
Box 4
Rosenfeld, Paul
Box 9
Rosenfeld, Paul
Box 5
Sachs, Samuel Ezekiel
Box 5
Salter, William M.
Box 5
Safford, Irene Clark
Box 5
Sedgwick, Ellery
Box 5
Sergeant, Elizabeth Shepley
Box 5
Sielruthal, M. M.
Box 5
Smith, Evelyn D.
Box 5
Smith, Marion Couthouy
Box 5
Smith, Priseilia
Box 5
Smith, William Benjamin
Box 5
Smith, Thomas R.
Box 5
Spargo, John
Box 5
Snyder, Donald B.
Box 5
Strunsky, Simeon
Box 5
Swain, Joseph Ward
Box 6
Teall, Dorothy
Box 9
Thayer, Abbott H.
Box 6
Thayer, Alma E.
Box 6
Thayer, Gerald H.
Box 6
Thayer, Gladys
Box 9
Thayer, Gladys
Box 6
Theis, S. F.
Box 6
Ticknor, Florence
Box 6
Torabo, Rudolf, Jr.
Box 6
Torrence, Ridgely
Box 6
Upton, L. M.
Box 6
Van Rensselaar, Mariana Griswold
Box 6
Vaughan, Hilda
Box 6
Vaughan, Elsie A.
Box 6
Wade, Grace
Box 9
Wallas, Graham
Box 6
Ward, Julia Remington
Box 6
Ward, Sarah
Box 6
Wells, Herbert George
Box 6
Whited, Ciro Nae Vie
Box 6
Wiers, Edgar S.
Box 6
Wilson, Albert Frederick
Box 6
Wilson, Dunning S.
Box 6
Woodbridge, Frederick J.
Box 6
Woodcox, B. F.
Box 6
Young, Joy
Box 6
Zigrosser, Carl
Series II includes manuscripts and typescripts of Bourne's works. The original manuscript of "The State"—one of the works for which he is best known, despite its being unfinished at the time of his death—is present. Other essays, published and unpublished at the time of Bourne's death, and several poems are included. In addition to Bourne's more formal writings, his notebooks and course materials from Columbia University, circa 1909-1913, are also in Series II, as are his European travel diaries and ephemera from 1913-1914. Clippings and pamphlets on topics of interest to Bourne, including educational reform and political movements, are included in the series as well.
Box 7
"The Artist in Wartime,", undated
Box 7
"Chivalry and Sin,", undated
Review of "The Cry of Youth" by Harry Kemp and "Americans" by John Curtis Underwood.
Box 7
"Development of Public Opinion,", 1918
Box 7
"The Disillusionment,", undated
Box 7
"Doubts About Enforcing Peace,", undated
Essay on the League to Enforce Peace.
Box 7
Handwritten manuscript on "Drift,", undated
Box 7
Columbia University course notes on the governments of Germany and Switzerland, circa 1910
Box 7
"A Little Thing of Brunelleschi's,", undated
Box 7
"The Major Chord,", undated
Dramatic script for three parts: The Poet, Myrra, and Apris.
Box 7
"A Modern College,", circa 1915
Essay on Reed College in Portland, Oregon.
Box 9
"New Love and New Religion,", undated
Box 7
"The Night-Court,", undated
Box 9
"On Stamp-Collecting,", undated
Box 7
Outline of a proposed autobiographical novel, circa 1918 December
Box 7
Politics 1-2, 1909-1910
Columbia University course notebook
Box 7
"Pageantry and Social Art,", circa 1916
Essay on the Shakespeare Celebration Committee's planned festival in New York.
Box 7
"Practice vs. Product,", undated
Box 7
"The Prayer of a Materialist,", undated
Box 7
Untitled manuscript beginning, "Progressive educators object to...,", undated
Box 9
"Reply to Dewey,", 1918 May 28
Box 7
"Sabotage,", undated
Box 9
"Sabotage,", circa 1912
Box 7
"Sex and Ferryboats,", undated
Box 7
"The 'Scientific' Manager,", undated
Box 7
"Sketches,", undated
Box 7
"A Sociological Poet,"
Essay on the poetry of Jules Romains.
Box 7
"Song for a Little Boy,"
Box 7
Two sonnets on "Youth" and other poems
Box 7
Untitled manuscript beginning, "That spirit of malcontentedness…", undated
Box 7
"Suffrage and Josella,", undated
Box 7
Untitled manuscript beginning "To most Americans of the classes which consider themselves significant...,", circa 1918
Beginning of Bourne's unfinished fragment on "The State"
Box 7
Typescript and manuscript of unfinished fragment on "The State,", circa 1918, (2 folders)
Box 7
"Twilight,", undated
Box 7
"The Uses of Infallibility,", circa 1917
Essay on Newman's "Apologia pro sua Vita."
Box 7
"The War of Cultures,", circa 1916, (2 folders)
Box 9
"What Plato Means to Me,", undated
Box 7
Untitled manuscript beginning, "When you come as an inhabitant to this earth..., ", undated
Box 7
Photographs, circa 1888-1918
Box 9
Photographs, circa 1916
Box 7
Diary for 1901 typescript, 1901
Box 7
Loose Columbia University course notes and essays, circa 1910-1913, (13 folders)
Box 9
College themes, with instructor comments, circa 1910-1913
Box 7
Notebooks, circa 1910-1913
Box 7
Loose handwritten notes, circa 1910-1918
Box 7
Loose handwritten notes, circa 1910-1918
Box 9
Loose notes, circa 1916-1918
Box 7
Houghton Mifflin publishing contract and statements for Youth and Life,, 1912 November 5, 1913-1915, (2 folders)
Box 7
Columbia University scrubwomen's controversy, 1913
Box 7
Notes and articles on Columbia Spectator and Monthly content, circa 1910-1913
Box 8
Reading notes, circa 1910-1918, (2 folders)
Box 8
Columbia University course notebooks, circa 1910-1913
Box 8
Richard Watson Gilder Fellowship appointment letter, 1913 April 15
Box 8
Travel diaries, 1913-1914, (3 folders)
Box 8
Travel ephemera, 1913-1914, (2 folders)
Includes Socialist pamphlets in French and other printed ephemera gathered by Bourne during his travels.
Box 19
Accordion folder, circa 1913-1914
Contains clippings and ephemera from Europe and New York.
Box 8
Receipt books/reading lists, 1913, 1916-1918
Box 8
Diary/appointment book, 1916
Box 12
List of published articles by Bourne, by magazine, undated
Box 12
Published articles by Bourne, 1911-1918, (3 folders)
Box 12
Scrapbook titled "Education and Living," with clipped reviews of Bourne's work, circa 1911-1918
Box 12
Loose reviews of Bourne's work, 1917-1918
Box 12
French Socialist poster, 1914
CLOSED to researchers until after Conservation treatment. DO NOT UNFOLD.
Box 11
Articles and clippings: art and literature, circa 1910-1918
Box 11
Articles and reports on education, 1913-1917
Box 11
Articles and clippings: philosophy, psychology, and anthropology, circa 1910-1918
Box 11
Articles and clippings: politics, circa 1910-1918
Box 11
News clippings, circa 1910-1918
Box 11
Socialist and pacifist pamphlets, circa 1915-1918
Box 11
People's Council of America bulletins and clippings, circa 1917
Box 11
Four Lights, circular of the Woman's Peace Party of New York City, 1917
All issues addressed to Agnes de Lima.
Box 7
Contract with Rehbein Bros. for purchase of a piano, 1914 December 31
Box 13
Columbia Monthly with essays by Bourne, 1910-1913
Box 13
Holy Bible owned by Bourne
Box 14
Books from Bourne's library
Box 15
Books from Bourne's library
Box 16
Books from Bourne's library
Box 17
Books from Bourne's library
Box 18
Books from Bourne's library
Series III includes works by others about Bourne, such as correspondence, biographers' handwritten notes, and publications. All, or nearly all, of these materials were written after Bourne's death. Series III also includes posthumous publications of Bourne's work.
Box 9
Fenninger, Natalie Bourne letter to Esther Cornell, 1918 December 26
Box 9
Bourne, Sarah Randolph letters to Esther Cornell, 1919 January 13, February 18, (2 folders)
Box 9
R. S. Bourne, by S. A. Sacks, undated
Box 12
The Dial and The Liberator with James Oppenheim's elegy for Randolph Bourne,, 1919
Box 20
The Dial
, 1920 January
Box 9
Letters to Agnes de Lima regarding Bourne, 1920, 1947-1955, (8 folders)
Box 9
Assorted manuscripts about, belonging to, or otherwise related to Bourne, circa 1910-1960
Box 10
Letters written to John Moreau relating to his Randolph Bourne: Legend and Reality (Washington Public Affairs Press, 1966)
The letters are from persons who knew Bourne and who read Moreau's manuscript.
Box 20
Biographers' notes and clippings, circa 1910s-1940s
Box 20
Louis Filler's notes on Randolph Bourne, circa 1940s
Box 20
Clippings about Randolph Bourne, circa 1940s
Box 20
Proofs from Bourne section of American Writers, published by Scribner's, 1974
Sent to Columbia University Rare Books and Manuscripts Librarian Kenneth Lohf by the publisher.
Box 20
Louis Filler, Randolph Bourne (Washington, D.C.: American Council on Public Affairs, 1943)., 1943
Box 20
Olaf Hansen (ed.), Randolph Bourne: The Radical Will (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1977)., 1977
Box 20
Jeroen Staring, "F. Mattias Alexander, Randolph Bourne, and John Dewey: Playing Detective with Man's Supreme Inheritance," (Nijmegen, Netherlands: Druk and Vorm, 1994)., 1994