Ella Winter papers, 1913-1978

Summary Information

At a Glance

Arrangement

Arrangement

Selected material cataloged; remainder listed and arranged.

• Series I: Cataloged Correspondence
• Series II: Cataloged Manuscripts
• Series III: Uncataloged Correspondence
• Series IV: Manuscripts
• Subseries IV.1: And Not to Yield
• Subseries IV.2: Articles--General
• Subseries IV.3: Subjects
• Subseries IV.4: Miscellaneous; Documents
• Series V: Subject Files
• Series VI: Photographs and Miscellaneous
• Series VII: Printed Material

Description

Summary

Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, notes, photographs, and printed material of Winter. The papers cover primarily the years after 1952 when she and Stewart settled in England to avoid involvement in the House Un-American Activities Committee investigations. Winter traveled widely in Russia, visited China in 1958, and spent nine months in Ghana in 1965. Her journeys are well documented in this collection. Among the manuscripts are drafts for many of her periodical articles, typescripts of her autobiography AND NOT TO YIELD, and articles written about her travels. Also, files on art, the labor movement in California, Robinson Jeffers, the McCarthy era, Lincoln Steffens, and Vietnam. There are numerous photographs taken on her trips abroad, including her work with the Friends of Austria, 1920, of many theatrical productions, and of her family and home. Because of her eclectic interests she was acquainted with many prominent individuals in politics, literature, theatre, and the arts. Among the major correspondents are Edward Albee, Charles and Oona Chaplin, W.E.B. Du Bois, Katharine Hepburn, Carey McWilliams, Kwame Nkrumah, Sean O'Casey, and Muriel Rukeyser.

• Series I: Cataloged Correspondence

• Series II: Cataloged Manuscripts

• Series III: Uncataloged Correspondence

• Series IV: Manuscripts

• Series V: Subject Files

  The subject files include clippings, correspondence, ephemera, manuscripts (by others), and printed material. The correspondence in the subject files is either about the subject, or, in the case of some persons, includes correspondence between the subject and persons other than Ella Winter.

• Series VI: Photographs and Miscellaneous

• Series VII: Printed Material

Using the Collection

Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

The following boxes are located off-site: 3-42. 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.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Single photocopies 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.

Preferred Citation

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

Selected Related Material-- at Columbia

Lincoln Steffens Papers, Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Estate of Ella Winter. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1980. Accession number--M-80.

Justin Kaplan corr. re. Steffens: Source of acquisition--Kaplan, Justin. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--01/08/1998. Accession number--M-01-08-98.

Boxes 32-42: Source of acquisition--Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers. Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--7/27/2011. Accession number--M-2011-2012-M020.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 09/--/1989.

Justin Kaplan corr. re. Steffens Processed HR 06/28/2000.

Boxes 32-41 processed by Ryan McComas (Pratt Institute, 2012) 2012.

Box 42 added after materials found in stacks processing area. Archival objects with multiple containers were broken out. Barcodes added to AS. kws 2022-09-01

Revision Description

2009-06-26 File created.

2012-07-26 XML document instance created by Catherine C. Ricciardi

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches at Columbia University through the Archival Collections Portal and through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, as well as ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form

Subject

History / Biographical Note

Biographical / Historical

Writer. Ella Winter (1898-1980) whose full name was Leonore Sophie Winter Steffens Stewart, was an economist by training and journalist by profession. She was married to Lincoln Steffens, and after his death, to screenwriter and playwright Donald Ogden Stewart.