MERIDEL LE SUEUR:
An Inventory of Her Papers
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| Creator: | Le Sueur, Meridel, 1900-1996. |
| Title: | Meridel Le Sueur papers. |
| Date: | 1902-1996. |
| Abstract: | Correspondence, literary journals, audio
tapes, published writings, published and unpublished manuscripts and fragments,
publicity, radical publications, clippings, photographs, and other
miscellaneous materials documenting the life and career of Le Sueur, a writer,
actress, feminist, and radical political activist, and her family. |
| Quantity: | 42.8 cu. ft. (43 boxes and 1 oversize
folder). |
| Location: | See Detailed Description section for shelf
locations. |
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Meridel Le Sueur was born February 22, 1900 in the small town of
Murray, Iowa. When Meridel was ten years old her mother, Marian Wharton, left
her father, William Winston Wharton, an itinerant Church of Christ minister,
taking Meridel and her younger brothers Mac and William Winston II (called
Winston) with her. Meridel spent the next years in Perry, Oklahoma, at the home
of her grandmother, Mary Antoinette Lucy, a third-generation Puritan, a
pioneer, and an ardent temperance worker. A feminist socialist, Marian earned
her living by traveling the Chautauqua circuit and lecturing on women's issues
including education, suffrage, and birth control. In 1914 the family moved to
Fort Scott, Kansas, where Marian headed the English department at People's
College. There she met and (in 1917) married Arthur Le Sueur, a lawyer and
committed socialist, formerly mayor of Minot, North Dakota. After
anti-socialist vigilantes destroyed the college during World War I, the family
fled to St. Paul, Minnesota where they worked with the Non-Partisan League and
were hosts to meetings of Wobblies, anarchists, socialists, and union
organizers.
After a year studying dance and physical fitness at the American
College of Physical Education in Chicago, Illinois (1916-1917), Meridel moved
to New York City, where she lived in an anarchist commune with Emma Goldman and
studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Art. Her brief acting career
included work on the New York stage and in Hollywood, where she was a stunt
woman and an extra in films such as The Perils of Pauline and Last of the
Mohicans. Fed up with the Hollywood meat market, Le Sueur decided to
concentrate on her writing, which she had pursued faithfully since her late
teens. By 1924 she had joined the Communist Party and she soon began publishing
in labor and left wing journals such as The Worker and New Masses. Her writing
career took off in May 1927 when her short story, "Persephone," was published
in Dial. Le Sueur became known for her stories, essays, and reportage focusing
on the suffering of the working class, mainly women, and her distinctive,
lyrical style, which set her apart from most of the socialist writers of the
day.
Around 1926, Le Sueur married Harry Rice. Born Yasha Rubonoff, Rice
was a Russian immigrant and a Marxist labor organizer Le Sueur met in St. Paul.
She and Rice had two children, Rachel (1928) and Deborah (1930). Early in the
1930s, Le Sueur and Rice divorced.
Le Sueur continued to publish prolifically throughout the late 1920s
and up until the end of World War II, when the onset of the cold war brought
with it the blacklisting and harassment of those involved in the socialist
movement. During the height of the "red scare," Le Sueur made her living
publishing children's books, teaching writing, and holding a variety of odd
jobs. In the 1960s she traveled around the country, participating in campus
protests and interviewing people, listening to their stories and struggles.
The freer political climate and the burgeoning feminist movement of
the 1970s brought new attention to Le Sueur and her work. Le Sueur maintained
an extensive correspondence with writers, artists, and activists, many of whom
were drawn to her dedication to liberal political, economic, and environmental
causes. During the period from the late 1970s through the 1990s, she published
a number of anthologies and stories, including many written during the 1930s
but rejected for publication at that time. Several of her works, including The
Girl, Annunciation, and The Dread Road were adapted for the stage by other
writers. Le Sueur continued to write and give interviews, readings, and talks
around the country until her death in November, 1996.
A
bibliography of works by Meridel Le Sueur, with notations on the
availability of each work in the Minnesota Historical Society collections, is
available.
Biographical information was taken from the introduction to
Ripening: Selected Work, 1927-1980 and from Better
Red: The Writing and Resistance of Tillie Olson and Meridel Le Sueur, as well
as newspaper articles and other materials in the collection.
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The Meridel Le Sueur papers include correspondence, literary journals,
copies of published writings, published and unpublished manuscripts and
manuscript fragments, publicity materials, radical publications, news
clippings, photographs, and other miscellaneous materials documenting the life
and career of Le Sueur, an actress, writer, feminist, and a radical political
activist. Also included in the collection are audio tapes created by Le Sueur
containing interviews, music, and conversations with family and friends, dating
from the 1950s through the 1980s. In addition, the collection includes papers
of Le Sueur's father, William Winston Wharton, her mother and step-father,
Marian and Arthur Le Sueur, and her daughters, Deborah Le Sueur and Rachel
Tilsen and their families.
The correspondence, covering over seventy years of Le Sueur's life,
contains letters from Le Sueur's friends, publishers, admirers, and family,
particularly her daughters Rachel and Deborah. There is much information on
family matters, her literary progress, and political affairs. The journals,
which Le Sueur kept nearly her entire life, include 133 volumes dating from her
teenage years through the early 1990s and were the wellspring of much of her
writing. Manuscripts in the collection include a sampling of the huge amounts
of material sent to Meridel by other aspiring writers in addition to her own
work, both published and unpublished. Publications, news clippings, programs,
and other publicity provide information on Le Sueur's career and activities,
and on the many political and literary organizations of interest to her.
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| The following additional materials related to the Meridel Le Sueur
papers may be found in the Minnesota Historical Society's collections: |
| The Arthur Le Sueur Papers, 1919-1947 are separately cataloged in
the Minnesota Historical Society manuscript collections. |
| The Kenneth E. Tilsen Papers, 1964-1988 are separately cataloged in
the Minnesota Historical Society manuscript collections. |
| Many of Meridel Le Sueur's published works may be found separately
cataloged in the Minnesota Historical Society book collection. |
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A bibliography of
works by Meridel Le Sueur, with notations on the availability of each
work in the Minnesota Historical Society collections, is available. |
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| This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog
of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about
related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these
headings. |
| Topics: |
| | Communism -- United States. |
| | Feminism -- United States. |
| | Feminism and the arts -- United States. |
| | Feminist literature -- United States. |
| | Socialism. |
| | Women authors, American. |
| Persons: |
| | Christensen, Oscar A. |
| | Latimer, Margery, 1899-1932. |
| | Le Sueur, Marian, 1877-1954. |
| | Le Sueur, Arthur, 1867-1950. |
| | Le Sueur, Deborah. |
| | Paull, Irene, 1908-1981. |
| | Smith, Velma V. |
| | Tilsen, Rachel. |
| | Verness, Lucile Driftmier. |
| | Wharton, William Winston. |
| | Whitehead, Fred. |
| | Zimmering, Paula. |
| Types of Documentation: |
| | Audio tapes. |
| | Diaries. |
| | Interviews. |
| | Manuscripts. |
| | Photographs. |
| Occupation: |
| | Authors. |
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| Restrictions: |
| | Until June, 2012, access to the collection requires written
permission. |
| Preferred Citation: |
| | [Indicate the cited item and/or series
here]. Meridel Le Sueur Papers. Minnesota Historical Society. |
| | See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
examples. |
| Accession Information: |
| | Accession numbers: 13,922; 13,994; 15,059; 15,425 |
| Processing Information: |
| | Processed by: Lara D. Friedman, September 1997 |
| | PALS ID number: 08-00009111 |
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Note to Researchers: To request materials, please note both the
location and box numbers shown below.
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Correspondence, undated and 1913-1996
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| Correspondence is divided into two main groups: a chronological
series, which includes letters from friends, family, admirers, and others; and
an alphabetical series of correspondence from certain individuals. Frequent
correspondents in the chronological series include Paula Zimmering, Oscar
Christensen, Ethel Hepburn, Velma Vikingson Smith, and Betty Schoening(?), as
well as a great deal of correspondence from Le Sueur's two daughters, Deborah
Le Sueur (Deborah Stoffer during the time she was married) and Rachel Tilsen.
Additional correspondence from Deborah and Rachel may also be found in the
section of the collection entitled "family papers." |
| Letters in the series of correspondence organized by individual
are from the individual to Meridel Le Sueur, unless otherwise noted. Note that
additional letters from the individuals in the series of correspondence by
individual may be found in the chronological series. |
| In addition to these two major sections of correspondence, there
is a smaller section of correspondence concerning Le Sueur's publication
efforts. These materials include letters from publishers and literary agents,
contracts, royalty statements, and materials concerning donations to support
the publication of Le Sueur's book The Crusaders
and another story, "Robert Emmett." Note that additional letters from
publishers and agents may be found in the chronological series. |
| Location | Box |
| 152.K.18.1B | 1 |
Chronological correspondence,
undated and 1913-1996:
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Correspondence, undated and 1913-1965. 26 folders.
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| 152.K.18.2F | 2 | |
Correspondence, 1954-1965. 21 folders.
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| 152.K.18.3B | 3 | |
Correspondence, 1965-1973. 19 folders.
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| 144.I.19.1B | 4 | |
Correspondence, 1974-1978. 15 folders.
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| 152.K.18.4F | 5 | |
Correspondence, 1979-1981. 14 folders.
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| 152.K.18.5B | 6 | |
Correspondence, 1981-1983. 21 folders.
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| 152.K.18.6F | 7 | |
Correspondence, 1983-1985. 17 folders.
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| 144.I.19.3B | 8 | |
Correspondence, 1986-1993. 19 folders.
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| 144.I.19.4F | 9 | |
Correspondence, undated and 1994-1996. 5 folders.
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Correspondence by individual,
undated and 1921-1996:
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Kathleen Blackshear, undated and
1921-1928.
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Bob Brown, undated and 1931-1942. 2 folders
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Lucile Driftmier (Verness), 1932-1966, [1971?].
2 folders
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Zona Gale, 1926-1929.
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Vince Kemp (letters to), undated and
1946-1947.
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| Location | Box |
| 144.I.19.4F | 9 | |
Margery Latimer (Toomer) and Jean Toomer, to Meridel
Le Sueur, also to Perry Goldman, Lucile Driftmier, and Ruth [?], 1928-1932.
2 folders.
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Mary McAnally, undated and 1982-1996.
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Neva [?], undated.
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Irene Paull, undated and 1950s-1960s.
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Nelson Peery, 1944.
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Ray Smith, undated and 1941-1945.
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Fred Whitehead, 1980-1996.
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George Winter, undated and 1964.
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144.I.19.5B10Correspondence
regarding publication:
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Correspondence from publishers and agents, 1922-1991.
2 folders.
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Publication contracts, 1927-1986.
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Royalty and other financial statements,
1946-1984.
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Letters to Emma Carlson regarding: contributions for
The Crusaders, 1954-1955.
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Committee for the Completion of "Robert Emmett,"
undated.
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Manuscripts and Writing By Others
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| The collection includes a sample of the thousands of essays,
stories, poems, and other writing sent to Le Sueur for comment by colleagues,
admirers, and students from her writing classes. Some include accompanying
correspondence. The vast majority of these materials are undated. The
manuscripts are arranged in alphabetical order by the author's name, when it
could be identified. This section may include some writing by Le Sueur. |
| Location | Box |
| 144.I.19.5B | 10 |
A-G. 17 folders.
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| 144.I.19.6F | 11 |
H-L. 15 folders.
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| 144.I.19.7B | 12 |
M-Z. 20 folders.
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Author unknown. 3 folders
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| 144.I.19.8F | 13 |
Author unknown. 4 folders.
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Writing by Le Sueur's Students? 2 folders.
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Published Works
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| This section of the collection includes copies of many articles,
stories, and poems published by Le Sueur in a variety of publications including
literary journals, popular magazines, and newspapers (mainly labor-related or
socialist). Also included are galleys of several of her anthologies published
by West End Press. Materials are arranged chronologically. |
| Location | Box |
| 144.I.19.8F | 13 |
Published stories, articles, and poetry, undated and
1920s-1993. 8 folders.
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Manuscripts
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| Materials in this section of the collection consist of manuscript
copies of both published and unpublished works by Le Sueur, including poetry,
songs, dramatic scripts, short stories, novels, speeches, lectures, essays, and
nonfiction. A series of complete manuscripts is followed by a body of
manuscript fragments and research notes and short series of notes and
manuscript fragments categorized by topic. The vast majority of material in
this portion of the collection is undated. |
| Location | Box |
| 144.I.19.9B | 14 |
Poetry and songs.
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Scripts. 6 folders.
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Speeches, 1980-1981.
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Essays and notes on writing, undated.
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Lectures on writing, 1933-1935.
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Stories and
essays:
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Above Ground; The Afternoon; Alcan; All We Want is
Peace; Arrest the Root; The Beasts Knelt Down at Christmas; Bowed Legs and
All.
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Breathe Upon These Slain.
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The Bridge; The Child; Christmas and the Child; City;
Comes Round With Yankee Thunder; Criminals are Made Not Born; The Dread
Conspiracy [?]; The First Book of Conquistadores; Fudge.
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The Giant on Oliver Street; The Girl; Happy New Year;
The Hills of Home; It is Happening Here.
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I Hear Men Talking.
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The Little Mountebank; The Matriarch; Men Who Are
Never Gone; Midwest Workers Will Miss Stanley Stankus; Mine Eyes Have Seen the
Glory; The Miracle; Mosquito; Murder in the Tavern; My Kin; A Night of Failure;
Notes on Fascism.
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O Babylon; O Prairie Girl Be Lonely; Octopi and
Barricuda; Of This Time, Upon This Earth; On the Road; Out of This Nettle
Danger; Reality.
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The Red Hunt; River Book and Comments; Saint
Christopher; Salt of the Earth; Secret X-Rays; The Silence; The Silent Stars Go
By; Spring; Spring Came On Forever.
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Strangers.
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| 144.I.19.10F | 15 | |
That's the Way it Worked; The Ten-Twenty-Thirties;
This is From David; The Victory; The Wheat is Spoiling; When Minnesota Farmers
Met the Russians; Where the Rain Falls; Wild Buffalo.
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Untitled or Unidentified. 4 folders.
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Manuscript fragments and research
notes:
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identified. Most are either untitled or missing the title page. |
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The Dread Road; Winter Prairie Woman.
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Nancy Hanks.
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The Crusaders.
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North Star Country. 4 folders.
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Miscellaneous unidentified fragments and notes.
6 folders.
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| 144.I.20.1B | 16 | |
Miscellaneous unidentified fragments and notes.
16 folders.
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| 144.I.20.2F | 17 | |
Miscellaneous unidentified fragments and notes.
17 folders.
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| 144.I.20.3B | 18 | |
Miscellaneous unidentified fragments and notes.
2 folders.
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Unidentified notebooks, undated. 5
volumes.
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Fragments and notes by
topic:
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Bus Ride.
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Chicago - Peace Congress.
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Dan the Clown.
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Democratic Tree.
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Education, Teachers.
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Industrialists.
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Intellectuals.
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Farm Evictions - Nieland - Sisseton.
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Farming.
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Farmers - Personal Accounts.
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Farms - General.
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Flood - "The Face of the Waters."
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Freedom Riders.
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I Met Al Capone in Cicero.
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Illinois Miners.
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Kansas.
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Karl the German.
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Indian Material.
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Labor/Unions.
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Mayville.
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Midwest.
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Migrant Workers.
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Miners.
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Miners - Personal Accounts.
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| 144.I.20.3B | 18 | | |
New Deal - Farmers & Railroads.
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Newspapers.
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Night Riders.
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Lucy Parsons.
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Passsover 1954.
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The Practical Man.
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Racism.
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Short Quotes.
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Socialist Party.
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Story of Christ Christians.
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Timber Workers' Strike.
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Thosten Veblen.
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Woman in Picher.
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Women.
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World War One and Two.
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Miscellaneous.
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Literary Journals, undated and 1918-1991
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| Le Sueur kept a journal from the time she was a teenager until her
death. These journals functioned not just as a place to record her thoughts and
experiences, but as a laboratory for Le Sueur's writing. The writing is often
impressionistic and abstract, a stream of consciousness. It reflects Le Sueur's
reaction against the linear, highly structured form of writing she considered
patriarchal. Forming the single largest section of the papers, the 133 volumes
of journals in the collection date from 1918 through 1991 and are organized in
roughly chronological order. |
| Location | Box |
| 152.K.18.13B | 19 |
Volume 1.undated (1).
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Volume 2.undated (2).
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Volume 3.1918 [?].
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Volume 4.1932-1933
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Volume 5.1929-1931, 1932.
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Volume 6.1933 (1). (Dates on the spine are
1924-1926)
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Volume 7.1933 (2).
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Volume 8.1934-1935 (1).
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Volume 9.1934-1935 (2).
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Volume 10.1935-1937.
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Volume 11.1940.
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Volume 12.1940-1942.
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Volume 13.1938-1941.
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Volume 14.1943.
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| 152.K.18.14F | 20 |
Volume 15.May - December 1942.
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Volume 16.1944.
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Volume 17.1945.
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Volume 18.1946 (1).
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Volume 19.1946 (2).
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Volume 20.1946 (3).
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Volume 21.1947.
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Volume 22.1948-1949.
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Volume 23.1949.
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Volume 24.1938-1941 [?].
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Volume 25.1934-1938 [?].
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| 152.K.19.1B | 21 |
Volume 26.1937 [?].
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Volume 27.1943-1944.
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Volume 28.undated.
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Volume 29.1941 - 1950s [?].
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Volume 30.1950 (1).
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Volume 31.1950 (2).
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Volume 32.1951.
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Volume 33.1951-1953.
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Volume 34.1952-1953.
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Volume 35.1953.
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Volume 36.1954.
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| 152.K.19.2F | 22 |
Volume 37.1954.
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Volume 38.1955 (1).
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Volume 39.1955 (2).
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Volume 40.1956 (1).
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Volume 41.1956 (2).
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Volume 42.1956 (3).
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Volume 43.1956 [?] (4).
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Volume 44.1957 (1).
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Volume 45.1957 (2).
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Volume 46.1957 (3).
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| 152.K.19.3B | 23 |
Volume 47.1957 (4).
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Volume 48.1957 (5).
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Volume 49.1958 (1).
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Volume 50.1958 (2).
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Volume 51.1958-1959 (1).
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Volume 52.1958-1959 (2).
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Volume 53.1959-1960.
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| 152.K.19.3B | 23 |
Volume 54.Fall 1959 - March 1960.
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Volume 55.April - September 1960.
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Volume 55_Fall 1960 - January 1961.
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| 152.K.19.4F | 24 |
Volume 56.1961 (1).
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Volume 57.1961 (2).
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Volume 58.1961 (3).
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Volume 59.1961 (4).
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Volume 60.1962 (1).
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Volume 61.1962 (2).
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Volume 62.1962 (3).
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Volume 63.1963 (_).
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Volume 64.1963 (1).
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| 152.K.19.5B | 25 |
Volume 65.1963 (2).
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Volume 66.Jan - April 1964.
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Volume 67.June 1964.
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Volume 68.July - September 1964.
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Volume 69.Sept - November 1964.
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Volume 70."Birth in Iowa," 1964 [?]
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Volume 71.November 1964 - March 1965.
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Volume 72.March - June 1965.
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| 144.I.20.4F | 26 |
Volume 73.June - September 1965.
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Volume 74.November 1965 - February 1966.
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Volume 75.February - April 1966.
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Volume 76.May - August 1966.
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Volume 77.September - November 1966.
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Volume 78.November 1966 - January 1967.
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Volume 79.January - June 1967.
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Volume 80.January - August 1967.
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Volume 81.September 1967 - February 1968.
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Volume 82.November 1967 - January 1968.
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| 144.I.19.2F | 27 |
Volume 83.February 1968 - [?].
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Volume 84.March - April 1968.
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Volume 85.June - October 1968.
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Volume 86.January - June 1969.
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Volume 87.August - December 1969.
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Volume 88.December 1969 - April 1970.
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Volume 89.December 1969 - July 1970.
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Volume 90.August - December 1970.
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Volume 91.1970 - 1972 [?].
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| 144.I.20.5B | 28 |
Volume 92.April - July 1971.
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Volume 93.July - November 1971.
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Volume 94.July 1971 - January 1972.
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Volume 95.February - April 1972.
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Volume 96.April - October 1972.
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Volume 97.November 1972 - February 1973
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Volume 98.February 1973 - [?].
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Volume 99.May - November 1973.
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Volume 100.December 1973 - June 1974.
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| 144.I.20.6F | 29 |
Volume 101.July 1974 - January 1975.
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Volume 102.February - August 1975.
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Volume 103.August - November 1975.
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Volume 104.November 1975 - February 1976.
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Volume 105.Mostly 1976; also 1956, 1966, and
1975.
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Volume 106.June - August 1976.
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Volume 107.September 1976 - April 1977.
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Volume 108.May - September 1977.
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Volume 109.September 1977 - February 1978.
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Volume 110.March - September 1978.
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| 144.I.20.7B | 30 |
Volume 111.September 1978 - February 1979.
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Volume 112.February - September 1979.
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Volume 113.September 1979 - April 1980.
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Volume 114.April - August 1980.
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Volume 115.November 1980 - September 1981.
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Volume 116.October 1981 - July 1982.
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Volume 117.July - December 1982.
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Volume 118.February 1983.
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| Location | Box |
| 144.I.20.8F | 31 |
Volume 119.February - August 1983.
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Volume 120.September 1983 - May 1984.
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Volume 121.May - December 1984.
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Volume 122.January - March 1985.
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Volume 123.April 1985 - February 1986.
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Volume 124.February - November 1986.
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Volume 125.November 1986 - March 1987.
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Volume 126.May - September 1987.
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| Location | Box |
| 152.K.18.11B | 32 |
Volume 127.October 1987 - April 1988.
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Volume 128.August 1988 - March[?] 1989.
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Volume 129.March - July 1989.
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Volume 130.July 1989 - April 1990.
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| Location | Box |
| 152.K.18.11B | 32 |
Volume 131.May - September 1990.
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Volume 132.September - December 1990.
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Volume 133.March - July[?] 1991.
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Material Collected by Le Sueur
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| Le Sueur's papers include journals, magazines, newspapers, and
other print and near-print materials from numerous organizations of interest to
her. The materials consist primarily of radical, socialist, and labor
publications, as well as literary journals. There are also flyers advertising
local events or appearances by individuals, including rallies, book or poetry
readings, artistic performances or exhibitions, and lectures. Published
material, which includes complete copies of journals, magazines, newspapers,
pamphlets, and booklets, is arranged in alphabetical order by title of the
publication and dates from the 1930s through the 1990s. The series of print and
near-print materials consists of items such as flyers, newsletters, and
programs, arranged in chronological order from the 1930s through the 1990s. |
| Location | Box |
| 152.K.18.12F | 33 |
Publications:
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Alley Art - Bread and Puppet Newsletter.
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Camp Notes - Current.
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El Grito Del Norte.
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Happy Birthday for Victory in 1942 - Kitchen
Klatter.
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Land Stewardship Letter - Lower Depths.
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Madre - Osawatomie.
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Party Voice - Pumperdink Press.
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People's Culture.
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Rape of the First Amendment - Rosa Luxemburg Prison
Letters.
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Sage - Spirit of the People.
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Status of Iowa Report - Subversive Agent.
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Theatre at Tsa-La-Gi - U.S. Farm News.
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W.A.M.M. - Worker's Monthly.
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World of Peggy Lipschutz - Writer's
Reader.
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| Location | Box |
| 144.I.20.9B | 34 |
Print and near-print
materials:
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undated and 1930s-1990s. 9 folders.
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Publicity and Public Appearances
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| This section of the collection consists of a variety of material
concerning Le Sueur's interaction with the public. A chronological series of
newspaper and magazine clippings about Le Sueur and her work forms the largest
part of this material, and provides a great deal of biographical information as
well as critical opinions of her works and the various stage adaptations of
then. There are also programs and publicity flyers from appearances made by Le
Sueur at various rallies, lectures, and readings; copies of academic papers on
Le Sueur and her work; transcripts of interviews she gave; poetry written
about, or in honor of, Le Sueur; and material documenting celebrations of Le
Sueur's 80th and 90th birthdays. A separate folder contains programs, publicity
flyers, and related materials from stage and film adaptations and other
performances based on her work. Also included in this section are four folders
of partial and unedited transcripts and outlines of interviews for a radio
program entitled "People, Pride and Politics: Building the North Star Country."
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| Location | Box |
| 144.I.20.9B | 34 |
Radio program: "People, Pride and
Politics: Building the North Star Country," 1977-1978:
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Outlines and transcripts.
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Transcripts, incomplete.
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Tape transcripts and outlines, Tapes 1-68 and
76-126.
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| Location | Box |
| 144.I.20.10F | 35 |
Reviews and biographical newspaper and magazine
articles, undated and 1928-1996.
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Publicity from publishers, undated and
1946-1995.
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Appearances: programs and flyers, undated and 1926-1994.
2 folders.
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Performances based on the work of Meridel Le Sueur,
undated and 1977-1994. Includes 4 photographs.
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Academic papers, interviews, and poetry about Meridel Le
Sueur, undated and 1941-1990s. 3 folders
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Celebrations of Meridel Le Sueur, undated and 1980,
1990.
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Personal and Biographical
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| This portion of the collection includes personal items such as
award certificates, memorabilia, and other miscellaneous items. Also included
are photographs of Le Sueur, her family, and friends dating from the early
1900s through the 1980s. Few were labeled but most have been identified by Le
Sueur's daughter, Rachel Tilsen, and the processor. A smaller number of
photographs of Le Sueur's father, William Winston Wharton, and his family can
be found in the section of the collection entitled, "Family and Other
Papers." |
| Location | Box |
| 144.J.1.1B | 36 |
Awards and honors, 1982-1996.
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Memorabilia and miscellaneous, undated and
1928-1990.
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Photographs:
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Photo album: American College of Physical Education,
Chicago, and White Bear Lake with Marian and Arthur Le Sueur and family,
1916-1917.
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Meridel Le Sueur, undated and early 1900s, up to 1920.
15 photographs.
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Meridel Le Sueur, undated and 1960s-1980s. 26
photographs.
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Deborah Le Sueur, Rachel Tilsen, and their children
and grandchildren, 1930s-1990s. 45 photographs.
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| Location | Box |
| 144.J.1.1B | 36 | |
Meridel Le Sueur, friends and family members, undated
and 1950s-1980s. 55 photographs.
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Biographical and genealogical Information on the Le
Sueur, Wharton, and Berfield families.
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Family and Other Papers
|
| In addition to her own personal papers, the collection includes
some of the papers of several of Le Sueur's immediate family members. These
materials, consisting primarily of correspondence, are organized by family
member. In addition to the family papers, there is a folder of letters to
Margaret Hunt from various individuals, which was found with the Le Sueur
papers. |
| Location | Box |
| 144.J.1.1B | 36 |
William Winston
Wharton:
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| | | William Winston Wharton was Marian Le Sueur's first husband and
Meridel Le Sueur's birth father. Although Marian and W. W. Wharton, as he often
signed himself, were divorced in 1910, Meridel kept in contact with him
sporadically until his death in 1963. In addition to correspondence, the papers
include some personal items as well as examples of his poetry. Photographs of
Wharton, his second wife Bessie, and other family members may be found in the
folder of biographical and personal items. |
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Biographical and personal, undated and 1911-1954,
1971. Includes 27 photographs.
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Correspondence, 1911-1968.
|
| | | | Also includes letters to Bessie Wharton, W. W. Wharton's
second wife. |
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Correspondence with Meridel Le Sueur,
1910s-1960s.
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Correspondence from Stella, Kenneth, and Bonnalee
Hayden, 1952-[1960?].
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Writing and miscellaneous, undated and
1915-1956.
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Cactus Rose, 1941.
Inscribed to Meridel Le Sueur.
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Marian and Arthur Le
Sueur:
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| | | Papers of Marian and Arthur Le Sueur, Meridel's mother and
step-father, include correspondence, press clippings, and articles, essays, and
other writingsby the two. Information about Marian and Arthur's years teaching
at People's College in Fort Scott, Kansas can be found in a catalog and copies
of the People's College News dating from 1914 to
1917, when the College was destroyed by vigilantes. |
| Location | Box |
| 144.J.1.1B | 36 | |
Personal correspondence, 1920s-1950s.
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Arthur Le Sueur business correspondence, 1906, 1914,
1924-1949. 4 folders.
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| Location | Box |
| 144.J.I.2F | 37 | |
Arthur Le Sueur business correspondence,
1947-1950.
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Marian Le Sueur business correspondence, undated and
1913, 1935, 1943.
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Correspondence regarding: Jorgenson, 1946.
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Correspondence regarding: death of Arthur Le Sueur,
1950.
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Correspondence regarding: death of Marian Le Sueur,
1954.
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Arthur Le Sueur's articles, essays, and other writing,
undated. 3 folders.
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Arthur Le Sueur press clippings, undated and
1911-1949.
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Marian Le Sueur's articles, essays, and other writing,
undated and 1951.
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Marian Le Sueur press clippings, undated and
1912-1913, 1930s, 1946-1947.
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Marian Le Sueur scrapbook materials,
undated.
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Miscellaneous papers, 1891, 1914, 1915, and
undated.
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People's College news and catalog, 1914-1917.
3 folders.
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Mac and Lorraine Le
Sueur:
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| | | Mac Le Sueur, Meridel's brother, and his wife Lorraine Le Sueur,
were both painters and art teachers in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. |
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Correspondence, undated; News clippings, 1950s, 1960s,
1990s; and Exhibition programs, undated.
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Deborah Le Sueur
(Stoffer):
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| | | Le Sueur's second daughter, Deborah Le Sueur was born in 1930.
She married and later divorced Bernard ("Bernie") Stoffer. The union produced
two children: Robin, born in 1948, and Woody in 1957. An artist, Deborah also
worked as a teacher in San Francisco during the 1950s. |
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Correspondence, 1940-1950s. 3 folders.
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| Location | Box |
| 144.J.1.3B | 38 | |
Correspondence, undated and 1970s. 4 folders.
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Correspondence from Meridel Le Sueur, 1950s-1970s.
3 folders.
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Correspondence between Deborah and Bernard Stoffer,
1950s-1960s. 3 folders.
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Bernard Stoffer correspondence and miscellaneous
papers, 1950s-1960s.
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| Location | Box |
| 144.J.1.3B | 38 | |
Correspondence from Glen Olson, 1946.
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Miscellaneous writing and artwork.
|
| | | | (See Also Oversize Folder 1) |
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Notebooks, undated and 1959.
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Miscellaneous papers.
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Robin Stoffer miscellaneous papers.
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Tilsen family:
|
| | | Meridel's oldest daughter, Rachel, married attorney Ken Tilsen
in 1947. The couple had five children. Although some is included in this series
of Tilsen family papers, the vast majority of correspondence between Meridel
and Rachel can be found in the main series of chronological correspondence at
the beginning of the collection. |
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Rachel Le Sueur Tilsen correspondence, undated and
1962-1963.
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Tilsen family miscellaneous papers, undated and
1960s-1990s.
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Margaret Hunt papers, 1932-1941.
|
| | | A folder of papers belonging to Margaret Hunt, possibly a friend
of Le Sueur's, was found with the Le Sueur papers. The papers consist primarily
of correspondence and news clippings. Correspondents include several of the
Scottsboro boys, nine young black men wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for
attacking some white women in Alabama in 1931; and J. B. McNamara, a labor
leader imprisoned for life at San Quentin for his role in the 1911 bombing of
the Los Angeles Times building. |
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Audio Tape Recordings, 1950s-1980s
|
| When Meridel Le Sueur received a reel-to-reel tape recorder as a
gift from folk singer Pete Seeger and Sing Out! magazine in the 1950s, it
became a tool to record history in the making. Le Sueur always saw herself as a
people's journalist, keeping a constant record of events and conversations so
that history would not be lost to forgotten memories. Although the tapes made
during thirty years of contemporary American life do not have detailed content
notes, they are a rich collection of historical material housed at the
Minnesota Historical Society. |
| During the summer of 1989, a team of students and a faculty member
from the College of St. Catherine listened to the tapes, wrote descriptive
notations of the content, and indexed each tape by the people mentioned, key
events discussed, and the general subject matter presented. All of the tapes
cover material related to the people of Minnesota and their place in the world,
but they also contain a wealth of culturally interesting items, such as folk
singing, Native American tribal ceremonies, weddings and memorial services, as
well as oral history told in the words of those who lived through the turbulent
twentieth century. |
| Location | Box |
| 152.K.19.6F | 39. |
Reel-to-reel tape recordings. 34 items
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Tape 1, Side 1-Family conversation:
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| | | | Includes conversation between Meridel and children. They talk
about school and what is in the newspaper. The children interview each other,
sing songs, count in Spanish, and talk about Hebrew school. |
| | | | Meridel asks one child about JFK winning the election, war
with Russia, and the child's love life. |
| | | | Children describe their appearances and interview each
other. |
| | | | Tape continues with a man reading/telling the James Dean story
of how he became an actor. Concludes with a recitation of "The Raven." |
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Tape 1, Side 2-Broadcasts and
conversations:
|
| | | | A man from Salt Flat, Texas is reading Poe's "The Raven" using
a variety of accents. Meridel is with him. |
| | | | This recitation is interrupted by stories and other
conversation (story about a man who mispronounced Minneapolis.) Also includes
bits of KDWB broadcast, excerpts of a TV religious service, child reading
Gettysburg Address, man whispering a dramatic story, Hebrew songs and
conversations, and children taking turns interviewing each other. |
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Tape 2, Side 1-Singing; blank:
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| | | | Tape starts with a short clip of singing and the rest of the
tape is empty. |
| Location | Box |
| 152.K.19.6F | 39 | |
Tape 2, Side 2-Poetry reading and
conversations:
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| | | | Tape begins with recitation of poetry by various people. Poems
include: "With God On Their Side," "It's Their Job," "Thousand Year Old
Beauty," "Fifteen," "Ode To A Goddess". |
| | | | Continues with Mark talking about a flood of refugees,
friends, news, etc. Background noise and conversations follow. |
| | | | Last, Meridel speaking with two little boys about school and
learning. |
| | | | A barking dog, tin whistle songs, and singing end this
side. |
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Tape 3, Side 1-Family conversations:
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| | | | This is a tape from Debbie, Robin, and Bernie to Meridel. It
begins with conversation between Debbie and Robin, and preparations before
Marsha comes. It continues after Marsha's arrival with conversation including
family news and paintings. Continues with a lengthy section when Debbie
describes how she happened to marry Bernie. She also gives general news to
Meridel. The last ten minutes of the tape are Robin and her friend Gene playing
and talking. |
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Tape 3, Side 2-Christmas holidays:
|
| | | | The children take turns singing or playing a song and then
each tells about what they've been doing. Songs include: "Frere Jacque," "Mary
Had A Little Lamb," "The First Noel," "Deck The Halls," an original composition
by Robin, "My Country 'Tis Of Thee," "Joy To The World," Christopher's "To A
Dog" composition. A small section records Robin looking up "insect" in her new
encyclopedia set. The end is general conversation among the children and
family. |
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Tape 4, Side 1-Family conversations:
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| | | | A composition of pieces: calypso music, guitar, general
conversation in the background, faint singing with bamboo flute and guitar,
children talking and singing. |
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Tape 4, Side 2-Music, etc.
|
| | | | Tape is composition of many pieces: recitation of poetry ("I
Have Built America"); children singing ("Home On The Range"); opera; calypso
music; general conversations with Meridel present. |
| Location | Box |
| 152.K.19.6F | 39 | |
Tape 5, Side 2: Interviews about plowing
competition.
|
| | | | This side starts out with an interviewer talking to several
men about the World Plow Match to be held in Oxford, England in October 1956.
Includes explanations of the plowing competitions, where men from about 20
countries of the world compete to be the best plowman worldwide. |
| | | | Next, several minutes of classical music followed by
Indonesian music and singing. Classical music by Beethoven is followed by Pete
Seeger singing two folk songs. |
| | | | A short program about over-the-road truckers and their work is
next, then more classical music. |
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Tape 6, Side 1: Music; broadcast
|
| | | | Begins with music (spiritual, blues): "I Cry For My Race" and
"Sidetrack". |
| | | | It continues with This Is Our Story, narrated by Studs Terkel.
This is a radio program featuring lullabies and cradle songs, specifically
their origins and universality. The songs included are from countries such as
Ireland, France, and the West Indies. Discussion also focuses on contents of
lullabies. The tape ends with a collection of blues music. |
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Tape 6, Side 2: Music
|
| | | | Consists of classical music with faint conversation in the
background. |
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Tape 9, Side 1: Tape
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Tape 9, Side 2: Broadcast
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| | | | Contains a CBS (August 28) live news broadcast of the March on
Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Meridel seems to have recorded this from an
Omaha news channel. Meridel and others can be heard in the background. Includes
Martin Luther King's I Have A Dream speech. |
| | |
Tape 10, Side 1: Music; conversation about prison
conditions.
|
| | | | Begins with children singing and speaking in Spanish, also
Spanish music. Next, a conversation with Betty and Meridel. Specific topics
Betty discusses include: contraband in prisons; punitive measures; seclusion;
system of authority; communication between inmates; classification board;
disciplinary board; relations with superiors; preparations when leaving prison;
physical conditions in prison, such as decoration of rooms and cigarette
allotment. Tape ends with Gershwin music. |
| Location | Box |
| 152.K.19.6F | 39 | |
Tape 10, Side 2: Music; women in prison
|
| | | | Begins with various songs (Spanish, Hebrew, English.) |
| | | | Then, Meridel interviews Betty. They discuss treatment of
women in prison, women prisoners and their attitudes, psychiatric aid,
schooling, rehabilitation for women, preparation for life outside of prison,
prison jobs (pros and cons), correspondence in prison, dignity of prisoners,
and self-government system. |
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Tape 11, Side 1: Conversations about peace
protests.
|
| | | | David is talking with Meridel about the peace protests in
Washington. He reads the Declaration of Peace and describes the arrests. He
mentions people involved in the protest. |
| | | | The rest of the tape has singing (Freedom State Line) - Rachel
and Debbie with others. |
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Tape 11, Side 2: Documentary; conversations about
peace protests.
|
| | | | Overlay occurs during the first ten minutes of this side. The
3-3/4 speed contains a documentary about Frederick Douglas--his life and
accomplishments. |
| | | | The 7-1/2 speed is a continuation of Side 1. David Tilsen
tells Meridel about his experiences in Washington during the Peace Protests. He
discusses the conditions, people present such as Joan Baez, and the various
arrests. |
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Tape 12, Side 1: Family conversation.
|
| | | | Meridel is having a conversation with Ray and his father. They
tell stories about shooting pool, neighbors, Arthur Le Sueur, the army, and
Ray's mother. The beginning of the tape is difficult to hear because of the
children, but it quiets down later. Later, Meridel speaks about giving women
their due credit. |
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Tape 12, Side 2: Music; family
conversation.
|
| | | | Begins with a German orchestra and the Vienna Boys Choir,
playing a Bach piece. |
| | | | The last part of the tape consists of children singing and
more conversation between Meridel and Ray's father, Pa. Pa tells various Indian
stories as well as stories about his home town in South Dakota. |
| Location | Box |
| 152.K.19.6F | 39 | |
Tape 13, Side 1: Family conversation and
correspondence.
|
| | | | Begins with a continuation of the "Candystick" story. Includes
correspondence from Robin, Rachel, and Meridel to Joci, David, Daniel. Also
includes family conversations and animal imitations. |
| | | | Maurice is talking about catching the bus. Frank, Maurice, and
a woman are singing. Contains an interview of Sam Horowitz's mother in New
York, regarding her son going to prison, getting married, and working. |
| | | | Background noise. General conversation. |
| | | | Poetry by Alice Hepburn. Correspondence to Rachel and
Kenny. |
| | |
Tape 13, Side 2: Music; family
conversations.
|
| | | | Classical music featuring Rudolf Serkin on the piano and Pablo
Casal on the cello. Includes Beethoven's Sonatas No. 4 and 3. |
| | | | Also includes the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Steinberg
directing. |
| | | | Concludes with Robin telling a story about the candysticks
that ran away, got married, and had baby candysticks. |
| | |
Tape 14, Side 1: Conversations With Native American
women.
|
| | | | Two women are talking, stating the Indian names for common
animals and plants. Mrs. Peake, a White Earth reservation woman, tells Indian
stories. One is about a man, Andes Wadena, who had a stroke, was treated with
White Man's medicine, but still wanted "grand medicine treatment" from
"pagans," even though he was Christian. Mrs. Peake then tells of other
experiences: "grand medicine" woman, store owners who couldn't read or write,
and of a man who wanted to marry a rich woman who wasn't really rich, but had
set up a scheme to catch him and his money. |
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Tape 14, Side 2: Music.
|
| | | | Classical music by Shostakovich and other composers. |
| | |
Tape 16, Side 1: This side is
undocumented.
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| Location | Box |
| 152.K.19.6F | 39 | |
Tape 16, Side 2: Music.
|
| | | | This contains many performances by various local artists and
musicians. It is a cultural gathering in the Twin Cities with Meridel as the
mistress of ceremonies. Performers include Wilbur Brams, Lionel Davis, Justine
O'Connor, and Katherine Brokner. Malvina Reynolds' compositions are featured
along with the Rosenberg Suite. Introductions by Meridel are informative. |
| | |
Tape 17, Side 1: Conversation with El Duke de
Aragon.
|
| | | | Both sides of this tape are the story of a man called "El Duke
de Aragon". Meridel interviews him about his life, starting out on his family's
ranch in New Mexico, and ending up in Mexico city. |
| | |
Tape 17, Side 2: Conversation with El Duke de
Aragon.
|
| | | | Continues El Duke de Aragon continues his life story. |
| | |
Tape 18, Side 1: Recorded sounds.
|
| | | | Entire side contains sounds of a tropical rain forest; Dry
season and rainy season. |
| | |
Tape 18, Side 2: Broadcast.
|
| | | | Studs Terkel hosts a radio program at WFMT in Chicago,
interviews Jack Conroy about his various works, particularly Writers In Revolt.
Excerpts from Jack's books and other writers are included: Harp Of A Thousand
Strings, Slappy Hooper, The Wonderful Sign Painter, Sequel To Love, They Follow
Us Girl. Vernon Dalhard songs include: "The Prisoner Soon" and "The Wreck Of
The Old '97". |
| | | | The end portion contains the Philadelphia Orchestra,
broadcasting from the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. The program includes:
The Overture to the Magic Flute; Concerto No. 4 in D Major; Concerto in B-flat
Major; and Symphony No. in 41 C Major. |
| | |
Tape 19, Side 1: Family conversations.
|
| | | | This side is general conversation including Meridel, Lucile,
Russell, and John. Included in discussion are various memories of life at 2521
Harriet, stories concerning Marion and Arthur (ex. dirty laundry, moving
furniture) and stories of the children (Robin believing that a wolf was her new
baby brother/sister). |
| Location | Box |
| 152.K.19.6F | 39 | |
Tape 19, Side 2: Interview.
|
| | | | Meridel interviews a Polish domestic worker, Bernice. Bernice
talks about a young farmer's various marriage proposals, finding work, setting
up house, farm stories about unknown noises, and friendships with an old Polish
woman. |
| | | | The last fifteen minutes include Indian chanting and drum
music. |
| | |
Tape 22, Side 1: Interviews: migrant workers;
music.
|
| | | | Continued TV program from Side 2. Includes interviews of
migrants, speeches, singing and other commentary. Also discussed is the Delano
Strike. Speed changes to 7-1/2 (Blues music.) Speed changes again to 3-3/4 and
the documentary program about migrant farm workers continues. The tape ends
with music. |
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Tape 22, Side 2: Music; interviews: migrant
workers.
|
| | | | First half of this side contains a musical production. It
includes speaking, instrumentals, and opera. Between pieces, the composer is
interviewed. |
| | | | The next section of tape is blank. It continues with a segment
on Middle Eastern music. |
| | | | Next, a recorded program about agricultural unions and
agricultural strikes. A focus is on the Mexican farm workers; various people
are interviewed. |
| | | | The MFWA (Migrant Farm Workers Association) is discussed. |
| | |
Tape 23, Side 1: Family celebration.
|
| | | | Contains a Jewish service marking the 45th wedding anniversary
of Edward and Esther Tilsen. Five of the twenty-one grandchildren provide a
narration as a medieval Jewish marriage ring is presented to their
grandparents. Also included is the welcoming of Janey Beth Tilsen (parents:
Joyce and Robert Tilsen) into the community. The rest of the tape is blank. |
| | |
Tape 23, Side 2: Family celebration.
|
| | | | Continuation of Edward and Esther Tilsen's 45th wedding
anniversary celebration. Included are conversations, children singing, and a
narrated segment, "This Is Your Life," featuring Edward and Esther Tilsen. |
| Location | Box |
| 152.K.19.6F | 39 | |
Tape 24, Side 1: Family conversations.
|
| | | | The Tilsen and Stoffer children are telling riddles and jokes,
pretending to be announcers on a radio/TV station program featuring news,
sports, and interviews; also pretending to learn Spanish, and being aliens from
Jupiter. |
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Tape 24, Side 2: Music: folk and
classical.
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| | | | Folk music starts out this side, then the tape contains a
recorded television program featuring a rehearsal of a quartet playing the
music of Bela Bartok. Some analysis of the music is done during the
rehearsal. |
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Tape 27, Side 1: Progressive Party Conference and
family conversations, 1956.
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| | | | The spring conference of the Progressive Party is meeting and
many people are speaking to gather support for the movement. Speakers included
Marzini, Earl W. Stillman, and Susie Stageberg. Letters are read from members
who couldn't be present. |
| | | | The last section of the tape is Rachel and Ken Tilsen's
vacation stories taped for Deborah. |
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Tape 27, Side 2: Family gathering, 1956.
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| | | | Family members--Rachel and Ken Tilsen, their children, and
Meridel--are featured on this tape that was made to be sent to Deborah on her
birthday. |
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Tape 28, Side 1: Conversations; music;
interviews.
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| | | | Begins with Meridel and friends in general conversation. |
| | | | The next segment contains poetry read over jazz music and an
interview of the performer. Next is an excerpt of a radio interview with Dr.
Castor (Asst. Prof. at Univ. of Minn.) about radiation fallout and atomic
testing. |
| | | | The remainder is Meridel interviewing various old-timers.
Topics discussed include farm evictions, the Holiday Association, farm
organizers, farm meetings, land development/ homesteading, socialists/socialist
meetings, and farming and crops. |
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Tape 28, Side 2: Interview; music.
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| | | | Begins with Meridel interviewing a Russian immigrant. He talks
about the Soviet Union's bureaucracy and trade, in relation to other European
and Western countries. Approximately the next 1/2 inch of this side is
background noise. |
| | | | The next portion consists of various clips such as a TV
program, music with narration, jazz music, and classical music. The remainder
of the side, Meridel narrates over background music. |
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Tape 29, Side 1: Family conversations, poetry,
music.
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| | | | Begins with Meridel talking to two children. They jump rope
and recite jump-rope rhymes for her. |
| | | | Next, a man recites anti-war poetry. Included are: "Hydrogen
Horror," "There Goes Harriet Tubman," "To The Memory of Albert Einstein," and
other poems in memory of such people as Isabelle Gonzales, Morton Sobell, the
Rosenbergs, and Walter Lowenthal. |
| | | | It continues with children jumping rope and playing. Concludes
with a symphony. |
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Tape 29, Side 2: Music.
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| | | | Contains folk music. |
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Tape 30, Side 1: Interview.
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| | | | Meridel interviews Jenny Fry about her life. Jenny was a
Ukrainian immigrant living in St. Paul. |
| | | | She talks about her husband, children, divorce, house, and
work. |
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Tape 30, Side 2: Interviews.
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| | | | Begins with a TV interview of Ben Hecht, Hollywood actor and
writer. He talks about the movie industry, Hollywood, aging, religion,
politics, political figures, and television. |
| | | | The tape continues with Meridel's interview of Jenny Fry, an
immigrant from the Ukraine. Jenny discusses her family, home life in the
Ukraine, her mother, the Hebrew school, leaving Russia, having children,
marriage, her husband, working, and her stay in a St. Paul hospital. |
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Tape 31, Side 1: Conversation; music.
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| | | | Begins with clips of various things: children playing, a man
speaking, and people singing appears to be a TV program. |
| | | | Continues with a man giving a speech in Spanish. Spanish music
and singing follows. The next segment is a musical production: an Indian
narration over music (narration is in English). |
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Tape 31, Side 2: Music.
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| | | | Begins with Peter LaFarge album (Women Blues); songs include:
"Bad Girl," "Lone Night Song," "I Will Bring You Flowers," "Sundi," "Handsome
Blackarbee," "The View Is Clear," "People Ask Me," "Rainbow Race," "Don't Tell
Me How I Look Falling," "In My Chains," "Broken Bird," "Nobody Can Do It
Alone," "Pete's Blues," "Epitaph Blues." Continues with segment of a musical
production featuring the Beatles, pop music, vaudeville-type music, and a
Brazilian folk singer. |
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Tape 32, Side 1: Family conversations; conversation
with Yank Levine.
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| | | | First half hour is background music and general conversation:
shopping, dinner, etc., a baby crying. |
| | | | The second half contains Yank Levine telling stories of people
he deals with as a scrap collector: the restaurateur, bookseller, and others.
He also tells of the day Meridel spent with him as he worked. Beatrice tells a
story of the psychopathic decorator and when she first met Yank. |
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Tape 32, Side 2: Interview.
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| | | | Meridel interviews Walter and his wife about various people,
events, and organizations. Walter and his wife are from the Midwest. Walter was
an organizer for many alliances. They also discuss their family background. |
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Tape 34, Side 1: Radio program, 1967.
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| | | | Contains an interview with Mrs. X. The war in Vietnam and
related topics are discussed. Next, children (Owen, Jennifer, and Brendan) are
playing with the recorder. Continues with a meeting regarding rights of Spanish
immigrants. |
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Tape 34, Side 2: Radio Program, 1967.
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| | | | Begins with a radio program from Santa Fe, New Mexico. Mrs.
X., the guest, is being interviewed about military spending, religious issues
in Vietnam, communism, and Citizens Acting For Peace. |
| | | | Next, after a short guitar solo, children are heard talking
and singing. Rest of the tape is blank. |
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Tape 1, Side 1: Carl Sandburg on Abraham Lincoln;
Rachel's children sing, 1960.
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| | | | Carl Sandburg speaks about Lincoln's life. Rachel's children
sing many songs. |
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Tape 1, Side 2: Debate About Lincoln's life. Rachel's
Children sing, 1960.
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| | | | Carl Sandburg, Everett Dirksen, and Norton Parkinson debate on
television whether or not Abraham Lincoln could have become president in
1960. |
| | | | Bart Von Scheeling sings songs in German, Spanish, Italian,
and French. A woman sings Guatemalan songs and Mexican songs. Children and
adults are singing hymns and children's songs. |
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Tape 2, Side 1: Al Blair, union organizer
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| | | | Blair talks about organizing unions. He was a communist,
working for Westinghouse Electric in 1929 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He also
talks about organizing unions elsewhere, including Minnesota, and getting
jailed for the Westinghouse Electric labor strike. |
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Tape 2, Side 2: Music.
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| | | | Slavic accordion and singer: folk songs "Toil Not in Vain,"
"Oh Miss Bailey, Unfortunate Miss Bailey," "Up the Champlain Blue," unknown
title, unknown title, "Heave ho, Heave ho," Lullaby: "Till Papa's Ship Comes
In." |
| | | | Remainder of the tape is blank. |
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Tape 3, Side 1: Elizabeth Rock Jude interview;
Kruschev on "Face The Nation, "1957.
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| | | | Mrs. Elizabeth Rock Jude, an Oneida-Iroquois born in
Wisconsin, married to a Chippewa, talks briefly about her life and other Indian
historical pieces of information. "Face the Nation" has Kruschev as its
featured guest talking about increasing production of food in U.S.S.R.
Remainder of the tape is blank. |
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Tape 3, Side 2: Helen Gallagher; Pat Gleason's
birthday; Frank Lloyd Wright, 1957.
|
| | | | Helen Gallagher, IWW member, speaks of the IWW and how it
organized basic industries such as mining and farming. She also tells of IWW
members that went to trial and didn't defend themselves. |
| | | | Pat Gleason, a member of the Progressive movement and
Non-Partisan League, had his birthday celebrated. Speakers tell of Gleason's
accomplishments. |
| | | | Narrator is telling about Frank Lloyd Wright and some of his
designs (Guggenheim museum, Florida Southern Univ. building, Church for Walter
Bublitz's congregation, Herbert Jacobs' house). |
| | | | A man talks about his life and organizing WPA people. |
| | | | End of the tape is blues and jazz music. |
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Tape 4, Side 1: Folk songs; classical music,
1965.
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| | | | Songs by Malvina Reynolds include "Let Us Come In," "I Got A
Song," "Where Are You Going, My Little One," "Last Night I Had a Dream," "The
Gentlemen of Distinction in the Army," "I Live in a City, Yes I Do," "Today is
Tomorrow and It's Gone," "I'm Awfully Nervous Lonesome," and "Bury Me In My
Overalls." A man sings "Man Of The Year." Malvina Reynolds sings "Johnny Built
a Boat," then a woman reads a poem. Malvina sings again, "Mountains of New
Mexico," "Love is Something If You Give it Away," "Stay Where You Are," "Don't
Talk To Me of Love Anymore." Several different classical music songs end Side 1
of the tape. |
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Tape 4, Side 2: Conversation with Esther Hesler,
1965.
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| | | | Esther Hesler tells about her life as a labor organizer,
describing how the AFL wanted the millinery people (she was one) to join them,
and why the millinery people didn't want to. She tells about circumstances of
the poor at that time in the U.S. |
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Tape 5, Side 1: Harry Mayville, labor
organizer.
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| | | | Harry Mayville tells about several strikes he apparently was
involved in, including the Truck Drivers' Strike, the Flour City Strike, and
the Streetware Strike. He is talking to Meridel Le Sueur on both sides of the
tape. |
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Tape 5, Side 2: Harry Mayville, continued.
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| | | | Harry Mayville tells about how he organized a strike in Leone,
Wisconsin at a plant/factory owned by a Mr. Connor. He relates what happened
during the strike. |
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Tape 6, Side 1: This side is undocumented.
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Tape 6, Side 2: Music; constitutional
rights.
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| | | | Tape starts off with Gospel music. |
| | | | Next, a radio broadcast from Berkeley, California features
Alexander Micklejohn speaking to the Senate Subcommittee on Constitutional
Rights. Micklejohn's speech was entitled "The First Amendment: The Core of the
Constitution." |
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Tape 7, Side 1: Family conversations; radio program,
1953.
|
| | | | Gary Smith singing kids' songs. Carl and Betty on the phone.
Two minutes of the O'Kassick interview. Party at the MacDonalds', everyone
given the opportunity to sing a song, tell a story, or a joke. |
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Tape 7, Side 2: Music; singing, 1953.
|
| | | | People singing, accompanied by piano and jaws harp; another
group singing "In Brooklyn, N.Y."; Ex-Minnesotans Association. |
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Tape 8, Side 1: Interview with Harry
Jenkins.
|
| | | | Jenkins continues talking about his experiences with IWW.
Relates how he had an accident and lost his leg, then was given a desk job in
the IWW. He talks about scabs, informants in companies: how they operated. |
| | | | Meridel talks about the works of Oscar Amering, and the Duke
University collection of labor-related papers--the best collection of its kind,
in her opinion. |
| | | | Jenkins talks about the Copper Queen Mining Company and the
lawyer William B. Cleary, who defended workers from the IWW. Meridel's father
is discussed. The strikes in Boston, Massachusetts are also mentioned. |
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Tape 8, Side 2: Interview with Harry Jenkins
continues.
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| | | | Jenkins describes how he worked various jobs and eventually
ended up on the West Coast involved in the IWW Party. He describes the Free
Speech Fight in Fresno, California. He describes his experiences while in jail,
and also describes his fellow workers. Talks of being jailed in Modesto,
California. Talks about Jack White's speech given in San Diego, and how it
summed up all their feelings. Jensen recalls celebrating VE Day with the
Russians. He talks more about rebel songs, jail, and Frank Little. |
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Tape 9, Side 1: Family conversation;
broadcast.
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| | | | Rachel and her children take turns talking, singing, and
reading. Rachel reads a tale about "Buncha the Silent." |
| | | | Dylan Thomas does a reading, but neither the title of the
piece nor the author are identified. |
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Tape 9, Side 2: Broadcasts.
|
| | | | "Biography in Sound," a radio program, features Alexandra
Woolcott and Clarence Darrow. Woolcott was a newspaper reporter, drama critic,
and book reviewer. Darrow was the defense lawyer for the Scopes Trial. |
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Tape 10, Side 1: Interviews; family
conversations
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| | | | Charles Roult tells about how he came over from Germany in
1934. |
| | | | Jacob Lipshitz, a sculptor, is being interviewed on the
air. |
| | | | Two children, Robin and Davey, tell what happened when their
dog had puppies. |
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Tape 10, Side 2: Blank.
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Tape 11, Side 1: Conversation of Lou Gilbert (Gigi),
Blacklisted actor.
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| | | | At a New Year's Eve party Lou Gilbert tells stories about
being blacklisted as an actor, and being wanted as an actor for a film called
Joseph and His Brethren by Cliff Odetts. |
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Tape 11, Side 2: New Year's Eve Party
continues.
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| | | | Individual party conversations are impossible to identify.
Later, Janice tells about Mexico. A children's party with children singing is
next. Lastly, the New Year's Eve party continues. |
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Tape 12, Side 1: Broadcasts; family
conversations.
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| | | | First, rock and roll music is played. |
| | | | Next, a thunderstorm is heard in the background along with a
television program, "Dr. Kildare," starring Richard Chamberlain. |
| | | | Next, Meridel and Robin talk about her boyfriend and about
Robin's teacher and school. |
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Tape 12, Side 2: Family conversations.
|
| | | | Meridel has a conversation with Robin about life at Lowell
High School. Robin recounts the trouble her friend, Mary, got into for putting
nude drawings up in a display case. |
| | | | Next, Lucille, Meridel, Carolyn, and Jacqueline talk about
travels to New Mexico and Indian culture. |
| | | | Robin discusses her experiences as a teacher. |
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Tape 15, Side 1: Irish music; Sean O'Casey discussion,
1966.
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| | | | Pete Seeger sings Irish folk songs, followed by a broadcast
about Irish playwright Sean O'Casey. |
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Tape 15, Side 2: Sean O'Casey discussion; Civil
Rights, 1966.
|
| | | | Sean O'Casey segment wraps up. |
| | | | The history of Blacks and Civil Rights is discussed, featuring
events in the South during the late 1950s to the early 1960s. |
| | | | The tape then jumps to an anniversary of the 1916 Post Office
Rebellion in Dublin, where the Irish tried to gain freedom from British
rule. |
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Tape 17, Side 1: Folk music; television program about
welfare; Picasso's Guernica mural.
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| | | | First, an unidentified woman sings several folk songs. Next, a
television program covers New Yorkers on welfare--the difficulty in surviving
on welfare, and how welfare perpetuates itself. Last, a television program
features Pablo Picasso's mural Guernica, based on the bombing of Guernica
during the Spanish Civil War. |
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Tape 17, Side 2: Classical music; East Indian music;
birds of the Galapagos.
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| | | | This side contains about 25 minutes of classical music,
followed by 10 to 15 minutes of East Indian music; then it features a
television program about the birds of the Galapagos Islands. The last 20
minutes of the tape are blank. |
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Tape 18, Side 1: Blank.
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Tape 18, Side 2: Free Southern Theatre production;
classical music; rock music.
|
| | | | Broadcast featuring selections by the Free Southern Theatre, a
group of young black artists based in New Orleans. The group is a free
production, surviving on contributions from other theatre groups, donations,
and grants. Selections highlight the problems facing blacks, such as poverty
and poor living conditions. |
| | | | Featured next on the tape are three classical works by Haydn
with four guitars and a quartet. Last, is "Freedom Rock" from KBNM Radio in
Albuquerque, N.M. Artists featured include Neil Diamond, The Beatles,
Santana. |
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Tape 19, Side 1: Family conversations; Discussions
about Republican Party.
|
| | | | Robin and Meridel sick with a fever. Deborah had recently
given birth to Woody and was in the process of feeding him. Deborah needed
poems for Robin to listen to. Meridel and an unnamed man discuss the birth of
the Republican Party in the 1850s-60s. The man said a woman (Anna Carls) was
behind the whole thing. |
| | | | Deborah, Meridel, and Irene are present for Woody's bath.
Bernice Kitowski is featured on this tape. |
| | | | An unnamed man tells how the Alaskans got together to nominate
delegates to write a constitution. Another man tells Meridel about getting the
Socialist Party together in the U.S. |
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Tape 19, Side 2: Conversation with Ben Lezere; family
conversations.
|
| | | | Ben Lezere talks about Russia and a man named Nicholas
Hurwitz, who was a hero in the 1905 Russian Revolution. Ben became active again
in Russia for the Socialist Movement, after being in the U.S. for some years.
Lezere tells of Nicholas' underhanded tactics to get control of the Socialists,
and how an Irishman, Jim Larkin, helped to stop him. |
| | | | Next, Deborah talks about finding a director for a school,
then discusses the curriculum of 1st grade social studies, and finally tells of
the methods a woman uses to teach Indian children. The schedule for Robin's
birthday is discussed by Bernice, Meridel, and Deborah. |
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Tape 22, Side 1: Dylan Thomas reading poetry; E. E.
Cummings reads a story
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| | | | First 35 minutes feature Dylan Thomas reading poetry, followed
by E. E. Cummings reading a play about Santa Claus. |
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Tape 22, Side 2: Poetry.
|
| | | | Broadcast featuring three young poets: Louis Zukofsky, Frank
O'Hara, and Ed Sanders. |
| | | | Each is interviewed and reads samples of his own work. |
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Tape 23, Side 1: Wounded Knee discussion, 1973.
|
| | | | Ken Tilsen discusses his experiences as lawyer for the Indians
at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, during the Wounded Knee Uprising. |
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Tape 23, Side 2: Blank.
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Tape 25, Side 1: Interview with Yank
Levine.
|
| | | | Yank relates funny stories about his past jobs: lifeguard at a
resort, peanut vendor at a burlesque house, and a freight handler in the
garment center of New York. |
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Tape 25, Side 2: Poetry.
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| | | | Woman reads poetry; the rest of Side 2 is blank. |
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Tape 26, Side 1: Readings.
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| | | | Meridel reads a story entitled "The Legend of Wilderness Road:
The Story of Nancy Hanks." |
| | | | The tape ends with Meridel conversing with several
children. |
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Tape 26, Side 2: Readings.
|
| | | | Meridel rehearses reading "The Legend of Wilderness Road: The
Story of Nancy Hanks." |
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Tape 27, Side 1: Interview.
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| | | | Georgia Turner is interviewed about her past: sharecropping;
tent city; her life. |
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Tape 27, Side 2: Interview; family
conversations.
|
| | | | Georgia Turner interview continues. |
| | | | Followed by Lena and Arthur Borchardt celebrating their 40th
wedding anniversary. Then, tapping of rain on the roof. |
| | | | Diane Heinz, age 16, tells about her date. Charlie Roalt tells
about his life, and working in a champagne factory. He would turn 72 the
following week. |
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Tape 28, Side 1: Conversation With Uncle Joe
Yusef.
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| | | | Uncle Joe, Harry Rice's father's brother, tells about his
family, his life, and emigrating to the U.S. |
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Tape 28, Side 2: Conversation with Tom
McGrath.
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| | | | Meridel talks to Tom and Alma McGrath. Tom was an instructor
at Los Angeles State College until he was called up before the House Committee
on Un-American Activities. McGrath is also a poet; he reads many of his
poems. |
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Tape 29, Side 1: Conversation with Bernice
Kitowski.
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| | | | Bernice Kitowski, a Polish woman who took care of Deborah and
Rachel, tells Meridel about her life. She was a domestic worker. |
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Tape 29, Side 2: Music.
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| | | | The background music for Meridel's reading of "The Story of
Nancy Hanks" is on this tape. Next, a man singing and playing guitar: folk
songs. Then a session of classical music is followed by a long section of blank
tape. |
| | | | Next, Deborah and Robin play children's songs on the flute and
xylophone. Next, Meridel rehearses reading "The Legend of Wilderness Road: The
Story of Nancy Hanks." The rest of the tape is blank. |
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Tape 30, Side 1: Memorial to Susie Stageberg,
1961.
|
| | | | Friends and acquaintances of Susie Stageberg speak in her
memory. Memorial took place in mid-March 1961 at Red Wing, Minnesota. The WILPF
(Women's International League for Peace and Freedom) is mentioned. |
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Tape 30, Side 2: Susie Stageberg Memorial, continued,
1961.
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| | | | The Stageberg memorial continues for the first thirty minutes
of this side, followed by twenty minutes of blank tape. |
| | | | Next, an unspecified conference is featured. |
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Tape 38, Side 1: Radio programs: former communist;
Minnesota transportation.
|
| | | | John Gates, Communist Party member for 27 years, tells why he
left the party. Next, "The Story of Transportation" hosted by Cedric Adams. The
program describes how Minnesota was developed by the various modes of
transportation--from steamboats to horses to Greyhound buses. |
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Tape 38, Side 2: Artists interviewed by Meridel Le
Sueur.
|
| | | | Meridel is in conversation with Mac about art and artists.
Later, Lorraine, Mac's wife, and Mark (son) join in the conversation to discuss
a paper Mark had written. Later they discuss documenting history, why Meridel
does it, and how Lorraine should, but won't. |
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Tape 1, Side 1: Interview; speech by Rev. Vincent
Harding, 1961.
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| | | | Meridel interviewing teachers who will teach in the Freedom
Schools. |
| | | | Next, Meridel interrupts the tape to say that this is an
excellent speech given by Reverend Vincent Harding to the Oxford Orientation
Group. Harding gives a description of the history of Negroes in America, and
also gives a description of White America's response to the Negro. He also
describes Mississippi in 1961. |
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Tape 1, Side 2: Harding speech continues, 1961.
|
| | | | Harding describes how difficult things will be in Mississippi;
talks about nonviolence. Meridel describes the emotions and fears of those on
their way to Mississippi. |
| | | | Meridel interviews Curtis Hayes about jail treatment and
conditions for Blacks in the South. Nonviolence and treatment of white Civil
Rights workers in the South is discussed. Nonviolence tactics are also
discussed. The tape ends with Negro spiritual music. |
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Tape 2, Side 1: Music; interview.
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| | | | Meridel sings Swedish songs with a group of singers including
the Swedish immigrant she interviewed. "Home On The Range" is sung in Swedish
by everyone. |
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Tape 2, Side 2: Interview.
|
| | | | A Swedish immigrant describes his work experience in the
United States in 1910. Discusses his membership in the Swedish Employee
Association and his work experience in a pulp mill. |
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Tape 3, Side 1: Broadcast; conversations at a
party.
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| | | | An Oral Roberts program begins this side of the tape. |
| | | | Then, several conversations are heard: men talk about Harry
Dunbar in North Dakota; a woman talks about having a job cleaning horseradish,
about the May Day celebration, and about getting involved in workers' movement;
men talk about the Socialist Party; and a man tells Meridel about the "Sun
Dance" he participated in. |
| | | | Woman talks about Pat (Slim) Harris, who gave her books to
read. |
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Tape 3, Side 2: Interview; music.
|
| | | | First, opera music is heard. |
| | | | Then Meridel interviews farmers who are milking cows; more
music follows the interviews. Alfa and Jill Smith play piano and sing often
throughout the tape. |
| | | | More music, featuring the Russian Metropolitan Choir of
Paris. |
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Tape 4, Side 1: Family gathering; various
conversations.
|
| | | | Meridel's birthday is being celebrated by Deb's family. The
children recite poetry, a woman reads a poem, "The House With The Broken
Heart." Another conversation with Yank Levine follows the party segment. Next,
Meridel talks about "roughing it" in a cabin for a week. More poetry reading
follows, among the poems "To The Memory of Albert Einstein." Sarah Wright reads
a poem by Lucy Smith from Smith's book, No Middle Ground. Woody sings the
"Ballad of Davy Crockett." |
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Tape 4, Side 2: Various conversations.
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| | | | First, a segment with Deb's classroom in Princeton; children
sing. |
| | | | Then Meridel talks about members who made up the Non-Partisan
League. She also talks about Lindbergh in Red Wing, Minnesota. Meridel is
intrigued by the writings of Bud Reed. More poetry is recited about struggles
of oppressed people, especially blacks. Holland Robert's talk finishes out the
tape. |
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Tape 5, Side 1: Broadcasts; personal
conversations.
|
| | | | Tape begins with Meridel talking in the background, then a man
sings "Kum Ba Ya, My Lord." Next, is a radio program "Midnight Special." Terkel
interviews some of the writers of the music--folk and protest songs. Next,
Meridel has a personal conversation with a woman regarding the death of
Meridel's mother. Next, is a conversation about caring for kittens. |
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Tape 5, Side 2: Various Broadcasts.
|
| | | | First, a woman reads descriptions of parts of California. |
| | | | Next, a man gives a speech recognizing the pioneering spirit
of those who started the Budget-Rent-A-Car Company. The people who took the
idea of Budget-Rent-A-Car and built it into what it is today are described as
new pioneers. |
| | | | Next, a radio program describes the history and horrors of the
Spanish Civil War in the 1930's. Jazz music follows the Spanish Civil War
segment. |
| | | | Next, Terkel interviews a troubled teenager, Rose, who writes
poetry. |
| | | | The tape finishes out with Bob Dylan, then Frank Sinatra
singing. |
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Tape 6, Side 1: Broadcast, 1983.
|
| | | | A program that Meridel and Barbra Tilsen gave at the Thompson
Recital Hall, BSU, Bemidji, Minnesota. It was broadcast on KBSB, 89.7 radio.
Barbra sings "Freedom Rights," a song about three women who organized protests.
Meridel tells the audience that Barbra is married to her beloved grandson, and
that they are traveling with Barbra's new baby--3-month-old Molly. Meridel
dedicates this show to "Our Grandmothers." Meridel says she began to write as a
girl of ten years; she realized women had no voice. Meridel then reads "Hush My
Little Grandmother." Meridel recalls trying to get a story about a birth of a
child published; the editor said they couldn't publish that kind of experience.
Meridel then reads "Behold Me." She talks of having twenty-three great
grandchildren. Meridel speaks about the saga of corn, then reads Origins of
Corn. Next, Barbra sings "Waters Of Life," then sings "Danke Schoen." Barbra
recalls the incident in which James Watt didn't want the Beach Boys at the 4th
of July celebration in Washington, D.C. Watt wanted Wayne Newton instead.
Barbra sings about this in the song "Danke Schoen." Then Meridel speaks of the
brutal murder of Mary Anna Kwash by the FBI. |
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Tape 6, Side 2: Undecipherable.
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| | | | First 1/4 of the tape is blank. The rest of the tape is very
difficult to hear or understand. One segment sounds like a woman speaking in a
foreign language; another segment sounds like a woman singing. |
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Tape 7, Side 1: Music from different cultures;
Serendipity Singers.
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| | | | Most of this side is devoted to ethnic music: Unnaippol vocal
and instrumental; Sangeet Gnamama and instrumental; Theruva Theppo and
instrumental; Raga Bhairari instrumental; Raga Saarang instrumental; Aag Mere
Char Pritam vocal and instrumental; Parmaarth Cha Panth Vikat Nach AAkane vocal
and instrumental. The Serendipity Singers sing "Don't Let The Rain Come
Down." |
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Tape 7, Side 2: Music, 1961.
|
| | | | Most of this side is blank; more ethnic music is heard
approximately 3/4 of the way into Side 2. |
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Tape 8.
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| | | | The tape is unusable because of its poor condition. |
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Tape 9, Side 1: Classical Music, 1960.
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| | | | Recording of the Prokofiev violin concerto. |
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Tape 9, Side 2: Pete Seeger sings folk songs;
broadcast; classical music, 1960.
|
| | | | Seeger sings songs about war, song written by Black soldiers,
Civil War song: "John Brown's Body Lies Mouldering in The Grave." He also talks
about the Filipino people. Next on this side, a broadcast of a program that
pokes fun at Americans and their naivete about sex. Last, classical music to
the end of the tape. |
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Tape 10, Side 1: Classical music; interview;
music.
|
| | | | First segment features classical music. Next, Meridel
interviews Eunice, an older Black woman. Eunice recounts the hunger and
hardships she endured. She tells of having to get a Food Order to buy
groceries. A radio program follows the interview segment. The radio program
features various types of music: modern vocal; Latin American; rock (Jefferson
Airplane); Mexican; classical (Rossi); and Jewish and Italian Renaissance. |
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Tape 10, Side 2: Interview with Eunice
continues.
|
| | | | Eunice recounts her life growing up in the South; her
relationship with her father, Jeff; and the hardships Blacks suffered. She
talks of the plantation owner who took advantage of her sister and the birth of
her sister's illegitimate white child (Titi or Teddy.) She describes how the
family suffered at the hands of their small community because of the birth of
her sister's child. She tells of a man named Lucas who set his dog on her, and
of killing the dog with a dagger she carried. |
| | | | Their family was forced to move to a new community where they
faced more hardships. She details the many moves she made because she wanted to
raise her two children in the North. Also mentioned are her jobs as a maid for
Montgomery Ward and for a call-girl house in Minnesota. |
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Tape 11, Side 1: Interview; broadcast; interview,
1960.
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| | | | First, Meridel interviews a man who was in May Day
demonstrations in Minneapolis in 1934. Next, a broadcast featuring Ravel's
"Daphne and Chloe." |
| | | | Second interview is with American boys who have joined
Castro's movement. The boys believe that Castro's movement is a good cause;
they claim they are fighting for world peace. Castro comments that he is very
proud of the Americans who are fighting for them; the Castro comments have been
dubbed. |
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Tape 11, Side 2: T.S. Eliot on literary criticism;
interview, 1960.
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| | | | T.S. Eliot speaks out on modern literary criticism, saying
that each generation makes their own demands on art. He believes that valid
interpretation of a literary work must be an interpretation of one's own
feelings when read; that is the only valid type of critique. Next, Meridel
interviews Sam Davis. Davis tells of selling communist literature to a boy and
how the boy's father came to the store and yelled at him. He talks about his
involvement with unions, party politics, and the leaders. Davis explains that
intellectuals must live with the workers in order to know what the workers are
going through. He tells about the FBI investigating him. Davis discusses the
DFL party, the woman who organized the YMCA, teaching a trade union class,
Marxism, organizing people, company stool pigeons, and farmers--large versus
small. The last part of this tape features an interview by Meridel. |
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Tape 12, Side 1: Lecture at The University Of
Minnesota.
|
| | | | Martin Robb introduces Meridel to an audience at the
University of Minnesota. Robb gives a brief, informative description of
Meridel's life up to the present time. Meridel was a stunt girl for Pearl
White, and a writer for West End Press. Meridel writes for and about children,
Indians, and women. The FBI has been her most captive audience. Meridel begins
talking about the Minneapolis Truckers' Strike, then the quality of the
recording gets so poor that it is difficult to distinguish what's being
said. |
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Tape 12, Side 2: Undecipherable.
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| | | | The first 1/4 of the tape is blank. The rest is
undecipherable. |
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Tape 13, Side 1: Family gathering, 1963.
|
| | | | Deb talks to Phillip and Warren. The boys want to sing two
songs they made up: "Hush Little Doggy" and "The Ground Hog." |
| | | | The next segment is a Christmas gathering--people opening
presents and making individual comments. Woody sings an African song then sings
"Jingle Sells." The tape ends with music by Joan Baez. |
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Tape 13, Side 2: Miscellaneous.
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| | | | Tape is blank for 3/4 of the reel, then a young girl says,
"This is the funniest tape you'll ever hear"; then she swears. |
| | | | The next segment is bird sounds; the rest of the tape is
blank. |
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Tape 14, Side 1: Family gathering, 1964.
|
| | | | Woody sings a song about a lumberjack; he then sings "Scarlet
Ribbons." Woody recites the Pledge of Allegiance, counts to ten in three
languages, imitates animals sounds. Deb describes the home they live in, and
talks about their nice neighbor who is a librarian at the University of
Minnesota. She also describes problems some Blacks had at Hunters Park in
Oakland, Calif. |
| | | | Woody sings the Beatles' "Hard Day's Night." |
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Tape 14, Side 2: Family gathering, 1964.
|
| | | | Meridel teaches children a new song; the song's refrain
is: |
| | | | If we could consider each other each other a friend or
neighbor, or a brother, |
| | | | oh, what a wonderful world it would be. |
| | | | Meridel sings and plays guitar. The children act out a scene.
The rest of the tape is blank. |
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Tape 15, Side 1: Broadcast, 1954.
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| | | | Narrator reads a story by Dylan Thomas describing Christmas
traditions at a boy's home. A segment of classical music follows; featured are:
Symphony No. 1 in E Minor Opus 39 by Jean Sibelius, music from the "Kaloa
Dance," music from Macedonia Shepherds, and Maurice Ravel's "Concerto For The
Left Hand." |
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Tape 15, Side 2: Broadcast, 1954.
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| | | | First segment highlights Pan American Livestock Expo in Texas
in 1954; various breeds of cattle are discussed. Next, music by K. K. Johnson
follows. The narrator interviews a horse trainer. The rest of the tape is
various radio program excerpts featuring Artie Shaw and Bessie Smith. |
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Tape 16, Side 1: Interview with Yank Levine,
1966.
|
| | | | Yank tells of his childhood and young adult years in Duluth,
Minnesota. He talks about moving to New York and trying to become a comic. This
segment ends abruptly. Next, Gary Snyder tells of his childhood and education.
He talks about poetry and about living in Japan. He recites poems "Rift Raft"
and "The Back County." |
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Tape 16, Side 2: Personal Conversation, 1966.
|
| | | | Dionne Warwick sings "A Message To Michael." Next, Meridel and
Deb have a conversation about maturity, family relationships, and sibling
rivalry. They also discuss people not fitting into a certain structured
society; White versus Indian culture. The tape ends with Deb talking about
domestic business (house payments). |
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Tape 17, Side 1: Interview With Roz
Lindesmith.
|
| | | | Lindesmith recounts her involvement in the organization of the
Workers Movement on the University of Minnesota campus in the 1940s. She helped
form the Communist Club on campus, and helped organize the youth in Brainerd,
Minnesota. She tells of getting N.Y.A. projects for the youth, and of
protesting Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia during World War II. She also
discusses her efforts to organize Local 665 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. |
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Tape 17, Side 2: Lindesmith interview continues;
broadcast.
|
| | | | Lindesmith relates the problems with the State Liquor Control
issue, and the problems Mr. Swan had with the Dunn brothers. The next segment
is a broadcast of a play (Julius Caesar), followed by classical music. |
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Tape 18, Side 1: Undecipherable.
|
| | | | This side of the tape has several breaks in it. |
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Tape 18, Side 2: Child talking.
|
| | | | The tape begins with a child telling a story; then the rest of
the tape is in poor condition. |
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Tape 19, Side 1: Family conversations.
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| | | | The first 1/4 of the tape has a high-pitched noise on it. Then
Rachel and Deb tell about places they visited on their trip to San Francisco.
Most of the children and family members talk. Woody is the baby heard in the
background. Bernie talks about his illness and his stay in the hospital. |
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Tape 19, Side 2: Family conversations.
|
| | | | The first 1/4 of the tape is indecipherable; then the family
has various conversations. |
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Tape 20, Side 1: Blank tape.
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Tape 20, Side 2: Blank tape.
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Tape 21, Side 1: Bird sounds; interview.
|
| | | | Tape begins with bird sounds. Meridel has an interview with
Frank Engman. Frank talks about his days in the state legislature; then he
talks about campaigning, passing bills, and working with the governor. |
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Tape 21, Side 2: Broadcast; interviews.
|
| | | | Various portions of conversations and radio programs. Then
Meridel interviews elderly women, who talk about their families. Al Knutson
talks about how he and Edwards were tarred and feathered out West. He talks
about his involvement in the Socialist Party. |
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Tape 22, Side 1: Music; conversations.
|
| | | | Tape begins with classical music; then a man sings "I Owe My
Soul to the Company Store." Next, a radio program describes Christmas and the
use of pi_atas. Clarence describes how small farmers are being driven off their
land. Then a woman talks about FBI (snoopers), and an attack on workers in
1955. Elmer talks about homesteading in North Dakota, and about going to his
brother's funeral. |
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Tape 22, Side 2: Broadcast; party
conversations.
|
| | | | Tape begins with a radio program about the Lindbergh baby
kidnapping; then various other radio programs are heard. Next is a going-away
party for Susie Stageberg. Susie gives a speech, sings in Norwegian, and talks
about the need to end the arms race. A man speaks briefly; then more music
follows. |
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Tape 23, Side 1: Jazz music and artists, 1955.
|
| | | | Meridel begins the tape by saying "We just returned from
seeing the ocean in the year of our Lord 1955." Next, a recording of tap
dancers and various jazz artists playing or singing their music. A man gives
his definition of jazz. Music by Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Dizzy
Gillespie is featured. |
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Tape 23, Side 2: Poetry reading; jazz music; classical
music, 1955.
|
| | | | Meridel introduces Sarah Wright, who reads a poem written by
Lucy Smith. The poem deals with men who have known violence and can never go
home. |
| | | | The rest of the tape features: jazz interpretation of "Sky
Lark"; Sarah Vaughn singing "September Song"; and classical music. |
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Tape 24, Side 1: Personal telephone conversations;
music.
|
| | | | Deborah talks with a man who was waiting for puppies to be
born. Lucile's conversation with a woman who is ill (very private
conversation). Lucile talks with Meridel and Deborah. Deborah discusses travel
plans. The segment features pop music and opera. |
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Tape 24, Side 2: Classical music.
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Tape 25, Side 1: Harry Mayville interview,
1956.
|
| | | | Mayville talks about how his father escaped from prison and
how his father was helped by Negroes. Mayville relates trying to get a priest
to bury an infant child. Another man talks about working conditions for
glassblowers. The art of glassblowing is discussed. The hardships of workers
and various strikes are also discussed. |
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Tape 25, Side 2: More interviews and conversations,
1956.
|
| | | | Tape begins with a continuation of the previous interview.
Strikes and farm problems are discussed: farmers dealing with the governor,
trying to get farm relief money. A woman recounts the United Action Paper and
Flour City Strike. |
| | | | Woody sings. Then strikes are discussed again. |
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Tape 26, Side 1: Music, 1960.
|
| | | | Recording of Concerto for Violin and Orchestra by William
Walton, Jasha Heifetz, violinist, and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Eugene Goosens. |
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Tape 26, Side 2: Music, 1960.
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| | | | Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, continued. |
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Tape 27, Side 1: Music.
|
| | | | Begins with Alice Faye singing "I Don't Care," "Shine On
Harvest Moon," "Give My Regards To Broadway," "You'll Never Know." Then Alice
Faye sings a duet with Dean Martin. Next, Jimmy Durante sings "I've Grown
Accustomed to Your Face." Next Bessie Smith sings "When You Take Me For a Buggy
Ride", and "Do Your Duty." Irish music follows: talking and singing about
Ireland and whiskey. |
| | | | Then Lightning Smith sings and plays the blues on the guitar;
mentions being in prison. The tape ends with several songs sung by Bessie
Smith. |
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Tape 27, Side 2: Music.
|
| | | | Begins with Bessie Smith singing, followed by classical music.
Next, Japanese music in the background while a man talks about women: "Women
are stuck with versatile chaos." The rest of the tape features Japanese or
Eastern music, most of it instrumental, and some bongo drum music. |
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Tape 28, Side 1: Opera.
|
| | | | Scenes 1 and 9 from Gertrude Stein's opera Saints. The
majority of the tape is Bucci's modern opera, sung in English. The opera
concerns a man whose wife and friends worship him as a hero, although he has
secretly committed murder. The opera is a satire on modern-day marriage. |
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Tape 28, Side 2: Blank.
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Tape 29, Side 1: Music; discussion with Ben Shawn;
discussion of works by Henry Moore.
|
| | | | First segment is music, classical and pop. Next, Shawn relates
his experiences as an artist. He discusses how an artist takes his ideas, jots
them down in a notebook, then later turns those ideas into a finished work of
art. Next, Sir Kenneth Clark narrates a program about Henry Moore, the English
sculptor. Music, chamber and Christian, finish out the tape. |
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Tape 29, Side 2: Conversations at a party.
|
| | | | A man tells of a brilliant reporter who was institutionalized.
Louis Sullivan is discussed, how he died penniless using an assumed name. Zero
Mostel and his antics are discussed. Meridel discusses her scholarship to
Wisconsin in 1931. The horrors in the Nazi concentration camps are discussed.
The blacklisting of actors is also discussed. |
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Tape 30, Side 1: Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.,
1967.
|
| | | | Rev. Robert English delivers a stirring eulogy followed by the
playing of music. Then, a memorial service for Iron Range organizer Martin
Mackie on November 19, 1967. Next, a priest gives a eulogy, a woman recites a
poem, and a man describes what kind of man Martin Mackie was. A soloist sings
"The Impossible Dream" followed by more music. A break in the tape follows,
then the tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr., continues as the last speech that
Dr. King gave is played for the congregation. Jim Farmer, a friend of Dr.
King's, states that racism must stop and that Dr. King's dream must be
realized. Farmer declares that Dr. King's philosophy of nonviolence should be
adopted to end racism. The tape ends with the Morehouse College Glee Club
singing. |
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Tape 30, Side 2: Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.
continues, 1967.
|
| | | | Taped from television. A television announcer describes the
funeral procession from Morehouse College to Ebenezer Baptist Church. Many
Black spirituals are sung, as well as prayers recited, and eulogies given. The
congregation sings "We Shall Overcome." The last 3/4 of the tape is blank. |
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Tape 31, Side 1: Interview with El Duke de Aragon,
1965.
|
| | | | Some parts of conversations are intimate. El Duke talks about
visiting Carl Herrigan. Herrigan's grandson says "Grandad, is this dirty
Mexican giving you time?" El Duke has words with Carl Herrigan. El Duke talks
about: how the land was stolen from the Indians by the Mexicans and the
Americans; his involvement with the Poor People's Campaign; how important the
"cause" is; how he's looking for a leader; and things in his life that have
made him hard. |
| | | | Meridel makes important comments about how Indians could
demand their land back, how the Negro movement has shown Anglos what dignity of
race and national pride mean. Meridel discusses Nixon's Southeast Asia
policies. El Duke continues talking. He speaks of his German brother-in-law,
his relationships with women, his experiences during World War II, his
rejection of religion, and of the men who were wounded during World War II and
ended up as "zombies" in mental hospitals. |
| | | | The tape ends with Johnny Cash singing a song about Chief Big
Foot and the Battle at Wounded Knee, South Dakota. |
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Tape 31, Side 2: Music, 1965.
|
| | | | Johnny Cash sings "I'm Busted." Then June Carter Cash
introduces her family, and they all sing. Cash and Carter sing "Jackson." |
| | | | The rest of the tape is blank. |
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Tape 32, Side 1: Blank tape.
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Tape 32, Side 2: Blank tape.
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Tape 4, Side 1: Family conversations.
|
| | | | Debbie, Rachel, and Joci are discussing mother/daughter
relationships, influences on children, independence, drug culture, and parent
concerns. Tape runs about 20 minutes. |
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Tape 5, Side 1: Family conversations.
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| | | | Debbie, Rachel, and Joci discussing mother/daughter
relationships, women's movement (benefits and political/community aspects),
effects on women's movement after World War I and World War II, and
facilitation of life due to women's movement. |
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Tape 5, Side 2: No documentation.
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Tape 9, Side 1: Television program; interview with
Mrs. Parky.
|
| | | | Begins with TV program: man reciting poetry while Gene Kelly
tap dances. The majority of this side features Meridel interviewing an older
woman, Mrs. Parky. Parky speaks about her life, family, family background,
Oakland, neighbors, her life as a young girl, and the roles of women at that
time. The last few minutes of this side features Kathy playing "The Dark Night"
on the piano. |
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Tape 9, Side 2: Native American music; TV
program.
|
| | | | Begins with Native American music: drums and woman singing.
Remainder of the tape is a TV documentary about Beethoven--his life and
music. |
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Tape 11, Side 1: Conversations concerning civil rights
and human rights.
|
| | | | Begins with a woman speaking about her family, her life, and
work (black woman working for a family at $21/week). Continues with various
short clips: children speaking about freedom and civil rights, an evangelist
speaking, man speaking about prejudice and black rights in the church, woman
speaking about civil rights legislation, segregation, human rights, and various
songs ("Blessed Be Their Name," "Walk With Me," "Freedom is a Constant
Struggle," "We Shall Overcome," "Ain't No Use Turning on Your Light," "Mighty
Cold Morning," "Oh Freedom," "Go Tell It on The Mountain"). |
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Tape 11, Side 2: Music; interviews; TV
programs.
|
| | | | Begins with a choir singing ("Got to Cross the River," "There
is Time," "Why Do Men Lie Like They Do"). Continues with a short two-minute
interview of Irene by Meridel. Next, a woman is speaking about a man in a
penitentiary: he died July 4th, and the funeral was in Chicago. Continues with
background noise and flipping channels on TV. Settles on program about Mao in
China. Concludes with songs ("Just Say C'est La Vie," "Be My Love") and various
women speaking about arrests for integration of a public library, April 10th
picket line for voter registration, march to courthouse door, and the arrests
of protesters. |
| | | | Tape 12, Side 1: Interviews; radio programs. |
| | | | Begins with Meridel interviewing a man and woman (Martin and
wife) about a band and various songs. Continues with short clips of songs from
radio ("Twilight Time," "Lollipop") and other radio programs. Next, a
twenty-minute interview with Sean O'Casey is recorded from the radio. He
discusses his life and work, politics, and other poets and playwrights. The
last part of this side is a recited history of the iron ore miners of the
Mesabi Range. |
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Tape 12, Side 2: Radio program; interview.
|
| | | | Begins with clips from radio, but soon continues with an
interview of Martin and his wife. Meridel asks them about their life on the
Iron Range. They discuss many aspects of the Range culture, such as the Finnish
backgrounds and influences. They also discuss the struggle of the Range workers
and the people associated in the movement. |
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Tape 19, Side 1: Interview concerning political
parties.
|
| | | | Meridel interviews two men. They discuss socialism, socialism
in relation to health care and housing, Democratic traditions, farmers in North
Dakota, farm/union people, and socialist papers. |
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Tape 19, Side 2: Music.
|
| | | | Side 2 contains classical music and opera, violins and
piano. |
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Tape 22, Side 1: Live interviews; radio interviews;
music.
|
| | | | Begins with Meridel interviewing a man and Rachel's dog
barking. Continues with Morris telling the story of how he met Meridel. Next, a
man tells about living and working in the South. Next, a radio interview
featuring a woman who sings with Billy Graham's Crusade Choir. Concludes with a
dramatization about students who were jailed. It includes their trial, time
spent in jail, and comments by the students. Some spiritual music is also
included in the dramatization ("We Shall Overcome"). |
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Tape 22, Side 2: Radio interview; music.
|
| | | | This side is a continuation of side 1. It begins with "We
Shall Overcome," and the narrator talking about the black movement in
Nashville. The majority of the tape is filled with Negro spirituals ("If I Had
A Hammer," "People on Big South Land," "Hold On," "Did My Lord Deliver," "Mr.
Wood, Mr. Boatman," "Chains Round My Shoulder," "Stay Down," "We Shall
Overcome"). |
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Tape 23, Side 1: Conversations and
interviews.
|
| | | | Begins with a radio program in which Meridel's book about Abe
Lincoln, River Road, is presented. Excerpts are read and a student panel from
St. Paul question Meridel about her book. Continues with children singing:
"Davy Crockett." Concludes with Frank talking about his life and family. He
talks about his father (a Methodist minister), the Methodist church, fifth-day
prayer meetings at school, becoming a preacher, teaching, revival meetings, and
a man who was put out of the church because he married a white woman. |
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Tape 23, Side 2: Music.
|
| | | | Contains classical music. Theme and variation movement of a
Schubert quintet recorded at Aspen Musical Festival, and Glukes concerto in O
major, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. |
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Tape 26, Side 1: Family correspondence
|
| | | | This is a letter to Meridel and Alan from Walter L. in New
Jersey. Walter discusses Indian poetry, folk songs, Chinese poetry, and various
cultures in the U.S. He discusses other writers and their influences in poetry.
He plays songs by Pete Seeger ("Peggin All," "Buffalo Skinners"). |
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Tape 26, Side 2: Continuation of side 1.
|
| | | | Pete Seeger's main point is the juxtaposition of folk songs
and poetry. Songs in his original poetry are: "Whim Away," "Skip To My Lou,"
"Blow The Man Down," and the "Hammer Song". He also mentions some of his works
("The Lovers," American Voices 1 and 2). "This Land Was Made For You and Me" is
played after the letter is closed. |
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Tape 1, Side 1: Native American pow wow, 1957.
|
| | | | Music from a Native American pow wow dominates. Music includes
Red Lake Reservation dances (Grass Dance and Hoof Dance.) Also includes a
variety of Oglala Sioux music. |
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Tape 1, Side 2: Music and conversation, 1957.
|
| | | | Odetta sings Christmas songs, among them "Mary Had a Baby." An
excellent quality drum and single voice Native American song is recorded 3/4 of
the way through this tape, side 2. Meridel talks with a friend, Lucile, about
Lucile's problems. Lucile, married at 22, has been married 42 years at the time
of the tape was made. |
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Tape 2, Side 1: Family wedding; radio broadcast,
1966.
|
| | | | Heather Tilsen, Meridel LeSueur's granddaughter, is married to
Robert Baum. The wedding ceremony and the accompanying music are recorded. |
| | | | A radio program from KBNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) contains
rock music, including the group Blood, Sweat and Tears. |
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Tape 2, Side 2: Recorded music.
|
| | | | Includes rock music, and blues. Janis Joplin is one of the
featured artists. |
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Tape 3, Side 1: Helen Sobell addresses writer's group,
1957.
|
| | | | Helen Sobell speaks in Minnesota to encourage writers. She
speaks about liberty and freedom and says "Truth very often leads to unpleasant
places." She is the wife of Martin Sobell, a scientist incarcerated in
Alcatraz, having been convicted as a spy who allegedly carried scientific
information to the Russians. In 1957, Martin was 41 years of age and had been
in prison since he was 33. Helen reads a letter from Martin where he quotes
from the book Great Prisoners, Kafka's The Trial, and Fromm's The Art of
Loving. Martin is working on a project to develop a reader for the blind, a
machine that could scan text and automatically translate the text to Braille.
He faces 30 years in prison despite the fact that not one witness could testify
that he did indeed give away secret material to the Russians. |
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Tape 3, Side 2: Meridel eulogizes Peter Simek,
1988.
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| | | | The Joan of Arc opera is recorded. Meridel speaks the eulogy
at Peter Simek's funeral on January 27, 1988. Simek was a union laborer who
origanized the Soo Line railroad workers. He was a "blacksmith who forged a
dream." He fought for unemployment insurance legislation and was a civil rights
activist all of his life. A going-away party is held for Susie Stageberg, a
writer for the Minnesota Leader. |
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Tape 4 Side 1: Music; Meridel interviews Matt Savola,
1956.
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| | | | The Paloma Singers sing about slavery, peace, and patriotism,
including the songs "A Song of Peace," "Now, Right Now," and "Jailhouse Door."
Meridel interviews Matt Savola who says that the land is poor and that
resources have been depleted in the Upper Midwest, especially in Minnesota,
Michigan, and Wisconsin. Savola says the answer is to start a reforestation
project. He also tells the story of being exonerated from accusations of being
a communist. "The poor man's patriotism is the rich man's treason," Savola
says. In describing a lumber worker's strike, "the boys demand a cent a foot
and butter in the bowls or else they will strike." During one strike, the
workers were providing food by hunting deer and fishing, but they violated game
limits. After several weeks of full county jails, the sheriff decided it was
costing the taxpayers too much to keep the men, so he gave the strikers
permission to hunt and fish. A speaker discusses the Wisconsin Communist
Party. |
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Tape 4, Side 2: Conversation about student communist
groups.
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| | | | A speaker recounts how the communist student group at the
University of Wisconsin dissolved, then three months later had to reconvene
because they saw nothing progressive happening. A woman in the group contends
that the Communist Party has done a magnificent job of isolating itself. It has
taken her five years to become accepted by women in her neighborhood. Recent
events abroad (e.g., Hungary) have made things difficult for the party. |
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Tape 5, Side 1: Radio program; poetry.
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| | | | Begins with radio music; two women recite a poem. Then a man
talks about the Saga of Corn. More poetry recitation about corn. Meridel talks
to a woman and asks, "Do you have any Detroit songs?" |
| | | | Next portion is poorly recorded and inaudible. In the last
part, Meridel interviews a man about another man who was a petty thief, but
could have been a boy scout. |
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Tape 5, Side 2: Music; interviews.
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| | | | Begins with woman playing guitar and singing songs. Some of
the songs sung are: "Pied Piper of Hamlin," "Moving Time Ride," and "Across the
Hills of Hay"; and her own versions of "Love Me Tender" and "Que Sera, Sera."
Talks and sings about "oppression" in marriage. Then Meridel interviews an old
man who mentions the IWW. Meridel talks about her children and her relationship
with them. She tells how her children have been active in union organizing. Man
talks about farming and reflects on his life. |
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Tape 6, Side 1: Music.
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| | | | Begins with music. Accompanying paperwork says, Roy Harris
Symphony (1938-1939), Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Serge
Koussevitsky. |
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Tape 6, Side 2: Music.
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| | | | First part of the tape is blank. Continues with music, which
is difficult to hear (poor recording). |
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Tape 7, Side 1: Music.
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| | | | Begins with Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia
Orchestra's performance of Hindemith, "Mathias the Painter." Program notes
included in the box containing tape. |
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Tape 7, Side 2: Music.
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| | | | Continuation of side 1. |
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Tape 8, Side 1: Music.
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| | | | Begins with classical music, then Black gospel or spiritual
music. |
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Tape 8, Side 2: Radio program: Discussing writers'
shaping of Nebraska.
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| | | | Radio program ("Shenandoah") plays in the background. Next a
program discussing how writers helped shape Nebraska; topics are the strength
of the pioneers, and Crazy Horse's death. A man is interviewed about when he
first met Willa Cather. He describes her when she was a thirteen-year-old girl
and had just begun to write. |
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Tape 9, Side 1: Classroom discussion.
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| | | | Deb, or possibly Rachel, are interviewing their students after
Meridel had come to talk to the class. The children are asked what most
impressed them about Meridel. Most students mentioned Meridel's silver necklace
made by Navajo Indians. The children tell what Meridel said about writing a
book. |
| | | | Meridel told the children her favorite book was the story of
Nancy Hanks, Abe Lincoln's mother. Meridel also told the children she wrote
about things she thought were true. Meridel says you could write about a
worm. |
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Tape 9, Side 2: Music: Pete Seeger.
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| | | | Pete Seeger talks about a Cuban poet/writer who wrote
"Guantanamera"; he then sings "Guantanamera." This is followed by folk music:
Irish ballads and songs sung in Gaelic. Last 1/2 of the tape is blank. |
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Tape 10, Side 1: Various interviews.
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| | | | Meridel interviews a woman named Paula. They discuss Jewish
religion and marriage contracts. Meridel talks about some of her favorite
authors, Chaim Potok and Mark Twain. Meridel says "marriage is supposed to be
gentle, but yet ends up being violent." Meridel talks about her children.
Meridel has a personal conversation with friends. |
| | | | Woman talks about her life in Sweden as a girl: how she
married and eventually came to Minneapolis to live. She tells how her husband
managed to get to Minneapolis: he biked from New York to Detroit, then took the
train to Minneapolis. He sold raincoats for a living. The woman came to
Minneapolis with children and told of adjustment problems in Minnesota. The
couple had been married 50 years, 30 of which were "honeymoon" years. |
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Tape 10, Side 2: Family conversation; political
meetings.
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| | | | Begins with Meridel and family members laughing and
talking. |
| | | | Then a man discusses how to strengthen the socialist movement.
He suggests we do away with bureaucracy in Democratic centralism and
incorporate Blacks into the group. The party should work toward peace. Another
man discusses how best to work in resolutions at the convention in the Twin
Cities. The proposed convention agenda is discussed. This is followed by
Meridel talking to her family about red squirrels. Last 1/2 of the tape is
blank. |
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Tape 11, Side 1: Interviews, 1963.
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| | | | Meridel interviews a Black woman who talks about the need to
educate our children. Meridel says "Lincoln said, 'God must have liked poor
people, because he made so many of them'." Meridel also quotes Lincoln, "A
nation cannot be half slave and half free." Meridel says the workers are the
ones who produced the great wealth in the country. Meridel says LBJ lied.
Meridel talks about two white women who participated in a march by the Japanese
commemorating the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Meridel then
interviews a Mexican-American. |
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Tape 11, Side 2: Interviews, continued, 1963.
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| | | | Meridel begins by talking about the derogatory terms used to
describe the Indians. |
| | | | Next, a Mexican-American man is interviewed. He talks about
discrimination, wealth disparity, educational discrimination, and poor working
conditions. |
| | | | This is followed by a woman speaking; she says America is not
just the United States, but stretches from Canada to Brazil. Meridel agrees.
Both talk about languages and World War II. The rest of the tape is
garbled. |
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Tape 12, Side 1: Interview with Madge Hawkins
continues, 1961.
|
| | | | Conversation with Madge Hawkins continues. Madge talks about
knowing the McGlynn family, who were Catholic and lived in a log cabin. Madge
went out with Albert (Allis) McGlynn. She discusses Art Le Sueur, and his
defense of Allie in Montana. Then Meridel talks about the book, My Antonia.
Meridel likes the story about Mrs. Stillman's bachelor friend. Madge talks
about her educational background. Madge talks about living and tutoring
Florence Davis. Dr. Davis was a hard-working man. A syphilis epidemic is
discussed. Meridel tells of a film about syphilis she saw while in high school
that scared her. |
| | | | Madge met Oscar and lived in Dickenson (she was a principal,
he a superintendent of schools). |
| | | | Meridel talks about her book, North Star Country, and
lumberjacks. |
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Tape 12, Side 2: Interview with Madge Hawkins,
1961.
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| | | | Meridel interviews Madge Hawkins; they talk about religion,
and membership in the nonpartisan league. Meridel tells how her grandmother
wouldn't allow her to wear bright clothing. Organized religion is discussed.
Meridel says, "Organized religion is a terrible thing." They discussed
Catholicism versus Lutheranism. Madge tells of experiences at Fargo College.
Meridel says she loves Oscar Christensen and liked the countryside of
Caledonia, Minnesota. Meridel wants someone to do a portrait of Oscar. Madge
talks about Wendell's daughter Mary, who was a hippie. Meridel discusses
Oscar's paper, the Hoka Chief; Meridel says it's a great paper. |
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Tape 13, Side 1: Interview with Frank
Engman.
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| | | | Meridel interviews Frank Engman, who describes his
family/parents and childhood. He talks about his parents leaving Sweden, his
being born in Michigan, his marrying at age thirty-four, and the hypocrisy of
religion. |
| | | | Meridel suggests he write a book about life, because he has an
excellent memory. Meridel thinks Catholicism is a frightening thing. Frank
tells how he left home after getting into a fight with his dad, and tells of
getting a job through the kindness of strangers. He also talks about getting
involved in socialism. |
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Tape 13, Side 2: Panel discussion about writing;
interview with Vic Engman.
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| | | | Begins with a panel discussion on writing. Then Meridel
interviews Vic Engman, who talks about his childhood, his family, his work
experiences, and farming. At the time of the interview Vic was 80 years old. He
talks about measles, lumberjacks, and about Frank. At the end of the tape, a
group of people come in to meet Meridel. The last 1/4 of the tape is blank. |
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Tape 14, Side 1: Interview with elderly Swiss
woman.
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| | | | Interview with an 87-year-old woman who was born in
Switzerland. Her husband was a blacksmith who worked at the Occident Mills in
Minneapolis. The woman, who is Lena's mother, has 12 great-grandchildren. The
conversation is a group of older women talking about their families and
grandchildren. One woman remarks the "the hardest thing is to sit back and let
your children take over." |
| | | | Next, Meridel interviews a man who talks about working
conditions, places he lived, and the demise of Duluth. Then a group of men
discuss road construction in Minneapolis. |
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Tape 14, Side 2: Gathering of family and
friends.
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| | | | Begins with a conversation at a party. Two men discuss the
corn crop. Then a skit depicting the reaffirmation of wedding vows on the 40th
anniversary of Lena and Arthur. Meridel recites a poem she wrote commemorating
the strength of Lena and Arthur: "Their voices come out of the pine country.
Their voice has spoken like the great pines." A man tells a funny story about
the honeymoon night. This is followed by the Coleman Writers Conference. |
| | | | Next, a series of varied conversations: Robin tells a story,
Charlie Roth speaks about the hardships of not being able to find a job and
old-age compensation, clips from the Arthur Godfrey show, talk about Lipschitz
the sculptor, and a poem about puppies. |
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Tape 15, Side 1: Interview discussing
racism.
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| | | | Meridel interviews a Black woman who describes the work
experience for Blacks. She tells about the difficult times for Blacks during
the Great Depression. Her husband Bill got a job working on a railroad; he
fought to have each Black worker's name put on their uniform so that whites
couldn't arbitrarily call Blacks names. The woman talks about racism in
Minnesota, slavery, sharecropping, her parents, and the difficult life of
slaves. The last part of the tape is about the space program: Project Mercury
oribital flight. |
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Tape 15, Side 2: No documentation.
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| | | | This side of the tape is blank. |
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Tape 16, Side 1: Dedication of the book, The
Crusaders.
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| | | | Begins with a New York City tribute to Meridel's unveiling of
her latest work. Various people talk about Meridel's important contributions to
Middle America's heritage and her contribution to recording the history of the
populist movement in America. Meridel reads a work from Walt Whitman and pays
tribute to the city. Meridel talks about oppressed people and struggles, and
about her mother's struggle. Various people sing songs ("September Song"). |
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Tape 16, Side 2: Music; conversation about Sam
Horowitz; various other conversations.
|
| | | | Begins with folk music: Irish songs are sung. Then the family
of Sam Horowitz gathers to tell him he will be free soon. People talk about
injustices done to Sam. Next, Meridel and friends in New York talk about
artists, today's music, and the Korean War. Women talk about various art and
cultural experiences in New York. |
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Tape 18, Side 1: Music.
|
| | | | Begins with accordion music with orchestra in background.
Music (radio program) and conversation going on at the same time; people
singing. |
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Tape 18, Side 2: Conversations at a party.
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| | | | Conversations from a party, people singing. |
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Tape 19, Side1: Interview.
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| | | | Meridel interviews Harry Rice's brothers, Sam and another one.
Brothers talk about life in America and about Harry's boyhood. They discuss
Harry as they knew him as a genius and scholar. They discuss Grandpa David,
whom the boys in the family did not like. Harry ran away from home because he
felt Grandpa David was an abusive man. |
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Tape 19, Side 2: Family conversation;
music.
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| | | | Begins with a family conversation. A woman talks about
childbirth, followed by classical music. More family conversation. The rest of
the tape is difficult to understand; there seem to be problems with the
recording speed. |
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Tape 21, Side 1: Music; interview with Helen
Gallagher.
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| | | | Begins with recording of Haitian drum music, a man is
interviewed about the various sounds obtained from this type of drum. Next,
Meridel interviews Helen Gallagher about her involvement with the IWW. Helen
discusses the ideological ideas that grew into the IWW. One example, "all
textile workers should organized under one union." She talks about the slogan,
"I Won't Work," and the name Wobblies. Wobblies was considered a derogatory
label. W. Thompson, a management stool pigeon, is discussed; he was planted in
unions to spy on them. IWW members who were sentenced to San Quentin Prison are
discussed. The last part of the tape is blank. |
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Tape 21, Side 2: Music; politics.
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| | | | Starts with a party and the group sings "Down By the
Riverside." Several minutes of blank tape follow. Next, people sing Irish
songs, including "Wearing of the Green", followed by some anti-war songs. Then,
people pay tribute to Pat Gleason. The rest of the tape features an older man
talking about organizing the Non-Partisan League, fight for free speech,
Committee of the 48th, and the Star Newspaper Fight. |
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Tape 23, Side 1: Anti-War conversations, 1958.
|
| | | | Begins with Meridel reciting "My Minnesota." Talks about the
strength of Midwestern pioneers. Then group sings "We're Going to Live in Peace
and Freedom"; more freedom and anti-war songs are sung. Next, a Midwestern
adult cowboy show is performed with much singing. More anti-war songs and party
conversation until the end of the tape. |
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Tape 23, Side 2: Music; poems.
|
| | | | Begins with man singing "Shalom". Then Marty Montgomery reads
a poem written by a 15-year-old boy, entitled "The Mission." Meridel summarizes
Verdi's "La Traviatta"; someone sings and plays piano. Group sings protest
songs, including "Solidarity Forever." Last 1/4 of the tape is blank. |
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Tape 24, Side 1: Interview about labor
strikes.
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| | | | Meridel interviews an elderly man in his 80s. The man recalls
his involvement in the Haymarket Riot/Strike. He was a farmer; life was
difficult on the farm. He and Meridel talk about poetry; he recites some of his
poetry. He talks about his father dying, meeting his wife, and their life
together. They had been married 50 years. The last 1/4 of the tape is blank.
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Tape 24, Side 2: Radio program: Ireland's
politics.
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| | | | Begins with a radio or TV program. DeValera, the former Prime
Minister of Ireland is being interviewed. He talks about the Irish people and
their right to self-determination. Much of what he says coincides with the
determination of Black people to gain equality. Next, classical music. Then
Meridel interviews a man involved in maritime unions; man talks about the Clark
Decision and how it was used to bust unions. |
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Tape 26, Side 1: Interview with Madge Hawkins,
1968 [1961?].
|
| | | | Continuation of interview with Madge Hawkins. Meridel was on
the picketline in 1935 when the Strutware Knitting Company went on strike.
Governor Olson's funeral is discussed. People on relief in the Dakotas during
the Dust Bowl era are discussed. Meridel's comments on people's intelligence:
ninety percent of us don't think; three percent reason. Working people are
intelligent because they have experienced life rather than reading about life.
Blacks do not reflect illusions of ruling class. Real intelligence is present
in the people who can actually do something, rather than talk about it. |
| | | | Madge talks about how she and Oscar finally left the Socialist
Party. Meridel wants someone to write a book about Vince Dunn; she thinks he's
an interesting man. Meridel says one hundred people from Minnesota went to
Spain to fight in the Spanish Civil War. Talks about the Moorish influence in
Spain. Meridel mentions she has a whole notebook on George Lund's activities in
Spain. Meridel talks about Third World nations as the next real power; she says
more people have died in 'silent' wars instead of real wars. Meridel talks
about the many injustices in the world and uses the analogy of suppressed steam
from an engine. Meridel says, "there is no suffering worse than ignorance." |
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Tape 26, Side 2: Discussions about
politics.
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| | | | Two men discuss the feud between Hillman and Murray. Elmer
talks about meeting President Harry Truman and discusses Truman. Talks about
famous people who were on various committees. Then Madge and Meridel talk,
Meridel talks about our need for roots and goals. |
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Tape 28, Side 1: Interview with Madge Hawkins,
1961.
|
| | | | Meridel's interview with Madge Hawkins continues. Madge talks
about her life in Staples, Minnesota., the Irish immigrants, and her teaching
career. Meridel mentions Aldrich's book, The Lantern On The Plow. |
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Tape 28, Side 2: Madge Hawkins interview continues,
1961.
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| | | | Continuation of Hawkins interview; subjects discussed are:
Oscar's experience on the library board, definition of communism, class
alliance, education, teaching children, pension laws, and house payments. |
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Tape 33, Side 1: Music.
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| | | | Classical music (Mozart). |
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Tape 33, Side 2: Conversations about
immigrants.
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| | | | Begins with radio or TV program about Nebraska pioneers. Next
ten minutes are blank. Then, a man describes hardships of Czech immigrants. Man
talks about leaving his homeland in 1890 and working in America. More classical
music until the end of the tape. |
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Cassette tape
recordings:
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Meridel Le Sueur, "Rites of Ripening" and "The New Age
of Solidarity" (lectures at Western College), April 19 and 22, 1985.
4 cassette tapes.
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Concerto for Women [?], 1974; Mocking Bird in the Moon
[?], June 1974.
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"I Am the Meadow" (song with words by Meridel Le
Sueur), YWCA, March 24, 1979.
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Milwaukee rally, Angela Davis; Milwaukee rally, Gus
Hall, undated.
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Clarence Sharp's 90th birthday, undated.
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Saint Patrick's Day, 1981.
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Greek songs; discussion or lecture by an unidentified
German educator; music, all undated.
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Annie the Sow, August 22, 1979.
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Hugh De Lacy, August 5, 1972.
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Party for Lorraine and Mac Le Sueur at Tilsen's,
1968.
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Meridel reading poetry and talking with audience, July
16, 1980; Phiz Puts Some of Corn Village on Tape - For Notes Only, continues
interview with Meridel during lunch, July 15, 1980.
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Meridel interviewed by Studs Terkel, April 2,
1982.
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Reel-to-Reel tape: Poems, undated.
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Oversize Materials
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Posters advertising appearances by Meridel Le Sueur,
undated and 1985; Pen and ink portrait of Meridel Le Sueur by Deborah Le Sueur,
undated. 3 items.
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Reserve Materials
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Letters from John Mason Brown, Henry S. Canby, Clifton
P. Fadiman, Zona Gale, Gus Hall, Ernest Hemmingway, Alfred Knopf, Joseph
Lesser, H. L. Mencken, Marianne Moore, Kenneth Rexroth, Carl Sandburg, Mari
Sandoz, and Pete Seeger, 1926-1982. Photocopies remain in the files from which
these originals were removed.
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