UMarmot, the Catablog of SCUA : The Archive of Social Change (2024)

Part of: Jeffrey B. Perry Collection

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An anti-white supremacist, working class intellectual and activist, Theodore W. “Ted” Allen was one of the most important thinkers on race and class in the twentieth century. He developed his pioneering class struggle-based analysis of “white skin privilege” beginning in the mid-1960s; authored the seminal two-volume The Invention of the White Race in the 1990s; and consistently maintained that the struggle against white supremacy was central to efforts at radical social change in the United States. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, Allen was raised in Kentucky and West Virginia, where he was “proletarianized” by the Great Depression. A member of the American Federation of Musicians and the United Mine Workers, and a member of the Communist Party, Allen moved to Brooklyn after injuring his back in the mines, and spent the last fifty years of his life at various jobs including factory work, teaching, the post office, and the Brooklyn Public Library. In the 1960s, having broken from the Communist Party, Allen set out on his own independent research course. Inspired by the work of W. E. B. Du Bois he wrote on the “white blindspot” and “white skin privilege” and began what became forty years of work focused on white supremacy as the principal retardant of class consciousness among European-American workers. Over his last thirty years, Allen wrote hundreds of published and unpublished articles and letters challenging white supremacy, capitalist rule, sexism, and U.S. Imperialism, as well as numerous poems.

The Theodore W. Allen Papers are a comprehensive assemblage of correspondence, published and unpublished writings, audio and video materials, and research by one of the major theorists on race and class of the twentieth century. The Papers offer important insights on the Old and New Left and their relation to the labor and Civil Rights/Black Liberation Movements and have much to offer students, scholars, researchers, and activists.

Background on Theodore W. Allen

By Jeffrey Perry, with additions by Susan Creighton.

Theodore W. “Ted” Allen (1919-2005) was an anti-white supremacist, working class intellectual, and activist who researched and wrote outside of the academic community for almost seventy years. He developed his pioneering class struggle-based analysis of “white skin privilege” beginning in the mid-1960s; authored the seminal two-volume “The Invention of the White Race” in the 1990s; and in his writings and speaking consistently maintained that the struggle against white supremacy was central to efforts at radical social change in the United States.

Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, Allen grew up in Paintsville, Kentucky and Huntington, West Virginia where he was “proletarianized” by the Great Depression. He joined the American Federation of Musicians, worked in the coalmines, served as a United Mine Workers Union Local President, and joined the Communist Party. After hurting his back in the mines, he moved to New York City and lived his last fifty years in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn. During those years, he taught at the Jefferson School of Social Science, did research with the Labor Research Association, and worked various jobs including factory work, teaching, the post office, and the Brooklyn Public Library. In the 1940s, he wrote probing analyses of conditions and struggles in the coal mining industry. In the 1950s, he wrote on radical political economy and produced critical analyses of U.S. capitalism, U.S. imperialism, and the Communist Party USA’s analysis and program (which he thought was not radical enough), sometimes writing under the pseudonyms “Molly Pitcher” or “Milton Palmer.”

In the 1960s, after breaking from the Communist Party, Allen set out on his own independent research course. He sought to address the question of “Why No Socialism in the United States?” and how to explain the relative lack of class-consciousness by U.S. workers as compared to workers in other capitalist countries (what was referred to as “American Exceptionalism”). Inspired by Black Reconstruction by W. E. B. Du Bois, he analyzed and wrote about the “white blindspot” and “white skin privilege” (in such articles as “White Blindspot” and “Can White Workers Radicals be Radicalized”) and began forty years of work that focused on white supremacism as the principal retardant of class consciousness among European-American workers and on the importance of the left and working class and progressive movements struggling against white supremacy. Noel Ignatiev was a close collaborator during this time period, and the two of them corresponded frequently as well as reviewing each other’s work and co-authoring articles.

In the early 1970s, while involving in many of the debates of the New Left, he began twenty-plus years of research in Virginia’s colonial records and in probing analysis of Irish history as he developed an analysis that racial oppression was a form of ruling class social control not determined by phenotype or skin color. This research resulted first in the unpublished The Kernel and Meaning (drafts written between 1969 and 1976) that dealt with the development of white skin privilege, its relationship to land acquisition and use, and problems with U.S. historiography.

Next followed drafts of the unpublished book Peculiar Seed: The Plantation of Bondage (drafts written circa 1976) that addressed the subject of class struggle and the origin of racial slavery in continental Anglo-America.

Written between 1985 and 1997, Allen’s exhaustively researched The Invention of the White Race was published in two volumes in 1994 (Vol. 1) and 1997 (Vol. 2), and republished in a two volume set in 2012. With its focus on racial oppression and social control, The Invention of the White Race is one of the twentieth-century’s major contributions to historical understanding. Allen’s major thesis — that the “white race” was invented as a ruling class social control formation in response to labor solidarity as manifested in the latter (civil war) stages of Bacon’s Rebellion (1676-77) was reinforced by two important corollaries: 1) that the ruling elite deliberately instituted a system of racial privileges to define and maintain the “white race” and to implement a system of racial oppression, and 2) that the consequence was not only ruinous to the interest of African Americans, it was also disastrous for European-American workers. In developing these theses Allen challenges the two main ideological props of white supremacy — the notion that “racism” is innate, and it is therefore useless to struggle against it, and the argument that European-American workers benefit from “white race” privileges and that it is in their interest not to oppose them and not to oppose white supremacy.

Over his last thirty years, Allen wrote hundreds of published and unpublished articles and letters challenging white supremacy, capitalist rule, sexism, and U.S. Imperialism as well as numerous poems. In his last few years, he wrote an important philosophical piece “On the Individual and the Collective” and a major unpublished work, “Toward a Revolution in Labor History” (drafts written between 2002 and 2004).

Ted passed away early in 2005 from deteriorating health issues. His friends and colleagues hosted memorial services for him both in his home city of New York, and in Virginia near the site of Bacon’s Rebellion.

Particularly significant in Allen’s work is the full-scale challenge it presents to what he refers to as “The Great White Assumption” — the unquestioning acceptance of the “white race” and “white” identity as skin color-based and natural attributes rather than as social and political constructions. His thesis on the origin, nature, and maintenance of the “white race” and his understanding that slavery in the Anglo-American plantation colonies was capitalist and enslaved Black laborers were proletarians, contains the basis of a radical approach to United States labor history.

Scope of collection

The Theodore W. (Ted) Allen collection documents the life and work of the historian and author of the groundbreaking book, The Invention of the White Race. The collection provides extensive records of the drafts of both volumes of The Invention, along with numerous drafts of other related works: The Kernel and Meaning, A Peculiar Seed, and Towards a Revolution in Labor History. Together with Allen’s profuse research notes and background materials, his correspondence, and information on his social and political commitments, the collection is a major resource for study of the development of the concept of whiteness and white privilege in historical studies and for study of a working class white radical engaged in racial justice struggles.

Series descriptions

Series 1. Correspondence

1948-2016

The correspondence series includes materials ranging from the 1950s through the end of Allen’s life, and includes both personal and professional communication. It includes a number of letters and cards from family members, including nieces and nephews for whom he was a much-loved uncle. Allen was close to both the Ed Peeples family (including Ed’s daughter Cecily) and the Remco van Capelleveen family. Correspondence with these friends includes letters, poems, wedding invitations, birth announcements and family news to and from Ted and those families over a number of years. There is also a large number of handwritten and email exchanges with Allen’s professional friends and peers, including Peter Bohmer (his work focuses on economic social justice and protesting U.S. imperialism), Noel Ignatiev (his work focuses on race and social class, and the move to abolish “whiteness”), Ed Peeples (civil rights advocate, his work focuses on contemporary issues in social justice), Jeff Perry (his work focuses on the role of white supremacy in social change efforts), David Slavin (fellow labor activist, his work focuses on European political history and the “White abolitionist” movement), Remco van Capelleveen (his research focuses in part on Caribbean immigration to New York City), and Bill Vila (his work focuses on Puerto Rican culture and society). Allen was a frequent correspondent with publishers and with editors of various newspapers and journals, including The Guardian, the Journal of Southern History, The Nation, and the New York Times, among others.

The series is arranged in three sections:

Subseries A: Correspondence with Allen

1953-2005

Subseries A includes correspondence to or from Ted Allen, arranged alphabetically by the name of the person with whom Ted was corresponding. In some cases, Allen organized correspondence under a descriptive labels, reflecting his interests and associations. In the early 2000s, for example, a number of email exchanges take place between Allen and a group of friends and colleagues, with the emails sent to the group collectively. This correspondence has been labelled “Colleagues” and most often includes combinations of Sean Ahern, Peter Bohmer, Gene Bruskin, Anamaria Flores, Mike Hill, Greg Meyerson, Dennis O’Neil, Ed Peeples, Jeff Perry, Jon Scott, David Siar and David Slavin, though other names appear from time to time.

Allen’s letters to editors are arranged together under the label “Editor,” followed by the name of the newspaper or journal. A number of letters from Allen seeking funding for his research and writing are arranged together under the label “Funding,” followed by the organization. Finally, correspondence with publishers is grouped together under the label “Publisher” followed by the name of the publishing house.

Subseries B: Correspondence about Allen

1948-2015

Subseries B includes correspondence to and from other writers regarding Allen, primarily (though not entirely) after his death. The letters are arranged alphabetically by the name of the writer. The “colleagues” (see above paragraph) also corresponded between themselves after Allen’s death to plan his memorial service: their correspondence is included here.

Subseries C: Other correspondence

1950-2016

Series 1C consists of other writings, correspondence and biographical material related to some of Allen’s more voluminous correspondents, arranged alphabetically by the correspondent’s name. These letters typically include background information on such notable colleagues such as Noel Ignatiev, Jeff Perry, or Ed Peeples.

Series 2. Writings and speaking

1948-2016

12.25

Series 2 contains materials pertaining to Allen’s prolific writing and speaking engagements as well as writing that references him and his work. The series is divided into four parts, each organized alphabetically:

Subseries A: Writings by Allen

1948-2015

Subseries A includes anything for which Allen is the author, or materials that otherwise pertain to his writing, such as applications for funding, efforts to fundraise to support his writing, etc. This series includes various drafts of The Kernel and the Meaning, Peculiar Seed: The Plantation of Bondage, The Invention of the White Race, Volumes 1 and 2, and Toward a Revolution in Labor History, as well as numerous shorter-form papers, essays, and articles.

Among these are numerous works on which Allen was listed as coauthor, most notably the trio of articles with Noel Ignatiev that were included in Can White Workers Radicals Be Radicalized? In the late 1980s, Michael Goldfield–a professional colleague of Allen’s–wrote a paper entitled “The Color of Politics in the United States: White Supremacy as the Main Explanation for the Peculiarities of American Politics from Colonial Times to the Present.” While Allen’s work is cited throughout the paper, he felt that it was a clear case of plagiarism and corresponded with Goldfield, asking him to take action. Goldfield’s paper, as well as correspondence between Allen and Goldfield are included in the collection.

Subseries B: Reviews

1990-2007

Series B contains reviews of Allen’s work by other writers.

Subseries C: Speaking engagements

1973-2004

Subseries C includes materials related to Allen’s speaking engagements, including presentations at conferences, local workshops, and seminars. This includes his participation in the How Class Works conferences of 2002 and 2004.

Subseries D: Articles about Allen

1973-2016

Subseries D includes articles authored by others in which Allen or his work is mentioned or cited. In general, the series is arranged alphabetically by folder title within each of the four groupings (2A – 2D). However, to collocate various drafts of different works, some particular folder naming practices have been used:

The Kernel and Meaning: As with other works, there were numerous drafts of The Kernel and Meaning. Because the drafts are largely undated, it was not clear during processing of the collection what drafts precede others, or what chapters belong together as part of the same draft. Consequently, the Kernel and Meaning folders are labeled A-V, the letters indicating drafts that clearly belong together when that was known, and in many cases, are not full drafts. The letters do not imply any order to the drafts; they merely distinguish between those drafts that are known to belong together. One draft, entitled “Full Draft”, includes a complete draft that was found together during processing.

Peculiar Seed: Numerous drafts of Allen’s unpublished work, “Peculiar Seed: The Plantation of Bondage” were in the collection. While most duplicate drafts were discarded, any items with Allen’s handwritten annotations were retained. For example, although Drafts A, D and E are identical, Drafts D and E have different annotations. Because few drafts had dates or version numbers, the processing staff labeled them as they were encountered. As a result, the labels “Draft A” and “Draft B” indicate that each is a coherent draft, but the labels do not imply anything about precedence.

The collection includes numerous drafts of Allen’s massive The Invention of the White Race, and many of the drafts are dated. When possible, these are arranged in chronological order, with year listed followed by the number of the month in parentheses in an attempt to collocate drafts of the same date. The processors of the collection identified four distinct undated drafts, differentiated primarily by the typeface of the draft. These are labeled drafts A through D, with no order implied. Draft C is a typed draft that appears to be (with the exception of Ch. 13) an original typed copy, rather than a printed copy.

Toward a Revolution in Labor History This set of resources are labeled Part 1, 2 or 3, arranged alphabetically to collocate these drafts together. Within each Part, folders are then arranged chronologically. In many cases, there is additional information in parentheses after “Part XX” to provide more information about the contents of the folder.

Series 3. Research

XXXX-XXXX

25.5 linear feet

Series 3, comprised of 17 boxes, contains materials generated in the course of Allen’s background research on race, racism, and the history of the United States. It consists in large part of collections of articles, many annotated, although it also includes sets of handwritten notes and an extensive collection of individual notecards. Many of the notecards have bibliographic references.

This series is only partially processed and is organized roughly by research topic. Since Allen was relatively diligent about labeling many of his research folders, the original folders have simply filed been in the boxes, when applicable.

Series 4. Biographical and personal

1926-2017

9.5 linear feet

Series 4, comprised of 5 boxes, has a rich collection of material related to Allen’s personal life. It is divided into three parts, each organized alphabetically:

Subseries A: Personal

1926-2017

Subseries A: Personal includes Allen’s birth certificate, divorce papers, final will and testament, and family history. The collection includes papers and artifacts from Allen’s early years working in the mines; note in particular his union card, several pay envelopes with the hours worked written on them, and a metal “check” used to check out a lamp when entering the mine. From his middle years, the series includes various curriculum vitae and resumes along with materials from his time at Goddard College as a graduate student. Note that he later served as a field faculty advisor for Charles Johnson, also a graduate student at Goddard College: this material is filed in Series 4B (Teaching).

The series also includes information from Allen’s marriages, including an extensive collection of original poetry and notes from his wife, Marie (Strong) Allen, and her correspondence with two prominent poets: Sean O’Casey and Marianne Moore. Finally, the series also includes materials related to his memorial services at the Brooklyn Public Library and in Virginia, materials touching on family members, including his father’s memoirs, records of his mother’s achievement as a stenographer, and materials from his sister’s funeral. Allen’s brother Tom also appears to have been something of a writer, and the series includes several original essays of his, some with editorial comments from Ted.

Subseries B: Teaching

1946/1990 (bulk1950/1958)

Subseries B: Teaching includes syllabi, course descriptions and planning and teaching notes from Allen’s various teaching appointments. While there is some material from his time teaching at Goddard College and at Grace Church School, the bulk of this part of the series comes from his time teaching at the Jefferson School of Social Science in New York City. The most personal touch can be found in a set of evaluations of him written by his 7th grade math students (as well as their evaluations of themselves!). You may want to see also his autograph book signed by his various middle grades students with delightful messages to him (in Series 4A).

Subseries C: Marxist-Leninist activity

1946-2004

Subseries C contains materials related to his participation in the Sojourner Truth Organization, the Harper’s Ferry Organization, and various other Marxist-Leninist organizations from his younger days through to his final days. This part of the series contains articles, booklets and newsletters, as well as full journal issues and complete newspapers of various M-L organizations.

Series 5. Photos and media

1890-2007

3.5 linear feet

The collection includes half a box of photos that were in Allen’s possession. Some are of Ted throughout his life, including several professional photo portraits of him as a young man, a collection of school class pictures (with Allen’s class picture as the teacher) during his time teaching at the Grace Church School, and various candid photos of him on his travels or with friends. He also has a number of photos of family members, mostly his parents, his siblings and their children and families. Lastly, he has a collection of photos sent to him by friends, comprised mostly of pictures of the children in the families of whom Ted was very fond.

The folders are labeled “Family,” “Friends,” “Ted” or “Unknown” followed by a further descriptive title, and arranged alphabetically. “Unknown” indicates either that the subjects of the photos are unidentified or that the relationship to Ted is unknown, even if the subject is identified.

The media, found in boxes 36-38, consist of a wide variety of formats: 1/4-inch tape, video cassette, cassette tapes, mini-cassettes, floppy disks, recordable DVDs and zip disks. The media have not yet been fully processed to identify the content.

Series 6. News clippings and Articles

1940-2016 (bulk1969-2005)

7 linear feet

Ted Allen was a voracious reader. This final series consists of three different kinds of material that Ted read: 1) newspaper articles that he clipped and often annotated as well as those sent to him by others; 2) full issues of various newspapers including “The African World,” “The City Sun,” “Hatikvah: Brooklyn College Jewish Student Newspaper,” “National Vanguard,” “The Park Slope Paper,” and “The Prospect Press”; and 3) articles that Ted collected or were sent to him by friends and colleagues. There has been some attempt to distinguish between those articles that he specifically used for research (found in Series 3), and these articles, although that distinction may be tenuous.

The clippings are organized chronologically by year. The newspapers are organized in their own box, and are organized alphabetically. The articles are organized alphabetically by category, but have not been further processed beyond a category assignment.

Inventory

Series 1. Correspondence

1921-2015 (bulk 1969-2005)

Subseries A: Allen correspondence

1953-2005

Abrams, Bruce

1975

Box 1: 1

Acevedos, Ramon

1967

Box 1: 2

Advisory Board of the President’s Initiative on Race

1997

Box 1: 3

Ahern, Sean

1974-2004

Box 1: 4

Ake, Chris

1976

Box 1: 5

Alarcon, Norma

2000

Box 5: 1

Alison

1982

Box 1: 6

Alison

1982

Box 12: 1

“All”

1957

Box 1: 7

Anderson, Brant – “Tom Pope Show”

2000

Box 1: 8

Ankrum, Denny

1969

Box 1: 9

Applebaum, Irving

1962-1993

Box 1: 10

Assorted friends–Christmas cards

2004

Box 13: 1

Auberge du Grand Large Hotel-Restaurant, Guadalupe

1970

Box 13: 2

Babco*ck, Nita Sinclair (from her Godson)

1988

Box 13: 3

Ballard, Michael

1997

Box 1: 11

Beame, the Honorable Abraham D. – Mayor, City of New
York

1977

Box 1: 12

Becky

1990

Box 1: 13

Berkeley: Dillard, Delores

1998

Box 1: 14

Berkeley: Martinot, Steve

1998

Box 1: 15

Berkeley: Walker, Dick

1998

Box 1: 16

Berry, Joe

2002

Box 1: 17

Black, Henry and Isabella

1992

Box 13: 4

Blackburn, Robin – New Left Review

1998

Box 1: 18

Blade, Henry

1976

Box 1: 19

Bloch, Carol

1989-1991

Box 13: 5

Bodaken, Michael

1975

Box 1: 20

Bohmer, Peter

1984-1999

Box 1: 21

Bohmer, Peter

2001-2004

Box 1: 22

Boles, John

1999

Box 1: 23

Bonham, Suzannah

1989

Box 5: 2

Bonte, M. S. H.

1966

Box 1: 24

Brana, Leah

1998

Box 1: 25

Brian Lehrer Show

2003

Box 1: 26

Broadhead, Frank – Radical America

1975, Jan-Feb

Box 1: 27

Broadhead, Frank – Radical America

1975,Mar

Box 1: 28

Broadhead, Frank – Radical America

1975, May

Box 1: 29

Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce: Kennedy, Brian

1988

Box 5: 3

Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce: Joseph, Henri

1989

Box 13: 6

Brooklyn Public Library: Brandwein, Larry

1987

Box 1: 30

Brooklyn Public Library: Duchac, Kenneth

1981

Box 1: 31

Brooklyn Public Library: Jordan, Vernon

1975

Box 1: 32

Brooklyn Public Library: Mrs. Bartels

1974

Box 5: 4

Brooklyn Public Library: Nyren, Dorothy

1984

Box 1: 33

Brooklyn Public Library: Thomas, Lucille

1988

Box 1: 34

Bruskin, Gene

1976-1990

Box 1: 35

Bruskin, Gene

1998-2000

Box 1: 36

Bruskin, Gene

2001-2004

Box 1: 37

Bruskin, Nadja

ca.1994

Box 1: 37b

Butani, Priya

1973

Box 1: 38

Camille

1971

Box 1: 39

Campbell, Willie

1962

Box 13: 7

Captain Hodge’s Guest House

1970

Box 1: 40

Cavagnaro, Rose Marie

1992

Box 1: 41

CBS News

1986

Box 1: 42

Center for Cultural Studies – Elliott, Katy

1998

Box 1: 43

Center for Cultural Studies – Hershatter, Gail

1998

Box 1: 44

Center for Textual and Editorial Studies in Humanistic
Sources

1977

Box 13: 8

Clinton, Hilary Rodham (Senator)

2002-2004

Box 1: 45

Coleman, Jan

undated

Box 13: 9

Colleagues

2000-2001

Box 1: 46

Colleagues

2002

Box 1: 47

Colleagues

2003-2005

Box 1: 48

Collins, Walter

1975

Box 1: 49

Colonial Williamsburg

1978

Box 13: 10

Cornell University Press (re: Michael Goldfield)

1989

Box 1: 50

Cosmo, Joseph

1998

Box 1: 51

Costello, Paul

1979

Box 5: 5

Craig, Maxine

2000

Box 13: 11

Cross, Elsie

1976

Box 1: 52

Crotty, Gerald – Secretary to the Governor of New
York

1985

Box 13: 12

Cultural Studies Symposium: Brigham, Linda

1999-2000

Box 1: 53

Cultural Studies Symposium: Dayton, Timothy

1999

Box 1: 54

Cultural Studies Symposium: Giminez, Martha

1999-2000

Box 1: 55

Cultural Studies Symposium: Hill, Mike

1999

Box 1: 56

Cultural Studies Symposium: Washington, Mary

1999

Box 1: 57

D’Amato, Alfonse (Senator)

1985

Box 1: 58

Dambeck, John and Lynn

1995-2002

Box 5: 6

Damico, G.

1970

Box 1: 59

Daniel, Jamie Owen – Marxist Leninist Group Pres., Univ. of
IL/Chicago

1999

Box 1: 60

Daughtry, Rev. Herbert (includes report: “Inside the Storm-My
Role in Crown Heights”

ca.1991

Box 13: 13

Davidson, Carl

1971, 2004

Box 1: 61

Devlin-McAliskey, Bernadette

1987

Box 1: 62

Diffenbaugh, J. D. (Inc.)

1962

Box 13: 14

Dowty, Janet and Stu

1969

Box 1: 63

Drohan, Michael

1994

Box 1: 64

Duboffsky, Melvyn

1996

Box 1: 65

Dunham, Dilmeran

1979-1980, 2001-2004

Box 1: 66

Earl, Bob

1953-1957

Box 1: 67

Editor: Amsterdam News

1987

Box 13: 15

Editor: the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and
History

1974

Box 1: 68

Editor: Brooklyn Papers

2003

Box 1: 69

Editor: The Daily Challenge

1987

Box 13: 16

Editor: Daily Compass

ca.1950-1951

Box 13: 17

Editor: Daily News

1987

Box 1: 70

Editor: The Guardian

1965-1976

Box 1: 71

Editor: Journal of Marxist and Leninist Theory and
Discussion

1979

Box 1: 72

Editor: Journal of Social History

1974

Box 1: 73

Editor: Journal of Southern History

1999

Box 1: 74

Editor: The Nation

2001

Box 1: 75

Editor: New York Newsday

1986-1999

Box 1: 76

Editor: New York Times

1967-1985

Box 1: 77

Editor: New York Times

1995-2003

Box 1: 78

Editor: Origins

1985

Box 5: 7

Editor: The Polish Review

1974

Box 13: 18

Editor: The Prospect Press

1984-1985

Box 1: 79

Editor: Radical Religion

1976

Box 1: 80

Editor: Theoretical Review

1979

Box 1: 81

Editor: The Village Voice

1984-2002

Box 1: 82

Editor: The Washington Post

1986

Box 13: 19

Editor: William Morrow and Co. Publishers

1970

Box 1: 83

Editor: The Worker

1955-1956

Box 1: 84

Editor: Z Magazine

1993

Box 1: 85

Edwards, Alison

1978

Box 5: 8

Edwards, Bob – Morning Edition, National Public Radio

1985

Box 1: 86

Edwin, Sister Mary

1993

Box 5: 9

Eisenberg, Amy – Westview Press

1990

Box 1: 87

Estelle and Ernesto

1968

Box 1: 88

Esther

1966

Box 1: 89

F and G

1962

Box 1: 90

Fairchild Sons Funeral Directors

1962

Box 1: 91

Family: Allen, Anne (sister-in-law)

1972

Box 1: 92

Family: Allen, “Dobby” (nephew)

1954, 2004

Box 1: 93

Family: Allen, Tom (brother)

1953

Box 1: 94

Family: Allen, Tom (brother)

1954

Box 1: 95

Family: Allen, Tom (brother)

1955-1958

Box 1: 96

Family: Allen, Tom (brother)

1968-1982

Box 1: 97

Family: Allen, Tom (brother)

1984-1991

Box 1: 98

Family: Allen, Tom and Barb

2004

Box 1: 99

Family: Carpenter, Reva

1962,2001-2003

Box 1: 100

Family: Denlinger, Barb (niece)

1982-2004

Box 1: 101

Family: Diane (niece)

1997, 2005

Box 1: 102

Family: Erich

1982

Box 1: 103

Family: Jan (niece)

1977-2000

Box 1: 104

Family: Mosseller (Allen), Eula May (sister)

1973-1988

Box 1: 105

Family: Mosseller (Allen), Eula May (sister)

1989-1993

Box 1: 106

Family: Mosseller (Allen), Eula May (sister)

1994-1995

Box 1: 107

Family: Mosseller (Allen), Eula May (sister)

1996-1998

Box 1: 108

Family: Mosseller, Gerald (nephew) and Carolyn

2005

Box 1: 109

Family: Mosseller, M. C.

1978, 1992

Box 1: 110

Family: Reight, Linda (niece)

2005

Box 1: 111

Family: Rosa Pat (aunt)

undated

Box 1: 112

Family: Tommy

1982

Box 1: 113

Farrell, Michael

1987

Box 1: 114

Fawver, Kate

1999

Box 1: 115

Feely, Una

1963-1968

Box 1: 116

Ferry, Carol

ca.1977

Box 1: 117

Fletcher, William (Jr.)

1986-1997

Box 1: 118

Fletcher, William (Jr.)

undated

Box 1: 119

Flores, Anamaria

2000-2004

Box 1: 120

Florida International University

2001-2002

Box 5: 10

Floyd, Bill

1975

Box 1: 121

Foley, Barbara

2000-2004

Box 1: 122

Foster, Chris – WNYC

1994

Box 1: 123

Freeman, Damon

2001

Box 1: 124

Friedan, Betty

1964-1966

Box 1: 125

Funding: Ferry, Carol Bernstein

1977

Box 1: 126

Funding: The Fund for Investigative Journalism

1977

Box 1: 127

Funding: Haymarket Fund – Knight, Chris

1977

Box 1: 128

Funding: Haymarket Fund – Pillsbury, George

1977

Box 1: 129

Funding: Louis M. Rabinowitz Foundation

1975-1978

Box 1: 130

Galeries Lafayette

1962

Box 1: 131

Gallivan, Joseph

1998

Box 1: 132

Gallucci, Mary

1985

Box 5: 11

Gannon, Joseph – Transport Workers’ Union

1995

Box 1: 133

Garvey, John

1985

Box 1: 134

George, Hermon

1988

Box 1: 135

Gerwick, Vivian

1980

Box 1: 136

Glick,Ted

2000

Box 1: 137

Goetz, John

1987

Box 1: 138

Goldfield, Michael

1984-1988

Box 1: 139

Goldfield, Michael

1989-1994

Box 1: 140

Gonzalez, Marcial

2001

Box 5: 12

Gorman, Willie

1976

Box 1: 141

Gotanoa, Neil

1980

Box 1: 142

“Graphology”

1987

Box 5: 13

Green, Rod

1974

Box 1: 143

Griest, Ellwood (Woody)

1967

Box 12: 2

Griest, Ellwood (Woody)

1967-1968

Box 1: 144

Gurney’s Inn

1974

Box 1: 145

Gwen

1976

Box 1: 146

Hall, Mitchell

1967

Box 1: 147

Hanson, Paul – Butler University

1996

Box 1: 148

Harper, P. L.

1996

Box 1: 149

Hayduk, Ronald

2003

Box 1: 150

Heidi K.

2002

Box 5: 14

Henderson, Errol

2000

Box 1: 151

Herb

1992

Box 1: 152

Hernandez, Nelson

1968

Box 1: 153

Hewitt, Maureen – Louisiana State Univ. Press

2001

Box 1: 154

Hill, Michael

1995-2000

Box 1: 155

H-Net Discussion Listserv

2001-2003

Box 1: 156

Hodge, Jean

1991

Box 1: 157

Holstun, Jim – SUNY Buffalo

2000-2003

Box 1: 158

Hom, Perri

1992-1997

Box 1: 159

Hull Ann and Mitch

1966

Box 1: 160

Hunter, Herb

1997

Box 1: 161

The Huntington–Henry, Bruce

1976

Box 13: 20

Hyman, Harry

1987

Box 13: 21

Ifebigh, Rose

1986-1987

Box 12: 3

Ignatiev, Noel

1962-1967

Box 1: 162

Ignatiev (Ignatin), Noel

1968

Box 1: 163

Ignatiev, Noel

1967-1968

Box 12: 4

Ignatiev (Ignatin), Noel

1969-1971

Box 1: 164

Ignatiev, Noel

1974-1976

Box 5: 15

Ignatiev, Noel

ca.1967-1971

Box 5: 16

Ignatiev, Noel

ca.1975

Box 2: 1

Ignatiev, Noel

1978

Box 2: 2

Ignatiev, Noel

1984-1993

Box 2: 3

Ignatiev, Noel

1994-1995

Box 2: 4

Ingersoll, Julia

1971

Box 2: 5

International Correspondence School

1957

Box 2: 6

Ira

1978

Box 2: 7

Irv

1985

Box 2: 8

Isabella

1974

Box 2: 9

James, C. L. R.

1974-1976

Box 2: 10

Janet

ca.1983

Box 13: 22

Jeanty, M.

1981

Box 2: 11

Joe

1966

Box 2: 12

Johnson, Charles

1986-1988, 2000

Box 2: 13

Johnson, Sheila

1995

Box 13: 23

Johnston, Mar

1963

Box 2: 14

Jones, Thomas Russell

1989-1997

Box 2: 15

Joyner, Brenda

1978

Box 13: 24

Judge, NY State Supreme Court

1963`

Box 13: 25

Kafka, Helene

1980

Box 2: 16

Keita, Maghan – Villanova University

1997

Box 2: 17

Kelley, Robin

2002

Box 2: 18

Kelly, Lori

1998

Box 2: 19

Kimber, Mollie and Bill

1964

Box 2: 20

Kinsella, Edel – “The Young Traveller”

1987

Box 2: 21

the Kochiyama family

1993

Box 2: 22

Krauth Sy (Seymour) and Laurie

2002-2004

Box 2: 23

Kuntsler, William

1994

Box 2: 24

Kusick, Esther

1962, Aug

Box 13: 26

Kusick, Esther

1962, Sep

Box 13: 27

Kusick, Esther

1962, Oct

Box 13: 28

Kusick, Esther

1962, Nov-Dec

Box 13: 29

Kusick, Esther

1964-1966

Box 2: 25

Kusick, Esther (oversize stationery)

1962

Box 12: 5

Kusick, Marta

1962-1971

Box 2: 26

the Lane family-Pat, Dan, Claudia and Danny

1972

Box 13: 30

Larsen, Neil – Univ. of California, Davis

1998-1999

Box 2: 27

L’Auberge Grand Large

1970

Box 2: 28

Laura Spellman Residence Club-Gibson, Mary

ca.1964-1973

Box 13: 31

Lawrence, Deirdre–Art Reference Library, Brooklyn
Museum

1985

Box 5: 17

Lawrence, Ken

1973-1974

Box 2: 29

Leeds, Marjorie

1994

Box 13: 32

Lehrer, Bryan – WNYC

1996

Box 2: 30

Leshner, Judy

undated

Box 13: 33

Letter fragment related to President’s Initiative on
Race

1998

Box 2: 31

Letter written in French to unknown recipient with numerous
redacted parts

1962

Box 13: 34

Levine, Robert

2003

Box 5: 18

Library of Congress, Manuscripts Division

1993

Box 13: 35

Lichtenstein, Alex

2001-2002

Box 2: 32

Liu, Lin – President Clinton’s Deputy Director on Policy Planning
and Research

1988

Box 2: 33

Loekle, Simon

1988

Box 2: 34

Lynn, Conrad

1969

Box 2: 35

Lyons, Beth

1997-1998

Box 2: 36

Macarthur Foundation – Worklan, Mary Ann

1998

Box 2: 37

MacDowell Colony

1974-1978

Box 2: 38

Maher, Ian

2004

Box 2: 39

Marion

1965

Box 2: 40

Marion County Health Department

1985

Box 2: 41

Marsh, Richard (Dick)

1962

Box 13: 36

Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Center

1969-1970

Box 2: 42

Martinot, Steve

1998, Apr-Sep

Box 2: 43

Martinot, Steve

1998,Oct-1999,Mar

Box 2: 44

Mary

undated

Box 13: 37

McClymer, John

2003

Box 2: 45

Meyerson, Greg

1998

Box 2: 46

Meyerson, Greg

1999-2000

Box 2: 47

Meyerson, Greg

2001

Box 2: 48

Meyerson, Greg

2002-2004,Jun

Box 2: 49

Meyerson, Greg

2004,Jul-2005

Box 2: 50

Mike

1959

Box 2: 51

Miller, Don

1974

Box 5: 19

Miller, Joyce – Bryn Mawr College

1994

Box 2: 52

Mischler, Paul

2004

Box 2: 53

Morning, Anne

1999

Box 2: 54

Morris, Richard B.

1979

Box 2: 55

Mother

ca.1950

Box 13: 38

Moynihan, Daniel Patrick (Senator)

1985

Box 2: 56

Nadia

undated

Box 2: 57

“nalarsen@ucdavis.edu”

2000

Box 2: 58

National Public Radio

1985

Box 13: 39

Nelson, Truman

1963

Box 2: 59

Neustein, Amy

1991

Box 2: 60

New Jersey – Speakout Listserve

1996

Box 2: 61

New York State Retirement System–Ryer, Shirley

1986

Box 5: 20

Nunan, Peader

ca.1963-1966

Box 13: 40

Nuruddin, Yusuf

2003

Box 2: 62

O’Casey, Mairead

1987

Box 2: 63

O’Neil, Dennis – Freedom Road Socialist Organization

1990-2002

Box 2: 64

Owens, Major R. (Congressman)

1985-2004

Box 2: 65

Passmore, Kevin

2002

Box 5: 21

Pearson, Chad

2001-2004

Box 2: 66

Pearson, Ted

2004

Box 2: 67

Peeples, Cecily

1993

Box 2: 68

Peeples, Cecily

1994-1997,Apr

Box 2: 69

Peeples/Reyes, Cecily

1997,May-2000

Box 2: 70

Peeples/Rodriguez, Cecily

2001-2003

Box 2: 71

Peeples, Edward

1977-1984

Box 2: 72

Peeples, Edward

1988-1997

Box 2: 73

Peeples, Edward

1998-1999

Box 2: 74

Peeples, Edward

2000-2003

Box 2: 75

Peeples, Melanie

undated

Box 2: 76

Peggy, Laurie, Marina, Debby and Mildred

undated

Box 13: 41

Pellegrini, John

ca.2000

Box 2: 77

Perna, Mike

1984

Box 5: 22

Perry, Jeff

1975-1981

Box 2: 78

Perry, Jeff

1984-1995

Box 2: 79

Perry, Jeff

1997, Dec

Box 2: 80

Perry, Jeff

1997, Dec 15

Box 2: 81

Perry, Jeff

1998

Box 2: 82

Perry, Jeff

1999

Box 2: 83

Perry, Jeff

2000, Jul-Dec

Box 2: 84

Perry, Jeff

2000, Jan-Jun

Box 2: 85

Perry, Jeff

2001

Box 2: 86

Perry, Jeff

2002

Box 2: 87

Perry, Jeff

2003

Box 2: 88

Perry, Jeff

2004, Jan-Mar

Box 2: 89

Perry, Jeff

2004, Apr-Jun

Box 2: 90

Perry, Jeff

2004, Jul-Sep

Box 2: 91

Perry, Jeff

2004, Oct-Dec

Box 2: 92

Perry, Jeff

undated

Box 2: 93

Perry, Jeff – re: Goldfield article

1989

Box 2: 94

Peters, Diane

1970-1971

Box 2: 95

Phillips, Jerry and Galucci, Mary

1997

Box 2: 96

Pinckney, Arnold — Jesse Jackson for President Campaign
Manager

1984

Box 13: 42

“Portside” Listserv

2001-2004

Box 2: 97

President John F. Kennedy

1961

Box 2: 98

Price, Janet – Advocates for Chidren

1985

Box 2: 99

Price, Sylvia

2004

Box 2: 100

Public Record Office, England

1976-1995

Box 2: 101

Publisher: Charles Scribner and Sons

1976

Box 2: 102

Publisher: David McKay Co.

1976

Box 2: 103

Publisher: Dell Publishing

1980

Box 2: 104

Publisher: Dodd, Mead and Co.

1976

Box 2: 105

Publisher: ID Verlag

1997-1998

Box 2: 106

Publisher: Institute of Early American History

1976

Box 2: 107

Publsher: Johns Hopkins University Press

1976

Box 2: 108

Publisher: Lies of Our Times — Schaap, William

1990

Box 2: 109

Publisher: Macmillan

1976

Box 2: 110

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

1976

Box 2: 111

Publisher: Ms. Foundation

ca.1974-1978

Box 2: 112

Publisher: Radical America

1975

Box 2: 113

Publisher: Routledge

1994

Box 2: 114

Publisher: University of North Carolina Press

1976

Box 2: 115

Publisher: Verso

1990-1993

Box 2: 116

Publisher: Verso

1994-1995

Box 2: 117

Publisher: Verso

1996

Box 2: 118

Publisher: Verso

1997-1998

Box 2: 119

Publisher: Verso

2003

Box 2: 120

Publisher: Verso

2004

Box 2: 121

Publisher: Verso-Roediger Reviews

1997

Box 2: 122

Publisher: William Morrow and Co.

1970

Box 2: 123

Ramsay, Robert-U.S. Congressional Representative

1942

Box 13: 43

Ratcliff, John

1975

Box 2: 124

Rathenbaum, Arlene and Spencer

1981

Box 2: 125

Ratner, Elinor–Grace Church School

1988

Box 5: 23

Rausch, A.

1975

Box 2: 126

Readmond, John

1991

Box 2: 127

Reight, Linda (great-niece)

2001

Box 2: 128

Robert

1953

Box 2: 129

Robertson, Ian

1981

Box 2: 130

Robinson, Jackie – Brooklyn Dodgers Baseball Team

1954

Box 2: 131

Rogasky, Barbara – Frederick Fell Publishers

1965

Box 2: 132

Rose

undated

Box 2: 133

Rothenhausen family

1989-2003

Box 2: 134

Roussel, Phillippe and Yvette

1990

Box 5: 24

Roy, Modhumita

2000

Box 5: 25

Ruger, Franz and Delores

1991

Box 13: 44

Ruger (Randall), Delores

1992

Box 5: 26

San Miguel, Guadelupe

2000

Box 5: 27

Schaughnessy, Jon

1968

Box 5: 28

Scott, Joel

2002

Box 5: 29

Scott, Jonathan

1988-1997,May

Box 3: 1

Scott, Jonathan

1997,Jun-Dec

Box 3: 2

Scott, Jonathan

1998,Jan-Mar

Box 3: 3

Scott, Jonathan

1998,Apr-May

Box 3: 4

Scott, Jonathan

1998,Jun-2000

Box 3: 5

Scott, Jonathan

2002-2004

Box 3: 6

Shakespeare

1979

Box 3: 7

Shumer, Charles (Senator)

2002-2004

Box 3: 8

Siar, David

1998-1999

Box 3: 9

Siar, David

2000-2004

Box 3: 10

Slavin, David

1976-1987

Box 3: 11

Slavin, David

1990-1999

Box 3: 12

Slavin, David

2000-2002

Box 3: 13

Slavin, David

2003

Box 3: 14

Slavin, David

2004

Box 3: 15

Slavin, Irv and Jeanette

1976-1979

Box 3: 16

Sleinhart, Joe

1963

Box 3: 17

Social Services Department – Hillside Hospital

1961

Box 3: 18

Sprinker, Michael – State Univ. of New York, Stony
Brook

1990-1998

Box 3: 19

Sprinker, Michael-Stony Brook Conference: “jfrangos”

2000

Box 3: 20

Sprinker, Michael-Stony Brook Conference: Locke,
Adrienne

2000

Box 3: 21

St. Christopher’s – Jennie Clarkson Child Care
Services

1983

Box 3: 22

Stacy

1985

Box 3: 23

Staples, Cliff

2001

Box 3: 24

Starobin, Christina

ca.1995-2001

Box 13: 45

Stein, Jimmee

1982

Box 3: 25

Steinfeld, Deena

1982

Box 13: 46

Stock, David

1990

Box 3: 26

Strong, Michael

1964

Box 13: 47

Stuart, Lyle

1975

Box 3: 27

Sullivan, Laura

2000

Box 5: 30

Sundaka, Djehuti

2003

Box 3: 28

Sutcliff, Bob – Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst

1984

Box 3: 29

Sutton, Percy–Jesse Jackson Campaign

1984

Box 13: 48

Suzanne and Mike-Jesse Jackson Campaign

1984

Box 13: 49

Tergis, Judy

2003

Box 5: 31

Theresa

1982

Box 13: 50

Tolliver, Melba–New Yorkers for Jesse Jackson

1984

Box 13: 51

Tom and Gloria

1980

Box 3: 30

Torres, Angel R.

1995

Box 3: 31

Towns, Edolphus (Congressman)

2002-2004

Box 3: 32

Trailing Yew Inn

1971

Box 3: 33

University of Massachusetts–Saunders, Dawn

1984

Box 3: 34

University of Virginia Library-Alderman Library

1974-1976

Box 13: 52

Unknown author (signature is torn away) (letter speaks of shaking
off the existing government)

1940

Box 13: 53

Unknown recipient

1952, 1984

Box 13: 54

Uphaus, Willard

1966

Box 3: 35

van Capelleveen, Florence

1986-1989

Box 3: 36

van Capelleveen, Florence

1990-1998

Box 3: 37

van Capelleveen, Florence

2000-2002

Box 3: 38

van Capelleveen, Obi

1993-1998

Box 3: 39

van Capelleveen, Remco

1985-1988

Box 3: 40

van Capelleveen, Remco

1989

Box 3: 41

van Capelleveen, Remco

1990-1993

Box 3: 42

van Capelleveen, Remco

1994-2004

Box 3: 43

van Capelleveen, Uchenna

1994-1996

Box 3: 44

van Capelleveen, Uchenna

ca.1980-1985

Box 3: 45

Vann, Albert (Assemblyman)

1985

Box 3: 46

Vaughan-Scott, Adrian

ca.2000

Box 5: 32

Vida and Bob

1996

Box 3: 47

Vidinha, Linda

1973-2002

Box 3: 48

Vidinha, Mary

1985

Box 13: 55

Vila, Bill

1989-1991

Box 3: 49

Vila, Bill

1992

Box 3: 50

Vila, Bill

1993-1994

Box 3: 51

Vila, Bill

1995-1999

Box 3: 52

Vila, Bill

ca.1990-2000

Box 3: 53

Vila, Bill

ca.1993

Box 12: 6

Virginia Foundation for the Humanities

2003

Box 3: 54

Virginia Historical Society

1975

Box 13: 56

Virginia State Library

1973-1974

Box 13: 57

Washington, Mary

1999,Oct-Nov

Box 3: 55

Washington, Mary

1999,Nov 8

Box 3: 56

Washington, Mary

2000

Box 3: 57

WBAI – Leid, Utrice

1996

Box 3: 58

Weinberger, R. C.

1958

Box 3: 59

“Wells”

1977

Box 3: 60

White, Margaret–Goddard College

1975-1978

Box 13: 58

Wiedman, Chuck

1974

Box 3: 61

Wing, Bob

1981

Box 3: 62

Wise, Ora

2003

Box 13: 59

Wishnia, Judy and Arnold

2004

Box 3: 63

Witthrow, Valerie

1998

Box 3: 64

WNEW-TV: Monsky, Mark

1977

Box 3: 65

WNEW-TV: Parsons, John

1977

Box 3: 66

Wolpe, Dr. Joseph-Dep’t. of Psychiatry, Temple University Medical
School

1969

Box 13: 60

Wood, Peter

1979-1985

Box 3: 67

Woods, Sam and Irene

1957

Box 13: 61

World Fellowship Center

1988

Box 5: 33

Yengue, Luisa

1988

Box 5: 34

Young, Marie

1989

Box 5: 35

Zaralioglu, Dilmeran

1971, Aug-Oct

Box 3: 68

Zaralioglu, Dilmeran

1971,Nov-1973

Box 3: 69

Zaralioglu, Dilmeran

1974-1982

Box 3: 70

Zeskind, Lenny

1975

Box 3: 71

Zweig, Michael – “How Class Works” Conference, Stony
Brook

2001-2002

Box 3: 72

Zweig, Michael

2003-2004

Box 3: 73

Subseries B. Correspondence about Allen

1948-2015

Abbott, Jack

1975

Box 3: 74

Ahern, Sean

2005-2008

Box 3: 75

Ahern, Sean

ca.1974

Box 3: 76

Berry, Joe

2005-2006

Box 3: 77

Bohmer, Peter

2007

Box 3: 78

Braun, Michael

2008

Box 3: 79

Brockman, Ken

2006

Box 3: 80

Brodhead, Frank-Radical America

1975

Box 13: 62

Brooklyn Public Library–Sonder, Lucien–to Jeff
Perry

1979-2005

Box 3: 81

Bruskin, Gene

1979-2005

Box 13: 63

Burkett, Randall

2005

Box 3: 82

Center for Study of Working Class Life (announcement of Ted Allen
Scholar Program)

2005

Box 3: 83