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Box R.17

 Container

Contains 217 Results:

Robeson, Paul, circa 1919-1990s

 Sub-Group — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

The Paul Robeson files contain mainly photographs and clippings documenting Robeson's career, including performances, international travel, and family life. Legal documents, newspapers, publications, some of the clippings, and Peekskill riots material contain reporting and gathered source material dealing with Robeson's politics and reactions to his leftist affiliations.

Dates: circa 1919-1990s

Robeson, Paul - Articles by Carl J. Murphy, 1950s

 File — Box: R.17
Scope and Contents

Contains editorials about Paul Robeson with Carl Murphy byline published in the 1950s.

Dates: 1950s

Robeson, Paul - Correspondence and Notes, circa 1930s-1950

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

Contains typed biographical notes on Robeson and letters to editorial giving updates on reporting, primarily on Robeson's personal life. One letter is signed "Noah Thompson" and is addressed to "Uncle Carl."

Dates: circa 1930s-1950

Robeson, Paul - Home and Family, 1930-1963

 File — Box: R.17
Scope and Contents

See also material filed under headings Robeson, Paul (Mrs.); Robeson, Eslanda Goode; and Robeson, Paul, Jr.

Dates: 1930-1963

Robeson, Paul - International Travel, 1930s-1940s

 File — Box: R.17
Scope and Contents

Photographs of Robeson in Russia, London, and Spain in the 1930s; and in GDR (East Germany) and Berchtesgaden, West Germany in the 1940s.

Dates: 1930s-1940s