Papers, 1930–71, 57.6 cu. ft. Actor and director. He attempted to establish a German-speaking experimental theater in Engels, USSR, in 1936, with actors forced to leave Nazi Germany. A literary manuscript and correspondence deal with this effort. Unpublished inventory.
George S. Counts (1889-1974)
Papers, 1907–74, 3.25 cu. ft. Professor of education. Made 3 trips to the USSR, 1927, 1929, and 1936. Includes his diary for the 1929 auto trip through the Soviet Union. Also, correspondence and manuscript articles. He wrote extensively about Soviet education. Unpublished finding aid.
John Dewey (1859-1952)
Papers, 1858–1970, 39 cu. ft. Educator and philosopher. Correspondence, diaries, and other matter. He traveled to the Soviet Union (Leningrad and Moscow) in 1928 with his daughter-in-law Elizabeth. Typescript copy of his diary, 19 May-4 August, contains comments on Russian educational practices, the Moscow Art Theatre, Russian Kunst Museum, and the Academy of Sciences. Also, materials relating to the commission Dewey formed to inquire into the guilt of Leon Trotskii in the purge trials of the 1930s. Unpublished inventory.
John Howard Lawson (1894-1977)
Papers, 1905–71, 50 cu. ft. Playwright and screenwriter, one of the so-called "Hollywood Ten." Papers include a photo album with pictures from his trip to Leningrad in 1961, and a copy of his play Parlor Magic, written in the USSR and produced there in December 1963. There is also material (e.g., phonograph records) on his testimony before the House Committee on Un-American Activities in 1947, which resulted in his blacklisting. Unpublished finding aid (NUCMC 71–1876).
Mordecai Gorelik (b. 1899)
Author, playwright, and set designer. Papers unprocessed. Includes ca. 130 photographs of Soviet scene designs; probably other materials. Gorelik once visited the Soviet Union.
Richard Aldington (1892-1962)
Papers, 1910–62, ca. 8 cu. ft. Poet. Correspondence, literary manuscripts, and other papers. Traveled to the Soviet Union in 1962 where he was honored with a celebration for his 70th birthday. Unpublished finding aid.
The Holy Door
Magazine records, 1964–66, 285 items. Includes 2 manuscripts, carbon and photocopies, of the Soviet poet Andrei Voznesensky, 1 being excerpts from "Oza," translated by "Bovar" (Patrick Shanley). Unpublished finding aid (NUCMC 69–1797).
Unity Theatre in Great Britain
Records, 1936–70, 4.75 cu. ft. Essentially a part of the papers of Herbert Marshall (b. 1912). Relevant items include letters and translations of literary manuscripts. Marshall, the translator, was a film director who, in 1942–45, served as adviser to the Ministry of Information for films for Russia. As such he was in charge of production for Soviet, Czech, Polish, and Yugoslav films for Europe. Unpublished inventory.
