Lenore Marshall papers, 1887-1980.
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Creator:
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Marshall, Lenore, 1897-1971. |
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Phys. Desc:
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23.5 linear ft. ( 40 boxes; 1 scrapbook (in place of Box 22); 1 oversize folder) |
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Call Number:
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MS#0847 |
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Location:
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Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
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Biographical Note
Lenore Guinzburg Marshall, 1897-1971 (Barnard College A.B. 1919), American author and peace and anti-nuclear activist. A member
of the Poetry Society of America, Authors League of America, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Pen and Brush
Club of N.Y.C.; she was on the executive board of the Post World War Council, 1943-1969, a director of the International Association
of Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists (P.E.N.) after 1965, and co-founder with Clarence Pickett and Norman
Cousins of the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy (SANE). In 1917, she married James Marshall, 1896-1987, lawyer
and educator (Columbia University LL.B. 1920).
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, memorabilia and printed materials. The correspondence deals with literary and political
topics, from such people as Hayden Carruth, Irwin Edman, Lola Ridge and Norman Thomas; numerous manuscripts of Mrs. Marshall's
writings, including the notes, drafts, manuscripts and proofs of her last novel THE HILL IS LEVEL and various manuscripts
of the stories published in THE CONFRONTATION AND OTHER STORIES, and numerous manuscripts of poetry and short stories. Also
included is material on the World War II draft of 19-year-olds, economic aid for Western Europe, the Vietnam War, the origin
of SANE, the Committee for Nuclear Responsibility, the Amchitka Islands nuclear tests, the Task Force against Nuclear Pollution,
and personal correspondence from her own and her husband's families.
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