Levine (Lawrence W.) papers

1. Correspondence 1952-2007

Physical Description: Cartons 1-5; Carton 6, folders 1-22;

Scope and Content Note

Consists of Levine's incoming and outgoing correspondence with colleagues, family, friends, and students. Most incoming correspondence is arranged alphabetically by last name, organization name, or first name (notes from Levine's wife, Cornelia, were useful in identifying correspondents who only signed their first name). A small amount of outgoing correspondence was kept together because there were no accompanying incoming letters; these letters are arranged chronologically. Levine corresponded with some of the same people for over 40 years, and regularly corresponded with undergraduate and graduate students about both personal matters and their scholarship. Many people addressed their letters to both Larry and Cornelia. Please note that correspondence can also be found in other series, particularly Series 4. Professional Activities, Series 5. UC Berkeley and George Mason University Administrative Records, and Series 9. Digital Files.

Carton 1, Folder 1

19th Century Music 1990-1991

Carton 1, Folder 2

Abrams, Richard (Richie) 1968-1999

Carton 1, Folder 3

Addison Wesley Publishing Co./Robert Koller 1967-1968

Carton 1, Folder 4

Akin, Ed 1979-1990

Carton 1, Folder 5

Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. 1962-1970

Carton 1, Folder 6

American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc. 1968-1985

Carton 1, Folder 7-8

American Historical Association 1968-2004

Scope and Content Note

Includes Samuel Gammon, Arnita Jones, review of Taylor book, and David L. Ramsel

Carton 1, Folder 9

American Studies Association/American Quarterly 1981-1993

Carton 1, Folder 10

Appleby, Joyce O. 1987-1999

Carton 1, Folder 11-12

Ashton, Robert, and [University of] East Anglia, including Howard Temperley (University of Manchester) 1966-1984

Carton 1, Folder 13

Avila, Eric 1997-1999

Carton 1, Folder 14-16

"A" 1965-2003

Carton 1, Folder 17

Barth, Gunther 1971-1988

Carton 1, Folder 18

Bazzarone, Ann 1997-1999

Carton 1, Folder 19

Beacon Press/Deborah Chasman 1990-2005

Carton 1, Folder 20

Berlin, Ira 1982-1987

Carton 1, Folder 21

Billington, James - Librarian of Congress 1990

Carton 1, Folder 22

Blauner, Robert (Bob) 1967-1968

Carton 1, Folder 23

Bogardus, Ralph 1981-1987

Carton 1, Folder 24

Bouwsma, William J. 1967-1968

Carton 1, Folder 25

Bradbury, Malcolm 1969-1971

Carton 1, Folder 26

Brentano, Robert (Bob) 1976-1978

Carton 1, Folder 27

Brinckmann, C. Noll 1977-1988

Carton 1, Folder 28

Brinkley, Alan approximately 1986-1989

Carton 1, Folder 29

Bristol, Joan 2003-2004

Carton 1, Folder 30

Bronner, Simon J. 1985-2002

Carton 1, Folder 31

Brown, Delmer 1973-1975

Carton 1, Folder 32

Brown, Lorraine 1981-1994

Carton 1, Folder 33

Brucker, Gene and Pat 1967-1969

Carton 1, Folder 34

Brylawski, Sam 1984-2004

Carton 1, Folder 35

Burkett, Randall K. 1983-1992

Carton 1, Folder 36-40

"B" 1957-2005

Carton 1, Folder 41

California Monthly 1975-1999

Carton 1, Folder 42

Cambridge University Press 1983

Carton 1, Folder 43

Carp, E. Wayne/The Nathaniel Greene Papers 1985-1992

Carton 1, Folder 44

Carr, Felicia 1997-2003

Carton 1, Folder 45

Carter, Paul A. 1969-1992

Carton 1, Folder 46

Catton, William (Bill) 1963-1988

Carton 1, Folder 47

Censer, Jack and Jane Turner Censer 1996-2003

Carton 1, Folder 48

Chametsky, Jules/Massachusetts Review 1978

Carton 1, Folder 49

Cheng, John 1993-1998

Carton 1, Folder 50

City College/City College Fund/CUNY 1956-1996

Carton 1, Folder 51

Clark, VèVè A. 1980-1998

Carton 1, Folder 52

Clements, Kendrick A. 1970-1983

Carton 1, Folder 53

Cohen, Lizabeth 1978-1987

Carton 1, Folder 54-55

Columbia University/Columbia University Press approximately 1959-1969, 1989

Carton 1, Folder 56

Cook, James Wallace (Jay) 1995-2004

Carton 1, Folder 57

Cornell University Press/Peter Agree 1970-1992

Carton 1, Folder 58

Couacaud, Zoe 1999-2004

Carton 1, Folder 59

Cox, Bette Y./The Beem Foundation 1990-1998

Carton 1, Folder 60

Cross, Robert D. 1961-1963, 1999

Carton 1, Folder 61

Cunliffe, Marcus 1983-1988

Carton 1, Folder 62-65

"C" 1956-2005

Carton 1, Folder 66

Dalleck, Robert (Bob) 1959-1995

Carton 1, Folder 67

Daniels, Douglas 1979-1989

Carton 1, Folder 68

Davis, Natalie Z. approximately 1977-1999

Carton 1, Folder 69

D'Emilio, John 1999-2003

Carton 1, Folder 70

Devens, Robert - Richard Hofstadter Biography 1992-2004

Carton 1, Folder 71

de Vries, Jan 1987-1989

Carton 1, Folder 72

Dijkstra, Sandy/Dijkstra Literary Agency 1996-2005

Carton 2, Folder 1

Dinnerstein, Leonard 1959-1997

Carton 2, Folder 2

Donald, David Herbert 1956-1983

Carton 2, Folder 3

Dosai, Mariam and Naren Panjwani 1996-2002

Carton 2, Folder 4

Dublin, Tom 1986-1992

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Dumenil, Lynn (Lynn Dumenil Roberts) 1977-2003

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Dunne, Michael 1977-1987

Carton 2, Folder 7-8

"D" 1968-2004

Carton 2, Folder 9

Evans, Emory G. 1980-1996

Carton 2, Folder 10

"E" approximately 1966-1997

Carton 2, Folder 11

Fabre, Geneviève 1975-1995

Carton 2, Folder 12

Fass, Paula 1978-1987

Carton 2, Folder 13

Fear, Jacqueline (Jacqueline Fear-Segal) 1968-1998

Carton 2, Folder 14

Feldman, Gerald 1987-1999

Carton 2, Folder 15

Fellman, Michael 1990-2005

Carton 2, Folder 16

Ferris, William/Center for the Study of Southern Culture 1977-1997

Carton 2, Folder 17

Fitzpatrick, John J. (Jack) 1969-1976

Carton 2, Folder 18

Franklin, John Hope 1960, 1976, 1989

Carton 2, Folder 19

Friedman, Sora approximately 1999-2004

Carton 2, Folder 20

Fry, Gladys Marie 1984-1985

Carton 2, Folder 21-23

"F" 1960-2004

Carton 2, Folder 24

Gale, Lynn 1994-2005

Carton 2, Folder 25

Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. 1979-1992

Carton 2, Folder 26

Genovese, Eugene 1976-1994

Carton 2, Folder 27

Gero, Edward 1999-2006

Carton 2, Folder 28

Glad, Betty 1964-1989

Carton 2, Folder 29

Glickman, Lawrence 1993-2001

Carton 2, Folder 30

Goggin, Jacqueline A. 1985-1992

Carton 2, Folder 31

Goodman, David 2003

Carton 2, Folder 32

Gorman, Paul 1992-1993

Carton 2, Folder 33

Gorn, Elliott 1975-2004

Carton 2, Folder 34

Gottschild, Brenda Dixon 1980-2004

Carton 2, Folder 35

Graves, Emily (Emily Whitman) 1990-1999

Carton 2, Folder 36

Gregory, James 1981-1999

Carton 2, Folder 37

Griswold, Wendy 2005

Carton 2, Folder 38

Gruber, Helmut and Francoise 1991-2004

Carton 2, Folder 39

Gutiérrez, Ramón 1983-1996

Carton 2, Folder 40

Gutman, Herbert and Judy - includes Herbert Gutman Memorial 1970-1986

Carton 2, Folder 41-43

"G" approximately 1963-2005

Carton 2, Folder 44

Hall, Robert (Bob) 1985-1992

Carton 2, Folder 45

Harcourt, Brace and World/Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1965-1980

Carton 2, Folder 46

Hareven, Tamara K. 1969-1971

Carton 2, Folder 47

Hart, James D. - The Bancroft Library 1970-1976

Carton 2, Folder 48-49

Harvard/Harvard Afro-Am 1978-1980, 1991

Carton 2, Folder 50

Harvard University Press 1973-1997

Carton 2, Folder 51

Harvester Press Microform 1984

Carton 2, Folder 52

Hathaway, Richard 1960-1962

Carton 2, Folder 53

Herndon, Lee Ann 1998-1999

Carton 2, Folder 54

Hill, Robert A./The Marcus Garvey Papers 1981-1997

Carton 2, Folder 55

Hine, Darlene Clark 1983-1992

Carton 2, Folder 56

Hofer, Karen (Karen Hofer Luecke) 1995-2005

Carton 2, Folder 57

Hofstadter, Richard/Hofstadter Memorial Fund 1960-1970

Carton 2, Folder 58

Hollinger, David 1970, 1989-1993

Carton 2, Folder 59

Horowitz, Joseph 1991-1992

Carton 2, Folder 60

Horrigan, Brian and Amy Levine 1984-2004

Carton 2, Folder 61

Horten, Gerd and Annette approximately 1988-2003

Carton 2, Folder 62

Huggins, Nat and Brenda 1969-1992

Carton 2, Folder 63-66

"H" 1959-2005

Carton 3, Folder 1

Illick, Joseph (Joe) 1985-1988

Carton 3, Folder 2

Israel, Fred/Fred Jaher 1958-1965, 1984-1986

Scope and Contents

Cornelia Levine put a note in the collection that read, "During his graduate days at Columbia U., Larry had two friends named 'Fred' – Fred Israel and Fred [Jaher]. In going through his correspondence I sometimes penciled in last names. I believe, I messed up by not making sure I had the correct 'Fred.' Mea Culpa, 8/2021"

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"I" approximately 1963-2000

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Jackson, Bruce 1984-2002

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Jackson, Kenneth T./National Council for History Education 1983-1991

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Jarausch, Konrad H. 1988-1989

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Jay, Martin 1977-1985

Carton 3, Folder 8

Jones, Jim 1981-1988

Carton 3, Folder 9

Journal of American History/David Thelen 1981-1998

Carton 3, Folder 10

Joyner, Charles 1979-1989

Carton 3, Folder 11-12

"J" 1967-2003

Carton 3, Folder 13

Kaster, Greg 2002-2004

Carton 3, Folder 14

Keddie, Nikki/Contention: Debates in Society, Culture and Science (Journal) 1989-1994

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Keightley, David N. 1977-1993

Carton 3, Folder 16

Kennedy, Roger 1981-1988

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Kenney, William Howland 1988

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Koenig, Brigitte 1991-2004

Carton 3, Folder 19

Knight, W.D. (Dean)/Provost Leonard Kuhl 1970-1971, 1987

Carton 3, Folder 20

Koistinen, Paul 1963-1980

Carton 3, Folder 21

Kyoto American Studies Seminar 1995-1996

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"K" 1956-2005

Carton 3, Folder 24

Lane, Ann J. 1978-1988

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Leaf, Mark 1968-1979

Carton 3, Folder 26

Lena, Jeff 1988

Carton 3, Folder 27

Lenz, Günter 1982-1989

Carton 3, Folder 28

Lerner, Gerda 1983-2003

Carton 3, Folder 29

Lerner, Michael/Tikkun 1985-1988

Carton 3, Folder 30

Leuchtenburg, William E. (Bill) 1957-2002

Carton 3, Folder 31

Library of Congress/Carl Fleischhauer 1989-1991

Carton 3, Folder 32-34

Lieber, Gabriele (Gabriele Weber) 1977-1987

Carton 3, Folder 35-36

Little, Brown and Company, including Contracts 1963-1979

Carton 3, Folder 37-38

Litwack, Leon, includes Happy 40th Birthday Card from Leon and Rhoda 1964-1992

Carton 3, Folder 39

Lively, Robert A. 1967-1968

Carton 3, Folder 40

Louisiana State University Press 1976-1987

Carton 3, Folder 41

Lovell, Margaretta 1988-2004

Carton 3, Folder 42

Lower, Richard (Dick) 1969-1987

Carton 3, Folder 43-44

"L" 1965-2004

Carton 3, Folder 45

Martin, Waldo 1982-1992

Carton 3, Folder 46

May, Henry F. 1965-2000

Carton 3, Folder 47

May, Lary 1982-1987

Carton 3, Folder 48

McCallum, Brenda 1980-1989

Carton 3, Folder 49

McElvaine, Bob 1978-2005

Carton 3, Folder 50

McQuade, Donald A. (Dean) 1990-1997

Carton 3, Folder 51

Meier, August 1964-1981

Carton 3, Folder 52

Melosh, Barbara 1985-2003

Carton 3, Folder 53

Merten, Alan G. 1997

Carton 3, Folder 54

Meyer-Fong, Tobie 1999-2004

Carton 3, Folder 55

Middlekauff, Robert (Bob) and Beverly 1967-2007

Carton 3, Folder 56

Miller, Kerby 1981-1985

Carton 3, Folder 57

Miller, Maureen 2002-2003

Carton 3, Folder 58

Milton, David 1980

Carton 3, Folder 59

Mitchell, Lee C./Reconsidering American Studies in the Eighties 1984-1985

Carton 3, Folder 60

Moglen, Seth 1998-2004

Carton 3, Folder 61

Montgomery, Davis 1984-1989

Carton 3, Folder 62

Moore, Shirley Ann 1981-1995

Carton 3, Folder 63

Morgan, Kathryn 1973-1979

Carton 3, Folder 64-65

Multiculturalism Debate approximately 1993-1998

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence and other materials related to contemporary debates about multiculturalism. Levine labeled these files "C. Vann Woodward Multi-Cult Debate"; and "Schlesinger, etc." Includes Levine's response to Schlesigner's letter in the Journal of American History.

Carton 3, Folder 66

Muraskin, Bill and Jack 1966-1972

Carton 3, Folder 67-72

"M" 1959-2005

Carton 4, Folder 1

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) 1969-1992

Carton 4, Folder 2

National Museum of American History/Smithsonian Institution 1984-1998

Scope and Content Note

See also Smithsonian Institution

Carton 4, Folder 3

Nelson, Bruce 1981-1988

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"N" 1954-2004

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Odem, Mary A. 1988-2005

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O'Leary, Cecilia 1992-1995

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Oliver, Tracey approximately 1992-1993

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O'Malley, Mike 1989-2003

Carton 4, Folder 9

O'Meally, Robert G. (Bob) 1990-1995

Carton 4, Folder 10

Organization of American Historians 1978-2005

Carton 4, Folder 11

Ostendorf, Berndt 1977, 1990

Carton 4, Folder 12-15

Oxford University Press/Sheldon Meyer 1962-2003

Scope and Content Note

Includes contracts (for A Dream Deferred: Patterns of Negro Response to America, Black Culture and Black Consciousness)

Carton 4, Folder 16

"O" approximately 1984-2003

Carton 4, Folder 17

Pacific Pictures - Dorothea Lange Project 1989-1992

Carton 4, Folder 18

Painter, Nell Irvin 1973-2002

Carton 4, Folder 19

Pantheon Books 1981-1983

Carton 4, Folder 20

Penguin Books, includes Contracts 1967, 1990-2004

Carton 4, Folder 21

Peretti, Burton 1989-2001

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Permissions 1992-1993

Carton 4, Folder 23

Pillsbury, Judith L./Pillsbury Fine Prints 1984-1989

Carton 4, Folder 24

Platt, Tony 1991-2004

Carton 4, Folder 25

Porter, Jim 1997-2005

Carton 4, Folder 26

Prentice-Hall 1963-1977

Carton 4, Folder 27

Preston, Katherine (Kitty) 1986-2004

Carton 4, Folder 28

Princeton University - Appointment/Joseph R. Strayer; African-American Studies at Princeton 1961-1962, 1998

Carton 4, Folder 29

Princeton University Press 1962-1993

Carton 4, Folder 30-31

"P" approximately 1963-2001

Carton 4, Folder 32

Rants 1997

Carton 4, Folder 33

Requests approximately 1992-1995

Carton 4, Folder 34

Riasanovsky, Nicholas V. 1967-1969

Carton 4, Folder 35

Riggle, William - Summer Program for Teachers, including Nate Huggins 1968-1969

Carton 4, Folder 36

Riggs, Marlon/Ethnic Notions 1983-1991

Carton 4, Folder 37

Roberts, Peter (P.G.) 1969

Carton 4, Folder 38

Rockaway, Robert (Bob) 1983-1991

Carton 4, Folder 39

Rogin, Michael 1968, 1991

Carton 4, Folder 40

Rosen, Ruth 1980-2003

Carton 4, Folder 41-44

Rosenzweig, Roy and Deborah Kaplan 1987-2005

Scope and Content Note

Includes Rosenzweig's American Academy of Arts and Sciences Nomination, some group emails to and from other scholars

Carton 4, Folder 45

Rosow, Gene 1968-1977

Carton 4, Folder 46

Rothblatt, Sheldon and Barbara 1966-1987

Carton 4, Folder 47

Rowe, Elizabeth (Betsy) 1997-1999

Carton 4, Folder 48

Rubens, Lisa 1967-2004

Carton 4, Folder 49

Ruffin, Faith Davis (Faith Davis Barfield) 1981-1982

Carton 4, Folder 50-52

"R" approximately 1967-2005

Carton 4, Folder 53

Salsbury, Stephen 1988-1989

Carton 4, Folder 54

Salvatore, Nick 1977-2005

Carton 4, Folder 55

Salzman, Jack/Prospects 1980-1984

Carton 4, Folder 56

Sandweiss, Eric 1981-1992

Carton 4, Folder 57

Scheiner, Irv and Betsy 1967-1974

Carton 4, Folder 58

Schofield, Ann 1994-1998

Carton 4, Folder 58A

Schudson, Michael 1985-1987

Carton 4, Folder 59

Sears, Cornelia 1997-1999

Carton 4, Folder 60

Semler, Renate approximately 1980

Carton 4, Folder 61-64

Shapiro, Yonathan 1959-1997

Scope and Content Note

Many letters are addressed to both Larry and Cornelia. There are also some email exchanges with other friends about Shapiro's death.

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Shattuck, Charles 1986-1987

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Sherwin, Martin J. 1967-1974

Carton 5, Folder 3

Sicherman, Barbara 1963-1990

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Silver, Tony/Public Art Films - The Comics and America 1986-1989

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Smith, Suzanne S. 1997-1999

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Smithsonian/Smithsonian Institution Press 1979-1992

Scope and Content Note

See also National Museum of American History

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Sollors, Werner 1978-1989

Carton 5, Folder 8

Spickard, Paul 1985-2004

Carton 5, Folder 9

Spooner, Denise 1980-1999

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Sproat, John G. (Jack) 1976-1981

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Stange, Maren approximately 1986-1991

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Stanley, Judith (Judy) 1967-1973

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Stein, Sally 1990-1992

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Stein, Walt 1967-1974

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Steiner, Michael 1980-2002

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Stevens, George 1997-2005

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Stewart, Jeffrey 1999-2000

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Stocking, George 1968

Carton 5, Folder 19

Strobel, Marian E./Organization of American Historians Committee on the Status of Women in the Historical Profession 1987

Carton 5, Folder 20

Strong, E.W. (Chancellor) 1963-1964

Carton 5, Folder 21-26

"S" 1960-2005

Carton 5, Folder 27

Taylor, William (Bill) 1983-2001

Carton 5, Folder 28

Tchen, John Kuo Wei (Jack) 1992-1999

Carton 5, Folder 29

Thompson, John 1968-1987

Carton 5, Folder 30

Tignor, Robert 1963-1965, 1979-1980

Carton 5, Folder 31

Trachtenberg, Alan approximately 1982-1994

Carton 5, Folder 32

Tuttle, William A., Jr. (Bill) 1986-2004

Carton 5, Folder 33-34

"T" approximately 1969-2004

Carton 5, Folder 35

University of California Appointment (Charles G. Sellers, Jr. and Delmer M. Brown) 1962

Carton 5, Folder 36

University of California Press 1964-1993

Carton 5, Folder 37

University of Chicago Press 1965-2006

Carton 5, Folder 38

University of Illinois Press/Richard L. Wentworth approximately 1965-1993

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University of North Carolina Press/Lewis Bateman 1982-1994

Carton 5, Folder 40

"U-V" approximately 1980-2004

Carton 5, Folder 41

Walker, Clarence E. 1977-1984

Carton 5, Folder 42

Wang, Walter/Hill and Wang/Arthur W. Wang 1983-1994

Carton 5, Folder 43

Wang, Xu 1995-1996

Carton 5, Folder 44

Ward, John William (Bill) 1964-1985

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Washington, Johnny 1981-1982

Carton 5, Folder 46

Waterhouse, Richard approximately 1989-1996

Carton 5, Folder 47

Weinstein, Frederick (Fred) 1968, approximately 1987-1990

Carton 5, Folder 48

Weisbrot, Robert 1991-1993

Carton 5, Folder 49

Weiss, Robert (Dick) 1960-1983

Carton 5, Folder 50

Wesleyan University Press/Jeannette Hopkins 1977-1988

Carton 5, Folder 51

Weyeneth, Bob 1981-1988

Carton 5, Folder 52

White, Graham 1988-2002

Carton 5, Folder 53

White, Shane 1988-2004

Carton 5, Folder 54

Willis, Deborah (Deborah Willis-Kennedy) 1998-1999

Carton 5, Folder 55

Wilson Center (Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars)(Michael J. Lacey, William J. Baroody, Jr.) 1982-1993

Carton 5, Folder 56

Wise, Gene 1980-1982

Carton 5, Folder 57

Wiseman, John 1979-1986

Carton 5, Folder 58-60

"W" 1959-2005

Carton 5, Folder 61

Yang-McLaughlin, Virginia (Ginny)/Margaret Mead Film Project 1982-1992

Carton 5, Folder 62

Yavenditti, Mike 1967-1969

Carton 5, Folder 63

Young, Alfred 1966-1991

Carton 5, Folder 64

Zappia, Charles (Charlie) 1981-1989

Carton 5, Folder 65

Zelnick, Reginald (Reggie) 1994-2000

Carton 5, Folder 66

Ziff, Larzar (Larry) 1968

Carton 5, Folder 67

"Y-Z" 1952-2004

Carton 6, Folder 1-5

Family Correspondence approximately 1971-2004

Scope and Content Note

Includes correspondence from sons Isaac and Joshua Levine, sister Linda, aunts and uncles (including Mary and Manny), Jennie (daughter-in-law), and Stephanie (grandchild). Much of the family correspondence is also addressed to Levine's wife, Cornelia, and there is a small amount of email between the two of them.

Carton 6, Folder 6-9

First Names, A-W approximately 1958-2002

Carton 6, Folder 10-12

Cards and Letters from Students - A-Z, Unidentified approximately 1980-2002

Scope and Content Note

Levine labeled this as student correspondence. It is probably from both undergraduate and graduate students.

Carton 6, Folder 13

Unidentified/Multiple Correspondents approximately 1961-2004

Carton 6, Folder 14-17

Outgoing Correspondence 1957-2005

Scope and Content Note

Includes dissertation proposal outline (for the Social Science Research Council). Some letters from the 1960s are about job opportunities.

Carton 6, Folder 18-22A

Reprints and Manuscripts with Notes to Levine approximately 1988-2006

Scope and Content Note

Includes manuscripts from Tony Buchen, Wanda Corn, Jacob S. Dorman, Jeffrey Hadler, Don Herzog, Rich Rath, and David Yamane. There are acknowledgments for a disseration from an unidentified author. Reprints are from Ben Carton, James Gregory, Darlene Clark Hine, David Hollinger, Waldo Martin, Robert Middlekauff, Scott Simmon (a film class syllabus), and Shane and Graham White. There is also an honor's thesis from Jennifer L. Gold, and a Jeane J. Kirkpatrick's President's Essay for the Heritage Foundation

2. Writings approximately 1946-2005

Physical Description: Carton 6, folders 23-36; Cartons 7-14; Carton 15, folders 1-17, Box 1

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of Levine's student papers, including his thesis on William Jennings Bryan; major book projects; lectures, talks, and conference papers; other published works (articles, book reviews, etc.); and datebooks and journals, which are a mix of academic and personal writings.

Book projects are Defender of the Faith; Black Culture and Black Consciousness; Highbrow/Lowbrow; The Unpredictable Past; The Opening of the American Mind; and The People and the President, with Cornelia R. Levine. Most of the files related to these projects contain some notes, drafts, and typescripts. Talks and publications are arranged roughly in chronological order. Care was taken to ensure that similar materials, such as different versions of the same lecture, were grouped together so they would be easily discoverable for researchers. However, some of these were excerpted from, or became part of, Levine's major book projects, so there will be overlap there. Most materials related to annual conferences put on by professional organizations were grouped together in decade-long chunks.

Please note there is overlap with Series 1. Correspondence (files on his books often contain correspondence with publishers); Series 3. Research Files (which include the notes Levine used for his writings); and Series 4. Professional Activities

Carton 6, Folder 23-31

Student Papers approximately 1946-1966

Scope and Content Note

Includes pre-college compositions; team papers and reports, a paper on abolitionism, book reviews, and English papers from his studies at the City College of New York; history papers and book reviews from his student days at Columbia University; and book reviews, etc. (1962-1966)

Carton 6, Folder 32-36

William Jennings Bryan: The Last Decade, 1915-1925 late 1950s, 1962-1963

Scope and Content Note

Includes Levine's Master's Thesis (late 1950s); typescript; certificate of copyright/contract

Carton 7, Folder 1-5

Defender of the Faith: William Jennings Bryan, the Last Decade, 1915-1925 (Oxford University Press, 1965) 1965-1994

Scope and Content Note

Includes reviews, Harvard University Press correspondence and contract, and book covers

Carton 7, Folder 6-31

Black Culture and Black Consciousness: Afro-American Folk Thought from Slavery to Freedom (Oxford University Press, 1978) 1969-1980, 2005

Scope and Content Note

Includes the first draft of "Slave Songs," an article for Prentice-Hall, and "Bob and Ken's Suggestions" for an early version of the book, titled "Black Songs and Black Consciousness: An Exploration in Neglected Sources." There are draft typescripts of the acknowledgements, preface, introduction, chapters, and conclusion; book reviews; and materials from the 30th anniversary celebration, including Clyde A. Milner comments at the Organization of American Historians conference on the book.

Carton 8, Folder 1-13

Highbrow/Lowbrow: The Emergence of Cultural Hierarchy in America (Harvard University Press, 1990) 1988-2005

Scope and Content Note

Includes reactions to, reviews of [and publicity], the book; correspondence from Harvard University Press; articles about Shakespeare; and materials related to an NPR series and the Japanese Edition.

Carton 8, Folder 14-19

The Unpredictable Past: Explorations in American Cultural History (Oxford University Press, 1993) 1990-1993

Scope and Content Note

Includes contracts, correspondence, research, original art, photographs and negatives, reviews, and publicity.

Carton 8, Folder 20-37

The Opening of the American Mind: Canons, Culture and History (Beacon Press, 1997) (OAM) 1991-1998

Scope and Content Note

Includes Beacon Press correspondence, contract, etc.; reviews; professional correspondence; Jon Gjerdy on OAM [edits?]; research files; edited manuscript; and typescript

Carton 9, Folder 1-16

The Opening of the American Mind: Canons, Culture and History approximately 1996-2002

Scope and Content Note

Includes the rest of the typescript; lectures with comments; and discussions, readings, and talks delivered at the following: Cody's Books, George Mason University, Miami University, UC Davis, a national humanities conference, the University of Colorado, George Washington University, Catholic University, Buffalo, Arizona State University (Some Thoughts Concerning Immigration), and Gustavus Adolphus College.

Carton 9, Folder 17-21

The People and the President: America's Conversation with FDR, with Cornelia R. Levine (Beacon Press, 2002) 1998-2004

Scope and Content Note

Includes Beacon Press agreement and correspondence with the Dijkstra Literary Agency; drafts - FDR and fireside chats; draft of the introduction; and reviews and emails. More of Levine's lectures on FDR can be found with the chronological writing files.

Carton 9, Folder 22-27

Book Reviews approximately 1963-1998

Scope and Content Note

Includes reviews of Books by Chambers, Gatewood, and Weinstein; and commentaries on, and reviews of, books, manuscripts, etc. Some were done for publishers (reader's reports or the equivalent); others were published as reviews.

Carton 9, Folder 28

MUHA, Kansas City 1965

Carton 9, Folder 29-31

Academic Freedom in Universities 1965-1967

Scope and Content Note

Administrative materials, notes, and essays on academic freedom. Includes The Meaning of Academic Freedom in the Modern University; issue: those who make the waves; and The Future of Academic Freedom: Some Impressions from Berkeley

Carton 9, Folder 32

Select Readings in American History - Harcourt Brace 1966

Carton 9, Folder 33

Negro Series, with Leon Litwack 1966

Carton 9, Folder 34

Negro Reaction Study/DuBois Study approximately 1967-1968

Carton 9, Folder 34A

The Diary of Hiram Johnson, American Heritage 1969

Carton 9, Folder 35-36

Huggins Article – The Concept of the New Negro and the Realities of Black Culture, (Key Issues in the Afro American Experience) 1969-1970

Carton 9, Folder 37-39

The National Temper: Readings in American Culture and Society (edited With Robert Middlekauff) 1969-1971

Scope and Content Note

Includes permissions, correspondence with Harcourt Brace, introduction

Carton 9, Folder 40

Bryan Sketch for Garraty's Encyclopedia 1970

Carton 9, Folder 41

The Shaping of 20th Century America 1970

Carton 9, Folder 42-43

The Historians Workshop (Professor Curtis) approximately 1970-1972

Carton 9, Folder 44

The New Negro (Revised/Amherst Version) 1970s

Carton 10, Folder 1

Completed Introductions 1970s

Carton 10, Folder 2-6

Progress and Nostalgia: The Self Image of the 1920s approximately 1971-1980

Scope and Content Note

Includes Malcolm [Bradbury] – 1920s article (about self-image in the American novel); first draft; Nostalgia as a Force in 20th Century America; and Progress and Nostalgia in American Life and Thought

Carton 10, Folder 7

"Some Go Up and Some Go Down": The Meaning of the Slave Trickster (in Folk Tales 3 Folder) 1972

Carton 10, Folder 8-9

The Scopes Trial and the Cultural Crisis of Modern America, with Lisa Rubens approximately 1972-1973

Carton 10, Folder 10

Scott-Foresman, United States History (Textbook), with Huggins and William Goetzmann 1972-1974

Carton 10, Folder 11

Hofstadter Memorial Volume 1972-1975

Carton 10, Folder 12

American Advertising and American Values: Studies in Modern Industrial Folklore 1976

Carton 10, Folder 13

Phi Beta Kappa Centennial 1976

Carton 10, Folder 14

Amerika Haus Lecture - Berlin 1977

Carton 10, Folder 15

How to Interpret American Folklore Historically - Handbook of American Folk Culture 1978-1982

Scope and Content Note

Published in 1983

Carton 10, Folder 16

African Diaspora Studies Institute, Howard University, Conference 1979

Carton 10, Folder 17

ASA (American Studies Association) Session, Blues Songs as Sources for Afro American Intellectual History 1979

Carton 10, Folder 18

Nazi Rally, Walnut Creek 1979

Carton 10, Folder 19

Mississippi's Freedom Summer Reviewed - Panelist - The Soul of the Movement 1979

Carton 10, Folder 20-30

Book Reviews 1979-1990

Scope and Content Note

Includes the following files containing reviews written by Levine: Styron Review - William Styron's Holocaust; Review of Lewis – When Harlem Was in Vogue; Review of Brasch - Black English and the Mass Media; Review of Jones' Bad Blood; cmments on Jack Thomas colloquium paper; Evaluation of Moss - The American Negro Academy; Review of Cherney - William Jennings Bryan Book; Comments on Ken Kusmer's Urban Afro-America; Strong Review (Strong on Music); Understanding Clio – Los Angeles Times Book Review

Carton 10, Folder 31-33

Notable American Women – Mahalia Jackson 1979-1980

Carton 10, Folder 34

1980 Jefferson Lectures – Introduction of Eugene Genovese 1980

Scope and Content Note

Includes an interview with Genovese from 1978

Carton 10, Folder 35-36

History of Popular Entertainment Conference - Smithsonian 1980

Carton 10, Folder 37

Benton Conference, Lawrence, Kansas 1980

Carton 10, Folder 38

Future Work 1980

Carton 10, Folder 39

German Lecture Tour - includes Contributions of Oral History to the Study of Black Literature 1980

Carton 10, Folder 40-41

African Culture/U.S. Slavery Lecture approximately 1980

Carton 10, Folder 42

Distinguished Lecture, Indiana (1981) 1980-1981

Carton 10, Folder 43

Conference on New Deal Culture (1981) 1980-1981

Carton 10, Folder 44-51

Organization of American Historians (OAH) Conferences 1980-1989

Scope and Content Note

Includes correspondence, drafts, notes, and papers by Levine and other panelists for OAH conferences in 1980, 1983, 1984 (Hollywood's Washington: Film Images of National Politics in the 1930s), 1985, 1988 (Can Historians Speak to a Wider Audience?), and 1989.

Carton 11, Folder 1-5

American Studies Association (ASA) Conference - Regionalism and the Great Depression 1981

Scope and Content Note

Includes the following files: 1981 ASA papers; Levine Comments on 1981 ASA Panel; Rural/Urban; Cultural Conflict; and Easy Aces. These contain a mix of writings, conference materials, and research files.

Carton 11, Folder 6

UCLA Conference on Afro-American Documentary Editions 1981

Carton 11, Folder 7

Gabriel Over the White House – Introductory Remarks, National Museum of American History 1982

Carton 11, Folder 8-12

American Historical Association (AHA) Conferences 1982-1988

Scope and Content Note

Includes the following files from AHA conferences held between 1982 and 1988: Comment on AHA Session: Reconsidering 19th Century American Images of Jews; Purdue Conference on Afro-American Studies; Ideology and Black Scholars During the Depression; and The Unpredictable Past

Carton 11, Folder 13-19

Garvey Essay - Marcus Garvey and the Politics of Revitalization approximately 1982-1984

Scope and Content Note

Lecture and publication; eventually published as a chapter in The Unpredictable Past

Carton 11, Folder 20

Articles in Volumes approximately 1982-1996

Carton 11, Folder 21-36

Capra Materials approximately 1983-2003

Scope and Content Note

Consists of lectures, papers, research files, and secondary sources related to Frank Capra and his films. Includes the following files: Grant Wood Conference/Frank Capra: Regionalism and Movie Culture During the Great Depression; Capra Lecture; American Madness/Capra Revisions; Capra Lecture, Rutgers - The Meaning of America: Frank Capra and Cultural Politics During the Great Depression; Think Pieces – Capra and the Great Depression; Capra Article - Journal for Multimedia History; Capra - AHA 1999; Frank Capra Lecture; Capra Article; Frank Capra's America, GSU; The Meaning of America: Frank Capra and Cultural Politics During the Great Depression; The Meaning of America - Capra Essay Revision; Reviews of It's a Wonderful Life; and The Meaning of America - Frank Capra Research

Carton 11, Folder 37

Garvey Review, New Republic, Marcus Garvey and History 1983-1984

Carton 11, Folder 38

[Activities] – Mix of Materials re: Lectures and Articles 1983-1985

Carton 11, Folder 39

Stony Brook - Catching the Tune Conference 1984

Carton 11, Folder 40-41

Hollywood's Washington - Full Version/Article in Prospects 1984-1985

Carton 11, Folder 42

Reprints 1984-1993

Scope and Content Note

Includes William Shakespeare and the American People: A Study in Cultural Transformation (1984); Hollywood's Washington: Film Images of National Politics During the Great Depression (1985); Jazz and American Culture (1989); The Unpredictable Past: Reflections on Recent American Historiography (1989); The Folklore of Industrial Society: Popular Culture and Its Audiences (1992); Clio, Canons, and Culture (1993); and The Historical Odyssey of Nathan Irvin Huggins (1993). Drafts of many of these articles may be found throughout the Writings series.

Carton 12, Folder 1

World Business Council Remarks 1985

Carton 12, Folder 2

Memorial to Bill Ward 1985

Carton 12, Folder 3-12

American Culture and the Great Depression/The American People and the Great Depression 1985

Scope and Content Note

In 1981, Levine was a fellow at the National Museum of American History/Smithsonian, where he was working his topic, "The American People and the Great Depression: Culture and Consciousness in the 1930s." In 1985, Levine published his article, American Culture and the Great Depression, in the Yale Review. A version of it later became a chapter in The Unpredictable Past. The research notes and writings related to the Great Depression filed here date from approximately 1977-2004. Folders include Outlines and Chapters; Early Notes; Early Bibliography; Intro; Manuscripts, Late Thoughts; Attitudes toward FDR and the New Deal; Chapters 1-2 – Culture - Great Depression; and American Culture and the Great Depression - Yale Review. Please note that additional research notes on the Depression can be found in Series 4.

Carton 12, Folder 13

Library of Congress Volume on the 1930s 1985-1988

Scope and Content Note

Documenting America, 1935-1943/The Historian and the Icon: Photography and the History of the American People in the 1930s and 1940s

Carton 12, Folder 14

Davis Center Lecture (Princeton) 1986

Carton 12, Folder 15

Massey Lectures (Harvard) 1986

Carton 12, Folder 16

Melodrama Unveiled (Grimsted Foreword) 1987

Carton 12, Folder 17

The Southern Historical Association – The Southern Origins of Jazz Panel 1987

Carton 12, Folder 18

Stanford Lecture - The Emergence of Cultural Hierarchy in 19th Century America 1987

Carton 12, Folder 19-21

Jazz and American Culture - Typescript and USIA [United States Information Agency?] Lecture 1987-1989

Carton 12, Folder 22

Oral History and Black Culture approximately 1988

Carton 12, Folder 23

Black Voices in 19th Century Slavery (Colgate University Lecture) approximately 1988

Carton 12, Folder 24-26

Blackside, Inc. – Manuscript for Panic and Promise, a Television History of the Great Depression 1989

Carton 12, Folder 27

An Interview with Larry Levine, Folklore Forum 1989

Carton 12, Folder 28

Vlach Foreword (By the Work of Their Hands: Studies in Afro-American Folklife) 1989

Carton 12, Folder 29

Remarks to the American Folklore Society 1990

Carton 12, Folder 30-34

American Studies Association (ASA) Conferences 1989-1999

Scope and Content Note

Administrative materials, correspondence, email, lectures, and papers from ASA conferences between 1989 and 1999. Topics include Frank Capra and the American Tradition; the Great Depression and Photography in America; and the future of American Studies.

Carton 12, Folder 35

1990 Lecture, Kansas University 1990-1991

Carton 12, Folder 36

The Age of Booker T. Washington: A Conference in Honor of Louis R. Harlan 1990

Carton 12, Folder 37

Genesis of Lawrence Levine as a Cultural Historian 1990

Carton 12, Folder 38

Public Art, The New Deal Murals – Film (with Levine Interviews) 1990

Carton 12, Folder 39

Munich Lecture - the Emergence of Cultural Hierarchy in 19th Century America approximately 1990

Carton 12, Folder 40-42

Curti Lectures – Criticism approximately 1990-1993

Scope and Content Note

Lecture titles include Man and Superman; and The Meaning of America

Carton 12, Folder 43

Scholarly Meetings 1990-1998

Carton 12, Folder 44

Public Lectures 1990-2004

Carton 13, Folder 1-7

Organization of American Historian (OAH) Conferences 1990-2005

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, notes, and papers from OAH conferences between 1990 and 2000. Includes memorial remarks for Nathaniel Huggins; sessions from 1991, 1996, and 1998; Whiteness (1999); a panel from 2000; and a paper, To Act or Not to Act (Berkeley Faculty and the Free Speech Movement)

Carton 13, Folder 8

Introduction to Jim Oakes, CASBS Seminar 1991

Carton 13, Folder 9

Berkeley Humanities Talk 1991

Carton 13, Folder 10

Multicultural Remarks (Remarks to American Cultures Seminar) 1991-1992

Carton 13, Folder 11-15

Culture under the Gun: The Cannon, the Curriculum, and the Critics approximately 1991-1992

Scope and Content Note

Includes Occidental College lecture

Carton 13, Folder 16-20

The Folklore of Industrial Society 1991-1993

Scope and Contents

Includes the American Historical Review (AHR) article, The Folklore of Industrial Society: Popular Culture and the American People, and photographs for the article. There are also comments on and responses to the AHR forum on The Folklore of Industrial Society: Popular Culture and Its Audiences

Carton 13, Folder 21-24

The Historical Odyssey of Nathan Irvin Huggins approximately 1991-1994

Scope and Content Note

Includes lectures at Adelphi University and a memorial in Olomouc, The Republic of Czech

Carton 13, Folder 25

Remarks to American Cultures Summer Seminar 1992

Carton 13, Folder 26

Beth El Lecture - The University Under the Gun: The Debate over Political Correctness 1992

Carton 13, Folder 27

Presidential Address, Organization of American Historians (Journal of American History Article - Clio, Canons, and Culture) 1993

Scope and Content Note

Levine was President of the OAH in 1992-1993

Carton 13, Folder 28

New York Times Book Review 1994

Carton 13, Folder 29

Lecture on the New Deal and 1930s Culture, Library of Congress 1994-1995

Carton 13, Folder 30-31

Escape from History - Draft 1995

Carton 13, Folder 32

Learning and Legitimacy - Washington Seminar on American History and Culture 1995

Carton 13, Folder 33-36

Carl Becker Lectures in History, Cornell University 1995

Scope and Content Note

Becker Lectures I-III – A Historian in Wonderland; Learning and Legitimacy; and The Search for American Identity. These (or versions of these) are also chapters in The Opening of the American Mind

Carton 13, Folder 37

Advocacy in the Classroom 1995

Scope and Content Note

Includes A Historian in Wonderland

Carton 13, Folder 38

Bellagio/The Sirens of Socrates approximately 1995

Carton 13, Folder 39

Brucker Talk - Levine Comments (The History of History) 1995-1996

Carton 13, Folder 40-55

The Search for American Identity 1995-1999

Scope and Content Note

Includes email related to, and lectures at/in the following venues: Emory University; James Madison University; Ritsumeikan University Kyoto (and Tokyo); University of California, Davis; University of California, Berkeley; Rhodes College; Fulbright/New Zealand; University of Michigan; SUNY Buffalo; Dickinson College; and the University of Alabama, Huntsville. Some versions of this lecture are titled "All the Nations of the World": The Search for American Identity.

Carton 14, Folder 1-4

Commencement and Graduation Addresses 1995-2004

Scope and Content Note

Includes SUNY College at Old Westbury and George Mason University. Speeches and notes

Carton 14, Folder 5

Fishy Tales from Monster U 1996

Carton 14, Folder 6-7

Artists' Summit, George Mason University 1996

Carton 14, Folder 8

Catholic University 1996

Carton 14, Folder 9

Matsuda/Lawrence Volume ("The Unpredictable Past," in We Won't Go Back) 1996

Carton 14, Folder 10

New York Times Op-Ed 1996

Carton 14, Folder 11

Smithsonian Address 1996

Carton 14, Folder 12

Boston Globe, A Tale of Two Literatures 1996

Carton 14, Folder 13

Lecture Announcements approximately 1996-2003

Carton 14, Folder 14

Chronicle of Higher Education Article on Culture Wars 1997

Carton 14, Folder 15

Washington Post 1997

Carton 14, Folder 16

Culture and the NEA 1997

Carton 14, Folder 17

Tera Hunter Book – Commentary - in Labor History 1997

Carton 14, Folder 18

Papp Article - Shakespeare in America: A Forgotten History 1997

Carton 14, Folder 19

Remarks at New Century College - Panel on Education 1997

Carton 14, Folder 20

National Conference – Federation of State Humanities Councils 1997

Carton 14, Folder 21-22

University of Michigan and Buffalo Lectures (includes Email) 1997

Carton 14, Folder 23

Judge Harriett Taylor Obituary 1997-2000

Carton 14, Folder 24-25

AERA (American Educational Research Association) Keynote - The Opening of the American Mind 1997-1998

Carton 14, Folder 26-30

Canons and Culture Lectures (Culture under the Gun: The Canon, the Curriculum, and the Critics) 1997-2003

Scope and Content Note

Includes National Humanities Conference (Australia), University of Otago, Case Western Reserve University (Humanities Week), and University of Puget Sound. These lectures are related to The Opening of the American Mind.

Carton 14, Folder 31

Cultural History Forum 1998

Carton 14, Folder 32

Levine Interviews William Ferris (OAH Newsletter) 1998

Carton 14, Folder 33

Talking History/History Forum 1998

Carton 14, Folder 34

Remarks to American Musicological Society 1998

Carton 14, Folder 35

USIS Teaching Day, New Zealand 1999

Carton 14, Folder 36

Future of the University, Part I - George Mason University 1999

Carton 14, Folder 37-38

Rutgers Black Humor Lecture 1999

Scope and Content Note

Also delivered at the Christchurch Historical Society in New Zealand

Carton 14, Folder 39

Music and History: Bridging the Disciplines 1999-2003

Scope and Content Note

The musical odyssey of an American historian (published in 2005)

Carton 14, Folder 40

How I Became a Historian 1999-2003

Carton 14, Folder 41

Arizona State University - Opening - Summary 2000

Carton 14, Folder 42

Glimmerglass Opera Lecture 2000

Carton 14, Folder 43-53

FDR, Radio, and the American People 2000-2004

Scope and Content Note

Consists of lectures at the following venues/for these audiences: Johns Hopkins University; Purdue University; University of California Berkeley Teachers Institute; Alfred University; Minnesota Historical Society; California History – Social Science Project (Oakland Teachers); Atlanta Seminar on Comparative History of Labor, Industry, Technology, and Society; Gustavus Adolphus College; and Dutchess County Community College. The lecture had various titles, including "FDR and the American People."

Carton 14, Folder 54

African American Music as Resistance: From Spirituals to the Blues, includes Drafts 2001-2002

Carton 14, Folder 55

Op-Ed 2002

Carton 14, Folder 56

African American Culture & Consciousness in Slavery (Canisius College) 2003

Carton 14, Folder 57-66

Man and Superman: Success, Individualism, and Institutions in Depression America 2003-2004

Scope and Content Note

Lectures given at various locales, including Australia; University of Illinois, Chicago; American Historical Association; American Studies Association; Georgia State University; presentation for Oakland teachers; and the Newberry Library Lecture.

Box 1

Man and Superman Lecture Flyers 2004

Carton 14, Folder 67

Reggie Zelnik Memorial 2004

Carton 14, Folder 68-70

Professors in Crisis - Free Speech Movement Lecture/Panel Discussion - SMU 2004

Carton 14, Folder 71

Princeton Opera Conference 2004

Carton 14, Folder 72

Harriet Jacobs Symposium 2004

Carton 14, Folder 73

Dutchess County Community College 2004

Carton 14, Folder 74

Folger Library Exhibit 2004

Carton 14, Folder 75

FDR Library, FSA Photography Conference 2004-2005

Carton 15, Folder 1-9

Undated Lectures and Writings

Scope and Content Note

Includes: Left/Right Academics – Hofstadter; Claremont Lecture; Frankfurt-Freiburg Lecture; Comments on the Papers of Clarence Walker and Marc Slobin (Hungary/Princeton); The Sacralization of Culture in Nineteenth-Century America (Princeton Lecture); Patterns of Culture in America; San Francisco World's Fair – Preface; Buffalo - The Unpredictable Past (Draft); and Miscellaneous Thoughts, Note

Carton 15, Folder 10-17

Datebooks/Journals approximately 1978-2005

Scope and Content Note

These contain a mix of academic and personal writings.

3. Research Files approximately 1950, 1965-2004

Physical Description: Carton 15, folders 17-42; Cartons 16-17; Carton 18, folders 1-12; Box 1; Cardfile Box 1

Scope and Content Note

Levine's research files for writings and teaching. Includes primary and secondary sources and notes; there may be some drafts of articles, book chapters, or talks. These are divided into three sections: African American History; the Great Depression; and General. The files are arranged alphabetically within those divisions. Dates for the series reflect when materials were collected, not created (some primary sources date back to the 19th Century). Please note the files contain some correspondence, and there is overlap with Series 2. Writings, Series 4. Professional Activities; and Series 6. Teaching Materials.

cardfile_box 1

African American History - Bibliography – Notecards

Carton 15, Folder 18-27

African American History approximately 1965-1971

Scope and Content Note

Includes what appear to be notes for the book Black Culture and Black Consciousness [1965]; Black Culture and Black Consciousness research trip – bibliography/notes toward a bibliography (approximately 1971); and the following folders: Africa (approximately 1971); Analysis (approximately 1971); Negro Attitudes; Negro Attitudes to Negro Song; White Attitudes; Proverbs; [Function]; and Family

Carton 15, Folder 28-42

The Great Depression

Scope and Content Note

Includes the following files: Archive of Folk Culture – resources/research [The Folk Life Center at the Library of Congress]; Art/Visual; Artifacts; BEF (Ballads of the Bonus Expeditionary Force) Generated Material; Depression Bibliography; Class; Comics and Comic Books (labeled "Chapter 3"); Court Fight/March '37 Judiciary; and Farm – Agriculture. Folders on film include Crime, Redemption, and Miscellaneous.

Carton 16, Folder 1-22

The Great Depression approximately 1978-1985

Scope and Content Note

Consists of notes and primary and secondary sources on films. Files include Background, Monster, Music in, Future Research, Theaters, 1940s Film Noir, Military Theme, Unfiled, Ethnic, Documentary Films, Humor on Film, Male/Females, Oblique Message Films, Miscellaneous, Censorship, and Socially Conscious Films. There are also files on "Hollywood's Washington," including "discards" and "Gabriel Over the White House." Please note that these overlap with materials in Series 2, Writings.

Carton 16, Folder 23-43

The Great Depression

Scope and Content Note

Includes journal articles Levine ordered. The folders are: Folklore (Theory, Mass Culture, 1930s); Glickman (Larry) – Culture; Great Depression Research (approximately 1999-2003); Heroes; History/Nostalgia; Hoover; Humor, 1930s (approximately 1981); Ideology; Immigrants and the 1930s; Individualism; Individualism/Institutions; [Initial Reactions] (approximately 1979); Mail – FDR, White House, WPA and Replies; and the New Deal, the Great Depression, Film, Theater, Art, FDR, and Radio (approximately 1990-2004)

Carton 17, Folder 1-24

The Great Depression

Scope and Content Note

Folders include Newspaper Clippings - Introductory Remarks on the State of the American Psyche Post-Crash (approximately 1989); Oral History 1930s (1980); Photography – New Deal (2004); Radio (Amos and Andy, Soaps, Radio Research, 1930s); Religion; Rogers, Will (approximately 1985); Slide Collection – Depression (1981); Success; Technology, 1930s; Travel Lit; Unemployment/Relief; Unfiled Notes and Material, 1930s; Washington, George – Bicentennial; World's Fair of 1933; San Francisco; New York; and WPA Materials (Works Progress Administration)

Carton 17, Folder 25-39

General

Scope and Content Note

Includes the following subjects: Balanchine (2004); Berkeley (1986); Cartoons and Humor, including cartoons from The Chicago Defender (from John Walt) and the New Yorker; Clipping Dump (1950, 1997-2005); Colleagues' Papers; Hemlock Quarterly/Hemlock Society (1986-1987); Contemporary Historical Debate (1980s-1990s); and History Debate (1999-2004)

Carton 18, Folder 1-12

General

Scope and Content Note

Includes the following subjects: Materials – Historiography (Levine also used this for a class); Movies; Music/Clippings (2000-2004); New York Times and Einstein; Nineteenth Century Culture; Obituaries (1990-2005); Plagerism (2001-2002); Radical Right – 20th Century [Fund]; Resources – Brigitte Koenig (research she did for Levine, 1993-1994; 20th Century US Culture (approximately 1997-2004); Unintegrated Materials (may also be for a class); Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research/Wisconsin Historical Society

Box 1

General - Bicentennial Notes approximately 1975-1976

Scope and Content Note

Collected between 1975-1976 but articles copied date back to at least 1876

4. Professional Activities 1969-2005

Physical Description: Carton 18, folders 13-38; Carton 19; Carton 20, folders 1-43

Scope and Content Note

Consists of files related to Levine's service to the historical profession and the community, projects he consulted on, and awards. Arranged in alphabetical order. Please note there is overlap with Series 1. Correspondence, Series 2. Writings, and Series 7. Personalia

Carton 18, Folder 13-16

Activities 1981-1986

Carton 18, Folder 17

American Academy of Arts & Sciences 1986

Carton 18, Folder 18-19

American Communications Association/California Times – Board of Directors 1984-1986

Carton 18, Folder 20

American Film Institute – 1930s Catalog – Advisory Board 1985

Carton 18, Folder 21

American Folklore Society Meetings 1983

Carton 18, Folder 22

American Historical Association (AHA) Publications Review Committee 1988-1989

Carton 18, Folder 23

American Quarterly Review 1988-1990

Carton 18, Folder 24-28

American Studies Delegation to China 1983-1985

Scope and Content Note

Includes CSC/PRC Conference - Committee on Scholarly Communication with the People's Republic of China

Carton 18, Folder 29

American Studies Association 1979-1986

Carton 18, Folder 30

Amherst College Review 1988-1989

Carton 18, Folder 31

Apollo Theater TV Show – Consultant 1986

Carton 18, Folder 32-33

Australia, Fulbright, includes Correspondence 1987-1997

Carton 18, Folder 34

Bellagio - History and Memory in Afro-American Culture 1989-1990

Carton 18, Folder 35

Berlin 1989-1990

Carton 18, Folder 36-38

Beth El - Correspondence, Board Meetings 1979-1981

Scope and Content Note

Levine was President of the Board of the Congregation

Carton 19, Folder 1-7

Beth El 1979-1987

Scope and Content Note

Includes The Builder (Newsletter) column (written by board president Levine); his remarks as president of the board; a talk - Bringing the People Back into American History: The Cultural Historian and the New History; and board materials.

Carton 19, Folder 8

Bowling Green 1990-1991

Carton 19, Folder 9

BBC/Documentaries, includes Correspondence with William Ferris and Others 1991-2001

Carton 19, Folder 10

Budapest Conference 1982

Scope and Content Note

Includes a copy of William Shakespeare and the Transformation of American Culture, 1983 colloquium paper

Carton 19, Folder 11-12

Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences/Stanford Behavioral Center 1978-1991

Carton 19, Folder 13

Center for American Cultural Studies, Advisory Board (Columbia University) 1983

Carton 19, Folder 14

Center for the Study of Southern Culture (University of Mississippi), National Consultant, includes Correspondence with William Ferris 1979

Carton 19, Folder 15

Cold War Film Project, Consultant 1980

Carton 19, Folder 16

Comic Strip Show, Letter of Recommendation 1985-1986

Carton 19, Folder 17

Comics in America – Proposal Draft 1987

Carton 19, Folder 18

Curti Award (1980 Committee) 1979-1980

Carton 19, Folder 19

Disney 1994

Carton 19, Folder 20

Duke University History Department – Review 1994

Carton 19, Folder 21

Frederick Jackson Turner Award (OAH) 1994

Carton 19, Folder 22

Free University Berlin – Seminar on Patterns of Rural and City Life in the United States: The Mid-West: Dismantling the Popular Image 1977

Carton 19, Folder 23

Friends of Amistad

Carton 19, Folder 24

Global Village (Film)/Julie Gustafson 1985

Carton 19, Folder 25

Guggenheim 1993-1995

Carton 19, Folder 26-27

Harvard Board of Visitors 1984-1986

Scope and Content Note

Levine was a member of a committee that visited Harvard's Afro-American Studies Department

Carton 19, Folder 28

"Have You Heard the News…?" - Blues Project (Consultant) 1985

Carton 19, Folder 29

Honors 1995-2004

Carton 19, Folder 30

Invitations – Conferences, Boards approximately 1996-2000

Carton 19, Folder 31

John Hope Franklin Prize - American Studies Association 1986-1987

Carton 19, Folder 32

Journal of American Folklore Editorial Board 1985-1986

Carton 19, Folder 33

Library of Congress - New Deal Art Conference 1995

Carton 19, Folder 34-46

MacArthur Fellowship approximately 1983-2000

Scope and Content Note

Materials related to the MacArthur fellowship, which Levine won in 1983. Includes correspondence, ephemera, an interview with Ed Roberts, and materials about meetings and reunions.

Carton 20, Folder 1

Margaret Mead Film - Consultant 1986

Carton 20, Folder 2

Mario Savio Memorial Lecture Foundation Fund approximately 1996

Carton 20, Folder 3

Miscellaneous Notes re: Panel 1977

Carton 20, Folder 4-5

Mississippi Blues Project, Consultant 1984-1985

Carton 20, Folder 6-8

Money for 1970-1971, and Other Fundraising 1969-1977

Carton 20, Folder 9

Museum of Modern Mythology (Member) 1985-1986

Carton 20, Folder 10

National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center, Consultant

Scope and Content Note

For The Other Side of "Happy Days": Black American Life in the 1950s

Carton 20, Folder 11

NPR Consult 1997

Carton 20, Folder 12

Norton Anthology of Afro-American Literature, Advisory Board 1987-1989

Carton 20, Folder 13-23

Organization of American Historians (OAH) 1983-2000

Scope and Content Note

Materials related to executive board meetings; the Committee on the Status of Women; Levine's presidency, including drafts and reactions to his presidential address; and correspondence and email about the 2000 annual meeting (primarily with Roy Rosenzweig)

Carton 20, Folder 24

The Papp Project – Tracie Holder 1994-2001

Carton 20, Folder 25

Paris 1990? (Correspondence re: Levine Lectures) 1989-1990

Carton 20, Folder 26

Porgy & Bess 1992-2000

Carton 20, Folder 27

Professional Service 1992-2004

Carton 20, Folder 28

Political Advocacy 1994-2005

Carton 20, Folder 29

Quinn – Shakespeare in America (TV Show) 1986-1987

Carton 20, Folder 30

Regent's Fellow – Smithsonian 1980-1981

Carton 20, Folder 31-32

Society of American Historians, includes Brochure 1983-1986

Carton 20, Folder 33

Stein Manuscript Evaluation 1992

Carton 20, Folder 34

Taylor Made Pictures [Consultant] 1987

Carton 20, Folder 35-37

University of California Press – Approaches to American Culture Series – Consulting Editorship 1984-1988

Carton 20, Folder 38

University Press Books Berkeley (Partnership) 1981-1986

Carton 20, Folder 39

Wade in the Water: African-American Sacred Songs and Worship Traditions, Adviser/Bernice Johnson Reagon 1992-1994

Carton 20, Folder 40

Washington Heights Reunion 1982-1983

Carton 20, Folder 41-42

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars 1981-1989, 2002

Scope and Content Note

Includes fellowship application; Wilson Center conference; and conference proceedings - The Black Family Between the Civil War and the Civil Rights Era

Carton 20, Folder 43

Zinn on War (Rhonda Collins) 2002-2003

5. University of California, Berkeley and George Mason University Administrative Records 1963-2003

Physical Description: Carton 20, folders 44-58; Carton 21, folders 1-32; Box 2

Scope and Content Note

Consists of administrative files related to Levine's career and his tenure in the history departments at the University California, Berkeley and George Mason University. These are divided by university, then arranged chronologically. Please note there is overlap with Series 1. Correspondence, Series 2. Writings, and Series 4. Professional Activities

University of California, Berkeley

Carton 20, Folder 44-45

Textbook Evaluation Committee 1963-1964

Carton 20, Folder 46

Negro in American History Textbooks – Panel

Carton 20, Folder 47

Fellowships 1964

Carton 20, Folder 48

Free Speech Movement 1964-1965

Carton 20, Folder 49

Tuition at the University of California approximately 1966-1967

Carton 20, Folder 50

Correspondence 1967-1993

Carton 20, Folder 51

Academic Freedom - Chancellor Heyns, Vice Chancellor Connick - Disruption of Class 1969-1977

Carton 20, Folder 52

Administrative, includes Correspondence, Personnel-Related Materials, Bio-Bibliographies 1972-1985

Carton 20, Folder 53

Service 1979-1980

Carton 20, Folder 54

Harvard, 1980 Offer 1979-1980

Carton 20, Folder 55

University of Maryland Offer/Decision 1983-1984

Carton 20, Folder 56

Yale [Offer] 1983-1984

Carton 20, Folder 57-58

History Department - Correspondence and Memos 1981-1988

Carton 21, Folder 1

1985 Morrison Chair Report

Carton 21, Folder 2-3

Apartheid Arrest/Divestment 1985

Carton 21, Folder 4

Leave 1985-1986

Carton 21, Folder 5

University of California Insurance 1986

Carton 21, Folder 6

University of California Code of Conduct 1986

Carton 21, Folder 7

Department – Merit Increase 1987

Carton 21, Folder 8-12

American Cultures Requirement/Ethnic Studies 1988-1999

Carton 21, Folder 13

Open Letter to Governor Pete Wilson (in Daily Cal), from Students Against Intervention in Central America 1994

Carton 21, Folder 14

University of California/History Department Retirement approximately 1994

Carton 21, Folder 15

Business Card

Box 2

Personnel and Search Committee Files 1985-1991

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence and personnel materials concerning promotion and recruitment of faculty, including Target of Opportunities searches.

Conditions Governing Access

Box 2 includes restricted personnel material and is closed to researchers until 2061.

George Mason University (GMU)

Carton 21, Folder 16-32

Administrative Materials 1994-2003

Scope and Content Note

Includes Levine's GMU job offer, his retirement from Cal, and other personnel-related materials; emails, course offerings, and a course catalog; newspaper clippings; materials related to Levine's professional activities and service, including evidence of publications and conferences attended; emails about his annual review and his departmental evaluation; [Levine's] schedule; and payroll information

6. Teaching Materials approximately 1961-2004

Physical Description: Carton 21, folders 29-48; Cartons 22-23; Carton 24, folders 1-20; Cardfile Box 2

Scope and Content Note

Consists of materials from a course in world history that Levine taught at City College New York; and classes in United States history and culture (primarily 20th Century) that he taught at the University of California, Berkeley and George Mason University. Includes documents from a few other teaching gigs. The majority of files contain either student evaluations, class syllabi, or Levine's lectures (and the notes and secondary sources he used to write them).

Carton 21, Folder 29-30

City College of New York (CCNY) Course Evaluations (for History 2) 1961

Carton 21, Folder 31-39

University of California, Berkeley Course Evaluations and Student Comments approximately 1974-1993

Scope and Content Note

Courses include History 17A and 17B, History 168B, History 169B, and History 124A

Carton 21, Folder 40-45

Syllabi 1962-2004

Scope and Content Note

Primarily from Levine's UC Berkeley classes, but there are some from other Cal faculty, and some from his courses at George Mason University

Carton 21, Folder 46-48

University of California, Berkeley and George Mason University (GMU) approximately 1976-1995

Scope and Content Note

The American People and the Great Depression – with D.I.G.S. 191B, Winter 1976; exams and papers, 1980-1995 (Berkeley and GMU); and a class on Slavery taught with Henry Brylawski, 1989.

Carton 22

University of California, Berkeley Lectures approximately 1984-1994

Scope and Content Note

Includes secondary source materials. There is a guest lecture for a Leon Litwack class, and Levine's own lectures for History 17A and 17B; History 44 (photographs); History 101; UGIS 101; History 124A; and History 168B. Levine clearly labeled his folders with lecture titles and/or lecture numbers. Please note that he sometimes used the same lecture for different classes.

cardfile_box 2

University of California, Berkeley - Audiotapes of Lectures, History 124A (#3-22) Fall 1987

Scope and Content Note

Each tape has a title or subject written on it

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Access to audio-visual materials may be restricted due to technical limitations.

Carton 23, Folder 1-33

University of California, Berkeley Lectures approximately 1969-1980s

Scope and Content Note

Includes notes and secondary source materials. Consists of Levine's lectures for History 168B; History 169B; History 174A; and History 174B. Levine clearly labeled his folders with course numbers, lecture titles and/or lecture numbers. Please note that he sometimes used the same lecture for different courses.

Carton 23, Folder 34-42

University of California, Berkeley Lectures - Various

Scope and Content Note

Lectures and course materials that were not labeled with course numbers. File titles include: Intro to Almonds and Raisins (history of Yiddish Cinema); The Celebration of America; Dorothea Lange Film; Minority Groups; Negro; Oral History and Black Culture; Progessivism and Plitics; Reconstruction; and E.B. White Poem.

Carton 23, Folder 43-52

University of California, Berkeley - History 17B Course Reader, Vol. I-II Spring 1993

Scope and Content Note

The course was titled America and Its Discontents: The Response to Moderninzation, 1870-1920

Carton 23, Folder 53-57

George Mason University Course Evaluations 1996-2004

Scope and Content Note

Includes evaluations for the following courses: History 150, History 389, History 393, History 615, History 626, History 711, History 998, History 999, and Cultural Studies 806 (some may be film/art history classes)

Carton 23, Folder 58-59

George Mason University Teaching - Miscellaneous 1996-2003

Scope and Content Note

Files for a Cultural Studies Retreat, which includes syllabi from other professors; and GMU Teach[ing]/Services

Carton 24, Folder 1-15

George Mason University Course Materials 1997-2004

Scope and Content Note

Arranged roughly chronologically. There are materials related to History 615 [American Autobiography], including correspondence; a "possible course on ethnicity"; film courses, including email; History 389; a colloquium; History 393; History 626; and History 711, a research seminar in American cultural history, including illustrations

Carton 24, Folder 16-17

George Mason University Students 2001-2003

Scope and Content Note

Includes dissertation committees and student reading lists

Carton 24, Folder 18-20

Other Teaching 1975-2002

Scope and Content Note

Includes Danforth Workshop in History, Stanford; NEH [National Endowment for the Humanities]; and Gustavus Adolphus College course [on Film and the Great Depression]

7. Personalia and Biographical Material 1945-2007

Physical Description: Carton 24, folders 21-41; Carton 25, folders 1-15

Scope and Content Note

Arranged roughly chronologically. Consists of student notebooks; some personal materials; articles about, and interviews with, Levine; and CVs and awards. Please note there is overlap with Series 1. Correspondence, Series 4. Professional Activities, and Series 8. Cornelia Levine Files

Carton 24, Folder 21

Graduations 1945-1955

Carton 24, Folder 22-39

College and Graduate School 1950s-1960

Scope and Content Note

Includes notebooks and notes from History 11, City College of New York; and the following Columbia University courses: History 165, History 166, History 167, History 170, History 176, History 177, History 178, History 179B, History 185, [Leuch] (second half), and Woodward. There is also a Columbia University bibliography; and Columbia University Grad School Activities. Please note that Levine's student papers are in Series 2. Writings.

Carton 24, Folder 40

"LL – Ego File" approximately 1964-1968

Scope and Content Note

Includes articles about Levine's political activism

Carton 24, Folder 41

Civil Rights/Black Power Movement approximately 1965-1966

Scope and Content Note

Includes Citizens' Council of Greater New Orleans flyer; Black Power, a position paper by Sy Landy and Charles Capper; issues of The Bay Area Bogalusan; SNCC statement on the Vietnam War; San Francisco's Burning...Smoking...Fires's Out, by Saul Landau; and a memo from Martin Luther King, Jr. about the Chicago Project

Carton 25, Folder 1-2

[Levine], Alexander David and Joshua Daniel - Cards, Drawings, Letters, etc. 1965-1967

Scope and Content Note

Please note there is also correspondence from his children in Series 1.

Carton 25, Folder 3-6

Articles about Levine approximately 1986-1989, 2001-2002

Scope and Content Note

Includes an article in The Berkleyan; Lawrence Levine in Folklore Scholarship, by Michael Miller, AmCv 254, Professor Vlach; and The Relationship of the Historian to His Work: An Examnation of the Work of Lawrence W. Levine, by Lori L. Smith

Carton 25, Folder 7

CV/Bio-Bibligraphy 2000

Carton 25, Folder 8-10

Interviews with Levine 1994-2002

Scope and Content Note

Includes flyer re: celebration of UC Berkeley History Department retirees; and interviews with Sheldon Hackney, Tad Hershon, Greg Kaster

Carton 25, Folder 11

Books to Buy 1995

Carton 25, Folder 12-13

The State of Cultural History: A Conference in Honor of Lawrence W. Levine 2004-2006

Scope and Content Note

See also Series 8. Cornelia Levine Files

Carton 25, Folder 14

[Genealogy?] 2005

Carton 25, Folder 15

Name Plaque/Map

8. Cornelia Levine Files 2002-2021

Physical Description: Carton 25, folders 15A-56

Scope and Content Note

Consists of files compiled by Cornelia Levine after her husband's death in 2006. Includes materials related to memorials and other celebrations of Lawrence Levine's life and work; correspondence about book projects; and letters of condolence. Arranged alphabetically.

Carton 25, Folder 15A-16

Memorials 2005-2009

Scope and Content Note

Includes American Historical Association (AHA) memorial and Berkeley memorial

Carton 25, Folder 17-19

Black Culture and Black Consciousness, 30th Anniversary – Preface 2006-2007

Carton 25, Folder 20

Cultural History Prize (Organization of American Historians) 2007-2009

Carton 25, Folder 21-22

Dijkstra, Sandy/Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency 2005-2008

Carton 25, Folder 23

George Mason University Memorial 2006-2007

Carton 25, Folder 24

Great Depression 2005, 2017

Carton 25, Folder 25

Harvard University Press 2005-2007

Carton 25, Folder 26

Journal of American History (JAH) Article - The State of Cultural History: A Conference in Honor of Lawrence W. Levine 2005-2007

Scope and Content Note

See also Series 7. Personalia and Biographical Materials

Carton 25, Folder 27

Library – University of California 2006, 2021

Carton 25, Folder 28

MacArthur Impact 2009

Carton 25, Folder 29-33

Obituaries, etc., includes Photographs, and Audiotapes of Levine "Session" (from March 31, 2007) 2006-2007

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Access to audio-visual materials may be restricted due to technical limitations.

Carton 25, Folder 34-36

Oral History 2004-2007

Scope and Content Note

Includes Ann Lage correspondence; and oral history segment for George Mason University Review

Carton 25, Folder 37-38

Organization of American Historians (OAH) 1996-2007

Scope and Content Note

Includes OAH Prize Citation/"Remembering Lawrence Levine"; and OAH magazine dedicated to Levine, with a letter to Cornelia

Carton 25, Folder 39-40

P&P Miscellaneous – "The People and the President" 2002-2003

Scope and Content Note

Cornelia and Lawrence collaborated on this book

Carton 25, Folder 41

Prints, Contact Sheets (B&W) (Ted Hershorn, Photographer) 2005

Carton 25, Folder 42-43

(Levine) Professional 2003-2011

Carton 25, Folder 44

Website – Thoughts on Lawrence Levine 2006

Carton 25, Folder 45-56

Correspondence to Cornelia Following Lawrence Levine's Death 2006-2007

Scope and Content Note

Organized alphabetically by last name. Some correspondents enclosed letters from, or writings by, Levine. For example, Gene Brucker includes letters Larry sent him and his wife Pat that date from 1967-1969. The last folder contains emails to Cornelia and Joshua Levine

digital_folder 001-040

9. Digital Files 9. 1980-2010

Lawrence W. Levine digital files inventory

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Physical Description: 4.2 GB (7,777 files)

Conditions Governing Access

Digital files within folder 001 contain unprocessed email files in the directories named gmu_mail and Email Backup. These unprocessed email files are unavailable for researcher use.

Scope and Contents

Consists of Levine's digital files including correspondence, Cornelia Levine's correspondence, manuscripts, lectures, speeches, and photographs. There is significant overlap with all other series in the collection.