Finding Aid to the Lawrence W. Levine papers BANC MSS .2022/102
Marjorie Bryer
Archival processing of the Lawrence W. Levine papers was made possible thanks to the support of Annette Melville and Scott
Simmon and preliminary preparation work by Cornelia Levine.
The Bancroft Library
2023
The Bancroft Library
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
bancref@library.berkeley.edu
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Lawrence W. Levine papers
source:
Levine, Cornelia
Creator:
Levine, Lawrence W.
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 2022/102
Physical Description:
32.55 linear feet
)25 cartons, 2 boxes, 2 card file boxes)
Physical Description:
4.2 GB
(7,777 files)
Physical Description:
18 audiocassettes
Date (inclusive): 1945-2021
Abstract: The Lawrence W. Levine papers document his career as a historian and professor at both the University of California, Berkeley
and George Mason University (GMU). The collection is divided into nine series: Correspondence; Writings; Research Files; Professional
Activities; University of California Berkeley and George Mason University Administrative Records; Teaching Materials; Personalia
and Biographical Material; Cornelia Levine Files; and Digital Files.
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language of Material:
English
.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is partially open for research. Cartons 1-25, Box 1, and Card File Boxes 1-2 are open for research. Box 2 includes
restricted personnel material and is closed to researchers until 2061.
Series 9: Digital files, folder 001, contains unprocessed email files in the directories named gmu_mail and Email Backup.
These unprocessed email files are unavailable for researcher use.
Accruals
No future additions are expected.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Lawrence W. Levine papers were given to The Bancroft Library in 2021 by Cornelia R. Levine.
Alternate Forms Available
There are no alternative forms of this collection.
Biography
Lawrence William Levine was an influential scholar of United States history and culture. Born in Manhattan, he attended City
College of New York and received his Ph.D. from Columbia University. He married Cornelia Roettcher in 1964. Levine taught
history at the University California, Berkeley from 1962 until 1994. That same year he started teaching history and cultural
studies at George Mason University. Among other topics, Levine wrote and taught about the lived experiences of African Americans
in the U.S., popular culture and the creation of cultural hierarchy, the social and cultural history of the 1930s, and higher
education, arguing for curricula that reflected the ethnic and racial diversity of the U.S. Levine received many honors for
his scholarship and teaching, including a MacArthur Fellowship (in 1983). The Organization of American Historians has named
their annual award for the best book in American cultural history after him. Levine died in Berkeley in 2006.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Access to audio-visual materials may be restricted due to technical limitations.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Lawrence W. Levine papers, BANC MSS 2022/102,The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
System of Arrangement
Arranged to the folder level.
Processing Information
Processed by Marjorie Bryer in 2022-2023.
Processing Information
Archival processing of the Lawrence W. Levine papers was made possible thanks to the support of Annette Melville and Scott
Simmon and preliminary preparation work by Cornelia Levine.
Processing Information
The Lawrence Levine digital files were received on one external hard drive containing files from Levine's laptop, 34 3.5"
floppy disks, one zip disk, and one DVD. The files were scanned for viruses using Malware Bites. Forensic disk images of the
source media were made by Library staff using AccessData FTK Imager. Archivists extracted and analyzed the files in FTK and
TreeSize Professional, screening material for personal identifiable information (PII). Library staff used TreeSize Professional
to deduplicate files reducing the collection from 4.8 GB to 4.2 GB, and 16,743 files down to 7,777 files. Two 3.5" floppy
disks could not be imaged due to file corruption. The single zip disk in the collection was empty.
Related Collections
Historian of American culture, professor at Berkeley, 1962-1994, Oral History Interview (BANC MSS 2015/142)
Scope and Content Note
The Lawrence W. Levine files document his career as a historian and professor at both the University of California, Berkeley
and George Mason University (GMU). There is correspondence with colleagues, students, and family; drafts, notes, and research
materials related to his student work, book projects, articles, and public lectures; course materials, including lectures,
research materials, (anonymous) student evaluations, and syllabi; administrative records related to his tenure at both Berkeley
and GMU; biographical materials; and files compiled by his widow Cornelia R. Levine following his death.
The collection is divided into nine series: Correspondence; Writings; Research Files; Professional Activities; University
of California Berkeley and George Mason University Administrative Records; Teaching Materials; Personalia and Biographical
Material; Cornelia Levine Files; and Digital Files.
Publication Rights
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privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond
that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Levine, Lawrence W. -- Archives
Levine, Lawrence W. -- Correspondence
University of California, Berkeley. Department of History -- Faculty.
George Mason University. Department of History -- Faculty.
African Americans -- History.
African Americans -- Folklore
Popular culture -- United States
Historiography
Education, Higher -- United States
Great Depression
Nineteen thirties.
Levine, Cornelia
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 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 19
Beacon Press/Deborah Chasman
1990-2005
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 30
Bronner, Simon J.
1985-2002
Carton 1, Folder 32
Brown, Lorraine
1981-1994
Carton 1, Folder 33
Brucker, Gene and Pat
1967-1969
Carton 1, Folder 35
Burkett, Randall K.
1983-1992
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 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 50
City College/City College Fund/CUNY
1956-1996
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 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 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 70
Devens, Robert - Richard Hofstadter Biography
1992-2004
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 5
Dumenil, Lynn (Lynn Dumenil Roberts)
1977-2003
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 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 25
Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.
1979-1992
Carton 2, Folder 26
Genovese, Eugene
1976-1994
Carton 2, Folder 29
Glickman, Lawrence
1993-2001
Carton 2, Folder 30
Goggin, Jacqueline A.
1985-1992
Carton 2, Folder 34
Gottschild, Brenda Dixon
1980-2004
Carton 2, Folder 35
Graves, Emily (Emily Whitman)
1990-1999
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 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"
Carton 3, Folder 3
"I"
approximately 1963-2000
Carton 3, Folder 5
Jackson, Kenneth T./National Council for History Education
1983-1991
Carton 3, Folder 6
Jarausch, Konrad H.
1988-1989
Carton 3, Folder 9
Journal of American History/David Thelen
1981-1998
Carton 3, Folder 10
Joyner, Charles
1979-1989
Carton 3, Folder 14
Keddie, Nikki/Contention: Debates in Society, Culture and Science (Journal)
1989-1994
Carton 3, Folder 15
Keightley, David N.
1977-1993
Carton 3, Folder 17
Kenney, William Howland
1988
Carton 3, Folder 18
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
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 48
McCallum, Brenda
1980-1989
Carton 3, Folder 50
McQuade, Donald A. (Dean)
1990-1997
Carton 3, Folder 52
Melosh, Barbara
1985-2003
Carton 3, Folder 54
Meyer-Fong, Tobie
1999-2004
Carton 3, Folder 55
Middlekauff, Robert (Bob) and Beverly
1967-2007
Carton 3, Folder 57
Miller, Maureen
2002-2003
Carton 3, Folder 59
Mitchell, Lee C./Reconsidering American Studies in the Eighties
1984-1985
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 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 6
O'Leary, Cecilia
1992-1995
Carton 4, Folder 7
Oliver, Tracey
approximately 1992-1993
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 20
Penguin Books, includes Contracts
1967, 1990-2004
Carton 4, Folder 21
Peretti, Burton
1989-2001
Carton 4, Folder 23
Pillsbury, Judith L./Pillsbury Fine Prints
1984-1989
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 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 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 46
Rothblatt, Sheldon and Barbara
1966-1987
Carton 4, Folder 47
Rowe, Elizabeth (Betsy)
1997-1999
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 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.
Carton 5, Folder 1
Shattuck, Charles
1986-1987
Carton 5, Folder 2
Sherwin, Martin J.
1967-1974
Carton 5, Folder 3
Sicherman, Barbara
1963-1990
Carton 5, Folder 4
Silver, Tony/Public Art Films - The Comics and America
1986-1989
Carton 5, Folder 5
Smith, Suzanne S.
1997-1999
Carton 5, Folder 6
Smithsonian/Smithsonian Institution Press
1979-1992
Scope and Content Note
See also National Museum of American History
Carton 5, Folder 7
Sollors, Werner
1978-1989
Carton 5, Folder 9
Spooner, Denise
1980-1999
Carton 5, Folder 10
Sproat, John G. (Jack)
1976-1981
Carton 5, Folder 11
Stange, Maren
approximately 1986-1991
Carton 5, Folder 12
Stanley, Judith (Judy)
1967-1973
Carton 5, Folder 15
Steiner, Michael
1980-2002
Carton 5, Folder 16
Stevens, George
1997-2005
Carton 5, Folder 17
Stewart, Jeffrey
1999-2000
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 27
Taylor, William (Bill)
1983-2001
Carton 5, Folder 28
Tchen, John Kuo Wei (Jack)
1992-1999
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
Carton 5, Folder 39
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 44
Ward, John William (Bill)
1964-1985
Carton 5, Folder 45
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 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 61
Yang-McLaughlin, Virginia (Ginny)/Margaret Mead Film Project
1982-1992
Carton 5, Folder 62
Yavenditti, Mike
1967-1969
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 24
Global Village (Film)/Julie Gustafson
1985
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 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 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 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 48
Free Speech Movement
1964-1965
Carton 20, Folder 49
Tuition at the University of California
approximately 1966-1967
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 54
Harvard, 1980 Offer
1979-1980
Carton 20, Folder 55
University of Maryland Offer/Decision
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 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
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 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 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 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
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 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
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.