Converted to EAD3 : Encoded Archival Description (EAD), Version 3 : Release: 1.1.1 : Release Date: 2019-12-16. Validating against latest version of schema.
Contact information: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.contact
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm79038570
Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The papers of Charles Edward Russell, journalist and author, were given to the Library of Congress by his widow, Theresa H. Russell, in 1942.
The Charles Edwards Russell Papers were processed in 1975 by C. Langston Craig. The finding aid was revised in 2012.
Photographs have been transferred to the Library's Prints and Photographs Division where they are identified as part of these papers.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Charles Edward Russell is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of Charles Edward Russell are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Charles Edward Russell Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Charles Edward Russell (1860-1941) span the years 1864-1941, with the bulk concentrated in the period 1900-1930. They include diaries, correspondence, writings, and printed matter documenting Russell's life and work as a reformer, journalist, and poet. The collection is organized into five series: Bound Volumes, Notebooks, Subject File, Writings, and Miscellany.
Author of more than thirty published books and many newspaper and magazine articles, Russell began his career as a reporter. After serving in various journalistic posts, he achieved renown as a muckraker and Socialist during the 1901-1909 period through the publication of impassioned magazine articles and several books. The earlier writings – muckraking, biography, and poetry – are not well represented in the collection, but most of the papers reflect Russell's long and varied writing career, his personal commitment to socialism and humanitarianism, and his lifelong interests in music and poetry. The bulk of the collection consists of published and unpublished writings, including notes, resource materials, and related correspondence.
Most of the correspondence is in the Bound Volume series. The lengthiest exchanges are with actress Julia Marlowe relating to personal and financial matters and poet Ernest McGaffey on literary issues. Other correspondents include, Arthur Brisbane, Clarence Darrow, Ruby Darrow, Éamon De Valera, Fannie Hurst, H. M. Hyndman, W. G. McAdoo (1863-1941), Eulogio Balan Rodriguez, Mary MacSwiney, André Tardieu, Carl Dean Thompson, and William Allen White.
The Notebook series contains diaries and memoranda reflecting personal experiences, interviews, research work, and background data for various books and articles. Diaries date from 1905 to 1906 and 1914 to 1921. The first segment covers Russell's trip for an
Included in the writings series are unpublished manuscripts of poem collections written by Russell during his later years. Many of these poems provide social comment and reflect Russell's personal and philosophical development as a reformer. Other poems, together with his prose writings, reaffirm his interest in music and its relationship to poetry.
Subjects that recur most frequently are the Philippines and Filipino heroes, Ireland and Irish independence, railroads, and the United States Special Diplomatic Mission to Russia (Root Commission) in 1917. Other topics concern agribusiness, civil rights, lumber trusts, Palestine, Zionism, prison reform, woman suffrage, and labor unions.
The collection is arranged in five series:
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm79038570
Letters received with attachments, drafts of letters sent, writings, speeches, reports, memoranda, clippings, lists, menus, schedules, printed matter, and general miscellany.
Arranged chronologically.
Diaries, memoranda, and background material relating to primarily to Russell's writings.
Arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically therein.
Writings, clippings, poems, plays, notes, lectures, reports, and printed matter, with some correspondence.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Articles, books, essays, fiction, lectures, notes, poems, a play, and a report.
Arranged alphabetically by type of writing and therein by title or topic.
Chiefly printed matter, articles by and about Russell, clippings, scrapbooks, menus, books, notes, and programs.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material or subject.