Summary Information

Title: Alvah Bessie Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1929-1991

Creator:

• Bessie, Alvah Cecil, 1904-1985

Call Number: U.S. Mss 59AN; Audio 1094A; Audio 1264A; Micro 912; HB 444-449; CB 015; M95-070; M95-071; M95-128; M98-001; M99-106; M2002-064; M2003-100; M2006-068

Quantity: 17.2 cubic feet (42 archives boxes and 1 card box), 5 reels of microfilm (35 mm), 2 disc recordings, 6 tape recordings, 6 reels of 35 mm film and 1 reel of 16 mm film; plus additions of 6.9 cubic feet, 13 photographs, and 64 tape recordings

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society Archives / Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research
Contact Information

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers, 1929-1991, of Alvah Bessie, a novelist, screenwriter, literary and film critic, and member of the Hollywood Ten who was blacklisted for his refusal to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee. The collection primarily documents Bessie's writing career; the impact of the blacklist; his ongoing relationship with other Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade (VALB), a unit of the Republican Army during the Spanish Civil War; and his continuing interest in similar issues and causes. Included is the Bruce Rubenstein Collection of the Alvah Bessie Archive, circa 1929-1990.

Language: English, German, Spanish, French, Czech, Japanese, Slovak

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-us0059an

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