Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Winter, Ella, 1898-1980
| title | Ella Winter papers, 1913-1978 |
| repository | Columbia University Libraries |
| description | Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, notes, photographs, and printed material of Winter. The papers cover primarily the years after 1952 when she and Stewart settled in England to avoid involvement in the House Un-American Activities Committee investigations. Winter traveled widely in Russia, visited China in 1958, and spent nine months in Ghana in 1965. Her journeys are well documented in this collection. Among the manuscripts are drafts for many of her periodical articles, typescripts of her autobiography AND NOT TO YIELD, and articles written about her travels. Also, files on art, the labor movement in California, Robinson Jeffers, the McCarthy era, Lincoln Steffens, and Vietnam. There are numerous photographs taken on her trips abroad, including her work with the Friends of Austria, 1920, of many theatrical productions, and of her family and home. Because of her eclectic interests she was acquainted with many prominent individuals in politics, literature, theatre, and the arts. Among the major correspondents are Edward Albee, Charles and Oona Chaplin, W.E.B. Du Bois, Katharine Hepburn, Carey McWilliams, Kwame Nkrumah, Sean O'Casey, and Muriel Rukeyser. |
| extent | 41 boxes (41 boxes 1 oversize folder) |
| access | This collection has no restrictions. |
| record link | https://findingaids.library.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-rb/ldpd_4079487 |
| record source | https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/4079487 |
| finding aid | https://findingaids.library.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-rb/ldpd_4079487 |
| acquisition information | Source of acquisition--Estate of Ella Winter. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1980. Accession number--M-80. Justin Kaplan corr. re. Steffens: Source of acquisition--Kaplan, Justin. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--01/08/1998. Accession number--M-01-08-98. Boxes 32-42: Source of acquisition--Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers. Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--7/27/2011. Accession number--M-2011-2012-M020 |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:55 |
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| title | Donald Ogden Stewart and Ella Winter papers |
| repository | Yale University Library |
| description | The Donald Ogden Stewart and Ella Winter Papers consists of correspondence, writings, photographs, financial papers, and other material that document the work and lives of the writers Donald Ogden Stewart and Ella Winter. The Papers provide evidence of Stewart and Winter's writing careers as well as political activism. The Papers also relate to Stewart and Winter's friends and family, including Lincoln Steffens. The Papers illuminate the creative lives of Stewart and Winter and offer insights into artistic production, literary circles, and the interconnection of artistry and activism in the twentieth century. |
| extent | 84.21 Linear Feet (87 boxes) |
| access | The materials are open for research. |
| record link | https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/1620.pdf |
| record source | https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/11/resources/1620/collection_organization#scroll::/repositories/11/resources/1620 |
| finding aid | https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/1620.pdf |
| acquisition information | Gift of Donald Ogden Stewart, Donald Ogden Stewart, Jr. and Peter Steffens, 1970-2015. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:55 |
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| title | Lincoln Steffens papers, 1863-1936 |
| repository | Columbia University Libraries |
| description | Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, and printed material of Steffens. The original collection contains letters to Steffens and Ella Winter from friends, family , and associates in political, literary, and journalistic fields; edited typescript copies of Steffens' outgoing correspondence, used in the publication of THE LETTERS OF LINCOLN STEFFENS; and manuscripts of many of Steffens' articles and essays (all of the preceding are available on microfilm). Also, newspaper clippings about and by Steffens; files of periodicals such as THE CARMELITE to which Steffens contributed, manuscripts of Josephine Bontecou Steffens, first wife of Lincoln Steffens, and a small group of letters from Ben B. Lindsay and Lincoln Steffens. Additional Steffens material includes cataloged and uncataloged letters to Steffens and Ella Winter; duplicate copies of Steffens' edited letters; manuscripts of articles, essays, and book drafts by Steffens and others; diaries, datebooks, and address books of Steffens and others; miscellaneous manuscripts and documents relating to Steffens; photographs, including several by Edward Weston; miscellaneous printed material; and original outgoing letters of Steffens, 1888-1936. Correspondents include Clarence Darrow, Jo Davidson, Robinson Jeffers, Emma Goldman, Ezra Pound, Theodore Roosevelt, and Upton Sinclair. |
| extent | 78 boxes (78 boxes, 2 flat boxes, 1 bundle) |
| access | This collection has no restrictions. This collection is located on-site. |
| record link | https://findingaids.library.columbia.edu/ead//nnc-rb/ldpd_4079365 |
| record source | https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/4079365 |
| finding aid | https://findingaids.library.columbia.edu/ead//nnc-rb/ldpd_4079365 |
| acquisition information | 1950, 1966, 1978. Purchase from Ella Winter. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:55 |
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