Samuel Efimovič Estrin Papers

Period  1933-1975
Total size   1 m.
Consultation Not restricted

Biography

Full name: Samuel Efimovič Estrin; born in Orsa, Russia 1893, died in the USA 1976; social democrat and Menshevik; revolutionary student in St. Petersburg 1916-May 1917; studied law at the universities of Saratov 1917-1919 and Moscow 1919-1922; in Saratov active in the Rossijskaja Social-Demokratičeskaja Rabočaja Partija (RSDRP), where he met his wife Lilija Gincberg (Lola Estrin); president of the League of Socialist Students in Saratov; contributed to the journal Proletarij Povolž'ja Saratov 1918; emigrated to Berlin in 1923, to Paris in 1933; worked for the International Federation of Trade Unions; emigrated to the USA in 1939; in New York member of the group Novyj Put'; worked for the Jewish Labor Committee from 1940; was delegate to several socialist congresses; member of the Dissent discussion group; contributed to the left journal Dissent.

Content

Notebook 1933-1938; manuscript of memoirs n.d. (in Russian); correspondence with Friedrich Adler, Julius Braunthal, Fedor Dan, Boris Sapir and others and the Société des Amis de Léon Blum 1942-1975 (partly photocopies); correspondence and documents concerning the International Socialist Circle, New York 1952-1971; documents on Novyj Mir 1939-1941 (photocopies); files concerning Lidija Dan 1947-1963; correspondence, leaflets, pamphlets, circulars and bulletins concerning the Socialist Party, USA 1957-1971; circulars and bulletins concerning the Democratic Organizing Committee and the Social Democrats, USA 1973; album of a meeting in memory of Friedrich Adler containing photographs of the speakers, minutes of the meeting, autographs of the participants and some leaflets, given to Samuel Estrin by Kathia Adler 1960.

NB. Originals of the photocopies at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA.

Arrangement

This inventory replaces a list (of 0.10 m) by J.R. van der Leeuw from 1973.

Processing information

Inventory by Krista van Loon in 2009

INVENTORY

1-88

Incoming letters and copies of sent letters, with annexes, arranged in alphabetical order.   1941-1973.  88 covers.
NB. Mainly photocopies.

1

Acs, Vali ; Budapest, Tel-Aviv. 1946-1973.

2

Adler, Friedrich Wolfgang ; New York, Brussel, Zürich.   1944-1965.

3

Adler, Kathia ; Madison, Zürich. The file contains correspondence with Vitold S. Svorakovskij ; Hoover Institution , Stanford California.   1946-1969.

4

Andersen, Alsing E. ; Kobenhavn.   1959-1961.

5

Antonini, Luigi ; New York.   1947.

6

Aubery, Pierre ; South Hadley, Buffalo.   1960-1970.

7

Balabanoff, Angelica ; Roma.   1953-1963.

8

? , Bella. 1951.

9

Blencke, Eva E. ; Dortmund.   1950-1951.

10

Blum, Léon and Jeanne ; Régine Wekselman ; Paris. Including a letter to Nathan Khanin .   1947-1954, 1968 and n.d.

11

Blum, Robert François ; Paris.   1950-1966.

12

Blum, Société des Amis de Léon - ; Paris.   1952, 1960-1975.

13

Blum, Suzanne ; Paris.   1946.

14

Brandt, Willy ; Berlin.   1964-1965.

15

Brauer, Max ; Hamburg.   1956-1957, 1964.

16

Braun, Otto ; Invitation to a meeting in his memory; New York.   1956.

17

Braunthal, Julius and Tini; London, Teddington. Including correspondance concerning his lecture-tour through the USA in 1958, containing correspondence with Norman Thomas , Emil Starr and the Socialist Party - Social Democratic Federation, New York.   1949-1968.

18

Buzzanca, Vera ; Milano.   1950.

19

Calice, Heinrich ; Consul General of Austria; New York.   1954, 1956.

20

Claux, A. ; Perpignan.   1965.

21

Confédération Générale du Travail ( Denyse Tomas ); Paris.   1953.

22

Contini, Laura ; Roma.   1949-1950.

23

Dallin, Alexander ; Stanford, California.   1972.

24

Dan-Cederbaum, Lydia Osipovna and Theodor Dan ; New York, Paris, Firenze, Rapallo, Genève. File with correspondence with Julius Braunthal , Jekaterina Kustova , Oreste I. Rosenfeld , L. Kamermacher , Boris Moiseevič Sapir , Grigorij Jakolevič Aronson , F. Mering , Vera Kohn-Brojdo , Norman and Albert Carthy .   1947-1963.

25

Depreux, Edouard (Parti Socialiste Unifié); Paris; with a letter of Pierre Mendès France to Depreux ; Paris.   1959-1972.

26

Deutsch, Julius ; Wien.   1949.

27

"Dissent, a quarterly of socialist opinion" ( Stanley Plastrik , Henry Paechter ); New York. File containing a.o. correspondence with Joseph Buttinger .   1956-1961, 1972.

28

Freundlich, J. and Olga; New York, Zürich.   1949-1952.

29

Godson, Joseph ; U.S. Labor attaché; London.   1953.

30

Grand, Albert .   1954.

31

Heine, Fritz ; Bonn-Bad Godesberg.   1953-1967.

32

Heller, Philip and Evelyn. 1960-1961.

33

Hirschfeld, Bella .   1971.

34

International Confederation of Free Trade Unions ( J.H. Oldenbroek ); Brussel.   1935.

35

International Socialist Circle ( Samuel Estrin , Herschell Chanin and George Silver ); New York. Contains correspondence with Carlo Schmid , Alsing E. Anderson , U On Sein , Asoka Metha , Fusao Yamaguchi , Oskar Pollak and Guy Mollet , a biography of Victor Adler , an invitation to a meeting in memory of Friedrich Wolfgang Adler , member lists and a notice on the history of the Circle Estrin.   1952-1960, 1964, 1971.

36

Jarblum, Marc .   1958.

37

Jouhaux, Léon ; Paris.   1948.

38

Juchacz-Gohlke, Marie ; Weissenthurm, Winterberg, Düsseldorf. A letter by Lotte Lemke (Bonn, 1957) is added.   1948-1956.

39

Kalnins, Bruno and Klara; Stockholm, Bromma, Rothebro.   1956-1964.

40

Kéthly, Anna ; Brussel.   1958-1973.

41

Kirschmann, Käthe F .   1949.

42

Klub Prátel Právda Lidu , Association of Czechoslovak Social Democrats in exile ( J. Bubnik ); New York.   1958-1959.

43

Kohn-Brojdo, Vera ; London.   1965.

44

Kulkarni, Raja ; Cambridge Mass.   N.d.

45

Kuskova, Ekaterina ; Genève.   1950, 1958.

46

Labour Party , The ( F. Schrager ); London.   1952.

47

Lang, Erna and Jola; New York.   1950.

48

Larock, Victor ; Brussel.   1948-1972.

49

Lewinski, Erich and Herta; Kassel.   1953-1955.

50

Lie, Trygve .   1958.

51

Mayer, Daniel and Cletta; Paris.   1949-1969.

52

Meany, George ; letter concerning the Freedom Award Dinner in honor of him; New York.   1965.

53

Mendès France, Pierre ; Paris.   1966.

54

Meyer, Gabrielle ; Roma.   1948.

55

Mill, John .   N.d.

56

Moch, Jules and Germaine Picard-Moch ; Neuilly.   1950-1972.

57

Nenni, Pietro ; copy of his letter to Michael Andreevic Suslov ; Roma.   1956.

58

Nikolaevskij, Boris Iwanovič ; New York; with a letter by Nikolaevskij to M. Schachtman .   1953-1965.

59

Noguères, Henri ; Paris.   1948.

60

Novyj Mir. Including correspondance with Theodor Dan and A. Juger . 1939-1941.

61

Ollenhauer, Erich ; file concerning his visit to the USA and his death.   1957-1964.

62

Osner, Karl ; New York.   1972.

63

Papanek, Hanna ; Lexington Mass.; a letter with a copy of a letter by Friedrich Engels to Richard Fischer from 1896 with an introduction by Alexander Stein .   1964.

64

Parti Socialiste (SFIO); Paris.   1948-1961.

65

Pfister, Eva ; Van Nuys, Canoga Park, Cal.   1950-1952.

66

Pollak, Oscar and Marianne; Wien.   1952-1953.

67

Robinson, ?; New York.   1948.

68

Rosenberg, Ludwig ; Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund ; Düsseldorf.   1953-1964.

69

Rosenfeld, Oreste I. ; Villefranche sur mer, Amélie-les-Bains.   1954-1963.

70

Sapir, Boris Moiseevič ; Laren NH.   1966-1973.

71

Schumacher, Kurt ; Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands ; Hannover.   1948-1949.

72

Schwarz, Solomon M. ; New York; file concerning his 80th birthday.   1963.

73

Skomozowskij, Boris ; New York; a letter from him to Theodor Dan ( Fedor Ilic Gurvic ).   1941.

74

Socialist delegates to the United Nations; file concerning receptions in honour of them; New York. The file contains letters from Norman Thomas and Toni Sender , New York.   1953-1954.

75

Socialist Information and Liaison Office ( Edith B. Loeb ); London.   1948-1949.

76

Socialist International ( Inge Deutschkron , Julius Braunthal , Albert Carthy , Ursula Hofman , Robert Rauscher ); file concerning 2nd Congress (Milano, 1952), contains correspondence with Angelica Balabanoff , Julius Braunthal , Mario Zagari ( Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano ). File concerning Estrin's deputation to a Council Conference; Zürich, contains a letter form the Socialist Party ; London, USA, New York.   1951-1967.

77

Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands ; Hannover; Bonn.   1948-1961.

78

Sozialistische Partei Oesterreichs ; file concerning the Antisemitic election campaign of Franz Olah against the party.   1966.

79

Steinberg, Isaac .   1956.

80

Taub, Siegfried ; New York.   1943.

81

Topalovič, Živko ; Paris.   1949.

82

Trockij-Sedova, Natalja Ivanova ; St. Anthème.   1957.

83

Tsereteli, Irakli Géorgievič ; file concerning his death; New York. The file contains correspondence with Alsing E. Andersen , Kobenhavn; Vilhelm Bernard , London; Julius Braunthal , Teddington; Paul Kéri , New York; Victor Larock , Brussel; Trygve Lie ; Daniel Mayer , Paris; Jules Moch , Neuilly; Paul Olberg , Stockholm; Geirgij Petkov , New York; Otto Pollak , Wien; Herbert Wehner , Bonn.   1959.

84

Unzer Schtime (Bund); Paris.   1950.

85

Verdier, Robert ; Paris.   1948-1953.

86

Vignaux, Paul ; Montréal.   1949.

87

Wehner, Herbert ; Bonn.   1958-1959, 1964.

88

Not identified; New York.   N.d.

89-90

Incoming letters and copies of sent letters, with annexes, arranged by country.   1947-1973.  2 folders.
NB. Mainly photocopies.

89

Austria. Including letters of Friends of Austrian Labour and Emma and Alfred Weissmann . 1954, 1956, 1965, 1975.
Belgium. Including correspondence between Irving Brown and Hanna Haskel . 1948-1949, 1964.
Czecho-Slovakia. Including correspondance with George Stolz and Dr. Jaroslav Profous . 1952, 1955.
Denmark. Including letters of Niels Matthiasen and Kjeld Oleson . 1968.

90

France. Including correspondence with Cletta Mayer . 1947-1973.
Germany. Including correspondence with Eva Blencke , Fritz Heine , A.E. Hirshfeld , Erich Ollenhauer and Heinz Putzrath . 1952-1966.
Sweden. Including a letter of Paul Olberg . 1955, 1960.

91-92

Incoming letters and copies of sent letters, with annexes, arranged in chronological order.   1939-1975 and n.d.  2 folders.
NB. Partly photocopies.

91

1939-1958. Including correspondance with Israel Feinberg , C.G. Lagarde , Sol Levitas and Guy Mollet .

92

1959-1975 and n.d. Including correspondance with Julius Bernstein , Leo Cherne , Jean Claude Delarne , Roland Florian , Marcel Odoul , Mrs. Spitzer , J. Geršuni , Sonja Štejnsapir and the RSDAP.

93-96

Minutes, correspondence, pamphlets, circulars and bulletins of the Socialist Party of the USA.   1955-1971, 1973.  4 boxes.

93

1955-1965.

94

1966-1968.

95

1968-1970.

96

1971, 1973.

97

Circulars, pamphlets, newsletters and bulletins of the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee .   1973.  1 cover.

98

Minutes, circulars and reports of the Social Democrats .   1972-1973.  1 cover.

99

Lists of persons to be rescued or rescued by the Jewish Labor Committee .   1941-1942.  1 cover.

100

Documents on the 100th birthday of Karl Kautsky containing an article on him by Otto Pollak .   1954.  1 cover.

101

Album of a meeting in memory of Friedrich Adler containing photographs of the speakers.   1960.  1 big folder.

102

Document concerning a visit of Khrushchev.   1960.  1 cover.

103

A remark by Samuel Estrin in a meeting of the Association of the Presidents of the Major Jewish Organisations .   1967.  1 cover.

104

Typoscript of memoirs by Samuel E. Estrin in the Russian language.   1967.  1 folder.

105

Statement by Samuel Estrin concerning the confidential documents in his archive; New York.   1971.  1 cover.

106

Clipping on Rafail Abramovič Rein after his death; New York.   1963.  1 cover.

107

Clipping of " Vladimir Ilyich Jefferson and Thomas Lenin " in "New Politics" by Hal Draper .   1964.  1 cover.

108-109

Clippings and notes.   1933-1966 and n.d.  2 folders.

108

Paper cuttings and notes. 1938-1966 and n.d.

109

Notebook. 1933-1939.

110

Various printed documents.   1949-1959 and 1976.  1 cover.