Box R.17

The Paul Robeson files contain mainly photographs and clippings documenting Robeson's career, including performances, international travel, and family life. Legal documents, newspapers, publications, some of the clippings, and Peekskill riots material contain reporting and gathered source material dealing with Robeson's politics and reactions to his leftist affiliations.

Contains editorials about Paul Robeson with Carl Murphy byline published in the 1950s.

Contains typed biographical notes on Robeson and letters to editorial giving updates on reporting, primarily on Robeson's personal life. One letter is signed "Noah Thompson" and is addressed to "Uncle Carl."

Annotated typescript draft

See also material filed under headings Robeson, Paul (Mrs.); Robeson, Eslanda Goode; and Robeson, Paul, Jr.

Photographs of Robeson in Russia, London, and Spain in the 1930s; and in GDR (East Germany) and Berchtesgaden, West Germany in the 1940s.

Includes lawsuit against Robeson by the U.S. State Department circa 1950, and Amicus brief filed in support of Robeson's appeal, circa 1955.

Includes issues from 1953 and 1955 and a letter from George Murphy to Carl Murphy enclosing the 1955 issue referring to the publication as "Paul's newspaper."