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Sam Dolgoff Papers

Call Number

TAM.093

Dates

1874-1991, inclusive
; 1937-1977, bulk

Creator

Dolgoff, Sam, 1902-1990
Dolgoff, Sam, 1902-1990 (Role: Donor)

Extent

0.75 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Language of Materials

English .

Abstract

Sam Dolgoff (1902-1990) was an anarchist author and editor born Sholem Dolgopolsky in Byelorussia. He emigrated to the United States prior to World War I and joined the Young Peoples Socialist League in 1917 and the IWO in 1922. He served on the editorial board of Spanish Revolution, and wrote for other anarcho-syndicalist publications, often under the pseudonym Sam Weiner. He was a leading figure in the Libertarian Book Club, and wrote or edited several books until the late 1980s. The collection contains: unpublished and published writings by Dolgoff and other anarchists, including Mikhail Bakunin, Max Nettlau, and Rudolf Rocker; a collection of documents and ephemera by Cuban anarchists; and published biographical sketches of anarchists and other radicals. Much of the material concerns anarchism in Spain.

Historical/Biographical Note

Sam Dolgoff (1902-1990), anarchist author and editor, was born Sholem Dolgopolsky in Byelorussia and emigrated with his family to the United States prior to World War I. He joined the Young Peoples Socialist League in 1917 and, as an anarchist, the Industrial Workers of the World in 1922. In 1925 he moved to Chicago where he joined the Free Society Group and later met his companion Esther Miller. Returning to New York in the 1930s, he served on the editorial board of Spanish Revolution, and wrote for and helped edit several anarcho-syndicalist publications, often using the pseudonym Sam Weiner. After World War II, he became a leading figure in the Libertarian Book Club, documented the suppression of Cuban anarchists in the years following the 1959 Cuban revolution, and wrote or edited several books, including The Anarchist Collectives: Workers' Self-Management in the Spanish Revolution, 1936-1939 (1974), Bakunin on Anarchy: Selected Works by the Activist-Founder of World Anarchism (1972), The Cuban Revolution: A Critical Perspective (1976), and Fragments: A Memoir (1986).

Bibliography

The American labor movement : a new beginning / Sam Dolgoff. Champaign, Ill. : Resurgence, 1980. 79 p.

The anarchist collectives ; workers' self-management in the Spanish Revolution, 1936-1939. Introductory essay by Murray Bookchin. [1st ed. New York] Free Life Editions [1974] 192 p.

Bakunin on anarchy; selected works by the activist-founder of world anarchism. Edited, translated and with an introd. by Sam Dolgoff. Pref. by Paul Avrich. [1st ed.] New York, A. A. Knopf, 1972. 405 p.

Beware, anarchist! : a life for freedom : an autobiography / Augustin Souchy ; translated & intoduced by Theo Waldinger ; edited by Sam Dolgoff & Richard Ellington ; with an afterword by Sam Dolgoff. Chicago : Charles H. Kerr Pub. Co., 1992. 247 p.

The Cuban revolution : a critical perspective / by Sam Dolgoff. Montreal Black Rose Books, c1976. 199 p.

Fragments : a memoir / by Sam Dolgoff. Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] : Refract Publications, 1986. 200 p.

The Labor Party Illusion. New York : Libertarian League, 1961. 1 v. Sam Weiner is a pseudonym of Sam Dolgoff.

The relevance of anarchism to modern society / Sam Dolgoff. 3rd rev. ed. Chicago : C.H. Kerr Pub. Co., 1989. 35 p.

Arrangement

The files are grouped into one series.

Folders are arranged alphabetically.

Scope and Content Note

The collection is arranged alphabetically and contains unpublished and published writings by Dolgoff and other anarchists, including Mikhail Bakunin, Max Nettlau, and Rudolf Rocker; "The Last Maximalist: An Interview with Klara Klebhanova," by Dolgoff; a small but rich collection of documents, ephemera and publications by Cuban and Cuban-exile anarchists protesting (in English and Spanish), and some similar materials by Latin American and Spanish anarchists; conference papers on self-management; and a thick file of published biographical sketches of anarchists and other radicals (half in French, half in Spanish). Much of the material concerns anarchism in Spain during the Spanish Republic and Spanish Civil War, including Frank Mintz' 1967 book-length unpublished thesis, "La Collectivisation en Espagne de 1936 a 1939," subsequently published in revised form as L'Autogestion dans l'Espagne Revolutionnaire (1970).

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are open without restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

The Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Archives has no information about copyright ownership for this collection and is not authorized to grant permission to publish or reproduce materials from it. Materials in this collection, which were created in 1874-1991, are expected to enter the public domain in 2112.

Preferred Citation

Published citations should take the following form:

Identification of item, date; Collection name; Collection number; box number; folder number;
Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012, New York University Libraries.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Sam Dolgoff, 1984. The accession number associated with this gift is 1991.001.

About this Guide

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Language: Description is in English.

Edition of this Guide

This version was derived from Dolgoff Guide.doc

Repository

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10012