Carl Reeve Papers
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Carl Reeve was a Communist, the chair of the Washington State CP, at one time served on the Central Committee of the CPUSA, was Educational Director of Party's Eastern Pennsylvania organization, and was in 1940 a Communist candiate for Senator from Pennsylvania. He wrote The Life and Times of Daniel De Leon (1972) and with his wife Ann Barton Reeve, James Connolly and the United States: The Road to the Irish Rebellion (1978). The Carl Reeve Papers contains research materials, notes and reviews pertaining to James Connolly and the United States, correspondence between Ann and Carl Reeve, manuscripts by Ann and Carl Reeve, a file on the Transport Workers Union of America, Local 100 (New York City), and a fragile copy of the Sinn Fein Rebellion Handbook: Easter, 1916. The collection also consists of essays, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, bibliographies and research materials related to Reeve's activities as a member of the communist movement. A significant portion of the collection includes correspondence with fellow comrades, supporters, in addition to a series of letters written to and from Ella Reeve Bloor (also known as Mother Bloor). The collection also contains personal writings, printed ephemera, travel itineraries, political songbooks, and photographs.
Biographical Note
Carl Reeve (1900-1980), a son, along with Harold Ware, of Ella Reeve Bloor (1862-1951) was a Communist, the chair of the Washington State CP, at one time served on the Central Committee of the CPUSA, was Educational Director of Party's Eastern Pennsylvania organization, and was in 1940 a Communist candiate for Senator from Pennsylvania. He wrote The Life and Times of Daniel De Leon (1972) and with his wife Ann Barton Reeve, James Connolly and the United States: The Road to the Irish Rebellion (1978).
Arrangement
This collection has not been arranged by an archivist. The materials are arranged in the order in which they were received from the donor.
Scope and Contents
The Carl Reeve Papers contains research materials, notes and reviews pertaining to James Connolly and the United States; correspondence of Ann and Carl Reeve; manuscripts by Ann and Carl Reeve, including a review essay by the latter "Under Which Flag: A Play by James Connolly"; two small Irish nationalist posters, one memorializing Connolly (one in Irish); a file on the Transport Workers Union of America, Local 100 (New York City); and a copy of the Sinn Fein Rebellion Handbook: Easter, 1916, compiled and published by the Weekly Irish Times of Dublin, Ireland. A significant portion of the collection includes correspondence with fellow supporters, in addition to a series of letters written to and from Ella Reeve Bloor (also known as Mother Bloor). The collection also contains personal writings, printed events ephemera, travel itineraries, political songbooks, and photographs.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Any rights (including copyright and related rights to publicity and privacy) held by Carl Reeve were transferred to New York University in 2005 by Susan Reeve Steinmann. Permission to publish or reproduce materials in this collection must be secured from the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archive. Please contact tamiment.wagner@nyu.edu.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Carl Reeve Papers; TAM 317; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Susan Reeve Steinmann in 2005. The accession number associated with this gift is 2005.020. An additional accretion of materials was donated by the Susan Reeve Steinmann in June 2018. The accession number associated with the accretion is 2018.101.
Appraisal
The repository's Curator made the decision to dispose of the wooden cover for a photograph album found in the 2018 accretion of this collection after a consultation with the Conservation staff found the object to be harmful to the rest of the material in the album. A photocopy of the cover was made and placed with the rest of the album.
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Processing Information
Processing decisions made prior to 2018 are not documented. In 2018, materials were placed in new acid-free folders and boxes. Loose material was foldered. Files were left in the order the content was received, with the larger content transferred to an oversized flat-box and flat file folder.
