Guide to the Rufus James Trimble Papers TAM 550
Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archive
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
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New York, NY 10012
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Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Collection processed by Peter Meyer Filardo
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on June 19, 2018
Description is in English using Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Descriptive Summary
| Title: | Rufus James Trimble Papers |
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| Dates [inclusive]: | 1885-1954 |
| Dates [bulk]: | 1910-1920 |
| Abstract: | Rufus James Trimble (1888-1974), was a socialist, a lawyer (Columbia Law School), and the nephew of Rufus Weeks, a financial supporter of The Masses.The collection contains correspondence, including his reports from a 1911 trip to Europe to investigate the socialist movement there, for which he carried a letter of introduction from Morris Hillquit to Camill Huysmans, of the Maison du Peuple in Brussels, or which he wrote a report, correspondence with his relative Rufus Weeks, general correspondence, general correspondence, photographs from Trimble's European trip, a manuscript on cooperation, notes, clippings, checkbooks, a book, the Genealogy of the Family of George Weekes (1886), and a membership book (1898) for the Societe Cooperative des Sabotiers due Cerfontaine. |
| Quantity: | 0.5 Linear Feet (1 box) |
| Language: | Materials are in English, with a few items in French. |
| Mixed Materials [Box]: | 1 |
| Call Phrase: | TAM 550 |
Historical/Biographical Note
Rufus James Trimble (1888-1974), was a socialist, a lawyer (Columbia Law School), and the nephew of Rufus Weeks, a financial supporter of The Masses.
Scope and Contents
The collection contains correspondence, including Trimble's reports from a 1911 trip to Europe to investigate the socialist movement there, for which he carried a letter of introduction from Morris Hillquit to Camille Huysmans, of the Maison du Peuple in Brussels, or which he wrote a report, correspondence with his relative Rufus Weeks, general correspondence, general correspondence, photographs from his European trip, a manuscript on cooperation, notes, clippings, checkbooks, a book, the Genealogy of the Family of George Weekes (1886), and a membership book (1898) for the Societe Cooperative des Sabotiers due Cerfontaine.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Access Points
Subject Names
- Weeks, Rufus
- Trimble, Rufus James, 1888-1974
- Hillquit, Morris, 1869-1933
Subject Organizations
- Maison du Peuple (Brussels, Belgium)
Subject Topics
- Cooperation -- United States.
- Socialists -- United States.
- Socialism -- Europe.
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archive 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 1885-1954, are expected to enter the public domain in 2174.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Rufus James Trimble Papers; TAM 550; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials found in collection, provenance is unknown but was likely donated by Joan Weeks Trimble Smith and Verna Rudd Kenvin in circa 1986. The accession number associated with this collection is 2010.067.
Container List
Papers
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
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| Box: 1 | Folder : 1 | Checkbook: Lucy R. Trimble |
1909 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 2 | Checkbook: Rufus James Trimble |
1912-1913 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 3 | Clippings |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 4 | Co-Operation [chapter length manuscript] |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 5 | Correspondence: European Trip(s) |
1910-1911 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 6 | Correspondence: General |
undated, 1910-1914, 1950, 1954 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 7 | Correspondence: Rufus Weeks [uncle?] |
1910-1911 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 8 | Genealogy of the Family of George Weekes |
1885 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 9 | Huxley on Education: Address by H.F. Osborn; Notes by RJW |
Sep 28, 1910 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 10 | Notes |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 11 | Photographs (of demonstrations) and postcard: Europe |
circa 1911 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 12 | Societe Cooperative des Sabotiers de Cerfontaine: Membership Book |
1898 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 13 | Untitled manuscript [A Report on the Maison du Peuple) |
circa 1911 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 14 | Stern, Meta "Why Women Need the Vote: Address at the 42nd Annual Convention of the
National American Woman Suffrage Association |
undated | |
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