James Oppenheim papers

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origination: Oppenheim, James, 1882-1932
date statement: 1898-1932
key date: 1898
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abstract: {"value"=>"James Oppenheim (1882-1932), an American poet, novelist and editor, was a member of the bohemian circle of poets, artists and intellectuals that flourished in Greenwich Village, New York, during the 1910s. He began his career writing short stories and poetry for popular magazines and established himself as one of the leading younger poets with the publication of his verse collection Songs for the New Age (1914). In 1916 he founded the literary magazine The Seven Arts with Waldo Frank and Paul Rosenfeld; the magazine folded the next year because of the editorial policy attacking U.S. participation in World War I. Oppenheim became an adherent of psychoanalysis, in particular the theories of Carl Jung, and devoted most of his later poetic work to psychoanalytic investigations. Collection consists of correspondence, writings, editorial materials, financial and legal papers, drawings, photographs, and ephemera documenting Oppenheim's literary career and personal life. Correspondence, 1899-1932, with family friends and literary associates concerns literary, personal and business matters. Writings, 1898-1932, include poetry, dramatic works, novels, stories, articles, and notes as well as his \"Dream Diaries\" in which he recorded his dreams and self-analysis. Seven Arts materials, 1916-1917, consist of drafts of letters, fiscal and legal records, and printed matter. Also, Oppenheim's financial and legal papers, 1922-1932; personal ephemera; and ink drawings, ca. 1920-1925, by Oppenheim and his companion Gertrude Smith."}
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index: {"value"=>"<div class=\"head\">List of Correspondents</div> Note: The following alphabetical list of James Oppenheim's correspondents provides names, the total number of letters and, in parentheses, the portion of the correspondence consisting of letters sent by Oppenheim. Selected identifications or additional notes follow parenthetically. <li> Abbott, James 1916 - 2 (Manager, Manufacturing Department, Century Publishers)</li> <li> Abbott, Richard K. 1930 - 6 (Managing Editor, Writer's Digest; includes correspondence with Aron M. Mathieu, Business Manager)</li> <li> Anderson, Sherwood 1930 - 2</li> <li> Baker, Gladys 1924? - 1</li> <li> Barnes, Harry Elmer 1931 - 1</li> <li> Beach, John P undated - 1</li> <li> Benet, William Rose 1916 - 2 (Editor, Century Magazine. See also: Untermeyer).</li> <li> Bliven, Bruce 1930 - 2 (Editor New Republic)</li> <li> Booth, Edward Townsend 1917 - 1</li> <li> The Boston Transcript undated - 1 (letter to the editor, Literary Section)</li> <li> Bolitho, William 1928 1930 - 3 (Editor, The World)</li> <li> Bourne, Pauline Carrington 1916? - 1 (Mrs. Randolph Bourne)</li> <li> Brandt & Brandt 1924- 1929 - 60 letters (Literary Agents)</li> <li> Brooks, Eleanor S. undated - 1 (Mrs. Van Wyck Brooks)</li> <li> Brooks, Van Wyck 1919 1930 - 2</li> <li> Burgess, Gelett 1929 - 1</li> <li> Cabell, James Branch 1930 - 3</li> <li> Canby, Marlon G. 1916 - 1</li> <li> Cather, Willa 1929 - 1</li> <li> Chambrun, Jacques 1931 (1932) - 5 (Literary Agent)</li> <li> Clark, Mr. 1926 - 1</li> <li> Clarke, Pauline 1916 - 1</li> <li> Collins, Seward 1930 - 3</li> <li> Cohen, Alfred 1930 - 6 (Publisher, The Thinker)</li> <li> Colum, Maryth 1930? - 1 (Mrs. Padraic Colum)</li> <li> Corbett, John M. 1931 - 2</li> <li> Croce, Benedetto 1923? -</li> <li> Crosby, Summer 1926 1928 - 7</li> <li> Cushing, Charles P. 1916 - 1</li> <li> De Casseres, Benjamin 1926 - 4 (includes copy of one letter to Oppenheim in a letter to Arthur A. Spingarn and copies of Spingarn's letters concerning charge of libel)</li> <li> Defries, A. D., Miss 1916 - 2</li> <li> Dell (?), Floyd 1930 - 1</li> <li> Derby, Mr. 1930 - 1 (of The Thinker)</li> <li> Deutsch, Babette 1931 - 1</li> <li> Dodge, Mabel 1916- 1</li> <li> Dodson, Eugene 1916 - 1</li> <li> Doty, Douglas Z. 1916 - 1 (Secretary, Century Publishers)</li> <li> Dreiser, Theodore 1930 - 1</li> <li> Driscoll, Louise 1916 - 2</li> <li> Dudley, Caroline 1916 - 1</li> <li> Edpett (?), Edwin F. 1915 - 1 (of Boston Evening Transcript)</li> <li> Eliot, Sam 1916 - 2 (includes note to Waldo Frank)</li> <li> Engel, A. Lehman 1932 - 2</li> <li> Ferber, Edna 1916 - 1</li> <li> Fergusson, Harvey 1930 n.d. - 2</li> <li> Flexner, Hortense 1916 - 1</li> <li> Florance, John 1916 - 2</li> <li> Frank, Waldo 1916 - 17 - 14</li> <li> The (New) Freeman 1930? - 3 (letters to the editor)</li> <li> [DOUBT] 1925 (1932) - 6</li> <li> [DOUBT]</li> <li> Gatlin, Miss (of The Sun)</li> <li> Grattin, C. Hartley 1930-2</li> <li> Gregory, Horace 1931-1932 - 4</li> <li> Gibran, Kahlil 1916 1917 1923 - 6</li> <li> Glenn, Marian F. 1916 - 2 (Librarian, American Bankers' Association)</li> <li> Goodman, Edward 1916 - 1</li> <li> Harvey, Dorotia Dudley 1930 - 1</li> <li> Henderson, Miss 1914 - 1 (of The Dial)</li> <li> Herman, William, Dr. 1929 1931 - 4 (includes fee collection letter from Hale & Dorn, attorneys and Oppenheim's reply)</li> <li> Hersey, Harold 1914 - 1</li> <li> Herzberg, Max 1930 - 1</li> <li> Hinkle, W. Mills 1918 - 1 (to his mother, Dr. Beatrice M. Hinkle)</li> <li> How, Louis 1916 - 2</li> <li> Hoyt, Helen 1916 -2</li> <li> Hughmanic, J. W. 1930 - 1</li> <li> Huizinga, A. P. 1930 - 1 card</li> <li> Hyman, A., Dr. 1928 - 1</li> <li> Irwin, Will 1929 - 2</li> <li> Jenkins, Oliver 1923 - 1 (Editor, Tempo)</li> <li> Johns, Orrick 1923 - 1</li> <li> Johnson, James Weldon 1930 - 3</li> <li> Jolas, Eugene 1931 - 5 (Editor, Transition [Paris])</li> <li> Jones, Marjorie undated - 1</li> <li> Jung, Carl Gustav, Dr. 1926-1932 - 17</li> <li> Kaye, Beverly 1930 - 1</li> <li> Keller, Helen 1924 - 2 (includes copy of a letter to Edna Ferber [?])</li> <li> Kent on, Edna 1930 - 2</li> <li> Kimura, Shoji 1925-1927 - 7</li> <li> Kip, Elbert S. 1929 - 1</li> <li> Klaber, Doretta 1924 1932 - 142 (Oppenheim's younger sister; includes undated letter at the beginning from Gertrude Smith and notification of his death by telegram from his brother, Robert)</li> <li> Kneeland, George 1916 - 1</li> <li> Knisely (?), Burton 1925 - 1</li> <li> Knopf, Alfred A. 1923 (1924) 1926-1927 1930-1931 - 30</li> <li> Kreymborg, Alfred 1924 - 2</li> <li> Kuttner, Alfred Bovil undated - 1</li> <li> La Follette, Suzanne 1930 - 5 (Editor, The (New) Freeman)</li> <li> Laurence, Laura B. 1916 - 1</li> <li> Leverton, 1916 - 1 memo Mr. (of Seven Arts)</li> <li> Lewis, Alfred Henry 1916 - 2</li> <li> Lewis, Sinclair 1930 - 1</li> <li> Lieberman, Elias 1916 - 1</li> <li> Linderman, Frank B. 1930 - 2</li> <li> Lippman, Walter 1916 (1930) - 3 (includes copy of a letter to Louis Untermeyer)</li> <li> London, Charmian Kittredge 1931 - 1932 - 7 (Mrs. Jack London)</li> <li> Long, Ray 1926-1</li> <li> Lowell, Amy 1916 - 1917 - 4</li> <li> Macy, John 1931 - 4 (of Liveright Publishers)</li> <li> Maeder, Dr. 1921 1923 -2</li> <li> Mann, Dr 1924 - 1</li> <li> Marconnier, Byrne 1930 - 3</li> <li> Matthison, Miss 1924 - 1</li> <li> McCallum, Mrs. 1916 - 1</li> <li> McFee, William 1930 - 6</li> <li> Masters, Edgar Lee 1916 - 1</li> <li> Maury, Frank A 1904 - 1.</li> <li> Mearns, Hughes 1930-1931 - 3</li> <li> Meek. E. M. 1916 - 3 (of Seven Arts)</li> <li> Mencken, H. L. 1917? (1929) 1930 (1931) - 16</li> <li> Myers, Mr. 1907 - 1</li> <li> New Republic 1930 - 1 (letter to the editor)</li> <li> New York Telephone Company [DOUBT]</li> <li> O'Sullivan, Vincent 1916 - 1</li> <li> Oppenheim, Robert (Robbie) 1923 1927 1932 - 5 (brother)</li> <li> Oppenheim, \"Tilly\" (Matilda) 1904 1926 - 6 (mother)</li> <li> Oppenheimer, George 1923 1927 1932 - 5 (of Viking Press)</li> <li> Osserman, Yetta 1907 - 1 (student)</li> <li> Patterson, Isabel undated - 2 (Editor, Books, New York Herald Tribune)</li> <li> Peters, Rollo 1929 - 1</li> <li> Pogony, Willy 1929 - 1</li> <li> Phillips, Alberta & Burrill 1929 - 1</li> <li> Pound, Ezra 1916 - 1</li> <li> Powys, Llewelyn 1923 - 1</li> <li> Radin, Paul 1930 - 2</li> <li> Rankine, Annette Kittredge 1916-1917 - 16 (includes letter of resignation of E. Fleurry, Seven Arts Business Manager)</li> <li> Reed, John undated - 1</li> <li> Reis, Arthur M. 1916 1917 1930- 3</li> <li> Rosenfeld, Paul 1917 1930 - 2</li> <li> Russell, Philips 1930 - 2</li> <li> Sandburg, Carl 1916 - 1</li> <li> Sapir, Edward 1923 - 2</li> <li> Schmalhausen, Samuel D. 1930 1931 - 4</li> <li> Scott, Rose Naomi, Miss 1916 - 1</li> <li> Sheldon, Mr. 1930 - 1</li> <li> Smith, Geddes 1917 - 1 (Managing Editor, The Countryside)</li> <li> Snowman, L. V. 1925 - 2</li> <li> Spingarn, Arthur B. 1899, 1925 1927 1930 - 4 (includes 11 page sketch of Benedict Arnold and blank verse samples - 1899)</li> <li> Spingarn, Joel E. 1930 - 3</li> <li> Stein, Leo 1916 - 1</li> <li> Stearns, Harold 1916 - 1</li> <li> Stoddard, Anna G. 1914? - 1</li> <li> Teall, Dorothy 1931 - 1 (Editor)</li> <li> Tietjiens, Eunice 1916 - 2</li> <li> Untermeyer, Jean Starr [1916-1917] ? - 2</li> <li> Untermeyer, Louis 1916 1917 1923 1930 - 8 (includes 1916 letter from William Rose Benet)</li> <li> Van Doren, Irita 1931 - 1 (Editor, New York Herald Tribune)</li> <li> Vogdes, Walter 1925 -3</li> <li> Walker, John Brisben 1904 1930 -2 (Publisher, Cosmopolitan)</li> <li> Weaver, J. Clark 1930 - 2</li> <li> Whipple, Edward 1915 1917 - 9 (includes astrological charts and correspondence with Dr. Beatrice M. Hinkle)</li> <li> White, William A., Dr. 1929, 1930 - 2</li> <li> Wilgus, Jack 1930-1932 - 39 (includes snapshots and Wilgus' story \"The Last Laugh\")</li> <li> Wilkinson, Bonaro, Miss 1930 1931 - 10</li> <li> Winn, Mary Day 1932 - 1 (Editor, New York Herald Tribune)</li> <li> Wittels, Dr. 1931 - 1</li> <li> Wood, Clement 1929 - 1</li> <li> Young, Art 1930 - 1, n. d</li> <li> Young, Barbara [1916-1917] ? - 1</li> <li> Yust, Walter 1926 - 1 (Associate Editor, Literary Review of the New York: Evening Post)</li> <li> Unidentified 1915-1923 1925 1932, undated - 16</li>", "type"=>"index", "structured"=>[{"sib_seq"=>0, "type"=>"head", "value"=>"List of Correspondents"}, {"sib_seq"=>1, "type"=>"p", "value"=>"Note: The following alphabetical list of James Oppenheim's correspondents provides names, the total number of letters and, in parentheses, the portion of the correspondence consisting of letters sent by Oppenheim. 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origination: {"value"=>"Oppenheim, James, 1882-1932", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist: {"value"=>"James Oppenheim was born on May 24, 1882 in St. Paul, Minnesota and moved with his family to New York City in 1884. His father, Joseph, was a one time member of the Minnesota House of Representatives and President of the St. Paul Board of Education before his death in New York in 1886 at the early age of 36. His mother, Matilda \"Tilly\" (Schloss) Oppenheim was left with six children - Elsa, James, Ramsey, Helen and Robert (twins) and Doretta. Raised in New York and educated in public schools, Oppenheim began his literary career in 1898 with the publication of several short poems in the New York Sun. His early poems as well as articles and stories reflect his passion for social justice. After a short stint as a private secretary at Cosmopolitan he pursued settlement work from 1903 to 1905, which financed his continued education at Columbia University. He married Lucy Seckel in 1905 and left Columbia before graduating in order to head the Hebrew Technical School for Girls. Proving too radical for his position, he was forced to resign in 1907. Thereafter, he devoted himself entirely to literary work. His career gained ground in 1909 with the publication of the Dr. Rast stories and Monday Morning and Other Poems. These early works written in a social realist style tinged with sentimentality proved popular and Oppenheim produced similar novels, stories, plays, and poems during the nest five years. Gradually, however, his work began to reflect such major influences as Walt Whitman, psychoanalysis, his Jewish Heritage and the Bible, His interest in psychoanalysis and the publication of the novel, Idle Wives, helped lead to his divorce in 1914. He and his wife had two sons, James Jr. (Garrett) and Ralph. In the same year the publication of Songs for a New Age represented a major shift in his style and focus towards a prophetic and increasingly psychoanalytic approach. The volume of poems is dedicated to Dr. Beatrice M. Hinkle, an analyst, as well as to Jean and Louis Untermeyer. Critical appreciation of his new work was enthusiastic and many of his associations with new literary or critical figures developed. He established residence in Greenwich Village and became one of the earliest members of the bohemian circle of poets, artists and intellectuals which flourished there in the second decade of the twentieth century. His continued interest in psychoanalysis and his association with Dr. Hinkle appear to have led to his introduction to Annette Kittredge Rankine. Described by Oppenheim as a widow bored with looking at her Whistlers, she sold her paintings in order to publish a journal. This activity was understood to have therapeutic advantages for her. Annette Rankine financed a new monthly journal, The Seven Arts, edited by Oppenheim with the assistance of Waldo Prank and Paul Rosenfeld. The Seven Arts was extremely well received and immediately established itself as a first-rate literary and critical journal. Nearly all of the best writers of the new generation appeared in it and Oppenheim was at the center of the new arts. In addition to the editors, contributors included: Sherwood Anderson, Steven Vincent Benet, William Rose Benet, Randolph Bourne, Van Wyck Brooks, Floyd Dell, John Dewey, Mabel Dodge, John Dos Passos, Max Eastman, Robert Frost, Kahlil Gibran, Edna Kenton, D. H. Lawrence, Amy Lowell, H. L. Mencken, John Reed, Romain Rolland, Bertrand Russell, Carl Sandburg, Joel E. Spingarn, Jean Starr Untermeyer and Louis Untermeyer. The Seven Arts' editorial opposition to the entry of the United States into World War I caused a storm of protest, much ill-feeling towards Oppenheim and the withdrawal of financial support for the journal. It folded, but much of the staff, except an ostracized Oppenheim, joined other periodicals, especially The Dial. After a failed attempt to raise funds to continue The Seven Arts and a falling out with Waldo Frank, he returned to his first calling, poetry. He published several volumes of verse, but by 1923, he could only persuade Knopf to publish his collected poetry (The Seal) by agreeing to subsidize $1,000 of the publication costs. He maintained himself by continuing to publish in periodicals. Throughout his career, Oppenheim appeared in leading journals, such as: American Mercury, Century, Collier's, The Dial, The (New) Freeman, Harper's, Hearst's, New Republic and The Thinker. At the same time, he delved further into psychoanalytic theory, self-analysis, and, as earlier, dabbled as an analyst. His attempts to popularize the theories of Jung through newspaper articles and several treatises were unsuccessful. His close relationship with the artist Gertrude Smith provided him with much consolation, support and happiness during this period of declining literary fortunes. He dedicated Golden Bird (1923) to her and her portrait of him provided the frontispiece for The Sea (1924). After her death his health appears to have started to fail. He married Linda Gray in 1927, but his last years were marred by poor health and poverty. He died of tuberculosis on August 4, 1932. He published the following works in book form during his career: Poetry: Monday Morning and Other Poems (1909) Songs for the New Age (1914) War and Laughter (1916) The Book of Self (1917) The Solitary (1919) The Mystic Warrior (1921) Golden Bird (1923) The Sea (1924) Novels: Wild Oats (1910) The Nine-Tenths (1911) The Olympian (1912) Idle Wives (1914) The Beloved (1915) Stories (collected) Dr. Rast (1909) Pay-Envelopes (1911) Drama: The Pioneers (1910) Psycho-Analytical: Your Hidden Powers (1923) The Psychology of Jung (1925) American Types: A Preface to Analytical Psychology"}
scopecontent: {"value"=>"The James Oppenheim papers primarily document his literary career, although personal information is intermittently scattered throughout the files. The collection spans his entire career from 1898 to 1932 and provides numerous examples of published and unpublished poetry, drama, short stories, articles as well as fragments of novels. The papers consist of holograph and typescript manuscripts, many small notes or fragments, and correspondence. Additional scrapbooks of clippings, page proofs, drawings, a very few photographs and legal documents comprise most of the remainder of the collection. The centerpiece of the papers is the series of Correspondence, which documents virtually all aspects of his career. Although early correspondence is sparse, sane records of his settlement and school work are available. The earliest letter of 1899 to Arthur Spingarn offers an extremely early example of a self-conscious creative process in a sketch for a play. The 1916 to 1917 period of The Seven Arts is heavily represented with numerous letters. Of particular interest is his correspondence from Assistant Editor, Waldo Frank, and publisher, Annette Kittredge Rankine. Correspondence with numerous writers, critics, editors and agents continues thereafter until his death and reveals numerous contentious situations. His interest in psychoanalysis is reflected in his correspondence with Jung and numerous other doctors. Although much of the correspondence with prominent figures consists of single letters from Oppenheim, they provide details of Oppenheim's editorial concerns. More substantial correspondence is available from such key figures such as: Sherwood Anderson, William Rose Benet, James Branch Cabell, Waldo Frank, Kahlil Gibran, Carl Gustav Jung-Alfred A. Knopf, Walter Lippman, Amy Lowell, H. L. Mencken, Arthur M. Reis, Arthur B. Spingarn, Joel E. Spingarn, Jean Starr Untermeyer an Louis Untermeyer. Details of his personal life can be found in his correspondence with his younger sister, Doretta Klaber, as well as the fewer letters to his brother, Robert, and his mother. However, evidence of his radical political and social positions is lacking in the correspondence files. The files of his Writings include his early social realist and, later, more psychoanalytic works. Particularly strong series of examples exist for his Poetry and Drama (unpublished), which end with many notes and fragments. His short stories are well represented and the New Series offers many autobiographical details. The series of his novels, however, is fragmentary and contains only a small portion of his five published novels. Numerous Articles reflect Oppenheim's critical judgment and observations on contemporary phenomena, such as film. Notes and Fragments for various genre are collected in a separate sub-series. The Dream Diaries and the Psychological Notes and Articles offer insights into Oppenheim's use of Jungian dream analysis, his own self-analysis and traces of his own efforts as an analyst. A small file of Seven Arts Materials contains details of the journal's organization and goals. Further personal information is contained in the small Financial and Legal Papers and Ephemera series. Finally, Ink Drawings by Oppenheim and his companion, Gertrude Smith, close the collection. A file of photographs taken in Pittsburgh by Lewis W. Hine has been removed. from the Oppenheim Papers and reboxed as a separate collection."}

{"value"=>"The James Oppenheim papers are arranged in nine series:\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2296#c1058752'>I. CORRESPONDENCE</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'>Literary, personal and business correspondence received and sent by James Oppenheim is arranged in a single sequence. A list of correspondents begins on page 12. Autograph as well as typed, signed letters and numerous carbon copies of Oppenheim's correspondence are included. Correspondence from 1916 to 1917 generally concerns the Seven Arts journal. A set of correspondence from July to August 1930 relating to Oppenheim's short-lived editorship of The Thinker has been filed under individual correspondents.</div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2296#c1058761'>II. WRITINGS</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'>The writings of James Oppenheim are divided into five sub-series by genres and, where necessary, genres are sub-divided into sections. Each sub-series or section is arranged as listed below. Notes, fragments and partial manuscripts for each genre are collected at the end of each series. A sixth sub-series of Notes and Fragments contains various small, unrelated pieces in all genres from throughout Oppenheim's career in their original order.</div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2296#c1058828'>III. DREAM DIARIES</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'>Oppenheim's records of his dreams and his self-analysis are documented. Partial diary, May-December 1920 and typescript July 1922 - April 1923</div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2296#c1058838'>IV. Psychological Notes And Articles</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'>Typescripts and printed articles of Jung or his colleagues; assorted personal notes and notes on people analyzed by Oppenheim. A telegram from 1914 from L (Lucy Seckel, his first wife) reading \"Use asbestos when playing with fire\" is combined with his file of notes, a photograph, and newspaper clippings concerning Elizabeth Knopf, later Elizabeth Kay, a \"divine\" of her own Daily Temple.</div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2296#c1058839'>V. Seven Arts Materials</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'>A small filed of printed announcements, drafts for cover letters, fiscal and legal records and blank stationary.</div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2296#c1058840'>VI. Financial And Legal Papers</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'>A small file of Income Tax records, Oppenheim's will, publication agreements and royalty report. Gertrude Smith Drick is claimed as a dependent on New York State Tax forms and the September 23, 1923 contract for publication of The Sea is signed as witnessed by Gertrude S. Oppenheim.</div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2296#c1058841'>VII. Ephemera</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'>A very small file with a photograph (Arthur Gleason?) passport, an 1899 prose self-portrait, pamphlets, notes on Oppenheim's family and others' poems to him</div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2296#c1058842'>VIII. Ink Drawings By James Oppenheim</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'>A very small collection of green ink drawings by Oppenheim of the same model (Gertrude Smith) Some are faded with holes in the corners for thumbtacks.</div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2296#c1058843'>IX. Ink Drawings By Gertrude Smith</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'>Black pen and ink drawings by Gertrude Smith.</div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
arrangement: {"value"=>"Nine series: I. Correspondence; II. Writings; III. Dream Diaries; IV. Psychological Notes and Articles; V. Seven Arts Materials; VI. Financial and Legal Papers; VII. Ephemera; VIII. Ink Drawings by James Oppenheim; IX. Ink Drawings by Gertrude Smith", "supress_display"=>true}
processinfo: {"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"Prepared by Ted Kuzen April 29, 1986"}
userestrict: {"value"=>"Publication or republication permission must be secured from Garrett Oppenheim"}
extent_statement: 5.6 linear feet (8 boxes)

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