Register of the Eric Hass papers

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Register of the Eric Hass papers Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University Stanford, California Processed by: Dale Reed Date Completed: 2011 Encoded by: Machine-readable finding aid created derived from MARC record by David Sun and Elizabeth Phillips. 2011 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved. Collection Summary Title: Eric Hass papers Dates: 1899-1980 Collection Number: 81034 Creator: Hass, Eric. Collection Size: 11 manuscript boxes (4.5 linear feet) Repository: Hoover Institution Archives Stanford, California 94305-6010 Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, notes, clippings, serial issues, other printed matter, and photographs, relating to the Socialist Labor Party, and to social problems of aging. Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives Languages: English Access Collection is open for research. The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Eric Hass papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives. Acquisition Information Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1981. Accruals Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at http://searchworks.stanford.edu/. Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number of boxes listed in this finding aid. 1905 Born, Lincoln, Nebraska 1928 Joined Socialist Labor Party 1932-1938 National organizer, Socialist Labor Party 1938-1968 Editor, The Weekly People 1949 Author, The Socialist Labor Party and the Internationals 1952 Socialist Labor Party candidate for President (first campaign) 1956 Socialist Labor Party candidate for President (second campaign) 1960 Socialist Labor Party candidate for President (third campaign) 1964 Socialist Labor Party candidate for President (fourth campaign) Register of the Eric Hass papers 81034 2

1969 Resigned from Socialist Labor Party 1974-1978 Lived in Costa Rica 1980 Died, Santa Rosa, California Scope and Content of Collection Eric Hass was a longtime leader of the Socialist Labor Party. This party, dating back to 1876, was the first Marxist political organization in the United States. A number of the early leaders of the subsequent Socialist and Communist Parties served their political apprenticeships while passing through SLP ranks. Even before the death in 1914 of its outstanding leader Daniel De Leon, the SLP had been eclipsed in size and influence by the younger Socialist Party. For decades thereafter it nevertheless maintained a low profile existence, regularly publishing its newspaper The Weekly People and securing a ballot position for its presidential candidate every four years. Hass figured significantly in these activities as editor of The Weekly People for thirty years and as a four-time presidential candidate. In 1969, however, he broke with the party. While remaining a committed socialist, Hass came to believe that the SLP had become intellectually stultified and internally undemocratic. The papers of Eric Hass are divided. Many are located in the Nebraska State Historical Society. Those in the Hoover Institution Archives were acquired from Tillie Hass in 1981, after the death of her husband. These papers largely date from Hass's later years, following his departure from the SLP. After this rupture he worked for a time as caretaker of Trinity Churchyard in New York City, then retired to Costa Rica where the cost of living was low, and after a few years returned to the United States. As an experienced journalist and an avid amateur naturalist, he was able to supplement his income by writing nature articles for the mainstream press, principally the New York Times. The Subject File contains a good deal of collected information on Daniel De Leon. The Speeches and Writings file includes some output by Hass from his SLP period, especially his editorial reports prefiguring his breach with the party, and his account of his resignation. The Correspondence file includes exchanges in the 1970s with Sam Brandon, Nick Simon and other former SLP members, analyzing their experiences and the prospects for reconstituting a De Leonist political organization. During the decade of the 1970s Hass became increasingly involved in study of the social problems of aging, and in advocacy for older persons in regard to age discrimination and related issues. Toward this end he joined the Gray Panthers after his return from Costa Rica. Shortly before his death he completed a book-length study, "Agism: The Shunning of the Elderly." This manuscript, for which he was unable to find a publisher before he died, is in the Speeches and Writings file. The Subject File contains a substantial quantity of collected material on aging. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Socialist Labor Party. Aged. Older people. Socialism--United States. Box: 1 Biographical File, 1905-1980 Identification documents, biographical sketch, curricula vitae, clippings, and medical and financial records Box/Folder: 1 : 1 General, 1905-1980. Identification documents, medical and financial records, and miscellany Box/Folder: 1 : 2 Biographical sketch, curricula vitae, and clippings, 1970-1972. Includes press coverage of break with Socialist Labor Party Box: 1-4 Correspondence, 1930-1980 Arranged alphabetically Register of the Eric Hass papers 81034 3

Correspondence, 1930-1980 Box: 1 General and unidentified Box/Folder: 1 : 3 1958-1976 Box/Folder: 1 : 4 1977-1980 Box/Folder: 1 : 5 Adler, Robert H., 1975-1977 Box/Folder: 1 : 6 Alvarez, Jean, 1979-1980 Box/Folder: 1 : 7 Ames, Gerald, and Rose Wyler, 1976-1980 Box/Folder: 1 : 8 Ansello, Edward F. (University of Maryland Center on Aging), 1978-1980 Box/Folder: 1 : 9 Bambiger, Barbara, 1972-1979 Box/Folder: 1 : 10 Begovich, Margaret (re Socialist Labor Party), 1976 Box/Folder: 1 : 11 Bergelon, Olaf and Rose, 1977-1979 Box/Folder: 1 : 12 Brandon, Sam (League for Socialist Reconstruction), 1973-1980 Box/Folder: 1 : 13 California. Commission on Aging, 1980 Box/Folder: 1 : 14 Carter, Jimmy, 1979 Box/Folder: 1 : 15 Church, Frank (U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging), 1979 Box/Folder: 1 : 16 Cranston, Alan, 1980 Box/Folder: 1 : 17 De Leon, Bertha C., 1943 Box/Folder: 1 : 18 Diamond, Julian (re Socialist Labor Party), 1976-1978 Box/Folder: 1 : 19 Dorn, Sylvia, 1979 Box/Folder: 1 : 20 Duranty, Walter, 1944 Box/Folder: 2 : 1 Finger, Jack and Catherine, 1975-1979 Box/Folder: 2 : 2 Folkerstma, Bote, 1971-1972 Box/Folder: 2 : 3 Garamendi, John (California Senate Committee on Health and Welfare), 1980 Box/Folder: 2 : 4 Garcelon, Dan and Peg, 1978-1979 Box/Folder: 2 : 5 Gardner, Jiggs (re Socialist Labor Party), 1977 Box/Folder: 2 : 6 Ginsberg, Arthur H., 1954-1977 Box/Folder: 2 : 7 Girard, Frank (re Socialist Labor Party), 1971-1977 Box/Folder: 2 : 8 Goodstein, Phil (re Socialist Labor Party), 1977 Box/Folder: 2 : 9 Gray, Bill and Betty (Trinity Church, New York City), 1974-1980 Box/Folder: 2 : 10 Gray Panthers, 1978-1979 Box/Folder: 2 : 11 Hartke, Vance, 1967 Box/Folder: 2 : 12 Hass, Tillie, 1930-1934 Box/Folder: 2 Hass family Box/Folder: 2 : 13 1939-1975 Box/Folder: 2 : 14 1976-1980 Box/Folder: 2 : 15 Herder, Milton (re Socialist Labor Party), 1976-1977 Box/Folder: 3 : 1 Landers, Ann, 1980 Box/Folder: 3 : 2 Lazarus, Louis (re Socialist Labor Party), 1961-1976 Box/Folder: 3 : 3 Levine, Max, 1974-1980 Box/Folder: 3 : 4 Lewin, Ed (re Socialist Labor Party), 1976-1978 Box/Folder: 3 : 5 Long, Robert W. and Helen, 1974-1979 Box/Folder: 3 : 6 McClintock, Howard and Juanita, 1976-1980 Box/Folder: 3 : 7 Maves, Gustavus A. (re Socialist Labor Party), 1934-1935 Box/Folder: 3 : 8 Muncy, Ralph W. (re Socialist Labor Party), 1972-1974 Box/Folder: 3 : 9 Nathan, Bernard, and Barbara F. Newman, 1974-1980 Box/Folder: 3 : 10 National Institute on Aging, 1980 Box/Folder: 3 : 11 Nebraska State Historical Society, 1973-1977 Box/Folder: 3 : 12 New York Botanical Garden, 1969-1973 Box/Folder: 3 : 13 New York Public Library, 1971-1972 Box/Folder: 3 : 14 New York Times (Joan Lee Faust, garden editor; Peter Kihss), 1968-1977 Box/Folder: 3 : 15 North Bay Health Systems Agency, 1979 Box/Folder: 3 : 16 Northen, Rebecca T., 1973-1979 Box/Folder: 3 : 17 Nunez, Margot (Trinity Church, New York City), 1974-1980 Box/Folder: 3 : 18 Papernow, Leon N. and Felicia, 1976-1978 Box/Folder: 3 : 19 Pepper, Claude (U.S. House Select Committee on Aging), 1979 Box/Folder: 3 : 20 Perry, Benson (re Socialist Labor Party), 1969-1976 Box/Folder: 3 : 21 Reeves, Martha, 1978-1980 Box/Folder: 3 : 22 Reynolds, Verne L. (re Socialist Labor Party), 1934-1959 Register of the Eric Hass papers 81034 4

Correspondence, 1930-1980 Box/Folder: 3 : 23 Robinson, Jackie, 1957 Box/Folder: 3 : 24 Samuels, Ed, 1974-1978 Box/Folder: 3 : 25 Schwartz, Simon (re Socialist Labor Party), 1976-1980 Box/Folder: 3 : 26 Sesame Street (television show), 1979 Box/Folder: 3 : 27 Sherman, John (re Socialist Labor Party), 1968-1969 Box/Folder: 4 : 1 Simon, John L., 1960-1980 Box/Folder: 4 : 2 Simon, Nick (re Socialist Labor Party), 1967-1980 Box/Folder: 4 : 3 Singer, Richard J., 1976-1979 Box/Folder: 4 : 4 Skutch, Alexander F., 1972-1974 Box/Folder: 4 : 5 Socialist Labor Party (Nathan Karp, Arnold Petersen, Emil F. Teichert), 1934-1977 Box/Folder: 4 : 6 Stein, Philip and Sylvia, 1974-1979 Box/Folder: 4 : 7 Stevenson, Adlai E., 1960 Box/Folder: 4 : 8 Trinity Church (New York City), 1970-1975 Box/Folder: 4 : 9 United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1979 Box/Folder: 4 : 10 Wexler, Arthur and Marion, 1977-1980 Box/Folder: 4 : 11 Woodard, Jack and Lucila, 1974 Box: 4 Speeches and Writings, 1949-1980 Arranged chronologically Box/Folder: 4 : 12 "Why Labor Should Fight U.M.T.," ca. 1949. Speech outline Box/Folder: 4 : 13 "Daniel De Leon: Master of Socialist Tactics," speech, De Leon commemoration meeting, 1953 December 13. Box/Folder: 4 : 14 "The American Double Standard of Living," ca. 1954. Speech outline and typescript Box/Folder: 4 : 15 Remarks at Belle Rosen memorial meeting, 1955 May 24. Box/Folder: 4 : 16 Introduction to dramatized reading from Lincoln-Douglas debates, ca. 1959. Box/Folder: 4 : 17 "Biological Demonstration of the Marxian Principle," ca. 1950s. Speech notes Box/Folder: 4 : 18 "The Meaning of McCarthyism," ca. 1950s. Speech outline Box/Folder: 4 : 19 "The Paris Commune," ca. 1950s. Speech outline Register of the Eric Hass papers 81034 5

Speeches and Writings, 1949-1980 Box/Folder: 4 : 20 "The Years of Capitalism Are Numbered," ca. 1960. Speech outline Box/Folder: 4 : 21 Remarks at golden jubilee celebration for Arnold Petersen as Socialist Labor Party national secretary, 1964 Box/Folder: 4 : 22 Report as editor of The Weekly People to Socialist Labor Party National Executive Committee meeting, 1966 May 7. Box/Folder: 4 : 23 "The 'New' Imperialism and War," ca. 1966. Speech outline Box/Folder: 4 : 24 "On a Winter's Day: 'Twigging' Anyone?'" New York Times, 1968 February 25. and printed copy Box/Folder: 4 : 25 "Survival of Giant Redwoods Hinges on Washington Report," Christian Science Monitor, 1968 May 14. Box/Folder: 4 : 26 Report as editor of The Weekly People to Socialist Labor Party national convention, 1968 May. Box/Folder: 4 : 27 "Nature's Botanical Oddity," New York Times, 1968 August 9. Box/Folder: 4 : 28 "Wild Flower Protection," New York Times, 1968 September 29. Box/Folder: 4 : 29 "Amy and the Deer Mouse" (children's story), 1968 November 12. Box/Folder: 4 : 30 "Clowns of the Plains" (article for juveniles), 1968 December 13. Box/Folder: 4 : 31 "The Living Fossil," New York Times, 1968 December 15. Register of the Eric Hass papers 81034 6

Speeches and Writings, 1949-1980 Box/Folder: 5 : 1 "Another Mouse to Feed," 1968 Holograph and typescript Box/Folder: 5 : 2 "What's Wrong with the SLP?" ca. 1968. Box/Folder: 5 : 3 "How Indians 'Talked' Without Saying a Word'" (article for juveniles), 1969 January 24. Box/Folder: 5 : 4 "Oasis in the City," New York Times, 1969 April 6. Box/Folder: 5 : 5 "Why I Resigned from the SLP," Socialist Forum, 1969 July. Box/Folder: 5 : 6 "Benjamin Gilbert: Friend and Naturalist" (memorial meeting remarks), 1969 September 5. Box/Folder: 5 : 7 "An Encounter with Winter" (written under pseudonym Jack Focht), New York Times, 1970 January 11. Box/Folder: 5 : 8 "Jack in the Pulpit," New York Times, 1970 May 17. Box/Folder: 5 : 9 "A Bonus for Woodland Wanderers," New York Times, 1970 May 24. Box/Folder: 5 : 10 "House Finch," New York Times, 1970 August 9. Box/Folder: 5 : 11 "Sharin' Erin's Floral Charms," New York Times, 1970 August 30. Box/Folder: 5 : 12 "To the Irish Sea for an Eyeful of Puffins," New York Times, 1971 January 10. Register of the Eric Hass papers 81034 7

Speeches and Writings, 1949-1980 Box/Folder: 5 : 13 "To the Rescue of a Tree," New York Times, 1971 January 17. Box/Folder: 5 : 14 "Trinity's Yard Blooms amid 'Canyons,'" New York Times, 1971 April 11. Box/Folder: 5 : 15 "'That Queen of Secrecy,'" New York Times, 1971 May 16. Box/Folder: 5 : 16 "Yugoslavia: The Hinterland Also Seeks Tourists," Washington Post, 1971 October 31. Box/Folder: 5 : 17 "Nature Haunts for Subway Riders," New York Times, 1972 April 2. and printed copy Box/Folder: 5 : 18 "The Old Apple Tree," New York Times, 1972 June 25. Box/Folder: 5 : 19 Review of Alexander F. Skutch, A Naturalist in Costa Rica, Garden Journal, 1972 October. Box/Folder: 5 : 20 "Block Island Summer," ca. 1972. and working materials Box/Folder: 5 : 21 "Hawking in Ireland," ca. 1972. and working materials Box/Folder: 5 : 22 Untitled article re St. Paul's Churchyard, New York City, ca. 1972. and working materials Box/Folder: 5 : 23 "'A Small, Friendly Country that Fits Our Purse'" (re Costa Rica), Dynamic Maturity, 1973 January. Box/Folder: 5 : 24 "Butterflies Are Coming Back to the City's Parks," New York Times, 1974 June 9. Box/Folder: 5 : 25 "An Expatriate's Spring," New York Times, 1975 March 30. and printed copy Register of the Eric Hass papers 81034 8

Speeches and Writings, 1949-1980 Box/Folder: 5 : 26 "Our Outmoded Political Constituencies," 1975 August 18. Box/Folder: 5 : 27 "Report on the Fifth World Symposium of the International Society on Toxinology," 1976 August 16. Box/Folder: 5 : 28 "A Most Dangerous Snake," 1976 and working materials Box/Folder: 5 : 29 "On Collecting Plants in the Tropics," 1977 January. Box/Folder: 5 : 30 "Pueblo, a Newspaper for the People" (re Costa Rican newspaper; written under pseudonym Larry Able), 1977, transcript of interview with editor Javier Solís, and other working materials Box/Folder: 5 : 31 Letter to the editor, Santa Rosa News-Herald, re monetary policy, 1978 August 12. Box/Folder: 5 : 32 Letter to the editor, Santa Rosa Press-Democrat, re supermarket item-pricing (written on behalf of Gray Panthers), 1979 May 23. Box/Folder: 5 "Agism: The Shunning of the Elderly," 1979 (book-length study, including multiple draft versions) Box/Folder: 5 : 33 Outlines and front matter Box/Folder: 5 : 34 Introduction Box/Folder: 6 : 1 Chapter 1 Box/Folder: 6 : 2 Chapter 2 Box/Folder: 6 : 3 Chapter 3 Box/Folder: 6 : 4 Chapter 4 Box/Folder: 6 : 5 Chapter 5 Box/Folder: 6 : 6 Chapter 6 Box/Folder: 7 : 1 Chapter 7 Box/Folder: 7 : 2 Chapter 8 Box/Folder: 7 : 3 Chapter 9 Box/Folder: 7 : 4 Footnotes and bibliography Box/Folder: 7 : 5 Note card working materials Box/Folder: 7 : 6 Correspondence with writer's agent Richard Curtis and publishers Box/Folder: 7 : 7 "Fear of Aging in Children," 1979 Outline and drafts for study never completed Register of the Eric Hass papers 81034 9

Speeches and Writings, 1949-1980 Box/Folder: 7 : 8 "Collecting Plants in the Tropics for Your New York Home," ca. 1970s. Box/Folder: 7 : 9 "The Federal Reserve System: A Total Money-Making Machine," ca. 1970s. Box/Folder: 7 : 10 "The Great Redwood Park Hassle," ca. 1970s. Box/Folder: 7 : 11 "House Finches," ca. 1970s. Box/Folder: 7 : 12 "How Fawns Survive," ca. 1970s. Box/Folder: 7 : 13 "The Living Lakes of Yugoslavia," ca. 1970s. Box/Folder: 7 : 14 "Nature in the City," ca. 1970s. Box/Folder: 8 : 1 "On the Trail of a Hibernian Donkey," ca. 1970s. Box/Folder: 8 : 2 "The Redwoods in Spring," ca. 1970s. Box/Folder: 8 : 3 "Taste of Terror in the Night," ca. 1970s. Box/Folder: 8 : 4 "Three Weeds of Late Summer," ca. 1970s. Box/Folder: 8 : 5 "Why Doctors 'Play God,'" ca. 1970s. Box/Folder: 8 : 6 Untitled memoir re father of Eric Hass, ca. 1970s. Box/Folder: 8 : 7 Fragments, ca. 1970s Register of the Eric Hass papers 81034 10

Speeches and Writings, 1949-1980 Box/Folder: 8 : 8 Remarks to Sonoma County, California, Board of Supervisors on behalf of Gray Panthers re supermarket item-pricing, 1980 and working materials Box: 8-11 Subject File, 1889-1980. Notes, printed matter, correspondence, and typed copies, arranged alphabetically by topic Box: 8 Aging Box/Folder: 8 : 9 General. Notes and mimeographed materials, 1977-1979 Box/Folder: 8 : Printed matter. Clippings and journal articles, 1943-1980 10-12 Box/Folder: 8 : 13 Sources. Bibliographies and catalogs, 1977-1980 Box/Folder: 9 : 1 Central America. Clippings and journal article, 1977-1978 Box/Folder: 9 De Leon, Daniel Box/Folder: 9 : 2 Typed copies of De Leon correspondence, mainly with Olive M. Johnson, 1897-1913. Includes one photocopy of an original De Leon letter Box/Folder: 9 : 3 Typed copies of De Leon writings, 1889-1913. Includes a few printed copies of articles, and pamphlet James Madison and Karl Marx Box/Folder: 9 : 4 Correspondence about De Leon, 1933-1962, mainly from editorial files of The Weekly People. Includes letters by Arnold Petersen Box/Folder: 9 : 5 Notes, clippings, and journal articles about De Leon, 1912-1977 Box/Folder: 9 : 6 Environment and ecology. Clippings and journal articles, 1962-1977 Box/Folder: 10 Gray Panthers Box/Folder: 10 : 1 General. Notes, lists, flyers, newsletters, circulated material, and clippings, 1975-1980 Box/Folder: 10 : 2 Gray Panther Network issues, 1978-1980 Box/Folder: 10 : 3 Imperialism. Notes, clippings, journal articles, and pamphlets, 1927-1967. Includes clippings from The Weekly People Box/Folder: 10 : 4 Logging. Pamphlets, 1967 Box/Folder: 10 : 5 Monetary policy and inflation. Clippings, journal articles, and other printed matter, 1925-1979 Box/Folder: 10 : 6 Nature. Clippings and journal articles, 1958-1979 Box/Folder: 11 : 1 Socialism. Clippings, journal articles, typed copies of journal articles, and other printed matter, 1910-1971, mainly re utopian socialist communities in the United States Box/Folder: 11 Socialist Labor Party Box/Folder: 11 : 2 General. Notes, clippings, and typed copies of journal articles, 1900-1967 Box/Folder: 11 : Weekly People issues, 1967-1969 3-4 Box/Folder: 11 : 5 Trinity Church (New York City). Leaflets, newsletters, minutes, and other printed matter, 1908-1979 Box/Folder: 11 : 6 Wine. "The Glorious Grape" (authorship uncertain), 1978 Box/Folder: 11 : 7 Yugoslavia. Tourist guide literature, and typed transcript of interview with I. Sharenow, 1970 Box/Folder: 11 : 8 Miscellany. Mainly printed matter, 1946-1978 Register of the Eric Hass papers 81034 11

Audiovisual File, undated Box: 11 Audiovisual File, undated Photographs Box/Folder: 11 : 9 Box/Folder: 11 : 10 Box/Folder: 11 : 11 Box/Folder: 11 : 12 Box/Folder: 11 : 13 Photographs of Daniel De Leon, family, and associated locations Photographs of Eric and Tillie Hass Photographs of nature scenes Photographs of Trinity Churchyard, New York City Photographs of miscellaneous and unidentified scenes Register of the Eric Hass papers 81034 12