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Mark Mrachnyi Papers, 1922-1940

5 linear ft. (214 items)

Mrachnyi, a Russian immigrant anarchist, who at various times went by the surnames Clevans, Klavansky, and Mratchny, was editor of Freie Arbeiter Stimme in the 1930s. The papers consist of correspondence relating to personal matters and editorial work, three radiograms reporting on the Spanish Civil War, some miscellaneous documents, and six circulars and one manifesto of the Association Internationale des Travailleurs. Contains letters from many leading anarchists including Emma Goldman. The papers are in English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, and Yiddish, with the Russian and Yiddish items accompanied by translations.

The collection consists primarily of personal and editorial correspondence, and also includes documents and circulars from the Association Internationale de Travailleurs (International Workingmen's Association). The correspondence mainly concerns the international anarchist movement and the anarchist, anti-Fascist role in the Spanish Civil War. Mrachnyi was known to most of the correspondents under the pseudonyms Mraschnyi or Mratchny, but he also used his original name, Klavansky, in Europe and Clevens in the United States. His wife used the name Johanna Clevens, reverting to her maiden name, Boetz, after their divorce.

The papers are in English, French, German, Russian,Spanish, and Yiddish. Translations of most of the Russian items were provided by Charles Gilbert. Articles received for publication in Fraye Arbeter Shtime (Freie Arbeiter Stimme) have been removed to the FAS collection.

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Letters to Mark Mrachnyi, 1922-1940

(Included are letters to Mark Mrachnyi (a.k.a. Clevans, Klavansky, and Mratchny), and his wife, Johanna (Boetz) Clevans. There are also several letters to Samuel Freedman, with whom he was associated as editor of the Freie Arbeiter [UNK]. At the end are grouped several items intended for publication in Freie Arbeiter Stimme. Unless otherwise indicated, the letters are typescripts, and in English.)

In: Mark Mrachnyi Papers, 1922-1940CorrespondenceIncoming, PersonalGoldman, Emma 1869-1940; in French, German, and Russian with translation
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Letters to Mark Mrachnyi, 1924-1937

(All are holographs signed and in Russian, except where noted. All were apparently written in Paris.

The letters chiefly concern anarchist groups and writings, and anarchists imprisoned in Russia. There are frequent references to the MTR (Mezhdunarodnoe tovarishchestvo rabochikh [i.e. International Workingmen's Association] founded in 1922).

The transcriptions are by Mrs. Olga Grendze; information for notes was supplied by Joseph Placek.)

In: Mark Mrachnyi Papers, 1922-1940CorrespondenceIncoming, PersonalSchapiro, Alexander, d. 1946; in French, English and Russian with translation, 1924-37
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