Fred Briehl papers, 1911-1974.
Collection Number: 3474

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Fred Briehl papers, 1911-1974.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
3474
Abstract:
Collection includes correspondence with friends and family members, diaries, scrapbooks, and published materials concerning Briehl's activism, communism, socialism, agriculture, pacifism, and radical causes
Creator:
Briehl, Fred, 1892-1974.
Quanitities:
9.4 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Fred Briehl was a dairy farmer and summer guest house operator, Wallkill, Ulster County; political party and union organizer; accountant, printer and editor of THE FARM FRONT.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Collection includes correspondence with friends and family members, 1911-1947 (1911-1920 bulk); diaries (1917-1920) written primarily when Briehl was in prison for refusing to serve in the armed forces during World War I; correspondence with various politicians and the media concerning current affairs, 1917-1970; legal documents pertaining to lawsuits, property and patents, 1942-1961, and the 1955 House Un-American Activities Committee investigation of summer camps; tape recordings of interviews and events, 1962-1978; videotapes of home movies taken by Briehl, a clip from "Native Land," a 1942 documentary on civil rights in which Briehl acted, and a documentary film, "Fred Briehl" by Charles Gershwin and Michael Mitchell, containing clips from his home movies and interviews during 1970-1971; student notebooks and papers, 1914-1920; scrapbooks and clippings, 1915-1974; correspondence, broadsides, handouts and speeches relating to activities in the Communist Party and the Dairyman's League, the Farmer's Union, and the Farmer's Emergency Committee; records from his dairy farm, 1927-1944; issues of THE FARM FRONT, published by the New York Farm Commission of the Communist Party, (1943-1959) and edited by or with Briehl; pamphlets and miscellaneous publications concerning communism, socialism, agriculture, pacifism, and radical causes.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Cite As:

Fred Briehl. Papers, #3474. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Communist Party -- : New York (State).
Dairyman\'s League
Farmer\'s Union
Farmer\'s Emergency Committee
New York Commission of the Communist Party
United States. Congress. House Un-American Activities Committee
Brookside Farm (Wallkill, N.Y.)
Places:
Ulster County (N.Y.)
Wallkill (N.Y.)
Subjects:
Farmers.
Radicalism.
Pacifism.
Agriculture.
Socialism.
Communism.
Civil rights.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Conscientious objectors.
Form and Genre Terms:
Diaries.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Link to a partial finding aid.
Scope and Contents
All the material in the collection may not be covered by this guide.
Series I: Correspondence
Box 1 Folder 1-39
Edna Kriegner - Fred Briehl
 Date unknown
Box 1 Folder 40-47
Briehl Family
 Date unknown
Box 1 Folder 48-49
Krieger Family
 Date unknown
Box 1 Folder 50-70
Friends
 Date unknown
Scope and Contents
Robert Christian, Ubaldo Marra, William D. Paul, Theresa Wolfson, John Downey, Miscellaneous.
Box 1 Folder 71-77
Political
 Date unknown
Box 2 Folder 1-8
Political
 Date unknown
Box 2 Folder 9-11
Media
 Date unknown
Box 2 Folder 12
Miscellaneous
 Date unknown
Series II: Personal Files
 Date unknown
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous
Box 3 Folder 52-54
Student Notebooks and Papers
 Date unknown
Box 2 Folder 13-22
Student Notebooks and Papers
 Date unknown
Box 2 Folder 23
Union Materials
 1917-1921
Scope and Contents
NYC
Box 2 Folder 24
Letters of Recommendation
 Date unknown
Box 2 Folder 25-35
Prison Materials: Diaries
 Date unknown
Box 2 Folder 36
Prison Materials: Publications
 Date unknown
Box 4 Folder 4-7
Prison Materials: Publications
 Date unknown
Box 2 Folder 37
Prison Materials: Court Martial Statements
 Date unknown
Box 4 Folder 8
Prison Materials: Court Martial Statements
 Date unknown
Box 2 Folder 38
Prison Miscellaneous
 Date unknown
Box 2 Folder 39
Minutes of the Worker's Welfare Association
 Date unknown
Box 2 Folder 40
1949 Accident Material
 1949
Box 4 Folder 41
Briehl vs. Porco
 Date unknown
Box 2 Folder 41
Broken Leg Material
 Date unknown
Box 2 Folder 41-45
Headlight Material
 Date unknown
Box 4 Folder 10
Headlight Material
 Date unknown
Box 2 Folder 46
Airman's Certificate Material
 Date unknown
Box 2 Folder 46
Fred and Edna's Retirement Tribute Material
 Date unknown
Box 2 Folder 46-51
Fred's Autobiography
 Date unknown
Box 2 Folder 52
Funeral Tributes
 Date unknown
Box 2 Folder 53
Personal Documents
 Date unknown
Box 2 Folder 54
Miscellany
 Date unknown
Series III: Dairy Records
 Date unknown
Box 2 Folder 55-63
Herd Books
 Date unknown
Box 2 Folder 64-65
Disease Testing Records
 Date unknown
Box 4 Folder 11
Registration
 Date unknown
Box 2 Folder 66
Registration
 Date unknown
Box 2 Folder 69
Milk Receipts
 Date unknown
Box 2 Folder 67
Breeding Records
 Date unknown
Box 4 Folder 11
Auction Records
 Date unknown
Box 2 Folder 70-71
Farm Miscellany
 Date unknown
Box 2 Folder 72-73
Farm Improvements
 Date unknown
Box 4 Folder 12
Farm Improvements
 Date unknown
Series IV:Financial and Land Records
 1923-1952
Box 3 Folder 1
Statement of Income and Expenses
 1923-1952
Box 4 Folder 13-20
Statement of Income and Expenses
 1923-1952
Box 3 Folder 3-4
Mortgage Papers
 1923-1952
Box 4 Folder 21-22
Mortgage Papers
 1923-1952
Box 4 Folder 23
Middleton Production Credit Association
 1923-1952
Box 5 Folder 5-6
Middleton Production Credit Association
 1923-1952
Series V: Farm Organizations
 Date unknown
Box 3 Folder 7
Sheffield Farms Company, Inc.
 Date unknown
Box 3 Folder 8
Emergency Committee of the NY Milk Shed
 Date unknown
Box 4 Folder 25
Emergency Committee of the NY Milk Shed
 Date unknown
Box 3 Folder 9-12, 51
Dairyman's Cooperative League
 Date unknown
Box 4 Folder 24
Dairyman's Cooperative League
 Date unknown
Box 4 Folder 25-26
Farmer's Union
 Date unknown
Series VI: Socialist and Communist Papers
 1818-1956
Box 4 Folder 27
Socialist Papers
 Date unknown
Communist Papers
 Date unknown
Box 3 Folder 13-17
Correspondance
 Date unknown
Box 4 Folder 28
Correspondance
 Date unknown
Box 3 Folder 18-26
Radio Speeches
 Date unknown
Box 4 Folder 29
Radio Speeches
 Date unknown
Box 4 Folder 27
Broadsides and Leaflets
 Date unknown
Box Unknown BR-5024
Broadsides and Leaflets
 Date unknown
Box 3 Folder 27
Miscellany
 Date unknown
Box 3 Folder 28-36
The Farm Front
 Date unknown
Series VII: Printed Matter
 Date unknown
Scope and Contents
Note: No Catalog Number
Box 3 Folder 37
Book Lists
 Date unknown
Box 6
Pamphlets
 Date unknown
Box 7
Pamphlets
 Date unknown
Box 8
Pamphlets
 Date unknown
Box 9
Pamphlets
 Date unknown
Box 10
Pamphlets
 Date unknown
Box 4 Folder 37
Pamphlets
 Date unknown
Box 5 Folder 16
Pamphlets
 Date unknown
Box 3 Folder 38-39, 55
Pamphlets
 Date unknown
Box 4 Folder 31-34
Broadsides, Catalogs, Brochures, Programs and Reprints
 Date unknown
Series VIII: Tape Recordings
 Date unknown
Box Unknown TR-263 A
Tape Recording
 Date unknown
Box Unknown TR-263 B
Tape Recording
 Date unknown
Box Unknown TR-263 C
Tape Recording
 Date unknown
Box Unknown TR-263 D
Tape Recording
 Date unknown
Box Unknown TR-263 E
Tape Recording
 Date unknown
Box Unknown TR-263 F
Tape Recording
 Date unknown
Box 5
Series IX: Video Tapes
 Date unknown
Scope and Contents
Tapes 1-10.
Series X: Scrapbooks, Photograph Album and Clippings
 Date unknown
Box 5 Folder 1
Prison Camp Photograph Album
 Date unknown
Box 5 Folder 2-3
Black Scrapbook
 1915
Box 5 Folder 4-10
Maroon Scrapbook
 1954-1971
Box 4 Folder 35
Loose Clippings
 Date unknown
Box 5 Folder 11-15
Loose Clippings
 Date unknown