Marzani & Munsell
US publisher
Founded | 1954 |
---|---|
Founders |
Carl Marzani
Angus Cameron (publisher) |
Country of origin | United States |
Headquarters location | New York City , New York , USA |
Publication types | Books |
Marzani & Munsell (1955-1967) was an American book publisher of the mid-20th Century, based in Manhattan , which published liberal and leftist books, starting with False Witness by Harvey Matusow . [1]
History
After release from prison in 1951, Carl Marzani joined Cameron Associates and partnered with Angus Cameron to run Liberty Book Club. Marzani & Munsell formed as a book club (in an unclear relationship with Alexander Ector Orr Munsell, "that unusual combination of a practicing Christian and a practicing Marxist" per Carl Marzani , [2] and son and heir of Albert Henry Munsell ) and also operated what had become the Library-Prometheus Book Club. Together, the two book clubs, with some 8,000 members, published and distributed many books following their progressive ideology. [3]
In a later interview, Marzani described his publishing house:
We also had a very distinguished list – we had the first book on the Rosenbergs , the first book on FBI informers, a the first book on black armed self-defense, b and so on. We also had an outlet for the blacklisted writers – we published novels and other writings by Ring Lardner Jr. , c Alvah Bessie , Abe Polonsky , Albert Maltz . We also did an enormous amount of pamphlets, four or five every year – on the Bay of Pigs , on Vietnam , the Warren Report – there wasn't a major issue we didn't put out something on. We were a major influence among two or three others – the National Guardian , Monthly Review – during the years I call the American resistance to McCarthyism . [4]
In 1959 when Cameron left for at job at Knopf , Marzani became president. [1] Marzani and Munsell publishing house "was destroyed in a mysterious fire" in 1966, ending the run of books, pamphlets, broadsheets and reprints. [1] [3] Marzani later described the loss: "It destroyed our stock, our lists, everything, and we had no insurance." [4]
Alleged espionage
According to allegations made in 1994 by Oleg Kalugin , a retired KGB officer, Marzani was a contact for the Soviet secret police agency, the KGB , while running Marzani & Munsell, and the KGB subsidized his publishing house in the 1960s. [5] Allegedly, the amounts were $15,000 in 1960, then a two-year grant in 1961 of $55,000. [3]
Legacy
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Tamiment Library at New York University houses papers of Marzani & Munsell, whose principle correspondents include: Angus Cameron (publisher) , Herbert Aptheker , Calvin Benham Baldwin (aka "C.B. Baldwin" and "Beanie Baldwin"), Cedric Belfrage , Alvah Bessie , Herbert Biberman , Harry Bridges , E. Berry Burgum, W.E.B. Du Bois , Barrows Dunham , Howard Fast , Royal France, Stefan Heym , Albert E. Kahn , Ring Lardner Jr. , Doris Lessing , Walter Lowenfels , Albert Maltz , A.J. Muste , Carey McWilliams (journalist) , Truman J. Nelson , Victor Perlo , Edwin B. Smith, Edgar Snow , Joseph R. Starobin, Anna Louise Strong , Harry F. Ward , and Ella Winter . [1]
Titles
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- 1955:
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1957:
- The open Marxism of Antonio Gramsci [10]
- 1959:
- 1960:
- 1961:
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1962:
- The Era of McCarthyism [28]
- The Negro today [29]
- The Shelter Hoax and Foreign Policy [30]
- The political economy of growth [31]
- The adventurers [32]
- The military background to disarmamen [33]
- Negroes with Guns [34]
- China, Russia and the U.S.A. [35]
- 1963:
- 1964:
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1965:
- The Conscience of the Senate on the Vietnam War (1965) [50]
- Gideon's Army [51]
- Prosperity in crisis [52]
- Peace by finesse [53]
- A pictorial history of the Jews in the United States [54]
- Automation [55]
- Journey to the Soviet Trade Unions [56]
- Storm the gates of Jericho [57]
- What to do about Vietnam? [58]
- 1966:
People
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Officers
Authors
- Charles R. Allen Jr.
- Herbert Aptheker
- Paul A. Baran
- J. D. Bernal
- Baron Blackett
- Patrick Blackett
- Phillip Bonosky
- Richard Owen Boyer
- Richard Carter
- Carl Dreher
- Barrows Dunham
- Abraham Feinberg
- Waldo David Frank
- Joseph M. Gillman
- Kumar Goshal
- Fred Halstead
- Nathan Hare
- Margot Heinemann
- Stefan Heym
- Leo Huberman
- Joachim Joesten
- Mark Lane (author)
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- Curtis D. MacDougall
- Andrew March
- Carl Marzani
- Harvey Matusow
- Eve Merriam
- Edita Morris
- Fred Warner Neal
- Truman J. Nelson
- Mike Newberry
- Pavel Nilin
- Eric Norden
- Victor Perlo
- Charlotte Pomerantz
- Bernard Sachs
- Joseph J.Seldin
- Morris Schappes
- Edgar Snow
- Joseph William Still
- Anna Louise Strong
- Paul Sweezy
- T.H. Tetens
- Robert F. Williams
- William Appleman Williams
- William Worthy
- Fred Wright (cartoonist)
Translators
See also
Notes
- ^a Harvey Matusow's False Witness.
- ^b Robert F. Williams' Negroes with Guns .
- ^c Referring to Ring Lardner Jr.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Guide to the Carl Aldo Marzani Papers TAM 154" . Tamiment Library. 24 April 2018 . Retrieved 16 July 2021 .
- ↑ Nickerson, Dorothy . "Alexander Ector Orr Munsell" . Munsell Color . Retrieved 27 July 2021 .
- 1 2 3 Aldrich, Richard J. (2013). "CIA History as a Cold War Battleground: The Forgotten First Wave of Agency Narratives". In Moran, Christopher R.; Murphy, Christopher J. (eds.). Intelligence Studies in Britain and the US: Historiography Since 1945 . Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. pp. 31–38. ISBN 978-0748677566 . OCLC 854711000 . Retrieved 14 February 2021 .
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1
2
Marzani, Carl
; Crowdus, Gary; Lenny, Rubenstein (Spring 1976).
"UNION FILMS: An Interview with Carl Marzani"
.
Cinéaste
.
7
(2): 34.
JSTOR
42683496
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19 August
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via JSTOR.
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: CS1 maint: url-status ( link ) - ↑ Kalugin, Oleg (2009). Spymaster : my thirty-two years in intelligence and espionage against the west . New York, NY: Basic Books. ISBN 978-0786743667 . OCLC 488564977 . Retrieved 13 February 2021 .
- 1 2 "Letter from Marzani and Munsell Publishers, 1968" . San Diego State University. June 1968 . Retrieved 16 July 2021 .
- ↑ Matusow, Harvey (1955). False Witness . Cameron & Kahn . Retrieved 16 June 2021 .
- ↑ Matusow, Harvey (1955). False Witness . Cameron & Kahn. LCCN 55001227 . Retrieved 16 June 2021 .
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↑
- Boyer, Richard Owen ; Morais, Herbert M. (1955). Labor's untold story . New York: Marzani & Munsell. ISBN 0916180018 . OCLC 3996783 . OL 4874021M . Retrieved 20 February 2021 .
- ↑ Gramsci, Antonio (1957). The open Marxism of Antonio Gramsci . Translated by Marzani, Carl. New York: Cameron. OCLC 612098526 . Retrieved 1 March 2021 . . With annotations by Marzani.
- ↑ Heym, Stefan (1959). A visit to Soviet science . New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 644208573 . Retrieved 30 January 2022 .
- ↑ Bernal, J. D. (1959). World without war . New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 503155 . Retrieved 30 January 2022 .
- ↑ Carter, Richard (1959). The doctor business . New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 914948753 .
- ↑ Nilin, Pavel (1959). Comrade Venka . Translated by Barnes, Joseph . New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 2776873 .
- ↑ Boffa, Giuseppe (1960). Inside the Khrushchev Era . Translated by Marzani, Carl. New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 837045483 .
- ↑ Merriam, Eve (1960). The double bed from the feminine side . New York: Marzani & Munsell. ISBN 0020768605 . OCLC 902214117 . Retrieved 20 February 2021 .
- ↑ Williams, William Appleman (1960). The tragedy of American diplomacy . New York: Marzani & Munsell. ISBN 0393304930 . OCLC 60852776 . Retrieved 20 February 2021 .
- ↑ Dunham, Barrows (1960). The artist in society . New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 1024918 . Retrieved 7 March 2021 .
- ↑ Morris, Edita (1960). The flowers of Hiroshima . New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 7476282 . OL 24401709M . Retrieved 7 March 2021 .
- ↑ Strong, Anna Louise (1960). The rise of the people's communes in China . New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 4966035 . Retrieved 20 February 2021 .
- ↑ Aptheker, Herbert (1960). The world of C. Wright Mills . New York: Marzani & Munsell. ISBN 0527030031 . OCLC 463903199 . Retrieved 20 February 2021 .
- ↑ Tetens, Tete Harens (1961). The new Germany and the old Nazis . New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 5307316 .
- ↑ Frank, Waldo David (1961). Cuba: prophetic island . New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 1055877064 . Retrieved 20 February 2021 .
- ↑ Neal, Fred Warner (1961). War and peace, and the problem of Berlin: Clarmont summer session convocation lecture, July 20, 1961 . New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 1194621490 . Retrieved 1 March 2021 .
- ↑ Sachs, Bernard (1961). The road from Sharpeville . New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 414582 . Retrieved 7 March 2021 .
- ↑ Marzani, Carl; Perlo, Victor (1960). Dollars and sense of disarmament . New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 574398435 . Retrieved 2 March 2021 .
- ↑ Light, Robert E.; Marzani, Carl (1961). Cuba versus CIA (PDF) . New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 924365158 . Retrieved 18 February 2021 .
- ↑ Aptheker, Herbert (1962). The Era of McCarthyism . New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 1087059314 . Originally published as History and Reality . New York: Cameron Associates. 1955. OCLC 556559711 . Retrieved 20 February 2021 .
- ↑ Aptheker, Herbert (1962). The Negro today . New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 805375821 . Retrieved 6 March 2021 .
- ↑ Marzani, Carl (1962). The Shelter hoax and foreign policy . New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 4417974 .
- ↑ Baran, Paul A. (1962). The political economy of growth (2nd ed.). New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 883701106 . Retrieved 20 February 2021 .
- ↑ Heinemann, Margot (1962). The adventurers . New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 1127920 .
- ↑ Blackett, Baron Blackett, P. M. S. ; Marzani, Carl; Huberman, Leo ; Sweezy, Paul M. (1962). The military background to disarmament . New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 37914589 .
- ↑ Williams, Robert F. (1962). Negroes with Guns . With essays by Martin Luther King Jr. and Truman Nelson . New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 340047 .
- ↑ Snow, Edgar (1962). China, Russia and the U.S.A. Originally published as the last seven chapters of The other side of the river: Red China today . New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 610268722 . Retrieved 7 March 2021 .
- ↑ Snow, Edgar (1963). War and Peace in Vietnam . Originally published as a chapter in The other side of the river: Red China today , and previously published in China, Russia and the U.S.A. (above). New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 1200369650 . Retrieved 7 March 2021 .
- ↑ Pomerantz, Charlotte , ed. (1963). A quarter-century of un-Americana: a tragico-comical memorabilia of HUAC . New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 970934397 .
- ↑ Allen, Jr., Charles R. (1963). Heusinger of the Fourth Reich . New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 1303145 . Retrieved 20 February 2021 .
- ↑ Seldin, Joseph J. (1963). The golden fleece: selling the good life to Americans . New York: Marzani & Munsell. ISBN 0405080603 . OCLC 1035371498 .
- ↑ Nelson, Truman (1963). People with strength in Monroe, North Carolina . New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 843867049 .
- ↑ Bonosky, Phillip (1963). Dragon pink on old white . New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 249242406 .
- ↑ Pomerantz, Charlotte , ed. (1964). The mood of the nation (November 22-29, 1963): A news documentary of a steadfast citizenry . New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 943158279 .
- ↑ Joesten, Joachim (1964). Oswald: assassin or fall guy? . New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 461574074 .
- ↑ Perlo, Victor ; Goshal, Kumar (1964). Bitter end in Southeast Asia . New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 869091805 .
- ↑ Newberry, Mike (1964). The Yahoos . New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 1081125 . Retrieved 7 March 2021 .
- ↑ Newberry, Mike (1964). Goldwater-ism . New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 5910247 .
- ↑ Wright, Fred (1964). The Goldwater coloring book . New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 14005938 .
- ↑ Hare, Nathan (1964). The Black Anglo-Saxons . New York: Marzani & Munsell. ISBN 0020768605 . OCLC 2143539 . Retrieved 20 February 2021 .
- ↑ Aptheker, Herbert (1964). Soul of the Republic: The Negro Today . New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 1086693911 . Retrieved 7 March 2021 .
- ↑ Marzani, Carl (1965). The Conscience of the Senate on the Vietnam War . New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 10764500 .
- ↑ MacDougall, Curtis Daniel (1965). Gideon's Army . New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 1074676 .
- ↑ Gillman, Joseph M. (1965). Prosperity in crisis . New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 833638 . Retrieved 7 March 2021 .
- ↑ Still, Joseph William (1965). Peace by finesse (2nd ed.). New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 22570160 .
- ↑ Schappes, Morris U. (1965). A pictorial history of the Jews in the United States : a scholarly history, 1654 to the present . Foreword by David de Sola Pool . New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 613493202 .
- ↑ Dreher, Carl (1965). Automation : what it is, how it works, who can use it . introduction by Philip Morrison ; illustrated by Herb Lebowitz. New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 750721881 .
- ↑ Allen, Jr., Charles R. (1965). Journey to the Soviet Trade Unions: An American Eyewitness Report . With 65 photographs by the author. New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 675036 .
- ↑ Feinberg, Abraham L. (1965). Storm the gates of Jericho . Introduction by Charles R. Allen, Jr. New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 924882229 .
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↑
What to do about Vietnam?
. An abridgement of
Thoreau's
1849 essay, "
Civil Disobedience
". New York: Marzani & Munsell. 1965.
OCLC
913722936
.
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: CS1 maint: others ( link ) - ↑ Joesten, Joachim (1966). The gaps in the Warren report . New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 2705558 . This material is reprinted from the author's Oswald: assassin or fall guy .
- ↑ Critical reactions to the Warren report . New York: Marzani & Munsell. 1966. OCLC 18601297 .
- ↑ Allen, Jr., Charles R. (1966). Concentration camps USA . New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 1049770360 .
- ↑ Halstead, Fred (1966). Harlem stirs . Prologue by John O. Killens ; photography by Anthony Aviles and Don Charles . New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 9545106 .
- ↑ Allen, Jr., Charles R. (1966). German Hand on the Nuclear Trigger . New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 250481385 .
- ↑ Norden, Eric; Worthy, William ; March, Andrew; Lane, Mark (1966). The Silent Slaughter: the role of the United States in the Indonesian massacre . Introduction by Bertrand Russell . New York: Marzani & Munsell for Youth Against War and Fascism. OCLC 1075621167 . Retrieved 1 March 2021 .
- ↑ Johnson's War . New York: Marzani & Munsell. OCLC 606958417 .
External links
- Correspondence letter dated January 1962 with Leo Szilard at the University of California at San Diego (UCSD)
- Advertising letter dated June 1968
- Tamiment Library - Series VI: Publishing: Cameron Associations, Marzani & Munsell, 1953-1970
- Open Library = Marzani & Munsell