Philip Stein papers regarding David Alfaro Siqueiros, 1933-2012

Philip Stein's correspondence is both professional and personal in nature. Diana Zykovsky Anhalt wrote about American expatriates in Mexico during the McCarthy era and Stein was concerned with the accuracy of Anhalt's representation of his activities. Correspondence with Angelica Arenal de Siqueiros, and Adriana and Robert Siqueiros is mostly in Spanish, and relates to Stein's research for Siqueiros, His Life and Work. Correspondence with Graciela de Arenal, also in Spanish, is of a personal nature. The Raphael Cruz Arvea correspondence involves the translation of Stein's book. David Siqueiros' correspondence include letters from the Communist Party and a photocopy of a letter from Diego Rivera.

Included in this series are casette recordings of an interview with Adriana Siqueiros, Siqueiros' daughter, conducted by Charles Keller and Stanley Faulkner and four interviews with Angelica Siqueiros, his wife.

Writings by Stein, Siqueiros and others are in English and Spanish and include audiovisual and digital materials. The materials concern Siqueiros' view of the development of public art in Mexico and the relation between Mexican muralism and the Mexican Revolution. There are speeches by Siqueiros given to the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes in Mexico and the Central University of Caracus (Venezuela). Writings by Siqueiros largely concern his position on "his assault of the house of Leon Trotsky" and mass mailing letters regarding his relase from prison in 1964. Found are Stein's notes, four notebooks (with occasional drawings), two journals, jottings, and "final drafts" relating to Siqueiros.

Files include materials relating to Philip Stein's exhibitions, as well as materials concerning Diego Rivera and Jackson Pollock. There are FBI files for both Stein and Siqueiros. Also found are articles by Hugo Gellert and a transcript of an interview with him, and items by scholar, Larry Hulburt and Mark Vallen, artist-activist. In addition to sketches by Stein, there are clippings relating to the Hollywood Strike of 1946, clippings and material concerning the "assault on Leon Trotsky," and notes and clippings covering the 1960 Siqueiros trial. Further, there are materials regarding Stein's book The Mexican Murals (1984), correspondence and commentary on Siqueiros, His Life and Work (1994) and materials from the 1996 symposium on Siqueiros, "Otras Rutas Hacia Siqueiros."

Printed material includes a folder of political fliers from the early 1950s, some signed by the "Frente de Pintores Revolucionarios de Mexico" and more recent announcements of events relating to Siqueiros and political action. Found are articles in Spanish by Siqueiros from the newspaper, Excelsior, and articles by othrs relating to muralism and general political developments. There also are exhibition announcements, catalogs and price lists relating to Siqueiros' artwork. Lastly, there is a collection of Mexican periodicals with articles pertaining to Siqueiros' life and work.

Many of the photographs of Siqueiros, Stein, and others identify those present with notes in English. Siqueiros is shown with his artwork, with his grandfather, with Stein, and at events. There are both portraits of Siqueiros and Angelica Renal de Siqueiros and digital prints of Stein with family or friends. Also found are numerous photographs and slides of Siqueiros' and Steins' artwork. Some photographs are in digital format.

The sound and video recordings appear to include documentary presentations.