Folder 1 - Containing William
James Sidis to Mrs. Eichel and Mr. Julius Eichel, 1933-1939
Folder 2 - Containing William
James Sidis to Mr. Julius Eichel, 1941-1944, et al., about WJS,
posthumously 1945-1946
Folder 3 - Containing Closed Org. AIS celebrates American
Historical Events, and Penacook Courier, 1936-1938
Folder 4 - Containing WJS' Successors of Shays,
and Continuity News, 1938-1939
Folder 5 - Containing WJS' AIS1 papers,
1938
Folder 6 - Containing WJS', The Tribes and the
States, issued by AIS (just 1st 43 of ~600 pages)
Folder 7 - Containing LWOA2 papers, 1939
Folder 8 - Containing The Orarch, a group
news letter by WJS, 1939-1943
Folder 9 - Containing Parker Greene3 papers:
Geprodis, etc., Freedom Poems, Libertarian VUSP4,
1944
Folder 10 - WJS' obituary in The Absolutist
Folder 11 - Julius Eichel, et al., correspondence
Folder 12 - Articles, profiles about WJS, 1978
1American Independence Society
2Liberty War Objectors Association
3One of William James Sidis' pen names (his favorite)
4Volunteer Urban Self-Supporting Projects
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1 |
Letter to Mrs. Eichel (presumed Julius' wife) WJS mentions, "Grammar, the American lingo." |
11Mar33 |
257 W. Newton Street Boston, MA |
2 |
Letter to Mrs. Eichel -$5 payment on loan. |
14Nov34 |
197 Warren Ave Boston, MA |
3 |
Letter to Mrs. Eichel -Tells her he was, "...fired 31Jan35 for not being a mental calculating machine..." |
15Feb35 |
197 Warren Ave Boston, MA |
4 | Letter to Mrs. Eichel | 15Apr35 |
197 Warren Ave Boston, MA |
5 |
Letter to Mrs. Eichel -Sends three more copies of The Tribes and the States, "...work of an organization, not just WJS..." his own words. -Mentions some "...tribal organization in New Hampshire, publishing a newsletter..." |
15Apr35 |
197 Warren Ave Boston, MA |
6 | Letter to Julius | 16Jul36 |
196 W. Canton Street Boston, MA |
7 |
Letter to Julius -Reminds Julius Eichel (JE) of his lapsed subscription to Penacook Courier. -9Nov36 JE sends $1 for renewal. |
4Nov36 |
196 W. Canton Street Boston, MA |
8 |
Letter to JE -Scheduled meeting in NYC for 18-9Apr37. -Reschedule meeting for 19Jul37. |
8Apr37 |
196 W. Canton Street Boston, MA |
9 |
Note to JE -Mentions Mr. & Mrs. (M&M) Marcos A. Spinelli, 129 Highland Ave., Jersey City, re: invitation to 'celebration part,' re: Bill of Rights. |
20Jan38 |
196 W. Canton Street Boston, MA |
10 |
Letter to JE with above note attached -Mentions: M&M Joseph J. Resnick, 4410 Cayuga Ave., Bronx; M&M Lowell W. Gerson, 6742 Continental Ave., Forrest Hills; Mr. Joseph Ellner, 1640 Undercliff Ave., Bronx. |
12Jan38 |
196 W. Canton Street Boston, MA |
11 | Letter to JE | 27Jan38 |
196 W. Canton Street Boston, MA |
12 |
Letter to JE -"Thanx," from WJS for, -Letter from JE on WJS' 40th birthday on 1Apr38. |
13Feb38 |
196 W. Canton Street Boston, MA |
13 |
Letter to JE -Signed, "Yours for liberty," WJS. |
5May38 |
196 W. Canton Street Boston, MA |
14 |
Letter to JE (Reader, please note WJS makes no mention of significance of 25Jul38 here. See The Modern Gray Champion date and its significance. PDR-30Oct1999.) |
17Aug38 |
196 W. Canton Street Boston, MA |
15 |
Postcard to JE -Part 3 of, "The Tribes and the States is ready." |
22Dec38 |
196 W. Canton Street Boston, MA |
16 | Letter to JE | 27Dec38 |
196 W. Canton Street Boston, MA |
17 |
Organization letter for AIS, American Independence Society -Mr. Hobart S. Bird, 40 Monroe St, NYC (299 Broadway NYC) -Mary C. Guilhempe, 935 E. 9th, Brooklyn (277 Broadway NYC) |
22Jan39 |
196 W. Canton Street Boston, MA |
18 |
Organization letter for AIS -Mentions The Gray Champion from Hawthorne's Twice Told Tales. |
12Feb39 |
196 W. Canton Street Boston, MA |
19 |
Organization letter for AIS | 28May39 |
196 W. Canton Street Boston, MA |
1 | Organization letter for AIS | 15May41 |
196 W. Canton Street Boston, MA |
2 |
Organization letter for AIS -WJS attempts to fill out his 1-A card and avoid draft. -Mentions Jack Schneider invite to party. |
28Jun41 |
196 W. Canton Street Boston, MA |
3 |
Organization letter for AIS -Recommends Leo Robbins. -Martha Foley, c/o Story, 432 4th Ave., NYC. |
9Mar42 |
15 Sheiler Street Brookline, MA (may be, 'Shailer') |
4 |
Minority Report on Reunion -WJS expresses his "problems" with a reunion meeting. |
28Mar42 |
15 Sheiler Street Brookline, MA |
5 |
Organization letter for AIS -Letter about his 'snubbing' by COs who had been to Leavenworth and laughed at WJS because he had not done "his time" yet. -This letter shows a decidedly defensive and inflexible Sidis. He appears to want liberty for himself, but one can see that his own liberty requires a clear-cut separation from those with whom he disagrees. We see a clear and objective dichotomy that is very classical and SOM-like. We thought Sidis was a sophist, but this shows a side of him as a SOMite (researcher opinion only it is worthwhile to note that sophists are capable of abiding many contexts Sidis may have been in one of his SOM contexts when he wrote this letter we choose that as our own assessment of this letter WJS previously demonstrated often his ability to reside in multiple, apparently conflicting contexts simultaneously, e.g., playing games with his supervisors soon, we expect to have a copy of WJS', The Animate and the Inanimate, we expect to find abundant examples of his ability to straddle multi-contexts simultaneously there we also expect to demonstrate a heuristic that extreme quantum sophism is often misdiagnosed as schizophrenia, autism, etc. See Mollie Fancher.). Note that JE's letter back to him (see JE to WJS, 4APR42) expressed a similar opinion to our own above (which we wrote prior to seeing JE's comments.) |
2Apr42 |
15 Sheiler Street Brookline, MA |
6 | Letter to JE? | 14Aug42 |
15 Sheiler Street Brookline, MA |
7 | Letter to, "My Dear Mr. Eichel." | 27Aug42 |
15 Sheiler Street Brookline, MA |
8 |
Organization letter for AIS -WJS says, "WRL, War Resistors League, double-crossed us." -WJS says, "No conscription!" |
22Sep42 |
15 Sheiler Street Brookline, MA |
9 | Letter to JE & AIS | 30Sep42 |
15 Sheiler Street Brookline, MA |
10 | Letter to JE | 14Nov42 |
15 Sheiler Street Brookline, MA |
11 |
Postcard to JE -WJS says, "Any government that embarks on war is a failure..." |
18Dec42 |
15 Sheiler Street Brookline, MA |
12 |
Letter to JE & AIS -WJS resigns AIS. -Reader should note that Sidis will transition from his Earth form on 17Jul44. His writing here is tense and defensive. He is under considerable strain. We do not know, but we guess he was financially less than broke, very overweight at this time, and probably suffering high blood pressure and perhaps adult onset type II diabetes. |
13Jan43 |
15 Sheiler Street Brookline, MA |
13 | Letter to JE | 9Mar43 |
15 Sheiler Street Brookline, MA |
14 | Letter to JE | 9Mar43 |
15 Sheiler Street Brookline, MA |
15 |
Letter to JE -WJS says, "My own economic situation is in probably the worst spot it has ever been. It is beginning to look as though I will not be able to keep myself alive for much longer..." |
28Mar43 |
15 Sheiler Street Brookline, MA |
16 | Postcard to JE | 13Apr43 |
15 Sheiler Street Brookline, MA |
17 | Postcard to JE | 30Apr43 |
15 Sheiler Street Brookline, MA |
18 |
Letter to JE -WJS says he has been recalled to a job for 30 days. -WJS announces his new addended postal code: 46 |
20May43 |
15 Sheiler Street Brookline, MA |
19 |
Postcard to JE -WJS submits four addresses for JE's newsletter all females. |
28May43 |
15 Sheiler Street Brookline, MA |
20 | Letter to JE | 4Jun43 |
15 Sheiler Street Brookline, MA |
21 |
Letter to JE -WJS submits a letter/article to JE's news letter, The Absolutist. |
17Jun43 |
15 Sheiler Street Brookline, MA |
22 |
Letter to JE -WJS submits changes to his 'amendment.' -WJS mentions I. Rab as possible newsletter subscriber. |
25Jun43 |
15 Sheiler Street Brookline, MA |
23 |
Postcard to JE -Note to reader: WJS has less than one year to 'live.' |
25Jun43 |
15 Sheiler Street Brookline, MA |
24 |
Telegram to JE -Note that WJS is 'tight' for money, but sends JE a telegram for what appears to us as non-urgent communications. We see stress and instability here. -WJS suggests "Libertarian," or "Absolutist," instead of "Liberty." |
12Aug43 |
15 Sheiler Street Brookline, MA |
25 |
Letter to JE -WJS tells JE his pen name is Parker Greene. -WJS, per JE's earlier comments agrees, "Jerry Tuck is a federal undercover agent!" |
2Sep43 |
15 Sheiler Street Brookline, MA |
26 | Letter to JE | 13Sep43 |
15 Sheiler Street Brookline, MA |
27 | Letter to JE | 4Oct43 |
15 Sheiler Street Brookline, MA |
28 |
Letter to JE -WJS mentions his, The Peace Paths, a "book" by Sidis. It is about old courier system and the many ramifications of its consequences in modern life. -WJS calls Jerry Tuck, "...Friar Tuck..." |
12Oct43 |
15 Sheiler Street Brookline, MA |
29 | Letter to JE | 14Oct43 |
15 Sheiler Street Brookline, MA |
30 |
James V. Bennett, Dir Federal Bureau of Prisons -WJS proposes his plan for AWOAs, American War Objectors Association members, to work, "...according to their beliefs." William James Sidis does a superb job in this letter. Simply excellent work. |
25Oct43 |
15 Sheiler Street Brookline, MA |
31 |
Letter to JE -WJS tells JE about his letter to Bennett. |
25Oct43 |
15 Sheiler Street Brookline, MA |
32 |
Postcard to JE -WJS asks to plan a luncheon. |
9Nov43 |
15 Sheiler Street Brookline, MA |
33 |
Letter to JE -WJS submits his "antislavery" column to JE's newsletter. |
15Nov43 |
15 Sheiler Street Brookline, MA |
34 | Letter to JE | 20Nov43 |
15 Sheiler Street Brookline, MA |
35 |
Letter to JE -WJS: "...no one on Earth above criticism..." |
28Nov43 |
15 Sheiler Street Brookline, MA |
36 | Note to JE |
23Nov43 (~Seq.!) |
15 Sheiler Street Brookline, MA |
37 |
Letter to JE -WJS bemoans JE's censorship of his submissions. WJS appears to be going more unstable here. Writing is shaky and a tad nonlinear. |
29Nov43 |
15 Sheiler Street Brookline, MA |
38 |
Letter to JE -WJS' first full stencil of his "column" for JE's newsletter. -WJS mentions Anne Hutchinson, puritan martyr. She rated three pages in Sidis', The Peace Paths. |
9Dec43 |
15 Sheiler Street Brookline, MA |
39 |
Letter to JE -WJS issues another stencil submission. Request for 20 copies of The Absolutist to distribute. -JE rejects Sidis' stencils based on his extreme position against violence. Eichel's membership could not agree w/Sidis when he interviewed them on that topic. |
12Dec43 |
15 Sheiler Street Brookline, MA |
40 |
Letter to JE -WJS ends his newsletter relationship with JE. |
25Mar44 |
15 Sheiler Street Brookline, MA |
41 |
Letter to JE -Note to reader: WJS will die in just three months and seven days. -WJS tells JE he got his New Yorker settlement. ~Victory! Calls JE "bitter" against WJS. Accuses JE of stealing his VUSP plan. Describes 'dodos' as birds which walk up and openly challenge their "killers." Tells JE his heroes (JE's) are "dodos." WJS admires "dodgers" not "dodos." Doesn't care if JE takes his comments as antagonism. -Reader, we could see this coming, but doubt you can imagine our shock to actually read these words. Sidis is clearly not well and appears almost childlike in his verbal retributions. We think he was in his own contrived multiverse of many mansions apparently none or few of which commingled his acquaintances'. |
10Apr44 |
15 Sheiler Street Brookline, MA |