Autograph Letter Signed sent to Glenn Frank, later Associate Editor (1919-1922), and editor (1922-1925) Century magazine followed by President of the University of Wisconsin (1925-1937)

Very Good. Single sheet folded in half to make four pages. Embossed letterhead stamp (The Players -- a private New York Club frequented by Steffens). 18 x 11 cm. as folded. No envelope present. Slighty browning on large portion of last page. Steffens' handwriting is difficult for us to decipher. The body of the letter seems to discuss a proposed or imagined lecture tour for Steffens and his experience talking about that with someone from or with an interest in Russia and maybe others. Steffens soon became much less popular in the United States with his general endorsement of the Russia Revolution and the utopian society being created there. A lengthy P. S. asks Glenn to donate or raise $200 for some specific labor cause for which someone had offered to donate $1000 if Steffens could raise a matching amount -- he appears to claim that he has $600 committed. Glenn may have been employed by Filenes in Boston at this time or may have already been employed at Century. Steffens was an important muckraking journalist.