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1931
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1954
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1931
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1931
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1954
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{"value"=>"Anne O'Hare McCormick papers"}
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</span> <span class=\"addressline\">Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788</span></div>"}
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{"value"=>"Anne O'Hare McCormick (1882-1954), journalist and newspaper editor, spent most of her career at the New York Times. She began as a foreign correspondent in 1922 reporting from the U.S. and Europe. She became well known for her interviews with world leaders and in 1936 became the first woman to be appointed to the Times editorial board. McCormick received the Pulitzer Prize for Journalism in 1937 and served as a member of the U.S. delegation to the first and third UNESCO conferences. Collection consists of general correspondence, manuscripts of McCormick's writings and printed matter. Approximately half of her papers consists of correspondence received at the New York Times, 1936-1954. Carbons of her replies are on the backs of letters or are interfiled. Also included are typescripts of lectures, 1940-1952; clippings of articles by or about McCormick, ca. 1931-1954; UNESCO documents, 1946 and 1948; interview notes; photographs; and printed materials. Fifteen scrapbooks containing clippings of McCormick's columns, ca. 1936-1954, have been microfilmed (original scrapbooks are held by the Women's Press Club of New York City)."}
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{"value"=>"Materials in English"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Anne O'Hare McCormick papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
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{"value"=>"McCormick, Anne O'Hare, 1882-1954", "type"=>"persname"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Anne O'Hare McCormick, journalist and newspaper editor, spent most of her career at the New York Times. She began as a foreign correspondent in 1922, contributing a column titled \"In Europe\" (called \"Abroad\" from 1936), and reporting from the U. S. and around the world, chiefly Europe. She became well known for her interviews with world leaders, including Churchill, Hitler, Mussolini, Roosevelt, and Stalin. In 1936 she became the first woman to be appointed to the Times' editorial board. She remained at the Times until her death.</p> <p>McCormick received many awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Journalism in 1937, and she served as a member of the U. S. Delegation to the first UNESCO conference, Paris, 1946, and to the third, Beirut, 1948.</p> <p>Anne O'Hare McCormick: A Chronology: <ul class=\"chronlist\"> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1882.</span><span class=\"event\">Born Yorkshire, England.</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1897.</span><span class=\"event\">B. A. St. Mary's College, Columbus, Ohio.</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1921.</span><span class=\"event\">Began doing free lance work for the New York Times.</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1936.</span><span class=\"event\">Joined the editorial staff of the New York Times.</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1937.</span><span class=\"event\">First woman to win the Pulitzer prize for journalism.</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1944.</span><span class=\"event\">War correspondent on the eastern front.</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1946.</span><span class=\"event\">United States delegate to UNESCO conference.</span></li> <li class=\"chronitem\"> <span class=\"date\">1954</span><span class=\"event\">Died in New York City, on May 29.</span></li></ul></p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Approximately half of McCormick's papers consist of correspondence received at the Times, 1936-1954. Carbons of her replies are on the backs of letters, or are interfiled. Also included are typescripts of lectures, 1940-1952; clippings of articles by or about McCormick, circa 1931-1954; UNESCO documents, 1946 and 1948; interview notes; photographs; and printed material. Fifteen scrapbooks containing clippings of McCormick's columns, circa 1936-1954, have been microfilmed (*ZZ-1862). The New York Times holds the copyright to these, and readers must have the Times' permission to make copies from the film. The original scrapbooks are held by the Women's Press Club of New York City.</p> <p>General correspondence files contain letters from ordinary readers; colleagues; advocacy groups; Catholic clergy and members of religious orders; U. S. presidents and presidential advisors; government officials; cultural figures; university professors and administrators; press organizations; book publishers and magazine editors requesting manuscripts; friends; others. These consist chiefly of comments on McCormick's articles. Also included are congratulations for honors and appointments; invitations; requests for help and information; and some personal matters. McCormick's correspondents included many prominent people, including prominent women. Included are letters from: Bernard Baruch, Pearl S. Buck, Carrie Chapman Catt, John Foster Dulles, Felix Frankfurter, Herbert Hoover, Cordell Hull, Julian Huxley, Blanche Knopf, Herbert Lehman, David Lilienthal, A. J. Muste, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Ishbel Ross, Alexander Sachs, C. L. Sulzburger, Norman Thomas, and others.</p> <p>Separate files contain correspondence concerning lecture invitations accepted or declined, 1936-1954; invitations to join committees, all declined, 1945-1954; requests for biographical information; and condolence letters received by her husband, Francis J. McCormick, 1954.</p> <p>Also included is an interesting group of lengthy and detailed letters describing political and social conditions in wartime and postwar Europe, received by McCormick from European correspondents. Her correspondents include: Elizabeth Gilmore Holt (Director of the Office of Women's Affairs of the Military Government for Germany, U. S.) writing from Germany, 1948-1951, and Greece, 1951-1954; J. Anthony Panuch at the Headquarters of the European Command, Berlin, 1948-1949; Dorothy Poulain writing about France from New York and Paris, 1941-1951; Contessa Mary Senni in Rome, 1945-1946; and G. Vitelli, Deputy Consul of Italy, New York, 1946-1953. Also included are letters from postwar Florence; Ireland, 1947; Morocco, 1941; Russia, 1952; and the Saar, 1949. Some related notes and printed material are included.</p> <p>The collection also contains annotated typescripts of McCormick's talks, chiefly on international affairs, 1945-1954; four notebooks and some loose pages of interview notes, largely undated; clippings of articles, gathered by a clipping service, 1939-1954, that mention McCormick, generally in reference to one of her columns (including obituaries); clippings of McCormick's magazine articles, circa 1931-1954, and columns and foreign and American dispatches, 1936-1954; printed material relating to awards received; photographs of McCormick and others, 1930s-1950s; and printed material, including New York Times staff publications and reprints of McCormick's writings and talks. Printed and typescript documents, and photographs from the 1946 and 1948 UNESCO conferences are included.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Anne O'Hare McCormick papers are arranged in six series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/1937#c1182600'>Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/1937#c1182618'>Lectures</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/1937#c1182619'>Clippings</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/1937#c1182624'>UNESCO documents</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/1937#c1182625'>Photographs, interview notes, award documents</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/1937#c1182626'>Printed material</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Six series: I. Correspondence, 1936-1954; II. Lectures, 1940-1952; III. Clippings, ca. 1931-1954; IV. UNESCO Documents; V. Photographs, Interview Notes, Award Documents; VI. Printed Material</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>May 31, 1955, Received from Mack Burke (nephew)</p>"}
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Accessioned by JM, July 25, 1988</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Microfilm may not be copied without the permission of the New York Times which holds the copyright.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Microfilm may not be copied without permission of the New York Times which holds the copyright</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Editorials, columns and contributions to New York Times, 1936-1954, available on microfilm; New York Public Library</p>"}
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Additional papers of Anne O'Hare McCormick are at the New York Times' own archives, and St. Mary's College of the Springs, Columbus, Ohio. A collection of her articles on microfilm are at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. The Wisconsin microfilm is probably a duplicate of microfilm (of scrapbooks containing clippings of columns) here at the NYPL.</p>"}
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6.7 linear feet (16 boxes)
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1936
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1954