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{"value"=>"17809", "type"=>"local_mss"}
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{"value"=>"1973-1997", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1973/1997"}
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1973
- date_inclusive_end
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1997
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1973
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"New York Times Company records. William Safire papers"}
{"value"=>"New York Times Company records"}
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- repository
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{"id"=>"MSS", "value"=>"Manuscripts and Archives Division"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"William Safire (1929-2009) was a political speechwriter, journalist, and longtime columnist for The New York Times. The William Safire papers contain correspondence with colleagues, acquaintances, and news sources (1973-1989); readers' mail regarding his political \"Essays\" column (1990-1998); and research files that Safire created to support his political reporting during the 1970s and early 1980s."}
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{"value"=>"<p>New York Times Company records. William Safire papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"New York Times Company", "type"=>"corpname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p> William Lewis Safire (1929-2009) was an author, political speechwriter, journalist, and longtime columnist for The New York Times. Early in his career, Safire worked as a newspaper correspondent and a producer for radio and television. During the 1960s, Safire became increasingly involved in political campaigns and public relations for politicians. He joined Richard Nixon's staff as an advisor and speech writer in 1968. The New York Times hired Safire as a political columnist in 1973; he contributed to the paper's op-ed page for the next 32 years. In addition to political commentary, Safire also wrote the popular \"On Language\" column for the New York Times Sunday Magazine from 1979 until 2009.</p> <p>Safire was the author of several novels and non-fiction books. He served on the boards of the Pulitzer Prize and Syracuse University, and was the chief executive of the Charles A. Dana Foundation. Safire married Helene Belmar Julius in 1962; together they had two children. Safire died in Rockville, Maryland, in 2009.</p>"}
- custodhist
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{"value"=>"<p>Safire began sending his papers to The New York Times Archives in 1983. By 1987, he had deposited approximately 15 linear feet of personal letters and research files to be kept \"as is\" for his future use. Throughout the 1990s, Times archivists added 1.5 linear feet of selected readers' mail to the collection.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The William Safire papers contain office files that Safire kept while working as a columnist at The New York Times. These include correspondence with colleagues, acquaintances, news sources, and readers (1970-1987); readers' mail responding to his political \"Essays\" column (1990-1997); and research files that Safire created to support his political reporting during the 1970s and early 1980s. The collection does not contain material related to Safire's \"On Language\" column or his pre-Times career.</p> <p>The Personal and Miscellaneous Correspondence section is made up of letters sent to Safire's Times office, many of which are accompanied by copies of Safire's outgoing responses. These letters are grouped alphabetically by writer's last name. Included in this section are a small number of communications with his colleagues at The Times, including Publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, and editors Arthur Gelb and Seymour Topping, among others. Also present is correspondence with fellow journalists discussing his columns. Letters from friends concern invitations to social events and congratulations on becoming a Times columnist, publishing books, winning awards, and other achievements.</p> <p>Readers' Mail is made up of letters addressed to Safire and the editors of The Times in response to many of Safire's columns between 1990 and 1998. Letters are loosely grouped by year and sometimes by topic. The most substantial portion of these concerns the Persian Gulf War and its aftermath; many letters discuss the war's effects on the Kurdish population in the region (1991-1993). Among the other subjects discussed are the 1990s Yugoslav wars, the O.J. Simpson trial, and same-sex marriage.</p> <p>The Research Files are an alphabetical run of papers, grouped by topic, which Safire compiled over the course of writing his twice-weekly \"Essay\" column. Files pertain to national and global political stories on which Safire reported. They contain letters from sources providing Safire with background information in the attempt to influence his coverage, Safire's requests for information from sources and from the government (including FOIA requests), transcripts of interviews conducted by Safire and others, and Safire's research notes. The most extensive files concern President Jimmy Carter's administration, including scandals involving Carter's brother, Billy Carter; Carter's director of the Office of Management and Budget, Bert Lance; and Philadelphia attorney general, David Marston. Other notable files include those on government wiretapping practices and Safire's reporting on and trips to Israel and China. Also present is Safire's appointment book for 1981.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection is grouped into three sections: Personal Correspondence, Readers' Mail, and Research Files. Personal Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by last name, Reader's Mail is ordered chronologically by year and often grouped by topic, and Research Files are organized alphabetically by file title.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Donated by The New York Times Company, 2007.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Philip Heslip</span>, <span class=\"date\">2013</span></p>"}
{"value"=>"<p>Original order was maintained.</p>"}
- accessrestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>Sound recordings are unavailable for use pending preservation transfer.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>Copyright for documents created by New York Times Company principals and staff has been transferred to The New York Public Library.</p>"}
- relatedmaterial
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{"type"=>"formspartof", "value"=>"<p>Forms part of New York Times Company records</p>"}
{"value"=>"<span class=\"archref\">William Safire papers, 1949-2009. Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries.</span> <span class=\"archref\">William Safire papers, 1953-1980. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.</span>"}
- extent_statement
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7.14 linear feet (17 boxes)
- date_start
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1973
- date_end
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1997