Found 48 collections related to Journalists

Robert Stone was an award-winning American novelist and screen writer. His works include A Hall of Mirrors, Dog Soldiers, A Flag for Sunrise, Children of Light, and Outerbridge Reach. The Robert Stone papers date from 1950 to 2013, and consist of notes, typescript drafts (on paper and computer disk), galleys, and proof pages for all of Stone's novels; shorter pieces and excerpts from the novels in draft, galley, and published form; reviews and publicity material; and general correspondence. Typescript drafts of Stone's novels comprise the bulk of the papers and reflect his method of composition. Later drafts, galleys, and proofs document the books' progress up to the point of publication. Most of the correspondence are letters received by Stone and document his career as a novelist. less

Orvil Dryfoos (1912-1963) was a newspaper executive and the publisher of The New York Times from 1961 to 1963. The Orvil Dryfoos papers document Dryfoos's daily activities and the operations of The Times, particularly during his tenure as vice president, president, and publisher from 1954 to 1963. The collection also contains Dryfoos's private business papers and records concerning the Dryfoos family's finances, travels, and other personal matters. less

Barbara Goldsmith (1931-2016) was an American author, journalist, and philanthropist known for her non-fiction and New York City-based cultural commentary. The Barbara Goldsmith papers date from approximately 1900 to 2016 and document Goldsmith's professional and personal life through drafts; typescripts; research files; notes; photographs; correspondence; diaries; and scrapbooks. less

The Philip Hamburger papers document the literary career and personal life of the author best known for writings published in The New Yorker magazine since 1939. The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, typescripts, research files, news clippings, printed matter, photographs and audio recordings. less

Morris Robert Werner (1897-1981) was an American journalist and writer in the fields of history, biography and current events. He was a sales agent for chemical dyes in China and then became a foreign correspondent for a British newspaper and for the Paris edition of the New York Herald Tribune. His literary work included writing articles for various American periodicals, a biography of Fiorello H. La Guardia, and his autobiography. Collection consists of correspondence, writings of Werner, photographs, and printed matter. Bulk of the papers is correspondence, 1920-1981, with friends, family, colleagues, editors, and publishers. Most letters relate to Werner's literary contributions to various periodicals, his work as a foreign correspondent, and his books, especially his unpublished biography of La Guardia. Also included are historical manuscript letters collected by Werner. Writings contain typescripts, 1920-1966, of articles by Werner, of his biography of La Guardia, of his autobiography, of his diaries, 1920, 1935-1943, and of book reviews. Photographs are of Werner and his family and friends. Printed matter includes clippings of articles and copies of magazines and journals containing articles by Werner. less

Susannah McCorkle (1946-2001) was an important American jazz / pop singer as well as a talented writer. Her papers consist of her writings, correspondence, business and personal papers, scores, concert programs, clippings, publicity material, photographs and books. less

The Patricia Bosworth Papers consist largely of her manuscripts and research files for Montgomery Clift: A Biography (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978), but also contains material relating to other writings and professional activities. less

The papers, which include correspondence, organizational papers, notes, writings, printed ephemera, and audio-visual materials, document Mr. Hertzberg's various employments as editor of Common Sense, Consumers Union and Current magazines; as journalist and as special correspondent for The Hindustan Times ; and as writer, publicist, and friend of India. less

Correspondence, writings, speeches, research files on notable persons and organizations, personal papers and speeches, news clippings, and printed material (chiefly political) relating to Morrison's career and interests. Includes material from his experiences as the first black correspondent for STARS AND STRIPES during World War II, and with the NEGRO WORLD DIGEST, THE PEOPLE'S VOICE, EBONY, DOWNBEAT, the Johnson Publishing Company, Symphony of the New World, and HARYOU-ACT, a Harlem youth program. Also includes writings and speeches of other authors. less

The Albert Shaw Papers contain correspondence (professional and personal); files concerning the books, articles, and speeches Shaw authored, administrative records and articles from the Review of Reviews; and many records of Shaw's personal life, including financial records, scrapbooks, photographs, ephemera, and his notes on the Shaw family's genealogy, as well as Shaw's personal memoirs. Materials range in date from 1827 to 1953, with the majority of the records falling between 1890 and 1947. Albert Shaw (1857-1947) was an editor, journalist and scholar who spent most of his career as the editor and publisher of the Review of Reviews, a digest of progressive thought and political analysis. Shaw's principal interests were the improvement of municipal government, the relationship of business and organized labor, agricultural reform, international affairs, and contemporary politics and economics, topics which he wrote and spoke on frequently. less

Alden Whitman (1913-1990), an American journalist and author, was best known for his work as chief obituary writer for The New York Times. Collection consists of Whitman's correspondence, writings, legal papers, photographs, and printed matter. Includes memoranda and letters about his obituaries; drafts and published copies of his articles, interviews, obituaries and book reviews; photographs with interviewees; early writings for other newspapers; pseudonymous writings under the name "Stephen Peabody"; books; and articles from The New York Times, 1968-1976. One third of the collection consists of legal papers, correspondence and some press clippings related to Whitman's refusal to answer questions in U.S. Senate hearings in 1955 about early Communist Party activities, his subsequent trial, appeals and Supreme Court petition. less

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). less

Isabel Bowler Paterson (1886-1961) was an author and columnist for the New York Herald Tribune. Collection consists of letters written, mainly while Paterson was on the staff of the New York Herald Tribune, to her friend Lillian Fischer, fashion model and Paris editor of Harper's Bazaar, commenting on literary personalities and social life in New York. less

Jack Nichols is a gay activist and senior editor of the online daily newspaper Gay Today. He was co-editor of Gay (one of the earliest gay newsweeklies) and is the author of numerous books and articles including The Gay Agenda: Talking Back To The Fundamentalists, Men's Liberation, Welcome to Fire Island, and co-author, with his late lover Lige Clarke, of I Have More Fun With You Than Anybody, and Roommates Can't Always Be Lovers. Collection consists of correspondence, photocopies of manuscripts, photographs, and printed matter. Correspondence, 1965-1973, includes letters to Nichols and Clarke; and copies are of autobiographical notes and Nichols's serial autobiography. Also, photographs, ephemera, and clippings of news articles about Nichols and Clarke and columns they wrote for gay periodicals. less

Jamake Highwater (born circa. 1930) was the director and choreographer for the San Francisco Contemporary Dancers from 1954 to 1967, and a rock music journalist and travel writer from the late 1960s through the mid-1970s. From 1975 on, he was been primarily a lecturer and an author of fiction and non-fiction, dealing mostly with American Indian arts and culture, and with myth and ritual in general. Based in New York from 1967 until the mid-1980s, Highwater moved to Los Angeles in 1992 and died in 2001.The papers include writings by Highwater in published and typescript form, correspondence, photographs, slides, audio tapes, and films and videos, mostly pertaining to Highwater's work in modern dance and as a writer and public speaker. less

Herbert Mitgang (1920- ), author, editor, journalist, and motion-picture producer, was managing editor of the U.S. Army newspaper Stars and Stripes, during World War II. After his war service, he joined the New York Times as a copy editor and reviewer. He served as supervising editor of the Sunday Times drama section from 1955 to 1962, editorial writer and member of the editorial board from 1963 to 1964 and again from 1967 to 1976. From 1964 to 1967 he was assistant to the president and the executive editor of CBS News and produced several documentary films. He taught at City College in New York, was a visiting lecturer at Yale University and served as president of both the Authors' League and the Authors' Guild. Since 1976 Mitgang has been a cultural correspondent and book reviewer for the New York Times. In addition to his work at the Times and CBS, he has written articles, novels and biographies and has edited several books. Collection consists of correspondence, writings, files relating to publications, notes, clippings, photographs, motion pictures, recordings, videotapes, and memorabilia that document Mitgang's activities as a journalist, author, editor, and film producer. Papers include general correspondence, 1945-1979; New York Times editorial correspondence, 1970-1976; and correspondence concerning Authors' Guild, 1957-1979, Authors' League, 1962-1973, and Times Op-Ed page. Also, typescripts, notes, clippings, and other materials for his articles, reviews, biographies, novels, scripts, and other writings; and files, 1983-1988, collected by Mitgang for his book Dangerous Dossiers. Other items consist of photographs, notebooks, awards, teaching notes, clippings, Stars and Stripes scrapbook, cartoons, and memorabilia. Materials relating to his documentaries include scripts and notes, films, videotapes and audio recordings of programs produced for CBS News; these include documentaries on Carl Sandburg, Henry Moore, and Jimmy Walker, and interviews with David Ben-Gurion, Anthony Eden, Admiral Gene R. La Roque and Helen Wolff. less

Harold Edward Pickett (1947-1988) was a gay rights activist, journalist, poet,and editor. In 1980 he founded New York City News, a newsmagazine for the gay and lesbian community, and was editor/publisher until it ceased publication in 1985. The collection consists of correspondence, writings, subject files, files of Pickett and James B. Ferguson, photographs, realia, and printed matter. less

Geza Garrison Gaspar (1887- ) was a Hungarian journalist who emigrated to the U.S. in 1920 and worked as a writer and editor. From 1927 to 1956 he was science editor for a Hungarian-American newspaper. He also wrote articles and essays with metaphysical themes and independently published his book, Science, Conscious and God, in 1950. Collection consists of Gaspar's correspondence, unpublished manuscripts, notebooks, some financial papers, and clippings. Correspondence (much of it in Hungarian) is with friends and associates as well as with editors, publishers and political leaders. The bulk of the collection is made up of Gaspar's unpublished manuscripts and notebooks (mostly in Hungarian) containing his metaphysical and theoretical writings. less

Lawrence Lader (1919- ), a journalist interested in the issues of birth control and abortion, became active in the abortion repeal movement. When the National Association for Repeal of Abortion Laws (NARAL) was formed in 1969, Lader became the first chairman of NARAL's executive committee, chairman of its board from 1972 to 1976 and then was president of Abortion Rights Mobilization (ARM). He also researched and wrote books and articles on abortion and birth control. Collection contains Lader's research files on abortion and birth control, drafts of his books, questionnaires, papers relating to abortion rights groups, and printed matter. Research files include correspondence, reports, articles, unpublished speeches, legal briefs, pamphlets, brochures, clippings, and leaflets. Writings consist of preliminary and final drafts, galleys and page proofs of Lader's books: Abortion (1966), Abortion II (1973), Foolproof Birth Control (1972), and The Bold Brahmins (1961). There are typescripts of miscellaneous articles and questionnaires with information about individual abortions. Papers, 1977-1985, relating to Abortion Rights Mobilization (ARM) consist of correspondence of Lader as president and collateral papers including legal papers concerning a suit brought by ARM challenging the tax-exempt status of the Roman Catholic Church. Papers, 1970-1975, relating to National Association for Repeal of Abortion Laws (NARAL) include correspondence of Lader when he was chairman, minutes of meetings of the Board, internal memoranda, and publicity materials. Printed matter consists of flyers, brochures, reports, circulars, newsletters, and other print and near-print ephemera mainly from the 1970s concerning abortion, birth control, family planning, and medical and health care needs of women. less

Kathryn Beebe (1898-1985) was a fashion writer and product publicist from 1923 to 1985. Collection consists of Kathryn Beebe's correspondence, legal papers, diary, and photographs. Correspondence is mainly incoming letters, 1931-1983, from family members including her second husband, Roger Birtwell, and mystery writers Frances and Richard Lockridge (her sister and brother-in-law). Other papers are legal documents, Beebe's daybook and photographs of Beebe and family members. less

World Government News, Inc., of New York City, published World Government News, a monthly news bulletin which reported on trends in the world federalist movement, from 1946 to 1952. The periodical was edited by Tom O. Griessemer, Stewart M. Ogilvy and Hugh Nash. Collection consists of correspondence, administrative and financial records, photographs, and printed matter relating to World Government News, Inc. and its publication. General correspondence, 1946-1951, is of the editors with individuals and organizations involved in the world federal movement in the U.S. and abroad and with branches and chapters of United World Federalists, Inc. concerning the sponsorship of resolutions and referenda on world government. Other correspondence pertains to advertising and subscriptions. Administrative records include minutes, 1946-1950, of the Board of Directors' meetings and of the international editorial board, internal memoranda, circulation statistics, questionnaires, and materials about fundraising dinners. Also, financial records, morgue file of printed ephemera, file of publications issued by world federalist organizations (including issues of World Government News for 1943-1952), and photographs of personalities and events relating to world federalism. less

Collection consists of Mandel's correspondence, writings, and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings. Includes writings and exercises as a student at New York University (Class of 1907); materials for teaching English to Hungarian immigrants through a correspondence course conducted by the Mandel family starting in 1905; literary papers including his guide-books entitled Amerikai Kalauz (1913); papers from his journalistic career with various Hungarian-American periodicals and as an officer of the Foreign Language Press Association; and 1925 diary. Correspondence concerns his welfare work and the Americanization of Hungarian immigrants through organizations such as the Society of Hungarian Engineers and Architects, 1901-1926, and the Hungarian Free Lyceum of New York, 1910-1922; and his active role in promoting Kossuthville in Polk County, Florida, a resettlement project for Hungarian farmers, 1924-1948. Scrapbook, 1915-1928, contains pasted newspaper articles in English and Hungarian, many written by or concerning Mandel, and a small amount of ephemera. The bulk, dating 1925, are from the New York paper Amerikai Magyar Nepszava, regarding Kossuthville, Florida. less

Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., the son of the eminent Art-Deco architect, Ely Jacques Kahn, was a prolific free-lance journalist, author of 27 non-fiction books, and longtime staff writer for The New Yorker magazine. The bulk of the papers reflect Kahn's research for his wide-ranging free-lance articles, New Yorker columns and articles, and books. less

Stephen M. Silverman (1951-) is an American biographer, journalist, editor, and an adjunct professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City. This collection includes research materials and drafts of books, articles, and one musical by Silverman. less