Found 34 collections related to New York times

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

Henry J. Raymond was a New York politician and the first editor of the New York Times. He founded the New-York Daily Times in 1851 with George Jones and Edward B. Wesley. The collection consists of correspondence, legal documents, articles, and speeches. The correspondence consists mainly of letters written to Henry J. Raymond from notable people of the time regarding politics. less

The A.M. Rosenthal papers document the career of New York Times Managing and Executive Editor Abraham Michael Rosenthal (1922-2006), noted for his stewardship of that newspaper during one of its most tumultuous periods, from the 1960s through the 1980s. The collection contains Rosenthal's personal files from the era of his editorial tenure and beyond. The papers include extensive professional correspondence, journals, speeches, subject files, writings, and scrapbooks. They detail Rosenthal's activities and interactions during his years as an editor and a columnist. less

The David W. Dunlap Papers contain materials from the period of Dunlap's career in which he covered the gay, lesbian and AIDS beat for the New York Times. The collection consists of printed copies of Dunlap's articles and the research materials used to write them. Special materials include audio recordings of interviews and events, photographs from gay rights parades and business cards collected by Dunlap. less

Amory Bradford was a vice president and general manager of The New York Times during the 1950s and early 1960s. The bulk of the papers consist of his office diaries,1959-1963, and files concerning his lawsuit against the Times following his resignation in 1963. less

Clifton Daniel (1912-2000) was an acclaimed journalist who served as the managing editor of The New York Times from 1964 through 1969. The Clifton Daniel papers include correspondence, memoranda, reports, news clippings, speeches, transcripts and notes relating to the operation of the News Department of the New York Times. Documents reflect Daniel's innovations in news coverage and a more humanistic approach to news coverage. less

George Jones was the first publisher of the New York Times and Henry J. Raymond was a New York politician and the first editor of the New York Times. Together with Edward B. Wesley they founded the New-York Daily Times in 1851. The collection consists of correspondence and documents by and about George Jones, Henry J. Raymond, and the early history of the Times assembled by the New York Times' publishers and staff, as well as correspondence about the collection. Collected materials include correspondence between Henry J. Raymond and notable people of the time, legal documents, memorials to Raymond, a manuscript of "Extracts from the Journal of Henry J. Raymond," photographs of Jones and Raymond, and newspaper clippings. Administrative files include letters to and from Adolph S. Ochs, Arthur Hays Sulzberger, and others regarding the acquisition of letters and documents. Artifacts consist of a lace bag and a miniature portrait of Elizabeth M. Delerchuze which she sent to Adolph S. Ochs in 1901, and the mourning badge worn by Henry J. Raymond at the funeral of Abraham Lincoln. less

Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger (1892-1990) helped shape the history of the New York Times throughout a long and active life. Sulzberger nurtured and bridged the generations of the family that controlled The Times since 1896, when her father, Adolph S. Ochs, acquired it. She played important roles in selecting the succeeding publishers: her husband, Arthur Hays Sulzberger; her son-in-law, Orvil E. Dryfoos, and her son, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger. Iphigene also served the newspaper as director and trustee for the stock left to her by her father. This collection consists of correspondence, personal papers, photographs, scrapbooks and ephemera. less

Julius Ochs Adler was nephew to Adolph Ochs, the publisher of the New York Times. Adler worked in various capacities at the New York Times, including general manager, vice president, and was an original executor and trustee of the company. In addition he also served as president and publisher of the Chattanooga Times. He was a retired officer in the Army, having served in both World Wars. The collection contains correspondence, memoranda, newspaper clippings, photographs, and legal documents. Approximately one-third of the material deals with the Ochs Estate. Most of the remainder concerns Adler's military service, along with some family and personal material: there are relatively few documents pertaining to the operation of the New York Times. less

The papers document the personal life and literary career of Nora Sayre (1932-2001), author, critic and cultural historian, including correspondence, research notes, audiotapes (and transcripts) of her interviews, typescripts of her writings including books, articles, essays, reviews, lectures and speeches; papers relating to her teaching of creative nonfiction; diary notes; personal miscellaneous papers including college notes and compositions; and photographs. less

Adolph Simon Ochs was an American newspaperman and the publisher of the New York Times for almost forty years, from 1896 to 1935. Under his leadership, the paper acquired an international reputation for objective and trustworthy reporting. The collection contains correspondence, letterpress books, scrapbooks, financial records, blueprints, maps, land surveys, photographs, honorary degrees and awards presented to Ochs, and other material related to his life and career. The main areas of focus in the collection are the Chattanooga Times, the New York Times, the Philadelphia Public Ledger, the Philadelphia Times, Ochs' continuing interest in the city of Chattanooga, and personal and family matters. less

The New York Times Company records: A.M. Rosenthal papers document the editorial career of New York Times Managing and Executive Editor Abraham Michael Rosenthal (1922-2006), noted for his stewardship of that newspaper during one of its most tumultuous periods, from the 1960s through the 1980s. The collection contains Rosenthal's office files from The New York Times, spanning the era of his editorial tenure. Containing extensive professional correspondence, the papers illustrate the deliberations and thought processes behind the decisions made at the very top of arguably the most important newspaper in the world. less

Henry Kamm (born 1925) was a foreign correspondent for the New York Times from 1964 to 1996. His papers consist primarily of manuscripts of articles that Kamm filed with the New York Times as a correspondent based in Europe and Asia. less

Theodore M. Bernstein (1904-1979) was a longtime editor at The New York Times, a professor at the Columbia University School of Journalism, and the author of several books on editing and journalism. This collection primarily documents Bernstein's tenure as assistant managing editor at The Times between 1952 and 1969. Present are letters, memoranda, and clippings, the bulk of which deal with Bernstein's views on style, language, and the appearance of The Times. The papers also contain photographs of Bernstein and his family, a scrapbook of news-related cables he received from the government during World War II, a small amount of writings from his early career, and some correspondence from the end of his career. less

This collection documents the tenure of Lester Markel (1894-1977), longtime Sunday editor at The New York Times, whose career there spanned 1929 to 1973. Files contain letters, memoranda, speeches, photographs, typescripts, and clippings related to Markel's involvement with the paper, primarily the Sunday Division, along with a small amount of personal correspondence and documents. less

The New York Times Company records. Photographs is a collection of negatives, contact sheets, slides, and prints that document the Ochs-Sulzberger-Dryfoos families, The Times staff, and Times' buildings, offices, and events spanning 1875 to 1987. This collection does not contain images used to illustrate stories in the paper. less

Joe Baum (1920-1998) was the celebrated restaurateur responsible for some of New York City's most well-known restaurants during the period of the 1950s-1990s. The collection spans Baum's career from his years with Restaurant Associates, through the creation of the varied dining facilities of the World Trade Center (including Windows on the World), and his revival of the historic Rainbow Room in Rockefeller Center. Materials in the collection include business correspondence, memoranda, and reports; publicity materials, menus, photographs, and scrapbooks documenting the work of Baum and his associates in the creation and operation of his signature restaurants, as well as copies of Baum's speeches, appointment books, awards, and letters of thanks received from friends and members of the public. less

The S. N. Behrman Papers document the literary career and personal life of the playwright and essayist. The date span of the papers is 1912-1987. They include personal and professional correspondence; diaries; notebooks, manuscripts, typescripts, galley proofs and publication tearsheets of Behrman's writings; news clippings; scrapbooks; photographs; and a few items of ephemera. The S. N. Behrman Papers are an important resource for the study of the American theatre, the Hollywood film industry, popular magazine literature and New York intellectual culture. Prominent correspondents include: Maxwell Anderson, Brooks Atkinson, Bernard Berenson, Isaiah Berlin, Edna Ferber, Felix Frankfurter, Ira Gershwin, F. Tennyson Jesse, George S. Kaufman, Joshua Logan, Sonya Levien, W. Somerset Maugham, St. Clair McKelway, Kenyon Nicholson, Cole Porter, Joseph Verner Reed, Gottfried Reinhardt, Harold Ross, Siegfried Sassoon, William Shawn, Robert E. Sherwood, Salka Viertel, Rebecca West, Katharine White, Edmund Wilson and Alexander Woollcott. less

Journalist John B. Oakes (1913-2001) was an editorial writer and editor who worked for The New York Times from 1946 to 1993, and who is credited with developing the modern op-ed page. This collection contains some of Oakes's Times office files primarily from the 1970s and 1980s, and consists of internal correspondence and memoranda concerning the Editorial Department, as well as copies of speeches and a file of op-ed page articles and notes by Oakes. less

Sydney Gruson was a reporter, editor, and executive at The New York Times between 1944 and 1986. The Sydney Gruson papers document Gruson's tenure as Times senior vice president, executive vice president, and the vice chairman of the board of directors between 1974 and his retirement in 1986. These files consist of Gruson's correspondence with colleagues and friends about personal matters; letters and internal memoranda with his New York Times associates on both the newspaper and corporate sides, mostly concerning business issues and editorial decisions; and records regarding the acquisition and management of The New York Times Company subsidiary and affiliate companies, notably The Chattanooga Times, The International Herald Tribune, and US Magazine. less

Journalist and author Tom Wicker (1926-2011) was a longtime editor and columnist for The New York Times. The Tom Wicker papers document Wicker's tenure at The Times as Washington Bureau chief (1964-1966) and as associate editor and political columnist (1966-1991). The collection consists of correspondence with both Times colleagues and readers concerning Wicker's columns and political viewpoints, internal memoranda about Times editorial decisions, letters regarding his involvement with outside institutions, and transcripts of interviews with and conducted by Wicker. 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

Journalist Seymour Topping was a longtime reporter and influential editor for The New York Times. The Seymour Topping papers contain many of Topping's office files, primarily from his time as deputy managing editor and managing editor of The Times between 1976 and 1986, with a small amount of records from the late 1960s and early 1970s. Files document the day-to-day operations of the News Department, as well as Topping's interactions with fellow editors of the various newspaper sections and staff in The Times' advertising and production departments. less

Karla Jay is a lesbian feminist activist, author, and former professor of English at Pace University (New York). The collection contains correspondence, typescripts, and other items chiefly documenting Jay's work as a professor of English and as author and coeditor of books on the experiences of lesbians and gay men. The bulk of the collection pertains to her work as a writer and academic and includes some documentation of her activities as a pioneer feminist and lesbian activist with the consciousness raising group Redstockings and the Gay Liberation Front. The correspondence includes letters from many prominent writers and gay and lesbian rights activists, her literary agent, publishers, contributors to her anthologies, and alternative presses, as well as with academic and professional organizations. The collection also includes typescript drafts of the text of The Gay Report (which she co-authored with Allen Young) and the questionnaires returned by lesbian respondents; drafts of Jay's dissertation and other writings; slides; and audio recordings, chiefly of interviews with Jay or conducted by her from the 1970s to the 1990s. Interviewees include Rita Mae Brown, Andrea Dworkin, Jeanette Foster, Barbara Grier, Jill Johnston, and Anaïs Nin. less

Dorothy Schiff (1903-1989) was the publisher of the New York Post, the oldest daily newspaper in the United States, from 1942 to 1976. She wrote a column for the paper and served as editor-in-chief from 1961 until she sold the paper in 1976. She also published the Paris Post in France from 1945 to 1948 and owned several radio stations in New York City, Los Angeles and San Francisco. The collection contains editorial, operational, business, and legal files of the New York Post and Schiff's personal files and family letters. Editorial files, ca. 1938-ca. 1980, consist chiefly of memoranda between Schiff and her editors, columnists and others; materials relating to the editorial operations of the paper; and files, 1944-1948, of the Paris Post. Operational files are mostly memoranda between Schiff and her plant department heads and correspondence concerning the non-editorial operations of the Post. Business files relate to the business side of the paper and radio stations. Legal files reflect the Post's involvement in libel and anti-trust suits. Schiff's personal papers include memoranda and correspondence dealing with her life as a philanthropist and volunteer worker for various causes, family and personal financial papers, and materials for Jeffrey Potter's biography of Schiff. Of particular interest are transcripts of Potter's taped interviews with Schiff and her friends and associates. Also, photographs of Schiff and others; awards and citations she earned; newsclippings of her column; scrapbooks, 1946-1989, of clippings about her; and printed matter. 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 Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. papers document the life and work of Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. (1917-2007), noted for his political activities in the Democratic Party and for his acclaimed accounts of nineteenth and twentieth century history. The collection consists of extensive correspondence, journals, writings, research material, office files, and personal records. The papers provide insight into Schlesinger's philosophical, political, and historical thinking, while offering a glimpse of his daily activities. They represent Schlesinger's vocation as a popular and academic historian, as well as his life as a political activist and advisor. less

Anne Marx was a poet, lecturer and editor. She was vice-president of the Poetry Society of America in 1978 and regional president of the National League of American Pen Women in 1992. She died April 16, 2006. The collection contains correspondence with friends and organizations, Poetry Society of America records, material about lectures and workshops, drafts of her poems and material pertaining to the nine volumes of published poetry. Also included are audio tapes. Additions donated in 1994 contain material concerning her early years living in Germany, including correspondence, diaries, school material and poems. Also included are materials concerning her first years in the United States. Additions donated in 2006 following Marx's death provide further documentation of her activities as poet and lecturer and covers the years 1947 through 2004. less