Found 44 collections related to New York Times Company

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

The miscellany chiefly contains letters to and from American editor, educator, author, and civic leader John Huston Finley. Outgoing letters stem mainly from Finley's term as editor-in-chief of the New York Times, though the tone of the correspondence is chiefly social, often relating to books or writings sent or received by Finley. Also included are autographs, clippings, and a certificate of honor from the Leonardo da Vinci Art School 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

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

Arthur Gelb (born 1924) was a prominent journalist and senior editor at The New York Times. The Arthur Gelb papers consist primarily of files from his time as The Times' assistant managing editor, deputy managing editor, and managing editor (1976-1989). These files feature internal memoranda between Gelb and newsroom staff, and document department assessments, story assignments, news coverage, editorial feedback, and the development of new sections and columns for the paper. less

Francis A. Cox (1913-1982) was a vice president and financial officer of The New York Times Company. The Francis A. Cox papers primarily document his time as secretary-treasurer (1963-1967) and vice president (1967-1973) through letters, internal memoranda, legal documents, financial reports, and business diaries relating to his office and the financial affairs of The Times. less

Godfrey Nelson (1878-1954) was a tax lawyer, financial columnist, and New York Times executive. The Godfrey Nelson papers document much of Nelson's career at The Times, including his roles as corporate secretary, financial and legal advisor, columnist, and in various administrative roles for The Times' subsidiary companies. The collection also contains some files from Nelson's private practice advising clients on estate and tax law. less

Max Frankel (born 1930) is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and long-time senior editor at The New York Times. The bulk of the Max Frankel papers document Frankel's tenure as Times executive editor from 1986 to 1994, and to a lesser extent his time as Sunday editor (1972-1976) and as editor of the editorial and op-ed pages (1977-1986). Files consist of internal memoranda and reports related to administrative, editorial, newspaper production, and personnel decisions. Also present are letters to and from Frankel's colleagues, news contacts, and acquaintances outside of The Times, as well as letters from readers. less

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. less

Anna Quindlen (born 1952) is an author and journalist. The Anna Quindlen papers (1990-1992) contain incoming letters from colleagues, friends, and readers, mostly responding to Quindlen's New York Times column "Public and Private." Also present are copies of Quindlen's responses. Major topics discussed include abortion, women's roles in the Catholic Church, and the 1992 presidential campaign. less

John Rothman (born 1924) was The New York Times director of corporate archives and a longtime information manager and pioneer of digital indexing at The Times. The John Rothman papers (1964-1990) consist of memoranda and reports documenting Rothman's leadership role in the development of The New York Times Information Bank and other information technologies. Also present are Rothman's speeches and writings on copyright, information management, and technological changes in the field of information processing and retrieval. less

Charles Klaveness was a staff editor at The New York Times between 1979 and 2008. The Charles Klaveness collection of style and usage notes contain files of memoranda and marked-up clippings distributed to The Times copy desk staff during Klaveness' tenure at the paper. These notes reveal how The Times senior editors and copy desk editors critiqued and accessed the paper's editorial work. less

The New York Times Company records. Archives records contain files kept by the archives department of The Times from the 1970s until the early 2000s. These records document the archives' operations, records acquisitions, policies for processing and providing access to collections, and the department's preservation and processing activities. Also present are the guides and indexes for all of the collections processed by Times archivists. less

Abraham H. Raskin was the labor news specialist of The New York Times in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, and between 1964 and 1977 was the assistant editor of the editorial page. This collection primarily documents Raskin's time as a member of the editorial board, along with some earlier notes, speeches, and writings related to his activities as a labor reporter. 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

The New York Times Company records. Autograph file is a collection of personal and business letters, letters to the editor, legal documents, photographs, and notes created or signed by prominent individuals and sent to the publishers and staff of The New York Times. The main sources of this collection are the papers of the publishers, although items may come from any of the collections within the New York Times Company records. less

Sam Zolotow was a theater reporter for the New York Times. The Sam Zolotow papers (1944-1967) contain press releases, clippings, correspondence, and draft articles from Zolotow’s work as a theater reporter. The materials mostly date from 1962 to 1967. 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

George Jones was the first publisher of the New York Times. He founded the New-York Daily Times in 1851 with Henry J. Raymond and Edward B. Wesley. The collection consists of correspondence, financial records, and legal documents regarding mainly the New-York Daily Times and the Presidential Retiring Fund established by Jones. less

The Brooks Atkinson papers contain correspondence, awards, personal papers, photographs, ephemera, scrapbooks, datebooks, clippings and subject files and document his life and career as a drama critic for the New York Times. The papers span the years 1904-1980. Significant in the correspondence are letters from notables figures of the theater community including writers, actors, scholars and other journalists. Included in these are Sean O'Casey, Tennessee Williams, Thornton Wilder, Eugene and Carlota O'Neill, Robert W. Anderson, Maxwell Anderson, Clifford Odets, Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, to name a few. less

Charles Ranlett Flint (1850-1934) was a financial capitalist, merchant and industrial consolidator. He entered the shipping business and worked for commission merchants in New York City. Popularly known as the "Father of Trusts", he was responsible for many industrial consolidations and mergers. Collection consists of correspondence, agreements, memoranda, minutes, commercial codes, financial statements, securities accounts, and patent and shipping papers which reflect Flint's multifarious and far-flung business activities in America, South America, Russia, and China. Included are papers relating to industrial mergers; rubber goods manufacturing on Long Island (N.Y.); the financing of the United States Rubber Company; the purchase and re-organization of the New York Times Company; the paving of the streets of Manaus, Brazil; a new submarine engine; proposals for railways between Guayaquil and Quito in Ecuador and between Alaska and Siberia; the supplying of munitions and cartridge belts to the Russian army; and the provision of loans to Russia and to China for railway development and to the Sultan of Turkey for the purchase of naval vessels. Also, correspondence of Flint as chairman of the American Committee for the Encouragement of Democratic Government in Russia. Personal miscellaneous papers include his receipts while travelling abroad, personal press clippings, photographs, and printed matter. less

Dale Harris was a preeminent dance critic who lectured on a wide variety of topics including ballet, cultural history, and opera. The collection consists of correspondence, lectures, articles, photographs, programs, contracts, legal records, notes, and clippings. 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

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

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

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

The James Reston papers document Reston's career at The New York Times as editor, administrator, and columnist with the bulk of the collection covering the late 1960s through the 1970s. The collection, which originates from Reston's New York office, contains correspondence and memoranda with The Times publishers and fellow staff members, Times administrative and financial reports, writings and speeches by Reston, photographs of Reston, and some records relating to his finances and retirement. less