Anthony Lewis papers,
Lewis, Anthony, 1927-2013.
Anthony Lewis papers, 1941-1975 (bulk 1963-1974). - 5,100 items. 21 containers. 8.2 linear feet. - Arranged in 3 series. Series 1: Subject File, 1962-1973; Series 2: Letters from Readers, 1969-1975; and Series 3: Writings, 1941-1964.
Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material.
Chiefly drafts and research files for two of Lewis's books, Gideon's Trumpet (1964), an analysis of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Gideon v. Wainwright that required states to provide indigent criminal defendants with free counsel, and Portrait of a Decade; the Second American Revolution (1964), an examination of the civil rights movement from 1954 to 1964. Also includes correspondence, speeches, reports, letters from readers of his New York Times column, photographs, and other papers. Subjects include political and social issues such as busing for racial integration of schools, crime and drugs, medicine and health care, student protests, the Vietnam War, and Watergate. Reseach files include copies of correspondence of Abe Fortas, Clarence Earl Gideon, Harris Wofford, and others. Lewis's correspondents include Allen Ginsberg, David Halberstam, Hubert H. Humphrey, Alfred M. Landon, John Le Carré, Daniel P. Moynihan, Lewis Mumford, and Benjamin Spock.
Newspaper columnist and author.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013127
mm 81075856
Fortas, Abe--Correspondence.
Gideon, Clarence Earl--Trials, litigation, etc.
Gideon, Clarence Earl--Correspondence.
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 --Correspondence.
Halberstam, David--Correspondence.
Humphrey, Hubert H. 1911-1978 --Correspondence.
Landon, Alfred M. 1887-1987 --Correspondence.
Le Carré, John, 1931- --Correspondence.
Moynihan, Daniel P. 1927-2003 --Correspondence.
Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990 --Correspondence.
Spock, Benjamin, 1903-1998 --Correspondence.
Wainwright, Louie L.--Trials, litigation, etc.
Wofford, Harris--Correspondence.
United States. Supreme Court.
New York times.
African Americans--Civil rights.
Busing for school integration--United States.
Civil rights--United States.
Crime--United States.
Drug abuse and crime--United States.
Journalism--United States--20th century.
Medicine--United States.
Medical care--United States.
Political corruption--United States.
Right to counsel--United States.
School integration--United States.
Student movements--United States.
Students--Political activity.--United States
Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
Watergate Affair, 1972-1974.
United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
United States--Social conditions--1960-1980.
Authors.
Journalists.
Anthony Lewis papers, 1941-1975 (bulk 1963-1974). - 5,100 items. 21 containers. 8.2 linear feet. - Arranged in 3 series. Series 1: Subject File, 1962-1973; Series 2: Letters from Readers, 1969-1975; and Series 3: Writings, 1941-1964.
Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material.
Chiefly drafts and research files for two of Lewis's books, Gideon's Trumpet (1964), an analysis of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Gideon v. Wainwright that required states to provide indigent criminal defendants with free counsel, and Portrait of a Decade; the Second American Revolution (1964), an examination of the civil rights movement from 1954 to 1964. Also includes correspondence, speeches, reports, letters from readers of his New York Times column, photographs, and other papers. Subjects include political and social issues such as busing for racial integration of schools, crime and drugs, medicine and health care, student protests, the Vietnam War, and Watergate. Reseach files include copies of correspondence of Abe Fortas, Clarence Earl Gideon, Harris Wofford, and others. Lewis's correspondents include Allen Ginsberg, David Halberstam, Hubert H. Humphrey, Alfred M. Landon, John Le Carré, Daniel P. Moynihan, Lewis Mumford, and Benjamin Spock.
Newspaper columnist and author.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013127
mm 81075856
Fortas, Abe--Correspondence.
Gideon, Clarence Earl--Trials, litigation, etc.
Gideon, Clarence Earl--Correspondence.
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 --Correspondence.
Halberstam, David--Correspondence.
Humphrey, Hubert H. 1911-1978 --Correspondence.
Landon, Alfred M. 1887-1987 --Correspondence.
Le Carré, John, 1931- --Correspondence.
Moynihan, Daniel P. 1927-2003 --Correspondence.
Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990 --Correspondence.
Spock, Benjamin, 1903-1998 --Correspondence.
Wainwright, Louie L.--Trials, litigation, etc.
Wofford, Harris--Correspondence.
United States. Supreme Court.
New York times.
African Americans--Civil rights.
Busing for school integration--United States.
Civil rights--United States.
Crime--United States.
Drug abuse and crime--United States.
Journalism--United States--20th century.
Medicine--United States.
Medical care--United States.
Political corruption--United States.
Right to counsel--United States.
School integration--United States.
Student movements--United States.
Students--Political activity.--United States
Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
Watergate Affair, 1972-1974.
United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
United States--Social conditions--1960-1980.
Authors.
Journalists.